Truman To Be A Subordinate In Stevenson Campaign
President Truman will serve as a subordinate in Adlai E. Stevenson's bid for the presidency. A White House conference yielded that Stevenson will decide when and where Truman appears. Stevenson and Truman discussed a possible whistlestop tour, with dates to be resolved later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Truman
White House
Stevenson
Detroit
Milwaukee
Sen
John Sparkman
Ala
Eisenhower attacks Stevenson and Truman links deepen
Eisenhower says Stevenson's White House visit shows the Truman era would continue with a hand picked successor and accuses Democrats of bewilderment and fear for the future. Nixon denounces the meeting as a fatal Stevens on campaign mistake and warns voters will tie Stevenson to Truman.
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Edward D. Ethell
Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
White House
Truman
Eisenhower
Washington
Gov. Stevenson
Ilinois
Sen
Richard Nixon
California
Stevenson
Springfield
Nixon
Mr. Stevenson
Communist Plot Aims to Infiltrate Boy Scouts
Senate investigators describe a Moscow driven plan to warp teenagers through schools churches and youth groups. Testimony cites Don West a Baptist preacher and Communist organizer in Georgia and outlines efforts to create rival groups like Young Pioneers and to indoctrinate Scouts.
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Washington
Boy Scout Movement
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Kremlin
Sen. McCarran
Dnev
McCarran
Reno
Nev
Harvey M. Matusow
Dayton
Ohio Commission On Un-American Activities
Boy Scouts
Donald D. Connors
Subcommittee
Don West
Matusow
West
Georgia
Bethel
John
Martha Edston
Communist Party
Young Pioneers
Herbert Romerstein
Brooklyn
N. Y
Communist Front
Romerstein
Young Communist League
American Youth For Democracy
Young Progressives of America
Labor Youth League
Weather Outlook for La Crosse and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Thursday with a chance of a few local thundershowers. Low 62 tonight, high 84 Thursday.
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la Crosse
Stevenson forms nine member campaign strategy committee
Gov Adlai Stevenson backs a new harmony display in the Democratic high command and calls a nine member committee to meet Saturday to chart campaign strategy. He names eight men and one woman to his brain trust and reports cooperation from President Truman as he returns from the White House.
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John Sparkman
Alabama
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
White House
Washington
Stevenson
Don Whitehead
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Enerwood Dixon
Dixon
Democratic Central Committee
Edward J. Barrett
William G. Stratton
Stratton
CIO Packers Strike expands as 8150 UPW walkouts widen
CHICAGO workers react to a union decision on walkouts across Armour and other packing plants nationwide. UPW officials withdrew a request for strikers to remain at work during bargaining. Contracts expired earlier in the week and about one quarter of Armour workers have walked out.
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Chicago
Armour and Co
CIO
United Packinghouse
Armour
UPW
Resume Rail Talks Threaten NY Central Trains
New York union and company men resume talks today with no sign of settlement in the dispute that could halt New York Central system trains east of Buffalo. A strike, postponed from last Monday, aims to allow federal mediators to intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Union and Company
New York Central System
Buffalo
Guardsman At McCoy Found Murdered In City
A naval inquiry blamed Lt Cmdr W J Tierney for a fatal collision between the carrier Wasp and the Hobson off the Azores. The Hobson sank with 176 dead after turning left and colliding with the Wasp during night exercises. The court found no other officers responsible and noted Tierney’s reasons may never be known.
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McCoy
Washington
Mid- Atlantic
Wasp
Hobson
Naval
Cmdr
W. J. Tierney
New York
U. S. Navy
Tierney
Philadelphia
Navy
Azores Islands
Burnham C. McCaffree
Canova
S. C
Naval Court of Inquiry
Schmitt Seeks Senate Nomination With 25 Hour Talkathon
Leonard F. Schmitt of Merrill pursued a 25 hour radio talkathon in Madison, answering about 150 questions per hour and staying on air except for brief breaks for meals and hygiene. He said he would not support McCarthy if he wins the GOP nomination and might back a Democrat instead. Other Democratic contenders addressed Milwaukee audiences on primaries and reform, while Wisconsin Republicans planned a Denver Eisenhower visit and statewide campaign steps.
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Leonard F. Schmitt
Merrill
Madison
Schmitt
U. S. Senate
Eagles Club
McCarthy
Sen
Thomas E. Fairchild
U.S. Senate
Henry 8. Reuss
Senate
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture
Gov
Stevenson
Illinois
Wisconsin
Wilbur N. Renk
Sun Prairie
Executive Committee
Gen. Eisenhower
Denver
Richard W. Bardwell
Patients at Ft Stanton strike over transfer to Detroit hospital
Sixty five patients at Ft Stanton Marine Hospital refused to move to the Detroit Marine Hospital until they could pass physical exams. They held a sit down strike after learning they would be moved due to lack of federal funds closing the ambulatory section. They intend to draw from a welfare fund set up by maritime unions to cover food and necessities. The hospital serves merchant seamen for tuberculosis treatment.
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Capitan
N. M
Ft. Stanton Marine Hospital
Detroit Marine Hospital
REA loan aids Badger Telephone expansion in Wisconsin
The Rural Electrification Administration announced a loan of sixty four thousand dollars to Badger Telephone Co. of Webster Wisconsin for expansion of its system.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Badger Telephone Co
Webster, Wis
Cherry defeats McMath in Arkansas Democratic runoff
Judge Francis Cherry, a Jonesboro chancery court judge and former classmate of Gov. Sid McMath, wins the Arkansas Democratic runoff for the party nomination. Official returns show Cherry with about 190,542 votes to McMaths 110,675 from 2040 of 2286 boxes as McMath concedes and pledges support to Cherry. Cherry credits his radio talkathon with boosting his profile and sealing the race.
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Little Rock
Ark
Sid McMath
Truman
Francis Cherry
McMath
MccMath
Cherry
Chancery Court
Jonesboro
AFL Invites Both Presidential Candidates to Speak
The American Federation of Labor announced it will invite Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson to address its national convention in New York next month. It is the first time presidential hopefuls have been invited to the eight million member union’s gathering. The AFL also plans to invite President Truman, and after the speeches the AFL Council is expected to decide whether to back one of the candidates.
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Atlantic City
American Federation Today
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
New York
AFL
Truman
Early Opinion In School Bond Matter Pledged
Attorney General Vernon Thomson promised an opinion on La Crosse city school bonds soon after a Tuesday visit by Assemblyman Raymond Rice in Madison. The $875,000 issue funds a southeast area school. Thomson said the city handles the matter with Chapman and Cutler of Chicago and that a conference with city officials, the law firm, and others was held to address raised questions. He noted the opinion will cover the La Crosse matter and related problems once required information is received.
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Vernon Thomson
Raymond Rice
Madison
Rice
Thomson
City of la Crosse
Chapman and Cutler
Chicago
Department of Public Instruction
League of Municipalities
City of
Varied Items On McCarthy Campaign List By JOHN WYNGAARD
McCarthy prepares for re election despite surgery at Grindstone Lake Wisconsin. He focuses on agriculture labor taxation and domestic issues alongside the subversive government campaign. Publicist efforts include his book McCarthyism the Fight for America with 30000 copies distributed and 50 cent price. Pro McCarthy groups distribute it to campaign workers and leaders.
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Grindstone Lake
Hayward
Wis
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Tte
Republican State Organization
Mauston Crash Kills Salesman
A 50-year-old Los Angeles man Virgil Nover salesman for Langley Corp died in a head on collision with a semi driven by Gaylord Peterson of Onalaska at the junction of Highways 12 and 16 six miles east of Mauston. Officer Ralph Purvis said there were no witnesses and the crash investigation is incomplete with no inquest set. Nover’s body was taken to Oliver Funeral Chapel in Mauston.
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Mauston
Wis
Los Angeles
Virgil Nover
Langley Corp
Sportings Goods
Madison
Ralph Purvis
Juneau County
Nover
Gaylord Peterson
Onalaska
The
Services Transfer Co
la Crosse
Oliver Funeral
Death Caused By Blows On Head
A Nebraska National Guardsman Cpl. Frank R. Walla from Seward Neb was beaten to death in La Crosse. His body was found in a garden behind 422 N 8th St. Investigators report robbery as a possible motive. Walla visited taverns Tuesday night and was last seen at 12 10 a.m. Wednesday. His clothes were orderly. his shoes matched prints found at the scene. he served nine years in the Guard and trained at Camp McCoy.
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Tribune
Frank R. Walla
Cecil Kerr
Walla
Nebraska National Guard
George Reay
Nebraska
Reay
Third Street
Third
State Streets
State Crime Laboratory
Roy Sampson
Granville Smith
N. 8Th St
W. A. Knoblauch
Norwalk
Wall
Seward County
Neb
National Guard
Camp McCoy
Open Bids On Disposal Plant For City Project
Peter Nelson and Son, Inc., La Crosse, is the low bidder on general construction for a new addition to the city's sewage disposal plant with offers of 554000 and 574000 for two digester options. Bids opened Tuesday afternoon include other bids from Flour Brothers Oshkosh, Phelps Drake Minneapolis, Central Construction Oshkosh, and Welsbach Philadelphia. The Sparling Meter Co. bid on meters is 3405. Pump bids range from 6043.50 to 10072.37. Primary clarifier bids show 10695 and 10498. Digester equipment bids show 34735 and 43134. Sludge heater bids include 8525 and 40682. Generator sludge gas set bids range from 17000 to 37000 with contracts. Engineering estimate totals 643000. Jerry Donohue Engineering designer's rep in La Crosse to determine low bid mix.
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Peter Nelson and Son, Inc
la Crosse
Flour Brothers Construction Company
Oshkosh
Phelps-Drake Company
Mineapolis
Central Construction Company
Welsbach Corp
Philadelphia
Sparling Meter Company
Los Angeles
Fairbankse ‘Morse Company
St. Paul
Yeoman Brothers Company
Chicago
DeLaval Steam Turbine Co
Worthington Pump and Machineery Corp
Commonwealth Electric Company
George Smith and Company
Milwaukee
Dorr Company
Walker Process Equipment, Inc
Aurora
Inl
Dorr
Pacific Flush Tank Company
Pacific
Eimeo Corp
Worthington
Commonwealth
Climax Engine and Pump Company
Smith
Jerry Donohue Engineering Company
Sheboygan
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Rep
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Ohio
House
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Waukee
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