Presidential Advisers Begins Swinging To Middle Of The Road
Washington report notes Truman assembling a new brain trust of young, educated advisers shifting toward a conservative middle ground after the Fair Deal era. Familiar figures like Charlie Hoss and William Hassett remain, with Matthew Connelly and Vaughan among key aides linked to prior Senate inquiries and White House staff.
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Washington
White House
Florida
Key West
Truman
Tommy Corcorans
Ben Cohens
Rexford Tugwells
Laughlin Curries
Roosevelt
Charlie Hoss
William D. Hassett
Warm Springs
Matthew J. Connelly
U S Housing Loan Ready After City Council Vote
The La Crosse housing authority seeks 200 low rent units funded by a preliminary $70,000 U S loan. A private survey will assess family incomes and needs, guiding site selection and architect plans while bids come from private builders.
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Common Council
la Crosse
Housing Authority
Isgute
Public Housing Administration
Fate Housing
Pase &F
Truman Pledges Tax Records Access For Gambling Probe
Senate crime investigators report President Truman offered to make income tax returns of suspected gamblers and racketeers available for the Kefauver committee inquiry. Kefauver said an executive order to release tax records is in the works, with Treasury and White House aides coordinating details.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Kefauver
D-Temm
Sen. Tobey
R-Nh
Tobey
O’conor
Wiley
White House
Treasury
Absentee Voting Rules Set for Jow Rent Referendum
Absentee voters out of town on Tuesday may vote in the City Clerk’s office. Pred Kramer states in person voting is required, with daily hours including Monday.
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Kramer
One Way Traffic Implemented on Cameron Avenue
Traffic Captain Lyle Gilbert warned Thursday that Cameron Avenue now operates as a one way street with westbound drivers fined and directed to court for violations. The ordinance covers bicycles and cars from Seventh Street to West Avenue, with each intersection clearly marked.
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Cameron Avenue
Lyle Gilbert
Cameron
Gilbert
Seventh Street
West Avenue
Acheson Answers Demos Warm to Policy Cold to GOP
Secretary of State Acheson faced mixed reviews after a question and answer session with Congress. Senator Lucas said the appearance boosted ties between the state department and Congress, while Senator Wherry and Rep. Arends judged the event inconclusive and questioned unanswered queries. Acheson slated to brief the Senate committees on Friday and was expected to propose a 1.225 billion dollar second year Western Europe rearmament program.
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UPI
Acheson
Con&s
Lucas
Illinois
State Department
Congress
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Library of Congress
Arends
R-Ill
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Western Europe
United States
Judge to Name Counsel for Harry Gold in Spy Case
Federal Judge James E. McGranery will appoint counsel for Harry Gold, the 39 year old chemist linked to the Kaus Fuchs ring. Gold said he would plead guilty to acting as a courier for a Russian atom spy network but denies intent to harm the United States. He appeared under heavy guard with a $160000 bond after arrest linked to the Fuchs case.
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Philadelphia
iFi
Harry Gold
Dsesnay
Soviet Russia
United States
Gold
FSI
U.S
James E. McGranery
McGranery
FBI
Kaus Fuchs
Plan For New Cabinet Post Draws Warmer Senate Review
Washington reports President Truman’s proposal to create a Health Education and Security department gains more Senate support after a name change. Oscar R. Ewing’s potential as first secretary revives earlier opposition over perceived power and his stance on compulsory health insurance. The plan faces hearings and possible Republican resistance while tracking the fate of a similar 1949 welfare department proposal.
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Thumat
Senate
Department of Health, Education and Security
Oscar R. Ewing
Truman
Department of Welfare
Ewing
McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Expenditures Committee
House
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
New York
Congress
Education
Social Security
HST Seeks 1.2 Billion For Second Year Arms Aid
The article notes Senator Knowland citing reports that the State Department in 1944 endorsed an Amerasia article, linking a Red network from the magazine to the Communist party and the State Department as part of McCarthy era inquiries. It mentions Hull, the Hull document, and quotes from Fred Wolfman and Willard Edwards.
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Sen
Knowland
Calif
Senate
State Department
Amerasia
Knowlana
Magazine
Communist Party
McCarthy
R-Wis
California
Bert Andrews
New York Herald Tribune
Andrews
Cordell Hull
Asia
Far East
Hull
Scripps-Howard
Frederick Wolfman
James M. McInerney
Justice Department
Criminal Division
FBI
Office of Strategic Services
Washington Times Herald
Thunsday
Willard Edwards
Chungking
China
Times Herald
Susumu Okano
Tito
Japan
One Mail Delivery Daily To Start Here Saturday
La Crosse post office will begin one daily residential delivery and two daily business deliveries starting Saturday. Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak announced the new schedule, with residential routes leaving at 8 45 a m and finishing by 2 p m after lunch.
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Dvorak
Senate Banking Committee moves to vote Friday on rent control extension
The Senate Banking Committee agreed to a Friday vote on extending federal rent controls beyond June 30. A compromise mirrors the House plan to six more months, with optional extra six months in cities or states requesting it. Maybank said all rent control bills would be considered.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Douglas
D-1n
Maybank
D-Sc
House
Democratsic
Lucas
Tlinois
Retired Physician Dies in Apartment Fire Rescue Attempt
Newton Wisconsin report says 73 year old Dr John Herbert Kincaid a former Chicago physician died Thursday while trying to put out a bedroom fire at his son's home near Newton. Firemen found him on the bathroom floor with a water glass nearby. The blaze began in a clothes closet and he apparently inhaled flames during the attempt.
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Wis
Chicago
John Herbert Kincaid
John
Kinaid
Theodore Teitgen
Manitowee
Kincaid
Soviet Guards Slow Down Western Truck Traffic
Soviet frontier guards slowed Western truck traffic on the Berlin highway on Thursday. Drivers at Helmstedt said guards cited countermeasures against mistreatment of Communist youth returning from a massive East Berlin rally, and the slowdown may reflect reprisal for East German barge detentions.
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Berlin
Helmstedt
Make Sure Of Home News For Every Day That You Are Away
An advice-style notice from The La Crosse Tribune promotes continued home delivery while readers travel. It explains mail subscriptions can be mailed nationwide at no extra charge and carrier details can be arranged. provisions exist for travelers without a permanent address to hold and deliver copies upon return.
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la Crosse Tribune
Tribune
United States
State Public Welfare Bureau Chief Is Fired
Blaine M. Linke 49, longtime head of the collection and deportation bureau, was dismissed by State Welfare Director John W. Tramburg effective midnight. Linked to May 18 disorderly conduct plea, Linke began in 1926 as a statistician. the bureau handles care costs and deportation of nonresident mentally ill or deficient persons. The welfare board will name a successor to Paul Yount, head of corrections, at the June 14 meeting. By July 13 a new board will take over with two civil service members and the new corrections chief.
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Blaine M. Linke
State Welfare Department
Linke
John W. Tramburg
Superior Court
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Welfare Board
Paul Yount
Corrections
Yount
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Parole Board
Civil Service
Department
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Fair tonight with increasing cloudiness overnight. Friday will be partly cloudy and warmer with a low around 54 and a high near 40.
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la Crosse
Nine Killed In Navy Plane Crash At Quonset
A Neptune bomber bound for Argentia crashed on a Quonset base runway, killing nine crew and injuring two. The pilot and co-pilot survived with minor injuries. the remaining crew were trapped. Identification of the dead will be withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Navy
Jap Reds Call General Strike Over Occupation Tensions
Japan's Communist party openly defies the U S occupation ordering a general strike for Saturday in response to a Memorial Day clash in Tokyo. Eight detainees accused of assaulting American soldiers faced trial as leftist students planned a nationwide protest and strikes across industries.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo-Ipi
Japan
Communist Party
Imperial Plats
Pacific
Sys
Rates Raised for La Crosse Telephone by Wisconsin PSC
Wisconsin Public Service Commission approved a 208,629 rate increase for La Crosse Telephone Corp to raise net operating revenue by about 14,415 after existing rates understate earnings. The order notes 4.38 percent return on rate base and cites tax and revenue considerations, with city protest mentioned.
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Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Truman asks Congress for 1.22 billion for a second year of arms aid
President Truman urged Congress to approve 1 222 500 000 for a second year of the foreign arms aid program. He warned that delay could jeopardize peace efforts and free world defenses while outlining planned allocations to North Atlantic allies and other nations.
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Feece
Turkey
Tran
Philippines
Korea
Irea
China
Gaid
Britain
France
Haly
Belgium
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Luxembourg
Denmark
Norway
Portugal
Trailer Crushes Car Killing 3 Occupants
A heavy coal laden trailer broke away from a truck on U S 2 near St Ignace Michigan and struck a car killing three occupants. Victims were Hilelis Foster 38 of Woodstock Ontario a Canadian policeman his wife and Wilbert Hillis Foster 68 of Granton Ontario. State police required three hours to remove the bodies after cutting the twisted metal with acetylene torches.
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Woodstock
Ont
Wilbert Hillis Foster
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