McGranery Orders FBI Into Investigation Of Waterfront Rackets
Attorney General McGranery orders a federal probe into New York waterfront rackets described as bribery extortion shakedowns and strong arm tactics by mobsters. The State Crime Commission testified to ILA mob ties and graft spreading through the shipping industry.
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Atty
McGranery
New York Waterfront
New York State Crime Commission
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Department of Justice
New York
Justice Department
Thomas E. Dewey
State Crime Commission
Joseph Kaitz
Dewey
Herbert Brownell
Eisenhower
Albany
New York City
AFL International Longshoremen's Association
ILA
Christmas Eve Catholic Services Broadcast in La Crosse
Most La Crosse churches plan special rites with WKBH airing from St. Joseph's Cathedral and WLCX from the Blessed Sacrament. Bishop John P. Treacy will celebrate a pontifical high mass with a 40-voice mixed choir performing Rosa Mystica.
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la Crosse
WKBH
St. Joseph's Cathedral
WLCX
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
St. Joseph's
John P. Treacy
Bette Lewinski
Vito Carnevali
Rosa Mystica
Christ
Reds Attack On Christmas Eve Over Western Korea
In Western Korea on Christmas Eve the Eighth Army repelled a Chinese assault on T Bone Hill near Chorwon. Allied artillery and U N forces stopped a 750 man Chinese battalion, while Sabre jets battled about 60 MIGs in air combat. Maj. James Hagerstrom and 2nd Lt. Walter Fellman scored multiple MIG kills or damages, with Capt. Vincent Stacy leading the aerial group.
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Seoul
T-Bone Hill
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
U. N
North Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Sabre
Eighth Army
James Hagerstrom
Tyler
Tex
Walter Fellman
Camas
Wash
Yalu River
Manchurian
Fellman
Christmas Protestant services fill La Crosse churches
Prolific Christmas observances sweep La Crosse with numerous Protestant church services and programs. Lutherans, English Lutheran and Bethel Lutheran announce candlelight Eve worships and Christmas Day services. Our Redeemer, St. Pauls and First Lutheran plan multiple observances. Wisconsin Synod churches also set Eve and Day rites. Asbury and Onalaska Methodists schedule single Christmas service and program.
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Bethel Lutheran Church
George and Sill
English Lutheran Church
16Th
Cass Streets
English Lutheran
Holy Communion
Our Redeemer
21St Place
Weston
St. Paul’s West Avenue
Division
Our Savior’s
6Th
Trinity Lutheran
Charles and Sill
First Lutheran
Onalaska
French Island
Olivet Lutheran Church
Wisconsin Synod Lutheran Churches
First Evangelical
West Avenue
Cameron Avenue
Grace Evangelical Lutheran
Ward Avenue
South 26Th
Devine
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran
St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran
Asbury Methodist Church
19Th
Redfield Streets
Onalaska Methodist
No Paper On Christmas Day Announcement
The La Crosse Tribune will not publish editions on Thursday Christmas Day. Readers are advised to note the holiday schedule and check next issue for coverage resumes.
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la Crosse Tribune
Scholars Deny Budenz Charge
Washington reports vehement denials from scholars and officials named by Budenz as Communist party members. Budenz, former Daily Worker editor now at Fordham, testified before a House committee listing 30 people as Communists, while Emerson of Yale Law School said Budenz was fabricating.
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Washington
Louis Budenz
Communist Party
Budenz
Daily Worker
New York City
Fordham University
House
FBI
Harold M. Keele
Thomas I. Emerson
Yale Law School
New Haven
Emerson
Commu
Jaycees Name 12 Winners In City Home Lighting Contest
La Crosse Jaycees announced twelve home lighting contest winners across four zones after a three and a half hour judging session. Zone 3 standout E C Haugen 2636 Hackberry Lane drew special praise as a Christmas card like display.
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la Crosse
Junior Chamber of Commerce
E. C. Haugen
Hackberry Lane
Jaycees
Chamber of Commerce
Russell Hefit
Alva Eidsmore
Prospect St
Earl Ritter
Avon St
Raymond Larkin
Hagar St
Sylvester Best
la Crosse St
Thomas Paris
W. Avenue N
Co. C. Briggson
Ferry St
D. F. Wiley
Losey Boulevard
Mrs. Phiilip Eddis
22Nd St
Neighbors Bring Christmas Cheer To Polio Family In New York
In Western New York Walter Green and his polio stricken family face a holiday apart. Neighbors Mary Casella James Ward and Lynn Eddy organized gifts a baked ham dinner and a decorated tree for the Greens in Ellicottville while two sons Charles and Kenneth return home from hospital care and Mil ford and Bertha plan to spend Christmas together at St Francis Hospital. Roland remains hospitalized with lingering paralysis.
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New York
N. Y
Walter Green
Charles
Kenneth
Milford
Bertha
Roland
St. Francis Hospital
Green Farm
Ellicottville
Mary Casella
James Ward
Lynn Eddy
Marabelle
Green
Eisenhower Picks Morse For Under Secretary Of Agriculture
President elect Eisenhower chose True D. Morse of St Louis to be under secretary of agriculture. Morse, 56, is board chair of Doane Agricultural Service and editor of Doane Agriculture Digest. He will serve under Secretary designate Ezra Taft Benson. nomination goes to the Senate after January 20. Morse has long held farm economics roles and church leadership in St Louis.
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Eisenhower
D. Morse
St. Louis
Morse
Farm Management Service
Ezra
Taft Benson
Salt Lake City
Senate
Benson Eisenhower
James C. Hagerty
Benson
Missouri
Hagerty
Doane Agricultural Service of
Doane Agriculture Digest
American Farm Economists Association
American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church
Carthage
Agriculture College
University of Missouri
Missouri State Farm Bureau
Morse i
Hoover
John
Korea
No Room At The Inns In Bethlehem
Thousands of pilgrims crowded Arab areas around Jerusalem Bethlehem Jericho and Ramallah as border rules eased for Christmas observances. Arab Christians from Israel entered via Mandelbaum Gate to attend services then return by Christmas night.
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Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Jericho
Ramallah
Mandelbaum
Israel
Holy
Mandelbaum Gate
Christ
Alberto Gori
Consular Corps
United Nations
Holy City
Christendom
Judea
St. Catherine
Nativity
Holy Land
Jordan
Plane Believed Down Near Lake Michigan
A Lockheed Electra cargo plane on a Columbus Ohio to Milwaukee route disappeared early today near Lake Michigan. With two crew members aboard, the craft was last heard at 2 47 a.m. about five miles from Gen Mitchell Field. Coast Guard, Air Force, and National Guard searched by sea and air as ground units checked the shoreline south of Kenosha for traces of the missing aircraft. The plane reportedly carried a ton of automobile steering assemblies bound for Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Columbus
Gen. Mitchell Field
Coast Guard
Air Force
National Guard
Lake Michigan
Kenosha
Wisconsin-Iinois State Line
Lake Shore
Wiltort Lyman
Toledo
Robert Taylor
Marion
Lyman
South Haven
Mich
CAA
Christmas Eve in Bethlehem and world leaders' holiday messages
Christians observe Christmas with dawn services in Bethlehem and prayers of peace. Pope Pius XII and President Truman prepare broadcasts, while Queen Elizabeth II plans a Commonwealth message as crises in Korea, Germany, Austria, Japan and elsewhere frame the season.
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Pope
Pope Pius XII
Vatican Radio
Truman
White House
Elizabeth II
Britain
British Commonwealth
Layoffs Hit Camp McCoy Civilians in 1953 RTE Reduction
About 200 Camp McCoy civilian employees receive reduction in force notices terminating work around January 20. Most caretaking staff will transfer to maintenance crews under the engineer division. Col. Fred C. Dyer to stay through the summer training season as post commander.
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Sparta
Wis
Camp McCoy
Charles Isantee
Mentzer
Engineer Division
Fred C. Dyer
Ihe
Weather outlook for La Crosse and area
Tonight and Thursday will be colder with occasional snow flurries ending Thursday morning. High on Thursday around 18.
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la Crosse
Treudy
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