Truman Urges Passage of Three Major Issues Before Adjournment
President Truman pressed Democratic leaders to push three must pass bills, including housing, as the Senate kept long hours before an expected June 18 adjournment. TheHouse and Senate debated long range housing, selective service revival, and the refugee bill while other items like trade and education aid moved slowly.
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Washington
Truman
White House
House
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
Congressional
Armed Services Committees
NBC offers station lease to government for dollar a year
NBC proposed leasing its international radio stations to the government for 1 a year after Senate investigators questioned Voice of America programs. NBC officials blamed divided responsibility between the State Department and NBC for past issues. Alberto Gandero and Rene Borgia left NBC amid the controversy while the Senate approved a large funding package for a stronger Voice of America.
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Washington
National Broadcasting Company Today
Voice of America
Charles R. Denny
NBC
Senate
Congress
Congressional
South
Central America
Denny
Federal Communications Commission
State Department
Bricker
Ohio
Alberto Gandero
Gandero
Cuba
Rene Borgia
Borgia
Federal Bureau of Investigation and Police
State, Commerce, Justice Department and Judiciary
Re House
Rankin Seeks ERP Probe Over Marshall Plan Subsidies
Rep. Rankin filed a call for a congressional probe into reports that film and magazine publishers would share 15 million dollars in Marshall Plan subsidies. The Washington Times-Herald claimed the funds would subsidize foreign circulation of certain publications and films, targeting a select group. The plan was reportedly outlined to the House Appropriations Committee by J Noel Macy of the State Department.
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Washington
Rankin
D-Miss
Washington Times-Herald
House Appropriations
Mundt Wins Primary for U S Senate Seat
Sioux Falls South Dakota Karl E Mundt wins the Republican primary and becomes the party's candidate for the U S senate race this fall.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Karl E. Mundt
South Dakota
U. S. Senate
White House Rail Strike Talks Collapse
White House efforts to settle the rail strike failed completely union leaders said after a White House conference with John R. Steelman. Steelman may seek rules changes for engineers firemen and switchmen as unions plan to picket if no settlement by Thursday. Congress faces changes in railroad retirement and unemployment laws with faster action promised.
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White House
Y. David B. Robertson
John R. Steelman
Robertson
The
Brotherhood of Firemen
Steelman
Truman
A. J. Glover
Chicago
West Coast
May Flies Make First Flight Into La Crosse Tuesday Night
May flies spy La Crosse lights in a reconnaissance flight two weeks earlier than last year. City officials discuss control ideas including large riverfront lights and insect repellent lamps, with lights turned off on the Mississippi bridge to reduce hazards.
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la Crosse
High Command
Board of Public Works
Harry Newbury
John Barth
Barth
Mississippi Bridge
Arabs and Jews accept UN four week truce in Holy Land
Arab nations and Israel agreed to a four week United Nations armistice in the Holy Land with talks on its scope continuing. Fighting continued near Jerusalem as both sides sought to fix the cease fire time while Egypt and Trans Jordan reported attacks and a disputed cease fire order influenced by UN conditions.
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United Nations
Palestine
Holy Land
Israel
Trans-Jordan
Folke Bernadotte
Truce Commission
Security Council
Jerusalem
Arab Legion
Jewish Agency
al Assaf
Rehovot
Tel Aviv
Amman
Trans - Jordan
Ghores Safi
Dead Sea
Moshe Shertok
UN Security Council
Shertok
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy Pasha
La Crosse Area Weather Forecast
Fair tonight. Thursday partly cloudy with increasing cloudiness late afternoon. Moderately warm. Low tonight 62 degrees. High Thursday 90 to 92 degrees.
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la Crosse
Court Battle Opens Between Lewis and Southern Coal Group
Justice T Alan Goldsborough delayed a ruling on forcing John L Lewis to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers association. He arranged an urgent conference between Lewis attorney Welly Hopkins and SCPA attorney John C Gall as government seeks a Taft Hartley contract order. Moody sat smiling as Lewis questions Moody's role while the dispute centers on who can legally negotiate for the union and coal companies.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
Welly K. Hopkins
John C. Gall
Southern Coal Group
Goldsborough
Hopkins
UMW
SCPA
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Association
Moody
Stassen Urges Navy to Palestine Policy Shift
Harold E. Stassen, seeking the Republican nomination, argued in Philadelphia for sending a major portion of the U S navy to Palestine to shield Israelis from continued slaughter. He warned of four war dangers and urged awareness of Soviet tactics before traveling to Pittsburgh for another speech.
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Philadelphia
Harold E. Stassen
United States
Palestine
U. S
Navy
Israel
Stassen
America
United Nations
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
U S Consulate Guard Wounded in Jerusalem Fighting
A guard at the American consulate in Jerusalem was wounded by shell fragments during clashes between Jews and Arabs. Wayne Swedenberg of Salina Kansas was listed in satisfactory condition. He is the fourth casualty at the consulate, following May 14 back shot guard Thomas Gannon and the later deaths of Consul General Thomas C Wasson and navy man Herbert M Walker.
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Washington
Jerusalem
State Department
Wayne Swedenberg
Salinas
Kas
Thomas Gannon
Thomas C. Wasson
Herbert M. Walker
Navy
Nations Okay Future Plans For Germany
The United States and western European powers reached a provisional agreement on Germany's postwar development. Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg coaligned with the United States in London after six weeks of talks. Full German participation in the European recovery program is reportedly included. details were kept secret pending formal transmission to the six governments.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Germany
State Department
Exhope
U. S
London
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Oregon Flood Crisis Reaches Vanport and Portland Dikes
The Columbia River crest and high tide flood lowlands from Portland to the Pacific, washing out dikes and destroying Vanport. The disaster leaves 20 known dead, thousands homeless, and millions in damage, with cities like Portland Vancouver and Longview isolated and recovering after massive destruction.
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Portland
Ore
Columbia
Pacific Ocean
Vanport
Oregon
Vancouver
Longview
Washington
Navy Reports 28 Drowned After Liberty Launch Sinks
Norfolk Va officials say 28 sailors and Marines are believed lost after a 50 foot liberty launch capsized in Hampton Roads while returning a liberty party to the Kearsarge. 65 were rescued and 3 swam ashore, with investigators puzzled by the cause as winds gusted.
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Norfolk
Navy
Hampton Roads
Kearsage
Kearsarge
Mediterranean
Norfolk Naval Operating Base
C. S. Smiley
Smiley
Revived Couple Overcome by Smoke From Stove
James Anderson and his wife Peggy of 709 Charles Street were revived at 11 31 p m Tuesday by the fire department resuscitator squad after being overcome by smoke from a pan of meat on the stove. Firemen said they had fallen asleep with the meat cooking.
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James Anderson
Peggy
Anderson's
Charles Street
All Dairies In City Boost Price Of Milk
In La Crosse all dairies raised milk to 19 cents per quart effective Tuesday as cited Wednesday. The first price increase since November cited higher operating costs and rising fluid milk expenses as the reasons for the move.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin Acts Possible Emergency Fire Ban If Fires Worsen
The Wisconsin state conservation section monitors fire reports and could ban smoking except in cars, campfires, and brush burning if conditions worsen. Chief forest ranger Neil H. Lemay notes over 800 fires this spring have burned about 5,000 acres. Michigan meanwhile suspended burning permits in the upper peninsula and northern lower peninsula due to very dry weather and active fires.
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Madison
Wis
State Conservation Department
Wisconsin
George Sprecher
Sprecher
Conservation
Neil H. LeMay
Thomahawk
Lansing
Mich
Michigan State Conservation Department
Upper Peninsula
Lower Peninsula
Record peacetime military appropriation clears House
The House passed a $6,509,939,000 peacetime Army and Air Force bill for the new fiscal year and sent it to the Senate after a 346 to 2 vote. A second bill provides $3,686,733,250 for the Navy, totaling $10,196,672,250 for the three services.
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Washington
House
Senate
Marcantonio
Isacson
I Can Labor Party
New York
Navy
Army
Air Force
Appropriations Committee
United States
Mediterranean
Soviet Union
Europe
Adm
Louis E. Dentfield
Naval Operations
Army drafts 30,000 men a month if law passes
The Army plans to draft 30,000 men monthly once selective service is enacted, with hearings detailing funding to raise total forces to 1,234,500 in the Army and Air Force, 552,000 in Navy and Marine Corps, and overseas deployment plans.
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Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
House
Air Force
Navy
Marine Corps
Beranek Holds Continues Strike Talks With Brewers
Leaders of the Brewers Local No. 81 CIO hold conference with city officials and Mayor Beranek to settle the labor dispute. Meanwhile 420 union workers at G Heileman Brewing Company enter the 13th day of strike as efforts aim to separate contracts with Heileman and La Crosse Breweries, Inc where no strike is involved.
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By Robert Hewett
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Heinrich Higoumler
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Soviet
Omar N. Bradley
Beranek
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