Dynamite Attacks on Two Negro Ministers’ Homes in Birmingham
In Birmingham Alabama two Negro ministers Rev E B Deyampert and Rev Milton Curry saw their homes dynamited in a racial zoning dispute. Police and crowds swarmed the scene as white assailants fled and a suspect among Negroes was arrested for defying officers. The incidents follow a months long battle over integration into white restricted zones.
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Birmingham
Ala
Auto
E. B. Deyampert
de Yampert
Milton Curry
de Vampert
B. W. Henderson
Curry House
Henn
Henn Said He Told the Rev. de Yampert
Eugene Connor
Descent Into Ocean Held Up By Heavy Sea
Smuggler's Cove Calif Saturday postpones marine explorer Otis Barton from diving bell test to reach 6000 feet. He aims to try again Sunday if weather calms. Barton says main danger would be cable parting in rough seas. Bell lowered to 5800 feet earlier with sound equipment aboard.
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S Cove
Calif
Otis Barton
Barton
One Way Rates Begin For Dubuque Bridge
Du buque Iowa one way tolls will replace round trip charges on the Iowa Wisconsin Mississippi river bridge. Secretary treasurer J A Rhomberg said Sunday the new rates set 15 cents for an auto with no passengers, 20 cents for one passenger and 25 cents for two or more passengers.
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Dubuque
Iowa- Wisconsin Mississippi River
J. A. Rhomberg
The
Bridge Corporation
Tokyo Rose acquittal motion denied in treason case
Federal judge refused to direct acquittal for Iva D Aquino known as Tokyo Rose despite defense arguing lack of sufficient evidence. The ruling leaves treason charges unresolved as prosecutors argued for verdict based on presented testimony and records.
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San Francisco
Iva D’aquino
Local Weather Outlook for La Crosse and Vicinity
Clouds rise Sunday with moderate temperatures. Showers likely Sunday night as a high reaches 84 in the afternoon.
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la Crosse
Nine-Point Plan Aims at European Unity by Ministers
Ministers approve a nine point program to integrate war torn European states while excluding Irish partition. The consultative assembly adds six points to three from ministers, led by Winston Churchill supporters, and rules out military topics. Ireland’s North South dispute is rejected for debate.
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Council
Committee of Ministers
Consultative Assembly
Europe
Ministers’ Committee
Winston Churchill
Committee
Assembly
Council of Europe
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
Britain
Northern Ireland
de Valera
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
Sean MacBride
Irish Republic
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
Military Aide Acknowledges Gifts From Friends
Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, President Truman's military aide, says he accepted deep freeze units as gifts for himself and friends but denies any impropriety. He notes one freezer for the White House residence and others for Fred Vinson, John Snyder, James K. Vardaman, and Matthew J. Connelly. Vinson now chief justice, Snyder secretary of the treasury, Vardaman former naval aide.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
White House
Trumans
Independence
Fred Vinson
John Snyder
James K. Vardaman
Matthew J. Connelly
Vinson
United States
Snyder
Treasury
Vardaman
Truman Naval
Defective Freezers Hit Milwaukee Cabinet Maker
Milwaukee reports potential defect in steel used in deep freeze cabinets. James F. Quirk of Quirk Co. says problems occurred in cabinets manufactured in 1945 and supplied to Albert J. Gross of Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Washington
James F. Quirk
The
Quirk Co
Albert J. Gross
Senate probes Vaughan freeze box claim and Hoffman ties
Senator Mundt calls for quick check of Vaughan's assertion about a freeze box incident. Vaughan cites a 1945 talk with Harry Hoffman and David Bennett as origins. Hoffman, a Milwaukee ad man, is sought by U.S. marshals but may appear voluntarily in Washington for Senate inquiry into the capital five percenters.
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Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Connelly
Truman
Snyder
Mundt
R-Sd
Vaughan
Harry Hoffman
David Bennett
Hoffman
Milwaukee
Senate
U. S
Milserve
Fred Wright
Wright
Washington
Senate Investigating Committee
Inter-State Fair ends with record crowd and shows
The 59th Inter-State Fair closes on Sunday evening with standing room sold for 500 overflow spectators in front of the grandstand. Exhibitors depart by 4 p m while the midway stays open. Sam Howard water ballet and vaudeville act appear at 2 30 and 8 p m with ticket pickup before 2 and 7 30 p m.
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Sam Howard
Grandstad
Respirator Flown to La Crosse for Polio Care
A National Guard transport plane delivered an infantile paralysis respirator from Kansas City to La Crosse on Saturday night. The device, sent by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, will be used at St. Francis hospital, the second such equipment La Crosse has received. Health officer Dr. Garland Weidner noted a shortage of respirators for acute polio cases. The plane departed Kansas City just before 8 p.m. and was to land at 10:30 p.m.
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la Crosse
Kansas City
National Guard
National Foundation For
St. Francis Hospital
National Foundation
Garland Weidner
Insanity Plea Entered in Indian Maiden Murder Case
Mary Boyd a 35 year old Menominee woman is arraigned on first degree murder charges after Emil Schenk 48 died from hatchet wounds believed inflicted five days earlier in their shared one room shack. The district attorney requested time for a mental examination.
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Shawano
Wis
Mary Boyd
Emil Schenk
Ovid Strossenreuther
M. G. Eberlein
Prisoner Walks Away From Wisconsin County Jail
Rus sell Olson 39 of Tomahawk and Rhinelander escaped from the county jail in Merrill Friday night while serving time for non support. Undersheriff Fred Brunow said Olson was working on the jail lawn and had two months left to serve of a six month term.
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Merrill
Wis
Russell Olson
Tomahawk and
Rhinelander
Fred Brunow
Olson
Wisconsin Agrees to Five-Day Antlerless Deer Season
The Wisconsin conservation commission voted 4 to 2 for a five day antlerless deer season in 1949, pending Gov Rennebohm approval. The period runs Nov 19 to Nov 23 for does and spike bucks, contrasting with 1948 when forked-horn bucks were allowed.
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ST. Croix Falls
Wis
Wisconsin Conservation Commission
Rennebohm
Arthur Molstad
Milwaukee
J. A. Riegel
Charles Smith
Wausau
Douglas Hunt
Wautoma
Health Board Backs Dr Weidner on City Water Action
Two members of the La Crosse city board of health urged chlorination of the water system. Dr Frank J. Gallagher and Dr Hale W. Hunt called it the only practical safeguard and backed compliance with state and federal recommendations.
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Gallagher
Hunt
la Crosse
City Board of Health
Garland Weidner
Frank J. Gallagher
Hale W. Hunt
State Board of Health
U. S. Public Health Service
Public Health Service
Jones
Board of Health
West Germans Set Up New Parliament
Washington lawmakers push a swift windup of B-36 hearings as Rep Bates calls for accusers to present evidence and for defense officials to answer hints of political influence. Hearings pause until Aug 22 after a clash between Air Secretary Symington and Rep Van Zandt.
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Washington
Bates
R-Mass
House Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Air
Symington
Rep
van Zandt
R-Pa
Air Force
Congress
Osseo Farm Youth Killed in Motorcycle Crash
Vernon Anderson, 18, of Trempealeau County, died in Eau Claire hospital after a motorcycle accident on Highway 53 near Pigeon Falls. He was found unconscious at 4 a.m. by a road crew member and died about 2 p.m. Sheriff Kielholtz said no collision was found and suggested loss of control or being forced off the road as possible causes.
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Osseo
Wis
Vernon Anderson
Eau Claire
Anderson
Pigeon Falls
Charles Kielholtz
Trempealeau County
Kielholtz
Life Raft and Jackets Dropped To Aid Injured Forest Fire Fighter
In Idaho MCCALL a rubber life raft and life jackets were dropped from the air to evacuate an injured forest fire fighter from a remote mountainous area. The man’s identity and injury extent were not released. Workers plan to float him via Bear Creek and the Salmon River to reach an access point by vehicle as calm weather assists firefighting over 5 000 acres burned south of the Salmon River.
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Mccall
Idaho
Walt Hawkins
Payette National Forest
Salmon River
Hankins
Hawkins
Bear Creek
Shriners Hold Oshkosh Summer Ceremonial Parade
About 3 000 to 4 000 Shriners gathered in Oshkosh Wisconsin for a summer ceremonial honoring George Fisher potentate of Milwaukee Tripoli Shrine. The event sponsored by Tripoli followed a city parade with roughly 1 000 from Chicago Medinah Shrine. Initiation rites and a public program with a band concert were held this evening.
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Oshkosh
Wis
George Fisher
Milwaukee
Tripoli Shrine
Tripoli
Chicago
Medinah Shrine
Hoover Plays The Game Aboard Train In Wyoming
Herbert Hoover after a gall bladder ailment on an eastbound train is reported by aide Bernice Miller to be engaging in a game of gin rummy with friends. The wire from Rawlins Wyoming conveyed the update Saturday evening.
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Ogden
Utah
Herbert Hoover
Bernice Miller
Rawlins
Wyo
Family Seeks Four-Room Home as Deadline Looms
A La Crosse family of eight, living in Minnesota for two years after their last move, faces a Monday deadline to find a new home. With a 30 day vacate notice, the landlord needs the residence for his daughter and wants a four room minimum. The father holds steady employment with a large La Crosse firm. Call the city on to help locate a suitable dwelling.
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la Crosse
Minnesota
Peron Fires Foreign Minister Bramuglia Amid Duel Challenge
President Juan Peron accepted the resignation of foreign minister Juan Bramuglia after Bramuglia was challenged to a duel by Argentine ambassador Jeronimo Remorino. Bramuglia allegedly struck Remorino in a confrontation, fueling cabinet instability amid possible resignations.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
Juan Bramuglia
Bramuglia
Jeronimio Remorino
Arentine
Remorino
Peron
Upolito Jesus Paz
el G. Borenghi
Remuvrino
Arms Program Faces New Hurdle in RFC Loan Debate
Senate figures Maybank and Connally clash over using an RFC loan to start the foreign arms program. Maybank calls it a buck passing tactic to bypass appropriations, while Connally opposes giving the North Atlantic Council a role in distributing arms. George questions delaying appropriations until January.
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Washington
Maybank
D-Sc
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Acheson
RFC
Plan
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Congressional Appropriations Committees
North Atlantic Advisory Council
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Dulles
R-Ny
Appropriations Committees
George
Dga
Appropriations
Farm Price Support Bill Faces Another Challenge
The senate's compromise farm price support bill faces a dispute over disposing of about 2 billion dollars in farm commodities held by the government. Senate Agriculture Committee chair Elmer Thomas seeks clearer provisions for cotton, wheat, tobacco, eggs, potatoes and other products and may convene a closed session to advance the Anderson drafted measure.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Agriculture Committee
Elmer Thomas
D-Okla
Uncle Sam
Thomas
Anderson
D-Nm
Agriculture Department
German West Republic voting set after bitter campaign
In Germany 45 million residents in the Western zones vote to form a 400 member parliament and a new federal republic amid a past campaign of anti allied rhetoric. Rival leaders united on a Sunday radio appeal focusing on domestic issues as occupation authorities monitor the process.
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Louise Schroeder
Berlin
Frankfurt
Germany
Hitler
New Federal Republic
America
Tear Gas Hurls at FRANKFURT Communist Leader Rally
In Recklinghausen the tear gas bomb aimed at Max Reimann, Western Germany's leading Communist, forced him to stop his address before a 7,000 strong crowd. He escaped harm as police searched for the attacker.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Max Reimann
Recklinghausen
Ruhr
German elections in West Germany face fractured vote
In the postwar West German landscape 15 parties contest the vote while the Soviet zone leaves the republic without a central government. Voters may stay home as turnout lags the 75 percent of past polls, with Social Democrats led by Kurt Schumacher and Christian Democrats under Konrad Adenauer seen as the main contenders for two thirds of the vote.
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People’s Congress
People’s Council
Ruhr
West Germany
Europe
Iron Curtain
Social Democratic Party
Kurt Schumacher
Christian Democratic Union
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Weimar Republic
Hitler
Swedish Miners Say 1500 Feet Too Deep
Sweden's Dalkariberg iron mine the oldest operating mine in the world faces closure after 600 years of production. Miners resist going 1500 feet deeper while Tribune want ads showcase hiring selling renting and locating services amid the mix of notices and classifieds.
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Sweden
Dalkarisberg
Tribune
N. Tad
Mississippi St
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