State GOP plans painstaking organization in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Republican Party outlines a county and precinct level organization with blocks and helpers to map voters. Delegates debated endorsement of candidates, with advocates arguing for a return to a two party system and cautious steps urged to avoid accusations of Communist methods. The issue to be discussed at La Crosse in June.
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Park Falls
Wis
Republican Party
Wisconsin
GOP
Jack Rouse
Andy Borg
Douglas County
Roy Hogan
la Crosse
Airport Event Attracts Crowd In Wisconsin Aviation Day
More than 2,000 people from the Coulee Region attended Wisconsin Aviation Education Day at the municipal airport Sunday afternoon. Attendees watched plane parades, learned controls from a mounted plane, and saw spot landings, crop dusting, and dead stick landings. Two women and two men flew lessons, while a test compared plane and auto travel with pilots Harry Wigert and Nyle Twining.
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Coulee
Wisconsin
Rochester
Minn
Harry Chamberlin
French Island
Fran Bradburn
la Crosse
Alvin Brenegan
Galesville
Jack Lubinsky
Harry Wiggert
Angelo Field
Sparta
Nyle Twining
Robert Cline
Bee Aviation
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Tuesday with occasional showers. Heavier amounts likely Tuesday. Temperatures steady with higher humidity. Low tonight 58, high Tuesday 80.
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la Crosse
British Magistrate Sets Eisler Hearing May 24
A Bow Street magistrate adjourned the extradition hearing of Communist fugitive Gerhart Eisler until May 24. Eisler, arriving from Southampton, claimed asylum as a political refugee in Britain. He was remanded in custody after a brief proceeding and was escorted by police to Bow Street Court.
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London
Bow Street Court
Gerhart Eisler
America
United States
Eisler
Southampton
Britain
Scotland Yard
U. S. Justice
Batory
Ler
Bow Street
Truman Hails Satisfactory ECA Progress
President Truman forecast a 30 percent cut in Europe’s Marshall Plan dollar shortfall by mid year while warning that extensive economic expansion and reform are needed for independence from US aid by end of 1952. He cited China’s Communist gains as a disaster to Nationalist China and ECA activities.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Congress
Economic Cooperation Administration
China
ECA
Mr. Truman
Not Like Eisler
Valentin A Gubitchev a Russian engineer facing a spy conspiracy charge said he will not jump bail like Gerhart Eisler The judge postponed the trial to May 23 to consider why Britain should not extradite him Eisler fled his 23500 bail and was removed from the Polish liner Batory by British authorities pending action on perjury charges
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New York
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Gerhart Eisler
Samuel Kaufman
Britain
United States
Eisler
Batory
Mrs Willkie and Son Injured in Cambridge Crash
Edith Willkie 58 and her son Philip 29 were hurt when their car overturned on a rain slicked road near Cambridge. Edith suffered internal injuries and severe shock but is not listed in critical condition. Philip has severe bruises. They were en route from Washington to Rushville. Edith is widow of Wendell L Willkie.
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Cambridge, CO
Edith Willkie
Philip
St. Francis Hospital
Willkie
Willkies
Washington, D. C
Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Eight Sicilian Police Hit By Outlaw Bullets
Eight of the 5,000 policemen tracking bandit Salva tore Giuliano were hit by outlaw machine guns Sunday in Palermo Sicily. None killed. The manhunt for the robber chieftain who declared war on the government has endured for three days with shoot to kill orders.
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Palmermo
Sicily
Salvatore Giuliano
Conflicting Calls on Economy and Taxes Stir Congress
Congress debates a $3 billion red ink projection for next year as tax and spending plans clash. House Speaker McCormack urges $4 billion in new taxes while Senate leaders seek targeted cuts, with Woodruff warning against broad social security tax hikes.
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Washington
Senate-House Tax Committee
Truman
Federal Conciliators To Enter Ford Dispute
Ford and the CIO United Auto Workers resume peace talks amid a nationwide strike affecting 65,000 workers. Government mediators may join as negotiations continue and both sides exchange proposals. Ford seeks careful consideration before federal involvement while the union pushes for federal help to end the walkout.
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Ford
Detroit
United Auto Workers (Cio
Ford Motor
UAW
Walter Reuther
Washington
Cyrus Ching
Henry Ford
Cyrus S. Ching
CIO
United Auto Workers
Bill the Bull Freed From Silo Prison
In East Fultonham Ohio Bill the Bull, a 1000 pound purebred Shorthorn, was trapped Friday in a 22 by 22 inch silo hole. Saturday farmer John Gorsky used a push and pull approach with Thoburn Crofft to guide the bull up a wooden ramp and escape after 24 hours underground.
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East Fultonham
Bill
John Gorsky
Two Students In Fatal Crash Improved Says Lu ther Hospital Report
Reports from Lutheran hospital in Eau Claire and St. Josephs hospital in Chippewa Falls show Larry Mitchell of Wilton and Ray Gripentrog of La Crosse have improved after a crash near Eau Claire. Benedict of Sparta and Haugstad of Black River Falls were killed. Mitchell remains unconscious but better, Gripentrog improving daily. Funeral for Benedict set Tuesday at 2 pm at the Methodist church with burial in Woodland cemetery. Benedict, son of Mr and Mrs William Benedict, was born in Sparta April 21, 1923, and served in the navy in the South Pacific earning battle stars. He recently attended La Crosse State Teachers College and was to marry Grace Hoaga. He is survived by his parents, a sister Beverly, and four brothers.
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Luther Hospital
Eau Claire
St. Joseph's Hospital
Chippewa Falls
Larry Mitchell
Wilton
Ray Gripentrog
la Crosse
la Crosse Teachers College
William Benedict
Sparta
Harold G. Haugstad
Black River Falls
Mitchell
Gripentrog
Methodist
Benedict
E. E. Clarke
Woodland Cemetery
Sparta High School
Navy
Armed Guard
South Pacific
la Crosse State Teachers College
Grace Hoag
Viroqua
Harlowe Hoag
Beverly
Beaver Dam
Carl
Middleboro
Ill
James
Milwaukee
David
Dean
Ex-Con Admits Holdup For Which Innocent Man Was Held
Ex convict Henry Bristol admitted robbing the Whiting hotel on April 30 leaving the night clerk bound and gagged. Herbert Murphy, 37, of Wyandotte, had been charged and awaited examination. Bristol was also tied to a hitch-hike robbery sequence from Kingsley that led to a car theft and man being left bound in woods.
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Traverse City
Mich
Earl Hathaway
Henry Bristol
Michigan
Whiting
Herbert Murphy
Wyandotte
Justice Court
Bristol
Muskegon
Straits
Albert Kreiser
Kingsley
Here
Amherst Army Officer Killed Accidentally
TOKYOThe army announced Lieutenant Peter N. Peterson of Amherst Wisconsin was killed when a pistol discharged accidentally while he was cleaning it. His wife and children were en route to join him in Japan.
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Tokyo
Peter N. Peterson
Amherst
Wis
United States
Japan
Gromyko Shifts From No To Maybe On Cooperation
Andrei A. Gromyko, Russia’s veto specialist, said Sunday that Americans and Russians can work together if they want to. He spoke before boarding for Paris where the Big Four foreign ministers meet on May 23.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Paris
F A Gantert Dies Monday Owner Of City Furniture Firm
Albert Gantert 66 longtime La Crosse furniture firm owner died Monday after a lingering illness in a local hospital. He led Gantert Furniture Co since 1926 and was a Knight of Columbus and Elks member. Survivors include wife three daughters a son seven grandchildren and three sisters. Funeral plans set at Blaschke funeral home and Blessed Sacrament church with burial in Catholic cemetery.
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F. Albert Gantert
Gantert Furniture Co
la Crosse
Stephen
Sophia
Wagner) Gantert
Blaschke
Blessed Sacrament Church
F. E. Wallace
Rosary
Head Continues Battle Against Unsavory Entertainment
Mrs. L. W. Hughes of Arlington Tennessee urged a tougher fight against comic books moving pictures and radio programs she called unwholesome. Speaking at the National Congress of Parents and Teachers 52nd convention she warned of horror comics shaping youth and noted a three year membership gain to 5 774 358 with about 3 000 delegates at the gathering.
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ST. Louis
L. W. Hughes
Arlington, Tenn
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
Hughes
National Congress
Dutch Plane Crash Kills Seven in Batavia Java
A Dutch army B-25 bomber crashed Saturday near Batavia Java killing seven aboard. The Dutch army information service withheld details pending identification of the victims. The plane was en route from Borneo to Java.
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Batavia
Java
Dutch Army Information Service
Banae
Plan Final Housing Vote This Week
Democratic leaders aim to push through a multi billion dollar housing bill this week with provisions for slum clearance low rent public housing and farm housing aid. The Senate approved it 57 to 13 on April 21 but House passage faces possible delay and floor amendments.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Social Security
Ways and Means
House Education and Labor Committee
Four Die In Amarillo Tornado Ravaging South Side
A fierce tornado tore through a four square mile area in southern Amarillo Texas killing four people and injuring about sixty five. Officials estimate damages exceed one million dollars as Red Cross workers flood into the disaster area and crops face heavy loss in the wheat rich Panhandle.
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Amarillo
Tex
Panhandle
Polk Ivy
Texas Highway Patrol
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Red Cross
St. Louis
Texas Panhandle
New Mexico
Oklahoma
How They Voted on Recent Roll Calls in Wisconsin
Wisconsin members of Congress are listed by house and senate votes. The Senate amendment by Bridges to cut post office and treasury funds by five percent failed with Wiley and McCarthy voting yes. In the House a housing census bill passed 223 to 51 with Keefe O’Kenski Davis in support and Byrnes Hull Smith opposed. Biemiller Zablocki Murray Withrow did not vote.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Congress
Senate
Bridges
Treasury Department
Wiley
McCarthy
House
Political Question Of The Moment Would Recession Help GOPs In 1950
Republicans are split over whether a recession would aid or hurt their bid to win control of Congress in 1950. Some fear a downturn would panic voters after a booming 1940s economy, while others doubt the party could outpromise Democrats on relief and public works. The piece notes a May 17 special NYC election for Sol Bloom’s seat and potential splits among Liberal and Tammany candidates.
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House Rules Committee
Mr. Truman
Truman
Congress
Capitol
Treasury
Gop's
Washington
GOP
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York City
Sol Bloom
Franklin D. Rosevelt Jr
Liberal
Four Freedoms
Benjamin Shalleck
Tammany Hall
William H. McIntrye
Anette Rubinstein
American Labor Party
Court Splits 5 4 On Free Speech Case
The Supreme Court held free speech protects provocative utterances despite anger and unrest. Justice Douglas wrote for the majority in a 5 4 decision over Arthur Terminiello’s 1946 Illinois conviction for disorderly conduct after a Chicago speech. Justice Jackson dissented.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jackson
Arthur Terminiello
Chicago Auditorium
Terminiello
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois Court
Douglas
Vinson
Frankfurter
Burton
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