Eisenhower may be called to testify on Katyn massacre report
Rep O Konski says a special House panel weighing the Katyn killings may summon General Eisenhower. The committee meets for a one day hearing to probe whether U S officials suppressed the first official report, after Col Van Vliets Pentagon summary emerged. The inquiry centers on wartime decisions and Soviet Nazi blame games.
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Russell Brines
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
House
Rep
O’konski
R-Wis
Katyn
Eisenhower
U.S
Katyn Forest
Smolensk
Moscow
John H. van Vliet
van Vliet
Pentagon
Madded
D-Ind
Court split over Steel Seizure Order Justice Vinson Leads Dissent
Reporters received a dissent from Chief Justice Vinson with Justices Reed and Minton joining as Black criticizes President Truman's April 8 steel seizure as unconstitutional. The opinion argues the action cannot be sustained as an exercise of military power or under executive authority.
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Clark
Jackson
Burton
Vinson
Reed
Minton
Black
Truman
Verdict on wartime powers tests the Truman era
The text reviews constitutional questions raised by President Truman during a crisis and whether to invoke Taft Hartley emergency provisions or refer disputes to Congress. It notes prior delay, Wage Stabilization Board actions, and potential costs and implications for steel industry labor contracts and union shop clauses.
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Vinson
Truman
Congress
Taft-Hartley
Wage Stabilization Board
Defense Production Act
Truman Orders Return of Steel Mills After Court Ruling
President Truman directs return of the steel industry to private owners following a Supreme Court ruling that his seizure action was illegal. He reiterates inherent seizure power in emergencies but vows to abide by the court decision and notes Congress can still legislate and regulate labor and industry.
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Washington
Truman
Supeme
Sec. of Commerce Sawyer
Congress
High Tribunal
Black
United States
District Court
Pine
Wisconsin Telephone Workers Threaten June 9 Strike
The CIO Communications Workers of America warns 7500 Wisconsin telephone company employees may strike on June 9 if no new contract is reached. Local unions have approved or expect to approve strike action, with traffic workers to vote this week. The union seeks cost of living adjustments, productivity gains, and a general wage increase.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Telephone Co
CIO
Arthur B. le Fevre
Wisconsin
CIO Communications Workers of America
le Fevre
CWA
Wage Stabilization Board
Traffic Deaths Rise Across Cities In Midwest Toll
The report lists several fatalities from crashes and a fall linked to drivers and vehicles around Wisconsin including Douglas County near Superior and Fort Atkinson. Victims include Al Kuraner Jr. of Kansas City James Zimmerman of Milwaukee Frank Jablonski and others with varying injuries and conditions.
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al Kuraner Jr
Kansas City
Douglas County
Alenius
Kuraner
Superior
James Zimmerman
Milwaukee
Milwaukee County
Frank Jablonski
Fort Atkinson
Raymond Krahn
Chicago Poultry Prices Reported By Market
Live poultry prices show uneven moves with f o b paying up to three cents higher or more for some items. Heavy hens 23 to 26 cents a pound, light hens 19 to 20, roosters 33 to 34, fryers or broilers 28.5 to 30.5, old roosters 18 to 19, ducklings 29.
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Chicago
USDA
F.o.b
Livestock Market Report South St Paul Minnesota
USDA market summary for South St Paul shows cattle 4,100 head and hogs 8,000 head. Slaughter cattle steady with some softness on steers over 1,200 pounds. heifers and cows mixed to steady. Prices listed for choice slaughter steers and yearlings 32.00-33.50, choice heifers 33.00, bulk choice heifers 31.50-32.50, good to utility cattle 21.50-31.00, cows 21.00-26.00. Hog opening sales 190-230 lb barrows 21.00, down with buyers 50 lower to order.
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South ST. Paul
Minn
USDA
Chicago hog and cattle market close shows varied demand
Salable hogs 15 000 with 25 cent declines on most grades and lighter weights. Top loads 21 75 for lightweights. 260 280 lb hogs 19 75 to 20 50. Cattle and calves 14 000 and 500 respectively with feeders slow. high choice fed steers 34 50 to 37 00. bulk good steers 30 00 to 34 00. cows 21 75 to 26 00. bulls and vealers steady. prime heifers 33 00 to 36 00. Overall market varied, some weakness noted.
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Chicago
USDA
Chicago butter and eggs market steady with steady receipts
Butter and eggs in Chicago hold steady as two day receipts reach 1,292,033 for butter and 26,730 for eggs. Wholesale buying prices unchanged with grade AA 68.92, A 67.75, B 65.25 and C 64.50 for butter. eggs show U S extras 0.00, mediums 34, standards 34 with current receipts 31 and dirties 30.
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Chicago
U.S
Weather Outlook for Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa
Weather record from the U S department of commerce reports for Wisconsin mostly cloudy with scattered thundershowers east and central portions tonight cooler northwest to night Tuesday cloudy to partly cloudy and cooler with scattered thundershowers extreme southeast in the afternoon for Minnesota partly cloudy and cooler with scattered showers and thunderstorms northeast tonight Tuesday partly cloudy cooler southeast for Iowa partly cloudy northwest scattered showers and thundershowers east and south tonight Tuesday partly cloudy and cooler
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Livestock Market Reports Swift & Co Prices
The hog cattle calf and lamb markets showed steady to strong activity with price ranges for different weights and grades. Hogs ranged from 18.00 to 20.25 for good to choice, cattle prime 32.00-34.50 and cows 21.50-23.50, calves 19.00-37.00, lambs 15.00-24.50 and ewes 4.00-10.00.
River Forecast Hastings to Guttenberg Sees Minor Rise
The forecast covers Hastings to Guttenberg with no major stage changes over the next two days. Slight rises are expected at dam tailwaters from Alma to Dresbach, inclusive, while tributaries remain steady.
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Hastings
Guttenberg
Alma
Dresbach
Damage Suit Heard In Circuit Court
Paule E Dunn of 524 S 17th St sues Robert Osweiler of 2003 Charles St in La Crosse Circuit Court for 1500 dollars damages from a January 15 1951 collision at Cass and 15th Streets. Jury includes Stella Johnson Oscar J Ramlo Fern Mattox Bernice Jahimik Bernice Ja hiamk Albert Leisang Freda Instenes Marguerite Walters Ida Spika Louis W Weigel Myron Berg George Gensch Theodore Kremer.
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Paule
E. Dunn
S. 17Th St
Robert Osweiler
Charles Sr
la Crosse
Dunn
Osweiler
Cass and
15Th Sts
Lincoln Neprud
Stella Johnson
Oscar J. Ramlo
Fern Mattox
Bernice
European Defense Community links to North Atlantic aims
Acheson noted the European Defense Community Treaty in Paris and arranged with the President to brief the Senate. The EDC would bring West Germany under NATO as an indirect military ally alongside France Italy and the Low Countries. Acheson returns from Europe and will address the nation by radio and TV tonight.
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West Germany
Germany
Acheson
Paris
Senate
Numerous Traffic Crashes Hurt Camp McCoy Soldiers
A string of late night and early morning crashes involve Camp McCoy personnel across La Crosse and surrounding areas. Sgt. James O. Parnell and Pvt. Kenneth Penn suffered severe injuries in a high speed wreck near Dakota, with Parnell’s leg fractured and Penn sustaining multiple fractures. Other injuries include a boy hit at Fourth and Main, a Bangor incident, and a Sparta collision. Police and sheriff investigators mapped blame, with foggy conditions noted in Burns Township and a wide range of vehicle damages reported.
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George Kroner
Cameron Ave
Zoerb
Camp McCoy
Dakota
Minn
James O. Parnell
210St Engineer Combat Battalion
Parnell
Winona
Kenneth R. Penn
Penn
Winona County
Da‘kota
la Crosse County
John Horstman
Burns Township
Chester H. Tizupek
Tizupek
Checker
Roy W. Krammer
la Crosse
Margery Schaller
Bangor
Eurgene
Schaller
Elmer F. Blaschke
Francis Hewuse
Onalaska Ave
Fourth
Fred Lemke
S. 26Th St
Nouth
Main
Clarence Fox
Topeka
Kans
Fox
Paul Boucher
Boucher
Sparta
David L. Elford
Dorothy Post
Manston
Oliver Sessna
Wisconsin Street
Page
Tomah
U.S. Highway 12
James E. Quinta
Roman Lamberty
Quinta
Lamberty
Ed Ripley
Daniel Uhlick
Roger Young
Year Around Fishing Seen On 2 Streams
MADISON The State Conservation Congress recommended year around fishing for walleyes and northerns in the Wolf and Rock rivers, excepting Lake Winnebago and Wisconsin and Chippewa Rivers. Debate over motor trolling and limited changes loom as delegates review inland water regulations and prepare for deer discussions tonight.
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Madison
State Conservation Congress
Lake Winnebago
Wisconsin
Chippewa
Edward Schneberger
Congress
Winnebago
Big Green Lake
Ideer
Steelworkers strike spreads after court ruling
USW walked out April 29 after a federal judge halted a looming steel strike. Murray urged industry wage talks based on the wage stabilization board plan. Mills in Gary, Youngstown, and Chicago saw worker withdrawals as executives offered no negotiation contact.
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Utes
Murray
Vario
United Steelworkers
Wage Stabilization Board
Gary
Ind
Youngstown
Chicago
Truman
Steel
White House
WSB
USW
Supreme Court
Ben Moreell
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Pine
Tony Canzaro
Pittsburgh
Walter Klis
Weinberg Pleads Innocent on Atom Spy Ring Charges
Joseph W. Weinberg pleads innocent to lying to the House Un-American Activities Committee about Communist ties. Trial set for Oct. 3. Weinberg, a World War II UC radiation lab worker involved in atomic bomb research, had bond cut from $10 000 to $5 000 on attorney Myron G. Ehrlich’s motion.
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Washington
Joseph W. Weinberg
House Un-American Activities Committee
Weinberg
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Myron G. Ehrlich
James R. Kirkland
Federal workforce reaches 2 380 770 workers
Washington reports as of April 1 there were 2 380 770 people employed by the federal government. Of that total 1 104 083 or 47 percent were veterans or relatives with veteran-preference. The nine months prior count was 2 312 988.
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Washington
The
Civil Service Commission
May brings 69 marriage licenses issued in county
Prospective June brides kept the county clerk’s office busy in May as 69 marriage license applications were issued. The May total more than doubled April’s 31 and was the year's highest month so far, though not a record.
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Esther M. Domke
Army Struck Boy Disappears Again
John Arzoomanian a 13 year old Bronx boy who ran off to see a general disappeared again. His father Khosrow Arzoomanian says the youth is obsessed with the Army and Eisenhower who arrived in Washington yesterday. Police report missing items a wooden rifle an army uniform a duffel bag and about 40 dollars. The boy had been found earlier at a Washington bus station on May 13 after a prior trip.
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New York
John Arzoomanian
Washington
John
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Khosrow Arzoomanian
Bronx
Arzoomanian
Washestes
How They Voted on Recent Roll Calls in Congress
Washington report lists Wisconsin members' votes in Senate and House on foreign aid and wage price controls. Key roll calls include passage of a $6.7 billion foreign aid bill 64 to 10 in the Senate with McCarthy voting for, Wiley not voting, and a House approval of about $6.16 billion in foreign aid 245 to 110 after large reductions, with multiple names noted among the voting members.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Congress
Senate
Welker
McCarthy
Wiley
House
Truman
Bret
Okomak Sai —Davis
J Vanpelt
Natal May Break With South Africa Amid Constitutional Crisis
Natal in the union's eastern coast emergency threatens to quit the Union of South Africa over a constitution crisis. Pro British Natal officials warn civil war if the move is pressed, while government spokesmen call it anti national propaganda. Provincial Council to vote on a new convention to reaffirm the 1910 constitution.
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Durban
South Africa
Natal
South African Storm Center
Union of South Africa
Thas
Seaboard
Daniel Malan
Malan
Council
Union
Act of Union
Cape Province
Transvaal
Orange Free State
Public welcome to general and wife near landing area
A large crowd, about a thousand, gathered beyond troops at the landing area. Some wore Ike campaign buttons and a light applause flavored the scene as the defense department limited remarks to military matters and a modest reception for the general and his wife.
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Defense Department
McCarthy Tax Payments Detail Senate Run
Milwaukee Sentinel reports Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy paid a 1951 state income tax of 3456 on a total income of 56921.86 with sources including Senate salary dividends and gains from assets. The return lists stock in Seaboard Airline Railroad bought in 1948 for 24964.30 and sold for 60575.80, aided by a Bureau of Internal Revenue auditor.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee Sentinel
Joseph McCarthy
the Sentinel
Mc Mcarthy
Senate
Seaboard Airline Railroad
McCathy
McCarthy
Bureau of Internal Revenue
State Tax Department
Steel Dispute Delays Postal Paychecks Nationwide
The steel seizure dispute in Congress halts payrolls for about 400000 postal workers and other federal staff. Legislation to fund the Post Office Department and related agencies through June 30 is stalled in a conference committee over a Senate provision restricting use of special appropriations for seized private property. Paydays for Small Defense Plants Administration and Railroad Retirement Board staff are also delayed for work after May 15.
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Washington
Congress
Post Office Department
House of Congress
Postal Service
House
Senate
Small Defense Plants Administration
Railroad Retirement Board
Alger Hiss Trial Delayed To Thursday For Appeal
Alger Hiss whose appeal for a new trial on grounds he was framed by a counterfeit typewriter was postponed from Monday to Thursday. Hearing before Federal Judge Henry W Goddard and Judge John F McGahey set. Hiss serving a five year term at Lewisburg Federal Prison after a 1950 perjury conviction.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Henry W. Goddard
John F. X. McGahey
Hiss
Lewisburg
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Fendant
White House
Statler Hotel
Eisen
Hower
Washington
National Airport
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Eisenhower Announces Retirement From Army Service
The Army said on Monday that General Dwight D. Eisenhower will retire Tuesday at his own request and stop drawing his 19 542 a year in military pay and allowances. Retirement will free him from the Army rule against officers taking active part in politics and enable him to campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
La Crosse Tribune Notice of Postal Admission June 23 1904
The La Crosse Tribune announces its entry as second class matter at the La Crosse Wisconsin post office on June 23 1904 under the 1879 act.
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