Local Woman Missing From Isle la Plume Bridge
Mrs. Robert Seitz, 30, disappeared from her home and may have jumped from the Market street bridge. Police found her car abandoned at the foot of Market street. Fire department divers searched the Isle la Plume slough while bloodhounds traced a trail to the bridge.
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Market Street
Robert Seitz
North 11Th Street
George Brooks
Seitz
Tribune
Isle Ln Plume Slough
North 11Th
Market Street Bridge
Visitor Missing From Mother's Home Here
Mrs. Beryl Powell age 27 from Wyocena Wisconsin is missing from her mother's home at 407 Avon Street since 11 30 a m Tuesday. She is 5 5 tall 120 pounds with dark complexion brown eyes and black hair in pin curls. She wore brown tinted glasses a dark two piece suit and carried a black plastic purse.
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Beryl Powell
Avon Street
Wyocena
Wis
Marines with John Paul Jones Used Grenades in Revolution
United States Marines under John Paul Jones employed hand grenades during the American Revolution, illustrating early improvisations in siege and naval warfare by the fledgling force.
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United States
John Paul Jones
Rural schools ordered to build bus loading zones
Madison Wisconsin Gov Rennebohm signs bills including a rural school bus loading zone requirement and a 18 prohibition for tavern entry. Other measures allocate national forest income to roads and schools, raise penalties for truck violations, and set new motorist stopping rules for pedestrians with canes.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Ford speed on assembly lines sparks union dispute
The dispute centers on whether a company can require workers to exceed 100 percent of established production standards and to make up losses from factors beyond a worker’s control. UAW President Walter Reuther contrasts union and management arbitration ideas over whether the arbitrator can rule on the company’s claimed right to enforce an elevated standard. Buy Savings Bonds.
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Biter
Ford
UAW
Walter Reuther
Reuther
State College Seeks Unified Wisconsin Education System
A petition from Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce urges making Eau Claire State Teachers College part of the University of Wisconsin. The proposal backs merging the university system and abolishing boards of regents in favor of a single nine member board. The assembly also advanced liquor tax exemption and other state measures while a Senate committee eyed flooding and pollution issues. If air routes merged globally, they would encircle the equator nine times.
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Madison
Wis
Eau Claire State Teachers College
University of Wisconsin
Assembly
Pritchard
Reau Claire
Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce
House
State Teachers Colleges
Stout Institute
Wisconsin Institute of Technology
Adams- Juneau County
Madison Lakes
Senate
Southern
Wisconsin
Anti-Pollution Federation
Western Allies seek German reunification stance at conference
At a Paris session Monday Soviet foreign minister Vishinsky engaged with Western leaders, signaling willingness to discuss Germany and Austria and hinting Russia will agree on all questions if persuaded. Western sources called the move conciliatory but surprising as talks proceed.
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Germany
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Arc de Triomphe
Vishinsky
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Ernest Bevin
U. S
Notable B 17 pilot Simones remembered after loss
The account recalls Lt T J Simones from La Crosse as a courageous B 17 pilot who survived brutal raids including Wilhelmshaven on June 11. Born March 26 1920, he enlisted in 1942, trained at Randolph Field Fort Worth and San Angelo, earned wings at Louisiana field, and served overseas from Mitchell Field New York. He is mourned by his mother two sisters and three brothers with a father and brother previously deceased.
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Lane
Rose
T. J
Tom
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Wilhelmshaven
la Crosse
Army Air Corps
Randolph Field
Fort Worth
San Angelo
Tex
Lake Charles
Louisiana Field
Mitchell Field
N. Y
England
St. Mary’s
Aquinas
Loras College
Dubu
Security gaps at Hanford probe prompts action
Commission general manager Carroll L. Wilson described a Hanford plant test that revealed security lapses. A security officer known as Schumann removed two uranium bars, stored in a safe, and their disappearance went unnoticed for months. Isotopes used in research were shipped to Norway, Sweden, Australia, and Canada. Lilienthal and Strauss debated risks of aiding bomb research abroad.
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Commission
Hanford
Wilson
John E. Gingrich
Schumann
Security Office
Lilienthal
Strauss
Norway
Sweden
Australia
Canada
Circuit court resumes as new jury panel drawn in brewing case
The Midwest Spray Painting Co. versus Louis Ziegler Brewing Co. resumes as the court draws a fresh jury panel. Lyle Mason is the plaintiff seeking money due on the painting contract for the brewery. Jurors not selected are excused until 9 a m Wednesday. Judge Clarence Rinehart of Chippewa Falls presides.
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Circuit Court
Midwest Spray Painting Co
Louis Ziegler Brewing Co
Lyle Mason
Clarence Rinehart
Chippewa Falls
Lucas says health plan action unlikely this session
Senate Democratic Leader Lucas after a White House conference says Congress cannot act on Truman's national health program this session. He notes uncertainty on civil rights measures and says adjournment by July 31 is possible. House Speaker Rayburn agrees plus warns of August continuation if must measures remain.
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Senate
Lucas
White House
Congress
Truman
House
Rayburn
Publishers ITU Bring NLRB Dispute Over Taft Hartley Ban
Washington report on the clash between US newspaper publishers and the International Typographical Union before the National Labor Relations Board over the Taft Hartley closed shop ban. Arguments set after two postponements, with ITU leaders seeking contract terms mirroring prior closed shop arrangements.
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Washington
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
American Newspaper Publishers Association
International Typographical Union
ITU
Woodruff Randolph
NLRB
Robert N. Denham
ANPA
Arthur Leff
St. Louis Doctor Demanded Fees Over Hartman Abortion
Jurors heard that Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr. allegedly sought 200 to 250 dollars from Byron Hartman for an abortion in August. Milton Moldafsky testified Rutledge claimed Hartman caused his wife’s pregnancy and had no right to the money, then said he would drop the matter after consulting a lawyer. Mrs. Rutledge wept in court as the testimony unfolded in the Hartman murder trial in Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Louis
Robert C. Rutledge, Jr
Byron C. Hartman
Milton Moldafsky
St.uis
Hattman
Moldafsky
Dr. Rutledge
Barnes Hospital
Rutledge
Hartman
Sydney Rutledge
William Crissman
Moldarsky
Attman
Richard Everett
Star-Times
Gardener Reports Flower Theft at Municipal Pool
Jacob Weber, gardener at the municipal swimming pool, told police on Tuesday morning that 15 flower plants were stolen. He reported 10 plants from one bed and five from another.
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Jacob Weber
Wisconsin Holds Hearing On Serve Yourself Gas Stations
The Wisconsin Industrial Commission will hold a Madison hearing Friday on serve yourself gasoline stations. Safety operations will be discussed. O. T. Nelson and I F. Staats, directing officials, are away at other investigations. The Causeway station run by John Wilkinson is the first in Wisconsin. Wilkinson advocates against a bill to ban such stations.
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Wisconsin Industrial Commission
Madison
Wisconsin
la Crosse Tribune
Associated Press
Commission
O. T. Nelson
I F. Staats
Fast Talker: FDR Spurred Speeches at 150 Words a Minute
The article notes President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered speeches at roughly 150 words per minute during major addresses. It highlights his rapid speaking pace as a notable feature of his public rhetoric and presidential communication style.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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