European and Asian power shifts as Germany weighs council seat
Western Europe welcomes the free German election with a conservative majority likely led by Konrad Ade mauer. The Bonn government faces Nazi echoes while Britain seeks more American aid in Europe. Yugoslavia appeals for steel while Finland braces for a possible Soviet clash as Chile and China transform under communist pressure.
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Strasbourg
Western
Europe
France
Hitler
Konrad Ademauer
Christian Democrats
Germany
Council
United States of Europe
Winston Churchill
Soviet POW Repatriation Stance and Infiltration Risk
In the years after hostilities tens of thousands of German and Japanese POWs remain in Soviet hands with no clear release date. The piece argues Russia uses POW labor and aims to cultivate a fifth column, warning against underestimating Soviet world domination tactics and urging vigilance despite occasional pauses in aggressiveness.
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Europe
Far East
Germany
Japan
Russia
Red Army
Soviet Union
Council of Europe forms European federation dream in Strasbourg
In Strasbourg ten west European countries start a push toward a supernational Europe aimed at limiting state sovereignty. Britain and France back the plan while Germany abstains. east European exiles seek inclusion. Observers call the move progress despite Cold War tensions. Local residents hope for lasting peace and economic improvement.
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Strasbourg
Council of Europe
NEA
France
Great Britain
Ireland
Italy
Germany
Europe
Aristide Briand
Winston Churchill
Rhine
Kremlin
Moscow
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Poland
European Union
Council
Assembly
10 Participry
Consultative Assembly
London
Atomic pile and Ernie Pyle bridge questions answered
In a readers questions column, J C G A explains atomic pile as the housing for a nuclear chain reaction and its concrete core. The Ernie Pyle bridge over the Rhine near Dusseldorf and Grimlinghausen, built by the 1228 Combat Engineer Battalion, dates to April 26, 1945. A note on dog racing traces origins to the United States, later adopted in England.
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Ernie Pyle
Rhine
Dusseldorf
Grimlinghausen
Germany
15Th U. S. Army
Congress to press on through year to finish bills
A top Democratic leader urged Congress to stay in session through the year to finish unfinished business and the new budget by May, arguing 1950 is an election year. President Truman voiced no objection, while Sen. Taft accused Democrats of trying to run out the clock.
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Drew Peareson
Washington
Robert S. Allen
Congress
Truman
Sen
Robert Taft
Taft
Ohio
House
Senate
John Carroll
Colorado New Dealer
Paul Douglas
Supreme Court
Curiosities and Facts From 1948 Records
A compilation of quick Q and A covers: English Channel swimmers total 27 by end of 1948 with about 2000 dollars cost. contrabass origin linked to early church bass lines. Dufour Peak as highest Swiss Alps point at 15177 feet. parking meter income averaging over 74 dollars per machine in 1948. full window screen wires about a mile long. 83 bank robberies in 1948 with 1932 peak prior to FBI protection. patron saints defined as saints venerated for local interests and churches, with examples.
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English Channel
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lucky Lady II completes non official round trip flight
The Boeing Lucky Lady II piloted by Capt James Gallagher departed Carswell Field Fort Worth Texas and returned March 2 1949 after 94 hours and 1 minute, the route totaling 23452 miles though no official round the world record exists since the official route from New York to Europe to Karachi to Tokyo and back to the start covers 19500 miles.
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New York
Europe
Karachi
Tokyo
James Gallagher
Melrose
Minn
Carswell Field
Fort Worth
Tex
Mystery Tune Composer Rates As World Favorite
The text discusses the disputed origin of the tune to which My Country Tis of Thee is sung, noting it as a widely popular melody used for Britain's God Save the King and other national anthems, with recognition across Denmark Sweden Norway and Switzerland. A military question explains Colonel Charles K Gardner omitted the letter J in army company lettering due to the I and J similarity in 1816.
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Finland
United States
Russia
Britain
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Switzerland
L. Wal
Charles K. Gardner
Just The Dictionary Tower Dictionary and Atlas Ad
An advertisement for Web ter's Illustrated Tower Dictionary and Atlas, a 378 page reference with legal and musical terms, population tables, earth statistics, weights and measures, 16 pages of maps, offered for 40 cents postpaid via The La Crosse Tribune Information Bureau.
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la Crosse Tribune Information Bureau
Eye St
N. E
Washington, D. C
Miss Bentley Joins Mundelein College Faculty
Elizabeth T. Bentley former communist courier who testified to spying activity joins Mundelein College in Chicago to teach political science this fall. She converted to Catholicism in Washington last November after revealing her wartime spy role and joining the FBI. An honor graduate of Vassar and Columbia alumna, she will teach at the north side Catholic girls school.
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Chicago
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Mundelein College
North Side Catholic Girls’ School
Miss Bentley
Communist Party
FBI
Washington
Vassar
Columbia University
Citizens Army Mobilized in Burma Amid Shan Conflict
An official source said a large citizens army has been mobilized in northeastern Burma to fight Karen tribesmen invading Shan territory. The move follows Shan minister Sao Hkun Hkio urging locals to abandon peacetime pursuits and join in a war unto death in the hills near Thailand.
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Rangoon
Burma
Sao Hkun Hkio
Thailand
County authority on land use after tax deed sale
Atty. Gen. Thomas Fairchild held that Vilas County may restrict land use on tax deed lands it sells. The county conveyed parcels with public hunting and fishing rights and a ten year timber-cutting ban, prompting the opinion request.
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Madison
Wis
Thomas Fairchild
Vilas County
Demos Plan Confab in Wisconsin for Aug Oshkosh Meet
The state Democratic organizing committee said it would meet in Oshkosh on August 28 to set a date for a state convention. Plans call for forming the committee on a permanent basis.
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Madison
Wis
State
Democratic Organizing Committee
Oshkosh
La Crosse Tribune Staff and Subscription Rates
Editorial and department heads listed for the La Crosse Tribune with staff roles. Details include publication, address, affiliation with the Lee Newspaper Group and Associated Press, and home delivery plus mail subscription rates and zones.
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R. L. Bangsberg
J. E. Lienlokken
Alfred W Rice
G. G. Moriarity
Keefe
E L. Burgess
T. Bus
A. E. Teachout
Luther Wilkins
la Crosse Tribune Company
Cass Streets
la Crosse
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