Dewey plans limited speeches as campaign strategy
The Associated Press reports Governor Dewey and advisers judge his electorsal strength such that ten speeches may suffice. He may campaign with Warren as a team and back Senator Ball in Minnesota while Truman advisers push a whistle stop train tour.
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Associated Press
Dewey
Senate
Minnesota
Ball
Roosevelt
Truman
New York
Democratic New York Times
Warren
California
Four Days Dying of Nevada and New York Battle Sinks
The Nevada and the New York were sunk in the Pacific after prolonged gunnery and air attacks. Nevada endured four days of damage from 14 ships before torpedo bombers finally finished her. New York had hidden strengths but was likewise finished by the task force.
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Nevada
U.S.S
New York
Pacific
Bikini
Iowa
Canada's Answer To Spies Spurred A National Commission
A commission of eminent respectability investigated a spy ring in Canada. It worked in secret, not branding individuals until guilt was proven. The piece argues for a similar supreme court caliber body in the United States with unrestricted powers to pursue truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Supreme Court
FBI secrecy and congressional probes cloud wartime espionage case
The article discusses congressional committees pushing for disclosure of how evidence was presented to a New Jersey grand jury, criticizing President Truman for limiting testimony and the FBI. It notes Vincent Quinn's resignation and questions whether indictments are possible, while suggesting public truth is being hindered by executive secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Truman
FBI
Congressional
Vincent Quinn
Newark
New York
Quinn
Department of Justice
Capitol Hill
Grand Jury
Russia
War Department
Dewey criticized by education lobby as Pearson he then defuses
The Saturday Evening Post reports Governor Dewey was accused by education advocates of private remarks during a New Hampshire visit. The piece recalls his quip comparing propagandists to Hitler and argues for politicians to speak freely in private.
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Saturday Evening Post
Dewey
Philadelphia
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Drew Pearson
Hitler
United States
Caspar Miloquetoast
Council manager plan spreads in U S municipal history
The article notes the council manager plan as the era’s most striking municipal development, with rapid prewar adoption in Canada and the United States at about 16 towns per year. It discusses postwar momentum, public and private corporations shaping executive selection, and compares the system to school district governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshkosh Northwestern
International City Managers Association—international
Canada
Secretary Marshall Comments on Cloned Extremists
Secretary of State Marshall remarks on international affairs noting fluctuating policy toward extremist clones and related threats. The statement frames a cautious approach amid evolving geopolitical pressures and security concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Immell's Wisconsin Gubernatorial Bid Lacks Concrete Proposals
Ralph M. Immell, challenging incumbent Gov. Oscar A. Rennebohm in the Republican primary, is praised for a forceful voice but criticized for offering few concrete policy specifics on conservation, highways, welfare, labor, or housing. The analysis notes his positions on highway funding, labor laws, and taxation align with Rennebohm on several points while avoiding clear stances on soldier bonuses and the Townsend plan.
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Madison
Wis
Ralph M. Immell
Oscar A. Rennebohm
Republican Party
Immell
Oscar Rennebohm
Rennebohm
Immeill
Wisconsin
Ten Years Ago Marsh Land Sold for River Terminal Use
The La Crosse common council sold a 26 acre marsh west of the causeway and north of Shell Oil property to the Perfect Oil division of Wadhams Oil Co for river terminal facilities and bulk storage. Archie Osberg, manager, secured an option earlier in summer.
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Shell Oil Company
Common Council
Perfect Oil Division
Wadhams Oil Company
Archie Osberg
Maude Schieiter
Constance Inheinz
Katherine Bassler
Sioux Falls
S. D
George J. Fries
South 17Th Street
Madison
Miss Bassler
Wisconsin
Three Cent Palomar Mountain Observatory Stamp Issued
Postmaster Wenzel Dvorak announced a three cent stamp will be issued at Palomar Mountain California on August 30 to commemorate the observatory dedication. First day covers may be mailed to Palomar Mountain with payment, limited to ten envelopes. The stamp will be sold for philatelic use at the Philadelphia agency in Washington DC on or after August 31. orders should include no other stamps. The philatelic agency does not service first day covers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenzel Dvorak
Postal Department
Palomar Mountain
Calif
Palomar Mountain Observatory
Phila
Post Office Department
Washington
D. C
Philatelic Agency
War Asset Sale Schedule In Region Five
The War Asset Administration will begin final disposition of some property on September 1 in 15 locations across northern Illinois, northern Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota, North and South Dakota. All priorities on a will be after August 31 as Otto G. Klein region director noted. He expected personnel to be in place by early 1948 and by February 1949 when the WAA alone coordinates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
War Assets Administration
Imrea
Otto G. Kiein
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
WAA
Nates
Canadians Helped Build a Soviet Spy Ring In Ottawa
A 1945 Canadian case, based on a royal commission report, shows Col. Zabotin used Canadian Communist party networks to recruit spies. Study groups served as cells recruiting scientists and others, turning noncommunists like Jones into covert agents through gradual ideological influence.
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Washington
Communist Party
Igor Gouzenko
Ottawa
Zabotin
Canada
Moscow
Montreal
Toronto
Jones
Or A P
Col. Zabotin
We're Ready Says Marine Commander
General Clifton B. Cates announced at Santa Ana that marine reserves total 113000 with 84000 officers and men in the regular corps after observing reserve pilots at Toro air station during maneuvers.
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Santa Ana
Calif
U. S. Marine Corps
Clifton B. Cates
Marine Reserve
Toro Marine Air Station
Marine
Toronto Fisherman Upstaged by Daughter’s Bluefin Catch
A Toronto fisherman’s pride waned as his 19 year old daughter Marjorie landed a 535 pound bluefin tuna. The event highlighted a family fishing result that outpaced the father’s modest haul.
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Toronto
Marjorie
Housing Starts Rise in First Seven Months of 1948
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports over 550000 housing units started in January through July 1948, up 120000 units or 28 percent from the same period in 1947. Builders began 94000 units in July, with 96000 in June and 97000 in May, the year's peak month.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Libya as a new bone of contention in postwar talks
DeWitt MacKenzie surveys the Libya question in London meetings among deputy foreign ministers. He notes Libya's strategic value for control of the Mediterranean lifeline to Suez via Tobruk and Crete, the split proposals among Cirenaica Tripolitania and Fezzan, and the potential for UN trusteeship or protectorates. He also profiles the Senussi leader Gra Se nussi and hints at a future protectorate while stressing Libyan independence ambitions.
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Italy
Libya
Eritrea
Somaliland
London
Bya
Mussolini
Mediterranean
Cirenaica
Il Duce
Wibyva
Cleopatra
Derna
Crete
Suez Canal
Tobruk
Russia
United Nations
Tripolitania
Britain
Fezzan
France
Moscow
Redfold
Soviet Union
Tele Mount
Gra Senussi
Cairo
Shiek
Show Globes and Other Facts From The 80th Congress
The La Crosse Tribune informs readers via the Haskin Service Q and A column covering topics from pharmacy show globes to 1947 postage stamps. It notes Congress specifics with figures on bills introduced and passed, and covers figures like Earl Warren and Andorra.
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Congress
House
Senate
House Plants booklet offered by Uncle Sam experts
The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau advertises a 30 page publication House Plants detailing care and growing of indoor adaptable plants with illustrations and information on over 50 varieties Learn what to do and what not to do Order today with a 10 cent coupon send to 316 Eye St NE Washington DC period
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington
D. C
Uncle Sam
la Crosse Tribune
Newspaper masthead with staff listings
The item lists the publisher editor and editorial staff including W. T. Burgess, R. L. Bangsberg, J. E. Lienlokken, Alfred W. Rice, G. G. Moriarity, CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT Ed. Keefe, and advertising managers E. L. Burgess A. E. Teachwut Luther Wilkins. It presents the paper’s internal bylines and department heads.
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W. T. Burgess
R. L. Bangsberg
J. E. Lienlokken
Alfred W. Rice
G. G. Moriarity
Ed. Keefe
E. L. Burgess
T. Bus
A. E. Teachwut
Luther Wilkins
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John Wyngaard
Tribune
Elmer Nelson
N. Neilson
N. J
Henry Sturz
South 20Th Street
E. F. Fox
Austin
Clarence
George Street
Missoula
Mont
Spokane
Seattle
Tacoloma
Wash
Thomas H. Skemp
Frank H. Schaefer
Kansas City
la Crosse
W. MacVille
Ferris
Vergie Hufford
D. E. Hufford
Des Moines
Lutheran Hospital
James Marlow
Marine Commander
DeWitt MacKenzie
The
Haskin Service
American Pharmaceutical Association
M. A
Super Market Institute
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Andorra
Pyrenees
Urgel
U. S. Navy
Earl Warren
U.S
William Penn
Thomas Holme
Penn
Orezy
Montagu W. Barstow
Matize
England
Harry Truman
Brazil
Washington, D. C
Coules
la Crosse Tribune Company
4Th and
Cass Sts
le Crosse
the Tribune
Lee Newspaper Group
la Chosse
Boy Mail
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