Woman named assistant to secretary of defense
Mrs Anna M Rosenberg of New York has been recommended by the secretary of defense to become assistant secretary of defense. She would handle manpower and personnel policy and would succeed Paul H Griffith. Her appointment awaits presidential nomination and Senate confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Anna M. Rosenberg
New York
Deas
Paul H. Griffith
American Legion
Griffith
Defense Department
Truman
Louis Johnson
Gen. Marshall
Johnson
Rosenberg
NRA
Social Security Administration
War Manpower Commission
Budapest
Hungary
United States
Joint Groups In Agreement On County Salary Talks
County salary decisions will be finalized on Tuesday November 14 after two hours of deliberation by the county Board of Supervisors finance committee led by Harold Evjen. City officials Henry Ahrens and Franklin Pamperin joined supervisors for budget discussions. Several hearings are slated next week with meetings and budget reviews on the docket for both groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Evjen
Evjen
County Board of Supervisors
Henry Ahrens
Franklin Pamperin
City Ways and Means Group
Ahrens
Pamperin
Joseph Riese
Robert Hoeth
Ernest Warner
William van Loon
George Schneeberger
Ray Parmenter
Esther M. Domke
Williams Edges Into Slim Lead In Detroit Race
Detroit returns show Gov. G. Mennen Williams, a 39 year old Democrat, pulling a small margin over Republican Harry F. Kelly as county canvassers revise figures. Estimates place Williams ahead by 543 to 557 votes, with unofficial tallies in Detroit confusing the exact margin.
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Williams
Kelly
Detroit
G. Mennen Williams
Harry F. Kel
Local weather for La Crosse and vicinity
Partly cloudy and colder tonight with a low of 1 in the city and 12 in rural areas. Saturday will rise in temperature in the afternoon with a high near 30.
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la Crosse
Link Up Strengthens Allied Push in North Korea
U S tenth corps from the east and eighth army units from the west joined southeast of Tokchon in North Korea, as Chinese forces reportedly mass near Manchuria. Air power hit Red tanks and transports while bomber and jet strikes targeted supply lines near the Yalu. Ground action slackened to a fifth day of lull with patrols and light skirmishes.
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Seoul
Aillies
North Korea
Tenth Corps
Eighth Army
William Jorden
Tokchon
Korea
Manchurian
U. S
Yalu River
Manchuria
Sinuiju
Red
Changjin
U. S. First Corps
No-Strike Law Considered in Wisconsin Telephone Tieup
Wisconsin officials may invoke the state anti strike law to curb work stoppages at Wisconsin Telephone installations. CIO leaders coordinate planned pickets in Milwaukee Green Bay Stevens Point Fond du Lac Oshkosh and Beloit with Western Electric workers also affected.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Lawrence Goodaing
State Employment Relations Board
Western Electric
Milwaukee
Ers
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Riley Fischer
Division 18
CIO Communications Workers of America
Green Bay
Stevens Point
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Beloit
Division 23
Eleven year old Onalaska girl marks 11 11 11 birthday
Diane Johnson of 418 Pearl Street Onalaska will be 11 at 11 a m on November 11, according to a superstition that birth day age is lucky. She is in sixth grade at Onalaska school and collects scrapbook items while pursuing piano and practice. She hopes for a Palomino pony this year.
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Diane Johnson
Pearl Street
Onalaska
Diane
Push Button Tactic Delivers Surprise Picket Lines
New York unions announce a push button strike method using surprise picketing at select exchanges. Workers, mainly maintenance and installation staff, withdrew lines across the country in a staged fashion to maximize impact. A. B. Le Fevre, president of division 23, confirmed adoption of the resolution at Milwaukee to pursue a coordinated plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. B. le Fevre
Division 23
Milwaukee
Larson Taken to Hospital for Sanity Observation
Arnold O. Larson was transported by Sheriff Vern Lamp to central state hospital at Waunpun for mental observation. County Judge R. V. Ahlstrom ordered detention up to 30 days with no involuntary inoculations, pending a report to decide further action on a charge linked to alleged property destruction.
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Arnold O. Larson
Central State Hospital
Waupun
Vern Lamp
R. V. Ahlstrom
J. E. McLoone
Larson
Herman Kriewald
Liberty Street
Attrition May Cut Thin Demo Senate Edge
Washington reports that attrition and resignations could flip the Senate from Democratic control as deaths and vacancies reduce the margin to 49 47. Governors loyal to parties influence appointments, with Tuesday's results giving Republicans more governors and potential leverage in filling vacancies.
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Washington
Senate
Seinder
Barkley
GOP
Congress
House
B. M. Miller
Idaho
Henry C. Dworshak
Miller
Raymond Baldwin
Connecticut
Chester Bowles
William Benton
Benton
Prescott Bush
Whitewater fireman Billy Reider dies at 87
Whitewater Wisconsin veteran firefighter Billy Reider who was Wisconsin's oldest active fireman before his December retirement died Thursday at age 87. He served the city for many years and remained a respected figure in the department. Reider was born in Wisconsin and devoted his life to public safety.
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Whitewater
Wis
W. B
Billy) Reider
Wisconsin
Traveler Praises No 14 Scenic Highway Between La Crosse and Madison
Dr Wayne Rydburg of Minneapolis writes to the state highway commission praising Wisconsin Highway 14 for its smooth ride, scenic country, and neat shoulders from Madison to La Crosse. He says none of the eastern highways match the route and urges elaborate dedicatory exercises to honor the builders.
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Coulee
U. S
la Crosse
Madison
State Highway Department
Wisconsin
Indictment for Murder in Blair House Assault
Oscar Collazo, 37, Puerto Rican, indicted by a federal grand jury for murder in the November 1 Blair House attack on President Truman. The four count indictment also charges felonious assault on guards and Secret Service members. Collazo, wounded, is recovering in Gallinger hospital. arraignment tentatively set for November 17.
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Washington
Oscar Collazo
Truman
Leslie Coffelt
White House
Collazo
Griselio Torresola
Blair House
Torresola
District of Columia
Coffelt
District of Columbia
United States
Secret Service
U. S
Edward A. Tamm
Armistice Day Closures Across City Services
Offices including the courthouse city hall banks and trust companies public libraries and Wisconsin Employment Service offices will close all day Saturday for Armistice Day. Postmaster W M Dvorak said mail deliveries will continue and post office windows stay open until noon. Main Library adult department will open Sunday 2 to 5 PM per Muriel.
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Court House
Banks and Trust Company
Public Libraries
Wisconsin Employment Service
W. M. Dvorak
Muriel
Rice Mentioned For Leader's Post In Badger Legislature
Madison Wisconsin The Republican party must develop new leadership for the 1951 session after another strong GOP showing in both chambers Alex Nicol retires as speaker candidates Mark Catlin and Frederick Pfennig lose re election Ora Rice and W W Clark are noted as potential speaker or floor leader contenders The assembly faces vacancies in speakership and floor leadership with organizational efforts still forming.
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Madison
Wis
Senate
Assembly
State Senate
House
Alex Nicol
Sparta
Ora Rice
Delavan
First Order
Republican
Assembly Committee On Agriculture
W. W. Clark
Wood County
Arizona Gets GOP Governor Arizona Elects Pyle
Arizona voters elected 44 year old Phoenix radio executive Ard Pyle as governor. He won with a 3,031 vote lead over Democrat Ann Frohmiller based on returns from 479 of 481 precincts. Pyle pledges tax relief once in office.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Howard Pyle
Arizona
Pyle
Ann Frohmiller
Frohmiller
Armistice Day Observances Planned Across City Streets
Armistice Day events mark a moment of silence at 11 a.m. with color guards and firing squads from the War Veterans Allied council at key intersections. James C. McCord leads the observance urging city and county residents to participate. Units gather at 10:45 a.m. and halt traffic at 10:58 a.m. One aerial bomb signals the moment, followed by taps and three World War I era artillery rounds.
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War Veterans Allied Council
Oserve
Allied Council
James C. McCord
32Nd Division
Marine Corps League
American Legion
Spanish-American War Veterans
Jay
Amvets
Pearl
VFW
Caledonia
St. Paul
Clinton
Catholic War Veterans
Two Programs Are Scheduled In La Crosse
Western Wisconsin residents and delegations from eastern Minnesota will attend La Crosse events for the completion and opening of U S highway 14 from La Crosse to Madison. A ribbon cutting at 4 p m outside the city limits will start the ceremonies, with a parade and a 7 p m Vocational school banquet to follow.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
la Crosse
Madison
D. J. Byers
Chamber of Commerce
William Ward
Wisconsin Highway Commission
Vernon Thomson
Oscar Rennebohm
Terpstra
Henry Ahrens
Ann Theisen
Fred E. Steele
Coon Valley
Fourth
Cass Streets
Fourth Street
Cass
Wil
R. V. Ahlstrom
Main
Everett H. Woehrmann
Woehrmann
No. 14
Janet A. Boley
Arena
Ila Bakken
Black Earth
Bernice Helgerson
Elaine Hollfelder
Cross Plains
Ruth Bennett
Gotham
Elaine Gilbertson
Lone Rock
Mitzi Schroeder
Mazomanie
Patricia
Highway
Child Dies After Fall From Moving Oil Truck
Four year old Robert Wyant son of Ray and Mrs Wyant died in a local hospital after falling from a moving La Crosse County Cooperative oil truck on Ward avenue housing project. Coroner Dr George Reay says fractures and internal injuries. inquest decision pending. Father told police the tale. driver Harry Wendling unaware of boys on board. Peter Gaustad bruised. Survived by two brothers and a sister. funeral set at Dwyer and St Thomas More Church with rosary at home Sunday evening.
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Robert Wyant
Ray Wyant
Ward Avenue Housing Project
George Reay
la Crosse County Cooperative Association
Harry Wendling
Ward Avenue
Robert
Peter Gaustad
Peter
Wendling
Donald
Timothy
Louise
Matt Heintz
Glen Fore
Wis
Dwyer Funeral Home
St. Thomas More Catholic Church
J. M. Wagner
Sunyy
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Illinois
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New Jersey
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Chicago Heights
Rydburg
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