Ring Leader Arrest Signals U S Peru Cocaine Syndicate Probe
A vast cocaine ring moving about $500000 monthly linked to Peru and the United States is exposed with the arrest of Eduardo Balarezo on conspiracy to smuggle cocaine. The case ties narcotics profits to a Peruvian uprising and possible contact with exiled mob figure Charles Luciano. Balarezo, aboard the liner La Guardia, faces $100000 bail as authorities pursue ties to arms and insurgent plots.
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New York
Peru
United Nations Action
U. S
Joseph P. Martin
Italy
Charles
Lucky) Luciano
Balarezo
la Guardia
Alfonso Mier Teran
Department of Investigation
Aprista
Martin
Five Million Dollar Air Jackpot Faces FCC Clampdown
Broadcasters prepare for a court fight as the FCC tightens rules on prize giveaways tied to listener participation. The proposed crackdown threatens programs like Stop the Music Sing It Again and Hollywood Calling, with potential losses in yearly broadcast time sales reaching millions.
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New York
Federal Communications Come
Mission
American Broadcasting Co
FCC
Hollywood
Mutual Broadcasting System
National Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
Fred Allen
National Association of Broadcasters
NAB
Justin Miller
Commission
End Is Seen To Labor Row In Wisconsin Farm
A labor dispute at Mazomanie farm involving 40 southern migrant workers nears resolution. An FBI and U.S. attorney probe found no grounds for civil rights or peonage charges, with a tentative settlement and further talks planned. The firm cited fair wages and clean housing, while a wage range from 50 cents to $1 per hour was noted.
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Madison
Wis
Mazomanie
Carl Runge
U. S
FBI
Maze Food Products Co
Voyta Wrabetz
The
Industrial Commission
Georgia
Carolinas
M. Michael Essin
Runge
Joseph Racek
Racek
Monroe County Judge Taken To Hospital
Judge O. W. Sprecher, in ill health for some time, was admitted to a Sparta hospital in Sparta Wisconsin. The report notes his ongoing health issues and current hospitalization status.
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Monroe County
Sparta, Wis
O. W. Sprecher
Sparta
Patents Return Seen For Japanese War Holders
Investors and other patent owners whose rights were cancelled in Japan during the war may have them restored, the Japanese government said Friday.
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Tokyo
Japan
Weather for La Crosse and vicinity
Local forecast calls for fair and cool conditions tonight with a low near 52. Sunday should stay mostly sunny and pleasant with a high around 78 degrees.
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la Crosse
Nationalists Reinforce Troops In Canton Area
Nationalist reinforcements moved into the mountains northeast of Canton amid reports of large troop movements through Canton. The loss of Tayu near the border raised concern as Communists pressed toward Kwangtung. Shaoyang fighting north of Hengyang attributed 8,000 Communist casualties and 1,000 Nationalist captures.
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Canton
Tayu
Kwangtung
Kansu
Lanchow
Rec
Shaoyang
Hengyang
Finnish Union Moves to Halt Communist Led Strikes
Finland's Central Trade Union federation urged four striking unions loggers dockers food workers and construction workers to call off nationwide walkouts by Tuesday or face expulsion. The federation said the strikes were a Communist led maneuver toward revolution and sought to end the spread of stoppages.
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Associatec
Finland
Central Trade Union Federation
Federation
Communists’ Finn uprisings seen doomed by late timing
Stockholm observers say the Communist labor uprisings in Finland are doomed to failure due to bad timing. Experts in contact with Finnish developments privately say the Communists began their offensive too late.
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Stockholm
Finnand
Finnish unrest prompts mass strikes and troop deployment
Communist led textile leather and shoe and rubber workers unions warned to cancel orders or face action as about 40,000 idle workers could rise to 100,000 with upcoming strikes. Government rushed troops to threatened areas while Social Democratic ministers fear communist coup attempts amid post devaluation unrest. In Britain Sir Stafford Cripps met with Prime Minister Attlee.
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Social Democratic
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Attlee
Couldn't Predict Stealing Of Purse
Cedar Rapids Iowa reports a purse theft from Mrs R P Townsends valued at 150 dollars and valuables. Detective John Hanna asserts she should have foreseen the crime. The fortune teller from Little Rock Arkansas works the midway at the all Iowa fair.
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Cedar Rapids
R. P. Townsend
John Hanna
Little Rock
Ark
Cool Readings Set Records Across Cities
New York Chicago and other midwest and eastern cities posted record lows as a mass of cool air pushed temperatures down on Saturday. New York reached 56 degrees the coolest Aug 20 on record and Chicago fell to 55 the coolest Aug 20 in bureau records. Wisconsin towns reported near freezing with La Crosse at 51 and Land O Lakes noting a 30 degree low.
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New York
Chicago
Midwest
Hicago
Weather Bureau
Wisconsin
Canada
Land O'Lakes
la Crosse
A. D. Lanal
Samal
Ragged Boy with Rope Earns Nickels in Brighton
A ragged boy about eight wanders Brighton street with a rope tied to his waist and a bottle of soda. He speaks only the word nickel to officers, who describe him as bright eyed but uncommunicative. He spent the night in jail awaiting probation.
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Brighton
Cole
B. J. Cunningham
Undersheriff Ka
Pasher
Pepe
Bribery Probe Ties Winona Officials to Graft
Winona Minnesota district attorney says charges expected early next week against four incumbents and one former county commissioner, tied to a four month investigation by Richard Golling into alleged bribe deals with equipment salesmen. Golling implicates five men including August Gensmer Jr and Frank Preston, detailing 14 transactions with cash payments and bribe offers, centered around the Williams hotel and county farms.
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Winona
Minn
Golling
Third District
Frank Preston
Mt. Vernon
August H. Gensmer, Jr
Bethany
F. J. Robertson
Lewiston
W. K. Beach
Dakota
Carl J. Goetzman
West Burns Valley
Gensmer
First District
Teofil J. Pellowski
Golting
Williams Hotel
Commissioners
Twin Cities
Gosling
Ace County
Goetzman
Preston
Beach
Roberton
Robertson
Roberton _ de
County Board
Vaughan Intervened Over Grain Rationing Says Officials
Senate investigators heard Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan pressed the agriculture secretary in 1946 to ease a grain rationing order linked to alcohol production. Vaughan, Truman’s army aide, reportedly sought similar aid for a New Jersey molasses firm, while Mundt called for a special subcommittee probe and McCarthy floated unnamed adverse information close to the White House.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
Agriculture Department
Senate
Vaughan
Truman
New Jersey
Mundt
R-Sd
McCarthy
R-Wis
White House
William P. Rogers
Anderson
Clinton P. Anderson
Agrculture
U. S
New Mexico
Milwaukee
Harry H
Peru breaks off relations with Cuba
Lima Peru government says Peru ends diplomatic ties with Cuba after charging Cuban authorities aided two Aprista fugitives to flee to Cuba. Junta government, ruling since 1948, delivered note to Cuban chargé d affaires.
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Lima
Peru
Cuba
Aprista Party
Seek Boarding Home In City For Polio Girl
Ewell Newman of the La Crosse Family Welfare Association asks residents to help place a 15 year old girl from Cataract in a city boarding home. The girl, moderately disabled, will attend Emerson School for orthopedic treatment and ninth grade, with costs covered by the state crippled children's division and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Call 891 to offer information.
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la Crosse
Ewell Newman
The
la Crosse Family Welfare Association
Emerson School
Newman
Crippled Children’s Division
National Foundation For
Ball and chain unearthed at historic Rock County site
In Janesville Wisconsin excavating for the new Rock county jail paused when workers struck a hard object. An iron ball weighing 35 pounds with a three foot chain and shackle, believed to be a Civil War era relic, was found at the old jail location.
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Janesville
Wis
New Rock County
Wisconsin labor federation seeks federal rent controls repeal
The Wisconsin State Federation of Labor at its annual convention urged repeal of the state rent law and a return to federal controls. Delegates asked Gov. Rennebohm to urge the legislature to repeal the new rent law immediately. A second resolution aimed to restore harmony between organized labor and the cooperative movement via a joint labor co op meeting.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Organized Labor
Wisconsin Teamsters’ Conference
WSFL
Martin Young
Green Bay
Consolidated Badger Cooperative
Shawano
Young
George Haberman
Haberman
Jolson Misses Chicago Railroad Fair Appearance
Al Jolson failed to appear at the Chicago railroad fair after being advertised as Al Jolson day. Officials said Jolson knew of the engagement and a special car was sent to fetch him from the Ambassador hotel. Jolson claimed no prior knowledge of the date and said he would perform later but did not attend the 2 p.m. show or any other time.
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Chicago
al Jolson
Jolson
New York
Jack Reilly
Fair
Ambassador Hotel
Lenox R. Lohr
Reilly
Family Of 5 Seeks House In La Crosse Area
A family of five evicted after their home was sold for a parking lot seeks a new house in or near La Crosse with bus access. The father works for a large local industry but high room and meal costs are straining finances. Call the city desk at La Crosse Tribune 3680 or 3093.
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la Crosse
City Desk
la Crosse Tribune
Two New Polio Cases Raise City Totals to 86
Saturday health officials reported two new polio cases bringing the season total to 86. James Weisenberger an Arcadia farmer aged 18 and his nine year old sister Eileen were tied to Aug 2 reports, while Mrs. William E. Swingle a 48 year old Sparta mother of five also contracted polio. Both new cases are in an isolation ward.
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James Weisenberger
Arcadia
Eileen
William E. Swingle
Sparta
Swingle
Drowning of 20 Month Old Nancy Bogie Near Tomahawk
The body of 20 month old Nancy Mary Bogie was found in Lake Nakomis near her home Thursday about three hours after she wandered away. Authorities say the child apparently fell into the water and drowned.
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Tomahawk
Wis
Nancy Mary Bogie
Lake Nakomis
Confession Ties Suspect to Slaying of Cheerleader
Cincinnati detective chief said Saturday William Gamble 26 confessed in an oral statement to the slaying of Muriel Baldridge 17 a high school cheerleader at Prestonsburg Kentucky on June 27.
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Cincinnati
Patrick Hayes
William Gamble
Muriel Baldridge
Prestonsburg
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State Attorney General’s Office
University of Wisconsin
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
By Spencer Moosa
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Amoy
China
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