Brinks Case Close To Solution-Police
The United States plans aid to West Germany for re arming Western Europe defense. Secretary Acheson will visit Paris for talks on the European Defense Community plan with Bonn to sign a peace contract May 24 and an EDC treaty soon after. Details, ratification, and funding remain under negotiation as Germany builds forces and considers munitions and plant expansion.
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Washington
United States
West Germany
Western
Europe
Sec
Dean Acheson
Paris
European Defense Community
EDC
Germany
Russia
Bonn
Acheson
Britain
France
Italy
Low Countries
America
State Department
Truman Warns Republicans Weaken Themselves In November
President Truman at a Washington ADA banquet forecasts a Democratic victory with a liberal nominee. He predicts GOP doubts and isolationist uproar will scare voters and urges a Fair Deal sell to win. Several potential Democratic aspirants attended the dinner.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
W. Averell Harrisman
New York
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Eisenhower
Unity of Free World Urged by Camp McCoy General
Brig. Gen. Eugene L. Harrison spoke at Armed Forces Day in La Crosse urging unity of free peoples against Communism. He said the world still risks another war, progress toward permanent peace continues, and free nations must maintain strength to prevent Soviet domination and the loss of freedom at home.
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Eugene L. Harrison
Camp McCoy
la Crosse
United States
Harrison
Riverside Park
Korea
Russia
Europe
Allies and Germans craft secret anti spy plan
An Allied source says a secret plan to fight Communist spies in West Germany is drawn up by the Allies and the Bonn government. Trials and federal raids show widespread espionage by East Bloc agents. Occupation forces plan to continue counter espionage after a peace contract, with security terms not published.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United States
Jungle Government Threat To Indonesians
Lt. Col. Mohammed Bahrun, in Semarang, says Darul Islam, a guerrilla group in central Java, runs a shadow government and aims to overthrow the state to establish a theocratic Moslem rule. The group reportedly killed 250 soldiers in six months as Indonesian troops battle it since independence.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Java
Darul Islam
Mohammed Bahran
Semarang
Bahrun
La Crosse Area Weather Forecast Says Cool Weekend
For La Crosse and vicinity partly cloudy and continued rather cool Sunday. Highest in the afternoon about 64 degrees. Saturday highs reached 66 with a low around 48.
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la Crosse
Nation watches as robins' fate discussed in Wisconsin
In Waukesha Wisconsin officials from a bank and a construction firm plan a strategy conference to relocate a family of robins nesting in a basement. The strike ended and locals suggest methods from anesthesia to netting. A Chicago TV crew aims to film the evacuation.
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Waukesha
Wis
Cleveland, O., Zoo
Mama
Papa Robin
WAUX
Ed. Rodden and Sons
Chicago
La Crosse Officer Wins B O Frederickson Award
Lt Col Ralph V. Steele of La Crosse and Navy Quartermaster Striker George F. Hnilicka of Vi roqua were named outstanding officer and enlisted man for the area at Armed Forces Day ceremonies in River. Lt William A. Schroder announced the awards and, in Hnilicka’s absence, presented Lehrke with the honor. Steele, WKTY radio employee and La Crosse Armed Forces Day chairman, shared a long Army career from 1936 to 1946 including the Omaha Beach landing with the 2nd Division.
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Ralph V. Steele
la Crosse
Navy
George F. Hnilicka
Viroqua
B. O. Fredrickson
William A. Schroder
Reserve Officers Association
Riverside Park
Fredrickson
Steele
WKTY
3Rd Infantry
Fort Snelling
Minn
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Camp McCoy
Army Quartermaster Corps
North Ireland
Omaha Beach
France
9Th Infantry
United States
General Command and College
Fort Leavenworth
Texas
5956Th Organized Reserve School
General Command and Staff College
14 More Men Die in Korea Battle Casualties
The Defense Department on Saturday identified 97 additional Korea war casualties. List 566 reports 14 killed 81 wounded and two injured, expanding the toll from the conflict.
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Washington
Defense Department
Korea
Prospector Finds Ring Retrouved by Heir in Lancaster
An 80-year-old man in Lancaster, Edward G. Myers, found a lost gold ring with a large ruby while hoeing potatoes. He located the owner, Ralph Florence, who had lost it forty years ago after his mother Florence gave it to him.
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Lancaster
Edward G. Myers
Ralph
Florence
Funeral for Richard K Brayton Set for Wednesday
Richard Knox Brayton former editor of The La Crosse Tribune dies in Laguna Beach California on December 9. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at Sletten McKee Company with Rev Fred W Hyslop officiating. Burial at Prospect Hill Cemetery La Crescent Minnesota. Brayton born June 16 1903 in La Crescent son of A M Brayton long time publisher and editor. He worked at Wisconsin State Journal then La Crosse Tribune before moving to California in 1932. He later ran Dick Knox Displays in Los Angeles and a Laguna Beach ceramic venture with partners later solo factory ownership at Laguna Beach Capistrano Beach California.
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Richard Knox Brayton
la Crosse Tribune
Laguna Beach
Calif
Sletten-McKee Company
Fred W. Hyslop
Prospect Hill Cemetery
la Crescent
Minn
A. M. Brayton
Wisconsin State Journal
Madison
la Crosse
University of Wisconsin
California
Los Angeles
Dick Knox
Russel Leidy
Corona del Mar
Brayton
Capistrano Beach
Alif
Troops on Koje Island Bolster Prison Camp Guard
The battle tested U S 187th Airborne Regiment moved to Koje Island to strengthen the guard over hard pressed Communist war prisoners.
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Tokyo
U.S. 187Th Airborne Regiment
Koje’s Island
Kohler and GOP Officials Send Out Nomination Papers
Governor Kohler and key Wisconsin Republicans distribute nominating petitions signaling new candidacies. Petitions for Zimmerman, George M. Smith, and Treasurer Smith are in circulation. Thom son and Kohler petitions are being printed for dispatch to counties and party leaders. Kohler campaigns on his record and Republican legislative cooperation, pledges fulfilled from the 1950 platform.
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Kohler
GOP
Madison
Wis
Walter J. Kohler
Warren R. Smith
Fred R. Zimmerman
George M. Smith
Smith
Vernon W. Thomson
Armed Forces Day Display Highlights U S Military Might
President Truman watched 15 000 troops march in Washington as about 50 000 spectators and 44 nations observed the display. Across Europe nearly 400 000 American service members reviewed from the North Sea to the Mediterranean amid iron curtain delegates.
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Washington
America
Pres. Truman
Constitution Avenue
U.S
Europe
North Sea
Mediterranean
West Berlin
United States
National Guard
Truman
Korea
Iron Curtain
Russia
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Red Square
New York
Sec. of Defense
Lovett
James Forrestal
Princeton University
Sec. of Navy
Kimball
Armed Forces
St. Louis
28-Above Cold At Grantsburg
Cold rain snow and freezing weather spread across the nation with Grantsburg Wisconsin reporting 28 degrees and Cadillac Michigan 29. Bemidji Minnesota 30 and Albany New York 32. Rain snow mixed in Wyoming and Colorado as cool Canadian air moved southward to the Ohio River and parts of Oklahoma Missouri and West Texas. Temperatures fell 10 to 20 degrees in 24 hours across the Southern Plains and Southern Rockies.
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Associated Press
Grantsburg
Wis
Cadillac
Mich
Bemidisi
Minn
Albany
N.Y
Wyoming
Colorado
Ohio River
Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas
Plains
Rockies
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Rocky Mountain States
Atlantic Coast
Gulf
Seven Girls of 97 Class Charm by Number Seven
Seven women formed the entire 1897 La Harpe High School graduating class. All are living in their 70s, with seven sons and seven grandchildren among the six who married. They recently celebrated their 55th class anniversary in Bushnell, with a gift of seven reproductions of the graduating photo. The group includes Susie Gilman, Mary Tow ler Hillier, Minnie Landis Ball, Ophe Lyn Ashcraft Jacob, Lora Prather, Mayme Pinkney, and Rose Gaumer Bradley.
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Bushnell, Ill
la Harpe High School
la Harpe
Bushnell
Eisenhower Seen as Republican Choice After Oregon Win
Supporters claim Eisenhower is the overwhelming GOP choice after winning Oregon without Taft in the race. Kefauver leads Democrats with Oregon’s delegates, as GOP and state conventions in Vermont and Hawaii shape the delegate landscape ahead of Chicago.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oregon
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Taft
Ohio
Vermont
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Hawaii
Chicago
Montana
Knife Wielder Nabbed Seeking Aid From Cops
Hiley Eaton, 52, of Herrin Illinois, slashed Charles Hale, 49, in a hotel room attack Friday night. Eaton sought lodging at police headquarters after Hale and his wife arrived to report the incident. Hale required 22 stitches for a head and face wound. Eaton is held on assault with attempt to commit mayhem.
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Galesburg
Ill
Hiley Eaton
Herrin
Charles Hale
Hale
Eaton
Heat Wave Grips London With Record May Temperatures
London sweltered at 79 degrees on Saturday marking the hottest May day since 1947 and the warmest May 17 since 1871. Papers labeled the heat wave the day’s major story as residents coped with the warmth.
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London
McHale Defeat Seen Slap At McKinney
In Indianapolis Frank M. McHale the Indiana Democratic national committeeman for 15 years failed to win re election losing to Paul Butler a South Bend lawyer The defeat was seen as a setback for Frank E McKinney the Democratic national chairman and for Gov Henry Schricker who backed McHale The two men faced accusations of influence peddling over profits from investments but denied any impropriety The election outcome was said to affect McKinney as national chairman.
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Indianapolis
Frank M. McHale
Indiana
Paul Butler
South Bend
Henry F. Schricker
Frank E. McKinney
McHale
McKinney
Oil Talks In Recess Ended Week End Parleys in Chicago
Oil talks in the Chicago area paused over the weekend as Standard Oil Company Indiana and the Central States Petroleum Union adjourned negotiations Friday night until Monday.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Central States Petroleum Union
Independent
Youths disrupt Paris theater over Korea issue
In Paris a group of youths offended by a Communist play’s anti U S stance disrupted a performance of Col Foster Pleads Guilty. They tossed tear gas bombs into the audience and menaced assistant director Claude Sautet who was grabbed at the balcony. Police closed the theater at intermission to avert further trouble.
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Paris P
Korea
Col. Foster
Claude Sautet
Ward Level Reactions to Truman Fall Address Stir GOP
GOP congressmen label Truman speech as ward level and ineffective while Democrats say he will nominate a liberal. Rep. Leonard W. Hall attacks the President as voters brace for November with Republicans facing high prices taxes and war. Sen. O Mahoney predicts a Democratic victory and notes Eisenhower and Hoffmann adherents may shift Republican support.
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Washington
Truman
GOP
Americans of Democratic Action
ADA
Leonard W. Hall
R-Ny
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Paul Hoffman
Dwight Eisenhower
Ex Con Killings Trigger Brink's Robbery Case Link
Ex convict nightclub operator Carlton O'Brien was killed by a shotgun ambush in West Warwick Rhode Island. Police tied the slaying to the decades old Brink's robbery case and said Joseph F. McGuiness may be charged as an accessory.
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West Warwick
R.I
Carlton M.o’brien
Rhode Island
Atty
William E. Powters
Boston
Powers
Joseph F. McGuiness
McGuiness
Bit Player Injured In Suspected Blackmail Plot Dynamite Blast
George Gwen Yoho a 25 year old bit part actor from Cameron West Virginia was found injured with his left hand blown off after a dynamite charge exploded in a hotel corridor. He told detectives two men named Bill and Willie planned to force two actresses Dorris Day and Ruth Roman into a drugged photography extortion scheme in Los Angeles. Yoho registered as Paul Curtis of San Francisco and remains hospitalized as investigators probe if he set the blast himself or was coerced.
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Hollywood
George Gwen Yoho
Cameron
W. Va
E. M. Goossen
M. A. Nolan
Yoho
Doris Day
Ruth Roman
Los Angeles
Bill
Willie
Paul Curtis
San Francisco
General Hospital
Miss Day
Miss Roman
Warwick
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