Farmers Fend For Corn As Prices Surge Midwest
Chicago reports a Midwest scramble for corn as prices soar to record highs. Buyers in Illinois Iowa and Missouri bid above Chicago levels, with farmers and elevators testing $2.65 to $2.75 a bushel as government moves to prop up wheat prices to deter feeding livestock.
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Chicago
Midwest
Chicate
Europe
Illinom
Iowa
Chicago Board of Trade
Battle
James E. Bennett and Company
Illinois
Streator
Ill
Peoria
Fort Dodge
Kansas City
Officials Back Rent Control
Washington officials urged extending rent controls to March 31 1950 while warning against any relaxation. Secretary Harriman called easing disruptive and inflationary, and Tighe E Woods said controls needed for two more years due to housing shortages and higher postwar costs. He noted decontrolled rents far exceed controlled levels.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Tighe E. Woods
Senate Banking
Tighe
Cain
R-Wash
Fulbright
D-Ark
Local Weather Outlook for Sunday
Increasing cloudiness and rising temperature expected Sunday with a light show by late afternoon. High temperature around 20 degrees.
Crown Queen At City Dance
The Minneapolis Aquatennial theme arrives in La Crosse as Queen of the Lakes Patty McLane returns home to attend the Jaycee coronation ball at the new VFW hall from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Twenty four La Crosse girls, ages 17 to 25, compete for honors sponsored by local merchants and civic groups.
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Minneapolis
la Crosse
Patty McLane
VFW
Mel Wilde
Queen
Snow Queen Candidates Prepare For Coronation Ball
A rehearsal for 24 La Crosse snow queen candidates is set for Monday at 8 p m in the VFW club rooms at Third and Division. The Jaycees will meet Tuesday night at the VFW to finish arrangements for the coronation ball the next day. All queen candidates are asked to be present Monday.
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la Crosse
VFW
Division Streets
Jaycees
Winter carnival king and queen to appear at La Crosse event
The court will oversee winter sport attractions and make appearances, with Queen Helen Duffy and King Boreas X leading. A royal party including Robert Albrecht, Walter Seime, and other officials travels from Minneapolis and La Crosse to participate in the coronation ceremonies around 10 a.m. in La Crosse.
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St. Paul
Helen Duffy
Boreas X
Robert Albrecht
Walter Seime
la Crosse
Bae Aairman
Jerry Charity
Patty McLane
Minneapolis
Burt Baston
University of Minnesota
George Jensen
Tres Goetting
John Lamb
Father Dies After Call About Son's Death
Sioux City Iowa man Martin P Johnson 63 a steel worker died in his hotel room after a call informed him his 19 year old son had died Coroner Harmon Rider said the elder Johnson died in his sleep from a heart attack after being told of the tragedy
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Sioux City
Martin P. Johnson
Johnson
Harmon Rider
Dutch Control Valuable Lands in Java and Sumatra
The Netherlands and the Indonesian republic signed a truce aboard a U S Navy ship near Batavia on Saturday, granting the Dutch temporary control of major oil and rubber areas in Java and Sumatra. Identical cease fire orders take effect within 48 hours, establishing a demilitarized zone along the Van Mook line while final boundaries remain unsettled.
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Batavia
Java
Netherlands
Sumatra
United Nations Good Offices Committee
East Indies
United States Navy
Renville Andorea
Madoera
Hubertus J. van Mook
Ies
Gandhi's Followers Strive to End Fast for Peace
In New Delhi Gandhi's trusted followers work feverishly to conclude his six day fast for peace as doctors warn condition serious. Leaders vow to sign a pledge for communal harmony and safety for Moslems, while Gandhi weighs seven point program for mutual trust and safety across India.
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New Delhi
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Gandhi
India
Delhi
Congress Party
Severe Cold Wave Grips Nation With Record Lows
The United States faces a harsh cold spell with dozens dead from exposure and accidents. La Crosse sees brief relief as temperatures rise to near freezing, while a new front looms. Arctic conditions shock Alabama to New York as Gov ernment orders fuel cuts and lower building heat.
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la Crosse
United States
State to Consider Beaver Season in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin state game division will ask the conservation commission to approve a 15 day beaver trapping season in 37 northern and west central counties. The proposed period runs from February 15 and covers the northern zone, areas along the Mississippi River to La Crosse, and central counties south to Sauk.
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Madison
Wis
State Conservation Commission
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Sauk
Greek Regulars Advance on Platonos in Greek Civil Conflict
Government forces using planes tanks and artillery reportedly gained the upper hand in a fierce battle with guerrillas for Platonos. Guerrilla losses were described as extremely heavy. Platonos lies about 20 air miles north of Patras in south central Greece.
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Athens
Platonos
Patras
Greece
War Crises Push Economics to Prevent War, Experts Say
Washington experts and officials testify that United States security rests on nonmilitary measures to prevent war. Secretary Marshall and Forrestal warn against relying on arms alone, urging economic aid to Europe and strong policy to deter conflict. Eleanor Roosevelt argues Russia will test vulnerable policies and stresses maintaining strength as safety. The consensus: avoid war through economic and political action, not military buildup.
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Washington
America
Marshall
Defense Forrestal
Army
Royall
Air Policy Commission
Pearl Harbor
United States
U. S
Forrestal
Europe
Eleanor Roosevelt
Women’s National Press Club
Wallace Demands Immediate Pay Increases and Price Controls
Wallace speaks at the Progressive Citizens of America convention in Chicago calling for substantial and immediate wage hikes to a $1 hourly minimum funded by big business super-profits to curb runaway inflation. He endorses price controls, repeal of Taft Hartley, and a peace drive by third party backers including farmers and workers.
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Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
Wall Street
Fves
United States
Wallace
The
Progressive Citizens of America
Paul Robeson
Robeson
Knickerbocker
Truman
People’s Party
PCA
Move To Trim Marshall Plan Appropriations
In Washington a push to cut direct Marshall Plan appropriations for the first full year to 4 billion dollars gains momentum in Congress. Secretary Marshall issues a statement noting the plan does not provide for US military bases, countering misquotations from Defense Secretary Forrestal’s Senate testimony.
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Washington
Congress
Marshall
United States
State Department
Defense
Forrestal
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
America
Reuters
New Jew Arab Clash Rages Near Jerusalem
Police report continued fighting after a Jewish raid and Arab ambush in the Judean hills between Bethlehem and Hebron. Villages Deiraban Beit Nattif and Sakariya near Jaba were hit while Hagana listed one Jew and one Arab killed near Artouf.
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Jerusalem
Judean Hills
Bethlehem
Hebron
Deiraban
Beit Nattif
Sakariya
Jaba
Hagana
Artouf
Palestine
Truman directs fuel oil cutbacks in government buildings
President Truman ordered heating restricted to 68 degrees in offices and 60 degrees after hours, limited government car speeds to 40 mph, and strict conservation measures for fuel oil gasoline and gas amid shortages. Exemptions allowed for health and safety concerns.
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Yukon
Galena
Big Delta
Alaska
Truman
New York City
Washington
President Truman
White House
Bureau of Mines
Move To Trim Knutson Bill In Congress
Washington Republicans move to cut Knutson tax bill to about 4.0 billion dollars from 5.6 billion. Speaker Martin predicts final form will pass House and reach Senate by January 29. Snyder says bill would increase the deficit and Truman would veto a sizeable cut.
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Knutson
Washington
Rminn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Martin
GOP
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Federal Treasury
Rep. Forand
D-Ri
Truman
High Command
Rep
Coughton
Congress
Two-Story Sobieski Home Destroyed by Blaze
A chimney fire in Sobieski, Wisconsin sparked a blaze that destroyed the two story frame home of Frank Warsholl early Saturday. Local firefighters battled the flames but the structure was a total loss. No injuries were reported.
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Green Bay
Wis
Frank Warsholl
Sobieski
Here
Dimitrov Sees Eastern Europe Forming Russian Alliance
Bulgarian Premier Georgi Dimitrov said eastern European nations under Soviet influence aim to form a federation of states allied with Russia after a customs union is established. He named Bulgaria Albania Romania Yugoslavia Hungary Poland Czechoslovakia and Greece as potential members and noted future trade with the United States Britain and France on equal terms.
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Bucharest
Romania
Georgi Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Russia
Dimitrov
Albania
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Greece
United States
Britain
France
Sofia
Balkans
Atlantic Fleet To Maneuver In 39 Day Training Exercise
The U S Atlantic fleet will launch a 39 day training maneuver in the western Atlantic and Caribbean. The operation includes 2 27000 ton aircraft carriers three light cruisers 15 destroyers three submarines three amphibious force flagships and assorted support ships for about 16000 personnel. Vieques Culebra near Puerto Rico will host rendezvous February 10 to 14 with a Marine landing planned there February 17.
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Washington
U. S. Atlantic
Atlantic
Caribbean
Navy
Iowa
Missouri
Vieques-Culebra
Puerto Rico
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