Truman seeks broader powers on economic controls bill
President Truman warned that powers to curb commodity speculation and wage price controls are being whittled down in Congress. Senators Maybank Flanders and Fulbright voiced division over special privilege amendments as the Senate planned a Monday vote, with administration defenses and objections noted.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate
Flanders
Barkley
Fulbright
D-Ark
Army and Marines Expand Reserve Callups
The Army and Marine Corps announced additional reserve recalls. Marine enlisted ranks up to sergeant will be called to active duty, with aviation and ground force officers recalled for September and October. About 300 nonpilot aviation officers, mostly captains and lieutenants, will join. Army engineers will add 570 reserve captains and lieutenants to active duty by Oct 13, bringing total recalled army officers to 8,432. Other notes include hearings on drafting medical specialists, Midway reactivation, and ending gifts of old weapons to veterans.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Army
Marines
Fleet Marine Corps Reserve
Corps
Engineer Corps
Senator Hunt
D-Wye
Senate Armed Services
Navy
Midway Island
Pacific
Trinidad
British West Indies
Brooklyn Woman Appeals Murder Conviction in Germany
Yvette Madsen, 22, of Brooklyn, seeks freedom after Federal Judge Ben Moore took under advisement her appeal of a murder sentence. Attorneys assert the U S district court conviction for the allied high commission in Germany was illegal. She shot First Lt. Andrew E. Madsen after a Rhine Main air base party in Germany last October.
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Charleston
W. Va
Yvette Madsen
Ben Moore
Brooklyn
Racine
Wis
Moore
U. S
Allied High Commission
Germany
Andrew E. Madsen
Rhine- Main Air Base
U. S. Zone
Walter Bedell Smith to Lead Central Intelligence Agency
Walter Bedell Smith, veteran of World War I service and former U S ambassador to Russia, appointed director of the Central Intelligence Agency succeeding Roscoe Hillenkoetter. The change follows scrutiny of intelligence before the North Korean invasion. Smith brings Army, SHAEF and Moscow background to the top spy post. Deputy William H. Jackson, ex Bradely staff, joins as backup.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
U. S
Moscow
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Smith Smith
United States
Russia
Truman
Smith
Hillenkoetter
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Allied Supreme Headquarters
Mr. Truman
Stalin
Indianapolis
First Army
New York
William H. Jackson
Jackson
Gem Omar Bradely
J. H. Whitney and Co
Office of Strategic Services
William L. Donovan
Compe
Agency
Slow MotionBirth Of Quads Is Completed
In Sydney Australia on Saturday night Betty Sara 29 an English war bride delivered quadruplets in a slow motion birth sequence. The births occurred Thursday night a girl Friday night a boy Saturday a girl and Saturday night a boy with the last infant described as the weakest. The other three babies are healthy and the mother is weak but well. Names were not disclosed.
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Sydney
Australia
Betty Sara
Bellingen Hospital
Crowds Trek To State Fair Opens Centennial Year
Milwaukee welcomed Wisconsin centennial state fair crowds as 15,000 attended a preview day. Miss Virginia Peterson 18 of Union Grove was saluted as Wisconsin dairyland queen on centennial day. Alice in Dairyland rode in from Racine County to greet officials while cattle arrived from Rhode Island and Alabama for the nine day event.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Virginia Peterson
Union Grove
Racine County
West Allis
Rhode Island
Alabama
General Barring leaves Camp McCoy for Mexico attache post
Brig. Gen. C. S. Barring, who commanded the Camp McCoy training center for two summer encampments, departed Saturday for a new assignment as U S military attache to Mexico City after orientation in Washington. Gen Ferrin, former Michigan district chief, is named successor and will resume duties in early 1949 with a long record including combat service in France and the Pacific, and command of Makin Island and Gilbert islands forces.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
C. S
Wen
U. S
Mexico
Mexico City
Washington, D.C
Ferrin
Michigan Military District
Far East
Infantry
Vermont National Guard
University of Vermont
Regular
Armed Expeditionary Forces
France
Pacific
Makin Island
Gilbert Islands
Okinawa
Tokyo
Eichelberger
MacArthur
States
Local Weather for Lacrosse and Vicinity
Fair and cooler with diminishing winds tonight. Sunday remains fair and cool with a low of 52 and a high of 70.
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Lacrosse
Thomson says John Doe moves against Democrats futile
Vernon Thomson, Republican candidate for attorney general, told a Green Bay GOP meeting that starting John Doe proceedings to test if the state corrupt practices act was violated would be futile. He cited Henry Ruess’s challenge and noted prosecutions come from officials, not complainants.
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Associated Press
John Doe
Vernon Thomson
Green Bay
Thomson
Henry Ruess
Thomas Fairchild
U. S. Senate
National Organization
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
American Legion
Minnesota
Supreme Court
New Albin Boy Hurt When He Runs Into Car
Seven year old George Hartley of New Albin I a was hospitalized with bruises and abrasions to both legs after running into an alley bound car Friday at 5 35 pm. The northbound car driven by Harold G. Richard 938 Hood Street had slow speed witnesses said. The lad ran from a five and dime store rear when struck by bystanders. An ambulance took him to a local hospital. An open door was struck by a passing vehicle on State near Fourth Street at 11 03 am Friday. The parked car owned by Archie E Tausche 400 South 15th Street. Westbound on State was George M Seitz 603 South Sixth Street Tausche’s car suffered a $50 loss Seitz $75 damage.
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George Hartley
New Albin
Fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Main Jay Streets
Harold G. Richard
Hood Street
State Street
Fourth
Archie E. Tausche
South 15Th Street
State
George M. Seitz
South Sixth Street
Tausche
Seitz
Motorist Killed in Crash Near Beloit
Edward de Young age 22 of Genoa City Wis was killed early Saturday when his car collided with a semi truck on a county trunk road near Beloit and burst into flames.
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Beloit
Wis
Edward de Young
Genoa City
Here
Three Points At Hearing On Unemployment Law
An open hearing at the county courthouse ended at 3 30 p m after an afternoon session and followed a morning session. State Senator Gordon A Bubolz chaired the labor committee as it reviewed the unemployment compensation law in a bid to study amendments for the 1951 legislature. Three issues dominated: shortening the waiting period from two weeks to one, raising weekly benefits above 26, and extending benefits to workers idle due to strikes. Officials urged caution to avoid harming the law, and Bubolz praised La Crosse labor and business groups for their cooperation.
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State Legislative Council
Committee On Labor, Industry, Small Business and Commerce
Gordon A. Bubolz
Appleton
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Bubolz
Wisconsin
la Crosse
Touring La Crosse Plugs greeted in Minnesota towns
Crowds lined streets in Houston Rushford Whalan and Lanesboro as the La Crosse Plugs goodwill troupe arrived by special Milwaukee railroad air conditioned train. Officials welcomed them and handed out ice cream candy and balloons. The tour moved on to Fountain Spring Valley Austin Leroy Cresco Calmar Marquette Lansing and New Albinia before returning to La Crosse by 10 p.m.
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Lanesboro
Minn
Minnesota
la Crosse
Milwaukee Railroad
Houston
Iowa
la Crosse Goodwill Organization
E. L. Dyer
E. A. Morken
Everett H. Woehrmann
la Crosse Chamber of Commerce
Army spokesman estimates North Korea lost 50,000 in Korea
The army on Saturday estimated North Korean forces have suffered about 50,000 casualties in the Korea invasion while South Korean losses through three weeks ago were about 37,000. The briefing officer noted North Korean divisions identified include 12, and claimed air attacks are crippling supplies.
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Washington
South Korea
Korea
Defense Department
Taegu
S.S
Tokyo
Naktong River
Allied landing surprises Red territory in Korea
Tokyo reports an Allied amphibious action deep in North Korean lines as forces retreat on two fronts near Taegu and in the Changnyong area. Four Communist divisions may regroup for a new push north of Taegu, with Tokchok island 35 miles southwest of Inchon cited as a potential Red waterborne hub. MacArthur officials offered limited details amid a partial war update.
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la Crosse Tribune
Tokchok
Seoul
Tokyo
Red
United Nations
Taeru
Changnyong
MacArthur
Taegu
Associated Press
Lief Erickson
Eighth Army
Korea
United States
Tokchok Island
Inchon
Yellow Sea
Navy
Chini
Naktong
Midwest GOP Leaders Meet in Des Moines
Midwest Republican leaders gathered in Des Moines for a two day session to spur a drive for GOP recapture of Congress this fall. They criticized the Truman administration on international affairs and defense, noted the Korean War has pushed domestic issues like farming to secondary importance, and discussed resolutions and speeches by GOP Chairman Guy Gabrielson.
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Des Moines
Congress
GOP
Guy Gabrielson
U. S. Senate
Cornbelt
Rocky Mountain
Charles Roberts
Kansas
Roberts
Defense
Johnson
State Acheson
Pres. Truman
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OPA
U.S. Intelligence Agency
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Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
White House
Charles Ross
Ross
OSS
Quads
Tribexe
McCoy
Albin Boy
Island
Inchon Port
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