City considers park development at Indian Hill site
The La Crosse common council committee backs buying property at the southeast corner of Indian Hill for 5800 dollars, containing 29 lots. J Koch of 1224 Mississippi Street urged the purchase citing historical value tied to Buffalo Bill and La Crosse's White Beaver with nearby Indian mounds and memories of Indigenous occupants.
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Indian Hill
la Crosse
J. Koch
Mississippi Street
Ghey
Buffalo Bill
White Beaver
Koch
Allies Press Koreans on All Fronts In Korea
Allied forces report gains along southern and western fronts as North Korean units retreat before U S onslaughts. American patrols reach seven miles east of Chinju while efforts to trap enemy troops near the Naktong river continue.
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Tokyo
Chinju
U. S
Pusan
U.S
MacArthur
Naktong
Taegu
Korea
Yongdok
35Th
Naktong River
Taft Proposes Tax Hike To Pay For War
Senator Taft of Ohio urged a pay-as-you-go tax increase of 13 to 14 billion dollars yearly to finance Korea era rearmament. He projected total taxes near 50 billion, up from a 44.2 billion wartime peak, with much of the raise from broader economic gains rather than rate hikes. Snyder announced a comprehensive tax plan due in January to curb war profits.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
America
Treasury
Truman
Senate Finance Committee
Snyder
Congress
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Kohler accuses Wisconsin Democrats of corrupt practices
Republican candidate for governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. charges Democrats in Wisconsin violate state corrupt practices laws. He says he has evidence and will present detailed documentation at a Young Republican picnic in Lake Ellen, Sheboygan County. Democratic chairman Jerome Fox denies any violations and mocks the charges.
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Wisconsin
Lake Ellen
Sheboygan County
Thomson
Jerome Fox
Chilton
Democratic
Fox
jSee
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with local showers late tonight or Thursday afternoon. Low tonight 62 and high Thursday 84.
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la Crosse
Inter-State Fair Opens With Record Late Entries
Perfect weather marked the 60th Inter-State Fair opening as rain eased farming work. A flood of Tuesday entries stretched staff to 7 p m to tag and record exhibits. Hog and sheep pens overflowed with extra housing. cattle barns crowded and a large tent added for overflow. draft horses led by Floyd Jones and Emmons Brothers drew attention. The exposition building and 4H shows drew many entries as William Collins Shows arrived.
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Coulee
Joseph W. Frisch
Floyd Jones
Bangor
Emmons Brothers
Galesville
Idaho Democratic Senate Primary Nears Final Result
In Idaho, Clark leads Taylor in a tight Democratic contest as 691 of 839 precincts report Clark with 24 771 to Taylor 23 671 and White 13 613. The race determines a six year term while Dworshak wins Republican nomination for a four year term and Goff and Kuhn concede.
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D. Worth Clark
Glen Taylor
Idaho
Clark
Taylor
Compton White
Henry Dworshak
Abe McGregor Goff
Fentress Kuhn
Boise
Taylor Clark
Nebraska
Arkansas
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Wallace
U.S
Korea
Page
Mid-Continent Airlines Announces New Feeder Route
Mid-Continent Airlines will begin operation Oct. 1 of a feeder service linking Chicago with Rockford and Dubuque Waterloo and Sioux City with extensions to Elgin Freeport and Fort Dodge as facilities permit. A Milwaukee Rockford leg is also planned pending approvals.
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Chicago
Mid-Continent Airlines, Inc
Rockford
Ill
Dubuque
Waterloo
Sioux City
John A. Cunningham
Elgin
Freeport
Fort Dodge
Milwaukee-Rockford
Court extends ban on C A B action to cancel Parks Air Lines permit
The U S court of appeals continued the temporary ban on the Civil Aeronautics Board canceling Parks Air Lines permit covering more than 3000 miles of Midwest routes. Chief Judge Harold Stephens ordered counsel John Warner to report back by 3 p m Wednesday or noon Thursday.
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Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
Civil Aeronautics Board
Parks Air Lines
Midwest
Harold Stephens
John Warner
Council Sets Thursday Meeting Ahead of Friday Session
The common council schedules a 7:30 p m committee meeting on Thursday to prepare for the Friday regular session. It aims to finalize agenda items and review pending requests before the next council meeting.
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Common Council
City council discusses park plan and traffic limits
Aldermen recommend purchasing land for a Boy Scouts park and camping ground and accept a 6200 dollar offer for 411 413 South First Street. They favor condemnation of 315 South Third Street for a new property and weigh a three ton weight limit on city streets to route trucks to highways. Losey boulevard would become a truck route.
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la Crosse Trust Co
South Third Street
House Rejects Push Button Wage Price Control Plan
The House defeated an amendment proposing automatic wage and price controls when living costs rose five percent from June 15. Rep McKinnon urged defeat while praising an alternative House Banking Committee bill granting the president broad controls including rationing and credit curb, aiming for final votes by Thursday. The bill parallels a Senate version but ends the powers by mid 1952. Debate centered on restricting credit for real estate and curbing commodity speculation.
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Washington
House
Rep. McKinnon
D-Calif
McKinnon
House Banking Committee
Senate Banking Committee
United Nations showdown over Malik tactics at council
Informal security council talks, excluding the Soviet envoy, plan to address Malik obstruction in the UN. Delegates meet again to decide how to handle Malik’s moves, including calls to condemn U.S. bombing in North Korea, amid bitter procedural clashes.
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Malik
U. S
North Korea
Korea
Warren R. Austin
Security Council
Austin
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
U. S. Formosan Policy Unchanged Says Harriman
President adviser W Averell Harriman returned from Tokyo saying there has been absolutely no change in American policy toward Formosa. He stressed continuity in U S stance and the government line was unchanged despite recent diplomatic exchanges.
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Washington
W. Averell Harriman
Tokyo
Formosa
Florence Chadwick Sets New Channel Swim Record
Florence Chadwick posed for photographers and read congratulatory messages after her 13 hour 20 minute Dover Strait swim to break the women's record. In England, Shirley May France, who failed Tuesday in the same attempt, slept through breakfast and remained exhausted. The 17 year old high school girl from Somerset, Massachusetts was evaluated as extremely tired by a doctor. her manager said she would not attempt again this year.
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Wissant
France
Florence Charwick
Dover
Eng
Shirley May
Miss Chadwick
San Diego
Calif
Gertrude Ederier
Somerset, Mass
Ted Warner
Tribune Closes Early For Annual Picnic
The La Crosse Tribune staff will hold their annual picnic Thursday. Offices will close at 2 p m with telephone service remaining available until 4 30 p m.
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Tribune
la Crosse Tribune
Automobile Hit Run Damages Car At Junction In 10 30 PM Crash
Forrest M. June of Coon Valley reported a hit and run at 10 30 p m Tuesday at the junction of highways 14 and 35. He said the other driver struck his car on the curve then hit a cement drain box and left. June was not injured and police continue the investigation.
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Forrest M
R. 1
Coon Valley
June
Bosshard To Head Polio Drive In 1951
Attorney John Bosshard Ban gor elected to lead the 1951 March of Dimes drive as the La Crosse County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis held its annual meeting in the federal building Tuesday night. Wenzel M Dvorak chapter chairman presided noting county polio cases from last year with 1950 figures. The 1949 total was 59 with 19 from outside the city. The 1950 polio cases numbered four.
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John Bosshard
Bangor
la Crosse County
National Foundation For
USAF and South Korean Forces Break Red Hold on Naktong Heights
American air power joined South Korean ground troops to assault hills overlooking the Naktong River near Waegwan. South Koreans signaled targets with smoke and white cloths, estimating 200 to 2,000 enemy fighters. Lt. Col Glenn F. Rogers and Lt. Howard J. Landry coordinated the close air support as risks to Korean troops were acknowledged.
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Naktong River
Korea
Waegwan
U. S
U. S. First Cavalry
Glenn F. Rogers
Morriston
Tenn
Rogers
Howard J. Landry
Route Four
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Ozark Killer Shot To Death Near Eminence
William Harris the Ozark gunman sought for the Eminence killings was shot to death by officers in northern Ripley county on Wednesday after a Monday night massacre that left three dead and two wounded.
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Poplar Bluff
William Harris
Ozarks
Eminence
Ripley County
Desperado Harris eludes posse in Missouri timberland chase
William Harris, 39 and an ex convict, is blamed for killing his daughter Barbara and two Fansier family members in southern Missouri. More than 100 officers and bloodhounds hunted him for a second day through Ozark hills as he fled toward the Irish wilderness after a farmhouse shooting. Harris is described as an expert marksman and was armed with two rifles and a pistol.
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Eminence
Desperado
Missouri
William Harris
Harris
Ozarks
Barbara Harris
Richard Fansier
Fansier
Homer
Rosa
Elmer Nichols
State Conservation Commission
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