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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1948
Page
1
Daniel de Luce reports from the Middle East on shifting power dynamics in Palestine. Israeli forces gain momentum as Arab responses leave leaders puzzled by recent battlefield and diplomatic developments in the region.
Report from Jerusalem notes Israel gains despite Arab reverses as hopes hinge on Egypt and Trans-Jordan ambitions. Analysts question a third round while Israel mobilizes about 70 000 troops, Arabs rely on Britain for arms, and a June arms cutoff hurts Arab forces.
City Clerk Fred Kramer announced that the registration office will stay open through noon tomorrow to accommodate those not yet registered. The deadline to register is 4 30 p m Wednesday for voters aiming to participate in the September 21 primary. those unsure of their status should call the clerk's office at 3815.
Mourners filed past the coffin of former President Eduard Benes through the night and into the morning. At dawn the line stretched nearly four miles as factory workers from across Czechoslovakia joined the somber procession.
Niagara Falls Ontario William Red Hill said his latest trip through the Niagara River Rapids in a barrel was a financial flop. He estimated a net of about 500 dollars for the four and a half hours of riders on the five mile run while the barrel cost 1100 dollars.
Generally fair and cooler tonight and Wednesday. Low tonight 56 with a high Wednesday of 75.
Wisconsin officials intervened in the Wilton Labor Day celebration turning a raffle for a new automobile into an auction. Claude Bachus of West Salem bought a Plymouth for 2450 dollars. Tickets had been sold for 1 dollar to support a building fund and refunds may be available with the rest staying in the fund.
Anson L. Johnson of Miami Springs Florida won the Thompson Trophy flight at the national air races in Cleveland. He posted an average speed of 383.767 mph for the 300 mile course, winning $16 500 and surprising 80 000 spectators.
Congressional spy probes open closed sessions led by Rep McDowell to uncover possible Soviet access to atomic secrets. Maj. Gen. Groves may testify as Condon denial and Hiss-Chambers links are reviewed. McDowell cites uranium deals and two senior officials as key to the leak inquiry.
In Versailles France the Dore family Jean Renee Robert and Jacquelin face housing troubles after their quads born Sunday at a local clinic arrive full of life. A prefect’s requisitioned villa was found occupied prompting the prefect to seek other housing as the parents live in a single room.
The CIO Association of Communication Equipment Workers set September 17 for a nationwide strike and warned it would disrupt telephone service. Dan Harris of Portland said negotiations with Western Electric are deadlocked over wages and working conditions. The union seeks a 15 cent hourly raise. the company offered eight cents. Union member pay ranges from 88 cents to $1.54 per hour.
Nearly 10 000 La Crosse pupils start the 1948 49 school year with public vocational and Lutheran schools opening Wednesday Catholic schools began Tuesday Children born in 1943 wartime peak year will enter kindergarten Enrollment at Aquinas High School 902 Blessed Sacrament 283 Holy Cross 140 Holy Trinity 577 St James 428 St John 233 St Joseph 265 St Marys 117 St Thomas More 263 St Wenceslaus 174 Holy Cross Seminary 52 St Michaels 107.
Leominster Massachusetts police report a 71 year old man Simon Caisse had a $60 pocket watch stolen two months ago. The watch was found yesterday inside his rear screen door and now runs again.
Harold E. Stassen challenged President Truman on labor policy accusing the 1946 speech seeking army powers of totalitarian intent. As University of Pennsylvania president he will campaign for Dewey and Warren in October, acting as GOP spokesman with Dewey reviewing the remarks.
City council members will gather at 7 30 p m Tuesday to review business assigned to each committee. Public hearings will be held on several spot zoning ordinances currently with the city plan commission before the regular meeting starts.
The Labor Day holiday toll nears 400 with 395 reported deaths so far. Traffic fatalities total 283, drownings 59, and other accidents 53. Wisconsin reports 13 deaths. State tallies list California 2 traffic, 0 drownings, 0 other. Ohio 15 traffic, 0 drownings, 7 other.
Manila reports Mount Hibokhibok belching lava and ash for a seventh day with a 25 000 foot plume. About 35 000 residents have been moved to nearby islands while 16 000 remain on Camiguin awaiting rescue.
Sheriff Harold Hubbell investigated a supposed double murder in Albuquerque New Mexico after two skeletons were found by E. E. McNeal while digging a ditch near his home. The bones were determined to be about 800 years old.
The presidential campaign accelerates as Harold E. Stassen prepared to deliver the Republican reply to Truman's Labor Day addresses. Truman warns of an era of fear and low mood if Republicans win, and outlines a westward two week itinerary starting Sept. 18 at Dexter Iowa, with stops planned in Jackson Missouri and other states. He vows to prove farmers' prices are not inflation drivers and accuses tax cuts of benefiting the rich.
The Miss America pageant begins in Atlantic City with a Mardi Gras boardwalk parade as preliminaries start. Fifty five contestants compete for a $10,000 crown while Mrs America contestants, 30 housewives, compete Sunday in Asbury Park with talent and cooking tests ahead.
Western military governors consider joint protests to Moscow over Communist riots that disrupted Berlin’s civil government. The city hall in the Russian sector housed 27 western police under protection, while Soviet authorities ordered liaison officers to leave. The pro-Western city administration plans new elections on Nov 14 as 20 000 American troops conduct large maneuvers in Germany.
The International Typographical Union denied a government contempt charge for negotiating union security contracts. A federal judge in Indianapolis had barred closed shop demands under Taft Hartley. NLRB sought orders to halt strike benefits to Chicago and Hammond printers.
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