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La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1948

Page

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Truman Seeks Legion Speak As Dewey Heads Home

President Truman launches a non political swing with an afternoon address to the American Legion in Miami while Gov. Dewey returns to Albany from a Midwest campaign tour. Dewey rests in Owosso before New York speeches. Wallace campaigns in Detroit seeking a postwar third party.

Truman Legion Dewey Albany Associated Press Thomas E. Dewey Miami White House Independence American Legion Raleigh N. C Owosso Mich Iar New York Governor's Mansion New York City Christ Episcopal Church Washington Henry Wallace Detroit Progressive Party CIO United Auto Workers Wallace

Ground Breaking For Holy Cross Seminary Draws 10000

The Most Rev Archbishop Cicognani led a sunlit ground breaking near highway 14 for Holy Cross seminary. About 10 000 attendees including bishops and church officials witnessed the open air ceremony praising priesthood and education. The site south of St Michael’s orphanage marks a major diocesan effort led by Bishop John P Treacy and Catholic Rural Life officials.

Amleto Giovanni Cicognani Pope Pius XII Holy Cross Seminary St. Michael's Orphanage Highway 14 National Catholic Rural Life Conference Apostolic Delegate Heaven Cicognani la Crosse Jesus Calvary John P. Treacy 11Th and Cass

NCRLC Honors Archbishop At Evening Event

Dignitaries from Catholic, city, and state circles attended a civic reception for Archbishop Cicognani at the NCRLC conference. The Mathias Kaiser family of Stratford Wis. earned the outstanding rural Catholic family award, Rev. John LaFarge received the national NCRLC contribution honor, and Mayor Beranek plus Acting Governor Rennebohm welcomed guests to La Crosse during the 26th annual convention.

Amletio Giovanni Cicognani United States National Catholic Rural Life Conference Rural Life Conference Cicognani Christ Europe Mathias Kaiser St. Joseph's Parish Stratford Wis NCRLC Kaiser la Crosse Kaisers John LaFarge America New York City Charles Beranek Oscar Rennebohm Dairyland

Heights Dominate Negev Road in Night Assault

TEL AVIV reports Jewish troops stormed and captured key heights along the Negev road defying UN cease fire orders as air activity continued. Israel seeks control of the southern desert amid heavy casualties and uncertain Egyptian counter moves. UN Security Council in Paris discussed the flare up with Bunche seeking a three day truce. Unconfirmed reports say Gaza evacuat ion and possible Egyptian retaliation loom.

Tel Aviv Israel Negev United Nations Negev Desert Paris UN Security Council Palestine Warren R. Austin U. S Council Ralph Bunche Bunche

Headon Crash Proves Fatal At Lamoille

Benny Henze 47 a retired farmer from Winona was killed when his 1937 car collided head on with a tractor trailer on highway 146 near Lamoille at 5 23 p m Sheriff George L Fort said Henze crossed into the trailer lane and froze as it bore down The Enge vold truck driven by Ole Engevold Manston Wis owned by United Shipping Co of Minneapolis was damaged and the cab crushed Firefighters and a wrecker had to pry Henze from the wreckage before the body could be removed

Lamoille Minn Benny Henze Winona George L. Fort Henze Cedar Valley Road Ole Engevold Manston Wis United Shipping Company of Minneapolis Engevold

De Gaullists Reds Trail In French Voting

France voted for the electoral college to choose the Council of the Republic. Early returns show De Gaulle and Communist lists trailing but more powerful than the results indicate. Socialists and Independent Socialists lead with 26 percent, followed by Radical Independents 21 percent and RPF 13 percent.

Paris Charles de Gaulle de Gaullists Council of the Republic France Rally of the French People RPF de Gaulle Popular Republican Movement MRP

Bladder baby undergoes fifth operation in Milwaukee

Milwaukees bladder baby Michael Haley age one underwent a fifth operation today to correct his condition after being born with his bladder outside his body.

Milwaukee Michael Haley

ECA seeks extra funds to sustain European recovery program

Washington reported the Economic Cooperation Administration plans to ask Congress for additional money to extend the European Recovery Program through mid 1949. Edward T. Dickinson said ECA's $5.055 billion budget set to run until July 1 will be exhausted in the first three months of 1949.

Washington Economic Cooperation Administration Congress Edward T. Dickinson ECA

President creates emergency board to study rail dispute

President Truman announces an emergency board to examine the conflict between railroads and 16 non operating railroad unions. The board aims to avert a strike that could halt interstate commerce with 1,000,000 workers affected and its findings due in 30 days.

Washington Truman White House

Press error leaves La Crosse Tribune page missing

Sunday edition ran with page 25 omitted and page 24 duplicated on the sports section. The mistake occurred when the pressman removed the wrong lead cast, causing several sports stories and display ads to repeat while others were dropped. Plans to reshuffle pages were halted. major stories to run Monday.

la Crosse Tribune City Teachers college-Stout Institute Northwestern Michigan Minnesota

City Clerk Extends Voting Registration Hours Tonight

The city clerk’s office stays open until 8 p m to allow registration before the Wednesday 4 30 p m deadline. Fred Kramer notes this is the last after hours session and urges everyone to verify their registration before the November 2 general election.

Fred Kramer

Murder charge named in George Polk killing case

Greece's government announces three others charged with complicity in CBS correspondent George Polk slaying last May in Salonika. Adam Mouzenides is identified as the shooter, clipping Polk's head as he lay bound in a boat. Evangelos Vasvanas remains at large. Gregory Staktopoulos and Anna Staktopoulou, mother, are under arrest.

Salonika Greece George Polk Columbia Broadcasting System Cominform Communist International Information Bureau Polk Adam Mouzenides Central Committee Greek Communist Party Salonika Bay Evangelos Vasvanas Gregory Staktopoulos Anna

Snow Blankets Sault Ste. Marie in Early Season Snowfall

Sault Ste. Marie recorded three inches of new snow this morning, the season's first. Weather officials reported 5.6 inches had fallen overnight due to wet, compacted snow from a northwest wind. Ducks and geese were noted in the strong gusts.

Sault Ste. Marie Mich Sault Weather Bureau

Taft-Hartley rulings shape picketing limits and replacements

The Taft-Hartley act rulings clarified mass picketing limits and rules for replacing strikers. NLRB examiner Rogosin barred processions like the Nov. 21 1947 protest in Chicago, deeming mass picketing coercive. The board also outlined five conditions under which economic strikers may be permanently replaced, affecting 71 Machinists.

Washington National Labor Relations Board NLRB Irving Rogosin Rogosin Cslo-United Electrical Workers Cory Corporation Chicago

Condition of CAA Man Improves

Ed J. Ryder 37 chief of the CAA structures division showed slight improvement after leaping from a fourth story hotel room in Winona Minnesota. He was in town for a hearing into the August 29 Northwest Airplane crash that killed 37 people.

Winona Minn Ed J. Ryder Civil Aeronautics Administration Ryder CAA Structures Division

State GOP puzzled over Smith citizenship status

Immigration chief Robert P. Clarke defended George M. Smith as a naturalized American citizen after questioning him by phone. Smith, born in Canada, naturalized in 1944 in Brooklyn after marrying an American wife. The Milwaukee Journal noted Mrs. Smith’s voting while abroad and examined a 1940 law linking foreign voting to loss of citizenship.

Milwaukee Robert P. Clarke Immigration Service George M. Smith GOP Clarke Smith The Milwaukee Journal Canada Brooklyn N. Y Journal Winnipeg Toronto United States

Murray Defends U S Congress Actions At NCRL Session

Rep Murray of Wisconsin sparred with Secretary Brannan as he praised last congress for REA funding while Brannan warned against political blame for price supports. Brannan argued price supports protect farmers like minimum wage laws protect workers and noted profits for the Commodity Credit Corporation.

Charles F. Brannan Reid Murray Wisconsin National Catholic Rural Life Conference Congress Aquinas High School Murray Brazil Commodity Credit Corporation Brannan U. S. Treasury Department of Agriculture Department Europe Muscle Shoals REA Ryan

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