Reds Display Air Might Over Moscow May Day Parade
Moscow observers noted a strong Soviet air arm as Maj. Gen. Vassily Stalin led the May Day parade behind displays of jet planes, tanks, and troops. Western attachés called the show evidence of ongoing technical progress, while Marshal Vasilevsky denounced American policies and NATO.
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Moscow
Silin
Vassily Stalin
S. Winnerstrom
Sweden
America
Russell E. Randall
Russia
Soviet
Germany
Marshal Stali
Lenin
Mos
Kremlin
Soviet Union
United States
Alexander Vasilevsky
Stalin
West
Gilmore
New York
County Soil Conservation Event Covers Crop Practices
Demonstrations continue west of Westby off highway 14 with county soil conservation service men assisting. Implement dealers join to demonstrate machinery at Jackson county, TVA fertilizer experiments discussed at Clark farm, reviews of strip cropping and new seedings at Vernon county, gully control and alfalfa boron top-dressing at Lyons farm among other soil conservation topics.
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County Soil Conservation Service
Jackson County
TVA
Clark Farm
Vernon County
Lyons Farm
Boston Music Director Gets Hearty Sendoff
Serge Koussevitzky concluded a 25 year tenure as conductor and music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra with a farewell performance of Beethoven shows. The audience, joined by Harvard and Radcliffe choral groups, gave a long ovation praising his impact on American music.
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Boston
Serge Koussevitzky
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Orchetra
Harvard
Radcliffe
Drought Stricken Europe Gets Some Rainfall
Paris reports April showers ease drought in parts of Europe but farmers fear continued low rainfall. A Marshall Plan study warns if rain remains sub normal, crops suffer and more American aid must fund food imports rather than construction goods. Europe enjoys warm spring attracting tourists yet worries farmers, especially in the South.
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Paris
Europe
Marshall Plan
Marshal Plan
Radford Leads Pacific Fleet as Ramsey Retires
Pearl Harbor report says Adm. Arthur W. Radford took command of the Pacific fleet from Adm. Dewitt C. Ramsey who retires after 41 years of naval service. Ramsey ends a long career while Radford begins a new leadership period for the fleet.
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Pearl Harbor
Arthur W. Radford
Pacific Fleet
Dewitt C. Ramsey
County 4-H Events Calendar Dense with Meetings
Calendar notes gatherings across Trempealeau, La Crosse, Houston and Vernon counties. 4-H clubs meet at farms, homes, schools and auditoriums with demonstrations and evening sessions through May 13. Locations include Galesville, Newburg Corners, Caledonia, Sparta, Westby, and Amsterdam Prairie Beavers.
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la Crosse
Hollie Clark
Newburg Corners
Houston County
Hokah
Caledonia Auditorium
Monroe County
Sparta City
Dahlen Beavers
Oliver Snitker
Lyle Seckoee
Caedonia Thrifty Workers
Caledonia Town Hall
Probe into Military Stores Tax Free Purchases Sparks Hearing
The House Armed Services Committee ordered a top to bottom investigation of Army post exchanges and Navy ship stores over tax free sales of luxury items. Public hearings start in two weeks before Rep. Philbin. The probe targets pricing, lists of items, civilian trading privileges, and how profits fund services.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Rep. Philbin
Dmass
Vinson
D-Ga
Congress
Army
Navy
Flippant Hippo Comes Home To Roost In Columbus Zoo
Snooky the hesitant hippo arrived at the Columbus zoo after a delayed transfer from Brookfield Chicago. Supt. Earl Davis wrestled with the 1,800-pound animal who resisted the truck and sat down in her cage. Brookfield staff provided a salad approach to coax her inside. Snooky, once called Bubbles, soon eyed her new surroundings with mild disdain.
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Columbus
Snooky
Columbus Zoo
Chicago
Brookfield Zoo
Earl Davis
Pete
Davis
Brookfield
Ally
Bubbles
Committee Flags Retail Tax Dispute With Treasury
The committee cites complaints from the American Retail Federation the U S Chamber of Commerce the American Drygoods Association and the Treasury Department. The Treasury Department contends stores should pay luxury taxes amid debates over nonprofit status and welfare funds.
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American Retail Federation
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
American Drygoods Association
Treasury Department
McCarthy Jr Delays Malmedy Massacre Hearing
Senate investigation into the Malmedy massacre trials is postponed due to Senator McCarthy's hospitalization for sinus trouble and another ailment. Senator Baldwin, as Armed Services subcommittee chair, announced the delay until Wednesday while continuing the inquiry into army payments and prosecutions of German soldiers in the Battle of the Bulge.
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Washington
Senate
McCarthy
Woman Hurt After Rice Spill At Holy Assumption Church
Mrs. Mary Molden, 44, attended a wedding at Holy Assumption church in Milwaukee. She slipped on spilled rice on the steps after the ceremony and was taken to Johnston Emergency Hospital with a sprained foot and a bruised hip.
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Milwaukee
Mary Molden
Holy Assumption Church
La Crosse Farmer Cited on DDT Value in Magazine
La Crosse county farmer J. A. Poehling is cited in Country Gentleman May issue as endorsing DDT to combat corn borer. He recalls hiring a plane to dust fields, reporting 85 percent kill and 15 to 18 bushels per acre gain, and notes a failings field with 72 percent germination that year.
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la Crosse County
J. A. Poehling
Country Gentleman
John Strohm
Poehling
Falangists Pay Homage To Father Mussolini in Spain
Blue-shirted Falangists packed Santana parish church in Barcelona to honor Mussolini, four days after the fourth anniversary of his execution in Milan.
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Mussolini
Barcelona
Spain
Santana
Fascism
Loretta
Milan
Convicts Whipped For Easter Disturbance
Eight convicts at Collins Bay penitentiary near Kingston Ontario were whipped for leading an Easter Monday disturbance. Justice Minister Stuart Garson told the House of Commons that the eight received between five and 10 strokes each with a heavy leather strap.
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Ottawa
Collins Bay
Kingston
Ont
Stuart Garson
House of Commons
British Officer Sees Amethyst Attack As Unintentional
A British naval authority in Singapore said the April 22 Chinese Communist attack on the Amethyst was not deliberate. He cited lack of discipline or troop excitement along the Yangtze river as possible causes, noting 42 British lives lost in the incident involving Amethyst and three other ships.
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Singapore
Yangtze River
State Speakers Win In National Meet
LONGMONT Colo chlaht, Sheboygan Wis won first prize in the oratorical declamation division of the National forensic league high school speech tournament. Roger Axtell Kenosha Wis placed third in radio speaking and Arleigh Rhode Kenosha took third in humorous declamation.
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Longmont
Colo
Chlaht
Sheboygan
Wis
National Forensic League
Roger Axtell
Kenosha
Arleigh Rhode
Green Bay Quartet Wins Land of Lakes Championship
The Hominy Limited quartet of Green Bay Wisconsin won the Land of Lakes district championship of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. They advance to the international contest in Buffalo New York on June 10 to 11.
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Minneapolis
Hominy Limited
Green Bay
Wis
Land of Lakes
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop
America
Buffalo
N. Y
Boy Dies In His Search For Violets
A seven year old boy named Charles Johnson died during a violet hunt. He was last seen Saturday afternoon, and after an all night search his body was found Sunday morning by his uncle R W Duffy in a drainage ditch with violets floating on the surface.
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Joliet, Ll
Charles Johnson
R. W. Duffy
Wisconsin Tau Beta Pi Initiation Marks Golden Anniversary
James W. Luening of La Crosse will be initiated May 5 into the University of Wisconsin chapter of Tau Beta Pi, the engineering honorary, as ~ fifty new members join during the chapter’s golden anniversary. The national body dates to 1885 at Lehigh. Pledges will be initiated in the Play Circle at the Wisconsin Union and attend a banquet at the Lorraine Hotel.
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Madison
Wis
James W. Luening
Market Street
la Crosse
University of Wisconsin
Tau Beta Pi
Phi Beta Kappa
Ifty
Lehigh University
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Union
Loraine
Twelve Lives Taken By Rampaging Rio
Rio Grande flood waters have claimed twelve lives this week as a large levee at the extreme southern tip of Texas broke Saturday. Wind gusts to 50 miles per hour worsened the breach caused by days of high water from heavy rains. Many victims were attempting to cross from Mexico illegally.
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Brownsville
Tex
Rio Grande
Texas
Mexico
Naval Marine Air Arms Take Over Duty In Pacific
Washington announces the Pacific air command will terminate June 1 and control of air defense in the central Pacific will shift to naval and marine aviation after May.
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Naval
Marine Air Arms
Washington
Central Pacific
Marine
Air Force
Pacific Air Command
Ship La Crosse to be launched by Navy group
Navy Club of the United States plans to launch a ship named La Crosse with Paul N. Corbin as representative in Rockford Illinois. First meeting Thursday at 8 pm at the U S naval training center Green Bay street with all Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard veterans invited. The ceremony will draw Ninth naval district officials to La Crosse for an official dedication. The Sullivan brothers parents from Waterloo Iowa will attend the installation of officers after formation. The club aims to promote naval ideals and serve as a veterans organization for navy men.
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Navy Club
United States of America
la Crosse
Paul N. Corbin
Rockford
Ill
U. S. Naval Training Center
Green Bay Street
Navy
Marine Corps and Coast Guard
Corbin
Ninth Naval District
Great Lakes
Tom Sullivan
Waterloo
Iowa
Sullivan Brothers
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Wisconsin
Notable deaths in Pa and Washington
Tarentum editor Ray R. Stuart 81, longtime associate editor of the Valley Daily Times. Edward H. Cashion 49, director of the division of trading and exchanges at the SEC, born in Albany New York.
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Tarentum
Ray R. Stuart
The
Valley Daily Times
Washington
Edward H. Cashion
Division of Trading and Exchanges
Securities and Exchange Commission
Albany, N. Y
Paid Advertisement in West Bend Notice
A paid advertisement from The La Crosse Tribune notes that $10.92 will be paid at Sede West Bend Wisconsin. The brief item is an ad placement with the stated payment amount.
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Porte Sede
West Bend
Wis
la Crosse
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