North Korean Front Relatively Quiet Amid Attack Pressure
The Korean frontier remained tense as Communist forces pressed the northern line near Taegu while American and South Korean units closed a five mile gap. Despite the lull described at Taegu, Reds threatened Masan and Pusan approaches as Allied air support resumed with limited sorties due to weather.
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Milton Marmor
Tokyo
Taegu
Associated Press
Leif Erickson
U. S. Eighth Army
Yongchon
Kyongju
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Erickson
Reds
Battle Mountain
Masan
Pusan
Korea
Get Out Vote Plea From Wisconsin Democratic Aspirants
Three Democratic hopefuls in the 1950 elections spoke at a La Crosse dinner urging turnout. Carl Thompson, William Sanderson, and Patrick Lucey pressed liberal unity, debated GOP records, and outlined aims in the third congressional district and state races.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Democratic Organizing Committee
Carl W. Thompson
William Sanderson
la Crosse
Patrick Lucey
Stoddard
Plea Thompson
Wisconsin
Democratic Party
Thompson
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Athletic Club
Walsh
Richard J. Walsh
Dodge County
GOP
State Senate
Sanderson
Alexander Wiley
Chippewa Falls
Kt Wiley
Convicted Traitor Robert Best Struck by Stroke in Prison
Robert H. Best a 54 year old convicted traitor and Nazi radio mouthpiece during World War II was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage in his jail cell Saturday. He was moved under heavy guard to a city hospital where his condition was listed as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Robert H. Best
Traior
Best
City Hospital
Twenty three La Crosse draftees told to report Sept 25
Twenty three La Crosse county men drawn by the selective service board must report at 10 am on September 25 for induction. They will gather at the second floor federal building office, then travel by chartered bus to the Minneapolis induction center. List includes Morrison, Bina, Larson, Kromke, Gerke, Koenen, Dansberry, Bendel, Wagner, Meyer, Sagear, Willis, Gard ner, Hatke, Hoff man, Larson, Ziegelmaier, Troyvanek, Stoker, Pierce, Krett, Saltz, and Howe with addresses and hometowns in La Crosse, Onalaska, Bangor, and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
la Crosse
R. J
Rockland
Clarence A. Larson
Clyde Park
Montana
Rudolph H. Kromke
South 20Th Street
William P. Gerke
Adams Street
Leonard J. Koenen
South Ninth Street
James R. Dansberry
Loomis Street
Romey H. Bendel
Stoddard
Joseph T. Wagner
Madison Street
Glen D. Meyer
Shirley L. Sagear
Elmer Willis
Milwaukee Street
Warren G. Gardner
George Street
Vernon D. Hatke
State Street
Edward Eugene Hoffman
Onalaska
Billie W. Larson
Chicago
James J. Ziegelmaier
King Street
Kenneth E. Troyvanek
Denton Street
Marlin F. Stoker
Bangor
Douglas W Pierce
James Abert Krett
Tyler Street
Richard Arlen Saltz
North Seventh Street
Neil Francis Howe
Charles Street
Withrow welcomes probe into tax returns amid dispute
Rep Gardner R Withrow of La Crosse third Wisconsin district, seeking reelection on the Republican ticket, invites a tax probe after Roland W Vieth accuses irregularities and misuse of military planes. Withrow denies the charges and defends his 1949 state income tax return as Vieth requests a thorough review by the Wisconsin tax commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner R. Withrow
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Roland W. Vieth
Monroe County Assembly
Withrow
Vieth
Wisconsin Tax Commission
Bloodmobile set for La Crosse two day drive
A total of 373 donors are scheduled for the Red Cross bloodmobile in La Crosse on Sept 13 and 14 at room 103 of the vocational school. Appointments run 11:00 am to 5:15 pm Wednesday and 9:00 am to 3:45 pm Thursday with many workers and volunteers listed from Trane Co Northern Engraving La Crosse Rubber Mills Riviera Sportwear Sears Standard Oil and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Red Cross
The
Trane Co
Northern Engraving Co
la Crosse Rubber Mills
Riviera Sportwear Co
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Standard Oil
Madison
R. E. Hanson
Verl Bratton
Robert Steinke
Nancy Wolf
G. L. Schroff
E. J. Wolfschlaeger
Gerald D. Ziehme
A. O. Sorge
E. J. Sinniger
Amil C. Bach
Harold Gulbrandsen
A. D. Kirk
George Philips
Henry Torger
Arthur Sheldon
J. W. Peshak
Frank Sisson
Elva Lumley
Manuel Rosenstein
R. L. Roettiger
John O'Donnell
Gray
Joseph Jahimiak
Charles Lang
E. H. Koenen
Agnes Mealy
E. J. Hollett
Loretta Erickson
Mina Schubert
Robert Heiams
Meters Pay For Selves Surpass Costs For City Facilities
A city meter operation report through June 30 shows 815 meters installed in 1947 paid for, with a surplus of 35 564 81 after funding off street parking lots and a city survey. It details purchases, disbursements, and ongoing revenue from meters and related parking activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Kramer
Sixth and
Vine Street
North Sixth Street
South Third Street
Fifth Avenue
Pear Street
South Sixth Street
Common Council
Sabotage blamed in Chittagong express derailment near Dacca
At least 50 people died and 50 injured when the Chittagong express derailed Friday night about 40 miles from Dacca. Officials described the wreck as a clear case of sabotage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
India
Chittagong
Dacca
City Youths Fined After Camp McCoy Jeep Crash
Pfc Ralph C Matthews is in critical condition in a Sparta hospital following a Friday crash on Camp McCoy premises. Richard Hutzenbuehler was fined 25 dollars plus costs for driving without due caution while John Adams paid 10 dollars for allowing an unregistered car to be driven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Wis
Ralph C. Matthews
Nolle
John Adams
Hutzenbuehler
Matthews
11Th Finance
Adams
Camp McCoy
Local Weather Outlook Sunday Showers Possible
Increasing cloudiness Sunday with a chance of local showers in the afternoon or evening. Temperature remains steady with a high near 76 degrees in the afternoon.
State Pressmen Hold Election at 1950 Wisconsin Conference
The second day of the Wisconsin State Conference of the Printing Pressmen and Assistants union closed with a banquet at Kingstreet Labor Temple. About 100 attended. Delegates began a business session Sunday morning to elect officers and pick the 1951 convention city, followed by a Coulee Region sightseeing trip for women visitors. Dr. Maurice Graff of La Crosse State Teachers College urged new approaches to labor unrest, likening it to diagnosing a disease and stressing impartial, unbiased study of causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Kingstreet
Coulee
Maurice Graff
la Crosse
la Crosse State Teachers College
Graff
National War Labor Board
Arbitration Staff
American Arbitration Association
Wisconsin Conference of Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union
AFL
Henry Lengling
Milwaukee
Special International Union
Maurice O. Graff
Yolande Berbeze Crowned Miss America 1951
Yolande Berbeze of Mobile Alabama won the Miss America crown at Atlantic City on Saturday night becoming the 1951 titleholder. The pageant highlighted her poise and beauty among a field of contestants from across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
N. J
Yolande Berbeze
Mobile
Ala
You'd Think She Would Be Just Plain Pleased
Police in Council Bluffs Iowa received a report from a 74 year old woman about harassment by her former boyfriend, a 76 year old man. He allegedly drove by her home at night with a racing car engine and headlights aimed at her windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Truman approves substantial troop increases in Western Europe
President Truman approves substantial increases in U S military forces in Western Europe and calls on Atlantic pact allies to match actions. The move aims to build a unified international force to defend Western Europe against Russia and aligns with policy shaped by Acheson and Johnson.
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Washington
Truman
U. S
Europe
Russia
State Acheson
Defense
Johnson
Annual Chest Soliciting To Start Oct 2
The Red Feather appeal for the Community Chest of La Crosse will run October 2 through October 13 with two weeks of prep prior. Campaign chairman Glen Bowman urged civic groups and volunteers to dedicate the period to raising funds for 15 agencies serving the 1951 year, aligning with nationwide Chest campaigns. Training for volunteers will start within 10 days as organizations schedule their fall activities to avoid conflicting with Chest dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Feather
Community Chest of
Bowman
la Crosse
Mining disaster survivors freed from 720 foot pit
116 men were rescued from the Knockshinnoch Castle mine in New Cumnock after nearly two days trapped by a cave in that left 136 below ground and ten unaccounted for. Rescue scenes included gas masks and a morale singing bee as families waited at the pithead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Cumnock
Scotland
Knockshinnoch Castle
Balloch Myle Hospital
William Shearer
Cherrie
Gibb McAughtrie
Defense Barrier Would Be Used In Emergency
President Truman announced a new wage price and production control system to guide a long defense program likely costing over 30 billion dollars annually. He warned sacrifices from all Americans as price and wage controls would be imposed if needed and industry may shift from civilian to military production. He urged higher taxes and a pay-as-you-go mobilization to spur output and curb inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Will Transport Rural Students to Central Longfellow and Hogan
La Crosse board of education will bus district pupils living two miles or more from their schools starting Monday. Marshall Batho outlined tentative schedules with morning departures from the Singing Inn at 7 30 for Central and 8 05 for Longfellow and Hogan, with stops along Losey Boulevard. Return trips run from the schools at 3 25 Hogan 4 00 Longfellow and 4 05 Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singing Inn
Central High
Hogan
Longfellow
Central
Truman faces cabinet crisis while Korea battles Red thrusts
President Truman confronts a cabinet split as Defense Secretary Louis Johnson's possible resignation looms. Meanwhile in Korea, UN and American forces struggle to halt sustained Red Army offensives after 11 weeks of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Defense
Louis Johnson
White House
Korea
United Nations
Red Army
Truman outlines wartime economic controls and wage policy
President Truman proposes a five point program to cover profits taxes longer work hours no wage increases beyond living costs and industry efficiency. He aims to keep the national economy above 300 billion dollars yearly by 1954 and names W Stuart Symington to coordinate policy as an economic policeman. The order also authorizes potential price controls by requiring price and cost records from most businesses between May 24 and June 24 under the economic powers bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Truman
Truman
Alma Man Wins Wisconsin State Contour Plowing Title
Wilbert Rohrer, 31, of Alma, won the 1950 Wisconsin state contour plowing championship at Bufal o county, beating 17 rivals. He received a gold trophy a $50 cash award and an all expense trip to Urbana Ohio to compete in the national contest. Orville Buchner and Carl Long finished runner up and third. About 15 000 spectators watched on the Martin Schiefelbein farm near FALL CREEK, with WEAU sponsor and soil conservation demos.
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Fall Creek
Wis
Wilbert Rohrer
Alma
Buffalo County
Urbana
Rohrer
Chester Dalby
la Crosse County
Martin Schiefelbein
Here
Eau Claire
WEAU
Orville Buchner
Sturgeon Bay
Carl Long
Gilman
Chippewa County
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Hine Aia
Tribune
E. E. Hollander
O. H. Schubert
E. L. Burgess
A. L. Christensen
E. J. Wollschlaeger
A. C. Jehlen
Gordon Quisel
O. C. Smevog
Charles Shoger
Ben Sias
Robert Herams
Nina _ Ferries
Henry Ahrens
J. Frank Greer
Ors
Bain CV
Prof
Selby Maxwell
Tri-State Area
Bama
By John M. Hightower
Pithead
Harold K. Miles
By Sterling F. Green
Oscar Rennebohm
Stoddard Crystal Room
Peter Pappas
Rennebohm
Foster Porter
Porter
Pappas
J. H. de la Rosa
Pressmen’s Home
Tenn
W T. Burgess
la Crosse Tribune
John Glendenning
Inland Printing Co
Norman Oldenburg
Pheote
Alma Man
Champ Plower
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