U N Commanders Daring Reds as War Enters Third Year
In Seoul and Tokyo U N leaders warned the Communists of a possible renewed offensive while praising readiness. General Van Fleet said Reds would be piled upon wire if they attack again, Clark favored an armistice but prepared for renewed fighting, and Barcus claimed U N air superiority. Meanwhile B-29 strikes and fighter bombers pounded North Korea after destroying power plants servicing Manchuria and Korea, provoking British labor fears of wider war.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
James A. van Fleet
U.S. Eighth Army
van Fleet
Tokyo
Mark Clark
U.N
Clark
Glenn Barcus
Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Britain
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Washington
Defense
Robert Lovett
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Manchuria
Lovett
General Brink Found Shot To Death In Pentagon Office
Brig. Gen. Francis G Brink America's top wartime figure in Indochina was found fatally shot in a Pentagon third floor office. Officials said apparent suicide with a small automatic. he died en route to Walter Reed Hospital. Brink, 58, served in World Wars I and II and led the American military mission in Indochina. He arrived from the Far East for staff conferences two weeks earlier. Public and military leaders voiced regrets as investigators continued.
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Washington
Francis G. Brink
America
Indochina
Pentagon
Brink
Far East
Brink Lawton Collins
Army Chief of Staff
Walter Reed Hospital
A. Magruder
MacDonald
Orient
State Acheson
U.S
Collins
Singapore
Marathon
N.Y
Cornell University
Rhee Survives Assassination Attempt in Pusan
President Syngman Rhee narrowly escaped a gun attack during a public address in Pusan on the Korean anniversary event. A 62 year old suspect, Ryu Shi Tae, from a secret society named Corps of Blood Justice, was subdued by military police and bystanders after firing a pistol multiple times. The crowd included foreign diplomats and UN officials as trains and bandits elsewhere stirred unrest.
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Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
U.S
John Muccio
Herbert Harmon
Hempistead
N.Y
Capt
F. Williams
Honolulu
Harmon
Am Tench
Ryu Shi Tae
Corps of Blood Justice
Taegu
United Nations
Ryu
Muccio
China
Kim Woo Bong
North Korea
National Assembly
South Korea
Nationwide June heat wave bakes the nation
An extensive early summer heat wave grips much of the United States with 90s to 100s, new June records in many areas, and scattered storms offering brief relief. Chicago sees near 80 humidity at beaches. Jacksonville tops 90s for 21st straight day, and St Louis reports 99 for the date. Northern New England and Far West cooler, while a Minnesota storm injures six and causes farm damage.
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Gulf States
Great Lakes
Missouri Valley
Arkansas
Midwest
Chicago
Jacksonville
Fla
Mercury
St. Louis
Hill City
Kan
Nashville
Nebraska Prairie Lands
Grand Island
Little Rock
Ark
Cleveland
Butte
Mont
New England
Minneapolis
Minnesota
School Board Plans Meetings With Architect
The board of education aims to meet the architect and contractor for the new southeastern area school to reduce building costs. They plan meetings Thursday or Friday with Thur shoy and Cerny of the Minneap olis firm and Standard Construction Co. The move follows Monday’s Council action, with a $325,000 target within an $875,000 bond. Low bids exceed the figure by about 72,000.
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Board of Education
New Southeastern Area School
Thurshoy and Cerny
Standard Construction Company
Minneapolis
Arthur Jordan
Thorshov
Cerny
Steel Strike Strain Reaches Welfare Aides Amid Layoffs
Pittsburgh reports welfare offices flooded with relief requests as 650,000 CIO steelworkers strike nationwide. 775,000 idle workers, GM layoffs over 12,000, Detroit and Flint plants furloughed. families plead for basics while defense shipments begin and 9,000 workers settle interim terms with small steel firms.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
Allied Industries
General Motors
Detroit
Flint
Mich
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Navy
Inland Steel
Indiana Harbor
Columbus
Murray
Basic Steel
Schmitt Seeks Senate Seat in Wisconsin GOP Primary
Merrill attorney Leonard F. Schmitt announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for United States Senator. He urged voters to judge the political and moral standards of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, framing the contest as a fight for decency and integrity in public life. His entry could affect Maj. Gen. Jim Dan Hill's potential challenge to McCarthy.
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Merrill
Wis
Leonard F
Len) Schmitt
United States
Schmitt
Wisconsin
R. McCarthy
Lehmitt
GOP
Jim Dan Hill
McCarthy
Hill
Weather update for La Crosse area tonight and Thursday
Cloudy warm and humid conditions with possible thunderstorms and squall winds tonight. Rain showers ending by Thursday morning followed by cooler air. Low forecast tonight is 6 and high Thursday near 85.
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la Crosse
Torrential rains threaten homes in Callignee Mountains collapse
Sydney reports southeast Australia suffered eight miles of mountain top sliding after heavy rain. Landslides swallowed one residence and imperiled others as police quoted the mountain's top vanishing. Callignee Mountains lie about 110 miles from Melbourne.
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Sydney
Australia
Callignee Mountains
R. F. Brown
Melbourne
Taft Exuding Confidence Ahead of GOP Convention
Senator Robert A. Taft projects calm confidence as Republican delegates gather for the Chicago convention. He claims over 600 pledged supporters and says 604 are needed to win. Taft visits Virginia delegates in Charlottesville and follows a steady, self-assured strategy, avoiding dramatic shifts while pursuing more delegates.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Chicago
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Charlottesville
Taft
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Hershey
Kenosha Debaters Win In Tourney
Kenosha High School debaters were among nine teams to win both contests in the opening session of the National Forensic League tournament in Boston.
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Kenosha
Boston
Kenosha High School
Law Officials Still Seeking Mrs Bartelt
The sheriff department continues to search for Mrs Paul Bartelt amid an inquest into the death of her 9 year old daughter Nancy Bartelt. A subpoena for her appearance at the inquest was issued for Monday morning and may be postponed if she cannot be found in time. The inquest follows a June 4 house fire at 320 North 24th Street and subsequent autopsy findings of gas asphyxiation. District Attorney Bosshard has not released the State Crime Laboratory report. Mrs Bartelt refused a lie detector test urged to resolve conflicts between physical findings and her account of the events surrounding the fire.
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Sheriff's Department
Paul Bartelt
la Crosse
N. 24Th St
Nancy Bartelt
Atty. Bosshard
Bartelt
Stevenson Released From Hospital After Kidney Stone Operation
Gov Adlai E Stevenson was discharged from Passavent Hospital following a minor Sunday kidney stone removal procedure. He was treated for the condition and is expected to recover at home.
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Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Passavent Hospital
Band to Celebrate La Crosse Musicians’ 50th Anniversary
La Crosse Concert Band performs in Riverside Park at 8 p.m. Wednesday marking the 50th anniversary of the La Crosse Musicians Association chartered by the American Federation of Musicians in 1902. Soloists Gloria Schmidt and Stanley Muenkel, with director D. R. Wartinbee, lead the program.
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la Crosse
Riverside Park
Storms Claim Third Victim in Wisconsin Outbreak
Violent storms with up to 95 mph winds swept from Minnesota into Wisconsin, killing Henrietta Mordick in St. Croix County and two others in Polk County. Damage hit Rice Lake area hard while Blair reports the heaviest rainfall. Temperatures ranged from the 50s to 90s across the state as storms moved through.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Indian Head
Henrietta Mordick
Somerset
St. Croix County
Centuria
Polk County
Rice Lake
Blair
Prairie du Chien
Union Grove
West Allis
Superior Duluth
Janesville 76
Capt Rau 30 Dies in Isle Plane Crash
Capt Harold Rau Jr 30 son of Mr and Mrs Harold Rau former La Crosse residents killed Tuesday morning in an airplane crash near Lakenheath England A radarman aboard a B 50 bomber died at 1106 a m His wife Marian Kraemer of Madison was stationed at Roswell N M The Rau family arrived in La Crosse after telegram news and another son Cpl Robert was killed in France in 1944.
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Harold Rau Jr
Harold Rau
la Crosse
England
Lakenheath
Pine St
Venice
Calif
Marian Kraemer
Madison
Roswell
N.M
Rau
E. O. Meinert
Hillview Ave
Cpl
Robert
France
California
Lawmakers press study of power drunk distillers
Reps Chelf and Keating called for a full Justice Department probe into alleged conspiracies in the liquor industry. They cited 1949 anti trust limits and heavy lobbying, noting testimony about pressure tactics by Schenley Seagram National and Hiram Walker. A Kentucky bourbon boss testified he could not obtain fire insurance due to Schenley blanket coverage.
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Washington
House
Justice Department
Chelf
D-Ky
Keating
R-Ny
House Judiciary
Schenley
Seagram
National
Hiram Walker
Julian P. van Winkle
Stitzel Weller Distillery
Shively
Kentucky Bourbon Makers
Storm lashes La Crosse region with heavy rainfall and damage
A severe wind and electrical storm swept from Central Minnesota into Northern Wisconsin Tuesday night, dumping over an inch of rain in the Coulee Region and causing widespread damage. Beav er and West Salem rivers rose sharply while a Elroy area barn was struck by lightning and burned. Est imated losses reach $9,000 for the barn and its contents.
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la Crosse
Minnesota
Wisconsin
A. D. Sanial
U.S. Weather Bureau
Coulee
Santal
Gulf of Mexico
Sanial
Black River
Neillsville
Durand
Beaver
Minn
Whitewater River
Samal
Zumbro
Black and Chippewa River
Mississippi
Weather Bureau
West Salem
Alden Anderson
Elroy Jon Sth
Andereson
Elroy
Harvey Jostad
Galesville
Dale Coulee
Gee Storm Page
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Stan Carter
Suiho Dam
Yalu River
U.S. Navy
By Jerry T. Baulch
William Jorden
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The
Reuben H. Anderegg
Board of Vocational and Adult Education
Ted Downs
Central High School
la Crosse County
Carver Folks
Logan High School
Jesse Brenner
Youngstown
Mahoning County
Elizabeth Huddy
Norman
Truman
82Nd Congress
Sen. McCarran
D—Nev
Rep
Walter
D—Pa
McCarran-Wailer
Senate
Tribune
Leonard Schmitt
By Relman Morin
Mrs. Bartelt
Stevenson Released
Isle
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Eave
Premarees
Hal Boyle
Eeeeeeesees
Onan
Eneer
Ener
Ewer
Eeerener
Charles F. Barrett
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