Truman asks Congress to fund mass Korea war effort
President Truman urged Congress to authorize a rapid buildup of U.S. and allied armed power to deter Communist aggression in Korea and elsewhere. He set starting military costs at 10 billion dollars and sought powers to curb inflation, regulate trade, and requisition supplies while delaying broad price controls and rationing.
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Truman
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United States
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McGilvray Bridge on Trempealeau Board Docket
Trempealeau county supervisors will revisit the McGilvray bridge issue at Thursday's morning meeting. A June proposal seeks a $75,000 appropriation for construction with Trempealeau and Holland County and town shares outlined, plus prior history of funding and prior closures dating to 1948.
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Highway Committee
McGilvray Road
Finance Committee
U. S. 1st Cavalry Division Lands on E. Korean Coast
Fresh American troops establish a new beachhead in South Korea with the 1st Cavalry and 25th Tropic Lightning moving in. Taejon remains under heavy Red artil lery fire as North Korean infiltrators strike behind 24th division lines. Pohang on the east coast becomes the first U. S. amphibious landing of the war.
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1St Cavalry Division
E. Korean Coast
Tokyo
South Korea
Taejon
MacArthur
Chungju-Hamchang
Sangju
Yongju-Andong
Yechon
Andong
Hamchang
Pusan
Pohang
Korea
24Th
Kum River
Kum
Eighth Division
Site chosen for potential hydrogen bomb plant
A house senate atomic subcommittee announced a site for a plant to build the hydrogen bomb is being selected by the atomic energy commission. The site could cover up to 200000 acres and will not include a new government owned community. The project will follow President Truman's January 31 1950 directive and aim to minimize vulnerability to enemy attack.
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Atomic Energy Commission
House-Senate Atomic Subcommittee
Truman
Atomic Commission
Bankers Name 1950 Officers La Crosse County
La Crosse County Bankers association held its annual dinner meeting Monday evening at the Fireside. Retiring president Arthur Johnson called on H K Holley Jr to introduce Charles Looney now comptroller with Harris Trust and Savings bank Chicago. Looney gave an informative address on bank operational costs. Holley Jr Lowry Jr and Richele were elected president vice president and secretary treasurer for the ensuing year. William MacFarlane of Harris Trust and Savings bank was introduced as guest. The following county banks were represented: First National Bank Bangor Farmers State Bank Bangor Bank of Holmen Holmen Union State Bank West Salem Batavian National Bank Exchange State Bank La Crosse Trust Co National Bank of La Crosse and State Bank of La Crosse.
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la Crosse County Bankers Association
Arthur Johnson
H. K. Holley, Jr
Charles Looney
la Crosse
Harris Trust and Savings Bank
Chicago
Looney
W. J. Lowry, Jr
A. R. Richele
William MacFarlane
First National Bank
Bangor
Farmers State Bank
Bank of Holmen
Holmen
Union State Bank
West Salem
Batavian National Bank
Exchange State Bank
la Crosse Trust Co
National Bank of la Crosse
State Bank of la Crosse
La Crosse Concert Band Cancelled at Riverside Park
The La Crosse Concert Band concert scheduled for 8 p m Wednesday at Riverside Park has been canceled. The park department announced the cancellation at 2 p m Wednesday.
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Riverside Park
la Crosse
Slash In Fire Insurance Rates Ordered For City
Fire insurance rates drop for 15 large and 100 small Wisconsin communities effective Sept. 1 with 10 percent cuts for frame dwellings and 20 percent for brick homes. Appleton Fond du Lac Green Bay Kenosha Kohler La Crosse Madison Manitowoc Milwaukee Oshkosh Racine Sheboygan Wauwatosa West Allis Superior among affected cities.
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Wisconsin
John R. Lange
Fire Insurance Rating Bureau of
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Rating Bureau
Lange
Appleton
Fond du Lac
Green Bay
Kenosha
Kohler
Madison
Manitowoc
Oshkosh
Racine
Sheboygan
Wauwatosa
West Allis
Superior
Plans for new 150 bed infirmary in Shelby discussed
County board planning committee met at the courthouse to authorize the institutions committee to study plans and costs for a new 150 bed infirmary in Shelby. The group weighed size 80 by 160 feet three story design and potential financing as prices rise and county relief costs grow.
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Shelby
County Board of Supervisors
Court House
Frank Greene
W. L. Christopherson
Bernard Zahn
Monroe County
Peter Pappas
la Crosse
Sparta
Zahn
Frank Check
Greene
Pappas
Harold Evjen
Kefauver Group Probes Crime Ties in Kansas City
The Kefauver senate committee moves to Kansas City for two days of hearings on national crime conditions. Sheriff J A Purdome is subpoenaed as the panel widens its probe after St Louis findings of interstate bookmaking and outside syndicate influence. The panel seeks Democratic campaign records from Central Missouri Trust Co in Jefferson City.
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Kansas City
Kefauver
Senate
D-Tenn
Jackson County
J. A. Purdome
St. Louis
Miami
Fla
Florida
Chicago
Central Missouri Trust Company
Jefferson City
Stations in City Air Truman Talk
All three La Crosse stations will broadcast the state of the nation address by President Truman Wednesday night. WKY and WKBH will carry the broadcast at 8:30 p m, while WLCX will present it at 9:30 p m.
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Truman
WKY
WKBH
WLCX
Nehru urges China entry as mediation basis
Indian Prime Minister Nehru renews proposal to admit Communist China to the United Nations as a step toward solving the Korea crisis. He argues seating China would strengthen the UN against aggression, replying to Acheson who rejects the idea as premature. Madame Pandit delivered the note to Acheson.
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India
Nehru
China
United Nations
Korea
Acheson
Russia
U. S
Security Council
State Department
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Stalin
Local Man Frank Bonsack Drowned Found Near DeSoto
The body of Frank Bonsack a 41 year old La Crosse tavern owner who drowned in the Mississippi river near DeSoto Saturday around 10 p m was recovered shortly before 4 p m Tuesday Harold Dummer found the body about one mile south of where the accident occurred and notified the Vernon county sheriff s office The body was taken to the Hellwig Morris funeral chapel Funeral services will be held Thursday at 9 a m at the funeral chapel and at 9 30 a m at St Mary s Catholic church with burial in the Catholic cemetery Bonsack is survived by his wife two sons a sister and two brothers along with other relatives He was a member of several local clubs and organizations and had two infant sons who preceded him in death.
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la Crosse
Mississippi River
DeSoto
Harold Dummer
South 15Th Street
Bonsack
Dummer
Vernon County
Hellwig
Judge Studies Ramirez Case on Retrial Motions
Judge Arold F. Murphy presiding will read full testimony in the Jose Ramirez case as a retrial decision nears. Ramirez, born in Texas of Mexican heritage, was found guilty of murdering 82 year old Etta Hoag in Tomah on October 22, 1949. Defense motions list five factors arguing for a new trial including justice, newly discovered evidence, and bias.
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Arold F. Murphy
Marinette
Jose Ramirez
Ramirez
Etta Hoag
Tomah
Robert S. Cowie
Eugene Sullivan
Beaver Dam
Sullivan
Frank Kane
Kane
Veterans’ Hospital
Wisconsin voters face choice between honest and dishonest government
Democratic candidate for state attorney general Robert W. Arthur spoke at a La Crosse county Democratic meeting. He blamed the Republican administration for high taxes and decaying institutions, argued for reapportionment and attacked Vernon Thomson. He said the real issue is honest versus dishonest government and up to the people to decide.
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Wisconsin
Robert W. Arthur
la Crosse County
Lee Swett
Dane County
Eagles Club
Arthur
Thomas E. Fairchild
Fairchild
U. S
State University
Vernon Thomson
Richland County
Thomson
Assembly
Len Schmitt
Merrill
Walter J. Kohler, Jr
Forecast Early Trial For Julius Rosenberg
Quick grand jury action and an early trial were forecast in New York for Julius Rosenberg, the latest of four Americans arrested in connection with a Soviet atom spy ring headed by scientist Klaus Fuchs.
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New York
Julius Rosenberg
Klaus Fuchs
Congressmen Support Truman Korea War Aid Plan
Congressional leaders from both parties indicated support for President Truman’s requests for men money and materials to address the Korean crisis. Speaker Rayburn said a bill embracing economic measures would be introduced Wednesday and could pass next week. Senate leaders predicted strong approval and urged staying in session to act on the recommendations.
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Congress
Truman
House
Sam Rayburn
Russia
Senate
Lucas
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What Mobilization Order Means On The Home Front
President Truman asks Congress for expanded military and partial civilian mobilization. Family effects include tighter installment buying, higher down payments, and potential later taxes and price controls. Men 19 to 26 may face drafts and active service calls for National Guard and reservists. Businesses face rationing, material controls, possible output limits, inventory curbs, possible requisitions, higher down payment margins, and a potential excess profits tax.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Army and Air Force to Begin Limited Reserve Recall
Defense departments announce immediate selective recall of reservists by army and air force under Truman authority to bolster Korea effort. Navy to follow with selective recall. No totals or National Guard mention. Reservists will serve at least one year and keep current ranks. medical, engineer and infantry officers in company grades are especially needed.
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Defense Department
Army
Air Force
Navy
Department
Truman
National Guard
Navy Reserve
Marines
New Probe Sought Into McCarthy Charges by GOP
Senate Republicans pressed for a new independent investigation into Senator McCarthy's charges that the State Department harbors Communists. They plan to move to rebuke a Democratic report calling the charges a fraud and a hoax and to send the matter back to the Foreign Relations Committee for action.
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Senate
Nonpartisan
McCarthy
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
GOP
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Lodge
Executive Department
Wisconsin
State Department
Wherry
Nebraska
Tydings
City Editor Robert B. Gross, 34, Dies in Chicago
Robert B. Gross, city editor of the Rockford Register-Republic, died at Wesley Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. He joined the staff in 1938 and became city editor in 1948. He also served as a correspondent for the Associated Press.
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Chicago
Robert B. Gross
Rockford, Ill
Register-Républic
Wesley Memorial Hospital
Gross
Register-Republic
Associated Press
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Moderately heavy showers end near sunset with clearing by midnight. Thursday will be generally fair and warmer. Tonight’s low around 58 degrees. Thursday’s high near 78 degrees.
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