Middle Course in Atom Secrets Policy Emerges
AEC officials push a middle course on censorship balancing defense secrets and free speech. Commissioner Smyth notes the dilemma and warns a clear solution hinges on whether a new war is near. Mahon cites $13 billion to deter Russian designs while Eisenhower warns of gaps needing $500 million. Walters urges public scrutiny of atomic policy and urges discussion without sacrificing security.
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Washington~ i
Atomic Energy Commission
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Henry D. Smyth
AEC
United States
Mahon
House
Armed Services Appropriations Subcommittee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Basil L. Walters
Society
Committee On
Safety on La Crosse Rail Division Lauded
Milwaukee railroad President C. H. Buford awarded the La Crosse River division 2 300 workers its ninth annual safety prize at the Stoddard hotel banquet. L W Palmauist accepted for the division noting an enviable safety record in 1949.
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Milwaukee Railroad
C. H. Buford
la Crosse River Division
Stoddard Hotel
L. W. Palmauist
la Crosse
Buford
Walter B. Rose Dies Longtime La Crosse Jeweler
Walter B. Rose 76 longtime president of George B. Rose Inc a La Crosse jeweler died Thursday night at a local hospital Survivors include his son Walter G Rose a sister Mrs Viarada B Kuehn Milwaukee and two grandchildren Funeral plans are incomplete Rose joined his father’s business in the late 1890s after the store moved to 310 Main Street He spent 1918–1933 in Texas as an oil lease broker and cruised the Mississippi buying pearls He led the firm from 1933 and presided over a 1946 remodeling The report also notes a railroad safety award event referencing Palmquist A N Whitlock and L J Benson but these are ancillary to the death notice
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Walter B. Rose
Coulee
George B. Rose
Main Street
Walter B
Rose
la Crosse
Texas
Mississippi River
McCarthy presses probe into Lattimore case and Budenz
Senator McCarthy urged Senate investigators to subpoena key Communist figures linked to Louis Budenz's testimony on Owen Lattimore. Budenz claimed Lattimore was in a Communist cell and cited Browder Stachel and Vanderbilt as sources. Lattimore denies charges as Field and others prepare replies for next week's hearing.
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Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Senate
Louis Budenz
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Field
Budenz
Russia
Red
Army
John Hopkins University
State Department
Browder
Mr. Lattimore
New York
Stachel
Communist Party
Mayor Forms Panel to Pick Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium Site
Mayor Henry J. Ahrens announced a 10 member committee to study sites for the Mary E. Sawyer auditorium. The citizen alderman panel includes Robert Farnam as temporary chair and eight aldermen. The group must report within 60 days and justify its choice while keeping costs near the Sawyer bequest of about 650000, with a preference for an arena style facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary E. Sawyer
Henry J. Ahrens
Ahrens
Common Council
Robert A. Farnam
21St Place
Lynn van Zandt
South 19Th Street
James G. Peterson
Avon Street
Grant Thrune
Harry Newburg
Sixth Ward
Melvin Olson
Carl Schnick
Ninth
Walter Roth
Charles Buchmann
Oscar Harebo
Farnam
Sawyer
City Plan Commission
Truman urges extended rent controls through 1951
President Truman pressed Congress to extend rent controls past June 30, warning of higher rents and broader economic strain if they end. He argued housing shortages persist and urged allowing landlords reasonable increases while maintaining protections for tenants. The Senate Banking Committee planned hearings with federal housing expeditor Tighe Woods as lead witness.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Senate Banking Committee
Tighe E. Woods
Federal
Woods
White House
Wisconsin highway plans set for No. 53 through La Crosse area
Wisconsin highway officials confirm a programmed relocation of U.S. 53 from Holmen to Hunter’s Bridge and through La Crosse. Bids for grading and resurfacing are planned in May with funds from federal aid and state urban programs. A bond issue may be needed from La Crosse County to cover remaining costs. The Onalaska route is under study with a potential public hearing if relocation exceeds two and a half miles.
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Rose-St. James
Onalaska
la Crosse
Ward
Holmen
la Crosse-Onalaska
la Crosse Division
Commission
Madison
la Crosse County
Terpstra
County Highway Committee
State Commission
Death of Theodore Arens ruled accidental in Mauston
The body of Theodore Arens, 55, of Mauston, was found in his car submerged in eight feet of water in a ditch. Coroner Clarence Sorenson of New Lisbon ruled the death accidental, with no inquest, noting the car traveled 104 feet from the highway before entering the ditch. Arens last seen in Lyndon Station Wednesday evening and survived by a brother, a Milwaukee sister, and a daughter.
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Juneau County
Arens
Lyndon Station
Crandall and Sons Funeral
William
Mauston
Milwaukee
Census reports 115 million counted in 1950 tally
The Census Bureau announced on Thursday that the 1950 census has counted over 115 million people with about 36 million left to tally. The update reflects progress in nationwide population data collection and estimates the remaining workload.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight with a low of 37. Saturday mostly cloudy and mild with scattered showers, high near 60.
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la Crosse
Accidental Shotgun Blast Kills 6 Year Old in Baraboo
In Baraboo Wisconsin six year old Shirley Grace Marquardt died after a shotgun discharged while her 12 year old brother Thomas was trying to remove a shell. Sauk county coroner Dr. O V Pawlish ruled the death accidental and the shooting occurred at the Marquardt home after the boy had returned from shooting pigeons.
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Baraboo
Wis
Shirley Grace Marquardt
O. V. Pawlish
Sauk County
Thomas
Marquardt
Maj Dragsbak to Take OneYear Leave From Salvation Army Duties
Maj Christian Dragsbak of the La Crosse Salvation Army announced before the La Crosse Business Men's club that he will take a year’s leave of absence effective June 14. He arrived in 1946 to handle a temporary assignment and plans to spend most of the year in northern Minnesota living in a cottage while his three daughters remain in La Crosse.
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Christian Dragsbak
la Crosse Salvation Army
la Crosse Business Men's Club
Knights of Pythias Hall
John Haraldson
Army
Salvation Army
Minnesota
la Crosse
Maj. Dragsbak
High Seas
Two Honored At Reception At Funk Home
More than 100 La Crosse social workers attended a Thursday reception at Mrs. Albert Funk’s home 1431 King street. The event honored Mrs. Geraldine Patterson executive secretary of the Family Welfare association and Miss Barbara Varga executive director of the Community Chest and Welfare federation. Planning was by the La Crosse home for children and Family Welfare association boards with Donald Gordon as chair and committee members including Jonathan Bunge and Gunnar Gundersen. The receiving line featured Mrs. Funk, Mrs. Gundersen, Mrs. Patterson and Miss Varga.
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la Crosse
Albert Funk
King Street
Geraldine Patterson
Family Welfare Association
Barbara Varga
Community Chest and Welfare Federation
la Crosse Home For Children
The
Donald Gordon
Jonathan Bunge
Charlies Gelatt
Kenneth Dahl
Gunnar Gundersen
Funk
Gundersen
Patterson
Miss Varga
Community Chest
Flier's Jacket Found By Baltic Fisherman
A yellow flier's jacket possibly an American model was found by a fisherman in the Baltic Sea about 40 miles south of Stockholm, according to the Swedish air force report.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic
Reds Refuse Indemnity Over Baltic Plane Incident
Moscow rejects U S protest and claims the aircraft was a B 29, accusing Washington of coverups. The note says no compensation and warns against unauthorized planes over Russia. The United States maintains its B 29 claim and says the missing Privateer and its 10 crewmen are lost.
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Thomas P. Whitney
Moscow
Russia
Washington
U. S
U. S. Navy
Latvia
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Europe
Alan G. Kirk
Andrei Vishinsky
Baltic
Moscow Radio
Soviet Monitor
London
Mrs. Barber Dies At 88 In La Crosse County
W. E. Barber 88 of 1506 Ferry street lifelong La Crosse County resident died early Friday in a local hospital. Survived by two daughters Emlyn Prichard and Russell V. Stormont, a son Newell E. Barber, a sister and brother, two grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral at First Presbyterian church Sunday 2 pm Rev Hyslop officiating. Friends may call Blaschke funeral home Saturday evening.
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W. E. Barber
Ferry Street
la Crosse County
Emlyn Prichard
Hoquiam
Wash
Russell V. Stormont
la Crosse
Newell E. Barber
C. S. Caldwell
Minneapolis
E. O. Gilfillan
Blair
The
Modern Laundry Co
Water hydrant flushing continues in city area
The city water department announced flushing of hydrants between King and Jackson streets West avenue and Losey boulevard beginning at 11 p m Friday. Residents are advised to draw water for Saturday use and to shut basement drains to prevent sewer backups during the flushing period.
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King
Jackson Streets
West Avenue
Losey Boulevard
City Water Department
Russia Invades Western Europe Predicted by Ari Agency
The Italian news agency Ari reported on Friday that Russia has mapped invasion plans for western Europe. Quoting confidential reports from clandestine resistance groups in the USSR, Ari said the Soviet invasion would prompt Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia to switch sides to support the Russians.
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Rome
Ari
Russia
Europe
Tito
Yugoslavia
Examiner Urges Reassignment of Parks Routes to Other Airlines
A Civil Aeronautics Board examiner urged splitting the three feeder routes initially awarded to Parks Air Lines among Turner Airlines Mid-Continent Airlines and Ozark Air Lines. The proposed changes redraw Great Lakes Midwest and Mississippi Valley paths with stops across Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota and Missouri.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Parks Air Lines, Inc
East St. Louis
Parks
Ralph L. Wiser
Turner Airlines, Inc
Indianapolis
Great Lakes Region
Mid- Continent Airlines, Inc
Kansas City
North Central States
Ozark Air Lines, Inc
St. Louis
Wisconsin Central
Madison
Wiser
Great Lakes
Turner
Louis
Chicago
Springfield
Decatur
Champaign-Urbana
Bloomington
Peoria
LaSalle
Ottawa
Danville
Ill
Crawfordsville
Ind
Grand Rapids
Mich
Louisville
Cincinnati
Ohio
Sioux City
Iowa
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Minn
Milwaukee
Beloit-Janesville
Baraboo-Portage
la Crosse
Wis
Winona
Rochester
Red Wing
Elgin
Aurora
LaSalle-Ottawa
Rockford
Freeport
Sterling
Moline
Galesburg
Kewanee
Burlington
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Marshalltown
Muscatine
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Dubuque
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Mid-continent
New Orleans
Houston
Texas
Minot
N. C
Mississippi Valley
Ozark
City
Tulsa
Memphis
Tenn
Lengthy Oshkosh strike talks fail to end builder dispute
A 17 hour bargaining session in Oshkosh Wisconsin failed to settle the Fox River Valley building trades strike. Federal mediator Charles H Alsip left as contractors and unions reported little progress and adjourned without a new meeting date. The wage proposal remained unresolved with unions seeking higher pay and contractors asking to survey members.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Fox River Valley Building Trades
Charles H. Alsip
Chicago
Fox River Valley Contractors Association
Ernest Siewert
Alsip
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Atom
Alfred Gruenther
Baltic Waters
Gruenther
Tribune Proto
la Crosse River
Milwaukee Road
L. W. Palmquist
L. J. Benson
Tribune
Father
Lands Cooperation
Palmquist
A. N. Whitlock
Whitlock
Railroad
Division of Safety
Cems
Probers
Buden
Group
By Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Elliott R. Thorpe
McCartay
Monegan
Highway 16
Lewis M. Bornheimer
Herbert J. Stella
West Salem
Bornheimer
Stella
Alfred W. Rice
Tribune City
Maj
Dragsbak
Denmark
America
Kersten
Ibuve
Phete
Reds
Examiner
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