Ford Motor strike idles River Rouge and Lincoln Mercury plants
About 65,000 CIO UAW members walked out at Ford in Detroit halting production across River Rouge and Lincoln Mercury plants. Pickets numbered around 5,000 at the River Rouge gates as unions accuse speeding up of assembly lines. Ford denies the charges and remains without a settlement plan while seeking arbitration.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
River 7 Ouce
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Rouge
America
Ford
Lincoln-Mercury
United States
Uaw-Cio
International Union
Lincoln
Walter Reuther
Police ask cooperation on city parking during Seventh Street paving
Police officials urge motorists to refrain from parking near three blocked intersections Sixth and State, Seventh and Vine, and Eighth and State on Seventh Street between Cass and State to allow emergency vehicle passage during paving operations.
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Seventh
Cass
State Streets
Sixth
Vine
Eighth
Steel unions push pension, welfare funds and wage boosts
CIO unions outline demands for pension and welfare funds with raises for members. United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers seeks a 30 cent hourly boost for 72,000 workers. Steelworkers average $1.68 hourly with 46 cents raised in three years. The U S Steel contract runs to May 1 1950 with a reopening right and potential strike by July 16 if talks fail.
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CIO
United Farm, Equipment and Metal Workers
United Packinghouse Workers
U. S. Steel Corp
Steel Company
Rubbish Fire Sparks From Torch Near Auto Wrecking
Sparks from a welding torch ignited rubbish behind Max's Auto Wrecking Co at 722 North Third Street Frsday afternoon. Firemen fought the blaze for almost two hours along the La Crosse riverbank using a portable river pump. officials reported very slight losses. No. 1 engine answered at 2 25 p m.
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Max's
Auto Wrecking Co
North Third Street
la Crosse
Changes in Department Fire Chief Announces Resignations and Promotions
Fire Chief George Hanson announced resignations of Capt. Rudolph Mashak and Fireman William C. Craig and promoted and transferred several officers. Mashak leaves after a 1930s career, with transfers among No. 5 and No. 3 stations. Craig resigns April 25. Joseph Formanek fills the No. 4 vacancy. Zierke becomes captain and moves from No. 5 to No. 2. Genz promoted to lieutenant and moves from No. 1 to No. 5 to fill vacancies.
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George Hanson
Fire Department
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
Hanson
Rudolph Mashak
Adams Street
William C. Craig
Liberty Street
Mashak
Department
No. 5
No. 3
Craig
No. 4
Joseph J. Formanek
West Avenue South
No. 4 Station
William A. Zierke
Denton Street
No. 2
Edmund Bay
Fred D. Genz
Rose Street
No. 1
Zierke
Pilgrimage To Shrine Planned
A Confraternity pilgrimage to the shrine of St Anne at Chippewa Falls Wisconsin is planned for Sunday May 15 Reservations are to be made with Miss Mery Buck for La Crosse attendees by Monday Chippewa Falls committees must file reservations by Monday The program opens at 12 noon with arrival of groups at St Charles church grounds A procession rosary dinner possible speaker Patrick OGrady Chicago ceremonies at the shrine after entertainment
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Patrick O’grady
Chicago
New Police Officer Here Begins Duties
A new patrolman starts duties with the police department. Kenneth A. Johnson, 22, of 614 South Ninth Street, was selected from the department eligibility list and will be assigned a regular beat later. Johnson formerly worked as a laborer for the Milwaukee railroad and has lived in La Crosse all his life. He is married with one child.
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Police Department
Kenneth A. Johnson
South Ninth Street
Johnson
Milwaukee Railroad
la Crosse
Stolen Gasoline and Ladder Reported in City
Glenn Berg of 141814 Ferry Street reported Friday that gasoline was drained from his car. He noted a similar theft occurred Monday night while the vehicle was parked near his home. Lester Guggenbuhl of 2111 South 11th Street reported a 36 foot extension ladder stolen since last weekend from his garage. Swans were partly domesticated by the Romans who valued their flesh as.
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Glenn Berg
Ferry Street
Berg
Lester Guggenbuhl
South 11Th Street
Babich Faces Preliminary Hearing Again
Milwaukee 19 year old Milton Babich faces a second preliminary hearing on a first degree murder charge in the February slaying of Patricia Birmingham. Court actions included a new warrant and arraignment as defense counsel seeks to suppress a signed statement and challenge procedural moves.
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Milwaukee
Milton Babich
Patricia Birmingham
Kathleen
William J. McCauley
McCauley
Babich
Arthur Richter
Richter
Dist
Harvey Neelen
Neelen
Patricia
Milwaukee River
German police fire on fleeing car near Berlin border
German police opened fire as a car fled from the Russian sector toward the American sector near Berlin. West Berlin officials said they could not determine if the driver was wounded or the vehicle's final destination after the nighttime escape.
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Berlin
East Berlin
West Berlin
State rent control bills head to judiciary for May hearings
Rents continued on Page 1 show lawmakers sending bills to the judiciary committee. The panel cannot schedule a hearing before May 17, two days after the state rent controls expire. In the interim, federal law will govern.
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Judiciary Committee
Boat Stolen In City Report Near George Street
Roy Bright of 2541 Loomis Street reports a brown flat boat valued at $25 stolen between Monday and Wednesday. The boat was tied in Black River near the 1500 block on George Street. A second item notes women must wear bathing caps at Woolwich municipal pool in England.
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Roy Bright
Loomis Street
Black River
George Street
Bright
Woolwich
England
Wisconsin Assembly Advances Tree Fee and Tax Measures
The Wisconsin assembly moved a bill charging 25 cents for each unsold Christmas tree after December 25 to fund timber conservation. It also advanced a plan to relax highway load limits, authorize a Minnesota interstate toll bridge study, and revise income tax reporting rules to cover all operations. A fireworks relaxation bill passed, and changes to privilege dividend and gift tax laws were approved for concurrence with the senate.
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Madison
Wis
Assembly
Wisconsin
The
Highway Commission
Minnesota
Croix River
Grantsburg
Finance Committee
Elections Committee
University of Wisconsin
Senate
Industrial Commission
State Board of Health
Department of Public Instruction
Committee On Education
Storm Near Ettrick Sets Heat Record Across Region
La Crosse measured 91 degrees on Thursday tying the old high from May 5, 1909 as A D Sanial notes a cool air mass will lower temps. Airport on French Island logged 90 while other Midwest towns report similar heat. Sanial predicts clearing and a low around 50 with a cool, partly cloudy Saturday reaching about 64.
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Ettrick
la Crosse
U. S
A. D. Sanal
French Island
Sanial
Storms Strike Texas Panhandle Tornadoes Reported Near Dalhart
Two tornadoes swept the Texas Panhandle Thursday night as a cold front moved in. One damaged a farm house near Dalhart with no injuries reported. Temperatures fell from 75 to 63 by Friday morning after strong storms hit Ettrick and Winona areas late Thursday.
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Amarillo
Tex
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Dalhart
Ettrick
Winona
Storm damages hit Ettrick Trempealeau power lines down
Weather reports note earlier storm damaged Ettrick Trempealeau leaving power lines down and service interrupted about 6 55 p m at Trempealeau Crews restored stores by Friday morning and homes later while Community Telephone Co lines remained down Prom night was held by candlelight in the junior high school at the time Half a dozen towns reported storm activity including Galesville Whitehall Blair Independence with light to no major damage Ends heat wave as cool air moved in and showers expected Friday night per federal forecaster Howard J Thompson
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Trempealeau
Community Telephone Co
Galesville
Whitehall
Blair
Independence
Thompson
Farmers in Bayfield County gain deer shooting permits
Wisconsin conservation commission allows Bayfield county farmers to shoot deer on their property amid crop damage claims totaling about 20 thousand dollars. Residents and officials urge controlled hunting as budget discussions for 1949 50 unfold with allocations across forestry law enforcement fish management and parks.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
Bayfield County
Bayfield
Commission
Carl Erickson
Herbster
Lake Superior
Charles Smith
Pitman - Robertson
Honeymoon Tragedy Strikes Bride on Queensland Motorcycle Ride
A 19 year old bride was killed in Queensland Australia while riding a motorcycle with her husband from their wedding church to the wedding breakfast. The couple were newly married and traveling on a rural route when the fatal crash occurred.
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Queensland
Australia
Thief Takes Parts, Car Returns Missing Most of It
Earl White’s 1949 Studebaker sedan was stolen after only 12 miles of use and found three days later on a rural road. The car’s speedometer read 49 miles, but the thief removed motor, transmission, overdrive, radiator, battery, heater and air conditioning, gas tank, wipers, door locks, arm rests, headlights, dome lights, switches, glove lock and front mat.
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Superior
Wis
Earl White
Studebaker
Western powers weigh Russia withdrawal proposal at Paris talks
Washington officials view Moscow’s demand for all occupation troop withdrawal from Germany as a major test at the Paris Big Four ministers conference opening May 23. U S Britain and France seek a unified German government and economic political unification of Soviet and Western zones while guarding against a balance shift in Europe. President Truman notes progress on Berlin after the new agreement.
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Washington
Russia
Germany
Paris
United States
Britain
France
State Department
Truman
Berlin
Europe
Mrs Wolf Dies Longtime Red Cross Leader
Death retires as chairman of the Red Cross board after years of service. She never missed meetings and helped with sewing in production rooms. She built rural worker rosters for campaigns and helped develop the Junior Red Cross county program with the school system, earning national recognition. In 1936 she presided at a national convention session.
Labor Defeats Rayburn Backed Bill Amid Senate Delays
Labor defeats a Rayburn backed bill as House aims to retry the measure despite Senate inaction. Senate leaders offer no timetable and keep a crowded calendar, prioritizing the administration’s House approved reciprocal trade agreements measure.
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Rayburn
House
Senate
13 Year Old Girl Drowns Playmate in City Drainage Ditch
In Joliet Illinois a 13 year old girl Diane Allen confessed to drowning seven year old Charles Johnson in a drainage ditch. A coroner's jury found her responsible and recommended holding her for the Will County grand jury. Diane described knotting a scarf over his mouth and holding him under water until he stopped moving. The body was found in eight inches of water after an all night search. The case remains under investigation as to whether the act was accidental or homicidal.
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McCauley
Patricia
Richter
Babich
Neelen
Frank Zajdel
Zajdel
Det
Adolph Kraemer
Milt
Will County Grand Jury
Diane
Roy Doerfler
Oak Lawn
Chicago
Ridgewood
Charles
Clarence Allen
Doerfler
James Clark
Johnson Boy
Johnson
Four Miners Die After 48 Hour Rescue Effort
In Girardville Pennsylvania four miners William Kelly 49 Joseph Wowak 34 Raymond Eye 35 and William O’Brien 53 were found dead 600 feet below the surface after a shaft fire at Gilberton Coal Co No five colliery. Rescue teams battled the blaze for 48 hours and the bodies were recovered within two hours of discovery.
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Girardville
John Cook
Gilberton Coal Co
Joseph Kapulis
Rapulis
William Kelly
Joseph Wowak
Shenandoah
Raymond Eye
William O’brien
Elmer Christ
Wife of Bear Hunter Dies at Superior
Mrs. Marion E. Bottum known as Honey wife of Chauncey the Bear Hunter died after a two week illness in Superior. She was 49 and with Chauncey ran a famed hunting lodge on Wilderness lake near Iron River. Survived by husband and three daughters Mrs. Stephen Biggers Chicago Mrs. Andrea Padlesmy Clinton and Nancy Iron River.
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Superior
Wis
Marion E. Bottum
Wisconsin
Chauncey the Bear Hunter
Bottum
Chauncey
Wilderness Lake
Iron River
Stephen Biggers
Chicago
Andrea Padlesmy
Clinton
Nancy
Senate approves $300 million education aid bill
Washington action sends a federal education aid bill to the House for the second year running. The measure passed the Senate 58 to 15 after all amendments were defeated and would authorize $300 million annually to help states pay teacher salaries and school operations.
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Washington
Senate
House
How They Voted on Education Aid Bill
Washington senators Wiley supported the federal aid to education bill while McCarthy opposed it as the Senate passed the measure 58 to 15.
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Tribune
Washington Bureau
Washington
Wisconsin
Senate
Wiley
McCarthy
Federal aid bill for school funding faces house vote
The measure would grant per pupil funds to the poorest states to level education opportunities. It allows federal grants to aid private and parochial school children if state law permits. Senate passage last year was stalled in the house.
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Ruth’ Doyle
Madison
Rogan
Ladysmith
Harper
Lancaster
Assembly
Senate
House
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Elizabeth Oehlenschlaeger
Owen Gromme
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By John M. Hightower
Labor
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Buy Direct
Third St
la Crosse, Wis
James V. Bartley
James E. Burke
Bear Hunter
India
A. & C. Johnson
Fifth Ave
Roud’s Drug Store
West Avenue
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Flatlux
Patterson Sargent
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