Forces claim large Chinese force advances near Hamhung in Korea
Communist units reportedly drive toward Hamhung on the east coast as U S officers weigh Chinese involvement. KMAG calls the situation serious with 10th corps noting a Chinese regiment may be in action near the Chosin reservoir while a South Korean 26th regiment fights near Onjong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Hambhung
Hamhung
U. S. 10Th Corps
Bem Price
10Th Corps
Korean Military Advisory Group
KMAG
Chosin
Price
Red China
Onjong
U. S
Republic of Korea
ROK
Korea
Record Nov 7 Vote Seen From Registrations
Registrations indicate a likely total turnout exceeding 42 million in the November non presidential election, with officials noting 69,954,478 eligible voters and a possible midterm record. Analysts cite state by state forecasts and prior off year totals as context for a historically high turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
South
Maine
House
Census Bureau
Democratic National Committee
CIO Political Action Committee
Drowned Hunters Found Near Brownsville After River Tragedy
Three La Crosse men Keith Furber Nyle Peters and Rudie Glazer missing since Sunday were found dead Monday morning one mile north of Brownsville within a hundred yards of their empty boat. The trio all worked for Low Motor Co with Peters slated to open the showroom at 10 am. Recovery followed hours of dragging and air search efforts over the river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Mississippi River
Nyle Peters
Keith Furber
Rudie Glazer
Civil Air Patrol
Brownsville
South Ninth Street
South 21St Street
Low Motor Co
The
Motor Company
Sheriff's Department of
Houston County
Paul Williams
Robert
Bob) Peterson
Joseph Serres
Beryl Kerrigan
Caledonia
Peters
Elmer Ness
Ness
Mississippi
Adolph Kessel
Sheriff's Department
McCarthy to Speak at Kiwanis Luncheon in City
Senator Joseph McCarthy will address a Kiwanis club luncheon Tuesday on Communists in the federal government. The event starts at 12 noon at the Stoddard hotel with reservations at Stoddard and Hebbered and Rivoli pharmacies. The talk will be wire recorded and broadcast on WKTY at 8 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sen. Joseh McCarthy
Kiwanis Club
Stoddard
McCarthy
San Diego
WKTY
Injured Girl Betsing Family Details Involved Car Crash
Sue Ann Betsinger, seven, remained under hospital care after a Saturday crash near Midway School. R J Onalaska, struck by a vehicle, showed partial improvement on Monday with regained consciousness briefly before lapsing. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Betsinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Ann Betsinger
R.J. Onalaska
Midway School
Frank Betsinger
Local Weather For La Crosse and Vicinity
Weather notes for La Crosse and surrounding areas report unseasonable conditions. Details on Page 12 include temperature trends precipitation and wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Vicinity
Gustaf VI Adolf Proclaimed King of Sweden
Swedes proclaim Gustaf VI Adolf as king after Gustaf V dies ending a 43 year reign. The new monarch pledges to govern constitutionally and wisely with Louise Mountbatten as queen and Prince Carl Gustaf as heir. Funeral plans and royal lineage details noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustaf Adolf
Gustaf V
Stockholm
Sweden
Gustaf VI
Oscar Frederik Wilhelm Olaf Gustaf Adolf
Royal
Louise
Earl Mountbatten
England
Victoria
Prince Carl Gustaf
La Crosse Man Held In Shooting Incident
Vernon Halmrast 25 of La Crosse pleaded innocent in county court to an assault charge after allegedly shooting a St Paul construction worker Edward Lindstrom in a Standard station driveway. Lindstrom wounded, bullet removed from chest. bond set at 10000. Witnesses and driver Daniel Turner identified Halmrast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
St. Paul, Minn
Vernon Halmrast
South 17Th Street
Edward Lindstrom
Halmrast
Lindstrom
Daniel Turner
St. Paul
Third
Cass Streets
Turner
South Avenue
Lawyer Slayer Now Confesses
CHATTANOOGA Tenn July 75 year old mountain man Taylor Lee Dempsey confessed to shooting attorney James Scott after learning of his wife’s talk with Scott about divorce He said he burned Scott s mountain cabin years later The sheriff Rex Richey said Dempsey signed a statement admitting the crime and will be charged with murder A tip led to the confession and investigators are reviewing further implicated men one of whom has since died
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Hamilton County
Rex Richey
Signal Mountain
Richey
Taylor Lee Dempsey
James Scott
Mure
Dempsey
Scott
Two Record Players Stolen From Truck At Terminal Express Dock
Two machines valued at 29.95 each were taken from a truck parked at the rear of the Terminal Express dock on North Third Street. The theft occurred between 6 p m Friday and 8 a m Saturday. The items were consigned to Terry's Music Store on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terminal Express Dock
North Third Street
Terry
Main Street
Ten Lee Papers Organize New Investing Firm in Dover
Lee Enterprises Inc formed by ten Lee newspapers in the Midwest with charter dated October 9, 1950 in Dover Delaware. The board includes Loomis White Adler Anderson Burgess and others to acquire Lee holdings and create a center service company for the papers. Capital set at 2 million with initial 0.5 million common stock issued to the ten papers. No preferred stock sales planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Del
Lee Enterprises, Inc
Lee
Middlewest
Lee P. Loomis
Mason City
Iowa
Globe-Gazette
Walter W. White
The
Lincoln
Nebr
State Journal
W. T. Burgess
la Crosse Tribune
Elisha Hanson
Washington
Clifford Yewdall
New York
Lee Enterprises
Lee Papers
Laura Lee
A. W. Lee
Lee Newspapers
Atlantic defense talks hinge on German role in a unified force
The Washington conference on Western Europe defense debates whether Germany should join a supranational force. France advocates delaying German rearmament until a European defense council forms, while the US and Britain push for rapid German participation under clear American and British control. Eisenhower is expected to lead the command if created.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic Powers’ Defense Committee
Western
Europe
Russia
Defense Committee
Jules Moch
Germany
European Defense Council
United States
Britain
Moch
Dwight D. Eisenhower
609 Koreans To Die For Wartime Offenses
Seoul reports the Republic of Korea military and civil courts have sentenced 609 persons to death for wartime offenses since the June 25 Red invasion. Courts tried 2,801 cases covering 3,416 people including 115 women, with charges ranging from aiding the enemy and conspiracy to desertion murder rape arson and illegal property confiscation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Republic of Korea
Army Chief of Staff
Winnebago Indians Seek Federal Claim Amid Contract Signed
A Winnebago committee signed a contract to hire Hoag of Duluth to file a claim in the U.S. Court of Claims seeking from 15 million to 80 million dollars plus interest from the federal government. The action traces treaties from 1822 to 1860, contending Nebraska land reimbursement was the sole compensation. The signing party included James Smoke and four others in Sparta, supported by witnesses.
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Sparta
Wis
Lambert Hansen
Liver Hansen
Hoag
Duluth
Court of Claims
Washington, D. C
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Illinois
James Smoke
Tomah
Jeanne Day
la Crescent
Minn
Mitchell White Rabbit
Black River Falls
Murray White Rabbit
Ashland
Joshua Sanford
Hillsboro
Puerto Rican Rebels Shoot In Uprising Attacks
Nationalist rebels attacked the governor's palace and police stations across Puerto Rico in an organized uprising. Three rebels died at the palace, two policemen were wounded, and estimates say several police officers were killed elsewhere. Bombings and arson hit Jayuya and Utuado while Naranjito was attacked. Arecibo and Ponce saw shooting as schools were ordered closed.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
United States
Jayuya
Utuado
Naranjito
National Guard
Commissioner of Education
Ponce
Arecibo
Oregon Floods Cause Deaths and Isolation Across Regions
Heavy Pacific Northwest flooding from five days of storms kills two and leaves one missing in Oregon. Rivers swell from coast to Cascade range flooding towns, closing schools and mills. Willamette crest moves into mid valley while upper Willamette falls as roads reopen. Eugene evacuated as flood reaches 15.9 feet.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Pacific Northwest
Pacific
Oregon Coast
Cascade Range
Willamette River
Mid- Willamette Valley
Eugene
Willamette
Bee Plood
Strum Youth Noble Eide Dies After Crash
Noble Eide a 20 year old Strum resident died at 3 30 a m Monday in Eau Claire hospital after a Sunday crash on U S 53 just south of the Eau Claire Trempealeau county line. His car rolled over after skidding left of the highway. Two Strum youths injured in the same accident were taken to Eau Claire. Funeral services planned at St Pauls Lutheran Strum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strum
Wis
Noble Eide
Eau Claire
VU. S. 53
Eau Claire-Trempealeau County
Eide
Alvin Knutson
Kuhnert
Knutson
Hensel
Trempealeau County
Charles Keilholtz
Maurice Scow
Arcadia
John Eide
Gerald
Paul
Paul Eide
Norway
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Tibetan troops retreat toward Lhasa after battles
New Delhi reports Tibetan forces pulled back 200 miles from Lhasa. Indian envoy says defenders abandoned Lho Dzong and Shoshindo in late October and retreated to Pemba To as Chinese forces advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lhasa
New Delhi
India
Lho Dzong
Lolungchung
Pemba
Rescue in Wisconsin Sewer Trench Collapse
Donald Schmidt, 22, was buried for three minutes when a sewer trench at a Greenville construction site collapsed Sunday. His father and other workers pulled him free. he suffered only a bruised shoulder and minor cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Wis
Donald Schmidt
Schmidt
Police Guard Rennebohm After Online Threat
Milwaukee Governor Oscar Rennebohm faced police protection after a man allegedly tried to telegram a life threat to him. Fourteen officers guarded WTMJ during his speech while detectives trailed him to dinner and to Madison. The Western Union caller described a threat if he visited Milwaukee. officials suspect a crank. Rennebohm, not seeking re election, continued with his speech endorsing Walter J. Ler Jr. as the Republican candidate.
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Milwaukee
Oscar Rennebohm
WTMJ
Madison
Western Union
Rennebohm
Bery
Walter J. Ler, Jr
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King Gustaf V
D. Harold Oliver
Tribune
Kiwanis
By Gustav Svensson
Drottningholm Palace
Gustaf
Riddarholm Church
Uppsala University
Margaret of
Connaught
Queen Victoria
Hold la Crosse
Elton C. Fay
Pact
Winnebago Indians
U.S
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