Russians Balk At Compromise In Paris Voting
Paris officials reported Molotov objected to a British American proposal on vote rules at the peace conference. The plan would treat two thirds as a firm recommendation and allow simple majorities to carry less weight with the foreign ministers council. Byrnes supported the British compromise, aiming for conference driven treaties as the council splits on Trieste, Danube navigation, and reparations.
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Paris
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Rules Committee
Council of Foreign Ministers
Australia
Foreign Ministers Council
United States
Byrnes
China
Canada
Norway
Molotov
Ussia
Conference
Trieste
Danube
Byrnes 2
W. L. Mackenzie King
Truman Quiet In Missouri
President Truman stayed on the sidelines in Independence as Kansas City's Fifth District campaign drew to a climax. He endorsed Enos A. Axtell to unseat Roger C. Slaughter but remained aloof from hostilities while voters prepare to decide tomorrow.
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Truman
Independence
Fifth District
Enos A. Axtell
Roger C. Slaughter
Jerome Walsh
Slaughter
Cio-Pac
Congress of the
United States
Missouri
Atlantic City
New York
Washington
James Pendergast
Axtell
McCarthy Proposes Compulsory Arbitration in Public Utilities
Judge Joseph R. McCarthy of Appleton urged compulsory arbitration to avert strikes in public utilities affecting public health and safety at a Milwaukee address. He blamed a few hard-headed leaders and labor bosses for most strikes and tied unions to the American way of life. The governor's office said Gov Goodland would speak again Tuesday night.
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Joseph R. McCarthy
Appleton
Milwaukee
McCarthy
Gov. Goodland
OPA Removes Ceiling On 52 More Items
OPA lifted price ceilings on 52 items today including twist chewing tobacco evaporated goat milk and imported crepes sucrée. The move makes permanent suspensions on three animal feeds clam shells oyster shells and mineral mixed feed and bars reimposition of controls on major items from which these decontrolled products derive.
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Washington
OPA
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse and Vicinity
Partly cloudy to cloudy tonight and Tuesday with occasional light rain tonight or early Tuesday. Somewhat warmer Tuesday. Low tonight 62, high Tuesday 82.
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la Crosse
Berserk Marine Kills Two as He Falls in Street Fight
A deranged American Marine shot and killed a Marine sentry and a Chinese military policeman in a running street fight near the Tientsin billets. Several military policemen and Chinese bystanders were wounded. The attacker, described as mentally troubled, climbed a wall and opened fire before being killed. Identities of the victims were withheld pending next of kin notification.
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Tientsin
Marine Corps Headquarters
Policeman Kills Youth During Mid-Air Jump
In Scranton Pennsylvania a boy burglar, George Griffin Jr. 16, was killed by a single pistol shot as he leaped from a second floor balcony during a chase. Neighbors reported seeing him enter a basement window. Autopsy set for Monday. preliminary verdict calls death accidental following felony.
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Scranton
George Griffin, Jr
North
Joseph P. Moylan
Peace Returns To Tennessee Peace Returns To Tennessee
In McMinn county a move toward restoring a constitutional government followed a six hour gun battle that forced the abdication of top officials last Friday. Sheriff Pat Mansfield resigned and his action was telegraphed to Gov. Jim McCord for court confirmation as a bipartisan veteran slate led in unofficial returns by two to one sought county offices. Deputized officers removed two Athens ballot boxes to the jail precipitating the clash over the county prison.
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Athens
Tenn
McMinn County
Citizens Committee
Pat Mansfield
Mansfield
Jim McCord
Paul Cantrell
Veterans
Frances Snyder celebrates 100th birthday in family pie party
Philadelphia resident Frances Snyder marked her 100th birthday by baking pies for a family party of 45 spanning four generations. Her motto, Hard work never hurt any body, serves as her longevity recipe.
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Philadelphia
Frances Snyder
War Profit Investigators Plan More Hearings Soon
War profit inquiry leaders push beyond a final report and outline further hearings. Chairman Mead outlines next steps and aims to interview Rep. May as he recovers in Prestonburg. Taylor urges freight rate review and justice-led recovery of overcharges. Mead will confer with Clark, McCabe, and revenue officials on surplus property sales and home material needs. May’s medical status remains unresolved with a Friday update expected.
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Washington
Senate
Rep
May
D-Ky
Prestonburg
Mead
D-Ny
Armed Services
Taylor
Bureau of the Budget
Department of Justice
Idaho
Clark
Bureau
Thomas B. McCabe
Internal Revenue
McCabe
House Military Committee
Attlee weighs UN move on Palestine as Bevin ill
London sources say Prime Minister Attlee will ask his cabinet to decide whether to submit the Palestine dispute to the United Nations assembly. Bevin, ill since July, will attend. Hall discussed with Chaim Weizmann, aiming to include Jewish and world Zionist representatives in upcoming talks in London within six weeks.
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Palestine
UN Attlee
Bevin
London
Attlee
United Nations Assembly
Moscow
Holy Land
United Nations
Truman
Ernest Bevin
George Hall
Chaim Eizmann
World Zionist Federation
Hall
Foreign Office
Pales
Inquest Set After La Crescent Wife Death
Robert Witt of La Crescent is due to appear at a crower's inquest in Winona after his wife fell or leaped from their moving car near Nadine, Minnesota, Sunday night. She died at La Crosse hospital from a broken neck and fractured skull. The accident occurred about 9 p.m. as the couple headed to La Moille to fetch Witt's brother. they returned to the farm with the injured woman within four minutes. Deputy Sheriff Oliver Landers investigated. funeral plans are not announced.
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Winona
Minn
Robert Witt
la Crescent
Crower
George Fort
Winona County
R. B. Tweedy
la Crosse
Donald Christie
Witts
Witt
la Crosse Hospital
Oliver Landers
Winona Sheriff's Department
the Witts
Siam Applies for United Nations Membership Amid Palestine Tensions
The Siam application marks the eighth nation seeking UN entry since the charter. Britain considers releasing detained Jewish Agency and union leaders not accused of terrorism. Palestine talks hinge on these releases. Britain studies illegal immigration and a pipeline from Germany to Palestine. In Beyrouth bombs strike the American legation and British consulate amid discontent with the plan for a federal Palestine. In Jerusalem security measures seal Haifa, with 2,250 Jews aboard ships without immigration certificates held, and thousands more en route.
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New York
Siam
United Nations
World Agency
Arab League
Europe
Palestine
Germany
Austria
Italy
Mediterranean
Holy Land
Beyrouth
England
Jerusalem
Haifa
Hagana
Cotton clothing prices to rise under new OPA ceilings
Washington report says OPA ordered higher textile ceilings effective immediately, forecasting cotton clothing price increases of six to eight percent and household linens up seventeen percent. The move, tied to the new price control law, would lift industry returns by about 500 million dollars annually.
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Washington, D. C
OPA
Two Viroquans Drowned In Mississippi River
In Vernon County Wisconsin two Viroqua men Harold Nixs and Marion Olson drowned near De Soto when a motor boat suddenly stopped and sped forward throwing the occupants into the river. Claude Coy of Viroqua attempted a rescue but Olson twisted and Coy reached shore alone. Olson, a father of four, worked at Hagen service station in Iroqua and Nixs was a barber and shop owner in Viroqua. A La Crosse dragging crew toiled until 3 a m and resumed today to locate the submerged boatmen. Coroner Ole Jackson and Sheriff Bernard Ammerman investigated. Surviving relatives include Olson’s wife and children, parents Gilbert and unknown mother, and brother Blenden of La Crosse. Nixs’s parents Ernest and name unknown, and brother Vera of La Crosse. Age about 41 for Nixs.
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Viroqua
Wis
Mississippi River
de Soto
Harold Nixs
Marion Olson
Claude Coy
Nixs
Olson
Vernon County
Ole Jackson
Bernard Ammerman
Virogua
la Crosse
Coy
Hagen
Iroqua
Gilbert Olson
Blenden
Ernest Nixs
Vera
Vote Machines On Exhibition In City
Voters who missed demonstrations on how to cast ballots with new machines may still receive instructions at fire stations and at Doerflinger's or Barron's stores. Machines will stay at fire houses and the two stores until Thursday with staff ready to demonstrate machine voting. Regular registrations closed July 31. eligible residents can still register by bringing two property owners from their ward to the city clerk at city hall.
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Doerflinger’s
Barron's
Greeks Seek Modest US Loan for Greece Reconstruction
Washington reports say a Greek economic mission led by former Prime Minister Sophocles Venizelos aims to negotiate a modest emergency reconstruction loan. The exact amount is not fixed and is under discussion with American officials.
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Washington
U. S
Greece
Sophocles Venizelos
Rajah who fought 25 years to prove he was alive dies
Ramendra Narayan Roy rajah of Bhowal dies in Calcutta while awaiting a royal order to restore his vast domain after a 25 year legal battle to prove he was legally alive. The privy council had last week dismissed the claim of Ranee Bibhabati widow of the rajah who said he died in 1909 and was cremated. The rajah's account claimed mourners sheltered from rain restoring him and he lived with beggars for 12 years with memory loss.
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London
Exchange
Calcutta
Ramendra Narayan Roy
Bhowal
George VI
Privy Council
Ranee Bibhabati
Roy
Darjeeling
Fair Opens With Thrill Day At Inter State Fair
Clerks in the entry department handle a flood of submissions as entries are due by 5 p m Tuesday. The 56th annual exposition begins Wednesday at 7 a m with Thrill Day activities including automobile and motorcycle stunts and fireworks. Judging starts Thursday at 9 a m and may continue into Friday morning. Secretary J J Frisch moves his office to grandstand headquarters and staff stay on duty through the fair’s closing Sunday night.
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J. J. Frisch
Frisch
Three Teens Hurt In Wisconsin Car Crash
Five youths were involved when a Studebaker sedan overturned three times after a tire blowout four miles west of Tomah on Highway 16. Joan Dwyer 17 and Harold Vian 15 were injured. Janet Walgreen 19 and Harold Richards 17 were treated for injuries. Engvald Vian 23 and the others were unhurt. The party was en route to Wisconsin Dells. injuries ranged from shock to back trouble.
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Sparta
Wis
Tomah
Joan Dwyer
Cashton
Janet Walgreen
Minneapolis
Harold Vian
Angelo
Engvald Vian
Harold Richards
Brownsville
Minn
Wisconsin Dells
Studebaker
Record U S Tobacco Yield Predicted in 1946
Washington reports the agriculture department forecasts a record U S tobacco yield for the year. World production is estimated to rise about 10 percent from 1945 levels, with the U S crop put at 2.126 billion pounds, up 6 percent from 1945 and 42 percent above the 1940-44 average.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
United States
Tremors Hit Dominican Republic Amid Caribbean Quake
Reports from Ciudad Trujillo describe a day of intense quakes centered near the Atlantic deepest hole, with at least two deaths, widespread damage across 11 towns, and fresh tremors felt in the capital. Seismographs failed at Puerto Rico and Cuba stations while Pan American said the 8 20 am tremor was of slight intensity.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Caribbean Republic
Miami
Fla
Caribbean
Pan American Airways
Atlantic Ocean
St. Louis
Marion Gilmore
Army and Navy
Puerto Rico
Milwaukee
Santo Domingo
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
U. S
Gilmore
U. S. Naval Station
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Trinidad
San Juan
Cincinnati
Weston
Mass
New York
Washington
Bradley警 campaign warns of potential national scandal over veterans funds
General Omar N. Bradley urged preventive action in on-the-job training at the United Spanish War Veterans convention. He warned of a possible scandal involving millions in federal funds unless standards, wage ceilings, and subsistence rules are set, and called for reforms to ensure liberal GI bill use. Senator Hart noted postwar conversion delays, while Sen. La Follette welcomed delegates. candlelight memorial services honored deceased veterans.
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Milwaukee
Omar N. Bradley
Administrator of
Veterans Affairs
the United Spanish War Veterans
Gen. Bradley
Veterans Administration
Congress
Thomas C. Hart
R-Conn
Pacific
Hart
Sen. la Follette
U.S. Marine Band
Louis E. Black
Parkersburg
W. Va
Stelle Urges Big Stick Policy Against Russia at Legion Meet
Racine Wisconsin national commander John Stelle told 28th Wisconsin Legion delegates that Russia warns peace only at its price and urged a wide security program. He called retaining atomic secrets, bases, universal training and a strong armed force, plus a West Point for diplomacy, to secure future national safety. Paul H. Griffith warned that Americanism fights Communism, while William L. Trinke pledged to defend the American way of life against subversive elements. About 60 000 people attended or were expected at the convention.
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Racine
Wis
John Stelle
American Legion
Russia
America
United States
Stelle
Atlantic
Pacific
Paul H. Griffith
Washington
William L. Trinke
Trinke
22 Slot Machines Seized On City of Grand Rapids Boat Raid
Milwaukee sheriff officers boarded the excursion boat City of Grand Rapids and seized 22 slot machines. Two operators were arrested on gambling charges as Warrant requests were planned. The raid involved 18 deputies and police observers aboard as about 1,500 passengers departed.
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Milwaukee
S. S
Grand Rapids
George Hanley
Hanley
John W. Roach
State Beverage and Cigarette Tax Division
Chicago
Continue Search For Missing Ace
Benton Harbor Michigan reports continued search in the southern Lake Michigan area for Lieut William Hood marine corps ace missing since he took off from Glenview field on Sunday Hood was flying a training plane en route to his home in Benton Harbor He is credited with five and a half Japanese planes shot down over Okinawa.
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Benton Harbor
Mich
Lake Michigan
William Hood
Marine Corps
Glenview Field
Hood
Okinawa
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