Truman Faces Voter Split Over Anti-Contrass Attacks
Washington Senator Murray argues Truman is making political hay with his criticisms of Congress and may win public support, especially in the West. Senator Watkins counters that only supporters believe in immediate sacrifices and that voters will decide in November. The Congressional Record highlights partisan defenses and criticisms of Truman era policy and spending.
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Murray
Watkins
Jack Bell
Washington
D-Mount
Truman
Utah
West
Congress
Montany
Good Grain Yield Report Shows Strong Wisconsin Harvest
Federal Weatherman H. J. Thompson reports a near completion photogram harvest across southern Wisconsin with strong yields in mixed regions. Early potatoes expected to yield heavier in Langlade county while cherry picking nears finish in Doey county with about five percent loss from rapid ripening. pastures fair in northern areas, drier soils in La Crosse southeast reducing corn and tobacco yields due to moisture shortages.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
H. J. Thompson
Langlade
Doey
la Crosse
Local Weather Forecast and Pool Temperature Notes
Fair and cooler tonight with a low around 55 degrees. Thursday will be warmer with a high near 85. Water at the municipal pool measured 72 degrees on Wednesday.
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Por la Grosse
Polio Planes Arrive Safely In Greensboro
Two U S air force CwO2s delivered wall tin heating for a temporary polio hospital in Greensboro boosting capacity for 1 400 cases. Shriners and local officials assisted as Trane factory workers rushed installations to be ready by September 1 amid wide local coverage.
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Greensboro
N. C
U. S. Air Force
Trane Company
Wall Tin
Palio
W. H. Sutlivan
Trone Company
Trane
W. D. Graham, Jr
Trane Greenaboro
Graham
Carolan Convalescent
Kenneth Rovall
Helns
E. Earl Rives
Royall
Rives
Royal
WBIG
W. D. Graham
WEKTY
Soviet Consul Seeks Visitation With Mrs Kosenkina
Soviet Consul General Lomakin plans to obtain police permission to visit Mrs. Olssana Stepatovna Kosenkina in Roosevelt The move follows reports she leaped from a third floor window last Thursday Chepurnykh said she is too critical to see officials The Soviet vice consul announced the effort last night arguing Mrs Kosenkina does not wish to meet Soviet representatives
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New York
Yakov M. Lomakin
Olssana Stepatovna Kosenkina
Riverside Concert Band Tonight at Riverside Park
The Riverside band, directed by D. R. Wartintee, performs another summer entertainment program tonight at eight o'clock in Riverside Park. Details appear on page 14.
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Riverside la Crosse
Riverside Park
D. R. Wartintee
Fighting in Palestine renews as truce weakens in Jerusalem
UN chief of staff Gen. Lundstraem blamed both Jews and Arabs for renewed clashes in Jerusalem where Arabs shelled Jewish positions near southern Jerusalem and machinegun duels raged by the Damascus Gate. The UN reported a plane was fired on at Kadia airfield amid heavy weekend fighting seen as the worst since the truce.
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UN Truce Commission
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Jerusalem
Damascus Gate
Holy City
United Nations
UN Rice
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Wolke Bernadotte
UN Palestine
Red Cross
Stockholm
Government House
Danube
Trans-Jordan
International Red Cross
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Britain
France
Austria
Belgrade
Russia
U. S
Cavendish Cannon
Continents
Gertai
Hiss Admits Link With Chambers
The House Un American Activities Committee reports no trace of a freelance writer named George Crosley in Washington. Alger Hiss testifies he knew Whittaker Chambers as Crosley and describes him as a freelance writer. Investigators pursue leads in New York and Washington to illuminate Hiss Chambers Crosley connections while denying prewar Red activity.
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House
UN American Activities Committee
George Crosley
Alger Hiss
State Department
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Crosley
Robert E. Stripling
Chambers
Striping
Stephen Rawn Seabush
Nye
Senate
Gerald P. Nye
R-Nd
Stripling
Crossey
Red Underground
Snyane EL
CIO Seamen Stay On Job After Shipowners Hit Pact
A threatened strike by 60 000 CIO seamen was averted by an agreement with 42 Atlantic and Gulf Coast shipping companies. The deal preserves union hiring halls used to assign jobs and grants wage gains. Boat stiners receive 25 a month and other ratings 12 50 a month, pending ratification.
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LORK
CIO
Gulf Coast
National Maritime Union
CIU
NMU
Russia vetoes Ceylon UN membership bid
Russia today vetoed Ceylon's application for United Nations membership in the Security Council. It was the 27th Soviet veto in council history. The vote stood 9 to 2 with Soviet Ukraine joining Russia in opposition.
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Russia
Ceylon
United Nations
Security Council
Council
Ukraine
WERB, Minneapolis NLRB to Hold Joint Elections
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board and Milwaukee NLRB office plan joint union shop elections. Gooding notes prior attempts since 1967, duplication seen as wasteful. cooperation with Minneapolis office already in place for northwest Wisconsin elections.
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WERB
Minneapolis
NLRB
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Employment Relations Board
National Labor Relations Board
L E. Gooding
Gooding
State Board
Michael Then
Essin
Wisconsin
Wallace Party
Carl Filter
Consolidation Forms Melrose District in Jackson County
A new consolidated Melrose district is formed in Wisconsin, uniting Melrose village and town areas with parts of North Bend Franklin and Irving. The merger ends separate boards, creates a single governing body, and names A. E. Wiener Sparis as superintendent to oversee the reorganization. Public instruction official Victor Kingmall attends along with Jackson and Monroe county school committee leaders.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Wisconsin
Melrose
Jackson County School Committee
North Bend
Franklin
Irving
Yeske
West Prairie
Stark Valley
Monroe County
Jackson
Monroe
Melrose High School
Melrose High
A. E. Wiener
Sparis
One Central School Board. . & Jodney
L. E. Austin
Victor Kimgall
State Department of Public Instruction
Mrs John Garner Dies in Texas at 4:30 P.M.
Mrs John Garner, wife of former vice president John Garner, died at 4 30 p m yesterday at their buff brick home in Cvalde Texas built for Ettie. Garner was at her side as he has been throughout their marriage, the inseparable companion of the south Texas lawyer who rose to the vice presidency.
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Cvalde
Tex
Jana Nante Garner
Cactus Jack
United States
Ettie
Milwaukee
Marvin B. Rosenberry
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Rosenberry
Unnion
Rennebohm
WiSconsin
Blockade Has Failed Howley Says Soviet Plan Failed
In Berlin the American commander Col Frank L Howley declared the 55 day old Soviet blockade of the western sectors had failed to starve Berlin into submission The Russians had offered coal to residents with ration cards in both sectors and registered in the Soviet zone as counter offers to feed western Berlinners Re ports from Hamburg noted Soviet summer maneuvers near zonal frontiers as American troops finished overnight defensive actions in Grunewald forest.
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Berlin
Berln
Frank L. Howley
Grunewald Forest
Hamburg
Tito Aide Shot In Belgrade Flight Attempt
Belgrade based Borba reports Arso Jovanovic former Yugoslav chief of staff was shot and killed during a pre-dawn attempt to flee to Hungary. The official party organ notes the incident as a dramatic internal security development.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Yugo Slav Communist Party
Arso Jovanovic
Jammy
Hamania
Sweden Sees Kosenkina Case Stir Sweden
Stockholm reports identify the Swedish Kosenkina as Lydia Makarova c a 19 year old music prodigy who refuses to return to Russia. The case draws Sweden into a sensational parallel with Mrs. Kosenking in New York. A foreign office spokesman said the Soviet embassy asked for the girl’s return and was told to leave her alone.
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Stockholm
Dagens Nyhether Today
Kosenkina
Lydia Makarovac
Russia
Sweden
Oksapa Stephanovna Kosenking
New York
Babe Ruth Lying in State Draws Massive Crowds at Yankee Stadium
Thousands flocked to Yankee Stadium as Babe Ruth lay in state, many arriving before dawn and traveling long distances to pay their last respects. The coffin procession moved slowly while fans watched as the baseball hero’s body rested, drawing crowds at the rate of about 100 per minute at peak.
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Babe Ruth
New York
Yankee Stadium
Babe Ruth Dies at 53 Casts Shadow Over Hall of Fame
The baseball icon Babe Ruth died Monday night at Memorial hospital after a long battle with cancer. Thousands filed past his bier in Milwaukee. fans from multiple states joined Leo Durocher and others in paying respects as his legacy in the game endured.
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Leo Durocher
New York Giants
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New York
Pet Jersey
Delaware
Mapyard
Aloysius White
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Hi Giles
Babe Ruth
Taxing Clubs Before Board
A board of review meets with representatives of interested organizations to decide if private clubs that profit from dispensing liquor and other commodities to the public should be taxed. The session is scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday in the city hall common council chambers.
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Cheefly
Board of Review
Draft Board Appointments and Registration Details This Week
La Crosse county to announce appointments to the peace time draft board with Mrs. Dolores Schultz taking clerical duties for the new organization. Registration for the wartime draft runs Aug 30 through Sept 18 at the Vocational school gymnasium with temporary office space provided pending permanent headquarters. Monroe county announces peacetime draft registrations Aug 30 through Sept 18 at the courthouse, with central offices and staff handling registrations and office fixtures being installed.
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Adnguu
la Crosse County
Lieut
Coly
Madison
Selective Service
Oe la Crosse Tribune Wednesdday
Dolores Schultz
Draff
Schultz
John Coleman
la Crosse
Draft Board
M.andlto Sp.m
Bill Lahm
WIN
Pew
Evidence Does Not Sustain Soviet Ref refugee teacher cases
Secretary Marshall said evidence reported to the state department does not support Russian charges against U S authorities in the New York refugee school teacher case. He indicated a formal answer would be ready within 34 hours and noted the incident involves asylum for Mrs Koshenko and others while Russia seeks their handover.
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Washington
Marshall
State Department
United States
New York
U. S
Russia
Tms
Oksana
Michael Ssmarine
Talks Near End in Moscow Four Power Talks Loom on Germany
Four power talks in Moscow on the German problem near completion, with officials saying a future four power high level session is likely. An envoys’ meeting with the Soviet Union is expected later this week, possibly Friday. Marshall declined comment on a possible request to recall the Russian consul general in New York as part of the ongoing New York case discussions. Oksana Hirosenkina and colleagues’ escape from the Soviet consulate in New York is noted amid broader moves by the USSR to close diplomat children schools abroad. More than 300 Soviet dependents sailed from New York on Pobeda, signaling possible wide repatriation.
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Berlin
Germany
Fron 2
United States
Brivun
Rance
Russia
Marshall
New York City
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Washington
Papyushkin
Oksana Stepanovna Hirosenkina
New York
Soviet Union
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Bet Marshall
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