We Are Not Ready For Brick And Mortar Auditorium
A La Crosse editorial argues the radio warning on amusement building bans should not halt property acquisition for an auditorium site at Civic Center. It urges immediate purchase of Fourth and Vine parcels and early plans while construction bans remain, noting the Production Authority imposes no instant barrier.
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la Crosse
Civic Center
National Production Authority
County Board Plan Committee
Fourth and Vine Streets
Wisconsin
Lexington
Truman outlines fool proof disarmament plan at UN anniversary
President Truman uses the UN's fifth anniversary to urge Soviet compliance with a fool proof disarmament scheme while stressing universal agreement, comprehensive inspections, and international policing. He warns against paper promises and notes that Western allies will improve defenses until atomic energy control and armament reductions are achieved.
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Truman
United Nations
Soviet Union
United States
Free Nations
Rhee needs unwavering U S support amid Korea stance
The piece argues the United States must back Syngman Rhee as the legitimate president of Korea, noting his full North and South Korean sovereignty, UN recognition, and the danger of U S diplomacy wavering under pressure from critics and internal officials. It cautions against repeating Chiang Kai-shek’s fate and stresses that Rhee’s term runs to 1952 with elections supervised by the UN to ensure representation.
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Syngman Rhee
Republic of Korea
Chiang Kai-shek
China
United States
Asia
Japan
Rhee
United Nations
Korea
38Th Parallel
All Korea
Korean Republic
North Korea
Korean Congress
Dr. Rhee
America
Department OF State
State Department
Rural school reform foes mount anti merger drive in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Rural Schools association mobilizes against recent rural school consolidation and state aid acts. Its Rural School Messenger labels reforms as vicious and destructive while portraying a federal autocrat threat. Joseph F. Walsh emerges as a political driver, aiding Porter’s opponent in a key primary.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Rural Schools Association
Wisconsin
Wyngaard
The
Rural School Messenger
Wisconsin Towns Association
Joseph F. Walsh
Gardner Withrow
la Crosse
Foster B. Porter
Bloomington
Porter
Wisconsin Commission For the Improvement
Association
Walsh
Rain making stirs imaginations in Far West and Korea front
Drew Pearson reports on cloud seeding experiments in Prosser Washington lifting wheat yields and raising water debates. The Korean War exposes medical service gaps with frontline field training scarcity. Loyola Los Angeles cancels game over a black player triggering donations. Political maneuvers in New York show Dewey shifting support after a reported Hanley letter.
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Central
California
Arizona
Colorado River
Sen
Clinton Anderson
New Mexico
Man Over Camper Bumper Sparks Camp McCoy Sighting
A downtown parking mishap ends with a woman inspecting minor fender damage as soldiers from Camp McCoy observe. A puzzled wife asks how her husband will react while a soldier apologizes in a southern drawl and calls himself a gentleman.
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Camp McCoy
What’s Been Done on Controls in the Defense Program
James Marlow reviews government actions to support a long defense effort. Tax rises since Oct 1 fund defense and curb inflation while housing payments rise to discourage spending. Restrictions on key materials and ongoing talks with industry aim to secure armament needs amid looming manpower and cost pressures.
Ten years ago U S woman pilot trains in Madison
Mary Belle Ahlstrom one of three women admitted to the federal CAA secondary pilots training course began flight instruction in Madison this week as La Crosse memories glance back at milestones in aviation history.
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U. S
CAA
Mary Belle Ahlstrom
Madison
la Crosse Poultry Association
Fair Grounds
St. James Catholic Church
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San Francisco
Vishinsky
UN Atomic Commission
Commission
David Lawrence Dispatch
Washington
South
John Wyngaard
Capitol Dome
Drew Pearson
Seattle
Garden of Eden
Retary of Agriculture
Brannan
Prosser
Wash
Leo Horrigan
Irving Frick
Water Resources Development Board of
Pasadena
Calif
Horrigan
Army
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Joseph I. Martin
Raymond W. Bliss
Bliss
Loyola University
Los Angeles
Texas Western
el Paso
Loyola
Stanley Meyers
Universal Pictures
Loyola Fathers
Meyers
Noah Dietrich
Hughes Tool Company
Houston
Howard Hughes
Brewster of
Main
Pan American Airways
Noah
Dietrich
Loyola College
New York
Tom Dewey
Joe Hanley
Dewey
Hanley
Kingsland Macy
James Leary
Saratoga Springs
William Pfeiffer
Brooklyn
General Eisenhower
Macy Gannett Group
Eisenhower
Ike
Joe
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Che la Crosse Tribune
Coulee
James Marlow
the Nation Today
Gram
Marlow
la Crosse Tribune
Roy L. Wingers
Dramatic Society of
Aquinas High School
Alice Hayden
Louise Schnurrer
Josephine White
Charles Guenter
Walter Brueggen
A. M. Murphy
Fort Worth
Tex
American Public Health Association
Salvation Army Home Service
Raymond Robbins
Illinois
Clarence J. Weber
la Crosse County
GOP Committee
Pioneer Hall
George Norgaard
Elgin
Ill
Phoebe Dudley
West Salem
YWCA
Mora
Rose Street Union Hall
T. A. Devine
S. G. Murphy
E. C. Miller
M. A. Fredrickson
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