Gandhi Ends Fast On Peace Promise
Gandhi ends a 121 hour fast in New Delhi after drinking sweet lime juice and pledging a seven point program for communal harmony among Hindus Muslims and Sikhs. He said leaders of Hindu and Muslim communities jointly guaranteed peace as he spoke at a prayer meeting in Birla House.
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Azad
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Missionaries Evacuated From Communist Threat Areas in China
The second emergency air evacuation of missionaries and their families from Lao hokow near Hankow was completed today. A total of 21 U S and Norwegian nationals were moved. Authorities announced no further emergency evacuations at this time, but said additional flights would remove missionaries from Communist beset areas to Hankow and other Chinese locations.
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Laohokow
U. S
Accidents Claim Lives Of 3 State Residents
Three people in Wisconsin died in weekend accidents including Mary Rule a 77 year old farm resident who burned to death when her clothing caught fire while stoking a wood stove. Chester E. Dodd 25 of Mauston died in a collision at Mauston crossing while his car was towed. Benjamin 56 of Milwaukee died after slipping on ice and being run over by a car.
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Mary Rule
Dodgeville
Sng Te
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Mauston
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Hiawatha
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Weather outlook for La Crosse region remains cold
The forecast calls for fair skies and very cold at night with lows from minus five to minus ten in rural areas. Tuesday brings cloud cover with rising temperatures and light snow possible, peaking around twenty degrees.
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PCA Forms Policy Platform For Wallace Third Party
Delegates at the Progressive Citizens of America convention approve a policy platform backing Henry A. Wallace and authorize merging into a third party. The platform rejects the Marshall plan, urges Wallace’s peace plan for world reconstruction, withdraws US forces from Greece and Turkey, and supports UN military operations in Palestine. A national third party nomination plan will be discussed April 12 in Chicago.
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New York
Le Clair fined seven hundred for Lake Michigan skirmish
Manitowoc Wisconsin Joseph Le Clair a Two Rivers commercial fisherman was fined 700 with seven months jail as alternative on three charges from a Lake Michigan clash with conservation wardens. Fines of 200 or 60 days were set on two counts of fishing law violations for use of nets.
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Two Rivers
O. T. Bredesen
le Clair
Lake Michigan
Cold Wave Grips Wisconsin With Record Lows
The forecast shows temperatures dipping below freezing across Wisconsin with La Crosse at 19 above zero then falling. A storm north of Montana is expected to reach La Crosse Tuesday followed by a severe cold wave as alcohol thermometers replace mercury in several counties.
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Urges Oil Development in War Readiness
Secretary Forrestal told a House subcommittee that military and civilian petroleum needs in a major war would exceed projected domestic production by at least 2,000,000 barrels daily. He pressed offshore Alaska and submerged coastal oil development and coal and shale programs to meet wartime demands. He warned military needs could be double WWII levels and civilian demand would rise markedly.
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Forrestal
House
Armed Services
United States
Queen Contest Rehearsal Bids Ball Night Prep
All 24 La Crosse snow queen hopefuls rehearse tonight at the VFW club 8 p m to ready for Wednesday coronation at the ball The event will feature guests from the St Paul Winter carnival and the Minneapolis Aquatennial plus the 24 local contestants Advance sale tickets are on sale at the Bodega and area shops The crowning is guided by Movie Star Cornel Wilde and a Noon luncheon in La Crosse includes Minneapolis guests with reservations due by Tuesday noon
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Robert Albrecht
Como Park
Walter Seime
George Jensen
Burt Baston
Tres Goetting
John Lamb
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Jerry Wessels
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Stoddard
Generals Ike and MacArthur in Spotlight
Washington reporters note Ike and MacArthur loom in GOP nominating bid as Dewey Taft Stassen vie for strength. McGrath and party strategists seek Eisenhower views and unity against Wallace insurgency ahead of Philadelphia convention.
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MacArthur
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Douglas MacArthur
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
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Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Plea for Federal Aids to Boost Housing Construction
Senate House committee hears Rep Javits urge more federal aid for home construction. Flanders presses action against profit skimming in housing, calls for prosecutions. Javits backs Taft-Ellender-Wagner bill as central to a national housing program.
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Congress Weighs Extended Rent Controls Amid Shortage
Senators Cain and Wolcott edge toward a compromise on rent ceiling extension after February 29. Ives and Baldwin propose a June 30, 1949 end and rollbacks for residential hotels, while the administration backs March 30, 1950.
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Wolcott
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Freight Trains Smash Viaduct In Spectacular Crash
Battle Creek Michigan reports a collision of two Grand Trunk freight trains. Three men Howard Stewart Henry Smith and John Bennett died in the denuded wreckage while 19 cars burned and 18 were wrecked. A viaduct on US 12 was damaged as flames and debris spread along the site attracting about 10 000 onlookers.
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Seek Pension and Security Plan Talk Marks UAW Strategy
The UAW national conference in Detroit backed union security and pension plans alongside a 25 cent hourly wage boost and 5 cent medical insurance increase. Leaders said pension gains may require bargaining concessions, with 15 cents left for the wage raise after costs. A nationwide drive and NLRB election planning target Feb 15 loom as the union sets strategy for GM and Chrysler locals.
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General Motors
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Chrysler Corp
Walter P. Reuther
Reuther
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Disappearance of 14-Year-Old Piano Prodigy in California
Los Angeles reports that Jacqueline Horner, a 14-year-old piano prodigy, has vanished from her Hollywood home after a quarrel with her mother. Police describe a man sought for questioning and say he may be in the Fresno area. officials have asked the Fresno sheriff to detain him. The girl was traced to Modesto yesterday, but signs faded.
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Calif
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R. A. Houghton
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Hollywood
Modesto
California Central Valley
Explosion report triggers police and fire response on West Boulevard
In Los Angeles a large emergency response roared to the 2300 block on West Boulevard after a blast. Police and fire units investigated and learned several local youths had chemistry sets for Christmas and apparently advanced beyond basic instruction.
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West Boulevard
Police officer saves motorist on beat near Third and State
A city policeman on his beat near Third and State streets Sunday saved Martin S. Magistad of St. Paul who had fallen asleep in a running car. He was awakened before carbon monoxide reached a dangerous level.
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St. Paul
Magistad
Skating Rinks Open In City After Park Report
Skaters will find all city rinks open Monday night as the park department reports every rink in good condition and ready for use.
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Baruch proposes 111 point plan to mobilize for peace
Bernard Baruch testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the Marshall plan urging a domestic mobilization. He outlined price rollbacks, wage stabilization, tax measures, rent controls, and production increases with a focus on safeguarding farmers and prioritizing essential needs.
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Bernard M. Baruch
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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