Senate Warns Of Possible Red Attack In West
Washington reports a new State Department warning of a potential Russian attack on Western Europe. The Peace Paper outlines a six point plan for a $1.45 billion aid program to bolster Europe and non Communist nations, with Western Europe prioritized and authority given to adjust funding as threats evolve.
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Senate
West
Washington
Senate Department
Europe
Berlin
Department
Russia
Congress
Truman
State Department
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Acheson
U. 8
United States
Eur
U. S
Western
Solons Hear 3 Billion Debt Warning
Washington experts who advise Congress on taxes project a $3 billion deficit for the next fiscal year beginning July 1, using the presidential budget estimates. They warn tax receipts may fall with a moderate business downturn, while spending remains high.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Ourgo
Congressional
Treasury
Colin Stam
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
House
Senate
Stam
Capitol
Taxsports
Committee For Economic Development
Senate House Committee
Tomah Youths Shaken In U. S. 12 Accident
In Tomah Wisconsin the car driven by Gerald Sweet 19 overturned after leaving US 12 five miles north of town about 8 am Friday. He and passengers Eve Shutter 15 and Vincent Rowan 17 sustained cuts and bruises and were treated by a local physician. No hospitalization. A cause besides loss of control was given for the crash. The vehicle was badly wrecked.
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Tomah
Wis
Gerald Sweet
Highway 12
Eve Shutter
Vincent Rowan
Child Drowns After Wandering To River, Body Recovered
Bruce Leslie McDonald age 21 months wandered from home to the Wisconsin river and drowned Friday night. Firemen recovered the body about two hours later. he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. McDonald.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Bruce Leslie McDonald
Wisconsin
Bruce
Robert S. McDonald
Weather forecast for La Crosse area Sunday
For La Crosse and vicinity: Generally fair Sunday and a little warmer with a high in the afternoon near 74 degrees.
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la Crosse
Banker at Gays Mills Becomes Preacher Today
Harvey H. Sherwood president of the Bank of Gays Mills will be ordained as pastor of the Congregational churches of Gays Mills and Lynxville at an evening service. He began preaching eight years ago while helping a minister and has grown church membership from 62 to 132. His brother Luke heads the 16 member choir and his son Robert plans to enter pre theological training after high school graduation in June.
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Concer Mills
Wis
Harvey H. Sherwood
Bank of Gays
Gays Mills
Lynxville
Sherwood
Luke
Robert
St. Paul, Minn
Red Mayor to Wed Aly Khan and Rita Hayworth
Cannes reports the Communist mayor of Villauris is asked to perform the wedding for Muslim Prince Aly Khan and Hollywood star Rita Hayworth on May 27. The prince, heir to vast wealth and Moslem spiritual leadership, reportedly gives Hayworth an $18,000 Italian car as a wedding gift.
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Cannes
France
Villauris
Musiim Prince
Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth
CIO Steelworkers Formally Ask Fourth Round Pay Raise
A report notes the union issue and the fatal crash near Eau Claire involving a car carrying La Crosse State Teachers College baseball players. Two players died and three were injured when their vehicle collided with a semi trailer, with sheriff's deputies detailing the impact and vehicle positions.
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CIO
Eau Claire
la Crosse State Teachers College
M. H. Keller
Eau Claire County
Eisler Arrested After Transfer From Polish Ship
Fugitive Communist Gerhart Eisler was seized by four British police on the Polish liner Batory at Southampton. He was carried to the tender Romsey, then driven away, amid Polish embassy protests and U.S. government interest. Eisler has two murder-like sentences pending in the United States.
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Southampton
England
Gerhart Eisler
United States
W. E. Bray
Scotland Yard
Batory
Eisler
London
J. Panski
Jerzy Michalowski
Bray
U.S
Gale Worker Hurt In Fall At Galesville Wisconsin
Oscar Paulson a 68 year old stonemason was seriously injured in a 25 foot fall from a scaffold while repairing mortar work atop the Galesville Realty building. He landed on his head in a concrete gutter and is in critical condition at a La Crosse hospital. Witness Charles O Neil a partner had just descended from the scaffold. Paulson’s son and a daughter from Washington are en route to La Crosse.
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Galesville
Wis
Oscar Paulson
Galesville Realty
Paulson
Charles O'Neil
la Crosse
Henry Jegi
Jegi
Carl
New York
Washington, D. C
Typographical Errors Blight Truman Letter to Rayburn
President Truman rebuked Speaker Rayburn and other House leaders in a letter printed with typographical errors. White House says the mix up was accidental and no names were mentioned. The letter criticized “compromisers” on the Taft Hartley repeal effort.
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Washington
Truman
Rayburn
White House
Charles G. Ross Satur
Chinese Reds Press Toward Shanghai Front Lines
Communist forces near Shanghai broke the main defense ring at several points within 10 miles of the city and threatened Woosung, the river mouth. Nationalists claimed penetrations were beaten back while withdrawing from Kunshan and outposts northwest of Shanghai.
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Shanghai
Kunshan
Taichang
Kiating
Red
Lotien
Woosung
Whangpoo River
Yangtze
Shihtselin
Yuehou
Yangchang
American Economic Cooperation Administration
Sungkiang
Lunghwa Airfield
Lunghwa
Yangtze River
Canton
Hankow- Canton
Two TC Ball Players In Critical Condition After Crash
Two varsity players Ray Gripentrog and Larry Mitchell remained in serious condition after a car struck a semi trailer near Eau Claire Saturday morning. Harold Haugstad and William Benedict Jr. were killed, Mitchell unconscious with hip dislocation, lacerations and a brain concussion.
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la Crosse State Teachers College
Eau Claire
Roger Engler
Ray Gripentrog
Larry Mitchell
Harold Haugstad
Black River Falls
William
Bid) Benedict, Jr
Sparta
Mitchell
Consolidated Freightway
John Paul Tremain
Manston
Gripentrog
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Chippewa Falls
Offer Aviation Program Today at Municipal Airport
A free program at the municipal airport Sunday afternoon at 1:30 p m marks the city's recognition of Wisconsin Aviation Education Day. The two hour event features ground and air demonstrations with private and commercial operators. weather postponement to next Sunday.
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Municiairport
Wisconsin Aviation Education
Air Progress Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
Boy Rescued From 40 Foot Sand Pit Fall
Chuckie Burch Jr. 5 fell into 40 feet of water at Prairie du Chien Sand and Gravel pit while fishing with his father Charles Burch Sr. Bruce Dillman 16, son of the pit owner, dove in and pulled him out before the father could reach them. The child showed no ill effects after the near drowning.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Charles
Chuckie) Burch, Jr
Prairie du Chien Sand and Gravel Company
Charles Burch
Gateway Area Council
Chuckie
Burch
Bruce Dillman
Dillman
Ernest Dillman
Tammany Hall Hits Roosevelt in 20th District Battle
New York voters prepare for a special election next Tuesday to decide the 20th district seat. Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. faces Tammany backlash as party leaders back Benjamin Shalleck after Sol Bloom’s death. William H. McIntyre is the Republican nominee and Dr. Annette Rubinstein runs for the American Labor party.
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New York
Tammany Hall
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Congress
Roosevelt
Tammany
Sol Bloom
Benjamin Shalleck
William H. McIntyre
Annette Rubinstein
American Labor Party
Mine Workers Welfare Fund Drains Faster Than In
The United Mine Workers welfare fund reports a total of 106 million in benefits paid. Outgo this year averages 2.27 million weekly, likely exceeding income by at least 0.5 million weekly. Trustees include John L. Lewis Senator Styles Bridges and Ezra Van Horn.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
John L. Lewis
Styles Bridges
Ezra van Horn
Lewis
George Creel
Woman Sentenced For Kidnaping in Macomb
Mrs. Joan Brokus twenty one was found guilty of abducting seven year old Richard L. Strickler of Dubuque Indiana from a Macomb hotel on Sept. 29, 1948. A circuit court jury fixed her sentence at one year in the state penitentiary. She is an itinerant mission worker. The jury deliberated nearly four hours and her lawyers will appeal.
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Macomb
Joan Brokus
State Penitentiary
Denver
International Figures Get Ric At Annual Women's Press Feed
United States and foreign leaders were spoofed at the Women's National Press Club dinner in Washington. President Truman presided as guests were lampooned by club members in skits, receiving awards for 1949 achievements including Woman of the Year to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt for UN human rights work. Other honorees included Grandma Moses Anna Mary Robertson, Madeleine Carroll, Dorothy McCullough Lee, Mary Jane Ward, Marjorie Child Haste.
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Washington
United States
Women’s National Press Club
Defense
Louis Johnson
Winston Churchill
King George
Britain
Josef Stalin
U. S
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Nations’ Human Rights Commission
Women’s Press Club
Truman
Grandma” Moses
Anna Mary Robertson
Eagle Bridge
N. Y
Madeleine Carroll
Hollywood
Dorothy McCullough Lee
Portland
Ore
Mary Jane Ward
Evanston, Ill
Marjorie Child Haste
Polis, Minn
Steel workers press fourth raise as UAW seeks Ford strike aid
The CIO United Steelworkers filed for a fourth round pay increase for 706 000 workers and 835 firms received letters stating a desire to negotiate. Meanwhile the UAW asked the government to help end Ford's 10 day strike after a rejected peace bid. Ford urged starting over, citing high living costs and demanding a full reopening of economic issues. Labor leadership gave no specific wage or pension figures.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corp
United Auto Workers
Ford
UAW
Walter Reuther
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Reuther
Big Rouge
Detroit
Ias
John S. Bugas
Bugas
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Philip Murray
United Steel Workers
Four Powers Move Toward Germany Trade Reopening
Western allies and Soviet Russia reached near agreement on reestablishing inter-zonal German commerce with Russia planning reciprocation of reparations deliveries. U S officials said full agreement likely next Wednesday as Western powers approve limited self rule for Western Berlin and lift the blockade.
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Berlin
Russia
Germany
Lawrence F. Wilkinson
U. S
United States
Britain
France
Inter-Allied
Wanted: Clerk and waitress for local store ad
A local store seeks a girl or woman for clerking and waitress work with hours from 11 am to 7 pm. Steady employment available at 700 West Ave South. Tribune Want Ads get results with the result number 3680 for inquiries.
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Franklin
the Tribune
West Ave
Tribune
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