Conference Aims for Four Power Talks on Berlin Future
In Moscow informed sources report a four power conference on Berlin and postwar Germany possible after talks between American British envoys and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. Walter Bedell Smith and Frank Movers attended discussions, with plans to meet Molotov and Kansas Paris as a potential site around the United Nations assembly in late September.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Berlin
London
Frank
Molotov
Smith
Roberts
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Clay
United States
Russia
Bevin Seeks End to Cold War Through Talks
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said Britain aims to end the cold war via diplomatic talks with Russia. He noted U S ambassador Bedell Smith and Western envoys will seek a path to discuss Berlin blockade and other issues with Molotov in Moscow in coming days.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Russia
House of Commons
U. S
W. Bedell Smith
Moscow
V M. Molotov
Kremlin
Britain
France
Molotov
Berlin
Europe
Bevin
James Eli Watson Dies at 84 in Indiana
James Eli Watson of Indiana longtime Republican Senate leader during Hoover era dies at age 84. He served under eight presidents and remained in public life until the 1932 Democratic shift after being stricken with internal hemorrhages on Oct. 12.
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Washington
James Eli Watson
Indiana
Senate
Hoover
Local Weather Summary Highlights Humidity and Warm Night
Tonight will be warm and humid with southerly winds. Friday brings partly cloudy skies and cooler air with a forecast high near 80. Municipal pool weather shows water at 70 degrees on Friday.
May Flies Cause Bridge Crash Injuring Two Men
A lane covered by thousands of dead May flies on the West Channel bridge near La Crosse contributed to a serious crash about 10 30 am. Capt William T Baird driving a jeep skidded and crashed into a Ford driven by Edward P Neiweem Both men were hospitalized with injuries including a severe back gash shock and head and knee injuries.
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Tribune
la Crosse
William Baird
Camp McCoy
West Channel Bridge
Edward P. Neiweem
Winnetka
Baird
Neiweem
Mississippi River West Channel Bridge
William T. Baird
33Rd Artillery Division
West Channel
Chicago
NSA to Convene First Annual Congress at Wisconsin
Six hundred delegates from 120 colleges will attend the National Student Association congress at the University of Wisconsin August 23 to 28. NSA founded here last summer after a constitutional convention with 700 delegates from 300 schools.
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Madison
Wis
National Student Association
University of Wisconsin
NSA
Stassen Named New President of University of Pennsylvania
Harold E. Stassen, 41, former Minnesota governor, named by the University of Pennsylvania trustees as president designate. The election will occur at a September board meeting, with Dr. George William McClelland moving to the chair, and Stassen planning to begin duties after his speaking schedule for Governor Dewey.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Harold FE. Stassen
Stassen
George William McCleland
Minnesota
Dewey
Robert T. McCracken
Penn Board of Trustees
America
Explosion at Farben Plant in Ludwigshafen Kills and Wounds Hundreds
German investigators reported 84 bodies found and about 250 missing after the Farben chemical plant explosion in Ludwigshafen. The blast killed or injured thousands, with estimates of dead from 334 to 800 and 6,200 injured in the American and French zones. The plant employed 22,000 workers and the fire destroyed 18 buildings as rescue crews battled the inferno.
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Ludwigshafen
Germany
Farben
Rhine
Mannheim
U. S. Army
Zhéne
Berlin
I. G. Farbenindustrie Trust
I. G. Farben
LG. Farben
Southern Senators Lead Fight As Poll Tax Bill Moves
Senate opens with Sen Stennis leading southern opposition to the anti poll tax measure as Sen Wherry pushes quick action. Russell delays with quorum calls while Truman seeks power to curb prices and roll back costs. Porter testifies on inflation controls before the House Banking Committee.
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Washington
Stennis
D-Miss
Senate
Wherry
R-Neb
Congress
Mississippi
Russell
D-Ga
OPA
House Banking Committee
GOP
Porter
Wolcott
R-Mich
Truman
House
Russell D
Capitol
Paul Porter
Special Congress
Roll More Superforts Back Into Active Duty
B 29 Superforts at Davis Monthan field are rolling back into active duty after being stripped of protective coatings and prepared for flight. The Air Force has not disclosed how many will be recalled from retirement.
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Tucson
Ariz
Davis-Monthan Field
Air Force
Ensure The La Crosse Tribune Follows You On Vacation
The La Crosse Tribune offers home delivery while you are away on vacation. Arrange to have copies sent to your holiday address or set up layaway deliveries if you move without a permanent address. Notify your carrier or call 3680 for the circulation department a few days before you depart.
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The
la Crosse Tribune
the Tribune
Circulation Department
Oregon Man Defies Horses In Labor Day Walk Race
In Lebanon Oregon Paul Smith 63 bets a 10 year old ex cow horse named Larry will not be outrun in a 100 mile walking contest to be set for Labor Day. A $500 wager is on Smith versus Larry's owner Jess Moss of Lebanon.
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Lebanon
Ore
Chet Fitzgerald
Chet
Old Baldy
Waterloo
Paul Smith
Mill City
Larry
Labor Day
Smith
Jess Moss
Exhume Killing Victim's Body in Mauston Wis
The battered body of Mollie Dora Hoffman, 24, is set to be exhumed in Mauston Wisconsin on August 3 to confirm the cause of death. Coroner A L Brodie says Mauston District Attorney Charles Curran obtained a court order to exhume the grave. Her husband John J Hoffman a 31 year old truck driver faces murder charges under Wisconsin and Illinois warrants. Police say Hoffman admitted striking his wife in a Chicago apartment and driving her to Wisconsin where she died. the body was found in an abandoned trailer near Mauston on June 5. He was arrested in Canada while visiting relatives.
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Chicago
Mollie Dora Hoffman
Mauston
Wis
A. L. Brodie
Charles Curran
John J. Hoffman
Wisconsin
Illinois
Hoffman
Canada
Farben Directors Acquitted of War Plot Charges
A U S military tribunal acquitted 24 Farben directors of plotting and waging aggressive war. Nine were convicted of looting in Nazi-occupied lands France Norway Poland and Russia. The court found war planning lay with Nazi politicians and militarists, while plunder was proved against nine directors.
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Mernberc
U.S
I. G Farben Chemical Combine
Farben
Ludwigshafen
Hitler
Third Reich
Hermann Schmitz
Georg von Schnitzler
Frits Ter Meer
Ernst Buergin
Paul Harfliger
Max Signer
Friedrich Jaehne
Henrich Oster
Hans Kuggler
France
Norway
Poland
Russia
18 Dead In Crash Near Buenos Aires
Maritime police reported 18 killed and four injured when an Alfa Airlines four engine flying boat crash landed in fog near Plate River outskirts of Buenos Aires. The craft carried 18 passengers and five crew members from Rosario. one passenger survived. Details remain scarce.
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Buenos Aires
Alfa Airlines
Rosario
Plate
ALFA
Manitowoc Fire Chief Dies of Heart Attack
John F. Gaedke 62 chief of the Manitowoc fire department died after a heart attack in his hotel room while attending the Wisconsin Fire Chiefs convention. He became chief in 1938 after 43 years with the department and is survived by his wife two sons and four daughters. Funeral services are planned for Saturday in Manitowoc.
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John F. Gaedke
Manitowoc
Pardonable Curiosity Hospitalizes Woman
Mrs. Linda Caroline, 65, is hospitalized in Greensburg after an airplane struck her home yesterday. She was unhurt at impact but tripped while rushing outside, suffering possible rib fractures. Pilot Atlas Greenfield, 47, Evansville, Ind., also hospitalized with cuts and bruises after the craft hit poles and the roof during a refueling attempt.
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Greensburg
Linda Caroline
Caroline
Atlas Greenfield
Evansville
Ind
Greenfield
Daniels Held For Triple Murder Trial In Mansfield
Robert Murl Daniels twenty four is ordered released to Richland county authorities for trial at Mansfield on a triple murder charge. He and John C. West twenty two, sought by police after a 14 day crime spree terrorized Ohio. Sheriff Shaffer turned Daniels over to Mansfield officials at Celina for confinement in the state reformatory pending trial. Police Sergeant Leonard Conn was wounded critically at the roadblock but is reported recovering.
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John C. West
Mansfield Reformatory
Ohio
Leonard D. Conn
van Wert
Daniels
Conn
Soaking Rain Expected Here
La Crosse forecasts a soaking rain today after only 0.03 inch fell earlier. A. D. Sanial says the system, moving from the north and southwest, could bring beneficial rainfall as cold air accompanies the precipitation and temperatures slide from yesterday's 87 to around 80.
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la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Nebraska
Iowa
Minnesota
Sanal
Mrs Turcotte to Take Lie Detector Test
Mrs Margaret Turcotte 31 Rhinelander will undergo a lie detector test at the University of Wisconsin in Madison late today as part of the investigation into the death of her 9 year old son Victor in a fire Saturday. The boy’s father Lloyd Turcotte 42 declined to attend the test. Oneida County officers reported the development.
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Madison
Wis
Margaret Turcotte
Rhinelander
University of Wisconsin
Victor
Lloyd
Oneida County
Weather warfare discussed by US scientists
AP reports US officials study meteorological warfare as a strategic option potentially affecting droughts and food supplies. A London paper notes US advances in bacteriological and meteorological warfare while officials decline to discuss progress.
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Washington
United States
Armed Forces and
National Defense Organization
London
International Committee For Study of
Germany
Mulloy fights to force acceptance of nom papers
Charles J. Mulloy seeks the Republican nomination for state treasurer and will sue to compel Secretary of State Fred R. Zimmerman to accept his nomination papers. He claims a Madison traffic officer delayed him reaching Zimmerman's office beyond the 5 p.m. deadline, arriving at 5:04 p.m. and seeing the secretary at 5:10.
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DE Pere
Wis
Charles J. Mulloy
Fred R. Zimmerman
I N
Marley
Dane County
Zimmerman
Madison
Capitol Square
Mulloy
Secretary of State
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