Grede to Speak at B E Day Banquet
William J. Grede, featured speaker for the Business-Education day banquet at the Avalon, heads a firm with three iron and two steel foundries. Born in Milwaukee, he studied at the University of Wisconsin and once owned the Liberty foundry after a three year Illinois stint. He sits on multiple boards including the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and leads roles in the Wisconsin Manufacturers' Association and YMCA boards.
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William J. Grede
Avalon
Grede
Milwaukee
University of Wisconsin
Illinois
Liberty Fount
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Wisconsin Manufacturers’ Association
YMCA
Nation sets military production priority to speed rearmament
The National Production Authority plans a priority order to channel industry into the 30 billion dollar annual military preparedness program. Plants must take military orders ahead of civilian work, with prime contractors passing requirements to subs and mills. The move echoes earlier hoarding bans and follows Secretary Sawyer’s call for steel expansion to 9.4 million tons, boosting capacity at year end 1952. The drive coincides with wage talks, signaling possible price and wage controls to support defense efforts.
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Washington
National Production Authority
Sawyer
Steel Company
NPA
William H. Harrison
Defense
Truman
President's Council of Economic Way
Congress
Multiple Fatal Crashes Claim Wisconsin Lives Over Weekend
The Associated Press reports heavy weekend traffic fatalities across Wisconsin. Events include crashes near Fand du Lac and Racine, a Madison street truck collision, and a Chippewa Falls officer fatally injured directing traffic. Numerous victims ages range from teens to 80s, with several injuries and an inquest planned.
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Wisconsin
Fand du Lac
Oakfield
Julio Rico
George Torres
Frances Tigerina
Jose Cabrera
Devil Quackenbush
Kenosha
Matilda
Racine County
Richard J. Burg
Burlington
George Busch
Madison
Madison Street
Donald Spike
Chippewa Falls
UN Debates Korea Peace Plan Amid Sowiet Critique
The UN assembly debates an eight nation proposal to aid and reunify Korea. Vishinsky denounces the plan as aggression and vows a counter resolution to halt American bombings. Western sponsors back a UN commission to rehabilitate and oversee elections in a unified Korea.
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Lake Success
Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Korea
UN Assembly
Vishinsky
Security Council
United Nations
UN Commission
U. S
Warren R. Austin
Edvard Kardelj
Ales Bebler
Kenneth Younger
Great Britain
Invo
United States
France
Syria
Iraq
Peru
Chile
Venezuela
Greece
Resolution
Philippines
Australia
Brazil
Cuba
Netherlands
Norway
Pakistan
Britain
Massacre of 1100 Koreans Reported in Taejon
Reports from Taejon describe the discovery of 1100 slain Korean civilians after North Korean forces overran the area. Among the dead were 30 American soldiers, with hundreds more believed killed. survivors recount mass executions, prisoners found bound and buried in trenches and at a monastery turned temple of death.
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Taejon
Korea
Robert W. Shultice
Norfolk
Shultice
West Taejon
South Koreans Drive Into North Korea as Third Division Prepares
South Korean forces pushed about 30 miles into North Korea along the east coast with nearly 20 000 troops, while a third division stood ready to cross the border. American liaison officers reported light resistance and warned that tougher fighting could follow as Red China voiced threats but offered no direct intervention.
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38Th Parallel
Yangyang
Chumunjin
Pyongyang
Red Korea
Kim Il Sung
Chorwon
Kunsan
Red China
Korea
Tokyo —i
United Nations
North Korea
Republic
Wonsan
Sea of Japan
Red Pyongyang Capital Area
Yellow Sea
MacArthur
China
Manchuria
Chou En-lai
Peiping
Chou
Red
FE. Esewhere
Chou Sa
J C Penney Workers Lead Chest Fund Drive Honors
J C Penney Co employees win the 100 per cent Participation Award and the Red Feather Award in the Rotary Chest appeal in La Crosse. C J Treglownie reported the results to Red Feather HQ noting every payroll employee pledged.
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J. C. Penney
J. C. Penney Co
Red Feather Appeal
Community Chest of
le Crosse
Red Feather
Devery Store
C. J. Treglawny
Oren W. Fowler
Chest Group
Circle of Chest
William Doerflinger Co
Fowler
Kohler Seeks Major Revisions to Wisconsin GOP Platform
Walter J. Kohler Jr. declares plans to push broad changes to the Wisconsin GOP platform, aiming to chair the resolutions committee at the Madison convention. He proposes tax adjustments on dividends, veterans housing limits, 20 year endowment funding, highway fund safeguards, labor peace law retention, and a new farm plank as candidates draft platforms at the capitol.
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Milwaukee
Walter J. Kohler Jr
Wisconsin
Kohler
Resolutions Committee
Madi- Bor
GOP
Kohbler
French Forces Seize Red Communications Center in Indochina
A French military spokesman said a French column occupied Thainguyen, a communist communications hub in North Indochina, on Sunday. Two additional columns were advancing toward the political center 40 miles north of Hanoi, from the left and right of the entering forces.
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Saigon
Indochine
Thainguyen
Indochina
Principel
Hanoi
Alma Dairy seeks damages from Food Equipment Corp
Federal district court in La Crosse resumes at 10 a m for the final calendar item. The Alma Dairy products association seeks 35138.15 dollars in damages from Chicago based Food Equipment Corp alleging a purchased machine failed to deliver the promised dry milk output. The Chicago firm will argue improper operation of the machine.
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Federal District Court
la Crosse
Alma Dairy Products Association
Food Equipment Corp
Chicago
Ill
Alma Concern
Navy and Marine Casualties Hit 1970 in Korean War
Admiral Forrest Sherman told the House Armed Services Committee that Navy and Marine casualties in the Korean War total 1 970. The figure exceeds the Defense Department tally by 974, covering those notified through Sept 22. The breakdown includes 1 565 wounded and 30 missing.
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Washington
Forrest Sherman
Navy
Marine Corps
Defense Department
Department
Sherman
Naval Operations
House Armed Services Committee
Fur cargo worth sixty thousand destroyed in highway crash fire
A truck carrying furs valued at 60,000 burned after tipping over on highway 42 north of Kenosha Wisconsin. Driver Seymour Cass of Long Island New York suffered second degree burns and shock as he swerved to avoid an oncoming car.
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Harold J. Sturm
Appleton
Strum
Frieda Saunders
Janesville
Highway 51
Alfred Barlass
Louis Shea
Fairchild
W Neilisville
Sunda
Highway 95
Neillsville
Shea
Anni Tr Aiven
Albert Bliven
Hilda Rowe
Union Grove
Kenosha
Frank Reid
Milwaukee County Emergency Hospital
Wis
Highway 42
Here
Seymour Cass
Long Island
N. Y
Chicago Fur Company
Cass
Fisher Nabs Fischer in Madison Traffic Fine
Madison resident Glenn Fischer paid a $1 fine in superior court after University of Wisconsin Police Officer Glenn Fisher charged him with violating campus traffic regulations the previous Friday. The case shows officer Glenn Fisher issuing a minor penalty in a campus traffic infraction.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Glenn Fisher
Glenn Fischer
Superior Court
Youths Free Reform School Kill Officer in Oregon
Two 14 year old reform school wards fled Woodburn after a terror spree in northwest Oregon. Officer Dale Courtney, 27, was killed by a shotgun blast while pursuing them in an abandoned farmhouse. Suspects Henry Thomas O'Day of Portland and John Wilson of Newberg were later captured.
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Hillsboro
Ore
Oregon
Dale Courtney
Henry Thomas O'Day
Portland
John Wilson
Newberg
Woodburn
UW Fresh Charged With Hazing Activities
MADISON Wisconsin six freshmen were charged with hazing upperclassmen at the University of Wisconsin Monday. Three Pi Lambda Phi pledges paid $10 fines on disorderly conduct counts. others faced related charges as details describe acts including detaining upperclassmen and leaving them by the road after taking money.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity
Message on Envelope Delays Draft Paperwork
In Buffalo New York selective service officials ignored a note on a draft questionnaire envelope that read Do not open until Christmas. The incident highlights delays in processing draft documents and the cautionary message inside the mailing.
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Buffalo, N. Y
Selective Service
Weather Update for La Crosse Area
Cloudy with occasional showers and a large drop in temperature tonight. Tuesday will be mostly cloudy and cooler with a low of 55 and a high of 62. Week’s Weather Map on Page 6.
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la Crosse
Council and County Committees To Discuss Auditorium Site
The common council building and grounds committee and the county planning and building committees will meet Monday evening to resolve differences over the Mary E. Sawyer auditorium site. Attending will be the auditorium site selection committee led by Robert Farnam, which had recommended Vine to Pine and Fourth to Sixth streets. Some supervisors contend the council should have consulted the county board since the county owns property at the site. The 7:30 p m meeting aims to reconcile these issues.
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The
Common Council
County Board
Mary E. Sawyer
Fourth
Sixth Streets
Robert Farnam
See Red Threat Aimed at Destroying Austrian State
Vienna officials accuse communist planners of preparing a general strike to destroy the Austrian state and vow to use force if needed to restore order.
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Vienna
Austria
Russian Mines In Use Evident Off Korea
Admiral Forrest Sherman told the House Armed Services Committee that U S Navy ships off Korea have found many floating mines of Russian type. He described them as Mark 26 mines moored or river floated likely laid by small craft. The destroyer Brush struck a mine last week, killing nine and injuring ten with five missing.
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Washington
Forrest Sherman
U. S. Navy
Korea
Sherman
Naval Operations
House Armed Services Committee
U. S
Brush
Navy
Congress
Garry Davis Seeks U S Citizenship
World War II bomber pilot Garry Davis who once renounced his U.S. citizenship asks in a letter to Attorney General J Howard McGrath for immediate restoration of his American citizenship. Davis, 29, gave up his passport in Paris two years ago to promote a one world community.
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New York
Garry Davis
U. S
J. Howard McGrath
Davis
Paris
108 Men In County Take Examinations
Pre-induction examinations are planned for 108 La Crosse county men at the Minneapolis induction center. Two groups of 54? actually 74 in each group meet at 6 a.m. in the federal district courtroom then ride by chartered bus to Minneapolis and return the same day.
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la Crosse County
Minneapolis
Federal District
Federal Building
la Crosse
800 More British Forces Korea Bound
A second British contingent of 800 Royal Ulster Rifle Regiment troops sails to Korea, joining the initial 1,500 troops sent from Hong Kong. The government had announced plans to deploy about 5,500 British troops to Korea.
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Liverpool
Eng
Korea
Royal Ulster Rifle Regiment
High Seas
Hong Kong
Whisky Highjacked Not Once But Twice
Cleveland police and FBI disclosed a double whisky hijack involving 92 cases valued at about 3300 dollars. The liquor en route from Peoria Illinois to Boston was stolen from a truck at a city location and later half the load was removed from a residence by an unknown man claiming to be a friend. Twenty five cases were recovered and seven people were arrested.
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Cleveland
FBI
Peoria
Ill
Boston
High Court Opens New Term With Key Rulings Expected
The Supreme Court began the 1950 51 term led by Chief Justice Vinson with eight justices in a packed Washington courtroom Justice Douglas joined minutes before the recess returning from the Far East trip The term focuses on communist activity and race relations and admitted 28 attorneys to practice before the court
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Washington
Supreme Court
Vinson
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Far East
Tavern Keepers Fined For Sales To Minors
Manitowoc county tavern keepers Isadore Brandl Donald Wagner and Rudy Plogar paid 3600 in fines for selling liquor to minors and allowing minors to loiter. Brandl 200 Wagner 150 Plogar 250.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Manitowoc County
Isadore Brandl
Donald Wagner
Rudy Plogar
Tractor blaze on Wisconsin farm causes $20000 loss
A backfiring tractor ignited its fuel tank at the Robert Jaenhnig farm in Manitowoc Wisconsin burning a farm machine shed a filled granary and a barn. Fire Chief Harold Wimmler estimated total damage at $20000.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Cleveland
Harold Wimmler
Robert Jaenhnig
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