Sweden threatens retaliation after shooting of Swedish boat
Sweden steps up Baltic Sea search for missing DC3 transport plane and deploys jet escorts with orders to fire if attacked after the prior downing of a Swedish flying boat by Soviet MIG fighters. Protesters outside the Russian embassy chant anti Stalin and anti communism slogans as Sweden denounces the attack.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic Sea
Hangoe
Finland
Stalin
Morgen Tidningen
Stockholms-Tidningen
Dagens Nyheter
House approves social security hike amid medical exam fears
The House backed a plan to boost monthly social security payments by five dollars for current and future retirees, with proportional raises for dependents and an earnings cap rise. The bill, costing about 300 million dollars yearly, faced strong pushback from the AMA and Republicans over a disability medical exam provision seen as a step toward socialized medicine. The measure now goes to the Senate after a roll call vote.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rayburn
Ford
R—Mich
Rep. Doughton i
D-Nc
American Medical Association
Oscar Ewing
Rep
Reed
Ewing
Coughton
Steel Strike Deepens War Goods Plant Closures
The two week steel strike cuts deeper into the economy with war munitions plants curtailing output due to steel shortages. About 650,000 CID steelworkers and 100,000 allied workers idle, with layoffs in mining, railroad, and oil industries. Defense plants announce closures. GM and Ford face shut downs without steel. Government and USW seek a plan to resume essential war production.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Supreme Court
Truman
Great Lakes
United Steelworkers
Cleveland
Lempco Products, Inc
Oldsmobile
General Motors
Lansing
Mich
Detroit
Ford Motors Company
General Motors Cadillac
Philip Murray
CIO
USW
Murray
Worcester
Mass
Boston
Pittsfield
Arkansas
Oklahoma
St. Louis
USAF Guarding Acheson Flight To Berlin With Escorts
The United States Air Force will accompany Secretary Acheson on hisBerlin flight with a dozen American jets to counter Russian gunfire risk after recent Baltic shootings. Intelligence flags Baltic Sea as highly strategic with Soviet rocket and missile experiments. Authorities note Russian maneuvers, naval build up, and seizure of fishing boats suspected as spies.
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Baltic
U. S
Acheson
Berlin
Air Force
Baltic Sea
Pennemuende
Warnemuende
Hitler
Russia
United States
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Four Men Admit Involvement in Elroy Area Burglary Ring
One of four men arrested in La Crosse and Richland Center on Monday admitted to detectives that the quartet burglarized Art's Motel near Elroy. They planned to hit Spell's Payless Drugs at 1128 Gillette St. when spotted by police at 1 35 a.m. Two suspects, Loren Blackwell and Wilson Heard of Maywood Illinois, were later held along with Albert George and Alfred Stahl of Illinois. A handgun and other burglary tools were found in the car. Police expect a sheriff’s check before charges.
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la Crosse
Richland Center
Art
Elroy
Spell
Gillette St
Albert George
Chicago
Alfred Stahl
Melrose Park
Inl
Juneau County
Myles Clark
George
Stahl
Donald Schoenfeld
Thomas Quinn
Spell’s
Illinois
Viroqua
Heard
Blackwell
Bernard Sauer
Vern Weber
Willard Sill
Schoenfeld
Lee
Rare Ailment Claims Child in Iowa Funeral For Shirley De Coy
Shirley De Coy, daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald De Coy, died Sunday from nephritis at Harmony hospital Minnesota after nationwide publicity over her fight. Her picture with a pet kitten Squeaky sparked national sympathy and watermelons were flown to aid her recovery. Funeral rites were held Tuesday at Plymouth Rock Catholic Church in Iowa.
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Barr Oak
Iowa
United States
la Crosse Tribune
Irley
Harmony Hospital
Rosary
Tribune
Plymouth Rock
Canton
Minn
Quillan
U S Opens Large Defense Bond Issue For War Costs
The Treasury launched a six year 32 billion dollar marketable bond sale to fund swollen defense expenses. Subscriptions opened July 1 and sold out quickly with banks and investors oversubscribing, forcing rationing of bonds for the issue date.
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Washington
Treasury
Civilians Join 24 Hour Air Defense Watch Nationwide
Starting July 14 thousands of civilian defense workers will help the Air Force scan the skies for enemy planes. Maj. Gen. Frederic H. Smith Jr. and Gen. Nathan F. Twining said the 24 hour watch is needed as Soviet capability to attack exists. Observers will man posts in 27 states to spot planes below 5,000 feet, coordinated with Canada, with Alaska and Hawaii under local command.
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Washington
Air Force
America
Frederic H. Smith Jr
Air Defense Command
Pentagon
Nathan F. Twining
Kremlin
Defense Department
Civil Defense
Smith
Alaska
Hawaii
Maine
New Hamshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
New York
New Jersey
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ilowa
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Idaho
Oreigon
California
Long Island Line Faces Freight Jam
Long Island Rail Road strike disrupts freight and passenger traffic on the nation’s busiest commuter line. Officials warn an islandwide freight embargo may follow if the walkout continues. Aircraft firms rely on trucks for supplies while rail moves food and materials to Suffolk and Nassau counties.
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Long Island Line
New York
Long Island
The
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Independent
Statler
LIRR
Republic
Grumman
Fairchild Aircraft
Suffolk County
Nassau
Suffolk Counties
Queens
Army exempts five star generals from ban on political activity
The Army declared that five star generals not assigned duties are in a status similar to retired officers and not bound by AR 600-10 political activity rules. The statement, while not naming Gen. Douglas MacArthur, clarified his status as a five star general and GOP keynote nominee prospects in Chicago.
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Army
Washington
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Chicago
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Far Eastern
Department of the Army
Ond
One Auto Of Every Five On State Roads Defective
The State Motor Vehicle Department reports a two week inspection of 92 176 vehicles found 21 816 with mechanical defects. Lighting faults were in 16 400 cars 3 268 had bad brakes and 2 209 other mechanical defects. Officials also detected 2 927 driver license irregularities and 1 040 improper registrations. State patrols and local officials issued 12 619 five day tickets and 856 arrests.
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Madison
State Motor Vehicle Department
Wisconsin
La Crosse County Dems to Elect 30 Delegates at Stoddard Hotel
At a regular meeting the La Crosse County Democratic Organization will select 30 delegates and 30 alternates to the state convention in Oshkosh June 27 to 29. The county earns a bonus quota for governor and U S Senate results in 1950. Nominations papers are due by July 8.
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la Crosse County
Democratic Organizing Committee
Stoddard
Oshkosh
United States
Newsprint Costs Pin Price Hikes On Michigan Papers
Rising newsprint costs force three Michigan papers to raise prices. The Lansing State Journal and Battle Creek Enquirer lift home delivery to 40 cents weekly and single copies to six cents, while the Sunday paper stays 10 cents. Grand Rapids Herald holds prices for now. Port Huron Times Herald hikes to 40 cents for home delivery and seven cents for single copies starting Sunday.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Michigan
Federated Publications, Inc
Lansing State Journal
The
Battle Creek Enquirer
Federated Publications
Grand Rapids Herald
Port Huron Times Herald
Time-Herald
Suny
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Fair conditions with little temperature change. Tonight and Wednesday will be mild with a low around 56 and a high near 82.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin Spotters Test Defense on 24 Hour Alert
Wisconsin will place its air plane spotter system on a 24 hour alert starting July 14 to evaluate the national program. Maj. Gen. Ralph J. Olson state adjutant general and civil defense director said the Air Force directed the around the clock duty for volunteer spotters to test for weak points and iron out the bugs.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Ralph J. Olson
Civil Defense
Olson
Washington
Air Force
Gen. Olson
Polish noblewoman spy found stabbed in Kensington hotel
A Polish noblewoman and wartime British spy was found stabbed to death in a Kensington hotel. A hotel porter confessed to the killing, according to Scotland Yard.
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London
Kensington
Scotland Yard
Trane workers lead drive as blood donors top 500
Nearly 500 Trane Company employees registered as donors for a Red Cross mobile unit visiting La Crosse for four days. The drive shifted from the American Legion to The Trane plant Tuesday, with 655 donors listed by Monday noon and appointments needed to meet the 600 donation quota.
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Trane
Trane Company
Red Cross Mobile Blood Unit
American Legion
Red Cross
Fouriday
G. Heileman Brewing Company
Northern Plastics Company
la Crosse Trailer Company
Maine GOP Senate Nomination Battle Ends Brewster’s Bid
Gov. Frederick G. Payne defeats Senate ranking Republican Owen Brewster in Maine’s tight primary by about 3 000 votes amid a record turnout of 155 754 for GOP and Democratic Senate bids. Payne leads Brewster 68 485 to 65 357 with eight precincts reporting. Payne, 51, now set to face Democrat Roger P. Dube in the September 8 state election. Brewster, 63, long Senate veteran, had not commented immediately.
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Portland
Owen Brewster
Senate
Frederick G. Payne
Maine
Brewster
Payne
Roger P. Dube
Earl S. Grant
Grant
Augusta
Gove
GOP
Heat Wave Death Toll Tops 128 Across Midcontinent
Mid Continent areas eased from a long heat spell with at least 128 deaths including 19 heat prostrations and 109 drownings. Temperatures fell 15 to 25 degrees in the Dakotas to the Texas Panhandle as cool air and showers moved in from the Pacific Northwest.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Pacific Northwest
Plains States
Dakotas
Texas Panhandle
Chicago
Mississippi River
Atlantic
New England
Springfield
O. St. Louis
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Gabreskis
USAF
Pearson
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DOC
Wisconsin Spotters
Hal Boyle
Errr Women’s News
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Gateway Transfer
la Crosse Rubber Mills
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la Crosse Tool and Die
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