Charge Hiss Handed Over Secret Papers In Wholesale Fashion
The government charged Alger Hiss with perjury for denying he handed over secret state department documents to Whittaker Chambers in 1937 and 1938. Prosecutor Thomas Murphy said Hiss and his wife Priscilla distributed 65 typewritten sheets of documents to Chambers, a convicted Communist courier. Three Washington babysitters were subpoenaed as potential witnesses as the trial date nears. Judge Kaufman eyed a two to three week proceeding after multiple postponements.
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Alger Hiss
State Department
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Federal Court House
New York
Hiss
Whittaker
Whittaker Chambers
Department
EE Es
Clrnampers
U. S
Thomas Murphy
Chambers
Murphy
Washington, D. C
Samuel H. Kaufman
Kaufman
Seaway bill reintroduced to authorize Great Lakes project
Senate Majority Leader Lucas and 19 colleagues introduced an administration backed bill to authorize construction of the St. Lawrence seaway and power project. The measure would connect the Great Lakes to ocean shipping from the Atlantic, with sponsors including Wagner, Vandenberg, Wiley, Lang er, Douglas, Aken, Withers, Humphrey, and others.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
D-Ill
St. Lawrence Seaway
United States
Great Lakes
Atlantic
St. Lawrence River
Wagner
D-Ny
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Wiley
R-Wis
Langer
R-Nd
Douglas
Aiken
R-Vi
Withers
D-Ky
Humphrey
D-Minn
Ferguson
Thy
Greeks Seek Funds to Relocate Civil War Refugees
Athens reports the Greek government will request over 80 million dollars from the United Nations to rehabilitate about 700000 refugees from the Greek civil war. It blames the refugee flow on violations of the UN charter by northern neighbors.
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Athens
Greekvernment
United Ations
United Nations
Greece
Weather Outlook for La Crosse and Vicinity
Showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. Warmer and humid today with a cool down by Thursday night. Lows around 64 tonight, high near 82 Thursday.
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la Crosse
Power Co-Op Meeting Hosts Wickard Address in La Crosse
Delegates exceeding 200 attend the Dairyland Power cooperative annual membership meeting at the VFW hall in La Crosse. Claude R. Wickard rural electrification administrator and former agriculture secretary addressed officers reports and tours of Alma plant and Coulee Region.
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Dairyland Power Cooperative
VFW
la Crosse
Claude R. Wickard
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Alma
Coulee
John P. Madgett, Jr
Fike Charged With First Degree Murder In Wisconsin
William Fike, 47, a New Lisbon ex convict, arraigned for the bludgeon killing of Herbert Siggelko, a Madison lawyer. He requested a jury trial, was bound over to circuit court, and claimed he hid the body after beating and that a missing note may hold the key. Witnesses include Richard Rowsiter and Lilia Conery. police traced the crime to a wooded area near New Lisbon.
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Maulton
Wis
William Fike
New Lisbon
Herbert Siggelko
Siggelko
Madison
Fike
Robert P. Clark
Manston
Clark
Charles Curran
Curran
Myrl Witz
Richard Rowsiter
Rowsiter
Lilia Conery
Juneau County
Ralph Purvis
Ike
Williamie Evjue
Madison Capital Times
Evjue
Waupun
Necedah
Marc Fike
Berlin Four Power Talks Debated Over Control
Western ministers urged ending unanimous rule for a revived four power authority in Berlin while Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky insisted on unanimity. The talks, held in the pink marble palace, also considered Berlin transit and a possible restricted session for deliberations.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Berlin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Kommandatura
Germany
U. S
Dean Acheson
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
A. Y. Vishinsky
Kremlin
West
Andrei Vishinsky
German People’s Congress
Russia
Moscow
New Vet Pension Bill Clears House After Omission
The House passed a World War I and II veterans pension bill after removing an unemployability provision. The redrafted measure, costing about 65 billion dollars over 50 years, advances to the Senate with minimal debate and no other changes.
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Washington
House
Senate
Veterans’ Committee
Budget Bureau
Rankin
Reserve corps offers active duty training in military intelligence
Information from the local army reserve office Room 312 Federal Building announces active duty training for organized reserve corps members in military intelligence. One course begins July 18 at Camp Hobbard Maryland with applications due June 15. interested reservists should inquire at once.
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Organized Reserve Corps
Army Reserve Office
Federal Building
Camp Hobbard
Girl Drowns While On Picnic At Pigeon River
Twelve year old Nancy Mielke drowned in the Pigeon river Shawano Wisconsin during a Tuesday picnic with three other girls. Her body was recovered about thirty minutes later.
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Shawano Wis
Nancy Mielke
Pigeon River
Intersection Opens As East West Traffic Flows
An official of Mathy Construction Co says the Third Division street intersection is now open to east west traffic after a newly paved juncture and recent resurfacing.
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Division Street
Mathy Construction Co
Indicted Bank Robber Dies in Milwaukee Hospital
Walter Swiedarke 35, one of three men indicted for the March 4 Denmark State Bank robbery in Wisconsin, died Tuesday night at Milwaukee County General Hospital while awaiting a preliminary examination. Co-defendants Donald Millner and Robert Cleary pled guilty. sentencing postponed. All were Green Bay natives.
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Milwaukee
Walter Swiedarke
Denmark
Wis
Swiedarke
Milwaukee County General Hospital
Schedarke
Donald Millner
Robert Cleary
Miller
Wisconsin Senate Tentatively Okays Veterans Housing Bill
The Wisconsin Senate approved a veterans housing bill by 20 to 10 with a 70 percent loan allotment for veterans and 30 percent to housing authorities. It caps individual loans at 2000 dollars and funds the program by doubling the state liquor tax. Final action expected later in the session.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Senate
Laird
Marshfield
Lenroot
Superior
Senate
Rennebohm
Major Powers Could Recognize Reds as Chinese Regime Formed
Diplomatic sources report Britain France Russia and India expect to recognize the Chinese Communists when their national government is established. U S officials favor using recognition to secure better treatment of non Soviet interests. The United States seeks fewer immediate formal ties than Britain France and India, while smaller nations outside the Soviet bloc likely follow suit.
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Nanking
Britain
France
Russia
India
United States
U. S
Maine Senator To Speak Here At Wisconsin GOP Convention
U S Senator Owen Brewster of Maine will headline the Wisconsin Republican convention in La Crosse on June 11 with Governor Oscar Rennebohm also slated to speak. The one day event at the Vocational school auditorium will consider two constitutional amendments including mandatory candidate endorsement and Young Republican representation on the state GOP committee. Brewster a Maine native, Bowdoin and Harvard educated, has held multiple political roles including governor and long service in the U S Senate.
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U. S
Owen Brewster
Maine
la Crosse
Harvey Higley
Madison
Brewster
Higley
Oscar Rennebohm
GOP
Youngublican Organization
Dexter
Bowdoin College
Harvard Law School
Congress
U. S. Senate
Senate
Truck Buckies Bridge Collapse Near Fond du Lac
A truck trailer loaded with oranges buckled an old wooden bridge over the Fond du Lac river on a town road detour Tuesday night. The trailer dropped 20 feet into the water while the tractor stayed on the road. driver Randy Smith of Tampa, Florida, was uninjured and the oranges were not spilled.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Randy Smith
Tampa
Fla
Call Off Duel Between B 36 and Navy Jets
Washington report says joint chiefs rejected a public mock duel between the B 36 bomber and Navy Banshee jets for security reasons. The House Armed Services Committee pushed for a test fight to settle rival claims but the Pentagon halted carrier plans and ordered a halt to expanding B 36 purchases.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington- Times-Herald
House Armed Services Committee
Joint Command
Vinson
D-Ga
Committee
Defense
Johnson
Armed Services Group
Air
Air Symington
Floyd Odlum
Rep. Vinson
House
Hickenlooper Faces AEC Chief in Senate Hearings
Senate House atomic committee hearings center on atomic energy management under David Lilienthal. Senator Hickenlooper presses for records including Quebec 1943 talks, FBI security files, and agency minutes. Carroll L. Wilson defends two scientists kept on payrolls as “bad risks” per security findings.
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Washington
Carroll L. Wilson
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Wilson
Senate House Atomic Committee
Senator Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
Commission
David E. Lilienthal
J. Hickenlooper
Roosevelt-Churchill
Quebec
FBI
Hickenlooper
Lilenthal
Senate-House Atomic Committee
Lilienthal
Nate
Iowa
McMahon
D-Conn
Quebec Can
Tehan resigns from Wisconsin Senate
Milwaukee Democrat Robert E. Tehan resigned from the Wisconsin Senate after being named eastern federal judge of Wisconsin. Tehan, 44, was floor leader and long time state official, serving three terms in the assembly and elected to the senate in 1942.
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Madison
Wis
Robert E. Tehan
Milwaukee
Swap Tenancy for Ownership in Tribune Want Ads
Tribune Real Estate columns offer a path from temporary leases to permanent deeds. The ad promotes modern 2 bedroom bungalow ready soon and stresses easy telephone ordering for classified ads at number 3680.
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Tribune
East
Peomeen
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Senate Atomic Energy Committee
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King
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Sill
Caledonia
George
Truck Buckies
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