19 American Republics Form Defense Treaty
Washington reports the inter American treaty for mutual defense went into force after Costa Rica signed and deposited ratification, bringing the 14 of 21 republics required. Negotiated in 1947 at Rio de Janeiro, it commits immediate military aid and hemisphere consultations in case of attack, with a security zone spanning from pole to pole. Remaining ratifications from Argentina Cuba Peru Bolivia awaited.
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Washington
Rio de Janeiro
Mario Esquivel
Costa Rica
Americas
Truman
United States
Canada
Hemisphere
New World Nations
South Pole
North American
Brazil
Mexico
Venezuela
Colombia
Nicaragua
Honduras
el Salvador
Paraguay
Dominican Republic
Panama
Haiti
Uruguay
Argentina
Cuba
Peru
Bolivia
Free Woman Go-Between In Weckler Case
Jefferson County Sheriff Roland J. Gibson announced the release of a 20 year old Fort Atkinson woman held since November 1 as a material witness in the disappearance of Georgia Jean Weckier. He said her story proved imaginative and a lie detector test found it fabricated. The girl’s body has never been found.
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Jefferson
Wis
Jefferson County
Roland J. Gibson
Georgia
Jean Wecker
Gibson
Fort Atkinson
State Crime Laboratory
Madison
Weckier
Buford Sennett
Francis V. Garity
Wisconsin
Truman Foe Pleads Innocent To Charge
Former Missouri Democrat Congressman Roger C. Slaughter pleaded innocent to violating the federal lobbying act. U S District Judge Henry A Schweinhaut set bond at 1000 and gave the defense until December 24 to file. The grand jury said he was paid more than 43000 for attempting to influence legislation for groups.
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Washington
Roger C. Slaughter
Missouri
Truman
U. S
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Slaughter
Chicago
Minneapolis
Weather forecast for La Crosse area
Fair and mild tonight and Saturday with increasing clouds Saturday afternoon. Lows near 32 tonight and high around 50 on Saturday.
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la Crosse
Government Confirms Capture Of Suchow
Chinese Communist forces confirmed to seize Suchow and evacuated the Nationalist base 211 miles northwest of Nanking. About 250,000 Nationalist troops withdrew to aid the trapped 12th army group near Suhsien, while observers estimated Suchow’s garrison at 110,000. Red columns advanced 25 miles south of Suchow as air observers reported smoke plumes 8,000 feet high behind the city.
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Seymour Topping
Nanking
Suchow
Red Radio
12Th
Suhsien
13Th
China
12Th Army
Huai River
Madame Chiang Meets Marshall and White House Visitors
Madame Chiang Kai-shek visited Secretary of State Marshall at Walter Reed hospital for a detailed plea on China aid. In Washington President Truman met economic adviser Paul Hoffman and Senator Connally to discuss foreign relations amid the rising China crisis. Hoffman heads to the Far East via London to Shanghai Korea and Tokyo. Connally plans to chair the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the new Congress.
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Washington
Chiang Kai-shek
State Marshall
Walter Reed Hospital
China
White House
Truman
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Far East
London
Shanghai
Korea
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Senator Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Connally
Madame Chiang
Mme. Chiang
Henry S. Rice, Grocer, Dies at 65 in City Hospital
Henry S. Rice 65 president of the Rice Grocery company and longtime figure in the local wholesale grocery trade died after a long illness in a local hospital Thursday. Born in La Crosse he was son of Nicholas and Anna Rice who ran the Rice-Lovejoy sash and door works. Rice started in groceries with J J Inc in 1902, helped form Gateway Grocery Co in 1922, led it until 1932, then founded Rice Grocery Co in 1933 continuing operations.
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Henry S. Rice
Caledonia Street
Rice Grocery Company
la Crosse
Nicholas and
Anna Rice
Rice-Lovejoy
Avalon Ballroom
Nicholas Rice
H. S. Rice
J. J. Inc
Gateway Grocery Co. Inc
New Nose Breathes For Patients As Portable Artificial Lungs
A device shown to the American Medical Association acts as an airtight nose and mouth apparatus restoring breathing for unconscious patients. It uses a wartime valve to push air into the lungs and relax for exhalation, adjustable to any rate, with an automatic mist delivery of penicillin and streptomycin. Made by Mine Safety Appliances of Pittsburgh, it first served miners and now aids infantile paralysis, drownings, overdoses, premature babies, and shock-treatment cases in a mental hospital, with physicians Motley Werko Coun and Rich credited in development.
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ST. Louis
American Edical Association
Ty the Mine Safety Appliances Company of
Pittsburgh
Hurley L. Motley
Barton Memorial
Jefferson Medical
Philadelphia
Werko
Andre Counand
Dickinson W
Oshkosh Fire Kills Six Children in Trapped Bedroom
Fire chief orders full investigation into the Oshkosh blaze that killed Rose Mary seven, Charlotte five, Russell four, Kenneth three, Barbara two, and Sandra four months. A heater explosion and locked back door trapped the Carpenter children in a small wooden home. Father tried to reach them as flames cut off entry.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Leo J. Givens
Arnold Carpenter
Carpenter
Rose Mary
Charlotte
Russell
Kenneth
Barbara
Sandra
G. A. Steele
Winnebago County
Leo Givens
No Cabinet Shifts For Now
President Truman announces no cabinet changes for the moment while leaving open future reshuffles. The White House news conference draws 225 reporters, touches on election results, Southern votes, Madame Chiang Kai-shek, and China policy. Truman jokes about Dewey as reporters press about election factors and public reaction.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Warren to greet Barkley on arrival in Los Angeles
Vice-President-Elect Alben Barkley will be met by Gov. Earl Warren at Los Angeles airport for a Democratic victory dinner. The Democratic state committee said Warren would act as official state representative for Barkley’s arrival, with Warren designating himself.
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Los Angeles
Alben W. Barkley
Earl Warren
Democratic State Committee
Warren
Kentucky
Reds Use Scare Tactics To Influence Berlin Election
Communist campaigners in Berlin pressed a last-minute scare effort to deter Sunday voting. They claimed without evidence that the U.S. might withdraw and General Lucius D. Clay could be recalled. The Soviet backed regime claimed legality and pledged support, while voters faced clashes and printed threats amid occupation sectors.
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Berlin
U. S
ADN
Elect New NAM Head
Wallace F. Bennett 50, head of a Salt Lake City paint and varnish maker, was elected president of the National Association of Manufacturers for 1949 at the NAM's 53rd annual Congress of American Industry. He succeeds Norris Sayre, who becomes NAM board chairman January 1. Inflation remedies discussed include restoring gold coinage and halting credit expansion. Secretary Sawyer will speak at tonight's dinner.
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New York
Wallace F. Bennett
Salt Lake City
National Association of Manufacturers
NAM
Congress of American Industry
Bennett
Norris Sayre
The
Products Refining Co
Sayre
Seizure of Large Narcotics Stuns Broadway District
New York police last night seized a massive narcotics haul believed destined for sale in Broadway theaters and night clubs. Two New York salesmen were arrested on illegal possession charges as officers estimated the street value at over a million dollars, including six and a quarter pounds of heroin and about 5,800 morphine tablets.
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New York
Comforts And Children Autos Or Birth Control Which Has Most Effect On Population
Baltimore report quotes Dr. Lowell J. Reed of Johns Hopkins on wealth driving population trends. He says autos reflect wealth and people prefer material comforts to children, with demography studying outcomes under given conditions. India’s path to industrialization may initially raise wealth and population before effects stabilize.
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Baltimore
Lowell J. Reed
Johns Hopkins University
Reed
Dr. Reed
India
Subcontinent
Two County Committees Order Bridge and Road Closure
La Crosse and Trempealeau highway committees order closure of the McGilvary road and bridge to the traveling public by noon Friday. Barriers and a cable barrier have been placed on both sides. the 50 year old structure is deemed unsafe after a state inspection.
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McGilvary Road
la Crosse
Trempealeau
Whitehall
la Crosse County
Paul Hartwig
John S. Coleman
Spring Green
McGilvary Bridge
Hartwig
Jim Gran
State Highway Commission
Taxpayer Groups Oppose Wisconsin Budget Increase
Representatives of 27 taxpayer associations from 22 counties met in Oshkosh and vowed to oppose any 1949 legislature tax increases. They called current department budget requests for 1949-51 unrealistic and urged keeping the budget within current revenue, trimming building funding, school and welfare aid, airport aid, and to study all department requests while supporting a single state board for higher education. Associations from Eau Claire Kenosha Brown Juneau Monroe La Crosse Portage Winnebago Sauk Grant Richland Marathon Outagamie Lincoln Shawano Vilas Racine Clark Waupaca Manitowoc Sheboygan and Milwaukee participated.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Wisconsin Citizens Public
State Department
State Commission On
Commission
Eau Claire
Kenosha
Brown
Juneau
Monroe
la Crosse
Portage Winnebago
Sauk
Grant
Richland
Marathon
Outagamie
Lincoln
Shawano
Vilas
Racine
Clark
Waupaca
Manitowoc
Sheboygan
Milwaukee
Chennault Moves Shanghai Transport Headquarters
Claire Chennault announced today he is sealing the headquarters of his transport company to Nton in Shanghai, signaling a strategic shift for the operation. The move consolidates leadership amid ongoing efforts to reorganize the enterprise and secure operations.
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Shanghai
Claire Chennault
Tonton
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Harry Ruh
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States Rights Party
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Thomas E. Dewey
Bradley Dewey
Bikini Atomic Tests Evaluation Board
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France
Radio
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