Board Defers Salary Plans at Budget Meeting
The La Crosse School Board deferred salary requests from two employee groups and a principals and supervisors schedule. Principals and supervisors proposed a 1951 schedule cost of 15135 with 600 annually thereafter. Federation of Teachers and Building Service Employes asked for cost of living based raises to align with other cities and living costs. The board also authorized cost figures for a Hogan school hot lunch program and directed purchases to study equipment needs.
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Board of Education
Building Service
Local No 21
la Crosse
Strike at Electric Auto-Lite La Crosse Plant Over Insurance Clause
UAW CIO workers at Electric Auto-Lite La Crosse plant strike after Toledo talks fail over insurance administration. Local 396 seeks insurer selection rights and wage benefits. management cites national contract terms and 3.5 cents hourly premium share. Mass meeting set at Pioneer Labor Hall. payroll and some staff remain on site with 50 on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Electric Auto-Lite Co
Toledo
Alvin Danielson
Electric Auto-Lite Union No
Uaw-Cio
Pioneer Labor Hall
Danielson
Newence Ae
Electric Auto-Lite
John R. Padesky
Royce Martin
UAW
CIO
Business Education Day Planned in La Crosse
The Business Education day committee met at the Chamber of Commerce to finalize details for the event on Thursday. Co chairmen Marshall Batho and W O Hanson led planning with chairs for invitations entertainment publicity transportation and dinners. Police will block streets near the Vocational school and 10 buses plus 65 cars will move 486 teachers to 28 cooperating plants. Teachers briefing at 1 p m and a 6 30 p m Avalon banquet with second helpings promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
la Crosse
Marshall Batho
W. O. Hanson
Chamber of Commerce Manufacturers Committee
Everett Yerly
James Jolivette
R. L. Bangsberg
George Hoel
William Bonadurer
John Padesky
Hoel
Avalon
Bonadurer
Equalized valuations for La Crosse County rise in 1950 tax plan
State official explains proposed 1950 equalized valuations with total county value at 156,989,955 up from 150,454,390. City of La Crosse gains but its share dips slightly. Onalaska and all four villages see higher tax portions. Townships Campbell and Shelby show largest increases. Hamilton and Holland see small declines.
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la Crosse County
State Department of Taxation
City of
la Crosse
Harley E. Turk
State Supervisor of
Sparta
Frank Check
Onalaska
West Salem
Bangor
Holmen's
Rockland’s
Campbell
Shelby
Shelby’s
Hamilton
Holland
Barre
Burns
Cooperation on auditorium site moves toward city take
County and city leaders met to resolve differences over the Mary E. Sawyer auditorium site at Fourth to Sixth streets and Vine. Supervisors indicated support for transferring county land for the project while noting no action could be taken at the committee meeting.
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County Board and Common Council
Court House
Mary E. Sawyer
Vine
Pine Streets
Bernard Zahn
Henry Ahrens
Harry Newburg
Ahrens
City Brewery Union Reports Early Chest Support
Vernon Koenen CIO Local 81 reports eight members pledged over 100 dollars to this year’s Community Chest. Plant employees will be contacted again to reach a group goal while Newburg Motor Co. wins the Red Feather Award for surpassing the employee objective. A scouting mother thanks the program for training her son, who helped return a wallet found during paper collection.
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Vernon Koenen
CIO Brewery Workers Local No
G. Heileman Brewing Co
Newburg Motor Co
Boy Scout Office
Community Chest
Rhee Questions South Korean Forces Crossing North
Seoul reports President Syngman Rhee doubts South Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel under orders from the U S eighth army. He questions whether allied command directed the action, signaling tensions over wartime control in Korea.
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Rhee
U. S
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Korean Republic
Korea
Eighth Army
Demo Fight Looms On Bonus Program
Madison observers say a clash over adding a veterans bonus to the Democratic platform is shaping up as nominees for state and legislative offices meet at the platform convention.
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Madison
Wis
Pastor Transferred From Necedah In Mary Apparition Case
The Rev. S R Lengowski, linked to the Necedah Mary apparition belief, says he has been transferred from St Francis of Assisi to St John the Baptist in Wuerzberg Wisconsin. Bishop Treacy ordered the move as Mrs Van Hoof anticipates her final Virgin appearance this Saturday.
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Necedah
Wis
Mary Anna van Hoof
S. R. Lengowski
St. Francis of Assisi Church
Lengowski
St. John the Baptist
Wuerzberg
Wausau
van Hoof
John P. Treacy
la Crosse
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Sees Colder Chill
La Crosse area forecasts a fair day followed by a notably colder spell with a hard freeze overnight. A weather map preview appears on page 6 detailing the cold air mass and temperature drop.
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la Crosse
Planes Hit Red Korea Front as South Koreans Advance
Allied warplanes pounded Red Korea targets as South Korean troops pushed about 50 miles north toward the Manchurian frontier. U.S. generals met with the Korean commander at Koryo airfield as trucks and other vehicles were destroyed along the highway toward Pyongyang. Marines reported capturing Uijongbu, 12 miles north of Seoul, during the advance.
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Tokyo
Far East Air Force
Red Korea
China
Manchuria
Pyongyang
Fifth Air Force
Kwaksan
Anju
Sinanju
Yongyu
Antung
Yalu River
Korea
Tom Lambert
Uijongbu
Seoul
Koryo Air Field
Kangnung
Walton H. Walker
Eighth Army
Earl E. Partridge
Warns Against Hard Freeze in La Crosse Area
Weather advisory issued by Meteorologist Sanal warns residents in the La Crosse region to protect tender plants from a hard freeze with lows near 25 to 28 degrees. Expect continued cold with highs around 55 and partly cloudy skies, while widespread frost affected areas as cold air moved from the Rockies and northern plains.
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la Crosse Country
Sanal
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Rockies
Plains
Weather Bureau
Flanagan Elected County Democratic Leader in La Crosse
J E Flanagan was elected county chairman at a La Crosse County Democratic statutory committee meeting at the Stoddard hotel. Otto Arneson and Elmer May named vice chairman and secretary, with Waldo Dubranz as treasurer. Bill Erin was certified to run for the assembly in the second district, replacing John Huekner who resigned. Precinct committeemen were chosen for multiple wards and Rockland, giving the committee a full slate for La Crosse city and county vacancies.
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la Crosse County
Democratic
Stoddard
John E. Flanagan
South 21St Street
Gene H. Luening
Otto Arneson
Elmer May
Waldo Dubranz
Bill Erin
Rockland
WKBH
John Hueckr
Onalaska
Sixth
Edward Ryan
South Ninth Street
Melvin Germanson
Liberty Street
Kane Street
Chris Bruns
Ferry Street
Margaret Brody
Australia calls for total destruction of North Korean army
In a UN General Assembly debate, Australia urged the destruction of the North Korean army to prevent new aggression. India opposed an eight nation resolution seen as implicit approval of crossing the 38th parallel and long occupation, while Canada expressed support for the UN plan to unite and rehabilitate Korea. Council members discussed pacification and reunification as South Korean forces crossed the parallel.
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General Assembly
Korea
38Th Parallel
Spender
South Korea
Security Council
Australia
Britain
Canada
L. B. Pearson
Russia
Cme
Priority System Gives Armed Forces First Call on Industry
The government ordered a mandatory priority system to place defense needs above civilian work. The National Production Authority issued the DO defense order, effective Tuesday, directing plants to fill priority bids and pass the designation to subcontractors to secure parts for tanks and planes. Criminal penalties back enforcement, with defense agencies empowered to use the rating across the supply chain.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Army
Navy
Air Force
AEC
NPA
William H. Harrison
Interior
Department, Food
Agriculture Department
Konstanty to start Game One for Phillies in World Series
Manager Eddie Sawyer announced on Tuesday that Jim Konstanty, the Phillies star reliever, will start the opening World Series game against the New York Yankees. The surprise move follows Konstanty’s 1950 season of 74 relief appearances, a modern MLB record, with a 17 6 won loss mark. Vic Raschi will oppose him for the Yankees, who finished 21 8.
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Philadelphia
Eddie Sawyer
Jim Konstanty
Philadelphia Phillies
Sawyer
Konstanty
Vic Raschi
New York Yankees
Raschi
Tribune Tours Invited During Ninety National Newspaper Week
The La Crosse Tribune invites the public to tour its plant during National Newspaper Week with visits at 1 pm and 2 30 pm to watch the press runs of the day’s first two editions. Appointments through the city desk are suggested. Next Saturday is National Newspaper Boy Day honoring 500 000 boy delivery riders. The Tribune praises its 289 delivering boys, 139 in La Crosse and Onalaska and 150 in 70 outside communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse Tribune
City Desk
America
Kohler Attacks Democrats Over Wastefulness and Growth
Wisconsin GOP governor hopeful Walter J. Kohler framed the race as a clash with a powerful, wasteful, corrupt Democratic Party he says seeks greater control of state government. At the platform convention he criticized the Democrats and pledged continued Republican progress.
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Madison
Wis
Walter J. Kohler
Kohler
Democratic Party
Wisconsin
Fred Pfennig
Kenosha
Thomas Donahue
Senate
Secretkohler
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Marshal Batho
Milo Knutson
Tribune
State Tax Bureau
Common Council
Invelves County
Peter Pappas
Ict
John Coleman
Frank Greene
Terpstra
Robert Farnam
City Brewery Union
Walt’s
Red Feather Way
Russell Brines
No Korean Capital
Montana
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Gimli
J. E. Flanagan
Democrats
Phillies
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