Coast Figures Bristle After Link With Reds
Sacramento reports show the California un American activities committee named hundreds as Communist appeasers or followers including Harry Bridges and Hugh Bryson. Celebrities such as Charles Chaplin and Katharine Hepburn deny any Communist ties while others pledge loyalty to America. The assembly panel meanwhile defeated a Tenney bill to bar indoctrination of students with non American government ideas.
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Sacramento
Calif
California un-American Activities Committee
Jack Tenney
Los Angeles
CIO
Harry Bridges
Hugh Bryson
Independe Progressive Party
CIO Marine
Sinatra
John Huston
Tenney
Katharine Hepburn
Gregory Peck
Gene Kelly
California Assembly Education Committee
Mariners Gallant Amid Conflicting Want Ads
Two conflicting Want Ads in the New Rochelle paper stirred marine readers, a husband offering the family boat for sale and a wife pleading not to sell. The humorous clash drew attention as readers acted, while a Tribune room-for-rent offer followed with contact details.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Tribune
Isotopes Sent Abroad Tied to Germ War Research Claims
Senate House atomic energy hearings focus on radioactive isotopes shipped to foreign countries and their possible use in germ warfare research. Witness Lewis L. Strauss notes no isotopes shipped to Viet nations. discussion spans AEC mismanagement and export policies approved in 1947 under Truman.
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Washington
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Senator Hickenlooper
Iowa
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Lilienthal
Barber May Have Served As A Spy At White Sands
FBI report read in Judith Coplon espionage trial quoted a reliable informant saying a barber at White Sands rocket proving ground was a Soviet spy to obtain secrets. The informant named Eugenio Chavez alias Eugenio Arta and said he could obtain missile data to transmit to the Russian embassy in Mexico.
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Washington
FBI
Judith Coplon
White Sands
N. Mex
Exse
Forussia
Eugenio Chavez
Eugenio Arta
Chavez
Mexico
Communist Party
Juarez
Miss Coplon
Leona Saren
Saren
Valentin Sorokin
Vaili M. Zubilin
Fredric March
March
Florence Eldridge March
Communist Front
Edward G. Robinson
Radio Station WKTY Sale Approved in La Crosse
The La Crosse Tribune Co. wins FCC approval to acquire radio station WKTY La Crosse from Independent Merchants Broadcasting Co. and 11 stockholders for 140000. The transfer becomes effective 30 days after FCC notification. application filed March 21 and 60 day bid window observed.
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WKTY
la Crosse
la Crosse Tribune Co
Federal Communications Commission
Washington, D. C
Independent Merchants Broadcasting Co
FCC
Tribune
Puerto Rico Governor Leads Air Disaster Probe
Gov Luis Munoz Marin personally probes the San Juan plane crash that killed 53. A government spokesman says officials were coordinating actions to prevent repeats. The U S navy reports most wreckage salvaged. 43 bodies recovered, 10 missing, 28 survivors aboard. The charter plane was en route to Miami when it diverted, then crashed four miles west of San Juan after engine trouble.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Luis Munoz Marin
Marin
U. S. Navy
Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Bevin Calls Atlantic Pact Shield Against Soviet Army
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin described the Atlantic pact as a western shield against the Soviet Union’s large military power. He urged firmness without war and praised the 12 nation alliance as a major step in collective security at the Labor party conference marking its 50th anniversary.
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Blackpool
Eng
Ernest Bevin
Russia
Bevin
Labor Party
Soviet Union
Assembly Passes Controlled Deer Hunt With Local Option
The Wisconsin assembly approved 83 to 11 a bill for controlled deer hunting with a local option amendment giving counties power to designate hunt areas and rules. The measure preserves county boards with three congress reps and appointees from conservation and forestry divisions. The bill, passed in the senate earlier, is sent back for concurrence on the amendment.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Assembly
The
Conservation Commission
Senate
State Conservation Congress
Congress
Conservation Department
Adams
Marinette
Marquette
Oconto
Outagamie
Sengstock
Catlin
Appleton
Travis
Lewis Orders One Week Shutdown Of Coal Mines
Washington reports bitter Senate reaction as John L. Lewis orders a seven day coal mine shutdown amid Taft Hartley law repeal debate. Lawmakers debate injunction powers while Lewis claims repeal delays and denunciations from Murray and Green intensify political clashes. Taft responds cautiously noting slight improvement in injunction prospects.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Jnes
Capitol
Senate
Philip Murray
CIO
William Green
AFL
Murray
Green
UMW
Taft
Ohio
Stabilizing Period Decreed By UMW Chief
The United Mine Workers with 450000 members begin a week long strike to press Lewis on overproduction and industry instability. The walkout aims to reduce stockpiled coal, bolster bargaining power, and influence upcoming contract talks set for June 30.
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UMW
Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Pittsburgh
J. Atlee Schafer
American Retail Coal Association
Cleveland
Charleston
W. Va
Walter R. Thurmond
Southern Producers Association
Atomic Strike Called Off At Oak Ridge Plant
At Oak Ridge Tennessee an eight cents an hour wage increase ended a planned strike by CIO United Chemical Workers and Carbide and Carbon chemicals. About two thousand workers had threatened to strike as the old contract neared expiry, but the new agreement keeps uranium 235 production going. The average wage under the new contract rises to 1.67 dollars per hour.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
CIO
United Chemical Workers
The
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Officials Not Alarmed At Polio Incidence
Washington reports polio cases rising from last year with 1,757 cases to date versus 1,226 in 1948. Health officials insist the trend is not alarming and note the measured intensity depends on counting cases after the spring low point.
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Washington
U. S
U. S. Public Health Service
Weather: La Crosse Area Partly Cloudy Tonight and Friday
Partly cloudy conditions in La Crosse and surrounding area. Warmer conditions on Friday with a low near 60 degrees tonight and a high around 84 degrees tomorrow.
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la Crosse
Wiley To Attend GOP Convention In Wisconsin
U S Senator Alexander Wiley of Chippewa Falls will attend the Wisconsin Republican convention in La Crosse. He will speak at an 8 p m Friday meeting of the Federation of Women Republican clubs. Senator McCarthy may also attend along with other Wisconsin lawmakers.
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U. S
Alexander Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Wisconsin Republican Party
la Crosse
Wayne Hood
Wiley
Hood
State Federation of Women’s Republican Clubs
VFW
Third
Division Streets
McCarthy
Republican convention outlines chairmen and committee picks
District causes will elect chairmen and vice-chairmen in a late morning session and select representatives for credentials rules and order of business permanent organization and resolutions. Rennebohm on program opens afternoon talks with Senator Brewster as committees report before two constitutional amendments are voted on. County chairs host a 6 p m dinner at Hotel Stoddard and county women officials dine at Hotel Linker.
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U. S
Owen Brewster
Maine
Senate
GOP
Oscar Rennebohm
Higley
Henry Ahrens
Rennebohm
Brewster
The
Young Republican Organization
Stoddard
Linker
Expect Soviets To Turn Down Acheson Plan
Paris reports say the Soviet Union likely will refuse Secretary Acheson’s request to lift the Little Blockade of Berlin by Monday. Western officials say an East West trade agreement could be put into effect soon if Berlin rail strikes end and railway management meets strikers’ demands. Informants suggest the Russians seek a trade deal but use the Paris talks as cover to delay.
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Paris
Russia
Dean Acheson
Berlin
Acheson
West
Pioneer Wagon Boosts US Savings Bonds Drive
A replica 1849 covered wagon touring La Crosse promotes the 1949 1.04 billion dollar opportunity savings bond drive. The wagon stops at schools then on Main Street. Thirty wagons nationwide support Cedar City mayor led drive. La Crosse ranks 11th in state sales with county quota 579000 of which 33789 has been subscribed. No bonds are sold at the wagon. sales continue via payroll deductions and banks.
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la Crosse
Main Street
Fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
Gronway R. Parry
Cedar City
Utah
Gysbert van Steenwyk
van Steenwyk
No Fireworks For July 4th
Madison article notes Wisconsin will ban fireworks again on the Fourth of July with children barred from firing any devices. The senate rejected a fireworks sales bill 23 to 6 after approval in the assembly 48 to 26. A 1947 state law banned sales.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Senate
Miller
R-Richland Center
Five Men Named as Spy Source Suppliers by Chambers
Whittaker Chambers identified five men who allegedly supplied him with government documents while he acted as a Soviet spy ring courier. He named Alger Hiss William Ward Pigman Harry Dexter White Vincent Reno and Julian Wadleigh as sources. Pigman denied any dealings with Chambers. White is deceased. Reno was cited as a mathematics expert at Aberdeen proving ground in 1942. Wadleigh had previous mentions at Hiss trials.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
William Ward Pigman
Harry Dexter White
Vincent Reno
Julian Wadleigh
Chambers
Wadleigh
Hiss
State Department
Pigman
Appleton
Wis
U. S. Bureau of Standards
White
the Treasury
Fitzwilliam
N. H
House UN- American Activities Committee
Washington
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Franklin Victor Reno
Aerdeen Proving Ground
Aberdeen
Greek forces abandon two Grammos heights in Civil War
A government communique says Greek national forces abandoned two heights in the Grammos mountains, Prophetelia near Oxya and Theotokos north of the Sarantaporos river. The area has seen some of the bitter fighting in the Greek civil war over the past two years.
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Athens
Grammos
Prophetelias
Oxya
Theotokos
Sarantaporos
Aerial Task Force To Bomb Grasshoppers In Great Plains
A USDA led 30 plane aerial operation will spray chlordane and toxaphene bran over 1 500 000 acres in Wyoming and Montana. The goal is to curb a recurring grasshopper plague that could threaten crops, with costs shared by state, county, and farmers. The operation follows tests near Sheridan showing no harm to game birds, though some sportsmen worry about wildlife.
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Denver
Sheridan
Wyo
Wyoming
Montana
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Plains States
Canadian
Texas
USDA
Dairy Strike Unsettled In Wisconsin Plants
Shawano Wisconsin company and union representatives met with a federal conciliator for two hours Wednesday but failed to reach a settlement in the week long strike at Consolidated Badger Cooperative Dairy plants.
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Shawano
Wis
Consolidated Badgers Cooperative
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