Senators push for cuts in Truman arms aid plan
Two Republicans Vandenburg and Knowland push to trim the 1.45 billion arms aid bill. Vandenburg seeks a 160.99 million slash for Atlantic alliance members to boost arms production, while General Bradley says cutting funds would hinder retooling and limit output projected at over 700 million in arms.
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Omar N. Bradley
Senate
Michigan
Senator Dulles
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U. S. Armed Services
Truman
Pact
Bolivian troops crush four-city revolt led by retired officers
Airlifted forces crushed uprisings in Oruro Potosi Santa Cruz and parts of Cochabamba while La Paz authorities detained opposition leaders. About 60 arrests reported as Congress extends martial law for 90 days amid ongoing unrest tied to the former Villarroel regime.
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Bolivia
Cochambamba
Oruro
Potosi
Santa Cruz
Gualberto Villarroel
National Revolutionary Movement
MNR
Congress
Catavi
Siglo Viente
Britain proposes wider US Canada purchases to ease crisis
British situation paper outlines plans to boost exports to the United States and Canada while cutting production costs. Washington and London aim to shore up Britain's gold reserves by January 1. Officials see long term need for greater British sales in the United States amid talks on forming a self sufficient sterling bloc.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Canada
Britain
City Holds Tight Line on Capital Spending Under Bonded Debt
Pamperin warns that the city must slow capital outlays to protect financial health. A financial plan will outline major projects, bond timing, and a target to keep indebtedness at least $1 million below the state limit.
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Ways and Means
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Bill Allows Truman To Trim Off $3 Billion
Senate debate centers on giving President Truman power to slash 5 to 10 percent of appropriations. Senator Lucas warns of dangerous authority while Senator McClellan leads support for the measure amid predicted rule suspension for a Monday vote.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Seleiant
Congress
McClellan
D-Ark
Hunt Denies Wrong-Doing In Five Percenter Inquiry
Washington figure James V. Hunt says he never asked Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan for favors beyond football tickets. He denies stating he sells influence, claims any such claim is false, and asserts his business dealings remain proper. Vaughan is set to testify. Hunt is ill and unlikely to appear soon.
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James V. Hunt
Harry H. Vaughan
Hunt
Senate
White House
Vaughan
Truman
Army
Quartermaster General
War Assets Administration
Ambassador Uley
Williiam D. Pawley
Brazil
Edwin W. Pauley
Local Weather Forecast Highlights Mild Sunday
Pleasant and cooler weather expected Sunday with a calm afternoon and a high around 78 degrees. Light breezes and clear skies are forecast across the region, making for enjoyable outdoor time.
Pheasants Die in WWII Runway Lights Compensation
Washington reports Harry Warren of San Fernando California received 576 dollars from the government for pheasants that woke and broke necks after airport runway floodlights operated around the clock during the war. The army expanded runways near his former Van Nuys habitat, causing birds to collide with coop ceilings. President Truman signed the bill authorizing government payments for the dead birds.
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Washington
Harry Warren
Warren
San Fernando
Calif
van Nuys
President Truman
Matthews warns communism threat at oil town anniversary
Navy Secretary Francis P. Matthews told about 3,000 oilmen in Titusville that godless Marxist communism endangers Western civilization. He cited the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan as needed to deter aggression while lauding the 90th anniversary of Drake's Drake Well reactivation. The crowd watched Drake’s granddaughter trigger the restart of the original well, now a symbolic gesture for the oil industry’s birthplace.
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Titusville
Navy
Francis P. Matthews
Matthews
Pennsylvania
Edwin L. Drake
New England
Drake
Ross E. Carver
Nashau
N. H
New York
Chest Drive Chairs Named in La Crosse Campaign
John B. Coleman George W. Hall and Oscar H. Marebo are named as co chairmen with Coleman for the two phase campaign group solicitation and general sales in La Crosse. The drive targets about 300 firms and six agencies including Boy Scouts Girl Scouts YMCA and YWCA with six to seven divisions and internal campaigns. The initial solicitation is set to begin mid campaign.
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John B. Coleman
George W. Hall
Oscar H. Harebo
Community Chest
la Crosse
Albert F. Funk, Jr
Coleman
Hall
Funk
One Community Chest Campaign
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
la Crosse Home For Children
Family Welfare Association
Salvation Army
YMCA
YWCA
U S Legion Opens 31st National Convention in Philadelphia
The American Legion begins its 31st national convention in Philadelphia amid debate over arms for Europe. President Truman and Defense Secretary Johnson will speak. a large parade and election of a new national commander are planned as younger WW II veterans gain prominence.
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American Legion
Europe
Truman
Missouri
Louis Johnson
China
Orient
Perry Brown
Beaumont
Tex
Legion
Pennsylvania
Chinese Communists Capture Lanchow
The national defense ministry announced that Chinese Communists seized Lanchow the northwest bastion of Nationalist resistance. Defenders withdrew Thursday night and Red troops entered next. Kansu province government retreated to Wuwei about 150 miles north.
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China
Kansu
Wuwei
Joint CIO AFL Parade Plans in La Crosse on Labor Day
Labor Day parade in La Crosse unites CIO and AFL for the first combined turnout. CIO and AFL council leaders approve surrender of separate parades and line up from Pioneer hall to Myrick Park with color guards from VFW and American Legion. Congressman Gardner Withrow and local reps will speak at the CIO picnic site.
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AFL
AFL Trades and Labor Council
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Oscar Harebo
Pioneer Hall
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Market Street
Fourth Street
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Jacobus
Fourth
King Streets
American Legion Color Guard
George Hall
Trades and Labor Council
State
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Forrest Avenue
la Crosse Street
Myrick Park
Cong
Gardner Withrow
Swennes Named Assistant Superintendent in La Crosse
Myron I Swennes of Beardstown Illinois named assistant superintendent at La Crosse to succeed Roy L Simms Burlington railroad officials announced Saturday The change takes effect Sept 1 Swennes a trainmaster at Beardstown is son of the late Clellan Swennes of La Crosse He attended Franklin school and Central high school married to Elsie Schultz with a long Burlington service record starting 1914 as a store department laborer then clerk chief clerk and La Crosse acting until 1942
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Beardstown
Ill
la Crosse
Roy L. Simms
Burlington Railroad
Sims
Casper
Wye
Swennes
Clellan Swennes
Franklin School
Central High School
Elsie Schultz
Burlington
Grand Crossing
Fury of Florida hurricane razes planes at International airport
A powerful Florida hurricane wrecked sixteen transport planes and twenty four private aircraft at International airport in West Palm Beach. A hangar collapsed, posts ripped from foundations, and some planes were hurled up to a quarter mile. Warnings extended along the Gulf coast as heavy gales and rain hit northern Florida and south Georgia.
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Fla
International Airport
South Florida
Gainesville
Pine Flats
South Georgia
Weather Bureau
Carabelle
Cedar Keys
Fort Myers
Panama City
Florida
Atlantic
Waning Storm Sweeps North Through Florida After Destructive Path
A weakening hurricane crossed Florida from the gulf into the Suwanee River region causing one death and about 60 injuries with millions in damage. Winds still reached about 70 mph as the storm moved into open water heading north.
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Tampa
Fla
Gulf
Suwanee
Florida
Lower Peninsula
Riot at Robeson concert injures many in Peekskill clash
A riot at a Paul Robeson concert near Peekskill left at least 11 people stabbed or beaten as veterans and concert supporters clashed on a dirt road. Robeson did not appear. traffic jams and rioters disrupted the event tied to civil rights groups.
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N. Y
Picnic Grove
Paul Robeson
Robeson
Peoples Artists Committee
Harlem
Civil Rights Congress
Congress
Help wanted ads in Tribune offer jobs and wages
A Tribune classified notice urges readers to check today’s lineup of jobs with a housekeeper ad offering care of a preschool child and good wages. The notice includes a cancellation by Mrs. Jim Devine at 1611 Loomis and references a September 8 time off.
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Tribune
Jim Devine
Loomis
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