Chrysler Strike Expands as Governor Considers Intervention
Governor Kim Sigler weighed direct involvement to mediate the Chrysler CIO United Auto Workers walkout as 75,000 workers at Chrysler plants join a two day strike. An $8 million strike fund raised by the CIO alarms industry as production staff walk off for higher pay. Caterpillar and other plants react while NLRB ruling delays a union bargaining outcome.
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Detroit
Kim Sigler
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
Sigler
United Auto
Auto
Big
Emil Mazey
UAW
Michigan
California
Briggs Seomettenaten Co
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Peoria
Til
United Farm Equipment Workers Union
NLRB
AFL
Civil Rights Battle Looms In Senate Fight Over Education Pact
Southern senators move to block or slow a regional education compact backed by fifteen states aimed at creating a chain of regional universities. A Senate vote was set for 2 p m CST to refer the measure to the judiciary committee, with Morse threatening an amendment to bar segregation in the regional schools if the motion fails. Senator Russell indicated support for discussing the bill before taking other actions.
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Washington — .P
Senate
Eagle
Judiciary Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Morse
R-Ore
Congress
Truman
La Crosse Area Weather Cheery Start Clears By Friday
Local forecast for La Crosse and vicinity shows cheering early tonight, then clearing and cooler by Friday morning. Friday will be partly cloudy and slightly warmer with a low around 42 and a high near 70.
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la Crosse
McLoone Murder Case Investigators Leave City
Two investigators Charles S. Wilson and Roy Lapitz depart as city reopens its probe into Dr J E MacLoone’s November murder. A .38 caliber gun was sent to the FBI for ballistics tests while questions persist and no arrests are reported. Municipal and county funds for the investigation rise to about 5 000 each with a staff reorganization cutting personnel.
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McLoone
J. E. MacLoone
Wey
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Common Council
Spee
Charles A. Beranek
FBI
John S. Coleman
Herman F. Rick
County All Ready
Capt
William Boma
Wisconsin Public Health Council Formed in Madison
The Wisconsin state board of health announced formation of the Wisconsin public health council to improve conditions at local and state levels and coordinate with existing agencies. Gertrude Clouse was elected secretary. Members named to complete details include William Deegan, Oliver Plantings, Charlies Crownhart, Harold Kautzer, Frederick MacMillin, Donald She, T. A. Duckworth, Palmer Daugs, Harold Link, Mrs. Otto Falk and others from Superior Rothschild Madison Neenah Sauk and Waukesha areas.
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Health
Wisconsin Public Health Council
Citizens’ Council
Gertrude Clouse
State Department
William Deegan
Superior
Oliver Plantings
Rothschild
Charlies Crownhart
Harold Kautzer
Frederick MacMillin
Donald She Neenah
T. A. Duckworth
Susau
Palmer Daugs
Laxe Mills
Susan Norman
Waukesha
Harold Link
Kaukauna
Otto Falk
Wauwatosa
Clear La Crosse Man Of Milwaukee Charge
John Pine of La Crosse was cleared of all charges after repaying the insufficient funds check written in Milwaukee on December 22. Police concede it was a bookkeeping error and Pine acted in good faith.
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Clear la Crosse
Milwaukee
John Pine
Congress moves on farm program ahead of Truman plan
A GOP led Senate committee approved a revised farm support bill ahead of President Truman's farm message. The measure ties price supports to parity with a modernization clause, keeping the 1909-14 base but allowing adjustments from the last decade. If Congress acts this session, supports stay at 90 to 75 percent. otherwise they fall to 52 to 75 percent after December 31.
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Senate
Truman
Senate Committee
Congress
Republican Congress
Mr. Truman
Agriculture Department
Work To Free 3 Trapped Miners
Three miners remain trapped 175 feet underground in Shamokin Pennsylvania after heavy rain flooded the shaft with about 50 feet of water. Rescue workers report at least one miner alive and tapping signals from the collapsed area while pumping efforts continue.
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Shamokin
Richard Ownes
WISL
Senator Knutson Proposes Tariff on Foreign Cotton
Rep. Knutson of Minnesota introduces a cotton import bill to replace quotas with a flat ten percent tariff on foreign cotton. The measure comes amid a wider oleo tax battle and threats of retaliatory action against southern supporters of oleo tax repeal.
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Washington
Knutson
Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Bond approves 450000 for Hogan school addition
The common council committees vote favorable on a 450000 bond to add two wings to Hogan school with one due by Jan 1. A plan to end the Mary E Sawyer auditorium trust fund keeps 629 in effect for now, and a bid over 66000 for a north side bath house is rejected.
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the Common Council
Mary E. Sawyer
Frank la Rowe
A. R
Walter Roth
Wennaroga
Bath House
Kempter
Deny ERP Aid To Nations Furnishing Red War Goods
Washington says the United States will cut economic aid to any European nation that ships war machinery to Russia. ECA Director Paul Hoffman testified to the Senate Appropriations Committee and urged full funding of 4.245 billion dollars to finish the 5.3 billion program. He promised strict screening of aid requests and careful use of dollars as the program moves from relief to full recovery.
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Washington
United States
Russia
ERP
Paul Hoffman
Hofffman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Cordon
R-Ore
Hoffman
ECA
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Train Strikes Car in Tunnel City Wounds Two
Frank Noe and his four year old son Larry escaped serious harm when their model A Ford was struck by a westbound Milwaukee train at a crossing in Tunnel City at 9 20 a m. Frank and Larry leaped from the car before it slammed into a telephone pole. Noe suffered hip and head injuries while Larry had head lacerations. Deputy Sheriff K W Henry investigated.
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Tunnel City
Wis
Frank Noe
Larry
Tomah
K. W. Henry
Noe
Jacob Ritter Former Bridge Engineer Dies at 83
Jacob Ritter 83 of 926 Avon Street died Wednesday after a brief illness. He was the municipal swinging bridge engineer for 42 years beginning in 1903, guiding river traffic through lumbering booms and later shifts to cargo barges. Survived by wife Anna, one daughter, six sons, 26 grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, and two sons preceded him in death. Funeral Saturday at Dwyer Funeral Home and St John’s Church. Rosary Friday evening.
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Jacob Ritter
Avon Street
Ritter
la Crosse
Mary
Frank
Albert
Ferdinand
Louis
George
Bernard
Anna
Joseph
Adolph
Dwyer Funeral Home
St. John's Catholic Church
E. L. Knauf
Wiley Predicts Hot Lengthy Oleo Fight in Senate
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin predicts a long and hotly contested fight in the Senate over the margarine tax repeal bill that passed the House. He cautions that the measure will face strong deliberation and opposition as it moves to the upper chamber.
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Wiley
Washington
Wis
Senate
House
Girl Lived Nine Years On Water Says Chinese Paper
The Hsin Min Pao reports 20 year old Yang Mai lived on water for nine years after fleeing ten abuse by her stepmother in Szechwannee. Chungking health director confirms the claim as doctors from Nanking investigate with a nurse.
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Nanking
Hsin Min Pao
Chungking
Yang Mai
Szechwannee
Brewers Labor talks hinge on state plan wage offer
A wage proposal from Henry C. Rule of the state employment relations board will be reviewed by both sides in the dispute between brewers local union No. 81 and the G Heileman and La Crosse Breweries. Union and management committees will meet separately this week, aiming to reconvene for a settlement early next week after tentative agreement on all contract terms except wages.
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Henry C. Rule
State Employment Relations Board
Brewers
G. Heileman
la Crosse
Rule
Berlin Red Papers Call Marshall Foe Of Peace
A Soviet controlled Berlin newspaper labels U S Secretary of State George C Marshall a foe of peace and accuses him of rejecting Soviet talks on Russian American differences. It claims he revised a talks offer by U S Ambassador Walter Be... Smith in Moscow. The U S government denies any such offer was made or intended.
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Berlin
U. S
George C. Marshel
Marshall
Walter Becell Smith
Moscow
United States
End of Mandate Sparks War or Peace Outlook in Palestine
AP dispatch from Cairo reports Arab leaders weighing a truce after the British mandate ends at midnight Friday. Discussions in Damascus consider a general truce to delay a Jewish state and limit Jewish immigration while Arab governments face pressures from rivalries, communist fears, and opinions at home about sending armies.
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Palestine
Max Boyd
Orace
Cairo
Boyd
Middle East
Associated Press
Arab League
Damascus
Abdullah
Trans-Jordan
Two Fishermen Find and Identify Decomposed Body
Two La Crosse fishermen found a decomposed body in willows south of Dresbach early Wednesday afternoon. The victim was identified as Lucian C. Radomski, 60, of Winona, after his sister confirmed the ID late Thursday night. Sheriff George Fort said Radomski had left a Winona hotel on February 21 after a period of illness and found no foul play.
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la Crosse
Dresbache
Lucian C. Radomski
Winona Thomas Rose
Avos Street
Te Swan
Avon Street
Crosseat
Rose
Swan
Willows
George Fort
Winona
Sam Wieczorek
Fort
la Crosse Tribune
Radomski
Unfair Labor Practice Charge At Briggs And Stratton
United Auto Workers filed unfair labor practice charges with the national labor relations board against Briggs and Stratton Corp in Milwaukee. The union seeks time and pay for employees for brief work stoppages, an injunction against espionage at union meetings, and a pledge to bargain over wages and hours. It also alleges threats to withhold holiday pay, to shut the plant for future walkouts, and to discipline union members more than non union staff.
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Milwaukee
Briggs and Stratton Corp
United Auto Workers
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
Murray Declares Law Blocks Steel Settlement
CIO President Philip Murray said major steel firms refuse to negotiate unless the union complies with the Taft Hartley act. He called adherence to the non Communist pledge a grave issue and urged delegates to empower the executive board to decide. He accused rival CIO unions of raiding and said the AFL leverages the labor board to weaken non compliant unions.
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Boston
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
American Federation of Labor
National Labor Relations Board
Truman Says He Would Not Ban Red Party
President Truman told reporters he would not outlaw the Communist party in the United States, saying it would violate principles. He affirmed support for Secretary of State Marshall's stance on US Russian exchange and said he would meet Soviet Premier Stalin if asked. He noted no change in peace prospects and planned a farm message to Congress.
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Washington
Truman
Communist Party
Marshall
Russia
United Nations
Stalin
Congress
U. S
Western
Europe
Palestine
Edward U
Bureau of Standards
Brotherhoods Run Trains as Gov Maintains Rail Control
Washington dispatch reports the three railroad brotherhoods will operate trains while the government curbs rail operations. They warn a new nationwide strike will follow when control ends, seeking a 30 percent wage hike and 23 working rule changes. A federal temporary restraining order may be made permanent after next week's hearing.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
Stassen and Dewey Close In On Oregon Primary
Republican rivals Harold E. Stassen and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey press their campaigns in Oregon as they enter the home stretch toward the May 21 presidential primary. Stassen spoke in western Oregon while Dewey addressed a Pendleton crowd in the wheat region, with a multi-city schedule ahead and a high-profile debate still to be arranged.
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Portland
Ore
Harold E. Stassen
Thomas E. Dewey
Stassen
Oregon
New York
Pendleton
Oregon Wheat
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Medford
Sian
Freeman
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Charles S. Wilson
State Crime Laboratory
Roy Lapitz
Public Health Council
Truman Farm Program
GOP
Sawyer
Roth
Atlantic City
North Side
Union
By Max Boyd
Partition
Wilhelmina
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Juliana
Netherlands Empire
Briggs and Stratton
Sec. Marshall
Reds
Dewey
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