Missiles Ready Says Sherman Pushes Fleet Upgrade
Adm Forrest Sherman told the House Armed Services Committee that guided missiles are developed enough to deploy immediately. He backed a $40 million plan to convert a heavy cruiser into a guided missile ship, as the Navy seeks broader modernization. The panel approved a $350 million modernization program including the cruiser conversion, other vessel upgrades, and 112 new ships such as an atomic powered submarine.
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Washington
Forrest P. Sherman
Navy
Chief of Naval Operations
House
Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Sherman
Unresolved gambling rackets loom after grand jury report
A federal grand jury's interim report in Kansas City exposes multistate gambling operations netting 34.5 million annually and names Charles Binaggio and Charles Gargotta. As violence erupts with the deaths of Binaggio and Gargotta, local and state officials push investigations into law violations including gambling racks and tax evasions. Governor Forrest Smith calls for county grand jury action with cooperation from Atty. Gen. Taylor and police to curb the underworld activity in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska.
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Kansas City
Midwest
Missouri
Kansas
Iowa
Andebraska
Charles Binaggio
Charles Gargotta
Binaggio
Gargotta
Ray G. Cowan
Forrest Smith
Jefferson City
Cowan
Smith
Henry W. Johnson
Last Chance Tavern
Samuel C. Hayden
Jackson County
Hayden
Robert S. Greene
Wording Holds Up Pact Weckler Says
Chrysler general manager said only wording blocked a 97 day strike settlement but the UAW disputed this. Weckler signaled minutes earlier that a general agreement was reached on terms including a $100 monthly pension with Social Security. The non stop bargaining session passed 45 hours as talks continued.
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Detroit
Chrysler
United Auto Workers
Herman L. Weckler
Weckler
CIO
Congressman's Inquiry Call Over Red Probe Question
Representative Karsten urged a formal inquiry into whether McCarthy's charges of Communist influence in the State Department are a hoax or fraud. He noted past GOP committee findings on 108 names and suggested the inquiry should probe whether a deception has been practiced on the American people. The piece also covers Senate Republicans' split on McCarthy's accusations, testimony by Freda Utley on Owen Lattimore, and GOP member opinions on continuing the inquiry.
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Washington
Rep
Karsten
D-Mo
McCarthy
R-Wis
House
State Department
GOP
Senate Republicans
Senate Foreign Relations
Freda Utley
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Tydings
Miss Utley
America
Cordell Hull
James F. Byrnes
George C. Marshall
Dean Acheson
Hull
Byrnes
Edward Stettinius
Fran
Phoenix
Ariz
Communist Party
Acheson
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Lodge
Stassen Says Capitalism Undersold by World Workers
Harold E. Stassen told about 2,500 business leaders at the U S Chamber of Commerce that capitalism is the most undersold economic system, while socialism and communism are the most oversold. He urged American industry to improve worker understanding of capitalism to curb socialist drift and help win the cold war, potentially avoiding a third hot war. He urged reshaping federal policy on taxes, spending and business regulation to spur 600,000 new jobs yearly.
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Washington
Harold E. Stassen
Russia
United States Chamber of Commerce
University of Pennsylvania
America
Stassen
Minnesota
Chamber
Herman W. Steinkraus
Steinkraus
East West Tense On May Day
May Day demonstrations in Berlin sparked tension as West and East German police kept order. In West Berlin 750000 celebrated anti-Communist speakers at Potsdamerplatz while East Berlin hosted a six hour parade near the Lustgarten. Police stood by as demonstrators clashed and anti communist chants rang out amid a tense Cold War display. Prime Minister Stalin reviewed crowds in Moscow as worldwide labor day observances continued.
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Russia
Potsdamerplatz
Lustgarten
Moscow
S. S
Brandenburg Gate
West Berlin
East Sector
Stalin
Lenin
Florida Primary Voters Decide Pepper-Smathers Fight
Florida Democrats vote Tuesday on whether to reelect Senator Claude Pepper or replace him with Rep George Smathers. The primary draws a record 1 005 560 voters amid links to communism debates and Truman program. Also Alabama and Ohio races draw national interest with Taft opposition and Indiana House contests. Pepper defends Roosevelt Truman policy. Smathers charges Pepper too friendly to pro Communist groups. Ohio contests center on Ferguson vs Disalle with labor influence and CIO PAC neutrality. Indiana previews after June conventions.
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Associated Press
Florida
Claude Pepper
U. S. Senate
George Smathers
Alabama
Ohio
Taft
Indiana
Pepper
Smathers
Joseph T. Ferguson
Michael V. Disalle
Toledo
Ciopac
Truman
Homer Capehart
Weather outlook for La Crosse region stays cool
Parity cloudy and continued rather cool tonight with a low of 36. Tuesday will be generally cloudy and warmer with a high near 60 in the afternoon.
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la Crosse
McCarthy's Position Endorsed by Young GOP in Wis
GREEN BAY Wis Approval of Sen McCarthy in his bid to rid the state department of poor security risks was voiced Sunday by the Young Republican federation of the eighth congressional district The group by resolution endorsed McCarthy stating such action is essential to the preservation of liberty The eighth district includes Outagamie Brown Door Florence Forrest Kewaunee Manitowoc Marinette Oconto and Sturgeon Bay members elected Francis Sumnicht Appleton as chair Mark Hopper Jr Manitowoc as vice chair Shirley McDonald Green Bay secretary and Miles Meunier Sturgeon Bay educational director
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Wis
Sen
McCarthy
Francis Sumnicht
Appleton
Mark Hopper, Jr
Manitowoc
Shirley McDonald
Miles Meunier
Sturgeon Bay
Outagamie County
Brown
Door
Florence
Forrest
Kewaunee
Marinette
Oconto
Fire Spectator Fined in Milwaukee Disorderly Conduct
Alfred Weter, 46, Milwaukee, was fined $5 in district court Monday for disorderly conduct after a fire at an oil company bulk plant on Milwaukee's northwest side. Police testified Weter refused to back from the blaze and used abusive language toward Sgt. Joseph Wissing, who asked him to move back.
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Milwaukee
Alfred Weter
Joseph Wissing
Wetor
Snowfall record awaits as Marquette nears 1891 total
Marquette residents eye a new snowfall record after a six inch Sunday push the season total to 185.8 inches. The long standing record from 1890 91 stands at 189.1 inches and could be surpassed with further storms.
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Marquette
Mich
Murder Victims buried in Indonesia after killings
Bodies of Yale professor Raymond Kennedy and Time Life correspondent Robert Doyle were laid to rest Sunday in Bandung. Both men were slain by an unidentified Indonesian murder gang during a reporting trip.
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Bandoening
Java
Yale University
Raymond Kennedy
Time and Life
Robert Doyle
Phone System Change Called Success Here
Walter McDougall, district manager of the La Crosse Telephone Corp, calls the midnight dial telephone system conversion a huge success. The switch completed in five minutes and 45 seconds, but rain caused wet wires to raise ringing voltage and several dialing reattempts caused overloads. Curiosity calls and early dial tone checks contributed to issues, though by Monday morning most troubles were resolved and service was working satisfactorily.
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Walter McDougall
la Crosse Telephone Corp
McDougall
London Dockworkers Return as Strike Is Crushed
London harbor returns to full activity as 14,000 dockworkers resume work after a wildcat strike is crushed by the government ending a two week stoppage. Authorities say order is restored in the port with crews back at their posts and cargo handling returning to normal pace.
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London
Union Pacific freight derailed near North Bend Nebraska
Twenty cars of a westbound Union Pacific freight derailed late Sunday night at the edge of North Bend, about 15 miles west of Fremont. Some cars carried new autos. No casualties were reported but the double track main line was briefly blocked. A railroad spokesman cited a broken wheel as the cause.
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North Bend
Neb
Union Pacific
Fremont
Telephone firms oppose anti gambling bill police role
The United States Independent Telephone Association and AT&T executives told a Senate Commerce subcommittee that a broad anti gambling bill would force telephone companies to police calls crossing state lines. They warned it would require an army of monitors and risk turning carriers into law enforcement, noting they handle millions of toll and local calls daily.
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Washington
Mon- Gay
Clyde S. Bailey
United States Independent Telephone Association
S. Whitney Landon
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Senate Commerce
Justice Department
McFarland
D-Ariz
Bailey
Mosinee City Taken in Mock Red May Day Takeover
Police Chief Cary Gewiss was executed in a mock May Day takeover as 2200 Mosinee residents endured a day of Soviet style rule. Mayor Ralph Kronenwetter was dragged from bed to face the day’s commissar and told he was an enemy of the people amid roadblocks proclamations and a red banner over city hall.
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Arthur Bystrom Mosinee
Wis
Si Wy
Cary Gewiss
Reds
Benjamin Gitlow
Communist Party
United States
Mosinee
Daily Worker
American Legion
Ralph E. Kronenwetter
Joseph Zack Kornteder
Kronenwetter
Gewiss
Rioting erupts around Johannesburg leaves 13 dead
In Johannesburg and surrounding townships rioting erupted Monday night. At least 13 natives were killed in clashes with police as shops were attacked and stones flew. Six were shot at Alexandra township, three at Henoni, four in outlying areas, with unrest spreading to Vereeniging and other towns amid apartheid policy.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Alexandra
Henoni
Vereeniging
Daniel Malan
Remove Restrictions On County Highways In La Crosse County
All temporary restrictions on county trunk highways in La Crosse county will be removed at midnight Monday. Paul A. Hartwig, the county highway commissioner, and the county highway committee announced the action.
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la Crosse County
Paul A. Hartwig
Chrysler Strike Cost Roughly 1.29 Billion by April
Auto motive News estimated the Chrysler strike from January 25 to April 29 cost 1,287,918,080. The breakdown covered 10,574 dealers and factory entities with 910,000,000 in vehicle value, 6,500 suppliers at 272,000,000, 89,000 workers in wages totaling 78,918,080, and 50,000 idled supplier workers at 27,000,000, calculated over 68 working days.
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Detroit
Chrysler
Automotive News
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