Great Debate Forces 70,000 U S Troops in Europe Question
Controversy on U S military plans to bolster Europe with about four divisions sparks a debate on Capitol Hill. Generals Bradley and Marshall testify as Congress weighs ground forces, while Dewey Taft Hoover and Hoover offer divergent views on a fortress America and limits to troop deployment.
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Washington
U. S
Europe
Congress
Omar N. Bradley
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Defense Marshall
Thomas E. Dewey
America
New York
Herbert Hoover
Taft
Ohio
Senate
GOP
Truman
Hoover
Gibraltar
United States
Dewey
Records Deny Abe Was Easy With Money
Illinois historian Dr. Harry E. Pratt says Abraham Lincoln was determined to collect fees, with cases ranging from $5 to $5,000. Lincoln kept close track of accounts, court actions, and settlements, including a rail case that produced his largest fee and a later brief collection at the justice of the peace level. He divided large sums with partner William Herndon and kept notes on partial payments and delays.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Harry E. Pratt
Lincoln
William Herndon
Illinois Central Railroad
McLean County
Monmouth
Pratt
State Supreme Court
New York
State Historical Library
S. W. Dodd
Bloomington
Douglas
Iowa
Justice of the Peace
Samuel Brown
Taylorville
Brown
Herndon
Prominent La Crosse Doctor Dr. Herman Wolf Dies Abroad
Dr. Herman E. Wolf 71 longtime La Crosse physician died suddenly on a ship off Rio de Janeiro during a South American cruise with his daughter Nancy. He had practiced since 1907 and formed Wolf and Wolf with his son Dr. Fred Wolf. survived by family in La Crosse. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Herman E. Wolf
la Crosse
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Nancy Wolf
New Orleans
del Sud
Mississippi Shipping Co
American Red Cross
Robert Wolf
Wolf
Herman W
Bertha Froehlke Wolf
University of Wisconsin
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Cook County Hospital
Eilef Smedal
Wolf and Smedal
Smedal
Fred Wolf
la Crosse County Medical Association
Wisconsin State Medical Association
American Medical Association
Nancy
Fred
Alwine Wolf
Otto
South Salem Road
Inadequate air raid alert system draws official critique
Green Bay supervisor George Nitz called the northern Wisconsin and upper Michigan air defense test inadequate after the first day. He cited training gaps and insufficient observer staffing while noting 1,500 to 1,700 planes were spotted during the Midwest exercise, which Chicago officials deemed satisfactory.
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Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
George Nitz
Midwest
Army
Chicago
Minneapolis
South Bend
Ind
Nitz
William J. Garry
Greater Chicago
Red Cross Courses On Bombing Victim Care Planned
The Red Cross will offer a four hour addition to its 18 hour first aid course via a mass training program across chapters nationwide. The course, prepared with the Civil Defense Administration, targets emergency care for bombing victims including atomic attack scenarios.
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Washington
Red Cross
Federal Civil Defense Administration
12th Death Recorded In St Paul Plant Blast
The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co plant blast in St Paul left 12 dead and more than 50 injured. Ken Gabrielson, 19, died Sunday at St Luke's hospital after the explosion centered in the minerals building. Preliminary reports cite a butane gas leak from a supply line as the cause. Damages are estimated at $1,000,000.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co
Ken Gabrielson
St. Luke’s Hospital
French Correspondent Killed In Korea
Jean Marie de Premonville a 30 year old war correspondent for the French press agency was killed Monday on a patrol with U S Rangers on the central Korean front.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Jean Marie de Premonville
French Press Agency
U. S
DiSalle Vows Higher Inflation Path Before Stabilizing
Washington price director Michael V. DiSalle warned that the general price level may rise five to six percent or more before stabilization by midsummer. He urged industry to accept profit-margin based controls, warned of potential rollbacks, and noted subsidies and wage formula talks amid labor and industry tensions.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
U. S. News and World Report
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Teen-Aged Father Admits Setting Fire In Michigan State Building
Richard C. Shay 19, a state highway department worker, admits setting a blaze in the Michigan state office building to avoid military service alarms. The $4 million fire halted operations 45 hours, leaving 1,300 workers and 14 agencies in temporary quarters. No injuries reported.
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Michigan State
Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Richard C. Shay
State Highway Department
Paul C. Younger
Shay
Younger
A. N. Languis
Whales Knocked Cold By Icebergs in Hokkaido region
Sixteen whales, each 20 to 30 feet long, collided with icebergs off Hokkaido north coast. They were knocked unconscious and captured by Japanese fishermen who sold the 16 whales for about $10,000.
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Wakkanai
Japan
Hokkaido Island
Rail Switchmen Return to Clearing Jammed Rails
Associated Press reports the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen ended the walkout after government threats. Army control granted a 12 cent hourly pay boost for switchmen and yardmasters and five cents for road trainmen, though totals remained short of union demands. A Chicago contempt hearing looms Wednesday with prior fines for strike violations.
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Chicago
The
Brotherhood of Railroad
Federal District Court
Hold Conference on Border Disputes
United Nations officials sit down with representatives of Israel and Jordan in Jerusalem to ease tensions over alleged violations of the Palestine border between the two nations.
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Jerusalem
United Nations
Israel
Jordan
Palestine
Michigan Officials Race To Save Water Damaged State Building
State officials pressed to rescue millions in equipment and 400000 books from water soaked Michigan state office building after a 45 hour fire. Experts from the Library of Congress and librarians from across the country advised on book preservation as the collection was moved to the Boys Vocational School field house.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Allegan’ Kramer
Library of Congress
Three Packers Offer 9 Cent Wage Increase Pattern for Industry
Three of the nation's four big meat packing firms Swift Armour and Cudahy reached a nine cent an hour wage rise with CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America and AFL Amalgamated Meatcutters. Effective Feb 9, pending WSB approval by March 25, the raise would set pay scales from 1.26 to 2.11 per hour and cover about 90 percent of the 225,000 workers. Wilson and Company was not included in the agreements.
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Chicago
WSB
Weather ahead for La Crosse and vicinity
Local forecast calls for clearing and much colder tonight then Tuesday fair and cold. City low around minus five, countryside about eight, with Tuesday high near sixteen degrees.
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la Crosse
Cold Front From Dakotas Triggers Wide Floods and Disasters
A cold front moving from the Dakotas and Montana spreads south and east, bringing record rains and flooding. Washington and Pennsylvania declare emergencies as thousands flee homes. many face water shortages and power outages. Violent floods hit Skagit and nearby rivers in Washington while British Columbia sees fatalities and homelessness.
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Associated Press
Dakotas
Washington
Pennsylvania
Midwest
Ohio Valley
Montana
Weather Bureau
North Central States
Ohio River
Columbia
Langlie
National Guard
British Columbia
Northwest
Skagit River
Skagit Delta
Green River
Snohomish
Cowlitz
Susquehanna River
Justice Department Probing Charges Against Drew Pearson
The Army turned over the dispute between Senator McCarthy and columnist Drew Pearson to the Justice Department. Pearson asked Secretary of Defense Marshall to review the matter claiming jurisdiction. McCarthy accused Pearson of leaking secret codes, while Pearson accused McCarthy of disclosing a secret Korea report.
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Justice Department
Drew Pearson
Washington
Army
McCarthy
R-Wis
Pearson
Defense Marshall
Secretary of the Army
Pace
Tor
Dec. McCarthy
Senate
Korea
Red army wedges deep in central Korea front
Large Chinese and North Korean forces launch a mid night counterdrive into the Allied central front in Korea. They push about thirty miles wide and threaten Hoengsong and nearby roads while claiming territory near the 38th parallel. UN troops mass near Seoul as hand to hand fighting erupts around Hoengsong.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Eighth Army
Red
Hoengsong
Seoul
United Nations
Han River
U. S. 25Th Division
Yoamamene
William C. Barnard
Han
Wonju
William J. Waugh
Yangyang
Korea
Alpine Slides Kill 4 More In Switzerland Toll Rises
Renewed avalanches in Alpine Europe kill at least four people in southeast Switzerland and halt traffic. Rescue teams pull 10 survivors from wrecked homes. 12 others remain missing as villages near Locarno and the St Gotthard area face evacuation and further danger from heavy snowfall.
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Airolo
Switzerland
Europe
St. Gotthard
Frasco
Locarno
Tschamutt
Italy
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Tribune
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Badger State Sportsmen’s Club
French Lake
Leczcynski
Dr. Wolf
South 10Th Street
Eva Wolf
la Crosse Coun
St. Paul Plant
Roberta
Dwight C. Rich
Ingham County Draft Board
Naval Reserve
Richard G. Shay
Robert F. Steadman
Williams
Three Packers
38Th Line
Mass
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