Truman orders vigorous buildup of military reserves
President Truman orders a vigorous program to build and train reserve forces, insisting the move is not prompted by a worsened world situation. He directs Defense Secretary Forrestal to report within 60 days on current readiness and assigns steps to balance reserve components across services. Citizens and current reservists are urged to participate actively.
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Washington
Truman
Hides
of Defense
Forrestal
Aries G. Ross
Ross
Navy
Peeping Toms Reported in City
Lester Thompson of 620 Vine Street reported two peeping Toms to city authorities at 9 15 p m Friday. He could not identify the suspects. The text also includes an Indian word for raccoon with a confusing mistranslation.
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Lester Thompson
Vine Street
Thompson
Dewey Brain Trust Names Read Like Page of Advisers
Albany briefing lists potential Dewey advisers including Paul Lockwood Elliott Beil Allen Dulles and John Burton among others. Names span secretary budget press counsel and legal advisers with figures such as Clark Clifford and Hickman Powell noted.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas Wey
Paul E. Lockwood
Dewey
Elliott V. Beil
State Bank
Allen W. Dulles
John Foster Dulles
John
John R John Burton
C. Hagerty
Charles Briete
Truman
Clark Clifford
Hickman Powell
Arthur R. Stewart Beach
Stanley — Pitzele
Robert R
UN Debates Soviet Peace Plan and Berlin Blockade
In Paris a Soviet delegate blamed the U. S. military for peace failure as Truman canceled plans to send Justice Vinson to Moscow for talks on atomic control. Vishinsky led a boycott clash over Berlin while Tsiang of China rejected cutting Big Five arms and questioned Soviet aims amid Civil War echoes.
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Paris
United Nations
Truman
Achi
Marshall
Justice Vinson
Kremlin
Katz-Luchy
Europe
Mayhew
Alexei Pavlov
Russia
Social Committee
Vishinsky
Berlin
Bramuglia
Soviet Kremlin
China
T. F. Tsiang
Tsiang
Lincoln
Lenin
Death notice for Mrs. Mary Faulke in Viroqua Wisconsin
Mrs Mary Pauske 72 died Thursday at Monroe funeral services set for Monday at 1 pm at her daughter's home Adolph Lind Viroqua and 2 pm at Bad Lutheran church Rev O J Nesheim to officiate burial in church cemetery Surviving daughters Mrs Stanley Wedwick De Soto Olive Faulke Chicago and sons Oscar and Henry Viroqua plus three daughters two sons listed in the notice
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Viroqua
Wis
Mary Pauske
Monroe
Adolph Lind
Bad Lutheran Church
O. J. Nesheim
Rivers
Lind
Stanley Wedwick
de Soto
Olive Faulke
Chicago
Oscar
Henry
Conference arrivals and distant coast comparison
The notice lists Brannan arriving aboard a private railway car at 5 53 a m and Maurice Tobin and Bishop Edwin OHara scheduled for Monday events with tentative times. It also notes the longest US east west line distance from Quoddy Head Maine to Yequina Head Oregon at 2807 miles.
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Brannan
Maurice Tobin
Secre of
Labor
Edwin O'Hara
Kansas City
United States
Quoddy Head
Maine
Yequina Head
Oregon
Obituary of Charles H. Blanchard 1864-1948
Charles H. Blanchard, 83, of 612 Rose St died in Chicago at his daughter's home early Saturday. Born in Beaver Dam on December 2, 1864, he leaves a daughter, a son Charlies Blanchard Jr., four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. His wife died June 1948. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Huxford officiating, Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call Sletten-McKee Southside chapel Monday 7 to 9.
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Charles H. Blanchard
Rose St
Chicago
Illinois
F. W. Peck
Beaver Dam
Wis
Charlies Blanchard Jr
la Crosse
Blancharddren
Huxford
Fied
Oak Grove Cemetery
Southsi
Sletten-McKee Company
Local tavern operator dies after hospital stay
Erhart J. Besl age 50 of 816 Logan Street died in a local hospital Friday. He served in World War I and is survived by two brothers George and Leo of La partida. Funeral services set for 9 am Tuesday at St John’s Catholic with Rev Edward K. Knauf officiating. Friends may call at Nelson funeral home Monday evening with rosary at 7:30 p.m.
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Erhart J. Besl
Logan Street
Logan Tavern
George and
Leo
Laparta
St. John's Catholic
Edwar K. Knauf
Nelson Funeral Home
Obituary: Ernest J. Ottens Dies in Saf ford
Ernest J Ottens 67 of 524 Main Street Saf ford Arizona died suddenly Wednesday morning. He is survived by his wife and a son Ernest J at home and a sister in Milwaukee. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 pm Hellwig Morris chapel Rev G Braun officiating. Burial in Catholic cemetery. Friends may call Monday afternoon and evening.
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Ernest John Ottens
Main Street
Safford
Ariz
Ernest J
Milwaukee
Hellwig- Morris Chapel
Rev. G. Braun
Milking Contest Crowned Clergy Champion at Dairyland Meet
Rev. Martin Whalen of Belt Montana won the milking contest championship while Rev. Russell Schinedler of Helena Montana finished as runner up who allegedly received a dry cow. The event followed a supper by the Christian Women's Fidelity church with remarks by Rev. Urban J. Baer and Very Rev. John J. Heinz.
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Martin Whalen
Belt. Mont
Russell Schinedler
Helena Mont
Urban J. Baer
John J. Heinz
Rectors of Rural Life
Wagener
Registration Deadline Near for Nov General Election
City Clerk Kramer reminds voters to register by October 20 to participate in the November 2 general election. Eligible new registrants include women who changed names by marriage, those turning 21 by October 20, and recent state residents with one year of residence. Voting requires prior registration.
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Regis Non
Kramer
Church leader urges resettlement and rural reform
The delegate criticizes hunger worldwide and calls for United States leadership in resettling displaced persons. He urges expanding the rural life movement and developing efficient family farms to reduce land concentration. Archbishop Cicognani will celebrate a pontifical mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral. He was born in 1883 and ordained in 1905. He became apostolic nuncio to the United States in 1933.
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Cicognani
St. Joseph's Cathedral
Brisighella
Italy
Apostolic Coreus
United States
Recruit Training At Great Lakes Neatly Transforms Sailor
Richard C. Spink of Sparta Wisconsin begins recruit training at Great Lakes Naval Training Center the nations largest facility. The program teaches seaman ship customs ordnance gunnery signaling and navigation shaping new sailors for fleet units or service schools. A stray note compares a bobcat to a Canadian lynx with differences in ear tufts.
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Sparta
Wis
Richard C. Spink
USN
Charles Spin
Naval Training
Great Lakes
Memberships Open in Vocational Civic Band Here
The Crosse Vocational and Adult School invites adult musicians to join the Vocational Civic Band. Open to adults or school graduates with conductor approval. Rehearsals Tuesdays 7:30 to 9:30 in the Vocational School gym. Season runs 20 weeks from Oct 19 with two concerts planned. Conductor Frank Italiano notes it offers an excellent way to resume playing and enjoy the musical hobby.
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Crosse Vocational and Adult School
Vocational Civic Band
Frank Italiano
Italiano
Appointments urged for Chest Clinic at Vocational School
Miss Dorothy Anderson urges all with appointments to attend the city health department chest clinic Thursday. The clinic is at the Vocational School from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Dorothy Anderson
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