Senate pushes foreign arms plan for Western Europe
Washington The Truman administration urges Senate approval of a 1.2225 billion foreign arms program in its second year. Senator Connally leads effort amid GOP opposition over credit sales and wartime funding. Committees say new weapons will defend Europe without matching divisions and expect a vote early next week.
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Washington
United States
U. S
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Senate
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services
Western
Soviet Union
Connally
Foreign Relations and
Armed Services Committees
Martin Holds Huddle With Party Figures
Washington Republicans meet to discuss a contentious tax bill described as phony by House GOP leader Martin of Massachusetts. The measure would cut excise taxes on luxuries while shifting the burden to necessities and raise taxes on large corporations to cover the loss, with votes expected next week.
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Washington
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Rep
Kearn
R-Nj
Ways and Means
GOP
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
Kean
New Jersey
Town Remade Itself In 15 Years Says Bar rett Shelton
Decatur Alabama era of 1933 was grim with factories closing banks failing and cotton at five cents a pound. TVA official David Lilienthal proposed a plan and told locals they must act to use flood control power and river navigation to transform the region.
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Decatur
Ala
Barrett Shelton
Shelton
Decatur Daily
Dave
TVA
Zoo Group Seeks Support For Fourth Of July Fund
The La Crosse Zoo Development Association launches a membership drive to fund a July Fourth celebration and zoo expansion at Myrick Park. Five membership classes exist from youth to life, with committees directing local and county outreach and corporate participation.
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la Crosse
H. O. Anderson
P. O. Box
Norman Bakkum
Paul Morris
George Hall
Oscar Harebo
Olaf N. Hoff
America
Memorial Field
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Tonight and Saturday
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with a chance of local thundershowers late this afternoon or early evening. Lowest temperature tonight around 60 with a high near 80 on Saturday.
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la Crosse
Choral Contest Nears As 13 Choruses Set For Sunday
Final arrangements for the SPEBSQSA district music contest are underway for a 2 p m start at Memorial Field. Choruses from at least 13 cities including Sparta Milwaukee and La Crosse No 27 will compete on harmony, accuracy, song arrangement, blend and stage presence. A sound shell and platform are installed for clear reception with refreshments planned and a Myrick Park picnic to follow. If rain forces change the event moves to the Vocational school auditorium. General chair E H Evenson directs. La Crosse chorus is led by Alvin S Mikelson. Local chapter president is D H Affeldt.
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Memorial Field
Sparta
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Myrick Park
E. H. Evenson
Alvin S. Mikelson
D. H. Affeldt
Two Illinois Women Injured In Jackson Street Crash
At about 2:29 p m Thursday two Illinois women were hurt when their parked car was struck by a local vehicle on Jackson near Third street. Beverly Stone of Pettebone Island admitted taking her eyes off the road. Clarence E Hurtt of Sycamore owned the other car. Injured were Addie Marriott 72 Batavia with a back injury and Alice Hurtt 55 Sycamore shaken. Hurtt had paused to check a road map. Stone vehicle towed. property losses listed as 3 for the other car and 70 for the Illinois car.
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Illinois
Jackson
Third Street
Beverly Stone
Pettebone Island
Clarence E. Hurtt
Sycamore
Ill
Addie Marriott
Batavia
Alice Hurtt
Hurtt
Saboteurs Toss Sand In Sub Marine Machinery
British admiralty hunts saboteurs after sand found in the Tally Ho submarine's works at Devonport dockyards. The 1900 ton patrol vessel is undergoing a refit and is believed to carry a new underwater breathing apparatus enabling longer submergences.
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London
British
Admiralty
Devonport
Flames Sweep Through California Town
Flames swept a central district of Fullerton California burning two hours before the fire ran out of control. Telephone lines were destroyed cutting contact to the town while Anaheim Brea and state forestry crews battled the blaze starting in an upholstery shop.
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Fullerton
Calif
Orange County
Anaheim
Brea
State Forestry Department
Orange
La Crosse Tribune Circulation Vacation Ad Please
Message requests readers to notify the circulation department of their vacation address by calling the provided phone number. It appears as a small ad instruction within the newspaper page. The exact contact details are given for updating mail delivery while away.
Canada Tightens Anti Spy Laws Across Borders
The house of commons passed a bill to boost espionage penalties from seven to 14 years and to allow prosecution of anyone owing allegiance to Canada, including aliens inside the country and Canadians who disclose official secrets abroad.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Canada
Cross-Examination of Diplomat Service Delayed
Senate investigators postponed a cross-examination of diplomat John S. Service on charges of relaying military secrets to Amerasia editor Philip Jaffe in 1945. The delay follows FBI record access disputes and claims of a hidden microphone in Jaffe’s hotel room during the May 1945 meeting.
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Washington
Senate
John S. Service
Philip Jaffe
Amerasia Magazine
Tydings
FBI
Service
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Jaffe
Senate Foreign Relations
McCarthy
State Department
Senate Inquirey Committee
Statler
Seof
Make Sure Of Home News For Every Day That You Are Away
Vacation readers can arrange La Crosse Tribune delivery while away with lay away options. The paper will be delivered to their destination and kept for return, ensuring they stay up to date on local happenings.
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Uncle Sam
la Crosse Tribune
The
Tribune
Tribunes
Green Bay police issue pick up orders for eight vagrants
Green Bay Wisconsin officers named eight men to arrest on sight as a vagrancy crackdown began. Police Chief H. J. Bero said the drifters have no visible means of support and some have known criminal records. Warrants were being sought.
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Green Bay
Wis
H. J. Bero
Americans Back McCarthy Goals Says Gabrielson
Republican National Chairman Guy Gabrielson told a Maine to Florida teachers meeting that Americans wholeheartedly agree with McCarthy's objectives. He cited strong countrywide support and noted that many do not care about his methods. Governor Driscoll sent a telegram opposing McCarthy style tactics.
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James P. Hackett
Atlantic City
N. J
Guy Gabrielson
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
Gabrielson
Maine
Florida
McCarthy
State Department
GOP
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Crime Probers Target Missouri Gambling In Senate Hearings
Senator Wiley accuses the crime investigating committee of chasing irrelevant leads as Kefauver plans open hearings in Missouri on political graft and gambling. The panel cites a $500000-a-day bookie operation run by C. J. Rich and Co in St. Louis and considers postal violations. Governing cooperation from Ohio is secured and Bennett mentions a proposed excise tax on gambling profits by the American Bar Association.
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Washington
Sen
Wiley
Wis
senate crime _ investigating committee
U. S
James V. Bennett
Kansas City
Missouri
Kefauver
D-Tenn
George White
U. S. Narcotics Bureau
Senate
St. Louis
C. J. Rich and Co
Post Office
Clifton C. Garner
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
American Bar Association
Railroads threaten Sunday halt if strike spreads
Four of five major railroads announce possible Sunday shutdown if the AFL Switchmen's union strikes, with five lines named and a 40 hour week demand. A presidential fact finding board did not back the request and other labor actions loom as drafts extend.
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Chicago
AFL Switchmen’s Union of North America
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
Chicago Great Western
Western Pacific
Great Northern
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Pullman Conductors’ Division
Order of Railway Conductors
National Railway Labor Act
Unique Issue Being Studied on Chief Long Pension
The city seeks guidance on whether Police Chief George Long will receive both his regular pay and a pension or only the regular pay. City Attorney Fred Steele works to reconcile two plans and will issue an opinion soon. Long retired in 1948, returned as police chief, and when he retires again the question of two pension checks arises.
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George Long
Fred Steele
Long
Steele
Three Die In Crash Of Navy AJ One Plane
A Navy AJ-1 experimental attack plane crashed near Bedford Virginia during its first transcontinental flight from Edwards California to Patuxent Maryland. Pilot Lieutenant Commander Willard A. Sampson, civilian Navy Bureau of Aeronautics employee Holliday Lee Turner, and co pilot James A. Moore Jr. were killed.
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Bedford
Navy
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Patuxent
Phetterson Rock
Here
Willard A. Sampson
Evanston, Il
Holliday Lee Turner
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Washington, D. C
James A. Moore, Jr
Los Angeles
North American Aviation Corp
Hawthorne
Indictment for Scientist on Eight Counts of Perjury and Fraud
Dr. Sidney Weinbaum a former Jet Propulsion Laboratory associate at Caltech was indicted by a U S grand jury on eight counts of perjury and fraud He was arrested by FBI agents and released on a five thousand dollar bond The charges allege he denied Communist Party membership to army review board while actually holding membership under the party name Sydney Empson He was born in Russia and had been relieved from JPL duties months earlier He told reporters he was not subversive and was confused by the case
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Los Angeles
Sidney Weinbaum
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
U. S. Grand Jury
FBI
Liberty
Army Review Board
Communist Party
Communist Professionals Unit No. 122
Sydney Empson
Dr. Weinbaum
Weinbaum
Russia
Pasadena
Contempt Action Brings Nelson Contempt Vote
The House American Activities Committee voted to cite Steve Nelson for contempt for refusing to answer questions about Russian atomic espionage. Nelson testified June 8, 1949, during probes of Communist infiltration at the University of California radiation laboratory. He is described as a Communist organizer for western Pennsylvania and a Yugoslav native with Moscow training.
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Washington
House
American Activities Committee
Steve Nelson
Nelson
University of California
Western Pennsylvania
Rep
Harrison
D-Va
Communist Party
Yugoslavia
Moscow
California
Pennsylvania
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Truman
Frank Lausche
John O. Pastore
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Chester Bowles
Connecticut
Boyle
Lausche
Robert Taft
Nothin
Sidizeaq
New England
David Lilienthal
Tennessee Valley
Zoo Agency
Doc
Bugs Bunny
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Amerasia
Teddy
Joan Schlinker
Joan
Cleveland
By Edwin B. Harkinson
Congress
Armed Services
Senate Armed Services Committee
Taft
Wherry
Nebraska
Saltonstall
Armed Services Committee
George
D-Ga
Commie
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