Reds Start East Coast Offensive In Korea Drive
The Korean Reds broadened attacks to the east coast with a three pronged drive toward Taegu and Kumhwa. U.N. and American air forces hit the invaders as South Korean and American units reported heavy contact and gains of up to about two miles without breaking lines. General MacArthur said at least 20 000 Reds struck Chongno and Kumhwa area while South Koreans counterattacked and regained lost ground. In Wisconsin, Lawrence G. Schaefer, 49, longtime clerk of La Crosse county circuit court, died suddenly at home, with funeral plans pending and his aunt dying within an hour of the news.
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Tokyo
Kumhwa
Kumbhwan
Taegu
Pohang- Kigye
MacArthur
United Nations
Associated Press
Jack MacBeth
Chongno
Kigye
U. S. 8Th Army
Lawrence G
Larry) Schaefer
la Crosse County
George Street
Schaefer
Edith Jacobs
Division Street
House approves emergency defense bill after overtime session
The House met in an overtime session to pass a $16.771 billion emergency defense bill and push weekend spending beyond $52 billion. Rep. Mahon said an additional $10 billion request is likely soon to further bolster national defense, noting experts do not foresee a world war on the horizon.
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Washington
House
Mahon
D-Tex
United States
Appropriations
Pentagon
Gibson Resigns as Assistant to Labor Secretary
The White House announced the resignation of John W. Gibson from the post of assistant secretary of labor effective August 31. A former CIO official, Gibson had served since 1946 and gave “compelling personal reasons” for stepping down. He previously headed the Michigan CIO council and came to Washington in 1945.
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Washington
White House
John W. Gibson
Gibson
CIO
Labor Post
Truman
Public Service
Isbor
Michigan Cio Council
Secrets Qx
Harrisburg
Lil
Russian Official Mao Clash Over Formosa Invasion Report
A Chinese Nationalist newspaper in Peiping reports Gen Kuzma Derevyanko former Soviet chief in Japan and Red leaders disputing the planned Formosa invasion. The Kung Sheung News says the leaders haggle over the timing and method of any invasion.
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Mao
Formosa
Hong Kong
Japan
Peiping
Kung Sheung
Kuzma Derevyanko
Compromise On Wage Price Issue Sought By Arrowsmith
Washington lawmakers pressed for a compromise to keep wage price rationing authority in anti inflation bills. Senate house conferees deadlocked over whether Truman should have a free hand to invoke controls. The split centers on timing and selectivity with broader or limited application.
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Washington
Congress
Senate House
Truman
House
Senate
Robertson
D-Va
Weather in La Crosse and vicinity
Partly cloudy with occasional showers tonight. Sunday remains partly cloudy and warmer. Lows around 58 tonight with highs near 76 on Sunday.
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la Crosse
Wherry Denies GOP Plan to Target Acheson in Fall Fight
Senator Wherry of Nebraska denies any GOP policy to attack Secretary of State Acheson in the coming campaign. He says some Republicans oppose him while others support, and insists the party has no unified plan to press Acheson. Johnson says he and Acheson are acting in mutual support despite private doubts among some senators about defense strategy in the Pacific.
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Washington
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Acheson
Defense Johnson
White House
Johnson
Brewster
Maine
Lome
Thomases
Pacific
Formosa
Truman
Seventh Fleet
Island
Amercan
South Kora
Col Bullard Takes Command At Camp McCoy Wisconsin
Col Peter C Bullard has assumed command at Camp McCoy succeeding Col Jacob J Gerhardt who will retire Oct 31 at age 60. Bullard arrived to survey the post and orient to duties while inspecting Camp Haven near Sheboygan where anti aircraft units train over Lake Michigan. He is a West Point graduate and veteran of 40 years in the service with over two decades with engineers and infantry.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Peter C. Bullard
Jacob J. Gerhardt
Col
Gerhardt
Bullard
Camp Haven
Sheboygan
Lake Michigan
Col. Bullard
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Col. Gerhardt
Engineers
Caribbean
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Military District
Peter J. Cleary
Robert Lee Bullard
Robert Lee Bullard III
Los Angeles
Calif
Last Survivor Of First St Olaf Graduating Class Dies
Dr Carl J. Robesson, 83, last surviving member of St Olaf College’s first graduating class, died Friday at his Superior Wisconsin home. A former Superior State College science instructor, he entered St Olaf as the first student and retired in 1937 after 25 years on the faculty. Surviving are two daughters and four sons.
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Superior
Wis
Carl J. Robesson
St. Olaf College
Northfield
Minn
Hollesson
Superior State College
City Resident Praises Hospital Ship Benevolence and Its Sinking
Gil Rieland recalls the USS Benevolence as a modern hospital ship capable of 1100 patients. The ship, commissioned 1945 and first to enter Tokyo Bay, sank during a pre service shakedown cruise off a foggy Golden Gate last Friday.
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Benevolence
Navy
Golden Gate
San Francisco Bay
South Pacific
Gil Rieland
Losey Boulevard
Rieland
Todds Shipyards
New York
Tokyo Bay
Missouri
Harold Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Decorah polio victim dies. services set in Lutheran cemetery
Mrs. Virgil Houdek 33, a polio patient moved from Decorah to Iowa City, died Thursday after eight days in hospital. Born Violet Vine near Decorah, she married Virgil Houdek on December 8 1945. Surviving are her husband and two sons Gary and Steven, her father, five brothers and one sister. Funeral at Decorah Lutheran Church with burial in Lutheran cemetery Monday afternoon.
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Virgil Houdek
Iowa City
Houdek
Charles City
Steine
M. A. Egge
Decorah Lutheran Church
Violet Vine
Albert Vine
Gary
Steven
Hjalmer Vine
Burr Oak
Allert
Willie
Lloyd
Clarence
Adolph G. Vick
Madison Township
Mary Noone Reaches 100 in Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien Wisconsin special report notes Aunt Mary Noone known as Aunt Mary will celebrate her 100th birthday on Monday August 28. A Sunday open house at Shields and Price farm in Marietta Valley will be hosted by Mr and Mrs Mike Shields and Mr and Mrs Joseph Price. She was born in Pennsylvania to Dutch parents and spent most of life in southwest Wisconsin with a Chicago interval.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Mary Noone
Mary
Shields and Price
Marietta Valley
Mike Shields
Joseph Price
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Chicago
Irish Ridge
Across-the-country rail seizure ends walkout threat
An overlapping rail crisis ends as the army under orders from President Truman will take over 131 rail lines at 3 PM CST Sunday to break a nationwide strike. Trainmen and conductors agree to stay on while the government operates the roads. Canada faces its fifth day of rail stoppage and wage talks. Chrysler and International Harvester announce wage hikes, with auto workers gaining a 10 cent minimum.
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Truman
Canada
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corporation
International Harvester
United Electrical Workers
Ind
White House
Louis St. Laurent
British Columbia
Chrysler
Cleveland
The
Republic
Huk Rebels Rampage Kills 167 in Luzon Raids
In a coordinated attack the Hukbalahap guerrillas looted burned and killed across 11 central Luzon towns leaving 167 dead and many wounded. Police fortified Manila as the government maintained plans to deploy Filipino troops to Korea.
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Manila
Philippines
Luzon
National Defense Headquarters
Korea
U. S. Air Force Base
Clarkfield
Close Swimming Pool
The municipal swimming pool will close Saturday due to cold weather it was announced by city officials.
Waukon Names Nine New Teachers for Upcoming School Year
Waukon public schools will open Monday August 28 with nine new teachers: Douglas Grabau mathematics Joyce Kraulik vocal music Milan Petras agriculture Cortie Vernon veteran training Lucille Yeaton home economics Katherine Sutton first grade Ruth Floy kindergarten Sylvia Hammersland first and second grades and Marietta Lenton Grabau third and south grades.
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Waukon
Douglas Grabau
Joyce Kraulik
Milan Petras
Cortie Vernon
Lucille Yeaton
Katherine Sutton
Ruth Floy
Sylvia Hammersland
Marietta Lenton Grabau
B. H. Grae
Theron Thomsen
Walter Rixen
Therese Tressel
Lydia Carter
Walter Burkholder
Adeline Sander
Matilda Parnell
Marcella Gerder
Lois Hanson
Olga Grangaard
Emma Norgard
John Tidball
Mercy Craft Rammed In Fog By Freighter
Eighteen died when the hospital ship Benevolence, about 515 aboard, was rammed by the freighter Mary Luckenbach and capsized near San Francisco in dense fog. The navy planned a court of inquiry while survivors were treated across the bay.
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San Francisco
Navy
San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay
Golden Gate Bridge
Freigher
Mary Luckenbach
T. R. Wirth
12Th Naval District
George D. Murray
Western Sea Frontier
Mare Island Navy
Wisconsin Democrats back Coleman bossism claim in Oshkosh speech
Dilweg accused labor leaders of Milwaukee domination while at Oshkosh the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor backed Democrat William Sanderson for the U.S. Senate. Republican Len Schmitt proposed a World War II veteran cash bonus funded by a tax increase and bank loan plan. GOP candidate Walter Kohler Jr. urged economical government to pay federal taxes and win the Korea war.
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Wisconsin
Democratic Party
Coleman
la Verne
Dilweg
U. S. Senate
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
Oshkosh
William Sanderson
Senate
Labor
Milwaukee
Len Schmitt
Schmitt
Ene Dorsed
Walter J. Kohler, Jr
Wausau
Korea
United States
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