Ike to Meet With Top GOP Senate Leaders On Plans
President elect Eisenhower will meet Tuesday with Senate GOP leaders led by Sen. Robert Taft to discuss the new administration agenda. They may talk wage price controls and civil rights, with aides assembling farm and policy recommendations and a 14 member agricultural advisory committee named to aid Ezra Taft Benson.
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Ohio
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Clarksburg
W. Va
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Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Young
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Congress
Milo Swanton
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Council
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Ezra Taft Benson
Ezra Taft Benson, Secretary of Agriculture
Benson
W. I
Senators Urge Unions To Oust Communist Leaders
A Senate Internal Security subcommittee backed a House probe calling for unions to purge Communist leadership and for stricter anti subversion laws in labor. The UMMSW leadership was cited amid accusations of aiming to wreck unions and the United Nations. The reports also urged anti subversion measures and harsher penalties for spies, saboteurs, and broader access to executive files for investigations.
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Senate
House
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Sen. McCartran
D-Nevy
Salt Lake City
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
UMMSW
House Committee
Communist Party
Executive Branch
Government
Senators Plan Move Against Filibuster Rule
Four Senate members will meet to discuss attacking the filibuster that allows unlimited debate to kill civil rights bills. Sen. Lehman with Sen. Humphrey Douglas and Ives will consider adopting new rules at the Jan. 3 session and an appeal if the ruling is against them.
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Senate
Sen
Lehman
D-A-Lih
Fice
Ldeath
Humphrey
D-Minn
Douglas
D-Ill
Ives
R-Ny
Senate Long
Keliher Faults UW Handling of Student Funds Audit
Wisconsin state auditor J Jay Keliher criticized University of Wisconsin officials for misreporting about 5 million dollars a year in student fee funds. He said the revolving fund balances were overstated and surpluses underreported, leading to undisclosed expenditures not in the legislature’s budget and beyond approved appropriations.
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Madison
J. Jay Keliher
University of Wisconsin
Kelcher
Eisler’s East German Information Office Dissolved
Berlin The East German government will dissolve the information office led by Gerhart Eisler on Jan 1. Its duties transfer to a new government press office with no announced leadership or future position for Eisler. The move follows recent criticism from Taegliche Rundschau demanding stronger propaganda.
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Gerhart Eisler
East Germany
ADN
Eisler
Germany
Taegliche Rundschau
German Radio
Mishaps Kill 75 Americans Over Holidays
Accidents during a four day Christmas weekend killed 725 people nationwide, including 539 in traffic crashes. The toll fell short of pre holiday NSC estimates and trailed last year’s four day record of 789. State tallies listed Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota among those reporting deaths.
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National Safety Council
Safety Council
Illinois
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Weather outlook for La Crosse area tonight and Tuesday
Partly cloudy and not so cold tonight. Tuesday mostly cloudy with moderate temperatures. Low around 16 and high near 26.
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la Crosse
O Keefe Cannot Call FBI Witnesses in Contempt Case
Boston dated report states Joseph J Specs O Keefe 44 the prime suspect in the Brink s Express robbery cannot call any FBI men as defense witnesses Judge William T McCarthy grants the ruling during a grand jury probe into the nearly three year old robbery O Keefe refuses to provide more than name and address and is serving gun possession time in a Pennsylvania penitentiary
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Boston
Joseph J. “Specs
O'Keefe
FBI
William T. McCarthy
U. S
Grand Jury
Pennsylvania
Kansas Heads Inaugural Parade As Eisenhower's Home State
President elect Eisenhower designates Kansas as his home state for the inaugural parade on January 20. Kansas will lead the 11 division procession, followed by California, with coverage noting the escort by the Third Infantry and a Korea veterans contingent. Wisconsin sends a marching unit from St. John's Military Academy and a band from Oconomowoc.
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Washington
Denison
Texas
Abilene
Kan
Edward R. Carr
California
Nixon
Capitol
White House
Korea
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St. John's Military Academy
Delafield
Oconomowoc
Majestic to Wisconsin Theater Embraces Motion Pictures
The La Crosse Wisconsin Theatre began as the Majestic in 1910 created by F L Koppelberger M Rosenstein and others. It hosted vaudeville acts and early films with notable stars like Eddie Cantor the Marx Brothers and Jolson. By 1936 it became the Wisconsin under La Crosse Amusement Company with Edwin Schwalbe as president and Earl Baker as manager.
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F. L. Koppelberger
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Peter Newburg
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Eva Tanguay
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Carlo Miller
Marilyn Miller
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Cherry Sisters
James K. Hackett
Beach Jones
Guy and Eloda Beach Stock Company
Jack Martin
WKBH
Anthony Adverse
Robert Tausche
U. S. Snellbaker
California
la Crosse Amusement Company
Strand
Fifth Avenue
Edwin Schwalbe
Earl Baker
MacArthur Denounces Truman On Far East War Comment
General MacArthur dismisses President Truman's claim that he sought all-out war in the Far East as inaccurate and misleading. Courtney Whitney released MacArthur's reply noting the aim was to end the war with minimal American casualties. MacArthur, then Remington Rand chairman, was ousted by Truman in 1951 for lack of wholehearted support to U S Korea policy.
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House Committee On Un-American Activities
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Douglas MacArthur
Truman
Far East
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The
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White House
Washington
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Tubby
Courtney Whitney
Remington Rand, Inc
U. S
Korea
De Valera Says Eye Trouble Recovered Yet Public Duties Delayed
Ireland's Prime Minister Eamon de Valera announced in Amsterdam that his eye ailment has improved after 42 months of treatment at Utrecht Eye Clinic. He cautioned it will take time before he can resume full public duties.
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Netherlands
Eamon de Valera
Ireland
Utrecht
Sparta Decoration Winners Announced
Christmas decoration contest winners were announced in Sparta Wisconsin. First prize of 20 dollars went to Robert Dengel of 205 Grove Street. Other winners include Doreen Munger 219 North Court Street Roy Goodman 637 Monroe Street Eugene Hensel 510 Blake John mandland 615 East Franklin Cecil Hemstock Harriet Lower and Richard Thurston received honorable mention.
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Chambers of Commerce
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Grove St
Doreen Munger
N. Court St
Roy Goodman
Monroe St
Eugene Hensel
Blake
John Madland
E. Franklin
Cecil Hemstock
Harriet Lower
Richard Thurston
McCarthy Pushes College Probe Turning Subversives Into Focus
Senator McCarthy announced plans to investigate colleges in the new Congress to root out Communist thinkers he calls subversive influences. He warned the task would be unpleasant and may trigger clashes over academic freedom while indicating his intent to lead government operations and investigations committees.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Congress
U. S. News & World Report
Committee On Government Operations
Senate
Rep. Velde
R-Ill
House Committee On UN
Jury Foreman Says U.N. Probe Faced Pressure From Agencies
Charles J. Harsany, assistant foreman of a New York grand jury, testified that Justice and State Departments tried to frighten the jury from reporting possible Communist infiltration among United Nations staff. He said FBI probes were linked to confidential lists and that prosecutors warned of libel if names were included.
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Justice Department
New York
United Nations
Charles J. Harsany
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State Departments
U. N
Senate
State Department
Harsany
State
Myles Lane
U. S. Atttorney
Businessmen in Washington Top Jobs Face Skepticism
A wave of confidence surrounds the new administration as leading executives from major banks and corporations assume Cabinet posts. Critics warn that voters will demand tangible, popular results and that Congress can brake or bolster business plans as the conservative coalition gains influence.
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New York
Washington
Congress
Wisconsin Theater Fire Ravages Auditorium Section
A 4 alarm blaze early Sunday destroyed the Wisconsin Theater auditorium, leaving rubble and smoke damage. Fire officials traced the start to the balcony or restrooms beneath it, while a rear fire wall limited damage to storefronts and apartments. Two firefighters were overcome but recovered. Occupants escaped, aided by janitor August Groede and residents Miss Emma Olson and Mrs. Maxwell Stevens as temperatures hovered below freezing. The blaze also damaged nearby properties and prompted evacuations in adjacent buildings.
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Au Editorium
Wayne Amann
Robert Jorgenson
Jorgenson
Amann
August Groede
Adolph Kessel
Hollywood Theater
Hoeschler
Emma Olson
Maxwell Stevens
Honig’s News and Gift Shop
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Reds Hit Back After Heavy Allied Air Strike In Korea
North Korean forces launched a ground counterattack on the central front as UN troops dug in and urged surrender. Cloudy weather limited air operations while Fifth Air Force reported a major 200 plane raid on Pyongyang area targets and sustained bomber activity across troop billets and supply depots.
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Pyongyang
Fifth Air Force
Sea of Japan
Korea
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