Urge Voters To Register For Election
A third district non-partisan conference on political education at the Labor temple featured George Hall and speakers including George A. Haberman Herman Steffes Kenneth W. Hones and Morrie Weinberg. Haberman urged all voting age citizens to register and criticized the 80th congress and federal law 101. Steffes and Hones pressed for labor concerns and a shift toward voting for policy over party with warnings about communism and the Mundt Nixon bill. The discussion echoed fears of loss of labor rights and calls for voter participation ahead of elections.
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Labor Temple
George Hall
George A. Haberman
AFL
Herman Steffes
Wisconsin Industrial Union Council and Conference
Kenneth W. Hones
Chippewa Falls
Farmers Education and Cooperative Union of America
Morrie Weinberg
Haberman
Congress
I. United States
Big Three Take Preliminary Steps Toward Moscow Conference
The United States Britain and France in Moscow described a preliminary step toward ending the Berlin crisis via talks with Soviet deputy foreign minister Valerian Zorin. Ambassadors from the three nations met in Moscow and signaled desire for high level conferences while Molotov was reportedly on vacation. The purpose is to press Moscow for a settlement and possibly direct talks with Premier Stalin.
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Moscow
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Berlin
State Department
Molotov
Zorin
Michael J. MacDermott
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Bevin
Frank Roberts
Harrison
McDermott
Stalin
Social Demokrat
Socialist Party
Sov. Foregn
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
Sai
Moscov
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
La Crosse area forecast shows fair conditions tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. Low around 56 tonight and a high near 82 on Sunday.
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la Crosse
Shove Taxes Into Living Cost Fight
Washington report shows Republicans linking income taxes to Truman anti inflation program while opposing price and wage controls and new housing measures. Speaker Martin warns of doubling income taxes if Truman plan passes, as Senate and House consider strategy and credits limits.
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Washington
Republians
Truman
Congress
Taft
Ohio
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
Mr. Truman
Martin
Mass
America
America Wins Four Firsts In Second Day Of Olympics
America’s trackmen and swimmers swept the second day golds. Dillard won the 100 meters in a record equalling 10.3 seconds and helped LAAC win the 400 meter hurdles. Cochran and Harlan added events, while Ris of Iowa set a 100 meter freestyle record of 57.3.
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America
London
Rrison Dillard
Roy Cochran
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Dillard
Indiana University
Empire
Stars and Stripes
U. S
Bruce Harlan
Ohio State
Wally Ris
University of Iowa
Ris
Money Burner Quits His Job
Washington reports Benton C. Gardner retires after 46 years as chief of the treasury currency redemption division. He oversaw burning worn bills and helped clear billions of dollars in replacement currency, with the 1940s tally implying more than 5 billion dollars in a single year. The government maintains thousands of workers, including Edgar Gary Jr., in currency production and disposal.
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Washington
Benton C. Gardner
Treasury
Edgar Gary, Jr
Pardon Granted for Rudy Panschow in Wisconsin
Gov. Rennebohm pardoned Rudy Panschow, sentenced Oct. 30 in La Crosse county to three to five years for taking and detaining a minor. Circuit Judge Cowie and John Coleman urged the pardon, saying the case stemmed from ignorance and bad advice from the girl's parents and counsel.
Eisenhower Tries Luck On State Fish Again
General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives at Manitouish Wisconsin for an aquarium review. Ike will stay at a resort on Big Lake and is expected to join his brother Milton, an educator.
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Eisenhower
Manitowish
Wis
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wisconsin
Ike
Big Lake
Milton
Asas
Band Plays Concert at Myrick Park Sunday Afternoon
La Crosse concert band will give a concert in Myrick park Sunday at 3 p.m. The event invites residents to enjoy music under the open sky with a program of familiar selections.
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la Crosse
Myrick Park
Tough Old Nevada Rolls With Punch Four Days Before Sinking
Pearl Harbor reports the battleship Nevada, 32 years old, finally sank after four and a half days of bombardment. Despite bombs, torpedoes, and gunfire from Iowa and destroyers, she rolled and submerged five miles deep. Adm Dewitt C. Raméur called her a grand old ship as the ceremony observed her loss.
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Pearl Harbor
Nevada
Navy
Bikini
Iowa
Honolulu
Adm Dewitt C Rameer
Turnee
Berlin Crisis Deepens as West Seeks Airlift Boosts
Berlin reporters accuse Moscow of stalling in the Berlin deadlock while Berlin socialists question Molotov’s Moscow absence. The U S plans to expand the airlift and suspend two transcontinental routes to keep 28 large planes available for relief. Russian papers hint at political coercion through the blockade.
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Military Air Transport Command
Washington
Truman and Dewey Dedicate New York International Airport
President Truman and Gov. Dewey shared a platform at the dedication of the 5000 acre New York International airport. The event featured a 100000-strong crowd, 1000 planes overhead, and a landmark show of peacetime air power led by the F-80 Jet Shooting Stars.
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Truman
Dewey
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
United Today
New York International Airport
America
United States
Independence
LaGuardia Field
Navy
Congressional Air Policy Committee
Washington
Owen Brewster
R-Me
Air Force
County Picnic Planned at Veterans Memorial Park
La Crosse county board officials and friends will host the annual picnic at Veterans Memorial Park on Sunday for an all day outing. General chairman Nic Hengel leads a committee including Paul Hartwig Iwan Wright Frank Kaul Robert Evsien James Stenberg Bernard Zahn Otto Betz Adolph Stolloh Anthony Knozosky and Henry Scnu bert.
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la Crosse
Veterans Memorial Park
Nic Hengel
Paul Hartwig
Iwan Wright
Frank Kaul
Robert Evsien
James Stenberg
Bernard Zahn
Otto Betz
Adolph Stolloh
Anthony Knozosky
Henry Scnubert
Krupp Director Pleads Guilty to War Crimes
Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach and ten Krupp directors were convicted by a U S military court of slave labor exploitation and plunder in Nazi occupied lands. Krupp received 12 years. Karl Heinrich Pfirsch was acquitted. The judgment details 12,000 foreign slaves and 2,500 POWs across 100 Ruhr factories with dire conditions.
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Mernberg
Germany
Alfried Krupp von
Ruhr
Bismarck
Hitler
Karl Heinrich Pfirsch
H. C. Anderson
Jackson
Tenn
Edward J. Daly
Hart
Breslau
Friedrich von Buelow
Gestapo
Werner H. Lehmann
Hans Gustaf Kupke
Krupp
Loeser
Houdremont
Mueller
Janssen
Eberhardt
Krupps
Fire Damages Klosheim House on Saturday
A 2 11 fire reported at 136 South 15th Street damaged the rear portion of the Klosheim residence and attic areas. Neighbors observed the blaze after a neighbor Spot reported the flames at about 10 30 a m. Firemen fought the stubborn blaze with ladders to the attic and second floor and cleared the scene by 11 a m. No tenants were home. damage to belongings in William Thompson’s second floor apartment may be substantial.
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South 15Th Street
Jeanette Kliosheim
Paul Lutz
William Thompson
Thompson
Klosheim
Wisconsin 40 et 8 Elects New State Officers
Severson and Weisen sel win offices as Le drowski becomes grande chief de gere for the coming year. R. S. Tim Mons of Fond du Lac is ousted. officers include senior and junior grande chef de train, grade conducteur, sous grande conducteur, and other posts with Milwaukee Fond du Lac Racine and La Crosse named among officers.
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Milwaukee
al Ledrowski
Columbus
Wisconsin
American Legion
Ledrowski
R. S. Timmons
Fond du Lac
C. W. Schroeder
Baraboo
W. A. Canary
Footville
Royal Dunham
Neenah
Sous
Dave Rabenowich
Park Falls
Grande Commissaire Intendant
Raymond H. Kleis
Grande Garde Ce le Porte
Julius Severson
Bangor
Grande Commis Voyageur
Louis Niesen
Racine
Grande Advocat
Nichols Lessel Young
Grande Aumonieer
Bittle
L. J. Weisensel
la Crosse
Four Die In Head-On Crash Near Muskegon
Four people died in a head-on collision on M-46 seven miles east of Muskegon, including Dr. Victor Meyer of Lansing and Carl T. Ufert and his wife Maxine of Racine. Four others were injured. the Meyer and Taylor car tried to pass a vehicle and entered the Soronsen car’s path.
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Muskegon
Mich
Lansing
Dr. Taylor
Soronsen
Milwaukee man killed by train at South Third Street siding
James Zielke, 68, was fatally struck by a Milwaukee Road switch engine yesterday at a South Third Street siding. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Milwauker
James Zielke
Milwaukee Road
South Third Street
Hungary to name Tildy's successor Monday
Parliament in Budapest plans to name a president candidate after Zoltan Tildy resigns amid a spying case involving his son in law Victor Csornoky. Arpad Szakasits, a Socialist tied to the Communist merger, is favored as successor as Moscow influence grows. Former premier Ferenc Nagy cites tightening Soviet grip and new arrests in Hungary.
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Budapest
Hungary
Zoltan Tildy
Tildy
Interior Ministry
Victor Csornoky
Hungarian
Arpad Szakasits
Szakasits
Unified
Labor Party
Foreign Office
Csornoky
Egypt
Sad Csornoky
Cairo
Washington
Ferenc Nagy
Moscow
Nagy
Russia
Lavor Party
Zorlan Tildy
Legion Opens State Meeting in Milwaukee Parade Underway
The 27th annual Wisconsin American Legion convention opened with a solemn prewar mood. A 40 ot 8s parade launched activities as 4,000 delegates and 12,000 visitors anticipated a mammoth parade drill team contests and a band concert. An afternoon seminar on subversive activity and a noon address by National Commander James F. ONeill were on the program amid a discussion of a seven point preparedness plan by the national defense committee.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Department of the American Legion
James F. O'Neill
Manchester
N. H
National Defense Committee
Department
Stassen to Extend Political Role as College President
Harold E. Stassen declares ongoing political activity while serving as University of Pennsylvania president. In his first press conference since losing the Republican nomination attempt, he vowed to back Governor Dewey and Governor Warren, saying Pennsylvania trustees understood his stance.
Wife Seeks Husband's Sheriff Post in Calumet County
Mrs Elva Pagel campaigns on the Republican ticket for sheriff of Calumet County. Her husband Sheriff Ted Pagel is finishing his second term and cannot seek another. Opponent in the race is Robert Schwartz of Chilton.
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Chilton
Wis
Elva Pagel
Calumet County
Ted Pagel
West Powers Told to Accept Danube Ruling or Leave
Belgrade Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky demanded that Western states accept Danube conference decisions or exit. He led eastern bloc delegates including Yugoslavia in pushing for a Soviet dominated navigation accord, asserting Moscow’s voting strength and vowing to ignore pressure. British and French objections were noted as France claimed river rights and Britain backed that stance.
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Belgrade
Andrei A. Vishinsky
Russia
Andrei Vishinsky
Yugoslavia
Ukraine
Bulgaria
Romania
Czechoslovaya
Hungary
Britain
United States
France
Danube
Europe
Vishinsky
Bentley names Roosevelt aide and Treasury official as Soviet sources
Elizabeth Bentley identified Lauche lin Currie and Harry Dexter White as the two government figures who provided secret wartime information to the Soviet spy ring. She testified in a sensational congressional hearing listing many officials as sources of political and military information.
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Washington
Lauchelin Currie
Roosevelt
Harry Dexter White
the Treasury
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Miss Beniley
Secret police links cloud senate inquiry into espionage
A senate subcommittee heard that William Remington a commerce department official turned down an atomic energy commission job due to FBI scrutiny over ties to Miss Bentley a witness in a New York grand jury probe of 12 Communist leaders. Bentley claimed Remington passed war era secret data to a Soviet ring and Remington denied it.
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William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Washington
U. S
Atomic Energy Commission
FBI
Elizabeth T. Bentley
House
N. Gregory Silvermaster
U. S. Farm Security Administration
Senate
William Remington
Miss Bentley
New York Grand Jury
Harry Dexter White
the Treasury
Rep
Thomas
R-Nj
UN American Activities Committee
Rep. Rankin
D-Miss
Bentley
Remington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Arthur MacMahon
President Truman
Loyalty Board
Atomic Commission
Russia
Senate Committee
Navy
Pinkes
Naval Reserve
Naval Reserve Commission
Columbia University
New York City
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CIO
West Allis
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
By Jack Bell
Panschow
New Jersey
Jamaica Bay
U.S
Alfried Krupp
Red Combine
Ford
Eduard Houdremont
Erich Mueller
Gustav
Stalingrad
Friedrich W. Janssen
Mac Otto Ihn
Karl F. Eberhardt
Heinrich L. Korschan
AEC
Severson
Weisensel
Legion
Harold Stassen
West Powers
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