Peace Hopes Of Two Years Ago Have Faded
Washington reports a shift in U S policy toward Russia showing increased firmness against communism. Officials weigh locking U S aid to Western Europe behind political and possibly military moves while planning faster action on the Marshall plan.
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Washington
Russia
Truman
Premie Stalin
Potsdam
United States
State Department
Western Europe
Defense Forrestal
Key West
Fla
Stassen Brings Drive to Wisconsin Campaign Stops
Harold Stassen moves his campaign through Wisconsin sixth and eighth districts with events in Sheboygan Manitowoc Neenah Menasha and Green Bay. He will do a radio interview at 9 30 p m with four Wisconsin newspapers and face an unrehearsed press conference with editors from Beloit Madison Waukesha and Madison venues.
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Milwaukee
Harold Stassen
Wisconsin
Stassen-for-president
Pladium Auditorium
Sheboygan
Manitowoc
Neenah and Menasha
Valley Inn
Riverside Ballroom
Green
Stassen
Mason Dobson
Beloit Daily News
Miles McMillin
The
Madison Capital Times
G. H. Koenig
Waukesha Daily Freeman
Roy L. Matson
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison
Local Weather for La Crosse Area
Cloudy and mild with occasional light rain tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy and colder. Low tonight and high Tuesday around 42 degrees.
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la Crosse
Taft and Brewster Unhurt After Maine Plane Crash
In Vassalboro Maine a single engine Stinson Senator Robert Taft and Owen Brewster crash landed on an ice covered river after engine failure. They escaped unhurt with pilot John T. Clark and walked through deep snow to the highway as Mrs Taft and Mrs Brewster traveled to Bangor.
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Vassalboro
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Maine
Esca
Taft
Stinson
Owen Brewster
John T. Clark
Horace A. Hildreth
Augusta
Brewster
Clark
Maine Aeronautics Commission
Brewster and Clark
Augusta-Waterville
Hildreth
Waterville
Bangor
Old Town
Judge Acquits Philip Murray in Taft Hartley ruling
Federal Judge Ben Moore ruled the Taft Hartley Act ban on union political expenditures unconstitutional. He dismissed the CIO and Philip Murray indictment, granting the CIO freedom to use union newspapers in the upcoming presidential campaign. The decision labels the ban an abridgment of press and speech. Copies were given to government and CIO lawyers for review.
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Washington
Ben Moore
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Esachieien
Moore
West Virginia
Tafta
Truman Orders Agencies to Deny Loyalty Papers Demands
President Truman directed federal agencies to refuse congressional or judicial requests for secret loyalty investigation papers. He told chiefs to refer demands to the White House for a ruling in the public interest. Condon's loyalty ties and Harriman's stance spurred Rep. McDowell to urge new congressional power to compel disclosures.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Secretary of Commerce
Hartman
House Committee
Edward A. Condon
House
American Activities Committee
Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Harriman
Rep. McDowell
R-Pa
First Of A Series LaCrosse Tribune Observer Enroute to Europe
Don Anderson of the Wisconsin State Journal launches a series from Madison as he travels to Europe and Geneva to observe at the United Nations Freedom of Information Conference. He outlines motivations, meetings, and aims to report a Midwest view abroad.
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LaCrosse Tribune
Geneva
Enroute
la Crosse Tribune
Don Anderson
Wisconsin State Journal
Inland Daily Press Association
Switzerland
Iown
Europe
Turn Down Arbitration Strike Of Packers Near Turn
Nearly half of the nation s 400 000 soft coal miners laid down their picks to back John L Lewis demand for miner pensions. West Virginia 60 000 idle Kentucky 45 000 Pennsylvania 32 000 Illinois 23 000 Alabama 10 000 Ohio 6 500 Indiana 2 000 Tennessee 1 500.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Alabama
Ohio
Indiana
Tennessee
High White
UMW
Lewis
Dent
United Mine
Muse
Truman Approves Three Year Synthetic Fuels Program
President Truman signed legislation extending the synthetic liquid fuels program for three years with a $30 million authorization. Of that amount $1 million is allotted to research aimed at squeezing more petroleum from depleted fields. The program continues experiments in extracting oil and gasoline from oil shale in Colorado and Wyoming, and a new coal to gasoline plant will operate in Louisiana Missouri this year.
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Washington
Truman
Colorado
Wyoming
Louisiana
New Muscles For Navy Air Arm
The Navy announces conversion to 10 mile per minute jet planes after trials aboard the Essex class carrier USS Boxer. Jet fighters operated from a carrier flight deck at sea under routine conditions for the first time last week. The Navy expects fleetwide jet use to expand within a year.
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Navy
Outstanding Record Meyers Gets 20 Months To Five Years In Jail
Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers is sentenced to 20 months to five years in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of suborning perjury. He induced former associate Bleriot Lamarre to lie to a Senate committee about Meyers wartime aircraft parts dealings. Lamarre pleaded guilty and faces sentencing.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Senate
Alexander Holtzoff
Holtzoff
Airforces
Robert T. Bushnell
Bleriot Lamarre
Lamarre
Court House
Baltimore
Dayton
Wisconsin Weekend Crashes Claim Five Lives
Five people died in Wisconsin weekend crashes amid springlike travel. Julie H Nelson 31 and daughter Gabriel five died when their car hit a tree on highway 106 near Hebron. Two siblings Andrew four and Julia six were injured. Gordon Debee 24 and sister Jean 17 from Irvington were in a wreck south of Menomonie. LaVerne Gerth 22 was bruised. Milwaukee motorcyclist Robert J Noll 24 died in a head on crash with a car on highway 41. Adele Arner 21 was injured. nk Michalski 40 died in Milwaukee hospital from bus injuries.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Julie H. Nelson
Gabriel
Highway 106
Hebron
Jefferson County
Nelson
Andrew
Julia
Fox Point
Milwaukee
Gordon Debee
Jean
Highway
Menomonie
LaVerne Gerth
Irvington
Dunn County
Robert J. Noll
Waukesha County
Adele Arner
Noll
Nk Michalski
Tobacco Among Exports For ERP Relief
Tobacco would be among European recovery program exports though not named in the bill. State Department estimates show 298 600 metric tons of tobacco in the first 15 months, with debate over accuracy and support from Senators Barkley and Ball. A farm surplus provision would cover tobacco sales to Europe, allowing half the cost to be paid by the Agriculture Secretary.
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Washington
Senate
State Department
Germany
Ball
Rminn
Barkley
Secretary of Agriculture
Europe
Rent Control Split Fuels House Committee Debate
Washington report says the house banking committee split on rent control with Republican and Democratic blocs opposing the bill for different reasons. Federal controls expire March 31.
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Washington
House
Truman to review St Patrick's Day parade in New York
President Truman will review the St Patrick's day parade on Wednesday in New York City marking the first time a president has stood on the reviewing stand. He will also speak at the Friendly Sons of St Patrick dinner at the Hotel Astor that evening.
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New York
Truman
Fifth Avenue
Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
City of
Hotel Astor
Test of Strength Over Czechoslovakia Debate Forecast
United States ready to back a United Nations debate on the Communist coup in Czechoslovakia. Delegates expect strong Russian opposition to any debate, signaling tense cold war diplomacy.
Truman Seeks Successor to Anderson in Cabinet Shuffle
President Truman reportedly rejects plans to replace Anderson with a southern pick. Anderson will resign after Congress sessions to seek the New Mexico Senate seat. Governors threaten electoral votes against anti-lynching civil rights bills. Taft campaigns in Maine as Taft argues Russia poses no war threat.
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Washington
Truman
Clinton Anderson
Anderson
Congress
Senate
New Mexico
Mason and Dixon Line
Sparkman
D-Ala
Mercury Hits 45 On Sunday
Temperatures in the Midwest and La Crosse reached 45 degrees the highest since November 24 with a 34 degree low. The forecast calls for cloudy mild conditions with light rain tonight and Tuesday, and a 42 degree high Tuesday. A cold air mass from northwestern Canada threatens continued thaw and rising river levels.
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Midwest
la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Canada
Nuff
Deer feeding program questioned after survey in Oneida County
Wisconsin deer committee finds evidence the winter feeding program may fail to save deer. A nine county tour reports deer heavily browse underbrush with no fat in bone marrow of a starved fawn. The survey, joined by 100 sportsmen, shows eight deer sighted and heavier browsing near feeding stations.
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Rhinelander
Wis
Oneida
Deer Committee
Wisconsin Conservation Congress
Wisconsin
L. C. Whiffen
Milwaukee
Oneida County
Whiffen
Forest
Florence
Vilas
Swift and Cudahy Reject Union Arbitration Offer
Swift and Cudahy quickly rejected the CIO United Packinghouse Workers arbitration offer amid a nationwide strike set to begin at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow. Armour remained silent as Ralph Helstein warned the proposal would stay open until midnight.
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Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse
Swift & Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Armour & Company
Swift and Cudahy
Armour
Ralph Helstein
Swift
AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
AFL
End of Hendrickson Campaign Seeks Funds Tuesday
The Lester Hendrickson Building Fund campaign deadline is Tuesday March 16 per Harry Sween commander of the La Crosse county American Legion. Fire March 7 killed Curtis Hendrickson 19 months old. home near Holmen destroyed with belongings. Excavation for a new home began with frost blasted ground. labor aid from Legionnaires and friends. Donations include Roy L. Wingers post 52 $200 and many individuals and businesses across La Crosse area.
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Lester Hendrickson
Harry Sween
la Crosse County American Legion
Hendrickson
Curtis Hendrickson
Hendricksons
Holmen
Legionnaires
Harry L. Swanson
la Crosse
Erickson Brothers
Onalaska
Roy L. Wingers
American Legion Post 52
Host
Electric Auto-Lite
Swartz Office Supply
Northern Engraving
Readstown Rebekah Lodgs
How They Voted for European Recovery Program
Senators Wiley and McCarthy of Wisconsin voted with the majority as the senate passed the European recovery program. Senators Vandenberg and Ferguson of Michigan also supported the measure.
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Washington
Wiley and McCarthy
Wisconsin
Senate
Vandenberg and Ferguson
Michigan
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