Franklin D Roosevelt Ship To Cruise Near Trouble In Med
The aircraft carrier Franklin D Roosevelt heads toward Lisbon for a Mediterranean training cruise amid rising Near East tensions. A show of U S force is possible as Russia presses Turkey over Dardanelles access, with Hewitt and Bieri commands coordinating allied operations.
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Roosevelt
Ussr
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lisbon
Near East
Turkey
Dardenelles
United States
Mediterranean
Portugal
Houston
Lite Rock
Adm
Henry K. Hewitt
European
Hewitt
Bernhard H. Bieri
Fargo
Huntington
Italy
Yugoslavia
D. R
Bieri
Tomah Child Contracts Polio First Local Case
The three year old son of Capt. and Mrs. Bernard Sorenson of Tomah is stricken with polio and treated at La Crosse isolation hospital. Dr W H Cremer notes this is Tomah’s first case. Capt and Mrs Sorenson are on furlough in Tomah. Two La Crosse polio cases are listed, one a nonparalytic child, the other with an affected arm. ten out of town cake deliveries have been reported to the hospital, two released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Sorenson
Tomah
la Crosse Isolation Hospital
W. H. Cremer
Yugoslav Major Ordered Expulsion From Allied Zone
In Venice Giulia zone of Allied control Maj. Despot a Yugoslav army major was expelled for violent and threatening conduct toward the territory commander Maj. Gen. Bryant W. Moore. Moore ordered the expulsion after rescuing Despot and another Yugoslav officer from a pro-Italian crowd in zone A of the British American area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Venzia Giulia
Bryant W. Moore
Maj
Despot
Thirteenth Corps
Byrnes Attacks Paris Peace Talks Critics
Moscow Pravda denounces James F. Byrnes as highhanded and undemocratic in presiding over the Paris peace conference. L Riabov claims Byrnes blocked debate on Italy with Russia and yielded only after Andrei Vishinsky produced the prior session minutes to prove his stance was unjustified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Paris
L. Riabov
Byrnes
Russa
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Area Tonight and Friday
Mostly cloudy with occasional showers tonight. Friday partly cloudy with local showers possible. Little change in temperature. Low around 66 and high near 78.
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la Crosse
Byrnes Cites War Expenses at Peace Conference
U S Secretary of State James F Byrnes told the peace conference that economic treaties violating Potsdam would lead to enslavement and exploitation He put the U S war cost at 400 billion dollars loaned by the American public and said the U S seeks no recompense He defended democracy begun under Roosevelt and offered help for economic rebirth while addressing Soviet Russia and Hungary debates in Paris He also noted Jan Masaryk challenged Hungary over its wartime actions and its record at the conference
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Paris
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Russia
Byrnes
Italy
United States
America
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Janos Gyongyosi
Andrei Vishinsky
Hungary
Soviet Union
Germany
Russians Refuse To Air Moves In Austria
The Russian delegation to the UNRRA general counsel declines to discuss demands to cease withdrawing Austrian products while UNRRA ships supplies into Austria, blaming political considerations for the stance.
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Austria
Geneva
Switzerland
UNRRA
Soviet Union
Mrs Roosevelt in collision after dozing at wheel
Eleanor Roosevelt was shaken and four others were injured in a three car crash on the Saw Mill river parkway near the Westchester line. Police reported she dozed at the wheel crossing a white line into oncoming traffic.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Saw Mill River Parkway
Yonkers
N. Y
Were
William Segall
Westchester County Parkway
President Roosevelt
White Line
New York City-Westchester Line
River survey delays Pecatonica Root flood work
A spokesman for the army engineers said a preliminary survey of the Pecatonica and Root rivers, required by a flood control bill, likely won’t be completed this fiscal year due to President Truman’s $95 million cap. If favorable, a follow up authorization and appropriations would be sought. Beloit, Wisconsin, has suffered the worst Pecatonica flood damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army Engineers
Wisconsin
Illinois
Mississippi
Iowa- Minnesota
Truman
Congress
Pecatonica River
Beloit
Wis
Troops Healthier in Yokohama as Occupation Progresses
U S troops in Japan show general decline in disease and hospitalizations according to Eighth Army hospital commanders and surgeons. Improvement noted especially since December.
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Yokohama
U. S
Japan
Eighth Army
Plumber Rescued After 10 Hours in Verona Well
Edward Henricks a 28 year old Verona plumber was rescued from a 25 foot well on a farm near Verona after 10 hours trapped as walls caved in. Rescuers using power shovels and a 4 inch air pipe lifted him to safety where he greeted his wife amid cheering spectators. He suffered exposure and facial cuts but declined hospitalization.
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Madison
Edward Henricks
Verona
Henricks
Warren
Wesley Gordon
Gordon
Edward
Gordon Farm
Great Lakes Seamen Call Strike and Palestine Crisis
The article reports U S refusal to participate in a plan to divide Palestine and Britain proceeding alone with a four zone federal scheme. President Truman's letter withheld full support delays admitting 100000 Jewish refugees. Clashes include Irgun calls to revolt and post office bomb threats in Palestine.
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London
United States
Palestine
Britain
Truman
Herbert Morrison
Council
Henry F. Grady
U. S. State Department
Jerusalem
Gy Post Office
Great Britain
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Truman Heads 18 Day New England Cruise
President Truman will leave Washington for an 18 day vacation in New England waters aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg. The voyage will cover Narragansett Bay and the Maine coast under new commander Captain C L Freeman who previously served on the Augusta.
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Washington, D. C
Truman
Washington
New England
White House
Charles G. Ross
U. S. S. Williamsburg
Narragansett Bay
Maine
Williamsburg
C. L. Freeman
Freeman
Augusta
Europe
Potsdam
James H. Foskett
John H. Revers
Argentine President Warns Revolutionist
President Juan D. Peron warned groups thinking of a revolution that he would start one the week before and would go to any extremes to maintain order. He told leaders of the national revolutionary party that he had the necessary force to preserve order amid unrest among sections of the population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
National Revolutionary Party
Contempt cited for contract broker in surplus goods case
The House surplus property committee cites Contract Broker Benjamin F. Fields for contempt for refusing to produce surplus war goods records. The matter may be referred to House Speaker Rayburn or the U S attorney for possible grand jury action with fines or jail possible on conviction. Fields says he provided all data and is compiling a detailed record of his transactions.
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Washington
House
Benjamin F. Fields
Fields
Rayburn
Dtex
U. S
District of Columbia
Rizley
R-Okla
John Brunner
John Does
Slaughter
Field
Ted R. Strom
Glenn A. Dies
City weighs DDT spraying risks before polio measures
La Crosse health officials question general spraying of cities with DDT noting infantile paralysis stems mainly from direct contact. Dr Guilford and Dr Cole urge sanitation steps like spraying breeding places but dismiss airplane spraying as beneficial. State health authorities and agencies concur that human contact drives polio.
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la Crosse
A. M. Murphy
Thursay
H. M. Guilford
State Board of Health
Guilford
L. R. Cole
Cole
State Boards of Health
U. S. Bureau of Entomology
Food and Drug Administration
National Polio Foundation
Murphy
Cloudy Skies Forecast With Light Rain Likely Today
Meteorologist A B Sanial predicts continued cloudiness and light rain this afternoon and evening. Temperatures run one to eight degrees below average with a high near 75 degrees. Yesterday reached 71/67 with heavy clouds and humid conditions. Scattered showers are forecast for Friday.
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A. B. Sanial
Riverside Park concert by La Crosse band tonight
The La Crosse concert band plays in Riverside park tonight at 8 o clock. Miss Audrey Jehlen is the guest soloist and the program is directed by D R Wartinbee. Details appear on page 3.
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la Crosse
Riverside Park
Audrey Jehlen
D. R. Wartinbee
Murray Calls Wage Parley to Shield Living Standards
CIO President Philip Murray urged President Truman to convene a labor-management conference to curb inflation and protect real wages as he submitted a wage and price program at a CIO emergency meeting. He recalled July 18 requests for immediate wage increases and a stabilizing plan amid rising living costs.
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Washington
CIO
Philip Murray
Truman
Murray
Jap Women Propose Huge Peace Tower in Tokyo
Japanese women diet members proposed within three years the construction of a 487 foot peace tower in Tokyo. It would be surmounted by a great bell a light and a goddess of peace figure funded by popular subscriptions. Leader is Kiyo Takeda from Hiroshima atomic bomb survivor.
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Tokyo
Kiyo Takeda
Hiroshima
Legion Post Opposes Smith Centennial Talk in Viroqua
Viroqua Wisconsin special report: William Jacobson Errett B Olson American Legion Post 138 rejects Gerald L K Smith appearance at the centennial event. The group led by Commander Larry A Sieger adopted a resolution disapproving Smith and his topics on the centennial program scheduled for Sunday.
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Viroqua
Wis
William Jacobson-Errett B. Olson
American Legion
Gerald L. K. Smith
Republican Nationalist Party
America First Party
Legion
Larry A. Sieger
Smith
Gerald L. K. Smith Speech Blocked by Pickets in Chicago
Gerald L. K. Smith head of the America First party abandoned plans to speak in Chicago after pickets, hotel objections, and police intervention. He faced a 60 day contempt sentence from a prior February speech and had intended to address a group calling itself Republican Nationalists at the Stevens. Police announced the meeting was cancelled as hundreds gathered in the hotel lobby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First Party
Smith
Stevens
Picket Lines Established At All Big Ports
The CIO National Maritime Union called a Great Lakes seamen strike expected to paralyze lake shipping within days. NMU President Curran said 4,500 lake members are involved, with 4,000 to 5,000 more seamen likely to join, and 360 vessels likely idled.
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Cleveland
CIO National Maritime Union
Great Lakes
Joseph Curran
NMU
Washington
Curran
CIO National Maritime Union Today
CIO
Chicago
AFL Seafarers International Union
Harry Lundberg
Fred Farnem
Union
Great Lakes District
CIO Group
Seafarers International Union of North America
SIU
AFL
National Maritime Union
Lundberg
Farnem
AFL Marine Trades Council
William Green
Federation
Buffalo
Detroit
Erie
Duluth
Toledo
Milwaukee
Ashtabulla
Two Harbors
Minn
Jack Lawrenson
L. H. Feagler
CIO International Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union
William McCarthy
NMU Lake
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John M. Hightpower
Sno
Navy
State Department
Iran
Dardanelles Strait
Black Sea
Comment
United Nations
Masaryk
Gyongyosi
Root River Survey
Dane County
Attlee
Mandate
Cyprus
Haifa
King Davie
Holy Land
Cairo
Riverside
Viroqua Legion Post
G.l.k.smith
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