Strike Halts Atomic Plant Construction
A wild cat walkout by AFL workers shut down the mammoth atomic plant project in Oak Ridge Tennessee affecting about 3000 workers. The Laborers and hodcarriers unions joined the strike after arbitration on a wage dispute, with officials unsure of instigators or union authorization.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
AFL
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Hodcarriers
Knoxville Building Trades Council
John S. Turner
The
Turner
La Crosse County History Society Holds Meeting
The La Crosse County Historical Society met in the training school auditorium to hear updates on current and past events. The meeting featured Mrs. Arthur Hebberd describing White Beaver Dr Powell and his large 1884 city picnic for 6,309 children.
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la Crosse County
Coulee
Fair Association
la Crosse
Arthur Hebberd
White Beaver
David Franklin Powel
Powell
Pendergast
Truman
Acheson-Hiss
Kansas City
Local Weather for La Crosse Area
Clearing and cooler tonight with a low around 46. Friday will be generally fair and quite cool with a high near 62 in the afternoon.
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la Crosse
Truman Story Begins in Independence High Class
The 1901 Independence Missouri class included Harry Truman Bess Wallace and Charles Ross. Teacher Miss Matilda Brown called Truman the outstanding student predicting a future president. The piece traces Truman’s rise from Jackson County judge to senator and vice president under FDR.
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Washington
Independence
Harry
Bess
Charlie
Matilda Brown
United States
Harry S. Truman
Bess Wallace
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Harry Truman
Tom Pendergast
Kansas City
Democratic Machine
Jackson
Pendergast
Roosevelt
Senate
Scouts Seek Clothing For Winnipeg Flood Relief
Girl Scouts are asked to send clean usable clothing ready to wear for Winnipeg flood victims. Items must be packed under 15 pounds and mailed to Canadian Red Cross 621 Jarvis Street Toronto Ontario with the note From Girl Scouts of America for Winnipeg Relief. Further details available from Mrs Dellenbach.
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Winnipeg
B. E. Dellenbach
Juliette Law
Chicago
Canadian Red Cross
Jarvis Street
Toronto
Ontario
Girl Scouts of America
Dellenbach
Pool Of West Europe Steel Production Gets Attention In Capital
The French plan to pool Western European steel production draws notice from U.S. military circles in Washington. Western Europe's annual output is about 42,000,000 tons while Russia may produce around 19,000,000 tons. Russia must sustain over 57,000 miles of rail which requires about 225 tons of steel per mile of track.
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West Europe
Washington
Europe
U. S
Russia
Reds Post Guards To Keep German Youth From Straying To West
Red police guard the Russian sector boundary to keep about 100000 FDJ marchers in East Berlin from crossing to the West. Soviet papers warn Anglo American powers jail peace fighters for blue shirt. West German police say 15 FDJ members arrested for trucks with Communist propaganda. officials claim higher totals. FDJ movement continues by train and truck hourly as vigilance remains high.
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Berlin
Red
FDJ
East Berlin
Soviet Zone
West Germany
Around Town Column and Local Notices Digest
Brief community column items and local notices appear in this page segment. It lists obituaries a movie notices weather and radio program listings with page references and section markers for the community.
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Ersecreves
Osu Ee
Ie Ae
Truman Officials Express Skepticism Toward Lie Optimism
Washington officials from President Truman on down show cautious skepticism about Trygve Lie’s hopes for negotiations ending the cold war. Lie plans to meet with Truman and Acheson after returning from Europe while U S officials doubt the Soviet willingness to adjust policy for peace.
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Washington
Truman
Trygve Lie
United States
Britain
France
Russia
United Nations
Lie
New York
Europe
Stalin
Acheson
London
Safety Council Warns About 290 Deaths Over Holiday Traffic
The National Safety Council warned that about 290 people may die in Memorial Day weekend traffic during a four day holiday with heavy travel nationwide. President Ned H. Dearborn said the list could be halved if motorists practice extra caution and courtesy.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
House Approves Two-Year Draft Law Extension
The House approved a two year standby selective service measure by 216 to 11 to keep draft registration and classification for 18 year olds through 1952 while halting inductions until a national emergency is declared. The bill links to a broader manpower mobilization plan and faces Senate review.
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Washington
Senate
House
National Security Resources Board
NSRB
Rep
Vinson
D-Ga
é armed_ services committee
W. Stuart Symington
NLRB
Air
Congress
Indictment of Binaggio associates expands tax evasion case
A federal grand jury indicted three more Binaggio associates Walter Rainey Samuel Goldberg and John Mangiaracina on multiple income tax evasion counts. The probe ties them to a large Jackson County gambling operation and follows prior indictments of Hayden Lococo and other underworld figures.
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Kansas City
Charles Binaggio
Walter L. Rainey
Samuel Goldberg
John Mangiaracina
Samuel C. Hayden
Jackson County
Tano Lococo
Hayden
President Truman
Thursday
Lococo
Binaggio
Charles Gargotta
Truman Road
Kansas State
Goldberg
Rainey
Mangiaracina
Big Three Agree To Furnish Defense Arms To Middle East
The United States Britain and France reached a joint agreement to supply arms to the Middle East strictly for defense. President Truman welcomed the pact as boosting confidence in future security in the region.
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Big Three
Middle East
John Scali
Washington
United States
Britain
France
Truman
Israel
Near East
Arab Nations
London
Palestine
GOP Strength Growth Reported in Wisconsin State
Milwaukee report cites John H. Rouse Baraboo executive secretary of the Wisconsin Republican voluntary committee saying GOP strength is rising across the state. He notes after the 1948 loss the party is determined to rebound and cites growing turnout at sessions.
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Milwaukee
John H. Rouse
Baraboo
Wisconsin
Republican Voluntary Committee
Rouse
GOP
Harold Plummer
Madison
Wayne Hood
Crosse
Yvonne Town
Waukesha
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Fisherman reels 14 sharks on one hook off Brielle
Brienlle, N J reports Sigmund Scharf of New Brunswick hauled in a six foot shark off Brielle On the boat it spawned 13 more each about a foot long The bizarre catch tops local fishing tales and highlights a remarkable sea story from New Jersey shores.
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Brielle
N. J
Sigmund Scharf
New Brunswick
FBI Traps Harry Gold Detected By McMahon Revelation
Senator McMahon disclosed that the FBI set its trap at least two months ago for Harry Gold, the Philadelphia biochemist charged with receiving and passing atomic secrets from Klaus Fuchs. The probe narrowed 1,200 suspects to chemists in the New York Philadelphia area, leading to Gold after Fuchs identified his photograph.
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FBI
Harry Gold
Sen. McMahon
Washington
McMahon
D-Conn
Philadelphia
Klaus Fuchs
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S
Fuchs
Soviet Union
Gold
New York-Philadelphia
England
Santa Fe
N. M
Los Alamos
Capitol Hill
John Doe
Bricker (Rohio
Atomic Committee
Rep. Price
D-Ill
Memorial Day No La Crosse Tribune Editions May 30
Notice to advertisers that in observance of Memorial Day the La Crosse Tribune will not publish its editions on May 30, affecting advertising schedules and deadlines.
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The
la Crosse Tribune
Gene Tierney wills eyes to eye bank after death
Hollywood actress Gene Tierney announced she will donate her eyes to Light Restoration Inc for corneal grafts to aid blind people. The disclosure came Wednesday, detailing her plan to support an eye bank organization after death.
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Hollywood
Gene Tierney
Light Restoration, Inc
Roellig Resigns as La Crosse Girl Scout Executive
Mrs. Robert Roellig resigned as city Scout executive director at an emergency board meeting of La Crosse Girl Scouts Inc. The resignation, announced by council president Mrs. C B Wethe, follows a medical leave. Roellig began duties Oct 15 1948 and held prior teaching posts at Lincoln Logan and Onalaska schools.
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la Crosse Girl Scouts, Inc
Robert Roellig
la Crosse Tribune
C. B. Wethe
Roellig
Girl Scouts
la Crosse State Teachers College
Three Wisconsin Republicans enter race after governor quits
Gov Rennebohm shocks Wisconsin by choosing not to seek re election. Within hours Bubolz Kohler and Keefe announce bids contingent on party endorsement. Other Republicans, including Nicol and Porter, weigh runs as GOP convention June 9 10 in Milwaukee looms large.
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Oscar Rennebohm
Wisconsin
GOP
Frank Keefe
Oshkosh
Associated Press
Rennebohm
Republican Party of
Milwaukee
Frank B. Keefe
R-Wis
Walter J. Kohler
Bubolz
Gordon Bubolz
Appleton
Alex Nicol
Sparta
Assembly
Nicol
Foster Porter
Bloomington
Joint Legislative Finance Committee
Congress
Porter
Group Favors Marsh Location for Auditorium
South Side Merchants association votes by secret ballot to place the proposed auditorium in the marsh by one vote over the fairgrounds site. The group also joins the Zoo Development association. A June ladies night at Miller night club is planned with a committee led by Bernard Zahn.
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South Side Merchants Association
Marsh
Fairgrounds
Zoo Development Association
Miller Night Club
Mormon Coulee
Bernard Zahn
Ernest Thomack
John Zahn, Jr
Harvey Norman
Robert Pappenfuss
Ernie Holberg
Gordon Feinberg
Philip Dyer
Association
Lyle Gilbert
Jackson Street
West Avenue
L1th Street
Caledonia Street Merchants
Copeland Park
Ralph Lang
Robert Pappensfuss
Bernard Balduzzi
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GOV
Tribune
Walter J. Kohler, JR
Sheboygan
Walter Kohler
Union
County History Society Meets
Dr. Powell
Kentucky
St. Lawrence Seaway
Passamaquoddy
Florida Ship Canal
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Supreme Court
Carl Hatch
New Mexico
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Stephen Early
White House
Missouri
Labor
Wall Street
Reds
West
State Department
Eaton
R-Nj
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Safety Council
Girl Scout
Wethe
Scout
Kohler
Keefe
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