Vandegrift Defends Marine Corps Amid Merger Fears
Gen Alexander A Vandegrift Marine chief testifies before the Senate Naval Committee urging rejection of unification plans he says threaten the Marines existence He argues the war department seeks to curb Marine power and confine it to ceremonial roles while the merger bill looms as extinction for the Marine Corps.
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Washington, D. C
Alexander A. Vandegrift
Marine Corps
Army-Navy
Army
Marine Corps Wnd
Vandegrift
Senate Naval Committee
Navy
Truman
Jones
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
War Department General Staff
Naval Committee
Senate Military Committee
Department of Common Defense
War and Navy Departments
British Loan Is Criticized by Sen Johnson
Sen. Edwin C. Johnson denounced the proposed 3.75 billion dollar British loan as the start of a lending program that could end democracy. He warned the loan would push U.S. solvency toward danger and urged debt relief talks and a world disarmament conference.
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Washington
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Johnson
Senate Noor
Colorado
Britain
United States
Coloradoan
Rayon Stockings Set Price Ceiling For Surplus Stocks
OPA announced a 95 cent per pair ceiling on 162000 pairs of women's rayon stockings declared surplus by the armed forces. The War Assets Administration will sell them to dealers who will market the stock.
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Washington
OPA
War Assets Administration
Cairo YMCA Bombed Injuring Soldiers and Girls
A bomb exploded yesterday at the Cairo YMCA injuring 15 British soldiers and four girls. Police said the device was thrown from a passing automobile into the popular meeting place of British troops.
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Cairo
Cairo Ymca
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday with cooler temperatures. City lows around 38 and rural areas 32 to 34. Light to moderate frost in coulees. Continued cool Tuesday with highs near 66.
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la Crosse
Fowest
City
Coulees
Ministers Lock In Border Dispute Between Italy and Yugoslavia
Paris reports a deadlock as foreign ministers from Russia Britain France and the United States push to settle the Italo Yugoslav frontier. Byrnes proposed using Balkan treaties to break the tie while a plebiscite on the frontier was not discussed. Possible concessions in the Balkans could follow to unlock Italy talks amid tensions in Italy Austria and Yugoslavia.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Romania
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Trieste
U. S
Byrnes
Italy
Jugo- Slavia
Balkan
Balkans
Austria
Jugoslavia
Immell Announces Run for Wisconsin Governor
Maj. Gen. Ralph M. Immell on leave as Wisconsin adjutant general declared his candidacy on the Republican ticket. The move follows Oshkosh GOP convention endorsement of Delbert J. Kenny for governor, with Immell 51 and a longtime public official aiming to shake up the race.
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Ralph M. Immell
Oshkosh
Madison
Wisconsin
GOP
Delbert J. Kenny
West Bend
Immell
Africa
Europe
Conservation Commission
Works Progress Administration
Governor Goodland Eyes Re-Election Amid Immell Talk
Gov Goodland 83 says Maj. Gen. Ralph Immell would make a good governor but Immell’s Republican bid will not affect Goodland’s plans to run again. He denies any political deals and says he will not advise voters. Immell says no understanding exists between them on the race.
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Madison
Goodland
Ralph M. Immell
Immell
Republian
Gen
Great Grandchildren At Elder's Wedding
In Detroit a pair of newlyweds aged 76 and 74 honeymoon after a Saturday night wedding attended by the bride’s three children, 11 grandchildren, and 19 great grandchildren. The 74 year old bride is Mrs. Alexander McPhee, former Mrs. May Eldred, whose first husband died in 1938 two years after their golden wedding anniversary. Her husband, 76, is a retired merchant seaman.
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Detroit
Alexander McPhee
May Eldred
Caledonia Youth Killed After Falling From Truck
Six year old Richard L. Hjelming of Caledonia grave injuries after hanging on rear of a service truck, died three hours later at Caledonia hospital. Truck owned by Caledonia Auto Service. driver Donald Sheehan stopped after the fall. Funeral at St. John’s Catholic Church with burial in Calvary Cemetery. He was born May 28 1939 and survived by parents Hugo and Mrs Hjelming, five brothers and two sisters.
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Caledonia
Minn
Richard L. Hjelming
Central Grade School
St. John’s Catholic Church
A. P. Lane
Calvary Cemetery
Hjelming
Caledonia Auto Service
Donald Sheehan
Hugo Hjelming
James
Alfred
Donald
Paul
Thomas
Kathryn
Dorothy
Surviving Alcatraz Rioters Face Possible Gas Chamber
FBI moves to indict three survivors of the Alcatraz siege for murder after a 36 hour battle left five inmates dead and 15 wounded. The three are Sam Shockley Miran Thompson and Clarence Carnes. If charged they could face the death penalty.
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San Francisco
FBI
Alcatraz
San Quentin
U. S
Daniel C. Deasy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Deasy
Federal Grand Jury
James A. Johnston
Sam Shockley
Oklahoma
Miran Edgar Thompson
Texas
Clarence Carnes
Coal strike drags into sixth week as talks stall
President Truman calls the coal strike a national disaster as John L. Lewis remains silent on wage demands. Congress considers a bill to outlaw production payments to unions, aiming to kill Lewis’s proposed health and welfare fund. Officials warn a full recovery could take a year to 18 months, with coal shipments conflicting with other freight needs.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
Congress
House Judiciary
Lewis
Mr. Truman
Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Johnson
Gen Bor, Famed Polish Guerrilla Visits Chicago
Gen Tadeusz Komorowski known as Bor toured Fort Sheridan and the Great Lakes naval training center with Lt Col Henry Szymanski Judge Thaddeus Adesko and a navy liaison. He hoped for a Stritch audience and planned a Milwaukee rally after addressing about 200000 Polish Americans in Humboldt Park.
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Chicago
Tadeusz Komorowski
Bor
Fort Sheridan
U. S. Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
Henry L. Szymanski
Sixth Service Command
Thaddeus Adesko
Illinois
Gen. Bor
Milwaukee
United States
Poland
Catholic War Veterans Select Wisconsin Leaders for 1947
The Catholic War Veterans of Wisconsin, meeting in Appleton for their first annual state convention, elected Len Meyer of Appleton as state commander and chose La Crosse as the 1947 convention city. Hugo Power of Menasha was named first vice commander and Louis J. Karrib of La Crosse as third vice commander. Frank Ott of Milwaukee, James Bebman of Bear Creek, and E. J. Lynott of Rib Lake were named directors.
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Appleton
Wis
Catholic War Veterans of
Wisconsin
Len Meyer
la Crosse
Hugo Power
Menasha
Louis J. Karrib
Frank Ott
Milwaukee
James Bebman
Bear Creek
E. J. Lynott
Rib Lake
Drowns in Mendota
Raymond Buckley 22 of Lodi Wisconsin drowned after falling from a cliff into Lake Mendota. His body was recovered and coroner Edward A Fischer ruled the death accidental.
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Madison
Raymond Buckley
Lodi
Wis
Lake Mendota
Edward A. Fischer
Allis-Chalmers Strike: Santa Clara plant leaders enter fight
At La Crosse works, management and office staff pass picket lines as union No. 1424 withdraws, sending most of 200 enterers in. Seven Allis-Chalmers plants on strike total over 30,000 workers, with funds and a speaking bureau organized in La Porte to support the national strike effort.
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la Crosse
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
No. 1424
CIO
George Loomis
Loomis
George Netwal
Allis-Chalmers
Chicago
Libor Schwellenbach
Anderson
Edgar L. Warren
Allis- Chalmers Company
Oxnard
Calif
la Porte
Ind
Stowaways From Italy Barred From U S
Twelve stowaways including a British mother seeking the father of her nine month old son were barred by immigration authorities. They all filed notices of appeal to Attorney General Tom C Clark before compulsory return. Ten were aboard the Vulcania from Naples. one Yugoslav warned of being a dead man if sent back, and a Russian said he was afraid to return.
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New York
United States
Tom C. Clark
Vulcania
Naples
Italy
Aviation Board Opens Hearing on Wisconsin Central Routes
Wisconsin Central Airlines seeks CAB approval for three new feeder routes to Wisconsin cities including La Crosse. The board opened oral arguments amid opposition from a CAB examiner who cited an affiliated with FWD and Clintonville junction concerns. Fred E. Steele represents La Crosse backing Northwest Airlines for service to La Crosse.
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Washington
Wisconsin Central Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Wisconsin
la Crosse
North Central
Clintonville
Four Wheel Drive Automobile Company
Wisconsin Central
Green Bay
Francis M. Higgins
CAB Examiner
Fred E. Steele
Northwest Airlines
Jaycees Win State Honors in Wisconsin Convention
La Crosse Jaycees and Jacettes earned top state awards at the 13th Wisconsin convention in Stevens Point. Jaycees won three firsts and three seconds. Jacettes were named outstanding auxiliary with a merit award. Firsts included fire prevention, membership drive, and the all around sports program.
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la Crosse
Jaycees
Golden Gloves
Elias Seira
Ray Peacock
Carl Haase
Henry Giessenbier
Waukesha
Sheboygan
Fond du Lac
Railroads Plan Schedule Changes Amid Coal Shortage
Three city railroads announce service cuts due to the coal shortage. Burlington will discontinue trains 47 48 and 51 52. Northwestern will trim some schedules on June 2. Milwaukee will keep regular trains but drop many extras. A May 10 freight embargo limits nonessential shipments and about half steam passenger service could be cut. Railway Express Agency will embargo express shipments under the same embargo.
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Burlington Railroad
Blackhawk
Chicago
Milne
Savannah
St. Louis
Northwestern Road
la Crosse
Milwaukee Railroad
The
Railway Express Agency, Inc
Office of Defense Transportation
Wisconsin GOP backs Kenny and dumps Goodland in senate race
At the state Republican convention in Oshkosh delegates endorsed Delbert J. Kenny for the U S Senate nomination, with 1 416 votes to 1 114. Gov Walter Goodland and Sen Robert La Follette were largely ignored as Kenny edged out Goodland on the second ballot amid county support tallies. The convention also rejected Attorney General John E. Martin’s bid for party approval.
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Oshkosh
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Walter S. Goodland
Sen. la Follette
Joseph R. McCarthy
U. S. Senate
Delbert J. Kenny
West Bend
Kenny
GOP
American Legion
Goodland
Marinette
Harvey V. Highley
Legion
Gordon A. Bubolz
Appleton
James R. Law
Madison
Higley
Otto Werkmeister
Milwaukee
Bubolz
Law
John E. Martin
Wisconsin GOP backs limited OPA, seeks eventual end
In Oshkosh the Wisconsin Republican party adopted a platform calling for continued OPA support for a limited period. Delegates urged gradual loosening of the agency's stranglehold on America until complete termination. The party also endorsed wholehearted support for the United Nations.
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Oshkosh
Wisconsin Republican Party
United Nations
OPA
GOP
America
Governors Stay in Race Despite Convention Action
Gov Goodland and Martin announce they will remain in the race despite the convention move. James Law withdraws as does Higley. Rennebohm faces strong opposition from Kenneth White in his bid for nomination.
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Gov. Goodland
Martin
James Law
Higley
Rennebohm
Kenneth White
La Crosse County backs Kenny and McCarthy at GOP convention
In a Wisconsin Republican convention, La Crosse County capped 53 votes for D. J. Kenny on the second ballot while James R. Law drew 26 on the informal ballot for governor. McCarthy led for U S senatorial endorsement with 2 328 votes against Perry Stearns. Heil and Goodland show mixed results as internal factional alignments shape the race.
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Joseph McCarthy
la Crosse County
D. J. Kenny
James R. Law
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Burch
the Rock
Harold P. Stites
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James Groves
McCarthy
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Thomas Coleman
Mendota
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Oshekosh
Aviation Board
Steele
Harry Blair
George Halverson
Frank Billock
Robert Pitch
William Schowalter
Jacettes
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Pitch
Hermen C. Runge
Oscar Rennebohm
Fred R. Zimmerman
John Smith
Spurn Goodland
Smith
Zimmerman
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