Groups Urging Economic Help In Foreign Aid
Washington witnesses from the National Farmers Union National Farm Bureau Federation National Grange CIO and AFL pressed for more economic aid in Truman foreign aid requests before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The chamber of commerce balked urging cuts and arguing for five billion dollars financed from prior funds. The panel met with private witnesses as administration officials supported the program.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Truman
Administration
National Farmers Union
National Farm Bureau Federation
The
National Grange
Cio
AFL
Sud
America
U.S
Senate Committee
Chamber
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin voters seek late campaign edge in Taft Stassen and Warren drives
In La Crosse a Taft support group plans two touring caravan campaigns through La Crosse Vernon and Crawford Counties with a five piece German band. Stassen and Warren committees run telephone appeals. Absentee ballots exceed 700 requests in La Crosse County as 56 municipal machines prep for polling at 21 ward stations. City officials brief booth workers on state election laws.
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Wisconsin
la Crosse
Robert A. Taft
la Crosse County
Vernon
Crawford
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Rr. Warren
California
Esther M. Domke
Miss Domke
Alice Dickson
Taft Committee
Market Streets
Stevenson explains why he does not want to be president
Springfield Illinois Adlai Stevenson says he will not seek the Democratic nomination for president and will instead run for reelection as Illinois governor. He cites obligations to supporters and unfinished state programs including government reorganization higher education highways and streamlining as reasons not to run. He notes strong internationalist leanings and says the Illinois primary would be chaotic if he withdrew.
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Stevenson
U. S
Relman Morin
Springfield
Ill
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Truman
Highway 61 Jobs Planned in Minnesota Work
Contracts for two Highway 61 projects near Lake City La Crescent and La Crosse will be let May 9. One covers grading and temporary surfacing for a Lake City Red Wing route. the other paves the La Crescent La Crosse double lane. The Lake City Red Wing 14.9 mile project aims at eventual four lanes. The La Crescent phase includes a weighing station and traffic will use two lanes during paving. Construction will follow Lake Pepin shore with no tourist disruption expected.
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Winona
Minn
la Crescent
Lake City
G. G. Gladman
Minnesota
Red Wing
la Crosse
Gladman
Lake Pepin
O. L. Kipp
St. Paul
Wisconsin GOP accused of abandoning neutrality for boss control
Gov Warren allies claim the Wisconsin GOP is rigging delegate support while state volunteers confirm mailing reprints of an editorial criticizing Warren delegates. GOP officials say mailings were for information and involved no irregularities. Appleton officials received copies, including Francis Sumnicht.
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Madison
Republican Party
Wisconsin
GOP
Warren
Bernhard Gettelman
Gettelman
Gov. Warren
Ike
Taft
Gen. Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Republican Organization
Wisconsin State Journal
la Follette Gang
Jack Rouse
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Rouse
Appleton
Outagamie County
Francis Sumnicht
Steel Meeting Breaks Up After 30 Minutes
New York Bethlehem Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers split when wage stabilization board recommendations sparked confusion. Indefinite adjournment came with a looming April 8 strike and proposals for a 17 percent pay rise plus benefits, affecting about 60 union negotiators and 20 company reps.
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New York
Bethlehem Steel
CIO United Steelworkers
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Bethlehem
Huddie
Truman
Wilson
John R. Steelman
Kohler Praises Warren For Not Seeking Votes In Others Names
Wisconsin Governor Kohler praised California Governor Earl Warren at a Milwaukee dinner, calling him a man of integrity honesty and courage for refusing to ask for votes in anyone else s name. He also criticized Harold Stassen s campaign tactics and responded to Taft era arguments.
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Warren
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Kohler
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Sen.Taft
Stassen
Restaurant meal prices frozen at Feb 3 9 level
Washington reports restaurant meal prices are frozen at the February 3-9 level effective April 7. Operators must post April 25 ceilings on main food and drink items. OPS issued the order last night citing changes in the Bureau of Labor Statistics wholesale food price index.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ellis Arnall
Deadly Cobra Loose In Denver Area
A five to six foot king cobra was believed loose after an attempted burglary. Police tracked the reptile from a reptile gardener's automobile as part of a carload of animals en route to Bergen Park Colorado. No sightings reported after more than 12 hours.
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Denver
Bergen Park
Colo
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse and Vicinity
Tonight and Saturday fair with a rise in temperatures. Lows around 31 degrees tonight and a high near 46 degrees on Saturday.
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la Crosse
Two Parking Plans From Association Backed
The Third Street Merchants Association will urge police and the traffic commission to adopt two parking enforcements. Free overnight parking for salesmen in city metered lots from 6 p.m. to 9 a.m. and stricter meter enforcement for business patrons who park all day. Chalk tire marking proposed to deter abuse. Officers re-elected include Bleavins as president and Oliver, Carlson as secretary and treasurer respectively.
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Third Street Merchants Association
Police Department
Traffic Commission
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
S. 3Rd St
Thurman McCormick
Bleavins
William Oliver
Harley Carlson
George Fish
Louis Bantle
R. Ross
Earl Grindler
Gordon Feinberg
Chamber Criticizes WSB Proposal As Step Backward In History
The Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce calls the Wage Stabilization Board plan a 2215 cent wage hike for steel workers a return to feudal restraint and a wrecking of the economy. It condemns the proposed union shop as a long step toward collapse of liberty and living rights.
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Chamber
WSB
Madison
Wage Stabilization Board
Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce
Surprise Atomic Tests Start Next Week at Nevada Site
LAS VEGAS Nev P A surprise series of atomic tests begins next week at the Nevada test site with emphasis on civilian defense. The Atomic Energy Commission issued its pretest warning for all persons except authorized workers to vacate the site by week’s end.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman Returns From Vacation Never Better In Life
President Truman, back from a three week Key West vacation, says he feels never better in his life. He avoids confirming another run for president while deflecting questions about Stevenson as a possible candidate and Eisenhower’s return from Europe to campaign.
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Truman
Florida
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Key West
White House
Pennsylvania Avenue
Blair House
General Services
Jess Larson
Jess
Independence
National Airport
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Europe
Red Cross plans fund drive meeting for tornado relief
E. B. Lamp announces a 10 am Monday meeting at the Vocational School Room 105 to discuss raising an extra 2 070 for the county quota now 41 706 part of a five million national boost. As of Friday officials report 29 129 51 subscribed amid tornado losses across seven states including Arkansas with 122 dead and 711 injured.
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Fund Drive
E. B. Lamp
Red Cross Fund Drive
Samp
Red Cross
Lamp
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Missouri
Mississippi
Kentucky
Alabama
President Candidate Learns Woman Seeks To Be Veep
In Culver City California F E Anderson a 76 year old presidential candidate from Topeka Kansas learns a woman aims to be his running mate Mrs Marion Mosick of Culver City campaign manager Chet Swital says Anderson may know her by Mickeltree or has forgotten he is old He vows to make the national debt free if elected Mosick supports debt payment and troop withdrawal from Korea where her husband and son serve Swital says they are backed by an independent Republican group
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Culver City
Calif
F. E. Anderson
Topeka
Kan
Anderson
Marion Mosick
Chet Swital
Local Musicians Headed to La Crosse Festival Saturday
Western Wisconsin performers from three area high schools travel to La Crosse State College for the 18th annual Wisconsin School Music Festival. Solos ensembles and concert groups will appear with judges rating performances from I to III and notes recorded for school use.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin
la Crosse State College
Jean F. Rolfe
Rolfe
Kefauver Kerr Fight Darkens Nebraska Primary Scene
Omaha report details a bare knuckle Democratic clash between Sen. Kefauver of Tennessee and Sen. Kerr of Oklahoma as Nebraska votes in the presidential primary. The campaign features smears, accusations of religious intolerance, and calls for Taft Eisenhower support from Republican groups.
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Omaha
Sen
Kefauver
Tennessee
Kerr
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Tennesseean
Seek Missing Island Woman
Sheriff Roy B. Sampson led a Friday search on Lake Onalaska after a six hour Thursday effort failed to locate 66 year old Clara Wright of West French Island Road. Bloodhounds proved unhelpful while tracks extended onto the ice and return to shore near the spillway as neighbors aided the hunt.
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French Island
Roy B. Sampson
Clara Wright
West French Island Road
Breezy Point
Onalaska Spillway
French Isiana
Lamp
Stokes
Wright
Rose Street
Onalaska
la Crosse
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