Truman Denounces Real Estate Lobby In Housing Bill Fight
President Truman accuses a small group of ruthless real estate lobbyists of leading a deliberate propaganda campaign to defeat a senate passed public housing and slum clearance bill. Rep Martin calls this a partisan misreading, while leaders urge opposition to curb government spending as House debate nears.
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Washington
Truman
Rep. Martin
R-Mass
Rayburn
D-Tex
Mass
Martin
House
Two Men Shot In Union Clash at Fairmont City
In Fairmont City Illinois a Friday night clash between zinc plant workers and supporters left two men shot in the chest and several beaten. Police restored order around midnight as tensions flared over the local union strike now entering its ninth month.
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Fairmont City
Ill
American Zinc Company
Fairmont City Hall
Mississippi River
St. Louis
Ryan
Allen Reid
Smelter Workers
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with a low around 54 degrees. Sunday will be fair and cool with a high near 54 degrees.
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la Crosse
A L Grams Pioneer Local Merchant Dies at 76
A L Grams, 76, pioneer La Crosse milling and feed merchant born in Alma Wis in 1872 died Friday after a lingering illness. He moved to La Crosse in 1892 to open the family feed mill on Front Street and married Elizabeth Malin in 1898. Survived by his wife five children 13 grandchildren two sisters and a brother. Rosary at home Sunday 8:30 pm funeral Monday at St Joseph Cathedral with Catholic cemetery interment.
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August L. Grams
Main Street
la Crosse
Grams
Alma
Wis
Midway
South Front Street
Elizabeth Malin
W. W
Elizabeth) Gabbett
Kansas City
J. P
Kathleen) Bader
Minneapolis
Minn
August Grams
John A. Grams
Winona
William A. Grams
George Schaettie
Mondovi
Anna Grams
Alois Grams
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Don’t Be A Show Off Warnings On Waterfront Behavior
A cautionary note warns against flashy acts near water and urges restraint to prevent accidents. It likens a reckless exhibition to a lit match over gas and cautions readers to avoid endangering friends and teammates.
Boy Struck After Dash From Bus Frontier
Police report a 7 year old, Bill Kreutz of 1308 Johnson Street, ran into a car at West Avenue and Johnson Street at 9 20 p m Friday. Driver Wilbur Quain of 2001 South 20th Street could not stop from behind a city bus that halted near Johnson. The boy was taken to a local hospital and kept overnight after exams found bruises. The father is Leland Kruetz.
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Bill Kreutz
Johnson Streeet
West Avenue
Johnson Streets
Wilbur Quain
South 20Th Street
Johnson
Quain
Leland Kruetz
Un-American Activity Probers Reassure Educators
The House Un American Activities Committee reassured educators it will not censor textbooks or curtail academic freedom. A letter said the panel only aims to check serious allegations of Communist propaganda and asked for lists of textbooks and authors used in sociology geography economics government philosophy history political science and American literature.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
National Sons of the American Revolution
Wood
U S Opposes Five Year Trade Pact Between Argentina Britain
Washington reports Britain backing a five year trade accord with Argentina despite U S objections. Senator Cordon calls it a threat to world recovery. Officials fear Britain could control Argentine food exports while Hoffman denounces the pact amid ECA recovery spending debates.
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U. S
Argentina
Britain
Don Whitehead
Washington
United States
Cordon
R-Ore
Senate Appropriations Committee
James E. Webb
Europe
John Taylor
State Department
Willard Thorp
Paul Hoffman
ECA
Senate
Production Subsidy Plan Aims at Price Crisis
Secretary Brannan outlined a new hog production subsidy to guard against possible price declines. He denied it as an opening wedge in price support reform, while bipartisan interest grows in a separate proposal for high price supports. The plan would repeal the 1948 law and replace it with a flexible system pegged at 60 to 90 percent of parity starting next year.
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Washington
Brannan
Senate Agriculture
Agriculture Department
House Agriculture
Extreme Weather Grips Nation With Heat Floods and Fires
Extreme conditions swept the country on Saturday with heat in the northeast and dry spells in the midwest. Montana plowed snow while Vermont forests closed and smoking bans spread in New England. Four people died from heat in New York state and forests burned as fires threatened crops across several regions.
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Montana
West Virginia
Panhandle
Rockies
Plains
Helena
Mont
Presidio
Tex
Arizona
New Mexico
New York State
New York City
Vermont
Maine
New Hampshire
St. Johnsury
New Jersey
Agriculture Department
Paul Robeson Jr to Wed White Woman in New York
Paul Robeson Jr. 21 son of the Negro baritone and Marilyn Paula Greenberg 21 a white New York woman plan to marry. Both graduates of Cornell University where Robeson starred in athletics. They applied for a marriage license Friday.
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New York
Paul Robeson, Jr
Marilyn Paula Greenberg
New
Cornell University
Robeson
Sailor From Stevens Point Among 5200 in London Visit
Jerome Borski of Stevens Point Wisconsin, a sailor on the minelayer Shay, enjoyed Piccadilly Circus during a British royal visit. He was among 5200 U S navy officers and men who swarmed into London after eight U S warships docked at Portsmouth for an official eight day visit to Britain.
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London
Jerome Borski
Stevens Point
Wis
Shay
Picadilly Circus
U. S. Navy
Portsmouth
Britain
Three U S Warships Tour Norway and Denmark
The U S Navy announced three modern warships will visit Oslo from July 16 to 21 and Copenhagen from July 22 to 27. The heavy cruiser Columbus and destroyers S B Roberts and O Hare will carry the American flag on the trip.
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London
United States
Norway
Denmark
U. S. Navy
Columbus
S. B. Roberts
O'Hare
Oslo
Copenhagen
Judge Awards $21 097 After Crash Death
Mrs. Willow Mason of Beloit received a 21 097 90 judgment from Judge Bruce Beilfuss in circuit court against Chicago dealer Ruben Affeldt for an auto collision in 1947 near Oakdale Monroe county that killed her husband. The case followed a jury verdict of auto damages to Dewey Cox in a separate matter and an out of court settlement in a Tomah case.
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Sparta
Wis
Willow Mason
Beloit
Chicago
Bruce F. Beilfuss
Oakdale
Monroe County
Ruben Affeldt
Dewey Cox
Clark Johnson
Viroqua
Johnson
Cashton
Ontario
Elton Cox
Margaret Gill
Tomah
Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Rembrandt Butterfield
Coplon case adjourned for weekend as espionage trial resumes
Judith Coplon testifies that her DOJ boss urged her to keep notes from an FBI decoy memorandum found in her purse during arrest. Prosecution says memorandum was planted to trap her eye. Court halted Saturday. Hiss perjury and 11 Communist trials also adjourned and set to resume Monday.
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Judith Coplon
Justice Department
FBI
Miss Coplon
New York
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Gus Hall
Henry Winston
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Adolph Kessel Is Appointed City Fire Chief
Adolph Kessel 52, a 30 year veteran of the fire department, was named fire chief by the board of police and fire commissioners. He succeeds George C. Hanson whose resignation takes effect July 1. Kessel has held multiple ranks and stations since 1919 and lives at 632 North 11th Street. The board also elected W. Leo Murphy president, with Frank R. Schneider as secretary and Edward Newburg as vice-president.
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Adolph Kessel
Fire Department
Board of Police and Fire Commissioners
George C. Hanson
W. Leo Murphy
Kessel
Hanson
North 11Th Street
No. 1
la Crosse
St. Joseph’s School
Army
Infantry
Francis Sikorski
Harold
Slavs Warning Italy Over Trieste Peace Pact
Italian news agency Astra reports Yugoslav leaders warn Italy to refrain from Trieste pressure and honor the postwar peace treaty, signaling tense regional dispute.
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Italy
Rome
Astra
Trieste
Florida mother wheels son to Detroit in wheelbarrow
Mrs. Julia Roka St Clair of Jacksonville and seven year old Adolphius plan a 870 mile journey to visit his 82 year old grandmother Eva Roka and attend a family reunion in Detroit. Adolphius will ride while his mother pushes the wheelbarrow using a one wheel contraption with handles.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Julia Roka St. Clair
Adolphius
Detroit
St. Clair
Hungary
Europe
Eva Roka
Floods Devastate Potomac Shenandoah Valley Areas
West Virginia and Virginia towns report extensive flood damage and missing persons as Potomac River floods isolate Petersburg Moorefield Romney and nearby communities. Police indicate unverified reports of dozens missing with several homes swept away and residents marooned on rooftops. Red Cross units expected to aid, communications crippled, rescue efforts continuing.
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Petersburg
W. Va
Potomac- Shenandoah Valley
Westa
Virginia
Basil E. Wright
Elkins
Bridgewater
Shenandoah River
Allen Harvey, Sr
State Police Corp
A. M. Hurst
Potomac River
Romney
Petersburg-Moorefield
Moorefield
Potomac
Shenandoah
Allegeny Mountains
Gore
Red Cross
Petersburgh
Shields
Greenspring
Cumberland
MceColl
Keyser
McColl and Keyser
Dr James Heads UW Half Century Club
Dr James H James of Evanston Illinois was elected president of the University of Wisconsin Alumni Association Half Century club during a Madison meeting. Milwaukees Jeke Carl Runge aged 90 received a gold headed cane as oldest member present, a repeat honor from two years ago. Mrs F H Clausen of Horicon was elected vice president and H J Thorkelson of Madison secretary as the club, for Wisconsin graduates 50 years out, presented a ten thousand five hundred seventy two dollar check to the university foundation.
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Madison
Wis
James H. James
Evanston
Ill
University of Wisconsin Alumni Association
Jeke Carl Runge
Milwaukee
Runge
F. H. Clausen
Horicon
H. J. Thorkelson
Wisconsin Grauates
University
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United Nations
E. B. Fred
University of Wisconsin
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U.S. Navy
Constitution
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
Zinc
Arthur J. Wylie
Joseph Petroski
CIO
Epmenio Rodrigguez
East St. Louis
Angelo
Joseph Verdu
Verdu
CIO Progressive Metal Workers Council
Eddie Martinez
Martinez
Wylie
Palmer Ryan
Metal Workers’ Council
A. L. Grams
By Douglas B. Cornell
Henry J. Wadleigh
Whittaker Chambers
Wadleigh
NEA
B. W. Ingli
Gateway Council
Boy Scout
Veterans’ Memorial Field
Grandstand
Gateway Area
Buffalo
Trempealeau
Jackson
Monroe
Vernon
Juneau
Crawford
Houston
Ed Keefe
Robert Nehrlich
George Thompson
C. J. Weigel
Larry Vaaler
Paul Voelker
Lincoln Neprud
The
Associated Press
Tribune Photo
Police and Fire Commission
Florida
Dr. James Heads
Half Century Club
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