Switchmen's Union Cancels June Strike Amid Talks
The Switchmen's Union of North America cancels its June 1 strike against 10 western railroads after progress in mediation. Union seeks 40 hour week pay for 48 hours plus time and a half for Saturday and double time for Sunday. Negotiations continue with Daniel Loomis and Arthur Glover leading talks.
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Washington
Switchmen’s Union
National Mediation Board
Francis A. O’neill, Jr
O’neill
Mediation Board
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Chicago
Chicago Great Western
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Davenport, Rock Island and North Western
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Great Northern Railroad
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad
Northern Pacific Terminal Company
Oregon
St. Paul Union Depot Company
Sioux City Terminal Company
Western Pacific Railway Company
Daniel P. Loomis
Western Carriers Conference Committee
Arthur J. Glover
Truman Era Grass Roots Politicians Quietly Shape White House
The Missouri Gang backed Truman when he became president in 1945, placing trusted advisers like John Snyder and Harry Vaughan around him. Charles Ross managed press relations, while Robert Hannegan became postmaster general. The shift contrasted with Roosevelt's planners and Harding era figures, highlighting a practical, earthy team from Missouri.
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Washington
White House
Butler
Truman
Missouri
Roosevelt
Nas
Ohio
Harding
Mr. Truman
Mr. Roosevelt
New York
Harvard
Felix Frankfurter
Wall Street
Harry S. Truman
John Wesley Snyder
Treasury
Snyder
St. Louis
Harry Hawkins Vaughan
Vaughan
Charles G. Ross
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Ross
Robert E. Hannegan
St. Louis Ward
Hannegan
Page
City Housing Authority Founded By Aldermen
The La Crosse city housing authority formed January 11 1946 by the common council aims to provide low rent housing for veterans and others. Appointed January 12 1946 by Mayor Verdota the five commissioners include Msgr Schuh Mrs Jackson and Alderman Newburg. The authority seeks to study blighted areas and address unsanitary housing under Wisconsin law. A referendum on June 6 will decide if the city council enters a cooperation with the authority to build 200 homes under public housing programs.
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la Crosse Housing Authority
Common Council
Public Housing Administration
la Crosse
J. J. Verdota
A. N. Schuh
Carl O. Pederson
Owen Jackson
L. V. Weisensel
Harry Newburg
Msgr. Schuh
Pederson
Housing Authority
Tribune Offers Subscribers 2 Summer Plans
The La Crosse Tribune presents two vacation plans the Mail Away Plan and the Lay Away Plan to keep readers updated while away. Mail Away ships daily copies in individual wrappers at no extra cost, while Lay Away stores copies and delivers them upon return. Call 2-8040 or ask a carrier bay to enroll.
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The
la Crosse Tribune
the Tribune
Partly Cloudy Warm Day Forecast for Sunday
Partly cloudy and warmer conditions expected Sunday with a high of 74 degrees in the afternoon.
No Boy Friends For Quints For Two Years Yet
In Callander Ontario the Dionne quintuplets aged 16 will not have boy friends for two more years. Their father Oliva Dionne says the rule applies until they finish school. The five girls Annette Cecile Emelie Marie and Yvonne are in grade 10 with two high school years remaining.
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Callander
Dionne
Papa Oliva Dionne
Annette
Cecile
Emelie
Marie
Yvonne
Traffic Deaths Lead Memorial Weekend Toll
Memorial Day weekend traffic toll climbs nationwide with 83 highway deaths, 16 drownings, and 13 other fatalities by Saturday night. The National Safety Council projects about 290 highway deaths by Tuesday midnight.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Promise Clear Water Monday Cooperation Sought in City
La Crosse boards of health and public works urge residents to conserve water to keep Grandad Bluff reservoir as full as possible. They plan to use reservoir water for washing and aim for clean drinking water by Monday morning, asking housewives to finish washing by 9 am and to stop nonessential use, including lawn sprinkling after 6 pm Sunday. If successful, the Monday plan may repeat weekly.
La Crosse Memorial Day Parade And Programs Planned
La Crosse marks Memorial Day with a parade at 9 a m departing Fourth and King streets and multiple observances. Units assemble at 8 30 a m at Market Square and Cameron Park. ceremonies are held at Oak Grove cemetery and the Catholic cemetery with Veterans groups and Boy Scouts assisting. Police will tow parked cars along the parade route to keep the path clear.
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King
West Avenue
Forrest Avenue
Oak Grove Cemetery
Cass
22Nd
Market
Oak Grove
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Woodlawn
Wilson Colwell Relief Corps No. 2
Riverside Park
VFW
Campbell Cemetery
Boy Scouts
Nation Plans To Honor War Dead Tuesday
The United States will honor its war dead in ceremonies at home and abroad. General George C. Marshall will headline a five hour Arlington National Cemetery observance. Captain Adam Eisenhauer will carry the President’s wreaths to the Unknown Soldier and Civil War monuments. Senator Bricker will speak at Gettysburg commemorating Lincoln’s battlefield dedication. Flags will be placed on graves in national cemeteries and overseas locations. The cemeteries hold over 581000 graves with WWI and recent war dead buried overseas.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Arlington, Va
National Cemetery
Truman
Adam Eisenhauer
White House
Bricker
Ohio
Gettysburg
Abraham Lincoln
United States
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Blossom Day Crowds Expected at Gays Mills Orchard Event
Gays Mills Wisconsin prepares for Blossom Day with hundreds of visitors expected to tour orchards this Sunday. Gays Mills high school will greet guests in the afternoon and a refreshment stand is set up for motorists. Large crowds from Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin are anticipated. The event was scheduled for May 21 but postponed due to unseasonal weather.
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Gays Mills
Wis
Gays Mills High School
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Electrical Union and GM Sign Five Year Pact
General Motors signed a five year, non reopenable contract with the CIO International Union of Electrical Radio and Machine Workers, covering about 32 000 workers at Frigidaire and Delco plants in Dayton Warren Rochester and New Brunswick Delco Remy battery plant.
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General Motors Corp
CIO International Union of Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
CIO
United Auto Workers
Frigidaire
Delco
Dayton
Packard Electric
Warren
Delco App
East German Youth Parade Set After Big Berlin Rally
In Berlin's Soviet sector thousands of East German youths joined a massive FDJ rally praising Russia. A Sunday parade is planned with Allied troops watching while West observers report scattered incidents and defections to the West.
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Adolf Hitler
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West
Kremlin
Free German Youth
FDJ
Russia
Moscow-East Berlin
Reich
Hitler
Potsdamerplatz
Times Square
No-Man’s-Land
East Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Stalin
Ulbricht
Red Army
Treptow Park
Porter Triumphs at Richland Center GOP Convention
State Sen. Foster Porter won the 214 to 12 endorsement over Rep. Gardner R. Withrow at the Richland Center convention. Withrow sought withdrawal claiming the meeting was rigged. Porter, Assemblyman Alex Nicol for lieutenant governor, and Vernon W. Thompson for attorney general represented the first district endorsements for statewide offices.
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Richland Center
Wis
Sateurday
Foster Porter
Bloomington
Congress
Porter
Gardner R. Withrow
la Crosse
Alex Nicol
Sparta
Assembly
Vernon W. Thompson
Attoreney General
Milwaukee
Withrow
R. M. Schlabach
William H. Stevenson
Schlabach
Steveneson
Ex Assemblyman Higgins Dies at 59 in Milwaukee
Martin M. Higgins a former Milwaukee alderman and 1920 Republican state assembly member died at his home on Saturday from a heart attack.
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Milwaukee
Martin M. Higgins
State Assembly
High Uppers Target Gambling Probe Pressures Revealed
Senate investigators reported pressure from influential figures to derail the gambling inquiry. Senator McFarland asked the U S attorney to consider perjury charges against Frank Erickson and Frank Costello after their testimony. Kefauver pressed secret hearings in Miami with IRS intelligence witnesses, while Wiley warned of outside influence from Democratic political circles seeking to block the probe.
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Morgan Reynolds
Washington
McFarland
D-Ariz
U. S
Morris Fay
Frank Erickson
Frank Costello
New York
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
Erickson and Costello
Kefauveroc
Special Aging Group
Miami
Florida Resort
Internal Revenue Bureau
Kefauver
al Capone
Wiley
R-Wis
WGN
Chicago
Two Hurt In Oakdale Car Crash
Glen Johnson of Eau Claire and Galen Warden Jones of Colfax were treated at a Sparta hospital after a collision with Martin Jensen, Oakdale gas station manager, as both vehicles met on U S highway 1216. Johnson and Jones suffered fractures and shock while Jensen reported stopping at the arterial but not seeing the other car. The Johnson Jones car traveled 228 feet before stopping.
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Oakdale
Wis
Glen Johnson
Eau Claire
Galen Warden Jones
Colfax
Sparta
Johnson
Jones
Martin Jensen
Oakepa Street
U. S. Highway 1216
Jensen
Chris Hendrickson
Johnson-Jones
Ensen
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