Eisenhower Grateful but Sees Duty at Columbia
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said he is grateful for Dewey’s 1952 presidential endorsement but believes his task and strength lie at Columbia University. He called the offer flattering yet affirmed his role as Columbia president. Stassen praised Dewey’s support as real statesmanship.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Gen
Unprecedented Korea Problems Highlight Wake Island Talk
AP report outlines Truman and MacArthur meetings on Korea as Un party advances. UN committee states no North Korean government exists and outlines occupation limits to the 38th parallel. Surrender and free elections are described as unprecedented steps in the region. Dewey backs Eisenhower nomination influence in 1952.
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Washington
Korea
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Wake Island
North Korea
MacArthur
Choi Yung Kun
Kim Il Sung
United Nations Interim Committee On
United Nations
Republic of South Korea
38Th Parallel
Last Major Battle Of War May Be At Hand
Allied spearheads rushed toward Pyongyang from Sohung and Suan as U S First Cavalry and South Korea First Division led a rapid 16 mile thrust. U S 24th and ROK Third Divisions moved from south and east. MacArthur prepared fresh troops for the final push toward the Korean capital.
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Tokyo
Pyongyang
U. S. First Cavalry
Manila
Sohung
Suan
North Korea
Jack MacBeth
U. S
Namchonjom
Sinmak
Kumchon
Sariwon
U. S. 24Th
Republic of Korea
ROK
Roks
Wonsan
MacArthur
Bee Korea
End To Korean Battle Seen After Pyongyang Capture
Tokyo military circles predict a quick war end after United Nations forces seize Pyongyang. Spearheads near the city advance toward a cleanup of holdouts as Inchon victory is cited. Truman hints at months of postwar withdrawal and political questions loom over nationwide versus southern elections.
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Pyongyang
Tokyo
United Nations
Mon
Red Army
Inchon
Pyongy
Truman
Korea
North Korea
Pres
Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
United Nations Action
South
Detroit Slugger Faces Murder Charge In Drunken Rampage
Ennis Gillum, 26, a tobacco salesman, admitted five slugging attacks after a convention spree. Dorothy Julian, 47, died from injuries, while four other victims recover. Gillum seeks murder warrant as police probe motive and timeline, with his wife Irene supporting him in custody.
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Detroit
Ennis Gillum
Dorothy Julian
Gilum
Irene Gillum
Shio
Gillum
Michigan Tobacco and Candy Distributors
Nehru Opposes Special UN Force
In New Delhi Nehru told a news conference that creating a special armed force for United Nations service could trigger a world war rather than deter one. He warned against such a force as too risky and provocative.
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Nehru
New Delhi
India
United Nations
Escapee Arrested While Listening To Army Michigan Game
Herbert E. Weiland a 23 year old escapee from Richland Center Wisconsin jail was arrested in Springfield Illinois while listening to the Army Michigan football game He fled last August from the Richland Center jail and was found in a car with a weapon attempt. State Policeman Frank Metzger pursued after a circular listed Weiland and a stolen car with Washington plates was spotted on Route 29.
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Springfield
Herbert E. Weiland
Oan Center
Wis
Frank Metzger
Route 29
Here
Weiland
Washington
Metzger
Richland Center
Young Hunter Falls From Tree In Northern Wisconsin
Francis Pedretti 21 of Brice Prairie was injured after falling about 30 feet while squirrel hunting in Green's Coulee northeast of Onalaska. He suffered head lacerations and a possible skull fracture and was aided by a physician and county highway patrol before being taken to a local hospital. His brother Patrick 10 and Peter Haines 23 accompanied him.
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Francis Pedretti
Brice Prairie
Green's Coulee
Onalaska
Pedretti
Nee Og
Patrick
Peter Haines
Soviet Union asks Red Cross to urge ban on atomic weapons
Delegate Boris Pachkov submitted a resolution at the League of Red Cross Societies meeting urging the Red Cross to promote peaceful ideals and the prohibition of atomic weapons. Delegates from 57 nations agreed to the resolution.
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Ussr
Red Cross
Monte Carlo
Soviet
Russia
International
Boris Pachkov
League of Red Cross Societies
Red Crossocieties
Summer Holds Over In Parts Of Nation
Temperatures rise toward summer levels in the Midwest, plains, and Gulf states. Skies are generally clear except for showers in northern Minnesota southern Florida and the Rockies. Sunday readings hit 90 degrees in southeastern Colorado western Kansas and the Gulf interior. lows in the low 80s expected in parts of the Midwest while the Northwest cools and the Northeast stays cool.
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Chicago
Midwest
Great Plains
Gulf States
Minnesota
Florida
Rockies
Colorado
Kansas
Weather forecast for La Crosse area
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight 48 degrees and high Tuesday 70 degrees. Weather Map on Page 2.
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la Crosse
U S Steel and CIO Start Bargaining Over Wage Increase
Pittsburgh seen as bellwether in steel wage talks as United States Steel and CIO United Steelworkers open negotiations led by Philip Murray and John A. Stephens. Union seeks higher pay. exact amount undecided.
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Pittsburgh
United States Steel Corp
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
USW
John A. Stephens
Big Steel
American Steel and Wire Co
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Columbia — Co
U. S
Murray
iSee Steel
Sandsucker Sinks In Lake Erie
The 161 foot Sand sucker John M. McKerchey sank two and a half miles northwest of Lorain Ohio in Lake Erie early Monday. Nineteen crewmen were rescued but Captain Horace Johnson aged 46 of Monroe Michigan was missing believed to have gone down with the ship. The Kelley Island Lime and Transportation Co. Cleveland owned the vessel which carried 700 tons of sand. Five men were recovered from cold water and 14 from a lifeboat launched as the ship capsized about 15 minutes from port after taking on water.
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Loraine, CO
John M. McKerchey
Lake Erie
Here
Horace Johnson
Monroe
Mich
Coast Guard
McKerchey
Kelley Island Lime and Transportation Co
Cleveland
Lorain
South Amboy Shifts School Day After Explosion Damage
South Amboy public schools reopen on staggered shifts after May munitions blast caused extensive damage. The high school remains the only building open, hosting high school students in the morning and elementary pupils in the afternoon.
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M. N. IP
Turks Say Russia Massing On Frontier
Unconfirmed reports from Kars say Russia has massed six divisions on its frontier with Turkey and Iran. Officials from Russia Turkey and Iran are slated to meet to discuss the tense border situation.
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Russia
Istanbul
Turkey
Kars
Iran
Truman Heads Back to Frisco for Foreign Policy Speech
President Truman flies from Honolulu to San Francisco with the Independence to deliver a key foreign policy address Tuesday night. He plans to reference his Wake Island meeting with General MacArthur but offers no hints of new decisions.
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Douglas MacArthur
President Truman
Wake Island
Truman
Honolulu
General MacArthur
Tokyo
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Independence
Hickamfield
San Francisco
San Francisco Aires
Ides
White House
Hickam Field
Board of Realtors Aids Soldiers In La Crosse Area
The La Crosse Board of Realtors urges residents to register available rooms apartments and houses for rent with the rental registration office at 117 North Third Street. The service is free to assist families of soldiers stationed at Camp McCoy.
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la Crosse Area
la Crosse
Mass climb of Popocatepetl ends in deaths and injuries
In a weekend religious ascent on Popocatepetl, about 5,000 Catholics attempted the 17,877 foot peak to bless banners of mountaineering clubs from three continents. A blinding snowstorm halted the ascent and caused three deaths and injuries to more than 400 climbers. the mass was canceled.
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Mexico City
Popocatepetl
Lofty
North
South America
Europe
Register Medical Men Here Monday
La Crosse county selective service office said only one man registered under the medical draft law by late Monday morning. Officials expected most registrants to come in the afternoon due to a heavy morning hospital schedule.
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la Crosse County
Selective Service Office
Nash Workers Accept Raise In UAW Bargain
Nash Motors workers in Milwaukee voted to accept a wage and cost of living package totaling 14 cents an hour. The agreement includes a two cent wage hike, an eight cent cost of living bonus, and a four cent raise retroactive to Sept. 4, with the vote 3,365 to 651. A similar proposal was earlier rejected in a separate ballot.
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Milwaukee
Nash Motors
Herman Steffes
CIO
United Auto Workers
Steffes
Nash
Kenosha
Legion Chief Sees Adoption of UMIT
American Legion national commander Erle Cocke Jr. predicts adoption of universal military training legislation early next year. He says the Senate may approve UMIT this year, perhaps in December, and expects passage in the next congressional session.
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Las Vegas
Nev
American Legion
Erle Cocke, Jr
Dawson
Los Angeles
Cocke
Senate
Yank Tank Rams Red T-34 in North Korea Clash
Sgt. Marshall Drewery of Ripley Mississippi commanded an American tank during a skirmish eight miles south of Kumchon near Pyongyang when three North Korean T-34s attacked. A Soviet tank rammed his vehicle but crew members including Drewery escaped uninjured after exchanges with American gunnery.
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U. S
North Korea
Wenewee, Wis
Thomas Nunes
Marshall D. Drewery
Ripley, Miss
Drewery
Associated Press
Tom Lambert
Pyongyang
Kumchon
Raskob Dies at 71 Former Industrialist and Democrat Power
John J. Raskob longtime finance figure and ally of the du Ponts died at his Centreville estate at 71 from a heart attack. A former General Motors finance chair he backed Al Smith in 1928 and remained a Democratic power until 1932. Funeral plans were announced with survivors listed.
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Centreville
John J. Raskob
General Motors
du Ponts
Wilmington
Raskob
al Smith
Democratic Party
Britain wraps up mammoth postwar air show
London hosts six western nations as airmen close Britain's largest postwar air games a test of the island defense against atom attack and the efficiency of new bombing methods amid Cold War tensions.
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London
Britain
Tighter Credit Curbs In Force On Purchases
Federal Reserve rules tighten down payments and shorten payoffs for autos and home appliances effective Sunday midnight. New terms set 15 month payoffs for cars, 15 months for TVs and appliances with at least 25 percent down, furniture 13 months and 15 percent down. Applies to items costing 50 dollars or more, replacing previous 100 dollar threshold.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Maury Nee
Commerce Department
Reserve Board
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