Flood warnings save La Crosse area from flood damage
U S weather bureau flood warnings in the La Crosse district are credited with preventing about $500000 in damages in the current flood. Meteorologist A D Sanial says warnings allowed evacuation and protection measures along the Mississippi and surrounding rivers, possibly exceeding losses from the 1941 Chippewa valley flood. The event marks the highest spring flood on record in the area, with development increasing potential damage.
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City
Valley
U. S. Weather Bureau
A. D. Sanial
la Crosse
Mississippi River
Hastings
Minn
Guttenberg
Wisconsin
Menominee
Lake Superior
Mississippi
Sanial
Chippewa Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Hayward
Weather Bureau
Red Wing
Tribune
la Crosse Weather Bureau
Mississippi Valley
Floods Threaten Iowa Regions As River Rises
Floods sweep through the upper Mississippi valley threatening Iowa and Illinois cities. Rain intensifies danger of the worst flooding in years with 3,000+ evacuees and many more relocating. Dikes reinforced, lowland factories cleared, and several communities declared in a state of emergency. Iowa national guard units activated in Muscatine and Wapello as Muscatine guards warn of a weak levee edge. May or Olson calls for 500 extra volunteers to bolster flood defenses. Port Louisa identified as another danger area.
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Mississippi River
Iowa
Illinois River
Iowa National Guard
Muscatine
Wapello
Fred C. Tandy
Bert P. Olson
Port Louisa
Mus
Boy Dies From Pistol Fire While Playing
METROPOLIS Massac county sheriff said Billy Ogden Jr 14 was killed when a .22 pistol discharged during a game with Lindell Eickholz 13 in a garage office near Metropolis. Eickholz told investigators he was cleaning the gun when it went off and the youth died at a doctor’s office. The office operator James Hogue and his brother Charles helped transport the boys after the shooting.
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Metropolis
Billy Ogden, Jr
Billy
Lindell Eickholz
Garege
Eickholz
James Hogue
Charles
Massac County
Leonard Devers
Weather: Cloudy Sunday with morning drizzle and clearing
The forecast calls for cloudy skies on Sunday with occasional light rain in the morning, clearing in the afternoon. A cooler day follows with a high near 45 degrees and light winds.
Inglewood Sign Demands Impeachment Over MacArthur Firing
Bristling over General MacArthur's firing, Jack Anger painted a five by fourteen foot sign urging impeachment of President Truman and Acheson and U S withdrawal from the United Nations. A city inspector ordered removal Friday for lack of permit and the sign was taken down.
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Inglewood
Calif
General MacArthur
Jack Anger
Truman
State Acheson
United States
United Nations
Officers Meet To Draw Plans For Training Camp McCoy session
Reserve corps officers from 12 states met at Camp McCoy Wisconsin for a two day planning session. Col Peter C Bullard announced the camp will billet and train 10000 more troops than its original capacity. Troops will be bivouacked and barracks facilities will be doubled to accommodate the summer training across ROTC National Guard and officer reserve units. Participants hailed from Wisconsin Minnesota Michigan Illinois Indiana Iowa Missouri Kansas Nebraska Colorado North Dakota and South Dakota.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
States
Peter C. Bullard
Bullard
Wisconsin Marines Return Home From Pacific Toll
The U S defense department said 120 bodies of Marines killed in Korea were aboard the Ocala Victory and due in San Francisco Sunday. Wisconsin names include Cpl Ralph H Gries Milwaukee Mrs Hildred M Gries. Cpl Douglas L Hewlett Waterford family address. Cpl Jacob J Meier Milwaukee. Cpl Gerald G Robinson Gleason Oral Robinson. Cpl Albert G Weber Monroe family address.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
United States
San Francisco
Wisconsin
Ralph H. Gries
Hildred M. Gries
Milwaukee
Douglas L. Hewlett
Frank Hewlett
R. 1
Box 690
Waterford
Jacob J. Meier
Army
Gerald G. Robinson
Oral Robinson
Gleason
Albert G. Weber
Carl Fensel
Monroe
GOP Confab City Eyed for 1952 Convention Site
The Republican National Committee will hold a six member site committee meeting in Washington next Saturday April 28 to begin plans for the party's 1952 convention city. A Tulsa May 11 12 conference will decide the ticket for the national election with speakers including Sen Eugene D Millikin Frances Bolton and Charles A Halleck and five new Republican governors.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Tulsa
Ohlo
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Frances P. Bolton
Ohio
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Arizona
New Mexico
North Dakota
Wisconsin
River levels fall at La Crosse amid flood fears
The Mississippi at La Crosse continued to drop Saturday, expected to reach about 14.2 feet by Sunday after a day with roughly nine tenths of an inch of rain. A special flood control meeting was set for Monday night at Jefferson School as police reinforced sandbag lines on Kane and Hagar streets near Goose Green.
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Mississippi
la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Samal
Goose Green
Jefferson School
Kane Street
Hagar Street
la Crosse River
Ex Red Arrow Division Chaplain Dies at 77
Col Gus tav Stearns former chaplain of the Red Arrow division in World War I and longtime Milwaukee clergyman died Saturday at age 77 in Milwaukee. A Lutheran by ordination he served as VA Wood hospital chaplain and was active in veterans groups. Military funeral set for Tuesday at Wood chapel with burial at Forest Home Cemetery.
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Milwaukee
Gustav Stearns
Red Arrow
Stearns
Veterans Administration Hospital
Wood
Wis
Wood Chapel
Forest Home Cemetery
MacArthur to visit Milwaukee for parade ceremony and honor
Gen Douglas MacArthur will spend Friday in Milwaukee for a city parade a lakefront plaque dedication and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Marquette University. Police will mobilize every available officer and auxiliary civil defense volunteers to manage anticipated crowds. His party including wife and 13 year old son will fly from Chicago to Milwaukee then depart for New York later Friday.
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Milwaukee
MacArthur
Lakefront
Marquette University
Civil Defense Service
New York
Courtney Whitney
Chicago
Douglas MacArthur
Milwaukee Friay
Saturn
Whitney
Detroit Strike Paralyzes City Transit Network
City action moves to fire strikers under the Hutchinson act as Detroit’s public transport system remains paralyzed after a overnight wage walkout by operators. The shutdown halts buses and streetcars, leaving private cars as the likely transport until defense and auto production resume. Leaders of the AFL union are in secret hideouts with no contact to the transit department.
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Detroit
Michigan
Hutchinson
AFL
Department of Street Railways
DSR
Minnesota Legislature Hurdles On Clocked Sessions
The Minnesota legislature enters a third overtime day as house and senate battles delay adjournment over appropriations and state employee pay raises. A conferees session considered raises from 20 to 64 dollars monthly retroactive to January 1, while senate demands a July 1 start and higher totals. Leaders expect a deal before Monday midnight to avoid a special session.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota
House
Senate
Government imposes tough profit curb on industries
Washington announces a hard new price control rule banning price hikes if industry profits reach 85 percent or more of the average of its three best years from 1946 to 1949. Eric Johnston says the policy is very tough and will require most cost increases to be absorbed.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Michael V. DiSalle
East German Army Plan Reported by Soviet Source
An East German army of 25 divisions was described by a Soviet-backed source as a contingency if Four-Power talks fail. The plan centers on a 50 000 strong militarized police force and alert units to back Moscow’s strategy of preserving influence in Germany.
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Brack Curry
Berlin
Russia
Bereitschaften
Moscow
Andrei Gromykov
Rng
Georgi M. Malenkov
East Germany
Malenkov
Germany
Joseph Stalin
East Gerbe
United States
Britain
France
Baby girl thriving after hospital blood transfusion
A 10 day old girl at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, Cheryl Lynn Labrentz, has improved after a blood transfusion, despite her Jehovah's Witness parents' religious objections. She weighed six pounds five ounces after gaining three ounces. Doctors said the Ah factor condition could have caused death without treatment.
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Chicago
Michael Reese Hospital
Cheryl Lynn Labrentz
Darrell Labrenz
Wiley Cautions On Mail To Washington
Senator Wiley in Washington urges use of special delivery letters or telegrams for urgent matters to his office. He notes the Senate office building post office is swamped with mail from MacArthur and others causing up to ten days delay in ordinary letter delivery.
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Alexander Wiley
Washington, D. C
la Crosse Tribune
Senate
MacArthur
Allied Unity Seen Aided With Mac Out By AP Reports
AP correspondence across capitals and the United Nations finds general agreement that MacArthur’s dismissal strengthened Allied unity against Communism Though peace in Korea remains unlikely opinions vary on broader outcomes India Britain and Germany broadly view unity improved while Tokyo and Istanbul observers caution on immediate peace prospects
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Associated Press
United Nations
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Max Harrelson
MacArthur
United States
Romse
Harold K. Milks
New Delhi
India
Gen
Great Britain
U. S
Russell Brines
Tokyo
Leif Erickson
Eighth Army
Allied push slows Communist buildup on Korean front
Allied artillery and air power disrupted North Korean reinforcements on the central Korean front. The U S Eighth Army reported substantial gains as ground forces advanced. Chinese resistance hindered progress at Chorwon, a critical junction 18 miles north of the 38th parallel, delaying the main assault.
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Tokyo
U. S. Eighth Army
Stan Carter
Pukhan River
Chorwon
38Th Parallel
North Korea
Korea
Woman Doctor Convicted in Kidnapping Case
Dr. Nancy Campbell a Santa Fe baby doctor was convicted and sentenced to 10 to 15 years for kidnapping. The 43 year old defendant remained silent as the court heard she lured nine year old Linda Stamm from her home on November 10 and left a ransom note demanding $20 000.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Nancy Campbell
Santa Fe
Linda Stamm
Watchdog Committee Eyes Armed Forces Spending
Washington report notes a seven member watchdog subcommittee formed to oversee military spending. It will have authority to examine either air force or marine programs and budgets as needed.
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Watchdog Committee
Armed Forces
Washington
Proarnamanl Far Aeleasian
Strategy In Far East Indicates MacArthur Split With Chiefs
Defense department says basic differences exist between Gen. Douglas MacArthur and the joint chiefs of staff on Far East strategy. It will present an analysis to Congress, noting that while some military views overlapped, joint chiefs did not support MacArthur on key policy choices regarding Red China and UN actions.
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Richard Kasischke
Frankfurt
Germany
Pres. Truman
Gen
MacArthur
Red China
U. S
Far East
United States
Europe
Washington
Defense Department
Douglas MacArthur
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Joint Chiefs
Truman
Department
Clayton Fritchey
White House
Far Eastern
Fritchey
Ite House
United Nations
Republicans accuse Truman team of skewing Korean War notice
Republicans in Congress accuse the Truman administration of presenting a one sided account of a presidential conference on the Korean War to discredit Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Senate Armed Services Committee chair Russell says the panel will demand all available information.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Five U S Airmen Killed by Huk Attack Near Manila
The Manila Times reports five U S air force enlisted men from Clark Field were ambushed and slain by Communist Huk guerrillas about 15 miles south of Cabanatuan, as two women were wounded. Clark Field sent a party to verify and identify the deceased.
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Manila
Manila Times
U. S. Air Force
Clarkfield
Times
Cabanatuan
Clark Air Base
the Times
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