Beaver Dam Man Elected State Deputy
Joseph E. Helfert of Beaver Dam was named state deputy of the Wisconsin Knights of Columbus at the three day convention. He succeeds Dr. C. W. Henney who did not seek re election. Other new state officers include Lesle Schlax Kenosh state secretary J L Reinhart Wisconsin Rapids state treasurer Judge Harold J Lamboley Monroe state advocate and Maloney warden Gilson Shawano and Paul Heroux Oconto. Delegates to the supreme national convention in Miami in August were named from 18 candidates including D Kenneth Hansen Park Falls R J Maughen Mineral Point Thomas Trainor Wausau Joseph F Kubasta Jr Oshkosh Edward Doyle Schulleberg Joseph F Schuster Milwaukee and Frank S Fox Eau Claire. The convention site for 1947 was named Wausau.
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Joseph E. Helfert
Beaver Dam
Wisconsin Knights of Columbus
C. W. Henney
Postage
Lesle J. Schlax
Kenosh
J. L Reinhart
Wisconsin Rapids
Harold J. Lamboley
Monroe
Alan J. McAndrews
Madison
McAndrews
Maloney
Gilson
Shawano
Paul Heroux
Oconto
Miami
D. Kenneth Hansen
Park Falls
R. J. Maughen
Mineral Point
Thamas Trainor
Wausau
Joseph F. Kubasta
Oshkosh
Edward Doyle
Shulleberg
Joseph F. Schuster
Milwaukee
Franks. Fox
Eau Claire
N. E. King
Eau Galle
Supreme Council
State Council
Stoddard Hotel
Katherine
Viola Moresco
Holy Angels High School
Leo T. Crowley
The
Milwaukee Railroad
Pope Poul IX
Catholic Ley
Miss Frank
Miss Moresco
August Reisweber
Catholic Interest Committee
Ray M. Larkin
la Crosse Grand Knight
W. C. Henney
Portage
Henney
Mark Pfaller
Wauwatosa
Jace KC Club
Fifth Avenue North
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Aquinas
John Patrick Treacy
la Crosse
Crowley Defends Rights as War Lessons Abide at KC Banquet
Leo T. Crowley, former federal administrator and Milwaukee Railroad chairman, told Knights of Columbus delegates at the Stoddard hotel banquet that rights of man outrank state, urging action to curb starvation and defend freedom. He warned against totalitarian communism and argued for protecting individual and family rights and small nations. He called for countering propaganda and defending the bill of rights in the western world.
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Leo T. Crowley
Milwaukee Railroad
Stoddard
Knights of Columbus
Crowley
Washington
Europe
Asia
U.S
U W Professor Plans Bikini Stem Bomb Test Trip
Professor Ned D. Trask of the University of Wisconsin geologist and oceanographer will leave June 8 for Washington to join 23 scientists observing the Bikini stem bomb tests. He will document radioactive effects and previously worked with the U S Geological Survey in Washington.
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Madison
Wis
Ned D. Trask
University of Wisconsin
Washington
Pacific
Trask
W. H. P. Brandy
Wisconsin
U. S. Geological Survey
Frazer Car Delivery Expected in June
Joseph W. Frazer chairman and president of Graham Paige Motors says the Frazer automobile built at Willow Run will begin moving to distributors and dealers in June.
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Detroit
Joseph W. Frazer
Graham-Paige Motors Corp
Frazer
Willow Run
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Vicinity
Increasing cloudiness tonight followed by local thundershowers late tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight 56. High Wednesday 84.
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La Crosse @d
Widow Of Sears Founder Anna Sears Dies At 77
EVANSTON, Ill. Anna Lydia Sears 77 widow of Richard W. Sears founder and president of Sears Roebuck died yesterday at her daughter Sylvia Sears Gardner's home. She was sole legatee of her husband’s $15.7 million estate. Survived by two sons Richard W. Sears II and Wesley M. Sears and six grandchildren. Services set for tomorrow at Mrs. Gardner's home.
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Evanston, al
Anna Lydia Sears
Richard W. Sears
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sylvia Sears Gardner
Man Locked In Rail Refrigerator Car Two Weeks Without Food
Yakima Washington report says Alfred J. Degutis, 43, was imprisoned in a railroad refrigerator car without food or water for over two weeks. He entered the car at Auburn May 9 and was found after a warehouseman heard him kicking the door. Degutis weighed 196 pounds at entry and 142 pounds on release. officials say his condition is good.
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Yakima
Wash
Alfred J. Degutis
Degutis
Seattle
Auburn
Northern Pacific Freight Office
Cascade Ee
Unions Hint At Supporting Alternate 1948 Candidate
Big unions push to consider Henry Wallace or Claude Pepper as alternative standard bearers amid debate over Truman labor plan. Critics from CIO head Philip Murray to top lawmakers question the administration's strike emergency and coalition viability while Stassen and Taft urged restraint in granting draft powers.
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Washington
Truman
Henry A. Wallace
Claude Pepper
Capitol Bill
Secretary of Commerce
Senator Pepper
D-Fla
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Taft
Rohio
Congress
Stassen
GOP
Smaller Bread Loaves Ordered To Save Wheat
Washington reports a June 1 order requiring bakers to produce bread and rolls weighing 10 percent less to stretch wheat supply for famine areas and domestic shortages. The move follows an international conference urging higher wheat extraction and darker flour while exemptions apply for equipment issues. Exports of wheat and flour lag behind goals due to a 48 hour railroad strike.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
International Food Conference
Exiled Spanish Leaders Threaten Force If UN Fails
Premier Jose Giral for the Spanish Republicans warned the UN sub committee that exiles inside and outside Spain would take up arms to topple Franco if the world body does not act. He said allies would provide ample support and that the Spanish people feel capable of overthrowing tyranny.
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New York
Security Council
Spain
United Nations
Jose Giral
U. N
Giral
Girai
Herbert Evat
Poland
Franco
Petrillo Declares Illegal Strike By Musicians
James C. Petrillo announced a Chicago radio station strike and said he faces prosecution under the Lea bill. He admitted firing three WAAF studio librarians after the station refused to hire three more, calling the move a defense of union interests despite Lea bill penalties.
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Chicago
James C. Petrillo
Lea
Petrillo
AFL American Federation of Musicians
Chicago Federation of Musicians
WAAF
Congress
United States
Coal Pinch Closes Milwaukee School
Milwaukee Vocational school with 6 500 day students and 1 000 veterans will close temporarily due to coal shortage. Principal William F Rasche said electric power shortage, not heat, forced the shutdown. Night classes serving 5 500 students ended last week.
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Milwaukee
Wiliam F. Rasche
VFW Chief Attacks Firms Over GI Job Training Racketeering
Joseph M. Stack national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars accuses many employers of racketeering by using discharged servicemen as cheap labor under GI bill on the job training. He says training is extended beyond reasonable lengths and some employers stretch four to six weeks to two years, forcing government support and returning veterans to old jobs as trainees.
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Kansas City
Joseph M. Stack
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pittsburgh Vfw
Mid
Goodland Declines Special Redistricting Session
Wisconsin Gov. Goodland says he will not call a special legislative session on redistricting now, but would do so if the supreme court enjoins the secretary of state from starting the process. He notes the 1941 43 and 45 legislatures took no action and cites costs and farm concerns.
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Goodland
Madison
Wis
Supreme Court
Secretary of State
Soweto
John Martin
Martin
Senate
Assembly
Gov. Goodland
Flood Hits Pennsylvania City as Suquehanna Rises
Williamsport faces severe flood as Suquehanna river swells to 30 feet with 45 000 residents cut off in parts of the city. High water drowns two farmers near Lock Haven and a six-year-old boy in Harrisburg. property losses top half a million dollars and more details follow.
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Williamsport
Suquehanna River
Pennsylvania
Ohio
New York
Lock Haven
Harrisburg
Milwaukee man charged with drowning daughter in river
Roland A. Wasti of Clifton New Jersey will be arraigned in district court on first degree murder charges for drowning his two year old daughter Ruth Sunday night in the Kinnickinnic river. Det Lt John Niederkorn says Wasti leaped into the river, swam to shore, then left the child to drown. Coastguardsmen recovered the girl's body.
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Milwaukee
Roland A. Wasti
Clifton
N. J
Ruth
William J. McCauley
Wasti
John Niederkorn
Wisconsin
Kinnickinnic River
Greenfield Avenue
Niederkorn
New Jersey
Dorothy
Dairy managers seek two cent milk price hike in Racine
Charles Lundberg, manager of the Borden Co. plant, said dairy operators have asked the Office of Price Administration for authorization to raise the retail price of milk by two cents a quart to 15 cents to cover higher pay for employees.
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Racine
Charles Lundberg
Borden Co
Office of Price Administration
Baby suffocates in Milwaukee crib tragedy
A sixteen day old girl Nancy Bagemihl died yesterday in Milwaukee from accidental suffocation in her crib. County medical examiner Dr. E L Tharinger confirmed the post mortem findings.
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Milwaukee
Nancy Bagemihl
George Bagemihl
E. L. Tharinger
Secret weapons debate blocks public details and funds rise
Washington lawmakers rejected calls to disclose major secret weapons including biological and atomic poison gas, while privately weighing increased army funding for further scientific research. Members warned broader disclosure risks global knowledge, stressing the need to safeguard national security.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
W. A. Higinbotham
Federation of Atomic Scientists
Detroit prepares golden parade with gold paint on Woodward
Detroit officials unveil the automotive golden jubilee plan with a thousand gallons of gold paint to be sprayed on Woodward avenue early Saturday. The glittering streets lead to an afternoon parade celebrating Detroit’s automotive heritage.
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Detroit
Woodward Avenue
Carter Glass Virginia Senator Dies at 88
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia known as the father of the federal reserve system died in his Mayflower Hotel apartment at age 88 from heart failure. The longtime lawmaker had not appeared in the Senate since 1942 and declined a Treasury post in 1933.
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Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Congress
Federal Reserve System
Senate
Mayflower Hotel
Mary
Glass
Supreme Court
Secretary of Treasury
House
Wilson
Major coal contract points near settlement
Washington officials reported that a settlement of the coal strike was imminent as the government and John Lewis reached agreement on major contract provisions. A 1842-cent wage increase and overtime terms could bring the basic pay to new terms for a 45 hour week.
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Washington
John Lewis
Lewis
Krug
Husky Umw
Interior Secretary
Absolve Doctors On Brideship In Deaths Of 8 Babies
An army board exonerated the medical staff of the brideship Zebulon B. Vance from negligence in eight infant deaths after arrival May 19 from Le Havre. Total infant deaths in the week rose to ten as John Ericsson from Southampton reported a baby died aboard, likely from suffocation, with three more infants seriously ill.
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New York
Army Board of
Zebulon B. Vance
le Havre
John Ericcson
Southampton
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W. H. Myers
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J. E. Helfert
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U. W
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Sears
Coal Pinch
VFW
Susquehanna River
U. S
Higinbotham
Appropriations Committee
America
Federal Reserve
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