Beloit Man to Receive Medal of Honor on June 14
Beaufort T. Anderson 23 of Beloit Wisconsin will receive the Congressional Medal of Honor from President Truman in Washington on June 14 for actions on Okinawa April 13. While a staff sergeant with the 96th division he repelled a 75‑enemy assault using mortar shells as grenades, was wounded by shrapnel, and credited with killing 25 in one hour. Anderson, discharged as a technical sergeant last December, will be accompanied by his family for the ceremony.
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Lll
Beaufort T. Anderson
Okinawa
Truman
Washington
Maj
J. J. Burkhart
Beloit
Wis
Harvard
Burkhardt
Anderson
William
Milwaukee
Soldier's Grove
96Th
Fell
War Department
Army
Josef Seuss
Dachau
Germany
Simon Kiern
Boy 16 Dies Testing Mask In Bath Tub
Milwaukee report states Thomas Haskell, 16, died testing a home-made diving mask in a bathtub. A bathrobe cord around his neck tightened as he submerged, choking him before rescue attempts.
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Milwaukee
Thomas Haskell
Patterson Buried at Arlington in Simple Military Rites
Joseph Medill Patterson publisher of the New York Daily News was buried today at Arlington National Cemetery. Services for a captain who served in World War I were conducted in a simple ceremony.
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Washington
Joseph Medill Patterson
New York Daily News
Arlington National Cemetery
Patterson
Truman News Meet Washington Press And Radio
President Truman set two weeks for a news conference with press and radio representatives. Officials said the session would address national policy and public concerns, with White House aides coordinating the program.
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Washington
Local weather in La Crosse region shows increasing clouds
The forecast notes mild temperatures tonight with low near 54. Scattered thunderstorms are possible Thursday. expect cooler conditions by evening with a high around 80.
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Lo West
Memorial Day Parade to Honor Vets in La Crosse
La Crosse prepares for its first peacetime Memorial Day parade since 1941 with 13 bands and 60 groups. The march begins at 9 a m from Market Square, follows King street to Oak Grove Cemetery, and includes sections routing via West avenue Forrest avenue Cass street and 22nd street. Formation starts at 8 30 a m on Market Square and Cameron park with street closures 8 00 to 9 30 a m.
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la Crosse
Market Square
R. Ahlstrom
Marshall
Aar
Paul G. Gotterdam
John A Coleman
Cameron Park
Fourth
King Streets
Fourth Street
Fifth Avenue
11Th Street
West Avenue
King Street
Oak Grove Cemetery
France Receives 1.37 Billion Loan From United States
Washington reports a 1.37 billion dollar U S loan to France to back its four year rehabilitation. The package includes 650 million direct at 3 percent and 720 million credit at 2 percent with 25 and 35 year terms. Repayment delays possible during economic hardship. The U S also offers tariff relief and expanded world trade. France and the United States agreed to military lend lease write offs and reciprocal lend lease balances.
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Washington
France
United States
Truman
Felix Gouin
Britain
U. S
Showers Possible Thursday Brightens Local Crops
Meteorologist Samal at the La Crosse weather bureau predicts widely scattered thundershowers Thursday that may miss the city or arrive after the parade. Last week’s rains plus warmth boost crops. rain totals reached 1.85 inches in the city and 1.88 at the airport aiding corn, wheat, oats, alfalfa, clover, and potatoes with hay ready June 10 to 15 and better apple yields expected south of La Crosse.
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la Crosse
Weather Bureau
Samal
Sanial
la Crescent
Coal Strike Settlement Hints From UMW Leaders
John L. Lewis meets with the United Mine Workers policy committee as Ohio district officials say the soft coal strike may be ending. A 10:30 a.m. Washington conference will outline final settlement details, while federal negotiators note progress on a new contract.
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Washington
T. J. Price
Lewis
UMW
Interior Krug
Krug
Truman
UMW Rejects Contract Extension as Coal Strike Looms
The AFL United Mine Workers announce no extension to the current contract ending midnight tomorrow and a work stoppage of about 76,000 hard coal miners. The 59 day strike enters a tense phase with partial two week truce expired. Government efforts continue through Krug and White House talks with John L. Lewis and Ben Moreell seeking settlement before shutdown tightens industry.
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AFL
United Mine Workers Today
J. A. Krug
John L. Lewis
Truman
Krug
White House
Charles G. Ross
Federal Coal Mines Administration
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Adm
Ben Moreell
La Follette Submits Nomination Papers for Senate Run
U S Senator Robert M. La Follette filed nomination papers on the Republican ticket in Madison. Other filings include Republicans Charles Madison and J Earl Leverich for state offices, Democrats Harley Jacklin for the state senate, and Socialists Rudolph Renn and Lars P Christensen among other congressional and state legislative candidates.
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Madison
U. S
Robert M. la Follette
Charles D. Madsen
Luck
State Senate
Stefan H. Robeck
Berlin
Assembly
Green Lake
Waushara
Taylor Brown
Oshkosh
J. Earl Leverich
Sparta
Robert K. Henry
Jefferson
Congress
Grover L. Broadfoot
Mondovi
Buffalo
Pepin
Harley Jacklin
Plover
Rudolph Renn
Sheboygan
Clarence J. Haberman
Camp Douglas
Herman A. Marth
Wausau
John A. Pearson Jr
Red Grahite
Lars P. _Christensen
Racine
Ist
28 Dachau Murderers And Torturers Hanged By Army At Landsberg
In Landsberg Germany the U S army hanged 28 Dachau criminals for killings of over 300 000 inmates. The day saw 14 executed on the first scaffold and 14 more yesterday as commandant Martin Gottfried Weiss and others were put to death after war crimes trials.
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Landsberg
Germany
United States Army
Dachau
Martin Gottfried Weiss
War Crimes Branch
Army
Weiss
Wiesbaden
Paul Grossman
U. S
Bad Weisse
Laus Karl Schilling
Adolf Hitler
Schilling
Nein
Schnell
Bitte Schnell
House Passes Case Bill in Senate Draft Clash
The House sent to President Truman the Senate version of the Case strike control bill. It bars employer payments to union welfare funds and imposes a 60 day cooling off period before strikes. The vote appeared tight with many lawmakers hedging on the emergency draft provision.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Barkley
Capper
Kansas
Hawkes
New Jersey
Willis
Indiana
International Stock Show Returns to Prewar Scale
The annual international livestock exposition resumes this year after war disruptions. From November 30 to December 7 the event, at the international amphitheater in Union Stock Yards, will run on its prewar scale under general manager B. H. Heide. The hay and grain show also will be revived alongside the stock show. Prize farm animals from the United States and Canada are expected to compete.
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Chicago
B. H. Heide
Union Stock Yards
Heide
United States
Canada
Sanity Test Ordered in Milwaukee Baby Drowning Case
Roland A. Wasti 28 Clifton New Jersey charged with first degree murder in the drowning of his daughter Ruth 2. A sanity test was ordered by Municipal Judge Herbert J Steffes after he waived preliminary hearing and was bound over to municipal court. Date not announced. The child drowned in the Kinnickinnie river when police say he jumped in with her.
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Roland A. Wasti
Clifton
N. J
Ruth
Herbert J. Steffes
Wasti
Kinnickinnie
Wasu
Stassen Narrowly Escapes Elevator Plunge in Pasadena
Former Minnesota Governor Harold E. Stassen survived a three floor elevator fall at the Huntington hotel Pasadena while en route to a Pasadena Junior Chamber of Commerce banquet. The car hit safety rigs at the shaft bottom. several passengers were shaken but unharmed and Stassen proceeded to the banquet.
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Pasadena
Calif
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Huntington Hotel
Stassen
End of Rochester City Strike Nets 30,000 Union Workers
City officials and organized workers reached a three point policy agreement ending a city wide shutdown that idled 30,000 union workers in Rochester. The dispute began May 15 after 489 public works jobs were cut. The AFL CIO committee sought employee organizing rights and collective bargaining through chosen representatives.
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Rochester
N. Y
Frederick H. Bullen
State Mediation Board
Thomas E. Dewey
Louis R. Cartwright
Cartwright
Public Works Department
AFL Federation of State
Afl-Cio
Flood Rarges Destroys Areas Across Pennsylvania and New York
Across three states, floodwaters from days of heavy rain inundated farms and cities. Ten people drowned with four missing as the Susquehanna rose over flood levels in Williamsport and Elmira, forcing closures and widespread utility outages. Volunteers and agencies mobilized for disaster relief as more rain threatened in the area.
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New York
Susquehanna
Williamsport
Elmira
N. Y
Maryland
Susquehan
Byrnes Pushes Arms Limitation Amid Moscow Strain
Secretary of State Byrnes urged Congress to back broad military cooperation and a goal of limiting arms worldwide. He denied a British American bloc against the Soviet Union and expressed hope that big four talks in Paris June 15 would advance European peace treaties.
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Washington
State Byrnes
Congress
United States
Byrnes
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Moscow
Molotov
Paris
Europe
Soviet Union
London
Russia
Stalin
Pravda
Goodland Announces Re-Election Radio Address Schedule
Gov. Goodland said he will open his bid for re election with a radio address broadcast on 13 Wisconsin stations on June 3 from 6 30 to 6 45 p m The plan covers multiple outlets and details the campaign rollout.
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Madison
Goodland
Wisconsin
Group Approves Funds for Return of GI Dead Overseas
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 92.5 million dollar allotment to begin repatriation of about 275,000 war dead. The bill totals over 1 billion dollars including Veterans Administration expansion and 76 new hospital projects. Families may choose private burial in the U.S. with a 50 dollar burial aid plus marker flag escort and firing squad. Bodies will be shipped to New York or San Francisco for transfer to designated cemeteries.
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Washington
War Department
House Appropriations Committee
House
Veterans Administration
America
New York
San Francisco
GI Wife In Coma Six Months Bears Child
Mrs. Rhoda Wenger, in a coma for six months after a truck collision, gave birth to a healthy daughter in an Allentown hospital. Her husband Corp. Leland Wenger awaits recovery at Walter Reed in Washington. The couple, married in 1942, had moved to Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, before the accident while en route to New York City.
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Rhoda Wenger
San Francisco
Corp
Leland Wenger
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D. C
Indiantown Gap
Wenger
New York City
Doherty and Fraley Seek Democratic Congress Nominations
Milwaukee scene reports two World War II veterans Elmer E. Fraley and George T. Doherty announcing as Democratic candidates for Congress. Fraley pursues the seventh district nomination while Doherty, from Shelby in La Crosse County, seeks the third district nomination.
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Milwaukee
Elmer E. Fraley
George T. Doherty
Congress
Fraley
University of Wisconsin
Doherty
Shelby
la Crosse County
No Paper on Memorial Day in La Crosse Tribune
The La Crosse Tribune will not publish editions on Memorial Day. No paper will be issued as the holiday observance closes the newsroom and printing schedules for that day.
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