17 000 miners set to return Monday in UMW vote
A Western Pennsylvania UMW official said 17 000 miners voted to resume work on Monday while 2 400 preferred to continue striking. Sixty locals backed the vote with only six opposing the Lewis guidance to end the two week stoppage. Voting continued across seven states as hunger and protests tested officials.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Uniontown
Salvation Army
William Hynes
UMW
Miners vote on return to work in disputed West Virginia districts
District 4 with about 23 000 miners saw mixed results after leaders urged immediate polls. Chartiers local 630 voted to back a three day week while Mather local 651 stayed on strike. In northern West Virginia 12 000 idle diggers saw Ferreant area vote to return to work with Bethlehem mines No. 41 reporting a 100 percent return.
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Ficers
District 4
Hynes
Louis Gerar
Chartiers
Lewis’ Oo
Mather
West Virginia
Ferreant
Raffelle Magiolo
Bethlehem Collieries Corporations
Churchill says socialism out of tune with times in campaign
Winston Churchill on a 1950 campaign swing denounces socialism as the weakest defense against communism and urges voters to reject Labor in the February 23 general election. He calls socialism outdated and harmful to freedom and economic vitality, citing Europe and the English speaking world.
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London
Winston Churchill
The
Times
Britain
Westerham
Conservative
Scandinavia
Europe
British Dominions
United States
New Zealand
Australia
Dominions
Indus
Finland rejects Soviet charge on war criminals
Helsinki denied Moscow's charge of harboring war criminals and said four of 55 listed were held for questioning. Finland may extradite under the 1947 treaty but must respect international law and asylum rights. Three of the four hold Finnish citizenship. one is stateless.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Moscow
Karl Sundstroem
Foreign Office
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Healf
Communist Party
Juho Paasikivi
Saars
Family Feuds End Break Page Change Approved
The La Crosse journal announces a change to keep breakover stories in the first section to ease reader conflict. Beginning Sunday every attempt will move front page breakovers to the first section, ending reader wrangling over who reads the initial or continued material.
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la Crosse Une
John
Convicted Hiss Faces Sentence and Appeal Eyed
New York Alger Hiss was found guilty of perjury by a federal jury on two counts and faces sentencing January 25 with a maximum of ten years in prison and four thousand dollars in fines. His attorney said an appeal would follow the verdict.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Claude B. Cross
Yalta
Roosevelt
Whittaker Chambers
Parades of Values Parade Through Your Living Room
A lighthearted note invites readers to reflect on a daily parade of values in the newspaper. It promises best values, pictures, information and prices while asking for reader feedback on what is liked or disliked.
Chinese Reds Deny Russian Rule Amid Asia Tensions
Hong Kong dispatch reports Chinese Reds denying Soviet takeover of northern and western China while signaling pressure on Southeast Asia and Tibet. Premier Yen Hsi-shan predicted Moscow will back Beijing in Asia in exchange for control of Mongolia and Sinkiang. Moscow and Washington clash over inked allegiances as Mao and Chou En Lai travel. The Peiping regime warns hostile any state recognizing Tibet and hints at a looming Sino Russian treaty.
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Hong Kong
Russia
North
China
Southeast Asia
Tibet
Yen Hsi-shan
Yen
Agate Inner
Outer Mongolia
Sinkiang
U. S
State Acheson
Moscow
Andrei Vishinsky
New China News Agency
Hu Chiao-mu
Soviet Union
United States
Mao Tze-tung
Chou Enlai
Chou
Three Area Teams Qualify for State Debate Meet
Three area high schools earned state meet bids by finishing first or second at the district event at State Teachers College Blair and Tomah tied for first with five wins each La Crosse Aquinas had four wins and two losses Sparta and Logan split six contests Arcadia and Richland Center were 2-4 Black River Falls went 0-6 In B teams Tomah and Logan were 3-1 Aquinas 2-2 Arcadia 0-4 Blair and Tomah each fielded two affirmative and two negative speakers with teams led by Blair Larry Bradley Soren Arberg Lois Knutson and Verdel Kolve for Blair and Leland Hedding for Tomah.
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State Teachers College
Blair and
Tomah
la Crosse Aquinas
Sparta
Logan
Arcadia
Richland Center
Black River Falls
Aquinas
Blair
Larry Bradley
Soren Arberg
Lois Knutson
Verdel Kolve
Leland Hedding
Jean Marie Bottcher Snow Queen Named At Jaycee Ball
Jean Marie Bottcher, 18, was named La Crosse snow queen at the Jaycee coronation ball held at the VFW hall. The selection involved a taped reveal and a Hollywood announcement by Bob Hope and his brother Jack. Bottcher is the daughter of I. L. Bottcher, attended by five snow princesses.
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Jean Marie Boucher
la Crosse
Tribune
VFW Hall
Carol Tikal
Mary Ellen Woodward
Katherine Monson
Queen Jean II
June Goudy
Donna Tollackson
Heileman’s
Bob Hope
Jean Marie Bottcher
Snow Queen
Jaycee
Jean Marie Botttcher
Chamber of Commerce
Hollywood
Henry J. Ahrens
Jack
Babe Hope
Hollywood Theater
Heileman’s Brewery
I. L. Bottcher
South 16Th Street
Ely Tollackson
Wadhams
Robert Fisher
National Oil Co
Gerhard Monson
Pitzner’s
Wayne Goudy
Hoeschlers
George Woodward
Jean
Boston Detectives Track Brink's Robbery Suspects
Boston police report progress in the nationwide Brink's armored car robbery probe. FBI Inspector Myron Gurnea directs efforts from Boston while New York is targeted for possible getaway plans and a Brink's guard, William Marter, is questioned. Rewards total 175000 for the eight man gang.
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Boston
New York
James F. Daley
Daley
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Myron E. Gurnea
FBI
Washington
Gurnea
Brink
William E. Manter
New York City
James V. Crowley
Crowley
Polio Cases Put Wisconsin Nineteenth Nationwide
Wisconsin ranked 19th in 1949 polio cases with 1,164 cases or 34.2 per 100 000 people. Idaho led with 511 cases or 86.3 per 100 000, national total 42 375 cases across the country. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis released the figures on Saturday.
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New York
Wisconsin
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Idaho
Truman Urges Immediate Action on Korean Aid Legislation
President Truman called for swift action by congressional leaders to revive the Korean aid bill rejected by one vote. Secretary Acheson voiced concern over the House decision, warning of a disastrous impact on U S foreign policy in Korea and Asia. Bills under consideraton would authorize 150 million dollars in Korean aid or extend spending time for Nationalist China aid.
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Washington
Truman
Acheson
House
United States
Korea
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Pepes
Asia
Honor Grad Tees Highet Valedictorian at Illinois February Class
Robert J. Highet of Springfield Illinois is named valedictorian of the University of Illinois February graduating class. The 24 year old chemistry student tops 1984 candidates with a perfect A average and will become a research assistant in organic chemistry at the University of Wisconsin.
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Urbana
Ill
Robert J. Highet
Springfield
University of Illinois
Highet
University of Wisconsin
Brownsville Fire Victims Rites Slated
Funeral services for Mrs Flossie Corcoran 59 Barbara Jean Forschler 13 and Mary Patricia Forschler 9 who died in the Brownsville area fire will be held Monday. Services at Blaschke funeral home Caledonia at 9 a m and at St Patrick s Brownsville at 10 a m Rev William Rush to officiate Interment in Brownsville cemetery Rosary at 8 Sunday at the Blaschke facility. Arnold Forschler 35 a Gateway Transportation Co truck driver his wife 33 and their youngest Kay Francis 4 escaped the blaze.
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Brownsville
Minn
Flossie Corcoran
Barbara Jean Forschler
Mary Patricia Forschler
Arnold Forschler
Blaschke
Caledonia
St. Patrick’s Church
William Rush
Gateway Transportation Co
Kay Francis
U S Gives Up Berlin Building Regain Control Of 600 Room Plant
U S Army in Berlin canceled seizure of a 600 room Reichsbahn building, returning it to the Soviet controlled railway system after West Berlin police withdrew. Maj Gen Maxwell D Taylor said the move counters Soviet harassment claims. East zone guards resumed posts as trucks were turned back at Helmstedt for lack of clearance papers.
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U.S
Berlin
U. S. Army
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S. Property Control Office
West Berlin
Reichsbahn
Taylor
West Police
Reichsbanhn
Helmstedt
Flood Crisis Ebbs as Winter Relents Across Regions
Floods ease from the Midwest to the South as winter loosens its grip. Red Cross sets up disaster relief in Little Rock to aid about 1,500 refugees while Arkansas and Tennessee tally up to 9,000 homeless. Nearly 25,000 displaced this month across the Midwest and South, with 11,400 in the Birds Point-New Madrid area awaiting floodway actions.
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Midwest
Mississippi
Ohio
Cairo
Ill
St. Francis River
Arkansas
Red Cross
Little Rock
Tennessee
Robert Edson
Red Cross Midwest
Birds Point
New Madrid
Missouri
Mississippi River
Oneida Native Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Green Bay Wisconsin a 24 year old Oneida Indian Sylvester Smith was found guilty of first degree murder in the December 2 shooting of Kenneth Devroy A circuit court jury deliberated two hours and 10 minutes before the verdict Judge E M Duquaine set Monday 2 pm for sentencing motions Smiths attorney William Duffy said he had not decided whether to file motions Duffy noted Smith continues to deny guilt The victim’s brother John Devroy 18 wounded in the shooting and who identified Smith as the shooter said I am glad its over.
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Green Bay
Wis
Sylvester Smith
Kenneth Devroy
E. M. Duquaine
Smith
William Duffy
Duffy
John Devroy
Car Hits Bridge Injury for City Man on Clinton Street Bridge
Ray Paulson owner of Ray's Auto Body Shop on Rose street was thrown through his windshield at 11 25 p m Saturday in an accident on the Clinton street bridge. Police report he was unconscious after the crash and later regained consciousness once near the end of the bridge. A westbound car driven by George Wright collided with Paulson's vehicle as he traveled east.
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Ray Paulson
Ray
Rose Street
Clinton Street
Paulson
George Wright
French Island
Med Cnenees
Icle
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