Red Feather Appeal Launches For 15 Agencies
The second annual Red Feather appeal in La Crosse opens Monday with a minimum objective of 149500 to fund 15 agencies for a full year. The drive includes larger firms and in house campaigns, with women and men sales armies training Tuesday at YWCA and YMCA.
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Red Feather
Community Chest of la
la Crosse Clearing House
Gunnar Gundersen
Joseph Callaway
Glen _oman
Bowman
Victory Without Vengeance Is Keynote Of UN Policy
The United States adopts a policy of victory without vengeance toward North Korea amid postwar trials for atrocity perpetrators. Leaders and some officers face justice, while top political leaders may seek refuge abroad. Officials foresee swift reconciliation to stabilize Korea and redeploy forces to Europe and Japan.
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Washington
United States
North Korea
Douglas MacArthur
Truman
United Nations
Korea
Red China
Soviet Russia
Europe
Japan
Canada Frees Dollar From Devalued Peg
Canada lifts the fixed peg on its currency after suspending foreign exchange. Finance Minister Douglas Abbott says rates will be driven by supply and demand, with dollar parity likely near. Import controls end January 2, and higher U S prices for Canadian goods are expected as the Canadian dollar rises toward parity.
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Ottawa
Canada
Douglas Abbott
Abbott
U. S
United States
Washington
Europe
United Nations Debates Korea Peace and Refusal to Accept a Refuge
Delegate Warren R. Austin urged the UN General Assembly not to let North Korean aggressors shelter behind the 38th parallel. The political committee approved Korea unity plans 46 to 0 and rejected a Soviet bid to limit talks to the South only. The Security Council rejected a Russian demand to halt U S air attacks, while Youngers called for an independent all Korean government under UN oversight, with Romulo backing the plan.
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Austin
Korea
Far East
China
Security Council
United States
Russia
Yugoslavia
Kenneth Younger
UN Korean Commission
Carlos P. Romulo
Philippines
Younger
Police Raid Ruhr Reds
Police raiders struck Saturday to curb Communist leadership amid expected outbreaks across Ruhr cities. Informers said 30,000 trained agitators were smuggled from the east to launch blitz rallies. Police searched Communist homes and seized 36 officials and informers at Geisenkirchen.
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Cologne
Germany
Ruhr
Wester Germany
Geisenkirchen
MacArthur demands NK surrender as UN warns of destruction
General MacArthur demands unconditional surrender of the North Korean Red army or face destruction by United Nations forces at the 38th parallel. Reports say South Korean troops have crossed toward the parallel with several divisions advancing, while Peiping accuses the US of aggression and vows resistance.
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Tokyo
38Th Parallel
North Korea
Ingu
South Korean Assembly
MacArthur calls on North Korea to surrender and end hostilities
General Douglas MacArthur issued a broadcast urging North Korea to lay down arms and cease fighting under UN supervision to minimize further bloodshed and destruction. He called for the release of all UN prisoners of war and civilian internees and promised continued humane treatment as they return home. Secretary General Lie welcomed the move, hoping peace and order would soon be restored in Korea.
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Korea
38Th Parallel
Reds
United Nations
Inga
Republic
U. S
Seoul
Tom Lambert
Tokyo
All Asia
North Korea
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Trygve Lie
United States
United Nations Command
Lie
New York City
Lake Success
Mac Arthur
Chou En Lai Warns Imperialists Amid Korea Tension
Chou En Lai, premier of Communist China, warns against imperialist aggression and says Chinese Reds will not tolerate invasions. He asserts North Korea will likely win, citing a new 11 000 word statement on China's first anniversary. Warren Austin at the UN urges prompt action to keep the 38th parallel from reemerging as a divider.
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Chou En-lai
Red China
Red
38Th Parallel
Red Army
Tokyo
China
Korea
Chou
United States
Far East
Manchuria
Indo-China
Lake Success
N. Y
Warren R. Austin
U. S
United Nations
148 Scholarships For Atomic Study
The Atomic Energy Commission announced the award of 148 government scholarships to strengthen the supply of atomic scientists.
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Washington
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Vollenweiders Win Major Awards At Apple Festival
At La Crescent Minnesota the Vollenweider family received a top apple contest trophy from D C Webster, with Henry and Wilburt Vollenweider named honorees. The event featured a district parade, speeches by Myron Clark and Congressman August Andresen, and a crowned Apple King amid entertainment by Austrian musicians and a WEAU barn dance show.
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LA Crescent
Minn
Vollenweiders
D. C. Webster
Henrietta Vollenweider
Henry
Wilburt
Myron Clark
Minnesota
Werther Haupt- Strummer
Austria
WEAU
la Crosse Plugs
Top Hat Good Will
Casey Gregorich
la Crosse Jaycee
Jean Marie Bottcher
la Crosse Tribune
Local Soldier Hurt in Korea Action
Pvt. Delvin Boardman 20, son of Mr and Mrs Charles Boardman of French Island, wounded in Korea on Sept 14. He enlisted Sept 13, 1949, with Company F 27th Infantry. His 19 year old brother Pic Jame Boardman serves in Korea and another brother is in Company A 35th Infantry.
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Pvt
Delvin Boardman
Charles Boardman
French Island
Korea
Pic
Jame Boardman
Boardman
Delvin
Co. F
27Th Infantry
Co. A
35Th Infantry
Ford Foundation awards $3.5 million for research and administration
The Ford Foundation announced grants totaling 3.5 million dollars with 3.0 million for scientific research into human behavior and the remainder to expand private initiatives in national and international administration. The Chicago Public Administration Clearing House receives 500,000 dollars to boost its work in national and international administration.
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Detroit
Ford Foundation
America
Public Administration Clearing House of
Chicago
Construction On Building Here Halted
Scarcity of steel due to wartime channeling to Korea has halted the 108 unit apartment project at Eighth and Cass streets. Fabricators expect delivery in about three weeks. Completion was to be next August but will likely slip to October 1951, per Dr. Frank J. Hoeschlier, head of the local businessmen’s financing group.
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Eighth
Cass Streets
Frank J. Hoeschlier
la Crosse
Hoeschier
Joseph Spedl former Tribune printer dies at 59
Joseph Spedl 59 of 3243 North 40th Street Milwaukee died suddenly at home Friday from a heart attack. native of La Crosse, started printing career at The La Crosse Tribune in 1907 at 14, later worked at Milwaukee Journal 11 months and Wisconsin News until its absorption by Milwaukee Sentinel, where he stayed 28 years. Survived by wife Lenora two sons Leonard Milwaukee Frank La Crosse and daughter Dorothy Brown Milwaukee two sisters Anna Barta Kate Brown La Crosse three grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 9:30 am Schumacher funeral home Sev enth and Wil streets, then 10 am at St Wenceslaus Catholic Church Rt Rev Msgr F Cech officiating. Burial Catholic cemetery. Remains may be viewed at the funeral home.
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Joseph Spedl
North 40Th Street
Milwaukee
la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse
Spedl
The
Tribune
Milwaukee Journal
Wisconsin News
Milwaukee Sentinel
Sentinel
Lenora
Leonard
Frank
Charles
Dorothy) Brown
Anna Barta
Kate Brown
Schumacher Funeral Home
Seventh
St. Wen
Local Weather Update Cloudy With Showers
The report notes cloudy skies with local showers and cooler temperatures expected Sunday night. Residents are advised to prepare for light rain and cooler conditions.
Car Crash Near Fond du Lac Kills Driver and Passenger
A car left the road six miles northwest of Fond du Lac and crashed into a tree Saturday night. Driver George Torres, about 25, died at the scene. passenger Frances Tigerina, 23, died later at St. Agnes hospital. Two other passengers, Joe Cabrera and Julio Rico, were listed in serious condition. All four were migratory workers from near Oakdale.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Here
Geroge Torres
Frances Tigerina
St. Agnes Hospital
Joe Cabrera
Julio Rico
Oakdale
Fond Duc
Doc Calendar the medic who saved Namwon prisoners
Surviving prisoners of Namwon credit Sgt. George D Calendar as their hero. Calendar a Kalamazoo native and Terre Haute resident used salvaged bandages and sulfa to treat wounds in a warehouse hospital and washed them nightly to keep them sanitary while civilians smuggled food sustaining the group. He hopes to study medicine someday.
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Stan Swinton
U. S
South Korea
Namwon
George D. Calendar
Kalamazoo
Mich
Terre Haute
Ind
Bloomington
Pfc
John F
Wage Price Curbs Urged
The White House faces rising pressure to speed up the price and wage control agency. Officials forecast wholesale prices may rise 15 percent by year end, and a one month rollback is deemed most likely. Cy rus S. Ching may head the wage stabilization board as ESA fills key posts.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
Economic Stabilization Agency
Korea
CPA
ESA
Economic Council
Cyrus S. Ching
Federal Mediation
Mr. Truman
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la Crosse Home For Children
St. Michael's Orphanage
Children’s Service Society of Wisconsin
Family Welfare Association
Salvation Army
Catholic Benevolent Society and Welfare Bureau
YMEA
Boy Scouts
YWCA
Girl
Brack Curry
By Relman Morin
United Nation
U. S. Eighth Army
Peiping
Kim I Sung
Clark
Agriculture Committee
Virginia Oldenburg
Annette Kelly
Rosemary Loechter
Zeta Oldenburg
Josephine Weiser
Dps
Joseph Sped
Doc
Calendar
University of Indiana Medical School
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