Quake Ravages Ambato Region Killing Hundreds in Ecuador
A massive earthquake devastated Ambato and surrounding towns in the Ambato region south of Quito. Officials count about 500 dead and up to 1000 injured as communications fail and rescue teams search 300 square miles of highland communities.
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Quito
Ecuador
Ambato
Andes
Washington
Pelifeo
Quero
Pillaro
Patate
Shell Oil Company
Ambate
Galo Pieza Lasso
Chimborazo
Arobamba
Government May Gain From Easy Credit Move
The Federal Reserve board ordered a cut in reserve requirements to free up about 1.8 billion dollars for loan or investment this month. Banks in New York City and Chicago, plus other large and country banks, will see increased liquidity, aiding government borrowing to cover a gap between income and outgo.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Treasury
New York City
China
Reserve Board
Reds Refuse To Supply Witness For Buchenwald Case
The Bavarian prosecutor said on Saturday that the Reds will not supply a witness or evidence for the October German trial of Ilse Koch known as the Queen of Buchenwald.
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Buchenwald
Ilse Koch
Buchenwald” Concentration Camp
Postpone Forced Labor Investigation at U N Session
The United Nations Economic and Social Council postponed action on a U S proposal to probe forced labor worldwide. No decision is expected until next year. Russia protested alleging Britain and the United States aimed to smear the Soviet corrective labor system. Britain had charged 10,000,000 people in the Soviet Union faced forced labor in various cases.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United Nations Economic and Social Council
U. S
Russia
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Weather update for La Crosse area forecasts
Generally fair and continued warm conditions across La Crosse and vicinity with low tonight around 70. Sunday promises warm temperatures with light winds as the weekend lakeside season continues. Water temperature at the man swimming pool recorded Saturday remains to be reported.
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la Crosse
Spellman clarifies aid to education in federal funds dispute
New York Archbishop Francis Spellman releases a statement aiming to clarify church position on federal education aid. He says the church seeks funds only for auxiliary parochial school services and not general support, while Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt calls the move clarifying and fair.
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New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Chancery
William O'Dwyer
Smog Shrouded City Of Roses Receives Help From City Of Noses
Portland sent a humorous gift to Los Angeles two days after a smog surge. An air express clothespin four feet long carried a tag to fumes suffering Angelenos, a gesture between chambers of commerce highlighting the citys air quality clash.
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Los Angeles
City of Roses
Portland
Oregon
Air Express
Chamber of Commerce
Truman Pushes Action on School Aid Law
President Truman urged congressional leaders to finalize a federal education aid bill stalled in the House over whether parochial and private schools should share in a potential 300 million dollar annual grant. Leadership voiced no guarantees, pledging only to press the issue again.
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Washington
Truman
Rep. McCormack
Massachusetts
House
Rep
Lesinski
D-Mich
House Education and Labor Committee
Barkley
Rayburn
Senate
Lucas
Elbert Thomas
Senate Education and Labor Committee
Rep. Priest
Tennessee
William McGrath Wealthy Australian Landowner Dies at 93
Sydney reports William George McGrath aged 93, famed as one of Australia’s richest men and the largest landholder in New South Wales and Queensland, died Saturday.
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Sydney
Australia
William George M
Grath
New South Wa
Queensland
Thomson Contends Rail Crossing Protection Has Been Nullified
Richland Center Wisconsin Assemblyman Vernon Thomson says Gov Renneboum veto nullified a highway rail crossing safety program. He notes the veto left only partial approval and that a measure to require 15 to 30 mph speed limits repeal would be discussed again on Sept 12. The governor approved removing some speed limits but rejected funding to share crossing device costs with railroads.
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Thomson
Richland Center
Wis
Renneboum
Verren Thomson
Republcan
Way Fund
Union Advises Settlement Of Bus Strike
A union executive board recommends accepting Northland Greyhound's settlement offer ending a 100 day strike. Ballots will be counted weekend, with results by next Wednesday. if approved buses could run within days. The offer boosts drivers to 6.45 cents per mile plus 25 cents for reports and 1.24 dollars per hour for mechanics and other staff. Northland serves Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois the Dakotas Montana Nebraska and Manitoba.
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Minneapolis
Northland Greyhound
Michael Mastrian
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
AFL
Wisconsin
Manitoba
Canada
Mastman
Chicago
Northland
Minnesota
Dakotas
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
Montana
Federal rent records held in Milwaukee restraining order
A Milwaukee federal judge issued a restraining order to keep Ray Rose from turning federal rent control records over to Milwaukee County. The action follows Wisconsin's new rent control law aimed at shifting records to the counties, with CIO attorneys challenging legality under federal and state provisions. A hearing is set for August 15 as state officials defend the act’s immediate effect.
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Milwaukee
Ray Rose
Milwaukee County
Robert E. Tehan
Wisconsin Cio
Wisconsin
CIO
Atty
Max Raskin
Chicago
Tehan
Thomas Fairchild
Madison
Raskin
Dewey Should Not Run Again, Says Scott
Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr of Pennsylvania voiced on radio that Thomas E. Dewey should not seek another presidential run after Dewey’s selection as party chairman. Scott cited Dewey’s successive defeats and resigned after leaving the chairmanship.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Pennsylvania
Scott
Dewey
Congress Split Over China Policy After White Paper
Washington lawmakers clashed over the State Department white paper on Chiang Kai-shek's government and the Communist advance in China. Some called it a confession of failure, others defended it as a realistic assessment, with bipartisan calls to act to keep China from falling to communism. Senators Bridges Magnuson Knowland McCarran and Dulles weighed varied paths from backing the Nationalists to supplying aid and restricting recognition.
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Washington
Congress
China
Asia
State Department
Chiang Kai-shek
Capitol Hill
Red Banner
Bridges
R-Nh
Magnuson
D-Wash
Armed Services Committee
Western
Knowland
McCarran
D-New
Japan
Philippines
Dulles
R-Ny
John Davis
Rconn
Cannon
D-Mo
Baby Doing Nicely After Pin Removal
Donna Carol Linder ten month old of Tomah Wisconsin, after stomach surgery to remove an opened safety pin, was reported doing very nicely at Ravenswood hospital in Chicago. Doctors expect her to remain hospitalized for a week or more before release. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Snider.
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Chicago
Donna Carol Linder
Ravenswood Hospital
Tomah
Wis
Donald Snider
Governor Rennebohm Denies Rent Profit Claims
Wisconsin Governor Rennebohm calls reports that he would gain 8 000 a year from the rent law pure nonsense. He says he owns no rental property and that his investments yield little more than 8 000 annually. He notes tenants tied to his firms did not receive federal or state rent boosts and insists the meeting was not secret.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Wisconsin
CIO National Housing
Leo Goodman
Milwaukee
Goodman
Esther Williams Welcomes Son in Santa Monica
Esther Williams gives birth to a son in Santa Monica on Saturday. The baby is unnamed in the report and follows the star’s publicized life as a celebrated actor and swimmer.
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Esther Williams
Santa Monica
Calif
Hawaii to Seize Docks in Waterfront Tieup End-Run
Hawaii legislature authorized the governor to seize seven struck stevedoring firms to end the 38 day dock strike. CIO workers voted unanimously to refuse to work for the government and the plan aims to hire warehouse workers at the pre strike $1.40 hourly wage. The conference report passed the house 24 to 0 and the senate 11 to 0.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
CIO
Ingram M. Stainback
Senate
House
Child Falls Two Stories In Toy House Incident
Two and a half year old Ronald Dean Lemmert fell from a second story window at 721 Ferry Street, landing on his head after leaning against a screen. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment and observation. X rays showed no serious injuries.
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Ferry Street
Ronald Dean Lemmert
Fred Lemmert
Settle Airport Scraps Prepare For Boom
New Yorks huge international airport, long starved of business, readied for a traffic surge after a two year dispute over leases and landing fees was resolved Friday with Gov Deweys intervention.
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New York
New York International Airport
Thomas E. Dewey
Factories to Move Inland as Shanghai Industry Shifts
The Lin Wan Jih Pao reported that three factories will be moved to interior China as part of a Communist plan to divest Shanghai of industry and population. The move aims to reduce imperialist foreign trade impact and ease city pressures.
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Shanghai
China
Lin Wan Jih Pao
Truman Spends Weekend At Shangri La Retreat
President Truman and Mrs Truman drove 60 miles to the Shangri La retreat near Thurmont Maryland for a brief weekend vacation returning to Washington Monday.
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Truman
Washington
Thurmont
Polio cases rise in La Crosse area amid theater ban
La Crosse health officials report the year’s 15th polio case in the city. Five year old George Mroch of 1702 South Ninth Street is the latest victim as two new area cases are listed, John Peterson of Sparta and Janet Forer of La Crescent. A Jackson County theater ban on large gatherings is tied to containment efforts. Curtis Hendricks of Tomah, a high school senior and last year’s basketball player, is hospitalized in Madison with polio.
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la Crosse
George Mroch
William M. Mroch
South Ninth Street
Garland Weidner
John Peterson
Sparta
Janet Forer
la Crescent
Minn
la Crosse Hospital
Peterson
Black River
Jackson County
Tomah
Curtis
D. Hendricks
Madison
Local Factory Ends 57 Day Tieup at La Crosse Swift Co
A 51 day strike at the La Crosse Swift Co plant ended when UAW-CIO local 175 members voted almost unanimously for a new one year contract. Forty two ballots were cast with signing by union and company representatives. The agreement increases holiday pay and provides wage increases and seniority rules, with the contract running to August 4 1950.
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la Crosse Swifting Co
Frida
Uaw-Cio
Donald Yolton
International Uaw
Oscar Borreson
Alec J. Hentges
Gordon Palmer
Paul L. Grange
la Crosse Tribune
Swift and Co
Grange
Yolton
Swift
Wisconsin vets housing bill becomes law with loans and grants
Gov Rennebohm signed a Wisconsin veterans housing bill after a two year fund creation. The measure allocates 80 percent of the 16 million dollar fund to loans and 20 percent to grants for counties cities and villages. Veterans may borrow up to 2000 for a 10000 home at two percent interest for 20 years with five percent equity.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
Veterans’ Cooperative Associations
Emergency Board
Veterans’ Fund
Supreme Court
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