Truman Says Stalin A Prisoner Of Politburo In Berkeley Address
President Truman, aboard the presidential train en route to Berkeley, said Soviet leader Stalin is a decent man but a prisoner of the Politburo who cannot keep agreements due to Moscow's hardliners. He planned a major foreign policy speech at UC Berkeley on peace prospects, spoke casually to townspeople, and noted ongoing flood damage assessments in Oregon with promised federal aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Philip Fleming
Federal Works
Vanport
Ore
Julius Krug
Secretary of Interior
T. D. Weaver
Army Engineers
Berkeley
Calif
Joe” Stalin
Joe
Politburo
University of California At Berkeley
Russia
United States
Stalin
Eugene
Potsdam
Joe Stalin
University of California
California
Oregon
Taft Attacks Truman Over Congress Session
Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft accused President Truman of attacking Congress at a Philadelphia speech urging adjournment. Taft said Truman’s conduct harms representative government and risks aiding fascists by discrediting Congress, urging voters to decide in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Robert A. Taft
Truman
Sesk
Congress
West
Ohio Republican
GOP
Taft
Weather outlook for La Crosse area
Partly cloudy and cool tonight and Sunday. Lows around 54 tonight with a high near 76 Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Firestone Co Gives Pay Hike Across Eight Cities
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co raised hourly pay by 11 cents for 23 000 workers in eight cities under a company wide contract with CIO United Rubber Workers. The deal runs to March 1, 1950 and covers Akron Memphis Potts Towns Fal River Mass Los Angeles Noblesville and Newcastle Des Moines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Firestone
CIO United Rubber Workers
CIO
United Electrical Workers
General Electric Company
Wisconsin Republicans Strongly Back State Endorsement at Convention
Wisconsin GOP delegates heard Harvey Higley urge endorsement of nominees for state offices at the annual convention. He said the move would inform voters and favored a Sunday session to decide. Governor Rennebohm showed interest while Progressive resistance and caucuses threatened to oppose the endorsement plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Voluntary Republican Organization of Wisconsin
Harvey Higley
Lkely
Higley
Ralph M. Immell
Madison
Rennebohm
Immell
Schuman May Ask For Confidence Vote
Paris Premier Robert Schuman’s government may seek a formal confidence note on its foreign policy amid criticism from Communists and De Gaullists as the national assembly prepares to resume debate on approving a six nation western Germany agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Robert Schuman
de Gaullists
National Assembly
Germany
Judge Dorsey Dies at 77 in Atlanta Hospital
Judge Hugh Manson Dorsey aged 77 and a former two term governor of Georgia died in a private hospital yesterday. He was first elected governor in 1917 and re elected for a second term in 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Hugh Manson Dorsey
Georgia
Truman Orders injunction to halt all coast maritime strike
President Truman authorized the justice department to seek an injunction under the Taft Hartley act to prevent an all coast maritime strike set for Tuesday. He said he was following the law as of the deadline. The move was announced as he arrived in Berkeley for a foreign policy speech at the University of California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Senator Styles Bridges
R-Nh
van Horn
Knoxville
Tenn
George C. Taylor
Oak Ridge
Frank J Taylor
Berkeley
Calif
Truman
Justice Department
Washington
Charles G. Ross
John R. Steelman
Clark
University of California
Band Plays Concert In Myrick On Sunday
The La Crosse Concert Band will present the first concert of the summer RK series Sunday at 3 p m in Myrick Park. The event offers a community musical outing with a local ensemble performing for residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrick
Myrick Park
la Crosse
Badger Group Owens Meeting for Wisconsin Catholic Order of Foresters
More than 600 delegates gather today for the Wisconsin state convention of the Catholic Order of Foresters in La Crosse sponsored by Marquette-Carroll court No. 395. The event runs through Monday with masses, processions, sessions, a banquet, entertainment, and a solemn requiem mass at St John’s church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Catholic Order of Foresters
Marquette-Carroll Court No. 395
la Crosse
Bishop Treacy
Convention
St. Joseph's Cathedral
John P. Treacy
Robert Scott
Beranek
E. G. Woehrmann
Chamber of Commerce
VFW Club
A. H. Schubert
John E. McCabe
George W. Crowns
Boy Ranger
la Crosse Court
Casey
Sylvia Cobb
S. John’s Church
Robert B. Condon
Truce in Palestine Faces Violations Claims
Arab governments warn of quick action if Zionist attacks persist while Jewish leaders threaten reprisals. Count Bernadotte and aides depart Cairo en route to Rhodes to plan peace talks as both sides accuse each other of truce breaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folke Bernadotte
Sweden
Palestine
Haifa
Holy Land
Cairo
Arab League
United Nations
Folke Pornmepend
Bernadotte
Rhodes
Trans-Jordan
Jerusalem
Belief of 200 Dead in Danish Steamer Sinking
About 200 people were believed drowned when the 1,668 ton passenger steamer Kjoebenhavn hit a war mine and sank in ten minutes near Kattegat while en route from Copenhagen to Aalborg in Denmark. A full count was underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aalborg
Denmark
Kjoebenhavn
Kattegat
Copenhagen
Byrnes Warns Liberty at Risk as GOP Targets November
Madison congressman John W. Byrnes keynotes Wisconsin Republican convention, arguing the Truman administration has lost faith in representative government and asserting the party’s 80th Congress achieved decisive foreign and domestic gains. He warns liberty is under attack from paternalism and executive power, and praises GOP accomplishments while backing Rennebohm for state office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
John W. Byrnes
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Byrnes
Oscar Rennebohm
Republican Party
Republican Congress
U. S
Congress
Council Sends Beach Project To Committee
North side aldermen oppose a 70 000 bond for a bath house as plans remain incomplete. The measure was sent back to committee for reconsideration while other road and airport bonds were approved and a market square food display amendment was referred to committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Side Beach
Bath House
Emil Schultz
Walter Roth
J. C. Houska
Harry Newburg
Grant Thrune
North Side
Warren Smith
A. R. Kempter
Houska
Schultz
Harold Eeg
la Crosse and
Southeastern Railroad
15Th Place
16Th Street
Eeg
21St Ward
Board of Education
Jefferson School
Ward Avenue
Council
Truman vetoes bill shielding rail rate agreements from anti trust laws
President Truman vetoed the Bulwinkle bill for the second time. It would exempt ICC approved railroad rate agreements from anti trust laws, allowing carriers to confer on rates if sanctioned by the ICC. He called the proposal a dangerous departure from regulated competition. The measure faced strong opposition from the Justice Department and urged support from railroad interests and shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Interstate Commerce Commission
Senate Today
Congress
Justice Department
ICC
National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
Fariey
Deputies Search Woods for Chicago Slain Mother's Child
Twenty five Juneau county deputies scoured near Rocky Arbor park to locate Janice Hoffman two years old, child of Mollie Dora Hoffman murdered in Chicago. Authorities believe the baby may be missing with the family after the mother's death. Police noted blood stains at the Hoffman home and questioned husband John Hoffman as a person of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maulton
Wis
Juneau County
Rocky Arbor
Janice
Chicago
Mollie Dora Hoffman
Charles Curran
Mauston
Hoffman
Wisconsin Dells
Curran
Bobby
John Hoffman
Joe Zimmer
Roberts
John Dougherty
Gerald Hiesil
Rocky Arbor Park
Manston
Man
St. Paul
Park
Wis Curran
Hoffmn
Chicago Crime Laboratory
Russians Block Food and Coal For Berlin Western Sectors
Berlin reports say Soviet rail embargo halts food and coal shipments to 2,000,000 Germans and 25,000 Western troops and civilians. U S and British officials question motive, noting potential long term hardship and possible aim to force Western powers from the city. Trains halted at Helmstedt Marienborn border point amid Western objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U. S
Helmstedt-Marienborn
Air ferry could be reinstated to aid Berlin
General Lucius D. Clay said he would reopen the Frankfurt Berlin air ferry if needed to deliver supplies to Germans and Americans in the U S sector. The airlift was used during the Soviet engineered transportation crisis last April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Frankfurt
Hijacked Harmony Butter Truck Is Found Burning
The Harmony Minnesota butter truck hijacked last Monday night was found burning near highway 45, less than 500 feet from where driver Ernest Folsom said he was released after 10 hours with five hijackers. The $13,000 truck carried $21,000 in cargo and was owned by White Motor Transport. FBI agents pursue the five suspects across Wisconsin Illinois and Indiana as witnesses identify the hijackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenosha
Wis
Harmony
Minn
Ernest Folsom
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Highway 45
Alvin Weinke
Bristol
Middleton
Madison
Chicago
FBI
Folsom
White Motor Transport Company
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Firestone Co
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
Briggs Manufacturing Company
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers’ Welfare Fund
Bridges
Uroes
By John Wyngaard
Tribune
David A. Morse
Labor
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Secretary of
Schuman
Dorsey
Badger Group
Owens Meeting
The
Uni
Helmstedt
Frank Howley
U.S. Army
By Richard Kasischke
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!