U S Arms Production Could Halt If Strike Persists
A survey of manufacturers and defense experts warns U S arms production from jet engines to atomic submarines could nearly halt within weeks if the steel strike continues. Secretary Lovett urges shifting scarce steel to defense plants as shortages appear in ammunition and shipbuilding components.
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Washington
Defense Lovett
Navy
General Dynamics Corporation
Groton
Atomic Energy Commission
Savannah River
Paducah
McGranery Fires Aide in Quiet Housecleaning
Attorney General McGranery announces the firing of Kansas U.S. district attorney Lester Luther over a $2000 share of a $5000 tax case fee. He pledges a methodical cleanup and calls a special grand jury to review further misconduct. Lopes and Luther defend actions as regular legal work.
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Washington
McGranery
U.S
Kansas
Justice Department
Lester Luther
Truman
Opera
Kan
Luther
Nicholas Lopes
Delite Company of
Toledo
Topeka
Lopes
Attorney General's Manual of Regulations
John J. Kendrick
Dolite Company
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
McGrath
Hunter Newbold Morris
Tragedy near Redgranite claims Viola Zein in car wreck
Mrs Viola Zein 38 was killed instantly and two others injured in a Friday morning collision on Highway 21 near Redgranite Wisconsin. The married pair Bernard Zein 38 and Mary Ann Bergh 36 were hospitalized in Berlin Wisconsin in critical condition. John Braun 22 of Aurorahville suffered minor injuries. The vehicle belonged to Miss Bessie M Domke county clerk La Crosse. The group was en route to Two Rivers for a wedding.
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Viola Dunn Zein
8Th St
Redgranite
Wis
Bernard
Mary Ann Adelle Bergh
S. 14Th St
Zein
Miss Bergh
Berlin
Waushara
John Braun
Aurorahville
la Crosse
Two Rivers
Bsitther M. Domke
Jean Violet Stobbe
la Crosse State College
Eugene A. Haefner
U. S. Army
Arthur C. Haefner
Loomis St
Strike Threat Looms at Six Milwaukee Breweries
The CIO United Brewery Workers Local 9 reported a 4210 to 443 vote to seek strike authorization from the international union. A further vote would be needed before a walkout. Brewers Blatz Gettelman Independent Miller Pabst Schlitz offered 10 cent an hour raise. union seeks 15 to 30 cents more.
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Milwaukee
CIO United Brewery Workers Union
International Union
Blatz
Gettelman
Independent
Miller
Pabst
Schlitz
Red Wehrmacht Formation Foretold Amid Western Draft Wait
Bonn reports East Germany mobilizes for a large armed buildup while six European parliaments debate uniting armies. West Germany faces a two year wait to raise 400000 troops for a European defense line from the Baltic to Switzerland. East Germany plans 12 divisions totaling 180000 men by 1953 with a total 25 divisions and 375000 men. The West fears the delay while East Germany accelerates rearmament under Soviet influence.
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Bonn
Germany
East Germany
Free World
Europe
Moscow
West Germany
Baltic
Switzerland
Western Germany
Iron Curtain
Truman Signs Six Point Four Billion Foreign Aid Bill
President Truman signed a $6,447,730,750 foreign aid authorization setting a ceiling for military and economic assistance for the coming fiscal year. Congress trimmed the total from his request, with military aid fixed near $4.6 billion and economic aid about $1.8 billion. The measure allows up to $1 billion in arms from Defense stocks, financed from regular defense funds, while defense aims to keep leverage for any emergency. The bill drew sharp criticism over economic aid, branded as defense support to Europe rather than continuing the Marshall Plan.
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Washington
Truman
Defense Department
Europe
Lattimore Barred from Leaving U S by Proscription List
Baltimore customs officials report a June 12 order from Washington forbidding Owen Lattimore to leave the United States. The passport ban is part of a State Department backed proscription list issued by Customs Commissioner Frank Dow. Lattimore, Johns Hopkins professor, said he does not understand the move and has not requested a passport.
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Baltimore
The
Customs Service
Washington
Owen Lattimore
J. Eugene Kennedy
Washington National Airport
Naval Air Station
Patuxent
Frank Dow
Dow
State Department
Baltimore Sun
Customs
New York
Lattimore
Associated Press
Johns Hopkins
Senate
Institute of Pacific Relations
Centennial events highlighted by WKTY radio broadcast
WKTY will publicize centennial activities in two Coulee Region communities this weekend. Onalaska hosts a Sunbonnet Ladies ice cream social Friday at 5 p.m. at the Otto Sheffeld home. Spring Grove plans a taped parade broadcast Saturday at 7 p.m. as its centennial and homecoming run through Sunday.
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Coulee Region
WKTY
Sunbonnet Ladies
Onalaska
Otto Sheffeld
Spring Grove
Minn
Taft assails Ike on taxes and New Deal policy on TV
In Answer to Abilene Taft blasted Eisenhower on domestic and foreign policy, charged him with me tooism, and urged immediate end to price controls and budget restraint. Kefauver, in Detroit, attacked tax cut promises as ignorant and risky. Both campaigns push for party unity ahead of the GOP and Democratic nominating conventions.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Taft
Denver
Ohio
National Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
Abilene
Kansas Town
Belles
Bob
Republican Party
AFL
G. Mennen Williams
Kefauver
Democratic Party
Williams
Avery
iGen
Gee Kefauver
Eisenhower Invades Texas Ahead Of Dallas Speech
General Dwight D. Eisenhower met with adviser Paul G. Hoffman before a Texas trip to speak in Dallas on the delegate fight for the GOP National Convention. He planned talks in Denison and Las Vegas as Taft supporters and Eisenhower backers vie for influence. delegates in Idaho Washington Montana and Wyoming shift toward one or the other side.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paul G. Hoffman
Texas
Eisenhower
Dallas
Robert A. Taft
GOP
Republican National Committee
Denison
Tex
Las Vegas
Hoffman
Arthur Vandenberg Jr
Frank Barrett
Wyoming
Taft
Controls Could Be Reimposed By Rationing
Washington report on the House vote to end price controls on most consumer goods with a plan to lift controls on non rationed items and those selling below ceiling prices for three months. The Taft Hartley law issue draws the President and party lines, while Spence and Hays clash over controlling the mechanism.
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Washington
House
Office of Price Stabilization
Rep
Talle
Iowa
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Taite
Truman
Congress
CIO
United Steelworkers
Beaver Dam Youth Named Governor At Badger State
Ripon Wisconsin Julius Temkin of Beaver Dam won the Federalist ticket and became governor of Badger Boys State defeating Antonio Monaco of Milwaukee in a student run democracy program on the Ripon College campus Temkin also led as class president and student council leader and was a top athlete Other newly elected officials include Lt Gov Richard C Harvedt Paul E Schultz state treasurer William Bond Atty Gen Barnes Clark Supt of Schools John Davidson Circuit Judge James R Kimmey Jr Clerk James F Weis and state supreme court justices Richard Brown William Morrissey Thomas Casey James A Rosenthal Cotandh Pierre R Hart and Joseph H Faulkner
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Ripon
Wis
Julius Temkin
Beaver Dam
Badger Boys
American Legion
Richard C. Harvedt
Wauwatosa
Paul E. Schultz
Fond du Lac
William Bond
Barnes Clark
Appleton
John Davidson
Elm Grove
James R. Kimmey Jr
Mr. Horeb
James F. Weis
Burlington
Press Failure Delays La Crosse Tribune Home Edition
The La Crosse Tribune delivery of Thursday's Final Home Edition was delayed over two hours in parts of La Crosse due to a mechanical failure on a press unit. A roller shaft froze, gears twisted, and drive shafts misaligned. emergency repairs ran about two hours, with the run finishing around 6 p.m. Normally the press ends by 4 p.m. and carriers complete distribution by 6 p.m.
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la Crosse
Weather forecast for La Crosse and vicinity
Partly cloudy to cloudy with showers continuing tonight and into early Saturday morning. A little warmer Saturday and generally fair late morning and afternoon. Low tonight 60, high Saturday 72.
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la Crosse
Lnto
Texas battle shapes Eisenhower visit amid GOP split
In Austin Texas two rival Republican factions clash over convention delegates as Dwight Eisenhower prepares to visit his Denison birthplace The Old Guard backs Taft while new GOP forces push for Eisenhower claims of illegal tactics and party- loyalty rules surface as Texas weighs national nomination stakes.
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Tex
Texas
Dwight
Eisenhower
Denison
Red River
Rene B. Creager
Old Guard
Sen
Taft
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Mineral Wells
State Executive Committee
Chicago
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