La Crosse Memorial Day Parade and Cemetery Programs Scheduled
La Crosse will host its annual Memorial Day observance Monday with a 9 a.m. parade leaving Market Square and Cameron Park, followed by cemetery services at Oak Grove and Catholic cemeteries led by Judge R V Ahlstrom and Rolf S Bynning.
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Rolf S. Bynning
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King Street
West Avenue
Forest Avenue
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Logan High School
W. Ross Conner
Gen. Logan
Richard Haas
Logan
Lincoln
Tom Sholes
Conner
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VFW
Aquinas High School
Peter Pape
Wallace and Thomas Attacked Mundt Nixon Bill
Senate hearings feature Henry Wallace and Norman Thomas denouncing the Mundt Nixon anti-communism bill as subversive and dangerous. Witnesses oppose the measure citing threats to free association and civil liberties while John O'Brien and Rockwell Kent offer varied support and warnings.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
United States Congress
Russia
Wallace
Norman Thomas
Senate Judiciary Committee
U. S
Thomas
John O’brien
Passaic
Marine Corps League, Inc
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Wallace Backer
Leon Henderson
Americans For Democratic Action
Radio
Madison hosts centennial parade as Wisconsin marks statehood
Wisconsin celebrates 100 years of statehood with a three hour parade in Madison featuring 300 units, bands and floats. Gov Rennebohm and other dignitaries attended as 100,000 spectators cheered the procession through the University Campus to the Capitol. In La Crosse plans for a July centennial include Old Settlers events, sports days, a parade and a horse show. In Jerusalem the civil war intensifies as Arab and Jewish forces clash along multiple fronts, with sieges and bombardments around the old city and Tel Aviv defenses.
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W. H. McCormick
University of Wisconsin
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Chanute Army Base
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Capitol
Wilcox
William Leahy
Secretary of the Interior
Julius Krug
James Gavin
Fifth Army
James Lawlyer
E. B. Fred
Rennebohm
Marvin B. Rosenberry
State Supreme Court
Lawler
Greeny
Jean Nicolet
Camp Randall Stadium
Old Settlers
la Crosse County
YMCA
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Beerot Yitzhak
Gaza
Tel Aviv
Isdud
Israel
Jenin
Nablus
Ramallah
Palestine
Abdullah
Jerusalem
Trans-Jordan
Old City
Arab Legion
Whch
Holy Land
Cairo
Security Council Calls Four Week Cease Fire in Palestine
The United Nations Security Council urged a four week halt to armed actions in Palestine and neighboring areas to seek a peace settlement. The vote was five in favor with six abstentions, with a June 1 deadline for acceptance and possible action under Chapter Seven.
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United Nations
Council
Russia
United States
Egypt
Lebanon
Syria
Trans- Jordan
Iraq
Yenen
Saudi Arabia
Middle East
Arab League
Holy
Jerusalem
Warren R. Austin
Alexandre Paros
France
Andrei A. Gromyko
Britain
Israel
United Nations Security Council
AP Reporter Outlines Palestine War Fronts After Boundary Tour
AP reporter James M. Long surveys two weeks of fighting in Israel and Palestine from Tel Aviv. He notes censorship and mixed claims as Israeli forces defend Jerusalem while pressing Arab positions in Latrun Bab el Wad and surrounding Judean hills. Israeli gains in Acre and north Galilee contrast with stalled southern and coastal fronts near Tel Aviv.
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Palestine
James M. Long
Associated Press
Israel
Tel Aviv
Long
Europe
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Latrur
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Latrun
Silent Monks
Bab el Wad
Judean
Holy City
Acre
Ges
West Galilee
Galilee
Syria
Lebanon
Jordan Valley
Sea of Galilee
GOP Leaders Near Accord On Trade Bill
Republican leaders edge toward a one year extension of the reciprocal trade program with no congressional veto strings, while Senator McGrath says any one-year extension is unsatisfactory and Democratic opposition could block the measure. President Truman favors a three year extension. Senate Finance Committee plans a one-year bill, with Taft and Millikin aligning on veto issues. Vandenberg notes extension length not crucial.
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D-Ri
Rhode Island
Truman
Washington
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House
State Department
Tariff Commission
Finance Committee
Millikin
R-Cole
Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Princess Anne and Mihai to wed in Athens June 5
A royal source says Princess Anne of Bourbon Parma will marry former King Mihai of Romania in Athens on June 5 following the Greek Orthodox ritual. Mihai is 26 and Anne 24. ceremony to be led by Archbishop Damaskinos. Pope Pius XII reportedly refused a dispensation.
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Denmark
Anne of Bourbon
Parma
Mihai
Romania
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Damaskinos
Hihai
Anne
Pius XII
Helen
Margrethe
Prince Jaques
Prince Michel
Jans Koenig Dies in Milwaukee at 71
Jans A. Koenig former secretary of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities died today after an illness. He served as mayor of Wauwatosa from 1916 to 1920 and as assessor from 1928 to 1934. The funeral will be held Tuesday.
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Milwaukee
Jans A. Koenig
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Koenig
Wauwatosa
Local Weather Outlook for Sunday
Mostly cloudy Sunday with occasional light rain and a noticeable temperature change. The high is expected to reach 72 degrees.
Nations Asked to File Marshall Plan Recovery Programs
Washington reports that the 17 Marshall Plan nations were urged to meet an early June deadline to file full first year recovery programs. Paul G. Hoffman of the ECA said to push ahead with plans for using 5.3 billion dollars in American aid and that 1.326 billion in gifts and loans had been allocated for first quarter to 14 nations, including western Germany. He noted ECA has filled top posts and claims Soviet propaganda has been weakened in western Europe.
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Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
Paris
ECA
Germany
Hoffman
Europe
Persian cat Lulu vanishes aboard Queen Elizabeth
In New York the liner Queen Elizabeth sailed with Sir Oliver Franks aboard en route to England while his Persian cat Lulu remained missing. Lulu had been placed in a cage before the ship departed Southampton, and by Monday morning she was unaccounted for.
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Sir Oliver Franks
United States
Sir Oliver
Southampton
England
South Africa faces uncertain future after Smuts upset
Feverish speculation gripped South Africa on Saturday after the upset victory of Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts losing his parliamentary seat. Daniel Malan, the new prime minister designate, weighs his next steps as he plans a likely early next week inauguration. Smuts may stay in politics as opposition leader, while Malan faces a fragile five seat majority and possible new elections. Segregation plans for non Europeans loom, but constitutional hurdles could stall the program.
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Pretoria
Union of South Africa
People of
South Africa
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Smuts
Daniel F. Malan
Malan
Capetown
United Party
Dr. Malan
Flood Waters Sweep Northwest In Wide Destruction
Flood waters across the Pacific Northwest trigger a regional disaster with 15 deaths and millions in crops and property damage. Govs declare emergencies. national guards and Canadian forces assist as evacuations spread from Vancouver to Bonners Ferry and Twisp.
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Pacific Northwest
Washington
Mon C. Wallgren
Idaho
C. A. Robins
Oregon
Montana
British Columbia
The
Red Cross
Actress Dame May Whitty Dies at 82 in Hollywood
Dame May Whitty, 82, renowned British character actress, died at her Hollywood home. Her daughter Margaret Webster, a Broadway producer director and actress, was with her. her husband Ben Webster died in February 1947.
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Dame May Whitty
Margaret Webster
Dame May
Ben Webster
No Editions On Memorial Day
The La Crosse Tribune will not publish a Monday edition on Memorial Day. No newspaper edition will be released that holiday.
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Fight at Belmont track injures, sparks panic riot
At Belmont park after a race the jammed crowd fought, sending more than 20 to hospitals and causing near panic. About 260 people were involved as A Edwards, 45, of New York City was arrested for second degree assault. A woman suffered an eye injury and a man a wrist fracture in the melee.
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Belmont Park
Nassau County
A. Edwards
New York City
Stock Markets Open Summer Schedule Closes Saturdays Through September
The New York stock and curb exchanges and all U.S. security markets begin a summer schedule with Saturday closings through September. Cotton at New York and New Orleans declined in line, Chicago Board of Trade stayed open, and some cattle and produce markets opened. All markets will close next Monday for Memorial Day, while foreign markets stay open.
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