State School Official Schedules Elm Grove Hearing
State superintendent George E. Watson and assistant W. E. Kimball will lead a hearing Tuesday at the courthouse in Shelby to decide whether Elm Grove should remain independent or be attached to the La Crosse district. The appeal challenges an Aug. 15 order dissolving La Crosse district and reestablishing Elm Grove as a separate district.
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Elm Grove
Shelby
City of la Crosse
George E. Watson
W. E. Kimball
Madison
la Crosse
Campbell
French Island
Watson
Lame Ducks Meet Shapes Alaska Hawaii Statehood Push
Congress reconvenes in a brief lame duck session with President Truman pressing for a 90 day extension of rent controls and new moves to grant statehood to Alaska and Hawaii. Senate rules and potential filibusters loom as leaders outline a cautious agenda before the new Congress takes over.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Alaska
Hawaii
Lucas
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Monroe County Board OKs Police Tower Move and Civil Defense
Sparta Wisconsin Special report: Monroe County Board of Supervisors approves moving the police radio tower from between Sparta and Tomah to Putman Ridge northwest of Sparta. A civilian defense committee is formed and $500 is budgeted for related expenditures. District Attorney reports $12,370 recovered from estates of aged assistance cases. A new rule requires receipts for reimbursements over $1. Highway resolution is amended to cap Tomah’s state trunk road improvements at $1,000 for 1951 with remaining sums for 1952 and 1953.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County Board of Supervisors
Tomah
U. S. Highway 16
Jacksonville Pass
Putman Ridge
Mies
Richard Melchoir
Weather forecast for La Crosse area cloudy with mild temps
For La Crosse and vicinity. Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. No important temperature change. Low tonight 15 in the city, 12 in the country, high Tuesday afternoon 30.
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la Crosse
Sparta reports first Korean War fatality Corp Carl Hammer
Corp Carl Phillip Hammer 21 died November 5 1950 from wounds in Korea. Born September 21 1929 in Jefferson he enlisted November 19 1948 and trained at Camp Breckinridge before serving with Company G 17th Infantry 24th Division. Survived by mother Mrs Pira Hammer two sisters Mrs Ione Rellig Phyllis at home and brothers Manford and Melburn.
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Sparta
Wis
Special) Corp
Carl Phillip Hammer
Korea
Pira Hammer
Black River Street
War Department
Corp
Hammer
Jefferson
Camp Breckinridge
Ilfsh Infantry
David (Ione) Rellig
Portage
Phyllis
Manford
Melburn
Janesville
Ranges At McCoy Under Fire Again
Camp McCoy Wisconsin range officer Capt Donald D Bridenbaugh says active firing will occur on the north and south small arms ranges and the infiltration course Monday through Thursday. Friday and Saturday practice shifts to the north small arms range. North artillery range fires Monday November 27 and the south range fires Monday through Thursday.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Donald D. Bridenbaugh
McCoy
North Artillery
Snowbound Northeast Struggles as Storms Enduring
A sweeping winter storm paralyzed the Northeast with hundreds of roads blocked and millions without heat or power. Rescue teams cleared arteries in Ohio and Pittsburgh while New Jersey sees 2 million residents cut off from heat and light. Flood threats rise in New England as the gale subsides slowly.
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Ohio
Cleveland
Akron
Youngstown
Canton
Columbus
Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
South Carolina
Maine
New Jersey
New England
Atlantic
Lava Threatens Sicilian Hamlets As Mount Etna Erupts
Lava from Mount Etna on Sicily’s northeastern slopes threatens half a dozen hamlets. Since Saturday night the flow slowed to about 100 feet per hour with the leading stream about 500 feet wide.
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Catania
Sicily
Montatna
Europe
Big Ten selects Wolverines for Rose Bowl
The Big Ten conference voted to send Michigan Wolverines to the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. Commissioner Tug Wilson announced the outcome to reporters after votes from Michigan officials were tallied. Michigan becomes the first Big Ten team to repeat in the Rose Bowl under the current pact begun in 1947.
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Chicago
Michigan
Wolverines
K. L
Tug) Wilson
H. O. (Fritz) Crisler
Ralph W. Aigler
California Versus Michigan Rose Bowl Match Set
Pasadena announces the Rose Bowl matchup pitting California against Michigan for January 1. The official reveal came Monday confirming the two teams as participants in the annual game.
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Pasadena
Calif
California
Michigan
Woman 27 Involved In Two Crashes In One Day
Milwaukee dispatch reportsVirginia Petermann 27 was in two car crashes Sunday. A taxi carrying her hit another vehicle and required the fire department rescue team to remove her. She suffered a concussion and hip injury. A police ambulance taking her to hospital collided with another car, but she was only shaken up.
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Milwaukee
Virginia Petermann
Fire Department
Petermann
Wisconsin editors vow news to help readers be good citizens
Dean O Sullivan says editors of smaller Wisconsin dailies aim to print news that benefits readers and communities. He notes emphasis on government, farming and industry, law interpretation, and religious events, while avoiding sensational Hollywood gossip.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
J. L. O'Sullivan
Marquette University School of Journalism
Wisconsin Daily Newspaper League
O'Sullivan
O’sullivan
League
Hollywood
W. C. Janson
Marinette Eagle Star
Walter J. Pfister
Sheboygan Press
Chinese Reds Stage Theatrical Entrance In Debut Before UN
The Chinese Communist delegation entered the United Nations general assembly committee, drawing applause and stirring debate as Andrei Vishinsky accused the United States of Formosa aggression. US delegate Warren Austin prepared questions for Wu Hsui-chuan on Peiping’s Korea role, while both sides defended their actions as countering aggression.
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Wu Hsiu-chuan
Vishinsky
Formosa
China
U. S
Korea
Warren R. Austin
Wu Hsui-chuan
Security Council
Austin
Peiping
Formosan
Chiang Kai-shek
Manchuria
Truman
Seventh Fleet
United States
United Nations
U S Indicts Earl Browder and Five Others
The United States indicts Earl Browder and five others on contempt of Congress charges for refusing to answer questions during Senate and House investigations into Communist influence. Defendants include Frederick Vanderbilt Field Philip J Jaffe Joseph P Kamp William L Patterson and Dr Edward A Rumely.
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Washington
Earl Browder
Congress
Congressional
Browder
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Philip J. Jaffe
Senate
Edward A. Rumely
Committee For Constitutional Government
Field
Jaffe
McCarthy
R-Wis
Tydings
D-Md
Viroqua Youth Wins Daily Scholarship
Alice J. Pounder nineteen of Delavan Wisconsin won a $300 scholarship at the 20th national 4-H club congress for dressmaking. She was among 12 winners from Spool Cotton company in the clothing achievement program. Wisconsin winners Albin Junior Peterson of Viroqua and Marilyn Klushmeyer of Evansville also earned $300 scholarships in separate 4-H programs.
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Chicago
Alice J. Pounder
Delavan
Wis
Spool Cotton Company
Wisconsin
Albin Junior Peterson
Viroqua
Lederle Laboratories
Marilyn Klushmeyer
Evansville
Dearborn Motors Corp
Chamber of Commerce committee to set Christmas hours
The merchants committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce office to decide the Christmas store hours.
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Chamber of Commerce Merchants’ Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin Braces For Slippery Snowstorm After Weekenders
A weekend storm left Wisconsin roads slick with slush and ice across the state. Two Chicago men died near Fond du Lac in a car crash as several hundred vehicles were stalled on Highway 57. Snow totals ranged from four to five inches in Green Bay and Madison with drifting in the north and chilly 20s to 30s temps statewide.
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Wisconsin
Chicago
Fond du Lac
Thor Hetland
Charles Taylor
Plymouth
Wisconsin Highway Commission
Madison
Door County
Green Bay
Fox River Valley
Columbia
Dodge
Dane
Maxwell Fisher
Milwaukee
Federal Weather Bureau
Land O’' Lakes
Beloit
Howard J. Thompson
Grantsburg
Court refuses delay for Reds
The U S Supreme Court will hear the appeal of 11 convicted Communist leaders next Monday. D N Pritt may appear only if in by December 4. The court refused extra time and denied briefs from the A C L U and the National Lawyer Guild.
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Washington
Supreme Court
D. N. Pritt
Red
Pritt
India
New York
High Court
American Civil Liberties Union
National Lawyer Guild
Friends of the Court
COURT
Illinois Woman Injured In Monroe Area Accidents
Mrs. Elsie Feltz, 52, of Chicago, was hospitalized with a fractured left arm and pelvis after a collision on STH 12 near Kirby, while driving her husband’s car into a milk truck. Her husband Ray Feltz had facial cuts and was treated and released. The milk truck operator May De Gracium, 34, and another driver from the same firm escaped with minor injuries. The truck overturned after the impact, spilling milk as the cab slid and struck a light pole. Traffic officers investigated and transported Mrs. Feltz to Sparta hospital.
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Sparta
Wis
Elsie Fetz
Chicago
Sparta Hospital
Kirby
Ray Feltz
Feltz
Willis Young
Francis Rooker
Chris Hendrickson
Kathryn Springer
Tomah
24th Division and ROKs Hit Hard by Chinese Advance
United Nations offensive in Korea teeters as heavy Chinese attacks breach northwest fronts. The U S 24th Division retreats from Chongju while along the line the 25th and 2nd divisions face fierce fighting near Majon. UN forces fall back after 48 hours of intense combat.
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Tokyo
United Nations
U. S
Chongju
Manchurian
Red
Tokchon
Chongjin
Siberian
Changjin Reservoir
Yudam
Changju
Republic of Korea
ROK
Taechon
U.S. First Corps
25Th
Majon
Yongbyon
Korea
Shrine at Necedah removed from Van Hoof farm
The shrine at Mary Anna Van Hoof’s Necedah farm is taken down on archbishop order. Leonard Schmidt said the Our Lady of Fatima statue altar and stations were removed. A chancery spokesman noted canonical law governs erection and blessing and Mass ban remains in effect. A crucifix on a nearby hill and kneeling benches remain.
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Milwaukee
Necedah Farm
Mary Anna van Hoof
Leonard F. Schmidt
van Hoof Farm
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