Alger Hiss Convicted On Two Perjury Counts
The jury in the second Alger Hiss perjury trial found him guilty on two counts after lengthy deliberations. Judge Henry W. Goddard reread portions of the charge focusing on reasonable doubt and corroborating evidence. Hiss, 45, faced a possible sentence of up to 10 years in prison plus $4,000 in fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Fiss
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Goddard
Chambers
Planning Board Seeks 3750 For Auditorium Survey
The council will consider spending 3750 from the Mary Sawyer auditorium fund for an engineering survey to locate the auditorium. The plan commission, led by Quincy Hale, proposed the measure, to be voted at the February council meeting. City Attorney Fred E. Steele cautioned the use may be risky and against the will’s intent. The commission also asks extending the major street plan three miles beyond city limits under state law.
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Common Council
Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium
City Plan Commission
Quincy H. Hale
Fred E. Steele
Joan Barth
Jerome Erickson
Diggers polled on back to work call amid union strike turmoil
In southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia the United Mine Workers weigh a back to work push amid a two week old strike over a contract delay. Dist. President William Hynes urges 200 local officials to rally diggers for a three day week. Reports note local aid requests and clashes on a Canon City picket line as miners debate Lewis’s strategy and potential return to the pits.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
UMW
Dist
William Hynes
Uniontown
Hyne
Hynes
West Virginia
Lewis
Canon City
Colo
Salvation Army
Robert Shannon
Lorenzo Helmick
Morgantown
United Mine Workers
Coacy
Tragic Blaze Claims Two Children and Grandmother
In Brownsville Minnesota a fire at the Arnold Forschler home two miles north of town on Highway 26 killed two children Barbara Jean Forschler 13 and Mary Patricia Forschler 9 and their grandmother Mrs Flossie Corcoran 59 of Caledonia. The parents Arnold Forschler 35 and Mrs Arnold Forschler 33 and their daughter Kay Frances 4 survived after escaping through a window with injuries. Fire believed from gas leakage in a refrigerator and stove caused a fast moving blaze that destroyed the two story 1944 home.
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Arnold Forschler
Brownsville
Minn
Forschler
Flossie Corcoran
Tribune
Caledonia
Barbara Jean
Aquinas
Mary Patricia
Gateway Transportation Co
Kay Frances
Barbara Jean Forschler
Aquinas High School
Mary Patricia Forschler
Gateway Transfer Co
la Crosse
la Cross Tribune
Forschlier
Kay
Storms Ahead For Fair Deal
Washington leaders warned of a rough path for the Truman program after a 236 to 183 House victory over a GOP Dixie coalition. Civil rights voting hurt the coalition while a new attempt to alter House rules looms. The anti job discrimination bill may be pressed next Monday under the 21 day rule the coalition seeks to repeal.
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Washington
House
Rules Committee
Rep. Allen
R-Ill
Illinois
Allen
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Truman
Bank's Responsibility to Community Highlighted
MILWAUKEE Indiana held a midwinter conference session of the Vis a Bankers association. W O Osborn cashier of the State Exchange bank Culber Ind urged that every safe legitimate loan in the community originate in the local banks and banks owe service to the community as well as to depositors.
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Milwaukee
W. O. Osborn
State Exchange Bank of
Navy to Use Heavy Beaching Gear on Missouri Grounding
The navy plans a Feb 2 lift attempt using 10 to 12 four ton anchors deployed 1,000 yards behind the Missouri to generate about 800 tons of pull. Salvage work includes a deep trench, removal of fuel oil ammunition and provisions, and submarine pontoons under the stern as officials investigate how the battleship ran aground in Chesapeake Bay.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Washington
Navy
Naval Court of Inuiry
Missouri
Army Dedge
Bay
Hope's Snow Queen Choice Announced At Coronation Ball
Mayor Henry Ahrens holds the key to the La Crosse snow queen contest winners with the ceremony set for Saturday at the VFW hall during the Jaycee coronation ball. Bob Hope acted as judge from photos, with results to be confirmed by a telephoned match to a key list. Special guests include Jean Johnson of Minneapolis and Aquatennial dignitaries. Larry Ziemann's nine piece orchestra will provide music from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
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Henry Ahrens
la Crosse
VFW Hall
Jaycee
Bob Hope
Jack
Dale Waterman
Jean Johnson
Minneapolis Queen of the Lakes
Walt’s
Larry Ziemann
Donna Tollackson
Wadhams
Mary Ellen Woodward
S and H
Sally Kennard
Jean Marie Bottcher
Heilemans
June Goudy
Hoeschlers
Marcilee Williams
la Crosse Tribune
Lorraine Rebhan
Zita Maher
Katherine Monson
Pitz
Wisconsin Republicans split on rules power vote
In the House Friday a Republican maneuver to restore the rules committee’s power to block Truman’s fair deal bills failed 255 to 160. Wisconsin Republicans Hull and Withrow joined Democrats Biemiller and Zablocki against the adjournment motion backed by Byrnes Davis Keefe O’Konski Murray and Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Washington Bureau
Washington
Wisconsin
Withrow
Hull
House
Rules Committee
Truman
Byrnes
Davis
Keefe
O’konski
Murray
Smith
Martin
Biemiller
Zablocki
103 Year Old Lucy Grubb Hurt in Fall in Viroqua
Lucy Grubb, Viroqua's oldest resident, age nearly 104, lies in a La Crosse hospital in fair condition after a kitchen fall Friday. X rays will determine a possible dislocated hip as her son Virgil stays in La Crosse to be with her.
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Lucy Grubb
Viroqua
la Crosse
Abraham Lincoln
Virgil
Stroble Sane Found Sane. Faces Death in Linda Glacoft Case
Los Angeles judge ruled Fred Stroble sane to stand trial for the murder of six year old Linda Joyce Glacoft. Jury convicted him of first degree murder with no leniency recommendation, requiring death in the gas chamber under California law.
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Los Angeles
Fred Stroble
Linda Joyce Glacoft
Charles W. Fricke
California
Strike Ends At Gateway Plant Here
Truckers dockers and garage men of Truck Drivers union local No. 199 AFL employed by Gateway Transportation company returned to work Saturday after a three day strike ended with a satisfactory wage dispute settlement. The agreement provides a 14 cent per hour raise retroactive to November 16 1949 with nine cents from the 1948 contract and adds three cents on September 1 1950 five cents on February 1 1951 and company welfare fund contributions. New contract expires February 1952.
Tracy Gets 2-To-4 Year Prison Term
Tracy, a 28 year old combat veteran, was sentenced to two to four years in state prison for the knife slaying of his mother in law, Mrs. Rose Hermsen, 63. He was convicted Friday night of third degree manslaughter after pleading not guilty by reason of temporary insanity to first degree murder. A crowd of about 50 applauded the verdict after four hours of deliberation.
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Appleton
Wis
Robert Tracy
Rose Hermsen
Tracy
Allen Cain
Aged Milwaukee Store Owner Attacked During Robbery Attempt
George Helm, 75, proprietor of a Milwaukee grocery, was struck on the head twice with tailor's scissors during an attempted robbery Friday night. He chased the would be thief from the front to a side exit after counting the lone customer’s bill.
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Milwaukee
George Helm
Helm
Dry Alcoholics Home Needed Judge Says
Milwaukee judge Harvey Neelen urged a YWCA group to establish a home run by former alcoholics to aid those on the brink of a drinking bout. He noted current options fail as hospitals require intoxication levels before admission.
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Milwaukee
Dist
Harvey Neelen
YWCA
Brink’s employee held in millionaire Brink’s raid case
Boston police questioned veteran Brink’s employee William E. Manter after he was arrested Friday night in connection with a Halloween-masked gang raid that stole about a million dollars from Brink’s Inc. Captain Tiernan refused to reveal details of the tied angle and identified no city involved. A second Brink’s worker Gerard Pfaff left the headquarters after cooperative questioning.
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Boston
Brink's
Francis M. Tiernan
William E. Manter
Brink's Inc
Tiernan
Massachusetts
Brink
Gerard Pfaff
Board Report Here In Error
A La Crosse Tribune item about a county board finance committee recommendation for full time district attorney and assistant was in error. After John S. Coleman urged the change the committee took no action and Supt. George Schneeberger explained the reasons to the board. The matter was laid over. The report misattributed the report to W. L. Christopherson.
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la Crosse
John S. Coleman
George Schneeberger
Coleman
W. L. Christopherson
Schneeberger
Civil Defense Appointee Is Former Atom Official
Paul J. Larsen a former atomic research official with ties to Los Alamos and Albuquerque New Mexico was named Saturday to head the civilian mobilization office as first chairman starting March 1 presidential assistant John R. Steelman announced.
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Washington
Atomic Research
Paul J. Larsen
Los Alamos
Albuquerque
N. M
John R. Steelman
All City Rinks Open This Saturday
La Crosse residents can skate at all city rinks on Saturday per the recreation department. The event invites families and individuals to enjoy public skating sessions across multiple facilities.
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la Crosse
City Recreation Department
Chauncey the Bear Hunter Marries in Houston
Chauncey Bottom known as Chauncey the Bear Hunter wed Diane Skinner in a Houston Shamrock hotel ceremony attended by about 100 guests. The groom runs a resort club in Iron River Wisconsin. gifts from industrialist club members funded the wedding.
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Chauncey the Bear Hunter
Houston
Tex
Chauncey the
Bear Hunter
Diane the Huntress
Shamrock Hotel
Chauncey
Chauncey Bottom
Chequamegon National Forest
Iron River
Wis
Diane Skinner
Melbourne
Australia
Washington, D. C
Far East Service Command
Chauncey’s Club
A. C Buehler
Chicago
Trousseau
Diane
Phil Hamburger
Finns deny Soviet war crime document charges
Finland rejects Moscow's assertion that Helsinki supplied Soviet war criminals with faked papers. The government says it is fulfilling its peace treaty and mutual aid obligations while denying the grave charges. Deputy Foreign Minister Gromyko pressed Sundstroem for the war criminals’ surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Finland
Fineland
Karl Sundstroem
Moscow
Sundstroem
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Area Turn Colder
Cloudy and warmer tonight with lows around 18 in the city and 15 in rural areas. Sunday turns windy and much colder with possible light snow flurries. high near 24.
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la Crosse
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Priscilla
Planning Board
Blaze
William F. Arbogast
Harry Nash
Hope
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Avalon
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Dairyland
Civil Defense
Atom
Houston Manufacturing Company
G. H. Lorimer
Saturday Evening Post
Lorimer
Post
Dues
Reds
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