U S Faces Gap in Warplane Output Says Small
John D. Small, chair of the Munitions Board, told Congress the United States lags behind Russia in jet warplane production. He warned 1953 and 1954 deliveries may be cut if a 46 billion dollar armed forces spending ceiling is kept. The testimony before Senate committees followed Ridgway’s Korea war notes and calls to move air power from drawing boards to flight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John D. Small
The
Munitions Board
Congress
Russia
Small
Senate Preparedness Committee
Senate
Senate Appropriations
Air Force
Finletter
Preparedness Committee
Sen. Stennis
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations Forces
Korea
Senate Armed Services Committee
Ridgway
O’mahoney
D-Wye
U. S
Appropriations
Kremlin
Europe
Stennis
Dedicate New City Library Dedication at South Branch
About 350 people attended the South Branch Library opening and dedication program led by Miss Muriel Fuller. Mayor Henry Ahrens spoke as Walter Botsford of the Wisconsin Free Library Commission traced La Crosse's library history from 1853 to the present. Melvin Olson presented the keys to Miss Nellie MacDonald, the South Branch librarian, who praised the new building and thanked the council, board, patrons, staff, and student helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Branch Library
Muriel Fuller
Henry Ahrens
Botsford
Walter S. Botsford
Wisconsin Free Library Commission
la Crosse
la Crosse Library Company
Young Men’s Library Association
Public Library’ System
Cadwallader C. Washburn
Library Commission
University of Wisconsin
Olson
Melvin Olson
8Th Ward
Nellie MacDonald
MacDonald
Library Board
Allies Sign Peace With West Germany
The United States Britain and France signed a peace treaty with West Germany in Bonn watched by about 500 people. The ceremony followed by a significant shift toward sovereignty for the Western Federal Republic in exchange for German troops in a European army. Chancellor Adenauer and foreign ministers Acheson Eden and Schuman spoke briefly before the signing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Bonn
Dean Atheson
Konrad Adenauer
United States
Britain
France
Bundesratsaal
Soviet Union
Western Federal Republic
West Germany
Adenauer
Dean Acheson
U.S
Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
M P Jonsrud Dies Former Clinic Manager in La Crosse
M P Jonsrud 59 of 450 S 21st St longtime Gundersen Clinic business manager died in a local hospital Sunday. Navy veteran of WWI, civic leader, NACM president 1943, survived by wife Edna S and daughter Faye Peterson plus five sisters and one grandchild. Funeral Wednesday 2 p.m. English Lutheran Church Oak Grove Cemetery. Visitation set at Sletten McKee Southside Chapel Tuesday 7-9 p.m. and at church Wednesday noon until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Palmer Jonsrud
S. 21St St
Gundersen Clinic
la Crosse
Jonsrud
National Association of Clinic Managers
Blair
U. S. Navy
P. A. Kvuemoen
Los Angeles
George B. Larson
A. J. Sather Sr
Judith Jonsrud
Leslie Gasal
Jamestown
N. D
English Lutheran Church
Harold i. Stoffel
Oak Grove Cemetery
Sletten McKee Southside
Bonn Pact Outlines Postwar Germany Terms
Treaty at Bonn ends occupation statute and renames troops as defense forces. Western Allied commissioners will be replaced by ambassadors, with rights reserved to intervene in emergencies or Berlin affairs. East and West Germany are framed for reunification while a European Defense Community pact proceeds in Paris. Pravda responds with criticism across the iron curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
U.S
Britain
France
Germany
Russia
Berlin
Paris
East
Soviet Zone
Iron Curtain
Pravda
Moscow
East Germany
Plane Crash Injures Two Near Genoa Wisconsin
Two men were injured when a light plane hit a windmill and power line before crashing near a Genoa area farm east of Genoa on Sunday about 6 p.m. Pilot Joseph Demke was treated for a head bump and released from a La Crosse hospital. Passenger Alvin Kelsey suffered a dislocated shoulder a fractured wrist and a bruised back and remained hospitalized in La Crosse in satisfactory progress. The crash occurred on the Richard Berra farm east of Genoa off Highway 56. Sheriff Bernard Ammerman said the ambulance transports were to La Crosse after deputies investigated the scene. Demke had worked for Fanta-Reed Air Service and had been flying for a dusting service in recent months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genoa
Wis
Joseph Demke
la’ ‘Crosse
la Crosse
Alvin Kelsey
Kelsey
Vernon County
Bernard Ammerman
Richard Berra
Genoa Hill
Highway 56
Sheriff's Department
Ammerman
Pete Mellem
Domke
Fanta-Reed Air Service
Bloody September riots at Koje Island prison camp
Reports from Koje Island describe a five day battle inside barbed wire enclosures between Communist and anti-Red POWs in mid September. UN guards and hospital records note hundreds of prisoner deaths and ongoing brutality despite outside control claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jorden
Koje Island
Korea
United Nations
U.N
Haydon L. Boamer
U. S
Koje
Gelenger
Pusan
Philip J. Noel
Louisville
Boatner
Kore
Reds
Approval of a 6.9 Billion Foreign Aid Bill Stirs Debate
Senator Connally urged approval of a 6.9 billion dollar foreign aid bill, warning timidity could spell disaster. He chairs the Foreign Relations Committee and backs no further cuts, while others seek reductions up to one billion. The House approved 6.162 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen
Connally
D-Tex
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Texas
Truman
House
Sen. George
D-Ga
Committee
Congress
Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Tire and Battery Service Owner Dies After Illness
Edward John George aged 61 of 433 S 20th St died in a local hospital Sunday morning after a short illness. He owned George Tire and Battery Service at 218 S 3rd St and is survived by his wife Elaine two daughters Mrs E J Young and Mrs R E lroh at home a son Edward Jr two grandchildren one brother Clarence and one sister Elizabeth all of La Crosse. He was a World War I veteran and Elks member. Rosary Monday at Blaschke Funeral Home services Tuesday at Blaschke and St Joseph Cathedral. Burial in Catholic Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward John George
S. 20Th St
George Tire and BatteryService
3Rd St
Eileen
E. J
Ferdl) Young
Los Angeles
Calif
R. E
Margaret)lroh
Edward Jr
George
Clarence
la Crosse
Elizabeth
The
Elks
St. Joseph School
Business College
George Tire and Battery
Blaschke
St.Joseph’s Cathedral
Msgr
Peter Pape
OK Tavern
Copeland Ave
Flaten
Flatens
Colburn
Bosshard
Central Police
Milwaukee Railroad
Local Weather For La Crosse And Vicinity
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and near term with light winds. No precipitation expected as conditions remain dry across the La Crosse area and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Oil Tanker and Barge Collide in Delaware River Fire
A collision in the Delaware River 15 miles south of Wilmington between the tanker Michael and the gasoline barge E D Dodge sparked flames. Six men remain missing from the Dodge crew of nine. one body recovered. The Michael reported fire under control as two Dodge crew members were hospitalized with burns and shock. The incident followed two similar collisions in the same area within 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Delaware
Here
Coast Guard
Michael
E.D. Dodge
Dodge
Wilmington General Hospital
Sjar Teifsen
Brooklyn
N.Y
Paulssboro
Persia
Five Boys Rescue After Green Bay Boat Sinks
Five local boys aged 13 to 15 were marooned for 13 hours on Green Bay when their motor failed. The Sturgeon Bay Coast Guard found them about 19 miles northeast of here and ferried them to safety, where a warm bed awaited Roger Campbell Robert Kissell George Huebner 15 Kline Wilson 13 and Arthur Moglowsky 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Bay
Sturgeon Bay Coast Guard
Roger Campbell
Robert Kissell
George Huebner
Kline Wilson
Arthur Moglowsky
Say Solons To Get Steel Case If Court Acts
President Truman weighing a move to send the steel controversy to Congress if the Supreme Court rules the seizure illegal. The court adjourned without an opinion and will reconvene Monday. CIO steelworkers demand a pay raise. a general strike could follow if government operation ends. The plan would be to appeal to Congress rather than invoke Taft Hartley emergency provisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Congress
High Court
Philip Murray
CIO
WSB Calls Meeting On Special Pay Raises
The Wage Stabilization Board convenes industry and union leaders to decide if workers deserve special pay raises for rising industrial output. Chairman Feinsinger notes a general policy may permit boosts. unions push the idea, with backing from President Truman and the Council of Economic Advisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
Nathan P. Feinsinger
WSB
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Air Force seeks mobile ground observers for 24 hour alert
The Air Force plans to revive civilian spotting to guard U S airspace by July. Ground Observer Corps volunteers would operate around the clock after a May 17 rollout in 27 states was delayed by civil defense concerns. A Alaska incident showed a contrail plane not detected by radar, prompting renewed focus on low altitude threats near Soviet air fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elton C. Fay Washington
Air Force
Ground Observer Corps
Air Defense Command
USAF
Alaska
Anylace
Rube
Siberia
Oscar Flaten Held Without Charge In Jail
A St Paul railroad worker shot three times in the OK Tavern at Copeland Ave. Donald J Colburn 27 of 1941 Carroll St St Paul is gravely wounded. Oscar Flaten 44 of 2022 S 22nd St faces charges withheld while Colburn’s fate is decided. Mrs Flaten 35 a witness was later detained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Flaten
St. Paul
la Crosse
Donald J. Colburn
Carroll St
John Bosshard
S. 22Nd St
Colburn
Colburn Will Live. Mrs. Flaten
Bosshard
Nine La Crosse officers subpoenaed in John Doe probe
Nineteen police witnesses including nine La Crosse officers are ordered to appear Tuesday at 1 30 p m in Judge Roy Ahlstrom s chambers in a John Doe inquiry into alleged ties between gamblers and the La Crosse police. The list of questioned persons now totals 93 with more possible. Hearings remain secret with limited access to the district attorney and judge. The probe follows a U S grand jury recommendation for a state level investigation into ties between local police and gamblers studied in Western Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Doe
la Crosse
la Crosse Force
Roy V. Ahlstrom
John Bosshard
William Boma
Police
Cnt
Bosshard
Ahistrom
Asst. Dist
Philip G. Arneson
Alice Moore
Ing
U.S
Grand Jury
Wisconsin
Ckie
la Crosse County
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. Milton Kelly
New City
M. P. Jonsrud
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Allied Hospital
S. M. Gelenger
Flint, Mich
Joseph Domke
Tire
Copeland Avenue
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!