MacArthur Declines Return Before Wisconsin Primary
General MacArthur chooses not to return to the United States ahead of the Wisconsin primary where Harold E. Stassen wins as favorite son. He signals readiness to return after next month’s political issues are settled, stressing his decision reflects statesmanship and Japan’s postwar praise.
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Eneral MacArthur
United States
Wisconsin
Harold E. Stassen
MacArthur
Bridges
Appropriations Committee
General MacArthur
Japan
Hearken unto this O Job Stand Still and Consider
A short biblical quotation from Job 37 14 urging reflection on divine works and patience, framed as a devotional note.
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Job
God
Pattern for Wage Agreements May Shape Inflation Fight
A GM UAW wage contract ties increases to the cost of living index, avoiding strikes and suggesting a universal pattern for auto makers and possibly steel and coal. Management concedes more while unions accept a five cent cut when prices fall, signaling industrial statesmanship and potential broader price controls.
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General Motors-Uaw
General Motors
UAW
Chrysler
Ford
Buick
Massive Fly Lays 900 Million Eggs Rumor Sparks Wonder
A fly reportedly lays about 900 million eggs and claims that all hatch. Scientists caution that estimation may be exaggerated while noting the remarkable scale of insect reproduction.
Vandenberg as Draft Pick in Republican Nominating Talks
Recurring rumors about Senator Vandenberg of Michigan fuel talk he could be a post-deadlock compromise for the Republican nomination. His health is cited by physicians as nonobstructive, while Democrats might push Eisenhower as a counter, and Wallace's possible withdrawal could reshape the race ahead of the convention.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Michigan
Post
Dewey
Taft
Eisenhower
Middle West
Wallace
Arthur Krock
New York Times
Chicago
Truman
Henry Wallace
Martin
When men reach a hundred they rewrite history
An elderly group in Oklahoma claims Jesse James was not killed 66 years ago and has waited to reveal the truth only after a hundred years. They joke about the myth and enjoy films that portray his death as a lie, keeping the secret until winter.
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Appleton Post-Crescent
Oklahoma
Jesse James
Jesse
Ball Park
Woman woke from 1936 sleep to find a world changed
A Knox ville Tennessee woman who slept in 1936 awakens to a changed era. She notes greater freedoms for young women and contrasts a world of abdications, wars, and treaties with today’s tragic, yet possibly brighter future.
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Racine Journal-Times
Knoxville
Tenn
Baldwin
Edward VIII
England
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hitler
Rhineland
Austria
Seyss-Imquart
Amelia Earhart
Canton
Haakow
Poland
Roosevelt liberals defend Truman against ADA critique
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt argues the ADA executive committee unfairly criticizes President Truman for using power to seek the Philadelphia nomination. She cites Franklin D. Roosevelt’s own nominating tactics and contends a fight based on office leverage is normal for leaders, urging fair play and opposing attachment to the Communist Party line.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Americans For Democratic Action Executive Committee
ADA
Truman
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Harry Truman
Mr. Truman
Philadelphia
Democratic Czech Elections Seen Fueled by Soviet Domination
DeWitt MacKenzie argues that Czechoslovakia's upcoming general election will feature a single Communist dominated ticket with no opposition and a nameless ballot to reveal disapproval. He notes London refugee parliament members declare the regime illegal and vow global resistance for Czech liberation. He warns that resistance networks exist across Eastern Europe and may spark future uprisings, possibly triggered by new wars.
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Prostrate
Czechoslovakia
Little Republic
Eid
Tresson
London
Eduard Benes
Russia
Moscow
Judge lowers jail term over dollar a day wage
In Wethersfield Connecticut a municipal judge ruled that inflation made the dollar a day sentence outdated. Judge Herbert Nickels reduced a man’s sentence from 25 days to six days noting that even in jail a man’s time is worth more than a dollar a day.
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Wethersfield
Conn
Herbert Nickels
April labor losses reach yearly peak in 1949 strikes
Washington reports April idle man-days totaling 8 million, the highest monthly total of the year. Most losses stemmed from the soft coal and meat packing strikes, with 17,000 CIO workers at Caterpillar in Peoria and 15,000 Machinists at Boeing's Seattle plant also walking out.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
CIO
Caterpillar Tractor Company
Peoria
International Association of Machinists
Seattle
Boeing Airplane Company
Salvation Army Scout Troop Collects Metal Drive
La Crosse residents with scrap metal should call the Salvation Army number for pickup. The drive lasts one week and proceeds will fund Salvation Army scout troop camping. The local effort is tied to a nationwide program to secure critical materials during the conversion period.
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la Crosse
Salvation Army
Salvation Army Boy Scout
Salvation Army Scout
State Cities Gather For Safety Conference
Wisconsin cities over 10 000 population will attend the governor highway safety conference in Madison on June 1. Mayors and police chiefs join state officials and UW traffic safety leaders to discuss programs. Speakers include Gov. Rennebohm and Justice Elmer Barrow along with highway and education officials.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Elmer Barrow
State Supreme Court
James R. Law
Sen
Busby
Milwaukee
B. L. Marcus
Motor Vehicle Department
RR. C. Salisbury
Highway Safety Division
John Guy Fowlkes
Wisconsin School of Education
Water B. Senty
State Department of Public Instruction
Homer G. Bell
State Traffic Patrol
Secretary's Loyalty Brings Him Fortune
CHICAGO. A secretary's loyalty to his employer for 20 years yields him a third of a one million dollar estate. Herman C Schock Jr., 51, business agent and secretary to the late George A Hellman, second oldest Chicago Board of Trade member, inherits under Hellman's will filed in probate court. The bequest cites exceptional loyal friendship and constant attention to the decedent and his interests.
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Chicago
Herman C Schock, Jr
Busness
George A. Hellman
Chicago Board of Trade
Hellman
Schock
Navy selects Dayton for engineman school at Great Lakes
John P. Dayton fireman apprentice USN son of Mr and Mrs James A Dayton of 432 Sumner Street has been chosen to attend the engineman school at the naval training center Great Lakes Illinois. Dayton enlisted January 26 1948 at the naval recruiting station La Crosse Wisconsin and trained at Great Lakes before entering the navy. He attended Aquinas high school prior to service.
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John P. Dayton
USN
James A. Dayton
Sumner Street
Naval Training Center
Great Lakes
I. Dayton
Naval Service
Naval
la Crosse
Wis
Ill
Navy
Aquinas High School
J. S. Tuttle
Charles Street
Esther
L. J. Munroe
St. Paul
Minneapolis
F. R. Anderson
Market Street
Columbus
the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
Anderson
General Assembly
Madison
Holcomb
Schrader
Skemp
Gahan
Kidder
James Thompson
U. S
Wisconsin
Edna Gunnar Peterson
Frank Peterson
Chicago
C. N. Moller
London
England
Rev. Moller
Ripon
Ripon College
Arthur Dehlgren
Washburn
Pupils Seek Former Finger Lakes Residents Names
Students in central New York request names of former residents from Skaneateles Owasco Cayuga Seneca Keuka and Canandaigua Lakes. Call the Chamber of Commerce at 117 to supply names for invitations to anniversary and homecoming events.
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Finger Lakes
New York
Chamber of Commerce
Skaneateles
Owasco
Cayuga
Seneca
Keuka
Canandaigua Lakes
Habermann Resigns Wisconsin Legislative Council Post
Philip Habermann 34 resigns as executive secretary of the Wisconsin Legislative Council announced Friday. He joined the post last year to move to become executive secretary of the Wisconsin State Bar Association which is establishing headquarters in Madison.
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Madison
Wis
Philip Habermann
Wisconsin Legislative Council
Habermann
State Bar Association of Wisconsin
Submarine Entemedor Completes Intensive San Diego Drills
Lewis O Morgan chief en gineman and husband of Mrs Marion Morgan serves aboard the submarine USS Entemedor. The underwater boat finished a week of drills off San Diego California featuring air and submarine attacks on the first task fleet simulated air strikes bombardments and tests of new weapons including guided missiles.
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Lewis O. Morgan
Marion Morgan
San Diego
Calif
Deaths Last Night Hit By Names in brief notice
Dr. Lew G Allen aged 37 a nationally known radiologist and former president of the Radiological Society of North America also a professor at the University of Kansas medical school passes away in Kansas City Mo Nixon 46 a former stunt flyer in World War I and II born in Paterson New Jersey noted in brief obituary style
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Kansas Cit
Lew G. Allien
The
Radiological Society of North America
University of Kenesas Medical School
Paterson
N. J.J
Nixon
Moeby- Wood
Coal output rises in week ended May 22
The National Coal Association estimated bituminous production at about 13.67 million tons for the week ended May 22, up from 13.235 million the prior week and 12.77 million in the same week of 1947.
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Washington
National Coal Association
U.S. Accepts Path to World Health Organization
The United States moves toward joining the World Health Organization with Senate and House approval and a planned September start in Geneva. The plan, agreed at a 1946 New York conference, aims to share disease information, control epidemics, and standardize disease and drug naming. The U S share is about $2 million yearly, with the president appointing a physician as representative.
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Washington
World Health Organization
New York
Geneva
Switzerland
Senate
Truman
House Foreign Affairs Committee
U. S
Organization
Tribune Highlights From Local History Notices
A compact recap of decade based notes lists ten year and twenty and thirty year lookbacks. Families from La Crosse and Cleveland visit relatives and attend events while students and athletes are noted for performances and public roles.
Driver Hospitalized In Crash Near Leon
La Mont M East of Norwalk was taken to a Sparta hospital Friday after his ton and a half truck left county trunk highway and overturned ten miles east of Leon. He suffered head and facial bruises and possible internal injuries while remaining under observation. Sheriff H R Biegel investigated. A separate collision on Court and Jefferson streets between Nyal Mashak and LaVera Greene was logged with damage limited to a left front fender.
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Sparta
Wis
la Mont M. East
Norwalk
Leon
East
H. R. Biegel
Nyal Mashak
Melvina
LaVera Greene
Court
Jefferson Streets
Mashak
Unprecedented Tax Flow Boosts Wisconsin State Budget
Wisconsin faces an unprecedented income tax haul as Tax Commissioner Wegner reports near 74 million dollars in personal and corporate taxes this fiscal year. Economists warn against overreliance on income tax for stable funding while debates over spending programs and future revenues intensify.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Arthur Wegner
Wegner
French Train Of Thanks Aims To Reflect U S Friendship
A French Institute survey shows 66 percent of respondents back a proposed French Train of Thanks to express gratitude for the American Friendship Train that carried hundreds of tons of U S food and supplies to France. Voters suggest gifts such as books photographs lace and art objects to present in the gesture. Distribution details in the United States are not yet arranged.
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Princeton
N. J
France
National Federation of Veterans In
French Institute of Public Opinion
Gallup
United States
French Institute
Los Angeles
New York Harbor
Philadelphia
Wisconsin highway costs reach record 2 million dollars
Madison Wis record shows Wisconsin spent 2 000 000 to keep highways open last winter chief maintenance engineer Willam Hoenig said the cost tops prior records due to higher material labor and equipment needs. He noted roads stayed open statewide though spring breakup was milder than feared. overloading damages pavements and delays construction plans.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Willam Hoenig
Hoenig
Lawrence Honors Outstanding Students at Lawrence College
Lawrence College in Appleton named Kenneth Bahn of Racine as outstanding senior and presented him the Spector award at the annual exercises. Bahn is an athlete and Phi Beta Kappa member. Vivian Grady of Port Washington and Lawrence Schiedermayer of Kaukauna were named outstanding junior man and woman. Charles Pond trophies for senior athletes went to Beck Flom of Menasha and Jean Van Hengel of Waupun.
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Appleton
Wis
Lawrence College
Kenneth Bahn 1
Racine
Uer
Spector
Phi Beta Kappa
Vivian Grady
Port Washington
Lawrence Schiedermayer
Kaukauna
Charles Pond
Beck Flom
Menasha
Jean van Henge
Waupun
Seaman Knothe Receives WWII Campaign Medals Aboard Carrier
Arthur G. Knothe, seaman of Green Island, receives his area campaign medals aboard the USS Princeton for service in World War II. The medals recognize theaters American Pacific and European Middle East operations.
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Princeton
Arthur G. Knothe
Seaman
Otto Knothe
Green Island
Advertising and Circulation Staff Directory
The snippet lists staff roles in the newspaper’s advertising and circulation departments including Ed Keefe circulation manager and E L Burgess assistant business manager. Also names A E Teachout retail advertising manager and Luther Wilkins classified manager.
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Keefe
E. L. Burgess
A. E Teachout
Luther Wilkins
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Hubert Tessman
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Coules Ruguen
W. T. Burgess
R. L. Bangsberg
J. E. Lienlokken
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la Crosse Tribune Company
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