New England Politicians in the Truman Cabinet
Washington reports New England figures shaping Truman's administration Attorney General J Howard McGrath and Labor Secretary Maurice A Tobin emerge from Rhode Island and Massachusetts respectively McGrath at 46 led the 1948 Truman Barkley campaign Tobin 48 rose from Boston mayor to cabinet post as labor appeal An outline notes Dean Acheson from Connecticut and labor policy influence by John R Steelman Both men Catholics and long-time politicians with varied war service records.
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Washington
New England
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Labor
Maurice A. Tobin
Dean Acheson
Connecticut
Harvard Law School
McGrath
Tobin
Rhode Island
Boston
Massachusetts
Akron
John R. Steelman
40 Hour Week Urged For Rail Yard Workers
A presidential board urged a 40 hour work week and an 18 cent hourly pay rise for about 75 000 railroad yard service employees and denied higher pay for 125 000 trainmen and conductors. The recommendation to take effect Oct 1 follows a 48 hour week and faces 30 day negotiations under the railway labor act.
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Washington
Presidential Board
Emergency Board
Truman
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors
Chicago
County Board Discusses Salaries and County Needs
La Crosse supervisors at their June meeting approved salary raises for probation officials Miss Guilliaume and Miss Sprain with funds shifted from department budgets. A merit system proposal for pension staff was endorsed but with questions on federal and state aid and overall taxpayer effect. The board also funded a $1,250 survey for La Crosse school district boundaries and surroundings.
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McGilvary
Jackson Street
Shelby
Minnette Sprain
Eugenie Guilliaume
Miss Guilliaume
Miss Sprain
Hwever
Child Guidance Clinic
Pension Department
United States
Wisconsin
County Public Assistance Department
Peter Pappas
Harold Evjen
Pappas
Walter Affeldt
George Schneeberger
John Ward
Finance Committee
Affeldt
Schneeberger
Liss Sprain
la Crosse
Ona
Lee County
Caledonia Pilot Lloyd Heintz Dies In Plane Crash
Lloyd Heintz a 42 year old Caledonia road material contractor is killed instantly when his Piper Cub crashes six miles east of Caledonia after 2:35 p m. Heintz kept a private pilot license and had about 300 to 40 hours of flight time. Eyewitnesses say engine misfired and Heintz attempted to clear wires before diving into a pasture. The crash injuries and wreckage are under investigation by sheriff deputies and a civil aeronautics board inspector. He is survived by his wife two sons two brothers and one sister. Funeral services set for Saturday at Blaschke's in Caledonia.
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Lloyd Heintz
Caledonia
Lloyd Mulling
Heintz
Minn
John Potter
Houston
Mulling
Anthony H. Christman
Ken Reed
Fanta-Reed Air Service, Inc
la Crosse
Reed
Donald
Gerald
Ight
Erling
Everett
Harris Omodt
Beryl Kerrigan
Harold Hopper
Potter
Civil Aeronautics Board
Blaschke
Calvary Cemetery
Mildred Guillaume
Stuhldreher Quits As UW Athletic Director
Harry S. Stuhldreher resigns as University of Wisconsin athletic director effective Oct. 1 after 12 years in the post. Guy Sundt named successor with a $9,500 annual salary. Stuhldreher departs to join United States Steel Corp. with long service noted by university leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuhldreher
Madison
Wis
Harry S. Stuhldreher
University of Wisconsin
University Board of
United States Steel Corp
Guy Sundt
Regents
E. B. Fred
Fred
Ivan Williamson
Lafayette College
Notre Dame University
Knute Rock
Clash in Peru leaves Arequipa seized and ablaze
In Arequipa Peru a two day revolt left at least 40 dead with rebels capturing city hall military HQ airport and radio station before government troops moved in to crush the uprising Censorship was lifted and authorities said the unrest was confined to Arequipa with many wounded and arrests reported
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Lima
Peru
Arequipa
Local Weather for La Crosse Area
Mostly cloudy today and tonight with occasional local thunder showers. Friday clears and cools. Low tonight 65 and high Friday 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Census Trends Show Population Shift From Rural Wisconsin
AP reports preliminary census figures from 45 of Wisconsin's 71 counties show a move toward industrial areas with 23 counties down from 1940 and 22 up. Milwaukee Sheboygan Rock Marathon and Douglas counties list notable absences as larger cities gain residents and rural counties lose. Waukesha County bucks the trend with a 22 932 increase to 85 676 residents reflecting its long standing cow county image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Sheboygan
Rock Marathon
Douglas
Crense
Madison
Racine
Kenosha
Brown
la Crosse
Winnebego
Eau Claire
Ontagamie
Air France C-54 Crashes Twice Over Persian Gulf
A four engine Air France C-54 crashed into the Persian Gulf near Bahrein while en route from Indochina to Paris. Forty of 52 aboard feared dead with 12 rescued including four crew. A sister ship crashed two days earlier nearby. Officials suspect sabotage possible, search by sea and air under bad weather conditions.
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Bahrein Island
Persian Gulf
Air France
Gulf
Indochina
Paris
Saigon
Karachi
Pakistan
Bahrein
Saudi Arabia
Communications Union Expelled From CIO Unit
The CIO executive board voted 35 to 2 to expel the Ameri c Communications association ACA from the CIO on charges it followed the Communist party line. The committee found ACA pursued torturous paths of the Communist party for years. Similar action may be taken against the Fur and Leather Workers.
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Washington
CIO
Americ Communications Association
ACA
Communist Party
ACRA
Lre
Fur and Leather Workers
Fen Gold
Triplets Born in Two Philadelphia Area Families within 24 Hours
In Norristown and Philadelphia a second set of triplets arrived within hours. Mrs Charles Testa welcomed a girl at four minutes to midnight weighing four pounds twelve ounces and two boys at 12:35 and 12:57 a m weighing five pounds ten ounces and six pounds. At Metropolitan hospital Philadelphia Mrs James Dundon and her three new children were reported doing fine.
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Norristown
Philadelphia
Charles Testa
Metropolitan Hospital
James Dundon
State Department urged to fire aliens abroad
Senators Green and Lodge call for replacing all aliens at U S embassies and consulates overseas with Americans for security. Officials say 5 000 to 6 000 aliens work abroad in non secret roles and will be studied for possible replacement. They contrast with Soviet staffed posts and cite a London Russian worker flown to Russia for surgery.
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Washington
State Department
Green
D-Ri
Lodge
R-Mass
Europe
Department
Senate
Green and Lodge
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Paris
Frankfurt
New York
Green-Lodge
Soviet Union
London
Russia
Grand Jury Clears U S On Amerasia Case
A federal grand jury in New York cleared government officials and agencies of shortcomings in the Amerasia stolen documents case. It urged a detailed DOJ report while indicting William Remington for perjury and Judith Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev on espionage charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amerasia
Department of Justice
William W. Remington
Commerce Departement
Judith Coplon
Valentin Gubitchev
Change Mail Service On 2 Trains Here
Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak announced that starting Monday a closed pouch plan will replace railway post office service on two North Western trains between Elroy Wisconsin and Mankato Mann. Trains 508 and 501 will no longer carry mail cars except for the Elroy Mankato section. mail will be handled at intermediate post offices.
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Wenzel M. Dvorak
North Western
Elroy
Wis
Mankato
Mann
la Crosse
Winona
West Germany Joins Council of Europe
West Germany agreed on Thursday to join the Council of Europe, a body of representatives from non Communist governments. The Bonn move aligns West Germany with Western European allies and signals broader postwar European integration.
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West Germany
Council of Europe
Bonn
Germany
Upper Iowa River Rampages Through Croplands and Highways
Heavy rains across northeastern Iowa flooded croplands and swelled the Upper Iowa River, washing out large sections of Highway 13 connecting Waukon to Bjitzen Minnesota. Counties in Iowa and western Wisconsin reported flooding and rising rivers with New Albin noting its river at a recent peak. Officials warned farmers of potential losses as islands and low lands flooded, while some property damage occurred from a barn fire near McGregor and a washed out dike near Dorchester.
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Iowa
Waukon
Bjitzen
Minn
Winneshiek
Allamakee
Clayton
Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien
New Albin
Mississippi River
Allamakee County
Waterloo
Bear
New Galena
Dorchester
Minnesota
Caledonia
Winona
McGregor
Herman Allert
Youth's body recovered after river drowning near La Crosse
The body of 19 year old Arlie Anderson of 713 Copeland avenue was recovered at 2 05 p m Wednesday about two and a half hours after he drowned in the Black River near the municipal dock. Anderson and Gary Graff 15 of 71312 Copeland avenue were in a hunting skiff when it capsized near Hagar street. Graff swam to shore while Anderson reportedly swam within 100 feet of shore and cried for help before sinking. Deputy Mark Hewitt and Jailer Harry Mueller located the body with a grappling hook in about 25 feet of water one half block north of the dive site. The body was taken to Muscoda for funeral services and burial.
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la Crosse
Black River
Arlie Anderson
Copeland Avenue
Anderson
Gary Graff
Hagar Street
Graff
Sheriff’s
Mark Hewitt
Harry Mueller
Sheriff’s Department
Mueller
Hewitt
Muscoda
Wis
The Changing South An Era Of Progress
The Changing South reports major industrial and economic shifts across southern states. A AP writer Ben Price notes a revolutionary process, with the Negro gaining dignity in citizenship amid intense conflict. Starts in The La Crosse Tribune Friday.
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South
Associated Press
Ben Price
la Crosse Tribune
Parks Denied Permission To Start Flights
The civil aeronautics board refused to authorize Parks Air Lines to begin service on Midwest feeder routes. A reopened case after Parks failed to start service kept the decision pending. The board's letter to Parks's president said no start is allowed at this time despite plans and financing for six cities.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Parks Air Lines, Inc
Midwest
Parks
Joseph O’connell, Jr
Oliver L. Parks
East St. Louis
Ill
Ozark Air Lines
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Four Horsemen
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Villanova
Leid
Drew Pearson
Onsen
U.S
Grand Jury
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Trempealeat
Dresbach
A. D. Saniel
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Prairie
Iowa River
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