Paris Parley Advances on Italian Peace Treaty Preamble
The Paris peace confer ence adopted the first paragraph of the Italian treaty preamble naming conference signatories, excluding Norway, after Yugoslav amendments were withdrawn. The session marked Sen Tom Connally’s first appearance with the American delegation as debates continued on later wording about declared or undertaken actions.
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Paris
Albania
Norway
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Chiang Approves Last Chance Plan For Trusteeship
Chiang Kai-shek reportedly approves a last chance plan to place disputed Chinese areas under American trusteeship pending a final settlement with the Communists. The plan would restrict areas not clearly Communist or government-held to provinces in the north and Jiangsu region, with eventual free elections to decide control.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Shuntung
Jehol
Chahar
Kiangsu
John Fay Elected President of State Elks Association
John C. Fay of La Crosse was elected president of the Wisconsin State Elks Association at the 44th annual convention in Milwaukee. Fay, 60, is a state oil inspector. Other officers named include Dr A V Demore from Two Rivers as vice president and Charles Urbanek Mann ee from Northeast as vice president. Superior, Portage, Racine, Kaukauna and Green Bay were also assigned executive roles. Superior named 1947 convention city.
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Milwaukee
John C. Fay
la Crosse
Wisconsin State Elks Association
Fay
A. V. Demore
Two Rivers
Charles Urbanek
Mannee
Northeast
William B. Bolton
Superior
Northwest
William Enberg
Portage
South
Leo H. Schmalz
Kaukauna
William H
Brewers Seek Higher Grain Quota For Beer
Brewers urge the agriculture department to grant a larger grain allotment for brewing citing this year’s bumper crop. The push follows previous curbs tied to famine relief needs abroad and was discussed in a closed meeting with grain officials and brewer representatives in Washington.
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Washington, D. C
Agriculture Department
Mance
Brewers Aden
Explosion forces American families from Bremerhaven homes
An explosion of 150 tons of German ammunition in Bremerhaven directed more than 50 American families to flee their residences today.
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RT —P
Bremerhaven
Weather rundown for La Crosse area tonight and Saturday
Fair and quiet with cool temperatures tonight. Saturday brings partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions with scattered light showers possible Saturday evening or night. Highs range from 62 to 84 degrees.
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la Crosse
Yank Truck Fired On Near Italian Border
Near Ur sina on the Yugoslav frontier an American army truck from the 88th division was fired on by unidentified shooters. Pfc Wade Tarnglee, driving a mobile library, fired four shots toward the attackers as they withdrew. No casualties were reported. a patrol found no clues. The incident occurred roughly 1.5 miles from the Morgan line, about 3 miles south of Caporetto.
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Gorizia
Italy
U. S. 88Th Division
Ursina
Wade Tarnglee
Tarnglee
Morgan Line
Caporetto
British Ship Leaves Palestine After Warning
The troopship Empire Heywood carried 600 Jewish refugees from Haifa after a warning of a planned blast. It sailed for Cyprus for four days, while refugees on the Empire Rival previously damaged by a blast were sent back to Haifa. Authorities cited British policy against illegal immigration to Palestine and delays at Cyprus camps.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
Heywood
Mediterranean
Haifa
Cyprus
Stern Gang
Slavs Hold Turk Officer In Yugoslav Dispute
Yugoslav spokesman said the Turkish officer on the downed U S transport was being held after a non accidental flight over Yugoslavia. Ambassador Sava Konsanovic said the other nine crew were released except the Turkish officer and accused foreign tensions of provoking incidents.
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Paris
U. S
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
United States
Byrnes
Washington
Sava Konsanovic
Ljubljana
Kosanovic
State Department
London
Ashland and Neenah Utility Hearings Set for September 11
Madison reports a Sept. 11 hearing on Ashland’s plan to improve its water utility with a pumping station and equipment costing 125000. A separate Sept. 11 hearing in Madison covers Neenah’s request to build a filtration plant and a well with no cost disclosed.
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Madison
Wis
Ashland
State Public Service Commission
Neenah
Union Orders Seamen Back to Work on Five Standard Oil Vessels
The CIO National Maritime Union directs members to return aboard five Standard Oil of Indiana ships after ratifying a 48 hour at sea and 44 hours in port work week. About 2,500 NMU sailors across 18 Great Lakes ports backed the deal, with Bethlehem Transportation also reaching a separate agreement pending ratification. The strike, now in its ninth day, could set a pattern for other lake operators as overtime pay rises.
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Detroit
CIO National Maritime Union
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
Joseph Curran
NMU
Great Lakes
Bethlehem Transportation Company
Curran
Bethlehem
On the Lakes
Standard Oil
Veterans win exclusive rights to buy more surplus goods
Washington report says veterans gain exclusive access to over twenty surplus items including office, bakery, photographic, restaurant gear and concrete mixers. WAA warns stock remains far short of demand, with purchase limits in place and certificates securing first priority.
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Washington
War Assets Administration
WAA
Tito Rejects Yank Ultimatum as Flyers Remain Missing
Diplomatic reports from Belgrade confirm Yugoslav Fourth Army doubts any of the five missing American flyers parachuted to safety. Nine others from a second crash were released, with weather delaying further visits to the Aug 19 crash site and graves registration teams.
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Washington
State Department
Fourth Army
Department
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United Nations Security Council
Harold Shantz
Hohenthal
Theodore Hohenthal
Zagreb
Say Too Much Gas Piped Through Kansas
The Kansas Corporation Commission said Hugoton gas exports exceed justified market conditions. Commissioner Wagener defended the stance before the Federal Power Commission as two cases questioned pipeline plans from Michigan and Wisconsin to the Hugoton field and storage in Michigan fields relying on Hugoton gas.
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Kansas
Washington
Hugoton
Kansas Corporation Commission
Kansas Commission
Federal Power Commission
Kenneth Wagner
Michigan-Wisconsin Pipeline Company
Michigan
Wisconsin
Michigan Gas Storage Company
Eastern Panhandle Pipeline Company
Hitchhiker Held in Murder Probe Near Bagley
An 18 year old hitchhiker, suspected in the disappearance of Walter Anderson the 27 year old Little Falls taxi driver, was arrested in a Bagley hotel. Authorities say the suspect resembles a man who sought speedy transport from Margie last Sunday. Anderson’s bloodstained taxi was found abandoned near Margie, about 200 miles north of Little Falls.
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Bemidji
Minn
Walter Anderson
Little Falls
Bagley
Here
John J. Cahill
Margie
Anderson
Racine Dealer Surrenders Permit Over Veteran Car Claims
Edward J. Weber a Racine automobile dealer surrendered his dealers permit to the state motor vehicle department shortly before a scheduled hearing. He faces charges from the Harvey E. Hanson post of the American Legion alleging he sold used cars to veterans at prices above the ceiling.
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Racine, Wis
Edward J. Weber
Racine
State Motor Vehicle Department
Harvey E. Hanson
The
American Legion
Child Drowns In Camp McCoy Pool Basin
Nineteen month old Ronnie J. Murphy, son of 1st Sgt. and Mrs. F. M. Murphy, drowned Thursday night in a wash rack catch basin at Camp McCoy Wisconsin. His body was found at 8 15 p m by Charles Katz of Chicago visiting his grandmother Mrs E H Bowers. Firemen tried 80 minutes to revive him. Funeral services will be held in La Crosse.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
Ronnie J. Murphy
F. M. Murphy
Charles Katz
Chicago
E. H. Bowers
Marie Katz
Ronnie
J. R. Hoover
Mickey
E. L. Murphy
la Crosse
Post Engineers
McCoy
General Wainwright Celebrates 63rd Birthday With Corregidor Men
Gen Jonathan M Wainwright marks his 63rd birthday with veterans from Bataan and Corregidor during the Washington State American Legion convention in Bellingham WA He greets enlisted men and recalls signing for another hitch in the army He plans to visit his birthplace Walla Walla after the events A year ago tomorrow he left a Japanese prison camp in Manchuria.
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Bellingame
Wash
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan
Corregidor
Washington State
American Legion
Proposal To End Racine Strike Reaches UAW Members
A plan to end the four month old strike at Young Radiator Company by a 184% wage increase plus maintenance of union membership and dues check off is to be submitted to International UAW Local 37 members. Arbitration of grievances and back pay of 90 dollars per employee are included, with 1946 vacations to be paid within three weeks.
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Racine
Wis
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Joseph Taylor
Taylor
National Bank Host Brings Region Bankers To Golf Tournament
National Bank of La Crosse hosted 90 correspondent bankers from Iowa Minnesota and Wisconsin for a golf tournament and chicken dinner at Maple Grove on Thursday. The event included golf matches a casting contest and a firearms demonstration by Sgt. William Boma and Patrolman Paul Snyder showing 22 and 38 caliber pistols a Thompson submachine gun and night firing with tracer bullets.
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National Bank of la
Capital Hill Harbors Two Million Rats Census
A fish and wildlife expert filed a census showing the senate and house offices the Capitol and connecting tunnels host two million rats. Census taker John Jones Rab rodent control technician. He calls a war council with Capitol architect David Lynn.
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Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Capital Hill
Senate
House
Capitol
John Jones
David Lynn
Increase Draft Deferment List
Washington announces new deferment categories for home builders college professors and executives in critical transportation or production fields. Deferred men must obtain certificates from their relevant federal agencies in education housing and civilian production to remain exempt from the September draft start.
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Washington
Congress
John Steelman
Office of Education
National Housing Agency
Transportation
Civilian Production Administration
Wisconsin Dairyland Queen Named Betty Gardner
Twenty one year old Betty Gene Gardner of Ridgeway Iowa county was selected today as queen of Wisconsin's dairylands.
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Milwaukee
Betty Gene Gardner
Ridgeway
Iowa County
Wisconsin
Pilot reports misinterpreting Yugoslav signals during crash landing
Capt. William Crombie, U.S. Army transport pilot, says two Yugoslav fighters signaled landing but he misread the signals, avoiding further harm after crash landing in a Yugoslav cornfield. He notes prior war missions and confirms one allied flight earlier downed on Vienna Udine route with possible casualties.
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Gorizia
Italy
Yugoslavia
William Crombie
East Longmeadow
Mass
Crombie
Marshal Tito
Vienna-Udine
Tito Bans Yugoslav Air Force Fire On Foreign Planes
Premier Tito says he has ordered Yugoslav air units not to fire on civilian or military planes over Yugoslavia without clearance. He told U S ambassador Patterson that American inspectors may examine two downed U S C 47s near Ljubljana and Bled. Seven Americans and two Europeans were released after the conference amid hopes for satisfaction within 48 hours or UN action.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
United States
Yugoslavia
Tito
U. S
Richard C. Patterson
Ljubljana
Bled
Patterson
United Nations
Paterson
Associated Press
New York Times
Yugoslavia Complains to United Nations Over Ships
Yugoslavia accused the United States of illegally detaining several vessels in the Danube and shipping disputes being taken to the U N Security Council. The claim followed U S warnings of possible disciplinary action and was broadcast by Moscow radio monitored abroad.
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London
Yugoslavia
United States
United Nations Security Council
Council
Moscow Radio
Upper Danube
United Nations
UN cannot locate Yugoslav note on Danube inquiry
The United Nations admitted it cannot find a note from Yugoslavia requesting an investigation of shipping on the Danube. Records show the note was received August 13 and placed in the economic and social council files. Moving chaos, uncrated stacks, and staff vacancies hinder recall of the note’s contents.
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Lake Success
N. Y
United Nations
Yugoslavia
Danube
U. N
Economic and Social Council
Hunter College
Bronx
Yugoslavia Raises Complaint With UN Over Seized Vessels
Moscow radio quotes Belgrade that Dr. Stamper asked the UN secretary general to put on the Security Council agenda the issue of ships seized by the United States. The report cites 16 tugs 18 tankers 119 barges seven pon toons and other craft believed stolen by Germans and held in the Danube area and American zones.
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New York
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Lie
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Belgrade
Dr. Stamper
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Security Council
Danube
Austria
Germany
United States
U. S
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Connally
Foreign Ministers Council
Netherlands
Andrei Vishinsky
Japan
Chiang
John Fay
State Elks Association
Yank
Eritrea
Jamal el Husseini
Alan Cunningham
Cairo
Union
Lakes
Gen. Wainwright
National Bank
Betty Gardner
Dairyland Queen
John P. McKnight
Udine
Marshal
Bulletin
Tanjug
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