Senate seeks Forrestal diary in Amerasia case probe
Senate investigators push to subpoena the diary of James Forrestal amid claims he may have urged delaying arrests in the Amerasia matter. The request comes as a grand jury inquiry in New York and broader calls for a full investigation test tensions over national security in wartime and postwar policy.
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Knowland
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Senate
Amerasia
Defense
James Forrestal
Forrestal
Naval Hospital
Here
White House
New York
Senator Capehart
Rind
Justice Department
Capehart
Senate Foreign Relations
Archibald van Beuren
Office of Strategic Services
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
United States
James V. Forrestal
Kohler Leads On Initial Ballot Seen
Wisconsin Republican delegates at the state convention in Milwaukee anticipate a fluid race for governor with Gordon Bubolz Walter J Kohler Jr and Harvey Higley contending. Kohler is expected to win the most first ballot votes though Higley backs him strongly and Bubolz trails.
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Wis
Republican Party Workers of
Wisconsin
State House
Rennebohm endorses capable rivals for Wisconsin governor
Wisconsin Governor Rennebohm says GOP aspirants for governor possess the experience and talent to carry on honest efficient state government. He will not run and names Harvey Higley as a potential successor while urging delegates to pick a candidate who can complete unfinished tasks.
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Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Harvey Higley
Marinette
Senator McCarthy Attacks Acheson at Wisconsin Rally
Senator Toe McCarthy accused Dean Acheson of aiding Red China and Red Poland and urged President Truman to demand Acheson’s resignation. He claimed Acheson and his department were failing national policy and demanded immediate removal.
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Toe McCarthy
Wisconsin
Truman
Dean Acheson
McCarthy Party
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American
Foreign Policy Department
Dean G. Acheson
China
Poland
Republican Party
Torpedo Bomber Down Off Cape Henry During Training
A Grunman torpedo bomber with three crew is down about 70 miles east of Cape Henry in the Atlantic during anti submarine drills. Four planes from Norfolk Naval Air Station’s composite squadron 24 are conducting a massive air and surface search. At 11:25 p.m. CST the group reported a submarine in the area and one aircraft had gone down. the USS Tigrone relayed the SOS to the air station.
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Norfolk
Atlantic
Cape Henry
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Tigrone
La Crosse Weather Outlook Tonight and Saturday
Fair and cooler tonight with a low around 52. Saturday will be generally fair and quite mild with a high near 70. This forecast covers La Crosse and vicinity.
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la Crosse
Truman Urges Continued Foreign Spending At Commencement
President Truman told 15 000 to 20 000 rain soaked listeners in Columbia Missouri that the United States must keep spending abroad to bolster allies against internal subversion and external attack by Russia. He spoke at the university graduation ceremony where he received an honorary doctor of laws and was named an honorary Phi Beta Kappa member. The remarks stressed unity with Marshall Plan nations and a strong western alliance.
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Truman
United States
Russia
J. F. Judkins
Phi Beta Kappa
Kansas City School of Law
Western
Europe
Pesident
B 29 Shot Down by Its Own Guns During Drill
A United States B-29 crashed flaming into the North Sea off Norfolk after gunfire from its own 50 caliber machines struck the outboard engine during a gunnery run. Eleven crewmen abandoned the aircraft. four were rescued, three recovered dead, and four remain missing as rescue operations continue. Surviving crews are in hospitals.
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3Rd Air Division
Norfolk
Air Force
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Calif
Great Yarmouth
England
Hoover Warns Communists Underground in U S
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told a Senate subcommittee that American Communists are going underground with intensified activity in strategic industries. He warned 1949 saw no party membership cards and outlined covert networks, couriers, and secret leadership formation for future underground operations.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Congress
U. S
United States
FBI
Hoover
Communist Party
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
California
Michigan
Senate
Tornado scare hits La Crosse area with line squall damage
A localized line squall around 1 am Friday brought high winds to La Crosse and Monroe County. Trees and buildings were damaged, power and phone lines disrupted, and rain totals reached nearly an inch in La Crosse and over an inch in Sparta. Fire crews cleared debris from Konour grocery and other structures as roofs and porches were blown off. The line tracked from the river area to the northeast near the fair grounds, with the strongest damage near 11th Street West Avenue Cass Street and surrounding blocks.
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Monroe County
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Fairgrounds
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Pine Streets
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24Th Streets
Crowley Place
Konour
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Market Streets
Peter Nelson and Son
Presbyterian Church
Recommend Civic Center As Auditorium Location
The mayor's auditorium committee unanimously backs the civic center site for the Mary E. Sawyer auditorium. The common council must decide on the building type and land acquisition, with council action likely to set the construction timetable. The council has already bought several parcels on the city hall block for off street parking and will consider exact site bounds. A housing referendum, defeated Tuesday, will be reviewed Friday by the canvassing board to gauge aldermen' s response to the advisory vote.
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Mayor's Auditorium
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Vine Streets
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Vine
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la Crosse
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Badger
Pine Streets
Senator Cain Blocks Rent Control Vote
Senator Cain of Washington blocked a bid to set a date for a Senate vote on extending rent control beyond June 30 and launched into a full filibuster against the measure.
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Cain
Washington
Wash
Senate
Johnson’s hard line rattles Washington in Truman era row
Defense Secretary Louis A Johnson proclaims the United States ready to lick Russia on an hour’s notice at a University of Virginia Alumni event. The remark comes amid cautious White House talk of peace feelers and a McMahon peace crusade proposal. Johnson’s aggressive moves earlier, including mass civilian layoffs and budget shifts, sparked congressional probes and resignations, fueling public doubt about defense information.
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Washington
Truman
Defense
Louis Arthur Johnson
Johnson
University of Virginia
United States
Russia
Joe Stalin
White House
State Department
McMahon
Conn
W. Stuart Symington
Red Air Force
Defense Department
Delegates Thump For Gop Candidates In Milwaukee
Delegates pour into Milwaukee for the Wisconsin Republicans convention as Walter Kohler Jr Gordon Bubolz and Harvey Higley vie for governor with Kohler seen as the front runner. Preconvention energy runs high with chairmen meeting and delegates loudly backing their favorites. The retirement of Gov Rennebohm is viewed as benefiting the GOP amid a rising Democratic challenge.
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Richland Center
Everett Yerly
Third District
Kohler
Yerly
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
State Department flags McCarthy speech misstatements
The State Department said Senator McCarthy repeated in Milwaukee several typical misstatements from an earlier address. It promised a point by point analysis in due course and an analysis of his latest Senate speech on charges of pro communism in the department, likely issued late Friday.
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State Department
Senate
Amerasia
FBI
OSS
New York
Naval Intelligence
Capehart
Indianapolis
Justice Department
Washington
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Milwaukee
McCarthy Targets Democrats and Reds in Rally Speech
Senator Joseph McCarthy assailed the Democratic Party and federal officials as he linked the administration to aiding Soviet aims. He urged action now to counter communism, warned Republicans would press the issue after the next election, and claimed informants inside the State Department corroborated his charges.
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