Administration seeks unified control of intelligence agencies
Washington reports reveal a push to tighten spying laws and place the government s 20 plus intelligence agencies under a single coordinating framework. A drive began last spring to coordinate home front efforts against spies saboteurs and subversive activity and a presidential commission has studied the central intelligence agency s overseas reporting operations.
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Rts
White House
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House un-American Activities Committee
Membership Approves New A-C Contract
In Milwaukee a new contract between Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co and local 248 UAW CIO was approved by union members. The deal raises wages for about 3,600 of 11,000 workers, via revised time brackets and a minimum pay rise, with an eight percent blanket boost already granted. The agreement runs through next June and includes a supervised strike vote if violations occur.
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Allis- Chalmers Manufacturing Co
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International Uaw-Cio
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International
Dutch Airborne Troops Capture Indonesian City
Dutch airborne units seized Jogjakarta the Republican capital amid a fast moving Java operation. Dutch casualties total six killed and eight wounded across Java and Sumatra with reported high Republican leaders captured including Soekarne Hatta and Sjahrir.
Probers Race Against Time In Red Spy Case
Washington committee faces urgent task as it weighs calling witnesses from the New York grand jury in a case involving 12 Communist leaders and Alger Hiss. Mundt and Campbell discuss cooperation, aiming to finish a report before Congress convenes. Witnesses named include Hiss brothers, Elizabeth Bentley, Chambers, Wadleigh, Pigman, Reno, and Gompers.
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UN American Activities Committee
Alex Campbell
New York
Sundt
New York Grand Jury
Campbell
U. S
George Fay
Justice Department
Congress
Communist Party
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Donald Hiss
Alger
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Washon
Chambers
H Julian Wadleigh
William and Pigman
Franklin Victor Reno
Hedda Gompers
Pigman
National Bureau of Standards
Reno
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Escape of Lada He Stuns Berlin After Jail Break
Former paratrooper Edward J. Lada who escaped from a stockade vanished after his release. He reportedly visited two German women Ursula Scamnith and Ruth Riecki and sought visas for Ruth and the baby. Authorities warn he may head toward the Russian zone, cautioning he lacks civilian clothes and money.
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Edward J. Lada
Stockt. P
Ursula Scamnith
Ruth Riecki
Ruth
Army Stockade
Ladas
Ursula
Lada
Atte Germany
Germany
Premier Sun Fo Announces New Chinese Cabinet
Heavy fighting raged on the flatlands around Tientsin as Premier Sun Fo unveiled a new cabinet pledged to pursue peace while resisting surrender. Red forces cut rail and telegraph links to Tangku, isolating Tientsin and Peiping, with inland moves feared to threaten Nanking and Chiang Kai-shek’s regime.
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Tientsin
North China
Sun Fo
Red
Tangku
Hwai River
China
Peiping
Spencer Moosa
Associated Press
Iping
Pengpu
Chiang Kai-shek
Chen Yi
Here
Yangtze
Hsienmumiao
Henry Noll Dies At 71. Madison Newspaper Veteran
Henry Noll 71 longtime Madison newspaperman and former managing editor of the La Crosse Tribune died of a heart attack at his Madison home Saturday night. He served the Wisconsin Senate and was Dane County coroner elected in 1914 and reelected in 1916. He is survived by his wife and a brother Fred. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Henry Noll
Madison
la Crosse Tribune
Noll
Wisconsin
Dane County
Fred
New York City Buried Under 19 Inch Snow
Two snow storms deluged the Northeast with a 19.5 inch blanket over New York City. The blizzard tied up commutes and caused multiple deaths across the region while the storm system moved out to sea.
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Chicago
New
New York
New York City
New Jersey
New England
Houghton
Mich
Ilinois
Miami
Ski-Transport May Be Used In Rescue Attempt
Rescue officials consider using a ski equipped transport plane to reach 10 or more U S airmen marooned on Greenland's ice cap since December 9. Seven were stranded after a C 47 forced landing, two attempted rescue in a B 17 but nosed into a snowbank, and repairs followed failed snatch efforts.
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Greenland
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Dutch Say UN Intervention In Indonesia Is Useless
The Netherlands informed the United Nations Security Council that intervention is useless in Indonesia. A memorandum was delivered as the council met for emergency talks on fighting in Java and Sumatra after Dutch forces launched air, land, and sea actions. The American delegate Dr. Philip C. Jessup voiced grave concern over the situation.
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Java
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Netherlands Army
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Jogjakarta Seige
Netherlands
Soekarne
Mohamed Hatta
Agus Salimp
Sutan Sjahrir
Soederiman
Sumatra
Paris
United States Security Council
Indonesia
Council
Republic of Indonesia
Aala
United States
Philip C. Jessup
Community Christmas Choirs Parade of Voices
Local churches and school join forces for a Christmas program featuring 60 member Monnight La Crosse Teachers College chorus directed by H C Amundson and John Rayburn with accompanying pianist. The College Sinfonia conducts Hallelujah Chorus and carols under Thomas Annett Miss Betty Oblson. First Congregational Church choir 27 members under Bernard McGhee with Olive Plamadore organist performs eight songs. St Pauls Lutheran choir 25 members directed by Miss Marjorie Smith and Ellen Wangen with Mary Ellen Kilian soloist, and Dorothy Duff solo in several numbers. Washington Junior School Chorus 60 members directed by Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep features O Come Ye Faithful and other carols.
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Fourth
Main
Fifth Avenue
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lincoln Junior High School
W. P. Stephens
Gloria Patri
Joan Johnson
Hark the Herald Angels
Lucille Volten
Teachers College Chorus
H. C. Amundson
John Rayburn
Hallelujah
Thomas Annett
Betty Oblson
First Congregational Church Choir
Bernard McGhee
Olive Plamadore
James Klund
St. Paul’s
Washington Junior School Chorus
Doom Of Tojo and Japanese Leaders Sealed by Court
The U S Supreme Court refused to intervene in the international military tribunal that condemned former Premier Tojo and six other Japanese wartime officials to death. In a 6-1 ruling the court held it had no authority over the 11 nation tribunal. The decision effectively seals the fate of Tojo and the others, with executions previously stayed by MacArthur awaiting the court’s ruling. Justice Murphy dissented.
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Supreme Court
International Military Tribunal
International Tribunal
Tojo
MacArthur
Justice Murphy
Rutledge
Jackson
High Court
Vinson
Black
Reed
Frankfurter
Douglas
Burton
United Tes
United States
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
Koki Hirota
Kenji Doihara
Renewed search for gun in Dr. McLoone murder case
The La Crosse Trailer corporation provided an electro magnet to drag the La Crosse river bridge area and marsh along Lang drive as police renewed efforts to locate the gun used in the murder of Dr. James E. McLoone on November 14, 1947. Dragging began shortly after noon and targeted the river, marsh, catch basins and sewers without success.
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James E. McLoone
Pasadena widow Mrs. Hixon dies at home
Mrs. Joseph M. Hixon formerly of La Crosse has passed away at her Pasadena California residence on Sunday according to word received locally.
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Joseph M. Hixon
la Crosse
Pasadena
Calif
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