UN Big Guns Inflict Heavy Damage On Reds
Allied bombardment at Hungnam and surrounding areas battered Chinese and North Korean forces in a heavy coast defense push. U N reports indicate retreats and weakened Red positions while Western front build up raises concern. Warships planes and artillery struck concentrations as Far East air forces pursued remaining troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reds
Tokyo
Hungnam
United Nations
Korea
Sea of Japan
U.S. Eighth Army
Yong
Parallel
Tom Lambert
Stan Swinton
Far East
U. S
Eighth Army
Wilson names Clay and Weinberg as aides to defense mobilization
General Charles E. Wilson took office as director of defense mobilization and named General Lucius Clay and Sidney Weinberg as his un paid assistants. Clay leaves Continental Can chairmanship to join, Weinberg remains Goldman Sachs partner and ex War Production Board vice chair. ESA actions flag price controls and a rejected GM price rollback appeal as part of stabilizing the economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Lucius Clay
Sidney Weinberg
Wilson
General Electric
White House
Truman
Clay
Weinberg
U. S
Berlin
Continental Can Co
Goldman, Sachs and Company
New York
War Production Board
Vinson
George Washington
Senate
Alan Valentine
The
Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
General Motors Corporation
Weather brief for La Crosse area fair and warming
Local forecast for La Crosse and vicinity calls for generally fair skies with warmer temperatures. Tonight in the city down to 15 and rural areas 12. Friday expected high near 30 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Longfellow Junior High School
Larson Entered Innocent Plea in Perjury Case
Arnold O. Larson 36, Minneapolis man, pleaded innocent to perjury in county court. He was held on $1000 bond after a preliminary hearing. The case follows his prior conviction for malicious destruction of property related to a block crash at his former father-in-law’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold O. Larson
Heart
Larson
Minneapolis
J. E. McLoone
R. V. Ahlstrom
John S. Coleman
Gansen
Herman Kriewald
Sadie
Central Police Station
U S Casualties in Korean Retreat Top 11 964
General MacArthur headquarters reports 11 964 American casualties in Korea during a two week retreat period, with UN forces totaling 12 975 and Chinese losses over 120 000. Defense totals through Dec 15 reach 36 421 US casualties. The 2nd Infantry Division bore the heaviest losses at 4131 amid the northwest front counteroffensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
Korea
United Nations
Republic of Korea
Defense Department
U. S
U. S. Army
Second Infantry
U. S. First Marine Division
Seventh Infantry Division
25Th Infantry Division
Third Infantry Division
First Cavalry Division
24Th Infantry Division
First Woman Senator Hattie Caraway Dies in Virginia
Mrs Hattie W Caraway 72 of Arkansas the first woman elected to the U S Senate died at White Hall sanitarium Falls Church Va after illness since January 11 She had a stroke on January 18 leaving her partly paralyzed A Democrat she served about 13 years in the Roosevelt era having won election after appointment to succeed her husband Thaddeus Caraway She was the first woman to win a senatorial election Rebecca Latimer Felton had served only briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hattie W. Caraway
Arkansas
United States Senate
White Hall
Falls Church
Caraway
Federal
Pres
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
Thaddeus Caraway
Rebecca Latimer Felton
Georgia
East German Prelate Cardinal von Preysing Dies
Berlin mourns Cardinal Konrad von Preysing aged 70, longtime bishop of Berlin and outspoken foe of Nazis and later Soviet pressure. His death reduces the College of Cardinals to 52 members, down from its full 70, as he was a frequent target of Communist attacks and a forceful counterattacker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Konrad Cardinal von Preysing
East Germany
Sacred College of Cardinals
Cardinal von Preysing
Building project costs for Grandview nurses' home
Up-to-date cost figures show La Crosse county would need about 308 785 to buy and remodel the East avenue Main street three story building for a county infirmary. A single contractor provided 125 785 in changes with major items including a 49 000 elevator addition and a 26 by 18 foot shaft space. Additional repairs would push total costs higher with steps buttresses chimney doors partitions drug room cabinets and boiler work among the items listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandview
Board of Supervisors
la Crosse County
East Avenue
Main Street
Spencer Udell
Rockland
Bernard Zahn
Zahn
County Board
County Board Divides On La Crosse Auditorium Plan
The La Crosse county board, 23 to 15, passed an amendment delaying action on an auditorium project until after a referendum. Councilor Bruhnke urged no county action until after the vote, while Frank Greene proposed selling the Fourth and Vine site for 40000 to the city if the referendum approves the sale. The dispute centered on evictions and future use of library and school offices during site preparation.
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la Crosse
Peter Pappas
Carl Bruhnke
Eighth Ward
Bruhnke
Frank Greene
Lith Ward
Fourth and Vine Street
Fourth and Vine Streets
la Crosse Tribune
Fourth
Vine Streets
Railroads Union Reach 3 Year Peace Pact
The railroads and four big unions settle a months long dispute with a three year pact granting pay boosts for about 300000 workers plus cost of living adjustments. The deal announced at the White House by John R. Steelman after a 26 hour session and awaits ratification by union committees.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Daniel P. Loomis
CIO Auto Workers Union
Community Chest Hits 1950 Campaign Target in La Crosse
Community Chest leaders report the $149,500 goal is reached as La Crosse officials approve $4,739 from the Community Trust while praising endowment funds. The La Crosse Community Trust Trustees note scholarships from estate income support high schools and the state teachers college. The Chest adds eight agencies to broaden health welfare civic and educational services. The division reports Industrial 88.5 percent and Retail 100.6 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Bowman
Community Chest
Community Chest and Welfare Federation
John Felton
la Crosse Community Trust
Bowman
Community Trust Distribution Committee
Stella Trane Jackson
Joseph A. Bartl
Gunnar Gundersen
Harry Spence
Community Trust
Alice Gordon
la Crosse State Teachers College
Adelbert T. Muth
William Doerflinger Co
la Crosse Trust Co
la Crosse
T. D. Solie
E. B. Speer
COM. Chest
Await Report In Bomb Case At Holy Trinity Church
Police expect a state crime laboratory report soon on a home made bomb found at Holy Trinity church last Friday. The device, wrapped in Christmas paper and mailed to a man 40 miles from La Crosse, burned after police fired a rifle shot into it. The man had previously received a smaller device and discarded it.
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George Long
State Crime Laboratory
Long
Time Laboratory
Holy Trinity Church
la Crosse
Victor Plecity
Drivers Told To Curb Parking On Streets
Police Chief George Long urged drivers to refrain from parking on Main Street between Seventh and Ninth after 7 a.m. Friday. City crews will remove snow from parking zones and several cars have already been left on city streets since the first snowfall. Twenty three cars were counted on east west streets. idle vehicles must be moved by Saturday or police will remove them.
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George Long
Main Street
Hoover Plan Echoes In Congress
In Washington a congressional clash formed over former President Hoover s push to cut defense lines and arm the navy and air force to the teeth for Atlantic and Pacific fronts. Republicans praised Hoover s dissent from Truman Acheson policy while many Democrats warned of isolationism and urged careful handling of Europe s defense.
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Washington
Hoover
America
Atlantic
Pacific
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
Truman
Congress
Lehman
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Martin
Watkins
Utah
Benton
D-Conn
Frear
Delaware
United Nations
Saltonstall
Mass
Aiken
Europe
Sen. Martin
United States
Moscow
Joe Stalin
Sen. Taft
Hoover urges nations to arm to the teeth now
Former President Herbert Hoover urged the nation to fortify the western hemisphere and arm to the teeth to defend Atlantic and Pacific fronts and British, Japanese, Formosa, and Philippines outposts. He warned against land war with Communists in Asia or Europe and urged UN restraint in Korea while Europe builds armed defenses.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Western Hemisphere
Gibraltar
Atlantic
Pacific
Britain
Japan
Formosa
Phillippines
United States
Hoover
Washington
Moscow
United Nations
Korea
Europe
China
Asia
Schricker Denies Reprieve for Fort Wayne Slayer
Governor Schricker denied a reprieve for Franklin Click the Fort Wayne high school slayer. Click will die in Michigan City state prison by electric chair on December 30 after his conviction.
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Indianapolis
Schricker
Franklin Click
Fort Wayne
Michigan City
Coulee Region Debates Federal Marketing Quotas Vote
Voters in the Coulee Region split on federal marketing quotas for tobacco with 1 160 in favor and 439 against in 11 states ballot. statewide totals show 2 079 ballots for quotas and 623 against, Vernon County leading regional results with 486 for three year quotas.
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Coulee
State Production and Marketing Administration Office
Vernon
Vernon County
la Crosse County
Monroe County
Trempealeau County
Crawford County
Houston County
Minnesota
Coulee Region
Ornon County
Bergen
Christiana
Clinton
Coon
Forest
Sniper Claims Ninth Victim In Philadelphia Shootings
Police say two more Philadelphians were hit by unknown bullets, raising the toll to nine. Sixteen year old George Haller Jr and 54 year old Richard C Lavery were struck as detectives consider whether the same unseen sniper is responsible for all the attacks. Authorities mobilized 300 officers and intensified searches in North and South Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
George Haller, Jr
Juniata Park
Claire Cohen
Richard C. Lavery
Republican Division
Cohen
Oak Lane
William Schrader
Harry Fox
Haller
Yellowjacket Speedway
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Mie
Laos
Tribune
John G. Felton
Community Trust Fund
Clen Clements
10Th Corps
Hungnam Beach
Gen. Clay
Hattie Caraway
Junior Chamber of Commerce
St. Rose Convent Choir
Pierre
Lucilda
Adestes Fidelis
Alma Redemptoris
Elvin M. Saterbak, Director
Jesus
Greene
Green
Quincy Hale
Union
Chest
Crime Bureau
Jefferson
Kickapoo
Liberty
Stark
Sterling
Viroqua
Webster
Wheatland
Whitestown
West Salem
Onalaska
Greenfield
Farmington
Sparta
Sheldon
Portland
Galesville
Independence
Pigeon Falls
Blair
Whitehall
Clayton
Freeman
Prairie du Chien
Scott
Utica
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