Governor Puts Clamp On Cars In Wisconsin
Wisconsin governor imposes auto curbs on state agencies ordering sale of six state autos and restricting purchases. cost records show savings possible by mileage allowances for officers traveling under 14 600 miles annually and for those exceeding limits providing state cars. traffic patrol upgrades and low price car rule follow, as motor vehicle head Marcus is denied a personal car purchase.
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Madison
Wis
State Adjutant General
Rennebohm
Ell
State Traffic Patrol
B. L. Marcus
Motor Vehicle Department
Korea War Reports Mixed Progress Across Front
Far East air forces strafed and rocketed targets near Mupyong and Kanggye, with 55 vehicles destroyed and 40 damaged. Guerrilla activity continued in several areas as Allied spearheads reclaimed abandoned Communist equipment. The Philippines combat team operates southwest of Waegwan near the Pusan perimeter. On the west coast the British brigade expanded a Sinanju bridgehead and moved toward Chongju, while the South Korean capital division pushed from Iwon toward Songin.
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United Nations
Far East
Mupyong
Kanggye
Manchurian
Horoe
Korean Peninsula
Red
Red An
Moscow Radio
Pyongyang
Philippines
Korea
Tokyo
Waegwan
South Korea
Pusan
Taegu
Taejon
Sinanju
Chongju
Iwon
Songin
Winona Livestock Quotations and Chicago Market Notes
Swift & Co reports pig and cattle prices with hours and discounts. Hog quotes range from 15.50 to 19.75 for various weights, with thin end unfinished discounts and stag ranges noted. Cattle and calves show Good to Choice prices up to 30.00, with grass and dry fed lines and stocker activity. Chicago produce and grain figures follow, including wheat corn oats soybeans and fat cattle prices. South St Paul market details list slaughter and feeder ranges for steers, heifers, bulls, and cows with stocker activity noted.
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South ST. Paul
South ST. Paul. Minn
USDA
Burglars Strike Vicenza Fossil Museum Teeth Missing
Burglars broke into the Vicenza fossil museum damaging entry and stealing teeth from a prehistoric cave bear. Investigators seek witnesses and motives in the break in at the museum near the city center.
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Vicenza
Radio Spotlight and Crime Drama Highlight NBC Schedule
Tonight on WKBH NBC the program features Hall of Ivy star Ronald Colman with Purdue president Frederick Hovde praising an adult take on college life. Kenneth C. Adams recounts Murderer’s Hat on The Big Story at 9 00. Richard Diamond solves a Trinidad immigrant murder during the $30 broadcast.
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Ronald Colman
Frederick Hovde
Purdue
Kenneth C. Adams
Adams
WKBH
NBC
Richard Diamond
Diamond
Trinidad
Tatra Turns Out First Tatraplan Racer in Prague Era
Prague Czechoslovakia reports the 50 year old Tatra works in Koprivnice Northern Moravia now government owned has produced the Tatraplan racer with an eight cylinder air cooled rear engine. It has reportedly surpassed 160 kilometres per hour in trials. Critics say it must improve to compete with foreign cars.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Tatra
Koprivnice
Moravia
Quadrani Leader Opposes Pan Islamic Union Plan
Mirza Bashi ruddin Mahmood head of the Quadrani Muslim community condemns a proposed united Islamic world as premature and vague. He asserts Jesus was taken from the cross, traveled to India, and died in Kashmir, criticizing the idea as lacking the required spirit of sacrifice.
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Karachi
Mirza_ Bashiruddin Mahmood
Jesus Christ
India
Kashmir
Retires To Same Job
CHICAGO Il Commissioner Michael J Corrigan had to drop John L Fenn chief of the fire prevention bureau as a member of the fire department the birthday the automatic ae cause A had reached his age But Corrigan Cea hired him asa civilian at his salary of 6186 a year explaining that hes too valuable a 1.8m to lose
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Chicago
Michael J. Corrigan
John L. Fenn
Fire Prevention Bureau
Corrigan
Marines Lieut Jeter Faces Enemy Fire in Korea
Lieut T Jeter of the Marines crawled to a ridge for a closer look at enemy positions in Korea. A nearby anti tank weapon fired as his jeep was destroyed, and days later a shell shattered his shaving gear, leaving him with only the remains of his possessions.
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Eee
Korea
T. Jeter
Jeter
Chicago hog and cattle market summary with prices
Hog market shows steady to 25 cent lower highs with live weights 150 to 600 pounds and sows under 400 pounds trading around 16 to 19 dollars. Cattle and calves demand weak for open grade while yearlings and heavy steers hold 30 to 33.50 per cwt with select lots higher. Potatoes arrivals total 63 cars on track with Idaho Russets mainly 2.45 to 2.65 per cwt and Pontiacs 1.80 to 1.90 with no early Colorado sales.
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Chicago
U. S
Indiana
USDA
Converse
Idaho
Steel wage deal eyed by union in coming weeks
Steel workers for the trade weekly forecast a base rate increase of about 12 to 13 cents per hour with a 5 cent fringe raise making total about 17 to 18 cents per hour. Fringe changes cover holidays vacations job classifications and pensions. The publication notes the price wage change is expected to take effect soon. Ecuador may launch its first paper factory using Benane fiber and sugar cane.
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Trade Weekly
Ecuador
Stamps Issued for historical anniversaries and leaders
Netherlands issues 10 cent olive brown stamp featuring Janus Dousa and 20 cent blue grey stamp depicting Jan van Hout to commemorate Leyden University. Austria releases semi postal series marking the 30th Carinthia plebiscite with multiple values. Tunisia issues 15 franc stamp showing Hermes of Carthage. Israel honors Maccabiah Games with an 80 protot stamp designed by A. Games. Turkey issues two stamps featuring Ismet Inonu and Celal Bayar. Spanish Guinea adds two values to peace set. Saar marks Council of Europe entry with 25 and 200 franc stamps.
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William
Prince of Orange
Leyden University
Netherlands
Janus Dousa
Jan van Hout
Leyden Tribunal
Austria
Edwin Mueller
Carinthia
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Celal Bayar
Council of Europe
Saar
New York Stamp Co
Airmail stamp shows Saar mark with dove feature
A described stamp design centers on a globe with the Saar region marked by a house and a prominent airmail value. A dove of peace appears in the upper left, and the date 1950 is noted on the book displayed beneath.
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Airmail
Dove of Peace
Shop Early for Overseas Christmas Packages to Servicemen
Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak urges La Crosse residents to mail overseas Christmas packages and cards between now and November 15 for guaranteed delivery. Packages to APOs 124 and 125 are limited to 50 pounds, with domestic-rate postage. cards must be sealed. Pack boxes in sturdy material, tie with cords, seal flaps, and print addresses on the outside. Air mail to Korea costs 80 cents per pound.
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Wenzel M. Dvorak
la Crosse
APO
Dvorak
Korea
Curse Follows Tschaikovsky Pathetique Legend
A Swedish clarinetist died in Stockholm after performing Tschaikovsky Pathetique stirring a legend that the piece brings death and disaster to players. Gaze Cooper of the Nottingham Symphony refused to perform it again after two plays. The tale links the composer’s fate to later deaths among musicians, echoed by Victor Kolar noting two friends died soon after he conducted it.
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Stockholm
Tschaikovsky
Gaze Cooper
Nottingham
England
Orchstra
Cooper
Victor Kolar
Flight to the Moon Topic at Paris Congress
The International Congress of Inter-Planetary Exploration will discuss the chances of a lunar flight. The meeting is scheduled to take place in Paris this Fall.
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International Congress of Inter- Planetary Exploration
Paris
Dairies Seek Price Boost in Wisconsin and Minnesota
Northwestern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota dairy farmers threaten to withhold milk unless a two cent per quart price increase is agreed. John Banks Jr. of Dairy Farmers Union Local 293, affiliated with the AFL, cites rising costs and says a Thursday meeting with creamery operators will decide if milk will be held off the market.
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Superior
Wis
Wisconsin
Minnesota
John Banks, Jr
Foxhead
Dairy Farmers Union
American Federation of Labor
Banks
Superior Duluth
Fairchild Faces Milwaukee Rent Control Question
Milwaukee Mayor Zeidler asked Attorney General Fairchild for an opinion on whether the Milwaukee common council can enact a local rent ordinance. Gov Rennebohm has declined to pursue state action, citing counsel Totto. City Atty Mattison says a local ordinance would be unconstitutional, creating a rent headache for Fairchild.
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Milwaukee
Zeidler
Thomas E. Fairchild
Fairchild
Common Council
Rennebohm
Madison
Charles W. Totto
City Atty
Walter J. Mattison
Homemaking Lessons Begin At Whitehall High School
The first of a 10 lesson homemaking unit meets in the home economics room at Whitehall high school Thursday October 26 at 730 pm Plans for subsequent lessons will be set then Interested participants are urged to register at the meeting this week says instructor Mrs Evelyn Suomi
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Whitehall
Wis
Whitehall High School
Evelyn Suomi
Ceylon Plans National Air Academy for Pilots and Engineers
Ceylon will establish a national air academy to train pilots and radio technicians, aiming to boost aviation readiness and develop local expertise in aerial operations and communications.
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Ceylon
National Air Academy
Craig's Cafe owner dies on hunting trip near Harpers Ferry
Paul Craig 55 owner of Craig's cafe in McGregor suffered a fatal heart attack while guiding gear to a blind on an island near Harpers Ferry. He was carried about a mile by Dale Jones and Leslie Lang, then taken by truck to Quillen's cafe. He is survived by his wife and two sons Neil and Robert.
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Harpers Ferry
Paul Craig
Craig
McGregor
Dale Jones
Leslie Lang
Quillen
Neil
Charles City
Robert
Boston
Mass
Janesville Gridder 16 Die From Football Hemorrhage
Ronald Rabuck, 16, Janesville High School varsity center, died at Mercy hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage linked to a football injury. He collapsed after a game with Madison West, had headaches, vomiting at home, and died Wednesday after attending practice earlier in the week. His twin brother Robert is a reserve lineman. parents are Francis and [unnamed] Rabuck.
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Janesville
Wis
Robert
Francis H. Rabuck
Defense Committee Outlines City Disaster Plan Roles
A La Crosse defense committee session outlined a coordinated disaster plan with division heads at a control center. Fire, police, utilities, medical, housing, and civilian relief units would respond to a conventional bombing scenario, with blood typing and first aid training emphasized.
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Coleman
Marshall Batho
Defense Committee
Green Bay
la Crosse
Fire Department
Gregory Oldenburgh
Utilities and Public Works Division
Carl Wahlstrom
Board of Public Works
Garland Weidner
Rev. A. N. Schuh
B. W. Ingli
Ivan Wright
Division of
Mutual Aid and Mobile Relief
Adolph Kessel
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