Who’s Lying In Spy Case The Hiss Chambers Showdown
Washington hearing before the House Un American Activities Committee produced divergent stories as Whittaker Chambers testified about prewar underground activity while Alger Hiss, now head of the Carnegie Endowment, offered a counter narrative. The grueling questioning stretched for hours and ended with both men asserting uncertainty as debate over communist influence within government persisted.
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Whithaker Chambers
House
American Activities
Alver Bliss Corvow
Chambers
Eissa
Fliss
John Davis
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Congressional
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
UN American Activities Committee
Mn Macel
Ford
Elde
Youceold
Ottor
Flixs
Almeela
Werverd
Fligs
State Department
Hiss Naw
Carnegie Endowment For Interational Peace
Chambora
Hobi
Chrombers
Munct
RSD
AFL Backing Pleases Demos
Washington report says top labor groups may back the Truman-Brckley ticket in November. CIO board members will discuss endorsing Truman. AFL leaders expected to back him, while some CIO leaders back Wallace. Bricker dismisses the impact arguing AFL members may dissent.
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Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
CIO Board
AFL Ieaders
White House
Bricker
Ohio
Thomas I. Dewey
GOP
Wallace
CIO
Sruman
Dny
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
ADA
APL
Truman
AFL
Broker J B Watkins Slain In New Jersey
J B Watkins longtime broker and Harvard Law School graduate is found dead in Princeton New Jersey. Police seek questioning of HLAL Brookes partner in the investment firm. Survived by wife four children mother sister and two brothers. Autopsy cites two 22 caliber bullet wounds from under eight feet with time of death placed between 6 30 and 8 45 pm.
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Joseph &. Watkins
Princton
Waskins Company
Winona
Princeton
University
Watkins
Watking
Hlal
Brookes
Informiution
Witionn
Harvard Law School
New York
Tle
Watkins Company
Roy Walholm
Winnetka
R. H. Watkins
William Watkins
Weather For La Crosse and Vicinity Tonight and Friday
Generally fair and quite warm with low around 92 tonight and a high near 92 Friday. Water temperature at the municipal pool Thursday was 12 degrees.
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la Crosse
Prolonged Dry Weather Hurts Western Wisconsin Crops
Prolonged heat and dry conditions across western Wisconsin stir grave crop concerns in the Coulee Region. County agents report pastureland in La Crosse and Trempealeau counties in poor to fair shape, with seedings at risk of dying without moisture. Farmers drive silage feeding and corn culling as urgent measures to sustain livestock.
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Wisconsin
Coulee
Hays
Trempealeau c
Monroe
Trempealeau
T. C. Main
Monves County
A. D. Begley
Weather Stays Hot Across Wisconsin Amid Heat Wave
A mass of hot air continues to blanket the northern plains, bringing record August heat across Wisconsin. Temperatures near 100 are common with humidity driving discomfort. some relief may come with a chance of light sprinkles in the Coulee region. Cities report highs from 90s to near 100, with La Crosse reaching the century mark yesterday.
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Coulee
Comlon
A. D. Sanial
Saniavi
la Crosse
Normial
Dyche Associated
Lous
Wisconsin
U. S
Howard J. Thompson
Milwaukee
Thompson
Trempenleau Cousty
Land O'Lakes
Prairie du Chien
Hillsboro
Dalton
Meenominie
Watertown
Wausau
Janesville
Green Bay
Madison
Lancaster
Plymouth
Superior
Park Falls
Wisconsin River
Sre
Register City Voters Today
City Clerk Fred Kramer announced extended hours until 8 p m to accommodate voters who are now registered in the city. Eligible residents must be 21 before the September 21 primary to register, and a large turnout is anticipated at the polls, with the reminder that voting requires current registration.
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Fred Kramer
Talk of Reducing Farm Price Supports on 48 Crops
Washington reports discuss possible cuts in farm price supports as the Agriculture Department weighs a plan to avoid prices for 1948 crops falling below fixed levels. Congress must act, but lawmakers return in January. Officials map a 1940 farm program while farmers weigh reducing plantings and potential hefty commodity loans and government purchases to sustain supports into next year.
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Ovid A. Mawwiin
Prean
Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Plano
Department
Rsk
Couple Circumnavigate World in Duck Picked Up After Drift
Mr and Mrs Berngamin F Cartin completed a world voyage in a convemved army amphibious craft and drifted 10 days in the Atlantic before being picked up by the tanker New Jersey. They are en route to Halifax, Nova Scotia, instead of the Azores, with last contact Aug 11 after leaving fore. Carlin, an Australian miner and former major, planned a six month circumnavigation.
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New York
Berngamin F. Cartin
Atlantic
Halifax
Nova Scotia
New Jersey
Azores
Coast Board
Sprinkling Of Lawns Tonight Is Sanctioned
A La Crosse water department official says the water shortage is easing. Chief engineer Clyde Allen announced a low sprinkling limit from 6 pm to midnight and urged residents to suspend daytime lawn watering to ease industrial drain. Citizens are urged to continue cooperative efforts to preserve reserves.
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la Crosse
Clyde Allen
Water Department
Allen
Wisconsin Abolishes Reckless Driving Law
Wisconsin chief attorney general Edward Krenzke Broadfoot ruled that reckless driving is no longer an offense. The 1945 statute was dropped in 1947 by inadvertence, requiring specific violations to be charged and proven in all cases.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Grover Broadfoot
Racine Coun
Dist
Arty
Edward Krenzke
Broadland
Attorne
Wisconsin reports 131 polio cases for year
Wisconsin's poliomyelitis cases for the year reached 131 today as the State board of health reported four new cases in Uconta and St. Croix counties and the cities of Green Bay and Cudahy. Curtis Boettiger, Roosevelt's grandson, is hospitalized with polio in Los Angeles.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
State Board of Health
Uconta
St. Croix
Green Bay
Cudahy
Buzzy' Bas
POLIO
Los Angeles
Roosevelt
Curtis
Buzzy) Boettiger
Make Sure Of Home News For Every Day While Away
Vacation readers can receive daily La Grosse Tribune editions via mail to any vacation address or laid aside for pickup. Orders should be placed in advance, with options mail away or lay away, and a carrier or phone contact 4680 provided.
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la Grosse Tribune
Red Mob Storms Berlin City Hall in Pro Communist Demonstration
Backed by a large crowd, pro Communist forces forced entry into Berlin city hall, seizing the third floor assembly chamber as 10,000 outside shouted against the anti Communist city government. They demanded an administration aligned with the Soviet Union and eastern Europe, while Berlin's anti Communist parliament planned a Western allied delegation vote.
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Richard Kasischkeerlin
Berlin
Carge
Socialist Party
Reichstag
Freal
Wilhelm Pieck
Germany
SID
Pieck
United States
Justice Dismisses Twelve Evictions in Fifth Avenue Apt Case
Justice Charles B. Varco dismissed twelve unlawful detainer actions against tenants of an apartment house on Fifth Avenue. The case, linked to owner changes and a city housing effort, ended with a Sept. 1 stay and pending condemnation talks, involving Harry Newburg and Edward Crofoot.
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Aps
Fifth Avena Street
Charles B. Varco
Johnson Motor Company
Wolfa
Common Council
Rec
Wolfe
Charles Goerdt
Lees and Bunge
Vereo
Harry Newburg
Newburg
Law Estate
Edward Crofoot
Omaha
Neb
Forest Fires In State Brought Under Control
Forest fires stretched across several sections of the state with most under control. A blaze near Mather in Jackson and Juneau counties had burned about 20 acres north of Mather but was being held. Slack River Falls faced peat bog fires east of Winner Dugoo street near Hart Tie and Lumber, prompting notices of liability if property damage occurred. Near Mauston, 1200 acres of pulp timber burned four miles north of town before being contained. 200 crews aided by National Guard from Camp Williams fought the flames. Black River Falls saw a brush fire at Emir Waldum burning about 30 acres. city crews battled it amid dry conditions. further efforts continued as smaller fires were extinguished. The story notes ongoing efforts and fire season strain.
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Ohn Caswell
Black River Falls
Jackson County
Juneau County
Mather
Uvere
Slack River Falls
Winner Dugoo
The
Lumber Company
Jackson Lox Company
Mauston
Cam McCoy
Kationali
Camp Williams
Juneau
Emir Waldum
Fire Destroys Tavern Famed For Stairway
Barre Mills Wisconsin fire origin from an oil stove destroyed the Minnie Schaper combining tavern and living quarters Thursday. The building housed an outside spiral stairway known for 30 years. The operator, in the east wing, witnessed the flames from the garden early morning. Firefighters from Barre Mills and West Salem fought the blaze, bringing it under control by 10:30 a.m. Water was drawn from a nearby creek. The structure mixed concrete block and frame with tin, with 10 insurance on contents and an estimated loss of 4000. Henry Leitche owned the building.
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Barre Mills
Wis
Minnie Schaper
Lion
Aimes
Wietherm
West Satem
Henry Leitche
West Salem Fire Department
Lineman Killed While Handling High Voltage Wire
IRON RIVER Mich Pi Jonn Ssneyk 50 a lineman for the Upper Peninsula Power Co was electrocuted yesterday Officials said he cut a 2400 volt wire without rubber gloves showing a fatal careless handling of live lines at the work site authorities reported the accident occurred in Iron River Michigan and the company said safety procedures will be reviewed
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Lomakin
Alexander Pan_yushkin
Lonakin
New York
Excape
Kaseneknows
Amerivtcan
S Sie: Urdopers
Leningrad
Neier
Kamie
Ressia
America
Russia
Iron River
Mich
Jonn
Upper Peninsula Power Co
City Churches Pay Tribute To Late Bishop McGavick
Nine city Catholic congregations plan parish requiem masses for Bishop Alexander James McGavick who died early yesterday from complications of illness. Public services include a 9 a.m. Monday mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral with Msgr. L. Paschal Hirt, and a funeral Tuesday at 10 a.m. with Archbishop Moses E. Kiley presiding. Cardinal Samuel Stritch will preach. final absolution by Wisconsin's bishops follows. Parish schedules list mass times for St. James, St. John, St. Wenceslas, Holy Trinity, Holy Cross, Blessed Sacrament, St Thomas More, St. Mary's, and others across the city.
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Alexander James McGavick
McGavick
Satire
St. Joseph's Cathedral
L. Paschal Hirt
Moses E. Kiley
Milwaukee
Samuel Cardinal “Ritch
Chicago
Wisconsin
St. James
St. John’s
St. Wencese
Holy Trinity
Holy Cross
Blessed Sacrament
St Thomas Mare
St. Mary's
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Register City Voters Today
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Carlins
George W. Cornell
Zol T. Cheparnykh
Shearer
Jacob M. Lomakin
Kasenkina
Red Leader
U.S
Moscow
Kremlin
Krem
Conttrol
McCoy
George Worthrup
Barre Nils
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