NATO Move to Forge Integrated Allied Forces
The North Atlantic nations consider a bigger faster integrated land sea and air force amid new urgency after Korea. An American spokesman noted agreement on creating an integrated force and a supreme commander, with defense ministers to decide on actual contributions and German units.
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Washington
North Atlantic
Military Committee
The
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Omar Bradley
Committee For Action Now
Russia
Korea
Military Chiefs of Staff
Committee of Defense Ministers
Council of Foreign Ministers
Defense Committee
SHAEF
Europe
United States
War threats hover as China claims Tibet invasion move
AP reports Peiping radio says Chinese Red forces move to free 3,000,000 Tibetans from imperialist oppression. New Delhi cites troop movements along the China Tibet border but has no direct word of an invasion. Tibet seeks autonomy, while Reds claim Tibet as part of China amid Cold War tensions.
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Tokyo
Peiping
Tibet
Red Radio
Himalaya Mountains
Asia
China
Korea
New Delhi
China-Tibet
Washington
Hong Kong
Red Army
Liberation
Chungking
People's
Southwest China
Communist Party of China
Southwest
Second Field Army
Red
Acheson Rejects USSR Plan For One Germany
Secretary of State Acheson rejected a Soviet bloc proposal to create a single German government. He blamed Moscow for Germany’s plight and urged actions including disbanding the East German army and free democratic elections in all Germany. He cited Ulbricht’s August 3 threat as evidence of danger.
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Washington
Acheson
Prague
V. M. Molotov
Germany
Russia
Soviet Union
Ulbricht
Federal Republic
Republic of Korea
Jolson Leaves Over 4 Million for Charity and Family
Variety reports jazz singer Al Jolson left more than 4 million dollars with most designated to charity. Specific bequests will aid NYU CCNY and Columbia, and Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Hollywood. Trusts favor his fourth wife Eric Galbraith and their two adopted children. Probate rules disclosure of details. pallbearers named include Brand Cohn Epstein Akst Fried Kramer Goetz Sneckenberger.
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New York
Variety
Aji Jolson
Atty
Charles Schwartz
New York University
College of the City of New York
Columbia University
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital
Hollywood
Harry Brand
Harry Cohn
Louis Epstein
Harry Akst
Martin Fried
Jolson
Nathan Kramer
AI G. Goetz
John Sneckenberger
Boy, 16 Admits 75 Burglaries in Green Bay
Alvin Duval, 16, on parole from the Waukesha state school for boys, confessed to 75 burglaries in Green Bay since last December. He was arrested with his 15-year-old brother Raymond Lees and had been slated for municipal court arraignment, which was postponed as prosecutors consider deferring charges to include the new admissions.
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Green Bay
Wis
H. J. Bero
Waukesha State School
Bero
Alvin Duval
Lees
Raymond
Duval
Robert Parins
Pariis
Roend
Weather Summary for La Crosse and Vicinity
Fair conditions persist with a warmer night. Low 40 in the city and 36 in the countryside. Thursday high expected at 72 degrees.
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la Crosse
Justice Department Ready For Long Fight Against Subversives
The Justice Department moves to register the Communist party as foreign dominated, signaling a years long battle. Officials expect hearings, possible court appeals, and extended detentions as 86 alleged leaders face deportation under new security act, with enforcement proceeding city by city.
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Justice Department
Washington
Communist Party
Department
Austin Linked To Lie Support
U S Rep Warren R Austin reportedly told a secret U N Security Council meeting he would actively oppose any candidate except Trygve Lie for UN secretary general. Authorities doubted a veto would be needed as five power talks showed no candidate could secure seven votes.
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U. S
Warren R. Austin
United Nations Security Council
Trugve Lie
Britain
France
Cuba
Ecuador
Yugoslavia
China
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
Lie
Sir Benegal Rau
India
Charles Malik
Lebanon
Luis Pad
Westby Child Dies Of Polio
Westby Wisconsin 18 month old Thomas James Sveum died in a La Crosse hospital after illness grew acute. He was taken to La Crosse Monday and is the first polio related death in Westby this year though the ninth polio case in town. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Westby
Wis
Thomas James Sveum
James Sveum
la Crosse
Sveum
Tucker Corp Assets Approved At $464,135
Federal Judge Michael L. Igoe approved the sale of Tucker Corp assets for 464135 after a three day auction at the government plant where a bankrupt firm planned to build rear-engine cars. Attorney Norman H. Nachman said bids were about 1000 below appraised value and the plant may be cleared for Ford Motor Co use by November 1 as a leased airplane engine facility.
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Chicago
Tucker Corp
Federal Dist
Michael L. Igoe
Norman H. Nachman
Tucker Trustees
Nachman
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Registration Deadline For Nov 7 Balloting
City Clerk Fred Kramer urges voters to register by 4 30 P M on Wednesday to participate in the Nov 7 general election. All adults 21 and older not previously registered must register. married women must re register and address changes must be reported by telephone.
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Fred Kramer
Girl Without Family Will Have Real Wedding She Dreamed Of
A 17 year old Chicago girl at the Chicago Home for Girls will marry Edwin Lasilla in a church ceremony. Friends supplied a wedding dress, flowers, cake, and a home for the couple’s weekend stay at a loop hotel. Her mother is dead and the father is unknown, completing a long held dream.
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Chicago
Joan Streitmatter
Joan
Edwin Lasilla
Francis Binkley
Cool Canadian air drops mercury in Wisconsin
A mass of Canadian air cooled Wisconsin by 13 to 22 degrees on Tuesday into Wednesday morning. Milwaukee and La Crosse recorded their coldest readings of the year with 27 and 14 degrees respectively, while Grantsburg hit 21 degrees as the state minimum.
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Wisconsin
Federal Weather Bureau
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
la Crosse
Grantsburg
Amusement Building Ban Likely from Government Order
Washington officials signaled a government crackdown on new amusement venues such as race tracks dance halls and bowling alleys with a forthcoming order. The move aims to conserve materials for defense and may bar new recreational building projects by all government levels.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
NPR
Funk Elected Director of State Chamber
A. P. Funk Jr secretary of La Crosse Rubber Mills Co was elected to a three year term on the Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce board at Milwaukee during its 21st annual session Also Portage bank president R O Kienert won a three year board seat The group also elected W H Burhop as president and W E Rutz as vice president Other district vice presidents named include C C Smith Roland E Froehlig Louis Hirsig M W Swenson Roy W Fey and new officers F H Runkel and William J Petersen
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A. P. Funk, Jr
la Crosse Rubber Mills Co
Wisconsin State Chamber of Commerce
Milwaukee
Portage Bank
R. O. Kienert
la Crosse
W. Leo Murphy
Gateway Transit Co
William T. Burgess
The
la Crosse Tribune
Edwin G. Nourse
Washington, D. C
Pres. Truman’s
Council of Econ
Omic
United States
Kremlin
W. H. Burhop
Wausau
State Chamber
W. E. Rutz
Fond du Lac
C. C. Smith
Waukesha
Roland E. Froehlig
Eagle River
Louis Hirsig
Madison
M. W. Swenson
Sheboygan
Roy W. Fey
Eau Claire
F. H. Runkel
William J. Petersen
Hoffman to Confer With Henry Ford II About Ford Foundation
Former Marshall Plan administrator Paul G. Hoffman said he will meet Henry Ford II in about ten days to decide whether to lead the Ford Foundation. Hoffman spoke at the White House and noted he had not yet been formally offered the post. He had just delivered a report to President Truman on European recovery.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Henry Ford II
Ford Foundation
Ford
Hoffman
White House
Truman
Europe
ROKs Reach Near Manchurian Border in Korean War push
South Korean divisions advance toward the border after five Allied corps drive north. Reports say the sixth division nears the Ya lu river and Huichon while the eighth closes in on Huichon. one U S fighter is reported hit and forced down at sea. Intelligence in Tokyo contests earlier border reach claims.
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Seoul
Air Force
Washington
U. S
Republic of Korea
ROK
Hoemoktong
Huichon
Korea
Yalu River
Kanggye
Kim Il Sung
Unsan
Pyongyang
Manchuria
MacArthur
Tokyo
Reveal Red Plan To Take Philippines
The defense department reports a secret Communist master plan to overthrow the government with 116000 troops. The plan allegedly called for 35 divisions to attack in November of next year. President Quirino suspended habeas corpus for suspected subversives and 99 of 105 arrested were held without charge.
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Manila
National Defense Department
Philippines
Reds
Quirino
Defense Department
Dr Bunche Named To Harvard Professorship
Harvard University announces the appointment of Dr. Ralph Bunche United Nations official and Nobel Peace Prize winner as professor of government. He is the first Black Harvard college professor and is a Harvard graduate. Bunche leads the UN trusteeship council and won the Nobel for mediating Palestine conflicts.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University
Ralph Bunche
United Nations
Bunche
Harvard College
Harvard
United Nations Trusteeship Council
Palestine
Higher steel prices and wage gains forecast
The Iron Age weekly reports steel prices rising by six to ten dollars per ton and steelworkers receiving wage and fringe benefits totaling 17 to 18 cents an hour. The average price hike is near eight dollars per ton, about ten percent, to cover raw material costs and expansion.
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New York
Iron Age, Metalworking Trade Weekly
Break-In at Delicious Food Co. Leads to Candy Theft
Sheriff Vern Lamp reports a break-in at Delicious Food Co. at 2415 Ward Avenue. Thieves entered between 7:45 p.m. Tuesday and 5:45 a.m. Wednesday by crawling through a coal room window and removed candy bars from a warehouse area after breaching a door.
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Vern Lamp
Delicious Food Co
Ward Avenue
Plans For Civil Defense Mapped At Committee Session
The La Crosse county civil defense and disaster committee met to map action in case of emergency. About 400 present, including division heads, heard John B. Coleman outline groundwork and the survey to determine resources and control centers. Committee and division heads will prepare plans, submit supply lists to City Clerk Fred Kramer, and circulate a county wide questionnaire within 10 days.
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la Crosse County
Coleman
Fred Kramer
Red Press In Vienna Sees Austria Split Possible
Communist newspapers in Vienna threatened that Austria could be divided like Germany as Moscow countermanded Vienna in suspending five pro Communist district police chiefs. The chiefs refused to leave their posts, challenging the government and police orders.
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Vienna
Austria
Germany
Berlin
Viennia
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Turner
Mount Washington Observatory
Mount Washington
N.H
Jack Adams
Attorney General
Austin
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Dr. Bunche
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