Truman backs UN drive to end Korean war aggression
President Truman pledged full American support for United Nations efforts to end the unprovoked aggression against South Korea. He praised the UN Security Council’s swift action to order a withdrawal of invading forces and vowed vigorous US backing of the council’s peace terms.
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Truman
United States
United Nations
South Korea
UN Security Council
Security Council
North Korea
of Korea
Korea
Mr. Truman
Charles G. Ross
World areas worry over war threat after Korea clash
Western nations fear Korea conflict could spark wider war. Editorials from London papers warn against a broader East West struggle. Attlee aides meet in Britain while Paris officials discuss Viet Nam links and US backed South Korea claims.
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South Korea
London Evening Standard
London
Daily Mail
Moscow
Asia
Times of London
France
Germany
Europe
Italy
Il Tempo
Russia
United States
Attlee
Northern Korean Tanks Reach Seoul Outskirts
Communist invaders advanced to the outskirts of Seoul early Tuesday driving a tank column toward the city. President Syngman Rhee blamed slow American aid as a key factor, saying there is nothing to stop the tanks. The North claimed victory while southern defenses were said to be weakening morale despite some fronts faring better.
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Korea
North Korea
Syngman Rhee
Southern Republic
Associated Press
United States
Clarence Ryce
Nine Mile Point
Pyongyang
Chami Ung Jun
South Korea
Greener Pastures Lure Southerners From Land To Cities
Southerners white and Negro move to urban areas seeking better prospects while vast regional population shifts continue. The Negro exodus dominates, with southern representation likely to drop as census projections show declines from 1940 to 1950. Detroit's Negro population doubles in a decade amid rising housing tensions and racial frictions in northern cities.
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Ala
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Congress
Georgia
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Donald Wyatt
Fisk University At
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Detroit
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Cobo
Birmingham
Wyatt
All Or Nothing Tax Bill Cleared For Vote
The 1.01 billion dollar excise tax cut bill cleared for floor debate on an all or nothing basis. The rule bars amendments though a Republican substitute may be allowed. Debate opens Tuesday with a vote expected Thursday ahead of a long Fourth of July weekend.
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Man In Auto Crash Dies In Vernon County
Cagil Phillips of Victory Wisconsin died from a head injury after an auto crash on state highway 82 near De Soto Saturday night. Mrs Phillips and Ray De Lap were in serious condition at a La Crosse hospital. Wayne Davis uninjured. An inquest ordered for Monday at 1 30 p m in De Soto.
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Cagil Phillips
Victory
la Crosse
Phillips
Ray de Lap
Ole Jackson
Vernon County
Vance and Hill Funneral
Viroqua
Wayne Davis
Norma B. Hansen
Carl Phillips
Postmasters Gather For Wisconsin Convention
Frank J. Horak of Oconto Wis opened the Wisconsin chapter convention of the National Association of Postmasters the three day meeting at the Vocational School auditorium. Horak praised chapter membership now about 80 percent of U S postmasters and noted the association educates the public on civil service status since 1938. He urged equal vacation provisions for postal workers compared with other federal employees and cited a Senate bill by Senator Douglas to reduce vacation gaps.
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Frank J. Horak
Oconto
Wis
Wisconsin
National Association of Postmasters
Horak
National Association
U. S
Douglas
Illinois
Senate
Strike Brings 4 Rail Lines To Standstill
Four major western railroads and thousands of workers are shut down as AFL switchmen walk out for a 40 hour week with pay at 48 hours. The strike affects Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Denver and Rio Grande Western Chicago and Great Western Western Pacific and Great Northern reports crippled freight and near normal passenger service. Union rejects presidential board plan while earlier Delaware Lackawanna and Western agreed terms.
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AFL
Switchmen’s Union of North America
Great Northern
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Nationalist Planes Strafe Reds In Swatow
Nationalist warplanes bombed wharves and storehouses and strafed Reds in the Swatow area. An air headquarters statement said the raid went unchallenged and yielded big results. Additional attacks hit an airfield at Changting in Fukien province with no resistance reported.
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Formosa
Swatow
Hart
Changting
Fukien
Tornadoes Kill Three In Wisconsin
Severe tornadoes swept scattered Wisconsin towns Sunday, killing three people and leaving dozens homeless. Berlin suffered major damage including a t anning Co plant, while St Michael’s church steeple collapsed injuring the pastor. Oneida County Red Cross called Rhinelander area a disaster zone as boats overturned and a woman in wreckage faced critical injuries. Two Rhinelander residents drowned. another badly hurt, with rescue squads assisting and hundreds affected.
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Oneida County
Red Cross
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Elco
Minocqua
Eagle River
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Freda Watson
Virgil Swedberg
Cecelia Priebe
Lake George
Ernest F. Kreutner
127Th Infantry Regiment
Wisconsin Public Service Corp
Hat Rapids
Lightning Explosion Tied to NWA Crash Over Lake Michigan
Evidence points to a lightning strike shattering a Northwest Airlines DC-4 over Lake Michigan. All 58 occupants are presumed dead in the nation’s worst air tragedy, with wreckage and body parts recovered northwest of St. Joseph as coast guard cutters search the lake. A storm raged near the route and witnesses reported a terrific explosion over the lake at the same time.
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Lake Michigan
Here
Coast Guard
Reserved Seats On Sale For City Fourth Of July Event
Tickets for La Crosse Independence Day celebration at Memorial field went on sale Monday at Hebberd's drugstore. Only 726 reserved seats at $1 each. Event features a five act pageant directed by Howard Fredricks and a fireworks display. Proceeds go to expand Myrick Park Zoo.
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Memorial Field
Hebberd
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Frank J. Italiano
Myrick Park Zoo
Vatican reports 1000 clergy rounded up in Hungarian camps
Vatican radio said nearly 1,000 priests monks and nuns were seized in Budapest on June 9 and taken to concentration points as the regime intensified actions against the Catholic church. The raid included 322 priests and monks 90 Jesuits and 600 nuns with police breaking into convents and limiting personal possessions to ten pounds.
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Weather forecast for La Crosse area tonight into Tuesday
Partly cloudy and windy tonight with cooler conditions. Lows around 52 in the city and 48 in the surrounding countryside. Tuesday remains fair and cool with a high near 76.
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Rescue Base Urged for Major Air Sea Disaster
Sheriff of Milwaukee County urges immediate creation of a large air sea rescue base after a Northwest Airlines crash over Lake Michigan. Letters to Gov. Rennebohm and lawmakers call out inadequate rescue facilities following a disaster that killed 55 passengers and three crew.
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Sher- Herman Kubiak
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McCarthy
Biemiller
Zablocki
Coast Guard
Lake Michigan
Lutheran Delegate Dies At Outdoor Barbecue
The Rev. Karl Schleede of Schenectady New York a delegate to the Lutheran church Missouri synod convention in Milwaukee died suddenly of a heart attack Sunday night at an outdoor barbecue event.
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Karl Schleede
Schenectady
N. Y
Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod
Auto Burns After Crash Near Viroqua Wisconsin
In a Sunday collision five miles northeast of Viroqua Blaine Winchell of La Farge owned car caught fire en route to Viroqua. Passenger Mike Winchell, 63, suffered a broken leg. Blaine Winchell, William Franklin, Otis and Carl Winchell were treated for minor injuries. Skundberg's car was badly damaged. A second crash near Chaseburg left Mrs. Harry Neibfeldt and daughter slightly injured. driver Lee Algard of Westby unharmed.
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Wis
Blaine Winchell
la Farge
Winchell
Mike Winchell
Norman Skundberg
Avalanche
William Franklin
Otis
Carl
Viroqua Hospital
Skundberg
Chaseburg
Harry Neibfeldt
Neibfeldt
Lee Algard
Westby
How American Papers Reacted Editorially To Korean Invasion
Editorial selections from major papers offer stark views on Korea. The New York Times warns of a global conflagration and urges a decisive Asia policy. The Baltimore Sun calls the attack naked Russian imperialism. The New York Herald Tribune likens the action to Hitler’s aggressions. The New York Daily Mirror blames failed diplomacy. The Atlanta Constitution signals a world test for Soviet restraint. The Chicago Tribune warns Congress against Truman and highlights Soviet policy.
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Asia
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New York Herald Tribune
New York Daily Mirror
Far East
Atlanta Constitution
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Truman
South Korea
North Korea
Connally Urges Brake Against Commie Move
Washington Sen. Connally warned that freedom loving nations might act beyond the United Nations if needed to check Communist aggression during debate on the Korean invasion. Republican leaders urged aid to South Korea while preserving that the US should not be drawn into war and criticized intelligence failures.
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