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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1950
Page
1
Washington reports the United States will push ahead with hydrogen bomb development possibly next year to match Russian gains. President Truman orders continued work with atomic weapons while international controls on all nations remain uncertain.
Congress shows overwhelming support for President Truman's order to direct the atomic energy commission to proceed with building a hydrogen bomb. Lawmakers from both parties praise speed and emphasize defending the United States against potential Soviet advances.
Local forecast notes generally fair conditions tonight and Thursday. No major temperature change expected. Tonight temperatures near zero in the city and between minus eight and ten in the countryside. Highest readings are anticipated Thursday afternoon.
European editors debate Truman hydrogen bomb move urging international control of atomic energy. Britain says no chance of direct talks with Stalin. Soviet refusal cited. Editorials split on inevitability of arms control, while communist and liberal presses demand abolition or prohibition of hydrogen weapons.
La Crosse aldermen moved a bus route change to a trial phase after committee OKs. The plan reroutes southbound buses from George to Sill via Hayes and Charles streets, with a Feb 12 start and April 29 end. Public utility review and cost estimates cited readiness for final council action Feb 10.
Government mediators led by Cyrus Ching and William Margolis met CIO Communications Workers union officials in Washington to discuss arbitrating the nationwide strike planned to start February 8. Union president Joseph A Beirne attended as wage-raise figures remained unspecified and Bell Telephone officials defended pay.
Three miners were killed at the Puritan Corporation mine near Williamson West Virginia when the roof of a mine room collapsed burying them under tons of slate and rock. Crews of miners dug for 13 hours before bodies were recovered. The accident occurred Tuesday at the Puritan mine seven miles east of Williamson.
The 45,000 ton battleship Missouri, trapped 15 days on a Chesapeake Bay shoal, began moving at 6 03 am as her band played Anchors Aweigh. Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith reported for duty to Admiral Blandy, and the ship slowly backed toward deep water with tugs and beach gear cables. The crew cheered, marking the end of captivity and the return of the mighty ship to action.
Edward J. Brown, 55, former University of Wisconsin regent and 1940s AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers president, died after a kidney operation. He helped organize labor for the wartime atomic bomb project and was once considered for secretary of labor. Survived by his wife and a brother, Henry.
Defense officials announce aerial guard lines and jet fighters to protect major atomic plants from Maine to Norfolk. The plan expands with equipment and personnel. pilots must file flight plans and position reports to avoid unidentified aircraft and potential interceptions near Los Alamos, Hanford, and Oak Ridge.
Curly Lambeau, 51, signed a two year contract to coach the Chicago Cardinals of the NFL. He will also serve as vice president and have complete charge of player personnel. Lambeau had faced organizational issues at Green Bay and did not sign to remain head coach there.
Gov Thomas E Dewey sent to the legislature a state budget of 861,722,632 with a record slash of 77,600,000 and no tax changes The 1950-51 proposal would be the second highest in New York history compared with 939,287,644 for 1949-50 and 1949-50 outlay.
Paris reports Russia refused France's protest note over Soviet recognition of Ho Chi Minh's rebel regime in Indochina. Ambassador Bogomolov returned the note saying the USSR cannot receive it. France warned such recognition would harm Franco Soviet relations and violate international law.
DETROIT reports the Chrysler strike continues into its eighth day as job action leaves about 130000 workers idle and protesting at the plants.
Secretary of the Air Force Symington warned that the Communist bloc possesses the largest ground army, air force, and submarine fleet. He warned Russia could launch a surprise atomic attack on any U S area with no sure defense. He cited Alaska and U S cities as within five minutes to Moscow by bomber range and noted Waco is within an eighteen year flight for bombers.
Milwaukee labor leader Harold Christoffel faces perjury questions as government seeks to prove a committee quorum and that he lied while testifying about Communist affiliations. Former Rep. Max Schwabe and others testified they were present during Christoffel’s 1940s denial and related proceedings.
Charles W. Doud, 88, retired Chatfield banker, died January 30 in a Mankato hospital. He held 50 years in the Masonic lodge and lived in Chatfield most of his life before moving to Mankato in 1949. He is survived by his daughter, a brother, a grandson, and four great grandchildren. Funeral services Thursday at 10:30 a.m. at Boetzer Funeral Home.
In Washington the government argued in federal court that current coal strikes and slowdowns are unfair labor practices. NLRB counsel Robert Denham seeks an order forcing John L. Lewis and miners to halt actions amid eight months of disruption and three day work weeks.
In Pittsburgh CIO moves target four unions accused of Communist domination and may eject them if cleared. Six more unions face future investigations. The action follows a split with UE and Farm Equipment Workers, while ten others await fact finding.
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