Hoover Warns U S Spendthrift Path Threatens Posterity
Former President Herbert Hoover told about 10 000 at Stanford on his 75th birthday that unchecked spending risks collectivism and socialism. He warned federal and state plans to tax and spend threaten liberty and urged self restraint while praising past economic recovery.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Herbert Hoover
United States
Laurence Frost
Stanford University
Hoover Institute and Library
University
Truman
Hoover
Frost
Steel chief calls steel fact board a revolution
Inland Steel president Clarence B. Randall in New York labeled President Truman's steel fact finding board an industrial revolution that would lead to permanent government wage fixing. Randall, from Chicago, spoke as industry began presenting its case before the board amid CIO Steelworkers union demands for a 30 cent hourly package including wage pension and insurance benefits.
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New York
Inland Steel Company
Clarence B. Randall
Truman
Steel
Randall
Chicago
CIO Steelworkers
America
Bus Crash Claims 16 Lives in Indianapolis Incident
A Greyhound bus crash near Indianapolis killed 15 passengers and later claimed the life of Sgt. Dale Aikman of Kokomo from burns. His wife and two children perished in the blaze. Investigators from ICC, Indiana State Police, and Greyhound examined wreckage as an emergency morgue processed victims.
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Bloomington
Ind
Dale Aikman
Kokomo
Aikman
Camp Campbell
LaPorte
National Guard
Mercs
Interstate Commerce Commission
Indiana State Police
Greyhound Lines
Greyhound
Indianapolis
Arthur M. Thurston
State Police
Overwhelming backing given union stand at Ford vote
Detroit Michigan workers voted overwhelmingly to strike if needed to win pensions health benefits and higher wages. The CIO United Auto Workers won strike authority by 7 to 1 with 60 585 yes 8710 no and 219 invalid ballots 403 challenged. About 75 000 of 80 000 eligible voters participated and results were counted on a statewide basis.
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Detroit
Ford
Michigan
CIO
United Auto Workers
State Labor Mediation Board
Iron Mountain
UAW
Spaak Elected First President of European Assembly
Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian socialist leader, unanimously chosen as the first president of the European Consultative Assembly. He resigned as Belgium's acting premier to assume the post, with Britain’s Winston Churchill backing his nomination. The 101 delegates from 12 nations endorsed him without opposition. Four vice presidents named include Britain’s Lord Layton and Denmark’s Ole Bjoern Kraft.
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Strasbourg
France
Paul-Henri Spaak
European Consultative Assembly
Belgium
Council of Europe
Winston Churchill
Britain
Spaak
Europe
United Nations General Assembly
Brussels
Socialist
Gaston Eyskens
Council of Europe Assembly
Assembly
Council
Holland
Luxembourg
Italy
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Ireland
Turkey
Lord Layton
News Chronicle
the Star
Francois de Menthon
Stefano Jacini
Ole Bjoern Kraft
Inter-State Fair opens with smaller afternoon crowd
On opening day the 598th Inter-State Fair drew a light afternoon crowd though evening attendance neared normal. Visitors praised William T. Collins carnival and its lighting system. The grandstand show featuring Sam Howard attracted many, with reservations already flowing for afternoon and evening programs. Judging begins Friday with 4-H livestock and many departments seeing heavy entries. Thursday is children’s day with nine cent rides.
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Coulee
William T. Collins
Re Collins
Sam Howard
Fair Association
Joseph W. Frisch
the Fair Association
Local Weather North Central Wisconsin La Crosse
Considerable cloudiness with local showers tonight and a low of 72. Friday brings partly cloudy skies with local showers in the afternoon, very warm and humid, highs of 88 to 90. Municipal pool water listed at 74 degrees.
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la Crosse
End of Greyhound Strike Triggers Reopening of La Crosse Depot
Northland Greyhound buses resume service after a 105 day strike. Union members approved the latest settlement by 1 051 to 112. Drivers gain raises and mileage pay, with full routes to resume by early next week. Depot rooms reopen and independent lines resume using facilities.
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Greyhound
la Crosse
Minneapolis
Northland Greyhound
Twin Cities
A. O. Olson
Northland
Michael Mastmian
AFL Amalgamated Motor Coach Employes Local 150
American Federation of Labor
Motor Coach Employes Union
Local 1150
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Wisconsin
Montana
Manitoba
Eau Claire
Oscar M. Talle
Madison
Rochester
Chicago
Talle
Greyhound Company
Hurley Night Spots Raided By Agents
State beverage tax agents raided three Hurley night spots Wednesday night and six people were arrested. Doris Grant, operator of the Showboat tavern, pleaded guilty in Lion county court to keeping the establishment open after hours and was fined fifty dollars by Judge R. C. Trembath.
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Hurley
Wis
State Beverage Tax Department
Lion County Court
Doris Grant
R. C. Trembath
Artificial Kidney Saves Child Life in Michigan Report
Doctors at McLaughlin hospital in Lansing saved 22 month old Darryl Mace after he swallowed home permanent wave fluid damaging his kidneys. Two tubes were inserted into his abdominal cavity to drain wastes acting as an artificial kidney. His natural kidneys are now functioning normally and he should recover in weeks.
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Lansing. Mich
McLaughlin Hospital
Darryl Mace
Milwaukee
D. J. Mace
Mayo Clinic
R. J. Ukrainik
Vice-President Barkley Hosts Hadley Family Weekend Visit
Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley of St. Louis will be the guest of Vice-President Barkley in Paducah Kentucky for a hometown celebration. She will be joined by her 17 year old daughter Anne and by Mr. and Mrs. Max Truitt, the vice president's son in law and daughter. The airport in Paducah will be rededicated and renamed for the city's favorite son.
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ST. Louis
Carleton S. Hadley
Barkley
Paducah
Anne
Max Truitt
Washington
Hadley
Editor's Son Dies Of Polio In Madison Hospital
A two months old Sparta infant named Tommy Rice died in Madison hospital after two weeks of polio illness. He was the son of Mr and Mrs John D Rice, editor of the Monroe County Democrat weekly.
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Madison
Wis
Sparta
Tommy Rice
John D. Rice
Monroe County Democrat
Polio Cases Rise to 67 in Sparta Mills Area
Two new polio cases at a local hospital Wednesday pushed the regional total to 67, city health officials said. The new patients are Hayward Rhodes, 35, of La Crosse, in the Barre Mills area, and Laverne Ness, 27, of Sparta.
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Hayward Rhodes
la Crosse
Barre Mills
Laverne Ness
Sparta
City water called a keg of dynamite by health officer
Dr. Garland Weidner La Crosse city health officer at an Optimist club luncheon warned the water system is a keg of dynamite and chlorination alone cannot protect against contamination He urged sanitary engineers with biology knowledge to study the entire system and cited December samples showing widespread intestinal bacteria across 23 sites with 13 bad reads among 59 samples indicating a real contamination risk
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Garland Weidner
la Crosse
Optimist Club
Weidner
Earth Shocks Hit Ambato and Liberdade Sinkhole
In Ecuador strong tremors devastated Ambato with panic and collapsing houses as relief forces rush supplies amid six thousand believed dead. Reports claim Libertad village, home to about one hundred, dropped 1500 feet into a giant crater, leaving a half mile wide and 1500 feet deep void observed by military officers returning from the quake zone.
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Quito
Ecuador
Ambato
Libertad
Here
Pelileo
Gabriel Nunez
Spook Hunt Continues Near La Crescent As Manhunt Ongoing
Sheriff and bloodhounds scour La Crescent area in search of the elusive Little Valley mystery man. A recent barn vigil at the Wieser farm yielded no capture, but a petty thief was arrested in a neighboring barn and jailed in Caledonia. Peace returns as residents wait for new leads to end the haunting incident.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Milton
Paradise Lost
Little Valley
Houston
Winona County
Mystery Man
George Brooks
la Crosse
Wieser
Caledonia
Beryl Kerrigan
Massive 55 Woodland Fires Burn Massachusetts Pines
Firefighters fought thirty six hours to gain control of the largest blaze in Massachusetts tinder dry forests. The Camp Edwards blaze on Cape Cod scorched 1600 acres. about 7000 servicemen and guardsmen aided in 100 degree heat amid a drought warning from Forestry Director Kenney urging care.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Raymond J. Kenney
Camp Edwards
Falmouth
Cape Cod
La Crosse Father Reunites With Lost Daughter After 60 Years
Bert Jacobs meets Helen Stoughton in La Crosse Wisconsin after a lifelong search begun in 1898. The two are reunited at the home of Jess Hill, with Helen now a Michigan resident and grandmother of five with three grandchildren. Jacobs had not seen his son Harold since the divorce.
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la Crosse
Jess Hill
la Crosse Street
Bert Jacobs
Helen
Fred Stoughton
Dearborn
Mich
Ferryville
Wis
Jacobs
Harold
Michigan
Bagley
Walter Howe
Milwaukee
Hill
Howe
Chickasaw
Ala
Mundt Attacks Letter Over Bribery Suspicions
Senator Mundt charged a letter from a War Assets Administration employee to James V. Hunt in 1947 was an invitation to bribery or complicity. The probe centered on five percenters seeking government contracts and Hunt’s links to match folders marked as swiped from Harry S. Truman.
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Washington
Senator Mundt
R-Sd
War Assets Administration
James V. Hunt
Mundt
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Clarence W. Decehler
Hunt
Oecehler
White House
H. H. Vv
Harry S. Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Francis D. Flanagan
Oehler
WAA
Sleepless Executive Wins Top Insomnia Honors
A quirky Tribune want ad offers a rapid cure for sleeplessness as Mrs. E. E. Shaw at 230 North 22nd St. cancels an advertisement. The ad promises quick relief and a special price, urging readers to call 3680 to fill four days for the cost of three.
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Tribune
E. E. Shaw
North 22Nd St
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Carroll R. Daughterty
Northwestern University
John Maragon
Senate
Capitol
James E. Murray
D-Mont
Maragon
Cio-Uaw
Assembly of European Union
By Joseph E. Dynan
Market Square
Mence Sather
South 26Th
Independence
W. P. Nicks
Gays Mills
Westinghouse Electric
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