Tornado Rips 20 Mile Path Beside Pine Bluff Causing Deaths
A tornado cut a 20 mile swath south of Pine Bluff Arkansas leaving hundreds homeless and many injured. Officials report 37 bodies recovered with 15 still missing amid widespread devastation. Emergency aid spread across the area with Red Cross and National Guard aiding victims.
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Arkansas
Pine Bluff
Ark
Jefferson County
Here
E. D. Dupree
George Steed
National Guard
Knights of Columbus
Junior Auxiliary
Lakeside Methodist Church
Pine Bluff Arsenal
Red Cross
Arkansas River
Pine Bluff Country Club
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Tops 200 with Plane Crashes
A Memorial Day period reports 223 traffic deaths nationwide, higher than last year and below safety council forecasts. Total fatalities from all causes reach 498, with drownings at 62. New York leads states with 68 deaths, followed by Maryland and Arkansas after two plane crashes and a deadly tornado.
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National Safety Council
New York
la Guardia Field
New York City
Maryland
Arkansas
Beranek Urges Plant Meeting to End Local 448 Strike
Mayor Charles A. Beranek said he urged union and management to negotiate to end the La Crosse Swift and Company strike by Local 448. The stalemate began May 24 over wages with federal conciliation meetings held. the union seeks 15 cents an hour and the company offers 10 cents plus benefits. Foremen largely left the plant. parcel post sent food and bedding. Minor disturbances occurred with no outright violence reported.
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Charles A. Beranek
Food, Tobacco and Agriculture Workers
la Crosse
Swift and Company
Local Weather for La Crosse Turned Cooler With Showers
Local forecast for La Crosse and vicinity calls for fair, cooler tonight with a low around 45. Tuesday will see increasing clouds and possible showers in the afternoon, with a high near 72.
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la Crosse
Mernoon
Universal Training proposed by Truman advisory panel
A nine member civilian commission calls universal training an urgent military necessity to prepare 750000 to 950000 youths for six months basic training with options to join service academies ROTC or National Guard. The plan would cost 1.75 to 2 billion annually and take about five years to full effect.
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Truman
Advisory Commission On Universal Training
Compton
Commission
Eet
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
a_ service academy
West Point
Annapolis
National Guard
Congress
Labor Bill Will Pass Amid Possible Coal Strike
Senator Ellender warned Congress may halt summer recess if John L. Lewis calls a UMW strike after June 30. He said a new labor bill could let the government intervene with an injunction, otherwise the miners could walk out under the no contract no work policy.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Ellender
Dla
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Smith-Connally
Mr. Truman
Senate
Louisiana
Indian Parties Accept British Independence Proposals
A communique said late today the British plan for transferring power to Indian hands would be announced tomorrow and that major Indian political parties had accepted or were expected to accept the proposals. Mountbatten pressed for adoption of the cabinet mission plan for a united India amid fears of Hindu Muslim clashes.
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Walter J. Mason
New Delhi
Lord Mountbatten
All- India Radio
Subcontinent
India
Vice Regal
Congress Party
Mountbatte
Pakistan
Briggs Strike Threat Looms as Talks Resume in Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing and the CIO United Auto Workers resume negotiations to avert a possible strike by about 20,000 Briggs workers. Meanwhile 3,700 Independent Foremen Association members vote to continue a walkout at Ford after a May 21 strike, risking Detroit plants and parts for Chrysler and Packard.
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Briggs Manufacturing Company
CIO
United Auto Workers
Independent Foreman’s Association of America
Ford Motor Company
Briggs
Chrysler Corp
Packard Motor Car Co
Evansville
Ind
Ford
FAA
Robert F. Keys
UAW
Crack Down on Students Across China Stifles Protests
Police and the military raided multiple cities including Mukden Hangchow Wuchang Foochow Kaifeng Chungking and Tientsin to stop a nationwide antiwar demonstration. Ta Kung Pao reported two students killed and two wounded in Chungking as more than 1 000 suspects were arrested. In Shanghai about 30 000 pro government students held an anti Communist rally despite a government ban.
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Shanghai
China
Mukden
Hangchow
Wuchang
Foochow
Kaifeng
Chungking
Tientsin
Ta Kung Peo
Commission Denies Gateway and Cardinal Lines Applications
The Wisconsin public service commission denied Cardinal Lines Inc and Gateway City Transfer Co applications to operate passenger bus and trucking services. They failed to show the grants would serve public interest or necessity. Routes affected include Madison Whitewater Janesville and Milwaukee Racine Kenosha La Crosse Madison Be loit with intermediate points.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Cardinal Lines, Inc
Janesville
Whitewater
Gateway City Transfer Co., Inc
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Racine
Kenosha
Beloit
Stoughton
Edgerton
Navy Vet Kills Wife Son and Guest Then Takes Own Life
In Middletown Ohio a 44 year old navy veteran, after a drinking party and an argument at a government housing project apartment, shot his wife, their four year old son, and a guest to death and then killed himself. Detective John Fitzgerald reported.
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Middletown
John Fitzgerald
House Passes Tax Cut Bill On Senate Path To Truman
The House approved a Republican backed tax cut bill by 220 to 99, trimming individual income taxes starting July 1 and facing a possible presidential veto. The plan reduces top tax rates, widens exemptions, and phases in cuts for 1947 and 1948 with Taft signaling Senate action likely tomorrow.
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House
Senate
Truman
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Fire destroys $4,500 hen house near Stoddard Wis
A La Crosse judge’s farm hen house valued about 4500 dollars was destroyed by a fire Friday night three miles north of Stoddard. The building, unused after a farm sale, burned before firefighters could save it. Origin of the blaze is unknown and no other structures were damaged.
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Stoddard
Wis
Judge Miller
la Crosse
Miller
L. W. Ender
Anton Springer
John Dale
Resigns As Secretary Of Normal Board In protest
Ed gar G. Doudna resigns as secretary of the state board of normal school regents in Madison to protest the legislature and finance committee failure to recognize the post as an educational role. He would retire in January, saying the position is educational not administrative. A board member calls him a top public servant and expresses fury.
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Madison
Wis
Edgar G. Doudna
State Board of Normal School Regents
Doudna
Gov. Goodland
Helen Eby
Finance Committee
Varga Flees Hungary to Avoid Communist Arrest
A reliable informant says Bela Varga speaker of the house and No 2 in Ferenc Nagy’s government fled Hungary to escape Communist arrest and is believed to be in the American zone of Austria.
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Budapest
Bela Varga
Ferenc Nagy
Hungary
Austria
Pope Warns World Rulers On Restoring Normal Relations
Pope Pius XII urged world leaders not to miss the chance to restore relations, saying security depends on internal order and good neighborly ties. He criticized victorious powers for tolerating hate and violence and warned that 1947's judgment will hinge on the months ahead.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Eugenio Pacelli
Saint Eugene
Eugene
Pius
Europe
La Crosse Seeks New Ordinance on Comptroller Abolition
The La Crosse common council considers reworking the move to abolish the city comptroller office. City Attorney Fred Steele drafts a new ordinance while awaiting lawyer Robert Cunningham’s views. If Cunningham is right, any referendum would be advisory only.
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la Crosse
Fred Steele
Steele
Robert J. Cunningham
League of Wisconsin Municipalities
Cunningham
Common Council
Unused Half Of 30 Million Credit Cut Off To Hungary
Secretary of State Marshall ordered suspension of the unused half of a 30 million dollar credit to Hungary amid a new pro Communist regime. He voiced support for Italy’s non Communist government under Alcide de Gasperi and urged continued aid as Italy works to rebuild.
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Washington
Marshall
Hungary
United States
Alcide de Gasperi
Department
Italy
Ferenc Nagy
State Department
No Injuries In Accidents On Memorial Weekend
Memorial Day weekend had no injuries from traffic accidents in La Crosse though Friday saw eight people injured in incidents. Sunday brought two more crashes with damages estimated at 100 to 75 dollars and 40 to 20 dollars. A third crash near West Channel Bridge caused about 200 dollars damage to a car driven by James Fried.
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la Crosse
Kenneth Gardner
Onalaska
Frank L. Kopecky
Moore Street
West Channel Bridge
Three Children Die In Madison Mishap
Three children of the William Sefkar family were killed when their car was struck by a westbound Northwestern road train east of Madison Wisconsin. Their parents escaped with injuries in the Sunday crash.
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Madison, Wis
William Sefkar
Northwestern Road
Here
Merchants To Meet Under Chamber Committee
The merchants' committee of the Chamber of Commerce led by Frank Billock will meet at 9 30 a m Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce office.
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South Dakota
Everett Woehrmann
John Sullivan
Robert Mehren
Sioux Falls
Aberdeen
S. D
Norfolk
Neb
The
Chamber of Commerce Civic Auditorium Committee
Merchants’ Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Frank Billock
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Varga
Pope
U.S
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