Control Bosses Work On Wage Stabilization Details
Officials set to ease the wage freeze between December 19 and January 25 as the wage stabilization board reports exemptions for large groups including federal state and municipal workers. Meantime price controls face adjustments while major industries and utilities weigh blanket increases up to 10 percent.
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Whele Industries
Exvision
Exwage
Cyrus S. Ching
Michael V. DiSalle
Lim
Monroe Housing Gains Pace as City Expands
Census data show Monroe's housing stock rose 25.6 percent in the decade ending April 1, 1950, to 2,383 units, outpacing the national 23.6 percent gain and east north central 222 percent. Population grew from 6,182 to 7,008, a 134 percent rise, with 340 dwellings per 1,000 residents.
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Monroe
Census Bureau
Wisconsin
Elizabeth Taylor Divorced After Claim of Abuse
Actress Elizabeth Taylor, aged 18, obtained a divorce in Los Angeles arguing hotel heir Nick Hilton was abusive and neglectful. She testified that he picked arguments for no apparent reason.
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Star
Los Angeles
Elizabeth Taylor
4A Judge Hotel
Nick Hilton
Miss Taylor
Hilton
Wisconsin Farm Census Shows Decline in County Counts
A preliminary Wisconsin agricultural census shows 168 847 farms in 1950, down from 177 805 in 1945, with declines in Green Lafayette and Rock counties. Variations arise from changed counting methods and thresholds for farm designation.
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Green County
Wisconsin
Lafayette County
Iowa County
Rock County
Bureau
Public puzzled by food price freeze effects across retailers
Shoppers and retailers react to the government freeze order as prices show little movement. New York consumers complain the freeze came too late while store owners report no widespread price hikes or shortages, with sugar supplies loosening and some items still pegged.
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Eilleen Lowry
New York
Attan Food
Alexander Pappas
John D. Milone
Colonial Stores
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Kroger Stores
Chicago
A and P Stores
Veteran attorney dies at 81 in Marshfield hospital
Clarence B. Culbertson of Stanley dies at Marshfield hospital aged 81. The oldest practicing attorney in Chippewa County, he began his career in 1895 and later served in the legislature.
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Marshfield
Clarence B. Culbertson
Stanley
Chippewa County
State Office Opens Without Boss in Wisconsin
Milwaukee Wis consin headquarters for the office of price stabilization opened today without a director and an administrative officer. Ben Barkin will set up a state information service during a 30 day appointment. Carl W Thompson declined a temporary director post sent from Washington. Michael J Howlett returns to Chicago to assume regional duties for Wisconsin Indiana and Illinois.
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Milwaukee
Ia’i
Wisconsin
Office of Price Stabilization
Ben Barkin
Martin Casey
OPS
Washington
Carl W. Thompson
Stoughton
Thompson
Michael DiSalle
DiSalle
Michael J. Howlett
Chicago
Indiana
Illinois
Jet Plane Crash Kills Ace Gentile
World War II ace and veteran Don S Gentile, 30, died when his jet trainer crashed during a routine flight near Andrews Field Maryland. Passenger Sgt Gregory D Kirsch, 20, also killed. The crash occurred in a woods lot near Forestville after takeoff from Andrews Air Force Base. Gentile was born in Piqua Ohio and had 26 enemy planes in Europe with 350 combat hours for the United States. He studied at the University of Maryland under the Air University program.
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Washington
Don S. Gentile
Gregory D. Kirsch
Kirsch
Andrews Field
Forestville
Andrews Air Force Base
Gentile
Piqua
Ohio
Pasquale Gentile
U. S
Royal Air Force
Europe
University of Maryland
Air University
Air Force
French Premier Opens Talks with President
French Premier Rene Pleven arrived for cold war strategy talks with President Truman at Union Station. Truman said the United States would be the real friend of France as they prepared to discuss world problems and begin conferences.
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Washington
Rene Pleven
Truman
United States
France
Union Station
Allies Press Western Korea Advance Near Seoul
Allied forces push along a 40 mile front toward Seoul as Chinese and North Korean units resist in mountain positions. AP reports 130 Chinese were killed on one hill, with several hundred enemy casualties overall and multiple buildings destroyed.
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Tokyoo
Seoul
Korea
Associated Press
Jim Becker
U. N
U. S. Eighth Army
Suwon
Becker
Stan Swinton
Kumjang River
Wonchon
U. S
Red
Eighth Army
Kumyangjang
Ichon
Matthew B. Ridgway
MacArthur
Prices on Livestock Rise as Cold Weather Bites
One of the first days of price controls for many commodities sees unchecked livestock jump 25 cents to as much as 2.00 a hundred pounds higher. Light receipts and cold weather drive prices up. Hog prices reach 22.25 a hundred pounds for butcher weight, the highest since September.
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Chicago
Congress
Bioaa
Box
Two Atom Blasts Shake Nevada Area
Nevada test blasts drew wide notice as the AEC confirmed two atomic explosions near Las Vegas over the weekend. Officials cited no details on tests while observers recalled a similar grand burst far from the first shock. Seismographs at CalTech recorded both blasts as alarms rang in North Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Here
Cedar City
Utah
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Nevada
Atomic Scientists
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Named New Treasurer in Oneida County
Rhinelander announcement names Alfred Houg aged 56 as county treasurer effective February 1. He will succeed T. J. Takala who resigned to pursue business opportunities locally.
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Rhinelander
Oneida
Alfred Houg
Houg
T. J. Takala
Extra 30 day deferment for mid-year graduates
Selective Service extends deferment by 30 days for about 30,000 college men in mid-year graduating classes to secure essential industry jobs. Graduates may take positions and report to draft boards, proving the job is vital to national health and safety for continued deferment.
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Washington
Selective Service Today
Error in Wisconsin Adjusted Alters National Margin
Democrats gain a national plurality of 28 107 after a corrected Wisconsin report differs from the AP tally. The total votes show Democrats at 20,? and Republicans at 19,754,206 with the misreport inflating Republican margins by 31 557 before correction.
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Wisconsin
Washington
Mrs Stalcun Dies At Tertins Home In Monroe
Mrs Martha Stalcup 87 lifelong area resident died at 9 10 a m at the Tertin home following a fall and hip fracture earlier in 1948. She was born April 25 1863 in Jordan township daughter of Adam and Dora Mahle and married Albert Stalcup Feb 13 1883 in Monroe. Survivors include a daughter Mrs Me Tertin and Mrs Paul O Tertin a grandson Walter and great grandson Michael. Funeral services 1 30 p m Wednesday Shriner Neushwander Funeral Home with Rev Paul C Kehle officiating burial Greenwood Cemetery.
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Paul O. Tertin
16Th Street
Tertin
Monroe
Albert Stalcup
Jordan Township
Walter
Michael
Stalcup
Dora Musselman
Ricki Meyers
John St
Mrs. Coplien 65 Dies at Orfordville
Winnifred Beatrice Laymon Coplien aged 65 died at noon in her Orfordville home after a long illness. She was born January 26, 1886 in Shipcton, married Frank S. Coplien in Rockford on April 29, 1908, and lived in Juda before moving to Spring Valley. Survived by husband two sons Earl Juda and Roger Orfordville one daughter Mrs Philip Rowley Evansville and 11 grandchildren with an infant son deceased. Funeral Wednesday at 1 30 p m at the head with Rev J W Zimmerman officiating burial Mt Vernon cemetery Juda.
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Frank S. Coplien
Orfordville
Winnifred Beatrice Laymon
Nelson and
Anna Laymon
Shipcton
Rockford
Juda
Spring Valley
Earl
Roger
Philip Rowley
Evansville
J. W. Zimmerman
Mt. Vernon Cemetery
Truman Tax Plea Slated Next Week
President Truman plans to submit a broad tax package to Congress late next week. Proposals include raising the overall tax take to about 16.5 billion dollars, lowering personal exemptions, raising rates across brackets, expanding excises, and increasing corporate rates to 55 percent.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Rayburn
Dtex
White House
Extreme cold clamps area with record lows across Wisconsin
The region faced another deep freeze with readings plunging to 50 below in Wisconsin towns like Mercer and Phillips. Wisconsin River froze as curdling cold closed rural schools and hampered mail delivery while heating failures and wrecked cars added hardship. Weather officials trace the cold front to a high pressure system from northwest Canada toward the Great Lakes as temperatures hovered far below normal statewide.
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H. M. Barkow
Brodhead
Times
Evans
Monroe Park
Lea
Monroe Clinic
State Highway Department
Yukon
Odanah Ond
Bad River Indian Reservation
Wisconsin
Medlen
Rangers
Mercer
Phillips
Wisconsin River
Rhinelanders
Mome
Schoors
U. S
Howard J. Thompson
Milwaukee
Canada
Great Lakes
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Grantsburg
Tomahawk
Park Falls
Eau Claire
Rhinelander
Superior
Antigo
Oshkosh
Lone Rock
Madison
Green Bay
Lake Geneva
Stock Prices Climb In Steel Rail Rally
New York stocks rose as steel and railroad shares pushed the market higher. The rally, aided by favorable interpretation of new price and wage controls, showed signs of slowing at times but late trading saw urgent demand for steel and carrier issues.
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New York
Lamington Volcano Erupts Again in Papua New Guinea
Mt Lamington in New Guinea erupts for a second time within 36 hours after a deadly blast eight days earlier killed about 4 000 Papuans and 35 Europeans. No new fatalities reported in today’s eruption.
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Sydney
New Guinea
Lamington
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