Inquiry into La Crosse gambling ties begins Friday
John Doe investigation into alleged relationship between known gamblers and the La Crosse police department will start Friday at 2 p.m. at the Courthouse. Nine witnesses have been subpoenaed for the initial session and a list of 93 more may testify.
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John Doe
la Crosse
District Court
John Bosshard
Madison
U.S
Thomas Fairchild
Vernon Thomson
Roy V. Ahlstrom
Bosshard
Ahlstrom
Wisconsin
la Crosse Gamblling
U N Officers See Soviet Build-Up in Asia Raising Korea War Risk
United Nations officers in Tokyo note intensified Soviet military activity in Asia. They warn Russia might enter the Korean War if China needs help, citing increased tanks artillery aircraft and supply lines and a Red air force of about 1500 planes with jets.
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Robert Eunson
Tokyo
United Nations
Asia
Russia
North
Washington
China
Far East
Korea
U.N
James A. van Fleet
U.S
Eighth Army
Manchuria
O.P. Weyland
Ridgway
Truman asserts power to seize industries in national emergency
President Truman states he has inherent power to seize industries in national emergencies and would return mills to owners if the Supreme Court rules against him. He backs federal bargaining law for stable national operation, hints at support for Adlai Stevenson nomination, and notes Congress must sign any act.
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Washington
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Congress
Mills
Supreme Court
White House
American Soldier Sentenced To Death in Germany
Pvt. John F. Vigneault, 19, from Goff Falls New Hampshire, was sentenced to death by a U.S. Fourth Division court martial in Nuremberg Germany for murdering two Germans and stealing their car. He showed little emotion as the sentence was announced.
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Mernberg
Germany
John F. Vigneault
Goffs Falls
N. H
U. S. Fourth Division
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Friday Showers and Cooler
For La Crosse and vicinity expect occasional showers with considerable cloudiness and a slight cool down. Low around 52 tonight, high Friday near 66.
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la Crosse
Fifth Air Force hits Red supply hub across Korean front
5th Air Force fliers led an hour by hour assault smashing a large war material and supply area between Pyongyang and Chinnampo. Pilots reported 117 buildings demolished and 80 heavily damaged. Ground forces pressed a 20 mile sector push with tanks and bunkers shelled as Allied and Communist patrols clashed nearby.
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Seoul
Korea
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
Chinnampo
1St Marine Aircraft Wing
Royal Australian Air Force
77Th Squadron
Eighth Army
U.S. 40Th Division
California National Guard
Chorwon
Kumsong
Fire Follows Derailment Of Freight Cars In Lowell
A southbound Monon Railroad freight train derailed 30 cars in Lowell Indiana causing a large fire fed by spilled fuel oil gasoline and alcohol. About 150 firefighters battled the blaze for over four hours with no injuries reported. The train originated in Chicago and was bound for Louisville.
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Lowell
Ind
Monon Railroad
Harry N. Brown
Chicago
Louisville
Lake County
Odessa
Tex
West
Texas
Court injunction frees tanker to move to Milwaukee
The tanker SS Red Crown arrived in Milwaukee with 2,700,000 gallons of gasoline after three weeks blocked by pickets at a drawbridge in East Chicago Indiana. A court injunction ordered the pickets off the bridge and released the vessel.
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Milwaukee
Red Crown
Standard Oil Co
Indiana
East Chicago
Ind
Navy diver recovers currency in Pawtuxet River probe
A Navy diver aiding FBI investigators retrieved a bag of currency from the Pawtuxet River in Warwick near the Quonset Point Naval Air Station robbery case. Newsmen reported the bag contained part of the stolen funds. FBI comments were not released.
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Warwick
R.I
FBI
2 Pending Legal Battles Hold Fate Of State Cheese Industry
Wisconsin faces a pivotal legal showdown over Krafts rindless Swiss cheese patent. The outcome will affect southwestern farmers and Monroe cheesemakers long tied to traditional rinded cheese. Krafts suit and state challenges shape the industrys future and market access.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Monroe
Kraft Cheese Company
Chicago
Kraft
Truman Attacks Congress Over AMA Socialized Medicine Sting
President Truman berated Congress in a speech to 1,200 Veterans Administration hospital workers accusing lawmakers of yielding to AMA pressure. He cited the AMA against a bill to raise old age and survivors insurance benefits, while AMA leaders denounced Truman’s socialized medicine push as a sham.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
American Medical Association
Veterans Administration Hospital
House
Association
Chicago
John W. Cline
San Francisco
White House
Tligan
Joy Lashes Reds In His Last Session at Panmunjom
Vice Adm C Turner Joy in his final statement as Allied delegate rebuked the Reds for stalling talks and urged a decision. Maj. Gen. William K Harrison Jr. succeeds Joy as senior U N delegate and calls for a recess while the talks continue. Joy warned there is nothing left to negotiate on prisoner repatriation, with about 100000 of 170000 captives refusing to return to Communist rule.
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Matthew B. Ridgway
U.N
Far East
Congress
Barkley
House
Sam Rayburn
Munsan
Korea
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Joy
Panmunjom
Harrison
William K. Harrison Jr
Nam
Nam II
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Reds
William K. Harrison
United Nations Command
Missing Man Budzien Body Found Near Henderson
The body of Ward Budzien Sr., 45, a former Waukesha man, was found in a shallow grave near Henderson Nevada. Vernon Bourdlais and Harry Dyer were held for investigation with five hitchhikers as witnesses. Budzien had left Los Angeles for a vacation and allegedly was robbed and killed during a hitchhiking incident.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Waukesha
Wis
Henderson
Marinette
Ward Budzien Sr
Vernon Bourdlais
Harry Dyer
Los Angeles
Budzien
Charles H. Dohrenwend
Pittman
Bourdlais
Dohrenwen
Dr Fox Quits Prison Post After Mutineers Speech
Dr Fox, the psychologist who applauded mutineers at Southern Michigan Prison, announced his resignation today from his role as assistant deputy warden in Jackson Michigan.
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A. Fox
Southern Michigan
Jackson, Mich
Three-Year-Old Railroad Labor Dispute Ends
Union and management reach a memorandum of agreement ending a three year dispute. The plan raises wages by 37 cents an hour in yards and 2 1/2 cents for road workers, links pay to the cost of living, moves yard crews toward a 40 hour week, and grants unions the right to reject certain route changes pending further negotiation. The roads will return to private ownership once contracts are signed, with formal ratification by the unions expected within a week or more.
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Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
North Carolina Democrats Convene in Raleigh for Delegates
About 3,000 attendees pack the Raleigh gathering to choose 40 delegates for North Carolina’s 32 votes at the Democratic National Convention. Most delegates likely back Georgia’s Sen. Richard Russell though delegation may remain uninstructed. Eleven congress districts will select two delegates each, with 16 at large chosen by the convention. State Chairman Everett Jordan, a Russell ally, predicts harmony.
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Raleigh
N.C
North Carolina
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Everett Jordan
Sen
Russell
Senate fights brewing over revised wage stabilization board plan
The Senate Banking Committee officially backed scrapping the Wage Stabilization Board for an all public panel. The move would strip dispute settlement powers, leaving labor, industry and public interests represented on the 18 member board. Some members urged preserving or moderating the change.
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Washington
Senate
Wage Stabilization Board
AFL
CIO
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Truman
House Banking Committee
Capehart
WSB
FBI arrests pair for $100000 armed credit union holdup
FBI in Boston reports two former Quonset Point Naval Air Station civilian employees Howard Hildebrandt 25 and Robert La Plante 27 along with a New York nightclub singer were arrested for the March 7 armed holdup of a Rhode Island credit union. One suspect was found with loot cash. amount recovered not disclosed.
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Boston
Quonset Point
R.I
Naval Air Station
FBI
New York
Howard Hildebrandt
Quonset
Dramatic(Ridgway) Warning On Korean War Gas Charges
General Ridgway told Congress that Communist germ and gas warfare charges against the UN in Korea are a monumental warning. He called the accusations false in their entirety and warned the threat was as urgent as a forest fire bearing down on a village. He offered little further detail.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Congress
United Nations
Korea
Ridgway
Far Eastern
Ridgway praises diplomacy as path to end Korea war
Senator Lodge says Ridgway report convinces him firm diplomatic pressure on the Kremlin may end Korea fighting. Ridgway tells Senate committees of Communist strength, the 8th Army’s rebound after retreat, and his stance against germ or gas warfare claims. He cautions about war propaganda and notes talks on cease fire and Japan relations continue.
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Washington
Lodge
R-Mass
Matthew Ridgway
Korea
Kremlin
Adenauer, Western Allies Reach Pact Agreement in Bonn
After a 13 hour session Chancellor Adenauer and Allied representatives agreed in principle on defense funding of 850 million marks per month. Acheson Eden and Schuman will meet in Bonn Friday for final treaty points and signing Monday.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
U.S
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
West Germany
U.S. Senate
Britain
France
Paris
Strasbourg
Belgium
Netherlands
Italy
Luxembourg
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U. N
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John Randolph
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Dr. Fox
Rowland Evans JR
Eeeereenee Ereeree Comics
Eesue
Ateseeeeeerer
Hal Boyle
Ebenen
Demos
Rhode Island
Robert Roger la Plante
Hildebrandt
LA Plante
8Th ‘Army
Allied Command
Europe
Secretary of Defense
Lovett
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Japan
Western Officials Center
Brack Curry
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