We’ll Be Huffing and Puffing For You Indians Go West
A spirited La Crosse State football sendoff celebrates the team bound for Tampa to face the Mighty Crusaders of Vallejo in the Cigar Bowl era. The club earns Midwest pride as fans praise Chief Clark Van Galder and the squad’s national spotlight reach.
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Tampa
la Crosse
Crusaders
Valparaiso
Clark van Galder
Upper Midwest
Midwest
Cheerio
la Crosse State
Eisenhower Faces Enormous Odds in New Defense Role
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, chosen unanimously by the 12 Atlantic Pact nations, faces a daunting task to build a unified European defense. He is 60 plus, has high blood pressure, and will command about 55 to 60 divisions with limited current ground forces. The plan hinges on readiness by late 1953 and determining if the force and timetable meet potential Russian threats.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Gettysburg
Truman
Eisenhower
Europe
Germany
Russia
Mediterranean
Baltimore Sun
Pearyland
North Pole
Greenland
Robert E. Peary
Arctic Circle
Montana
North Dakota
Switzerland
Eigil Knuth
North America
Eric the Red
Christopher Columbus
Asia
Mao
Moscow
Red Kremlin
Manchuria
Mareshal Rodion Malinovsky
Kremlin
China
Owen Brewster
Yugoslavia
Maine
Tito
Senate
Brewster
Iowa
Arkansas
Business Leaders Urge United Nations Exit From Korea
New York City leaders from banking, insurance and industry urge the United Nations to leave Korea. They warn a deal to stay south of the 38th parallel risks admitting Red China to the UN and losing Formosa. They advocate naval action and Formosa defense, debate Indochina options, and foresee 1951 solid with inflation helping stocks while bonds in vulnerable cities are risky.
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New York City
United Nations
Korea
38Th Parallel
Red China
Formosa
Pacific
China
Indochina
Burma
India
New York
Russia
Truman seeks expanded powers in two emergency measures
President Truman asked Congress to empower him to adjust government contracts and to reorganize agencies during the national emergency. Opposition focuses on the second proposal with Taft leading GOP concerns over a blank check to reshape the government.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Marlow
Jones
Taft
Ohio
Mr. Truman
Charles E. Wilson
Senate
Expenditure Committee
Wilson
Defense
Radar Tracks 40 Unidentified Planes Over Maine Mystery
The Air Force investigates a radar sighting of 40 unidentified planes at 32 000 feet moving from Maine toward the interior. Only a single cargo plane from Labrador was located. experts speculate ionized clouds or geese caused the alert as Pentagon and White House worry over a potential North Pole attack.
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Washington
Air Force
Maine
Pentagon
White House
North Pole
New York
Detroit
Labrador
Ten Year Retrospective On La Crosse Post Office Christmas Rush
The La Crosse post office completed what is believed to be the largest Christmas mailing rush in history over a ten day period led by Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak. Also notes include regional high school speech institute plans at Viroqua on Jan 11 and William Poehling’s national book review win.
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la Crosse
Wenzel M. Dvorak
Wisconsin
Viroqua
Wisconsin High School Forensic Association
University Extension Department
William Poehling
Aquinas
National Sodality Union Book Review
Queen’s Work of
St. Louis
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Gen
Roger Babson Dispatch
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
America
Davis R. Dewey
United States
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Shangri-La
Drew Pearson
The
Radar
Illinois
Pearson
Adolph Sabath
Sabath
Robert Rich
Pennsylvania
Rich
James Hare
South Carolina
Hare
Albert Engel
Michigan
Albert J. Engel
Engel
William Whittington
Mississippi
Stephen Pace
Georgia
Pace
Sam Hobbs
Alabama
Chicago
Communist High Command
Mao Tse-tung
Li Li-san
Hitler
Mussolini
Franco
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Little Haberdasher
Big Haberdasher
la Crosse Tribune
Boy Scouts of
Clifford Lee
Upper Mississippi Wildlife and Fish Refuge
Homer Hall
F. C Suiter
San Francisco
Calif
la Crescent
Henry Fischer
Fischer
Minnesota
Albert S. Benson
la Crosse County
Santa Claus
Che Zu Grosse Tribune
W. T. Burgess
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