UN Mediator Sets Four Week Holy Land Cease Fire
UN mediator Folke Bernadotte, based in Cairo, was tasked by the Security Council to fix a four week truce in Palestine. Israel and the Arab League accepted the armistice, with the United States seeking a Sunday start, while Arab leaders asked for five days to notify fighters. Fighting continued around Negba as Egypt and Israel reported clashes and counterattacks.
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Cairo
Palestine
United Nations
Folke Bernadotte
UN Security Council
Poe
Lake Success
N. Y
Israel
Arab League
Holy Land
United States
Jamal Husseini
Palestine Arab Higher Committee
Tel Aviv
Gg! Council
Jenet
Tees
Egypt
Sael
Negba
Negeb
Defense Ministry
Infant slain in Chicago depot inquest verdict murders unknown
Coroner George Reay presided at an inquest finding that the newborn male baby found at the Chicago and North Western depot on May 28 was murdered by person or persons unknown around March 9. Death caused by asphyxia due to external strangulation with a diaper covering its face.
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George Reay
Chicago and North Western
Lester Gorenstein
Lou Schmidt
Weather Update La Crosse Area Tonight and Friday
Partly cloudy and warm tonight with a low around 62. Friday will be increasingly cloudy with a chance of local showers late in the afternoon or at night, and a high near 88.
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la Crosse
Falling Winds Slow Spread Of Huge Blaze
Winds died down aiding containment of massive Ontario fires stretching over 50 million acres. Thunderstorms sprinkled the region but only soaking rain could halt blazes as hot dry weather and 90 degree heat returned. Fire officials noted less intense movement though new fires appeared in Sault Ste. Marie district. Michigan logged small, contained fires with 50 acres burned in total.
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Toronto
Ont
Ontario Northland
T. E. Mackey
Ontario Lands Department
Mississapi
Chapleau
Sault Ste. Marie
Michigan
Canada
Milton M. Bergman
Conservation Ment Forest Fire Division
Upper Peninsula
Senate Passes DP Measure Expands EU Homeless Admission
The Senate approved a displaced persons bill 63 to 13 to admit 100000 Europeans per year for two years starting July, opposing by 13 including Senator Hawkes and 12 southern Democrats. House action likely follows as Republicans push must-pass displaced persons legislation this session. Eastland calls the plan an opening verge to dismantle immigration laws.
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Washington
United States
House
Senate
Hawkes
Eastland
D-Miss
Scrap Drive Continues Through Saturday Sponsored by Salvation Army
The Salvation Army and Boy Scouts troop urge residents to donate scrap by Saturday at 1698. Proceeds fund sending troop members to summer camp.
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Salvation Army Boy Scouts
Salvation Army
Boy Scout
City Beaches Set to Open June Eleventh
Municipal beaches at Pettibone and Capeland parks will open at noon on June eleventh as school ends for summer. Life guards begin preps June seventh with a seven-guard staff daily from 9 a m to 7 30 p m. Parents urged to keep children from rivers until opening day due to limited guards.
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Pettibone
Capeland Parks
E. P. Hartl
Eugene Fry
North Side
Jocoon Sladky
James Bosanny
Petii- Cone Beach
Richard Roth
Board of Education
All Life Ards
la Crosse
Harti
Army Deposes Paraguay President Hig inio Morinigo
Paraguayan army ousts President Hig inio Morinigo ending his eight year rule. Government radio says Morinigo resigns at the army's request. Chief Justice Juan duel Fru tos becomes provisional president until Juan Natalicio Gonzales is inaugurated. Gonzales elected in February with one candidate ballot. Originally due Aug. 15.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
Higinio Morinigo
Morinigo
Juan Duel Frutos
Juan Natalicio Gonzales
Gonzales
Voice Broadcast Hails Middle West as Fabulous Region
A Voice of America Spanish program praised the Midwest as a truly fabulous region in a 1948 broadcast produced for Latin American listeners. The script extols the Middle West as politically and economically dominant, cites Illinois Minnesota and Wisconsin, and contrasts it with other regions while noting controversy from some congress members.
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Washington
Middle West
Voice of America
National Broadcasting Company
State Department
Congress
New England
United States
New York
Philadeli
New Orleans
Holly
Narr
Truman
Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Twre
West
South
Pacific
Atlantic
Philadelphia
Philadeia
San Ncisco
Duluth
Lake Superior
Sears and Roebuck
Mississippi River
Nile
Amazon
Mississippi
Truman Prepares Five Year Draft Plan for Senate Fight
President Truman launches a cross country speaking tour to defend his bid for a new term. He rejects withdrawal rumors and says he is not afraid to fight. He plans five major addresses and a wide network of on the spot remarks to energize Democrats for the 1948 campaign.
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Washington
Truman
Democratic Party
White House
Chicago
Fort Wayne
Gary
Ind
Los Angeles
Charles R. Denny
NBC
Senate
State Department
Voice of America
Thevernment
Rail Leaders Seek Congress Action on Wage Dispute
Senate leaders may probe the rail wage dispute after President Truman seized control of the system to avert a nationwide walkout. Union chiefs Alvanley Johnston, David Robertson, and Arthur J. Glover urged an inquiry into the administration’s actions while Taft plans talks with railroad presidents before presenting any request to the Senate. The unions seek the 1947 wage settlement of 15 cents an hour plus rule changes, opposed by the administration.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
David B. Robertson
Arthur J. Glover
Truman
White House
Sealene
John R. Steelman
Union Leaders Resign Over Taft-Hartley Act
Four members of the CIO United Farm Equipment Workers international executive board quit after the board voted to comply with the Taft-Hartley act provisions. President Grant Oakes said the move followed a rank and file referendum and aimed to avoid unconstitutional infringement on civil liberties and worker self-governance.
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Chicago
CIO
United Farm Equipment Workers
Grant Oakes
Congress
Lords Block Bill To Abolish Hanging
In London the House of Lords blocked a Commons approved bill to abolish the death penalty for a five year test period except for high treason and piracy. Experts predicted the measure will founder, with 181 voting against and 28 in support.
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London
England
House of Lords
Lords
House of Commons
Runaway 12-Year-Old Girl Located by Officer Smith
A 12-year-old Onalaska girl reported missing early Wednesday was found by Officer Carl Smith along County Highway Line at 5:30 p.m. near Highway 16. The child had been missing since 12:45 a.m. Wednesday.
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Onalaska
Carl Smith
Highway 16
Industry Asks Lewis Curb Strikes Power in Labor Battle
Washington reports top coal industry opponents urged Congress to curb union powers and outlaw strikes endangering public health safety and economy. L Ebersole Gaines of the National Coal Association pressed for limits on strikes, including pension-related stoppages, as the Ball committee weighs Taft Hartley act reforms. Lewis offered no reply.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Congress
L. Ebersole Gaines
National Coal Association
Senate House Committee On Management-Labor Relations
Gaines
Ball
R-Minn
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
Southern Coal Producers Association
Goldsborough
Southern Coal
Southern Association
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
La Crosse WSEL Office Holds Park Picnic
The Wisconsin state employment service and unemployment compensation offices held their annual picnic at Veterans Memorial Park on a Wednesday afternoon. Norman Schulze, manager of the La Crosse WSEL office, hit a four-bagger in the last inning to win the baseball game 11 to 10 between the two offices. Twenty five staff members attended the event.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin State Employment Service
Unemployment Compensation
Veterans’ Memorial Park
Norman &. Schulze
la Crosse Wsel
New Flood Warning Hits Oregon Areas
A new flood crest threatens Oregon Washington Idaho and British Columbia as winds from the Pacific push the Columbia upstream. Army guards and volunteers bolster dikes near Portland Clatskanie and Skamokawa while forecasters expect warm conditions and late thunderstorms to feed fresh flooding threats downstream.
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Oregon
Portland
Ore
Columbia
Pacific
Washington
Idaho
Montana
British Columbia
Canadian Rockies
Clatskanie
Skamokawa
Vanport
Big Chinese Battle Report Rages on Henan Plain
Chinese sources say a major battle rages east of Nanyang on the Henan plain with five government divisions facing 100000 Communist troops. Hankow dispatches report government land and air units trapping parts of Gen. Chen Yi's forces about twenty miles east of Nanyang near the Nanyang corridor.
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Nanking
Henan Plain
Nanyang
Hankow
Hsin Min Pao
Chen Yi
Barbara Hutton On Road To Recovery
Princess Troubetzkoy the former Barbara Hutton is convalescing from a long illness and is no longer ill. Her secretary said she will be able to leave her Ritz hotel suite any day now as soon as the weather improves.
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Paris
Princess Troubetzkoy
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth
Ritz
Demo Asks GOP Action On Promises
Democratic leader Rep. McCormack says Republicans should act on promises from their 1944 platform. He cites social security and housing pledges and argues a GOP platform without action in Congress is meaningless. Taft urged Democrats to specify their positions on civil rights.
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Demo
Gop
Washington
Rep
McCormack
Mass
House
Taft
Ohio
Philadelphia
Congress
Senate
Federal Housing Administration
Truman
Dearborn Police Chief Seeks Taller Force
Detroit report says Police Chief Ralph B. Guy of Dearborn calls for new recruits to be at least six feet tall with commensurate weight and two years of college. Guy, five feet eight, says Dearborn has too many undersized officers mentally and physically.
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Detroit
Ralph B. Guy
Dearborn
Guy
Dearbon
Rainy Friday Forecast for La Crosse Area
Dry air lingered over the Mississippi valley as La Crosse forecasts show showers Friday afternoon or night. High near 88 with a low around 62 after a 89 high Wednesday. mean temperature seven degrees above normal for the period.
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Mississippi Valley
Mercury
la Crosse
Weather Bureau
Detroit Mock Air Raid by 200 B-29s Over Selfridge Base
Selfridge field in Michigan faced a large scale mock bombing raid as 200 B-29 bombers and 150 escort fighters simulated an attack. Ground observers varied on results while Selfridge pilots claimed effective interception and combat passes.
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Detroit
Air Force
Selfridge Field
Michigan
Selfridge Air Base
Selfridge
56Th
Kansas City
Kas
Goshen
Premium on Peace Insurance Draft Bill Unveiled in Senate
Senator Gurney described a five year peacetime draft aimed at meeting manpower needs of the regular forces and reserves as the premium on our peace insurance policy. The proposal was laid before the Senate as part of a speech prepared for the Armed Services Committee.
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Washington
Senate
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Navy Appropriation Bill Advances To Senate
The House passed a $3 686 773 250 navy appropriation for the new fiscal year starting July 1 by voice vote and sent it to the Senate. The total defense funding in a 24 hour period includes $10 196 672 250. A separate $6 509 939 000 bill for the army and air forces was sent to the Senate yesterday. Congress previously approved about $3.2 billion for aircraft procurement.
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Washington
House
Senate
Congress
Debates rise as draft revival bill moves toward Senate vote
Gurney and GOP leaders push to clear the selective service measure by next week with possible extra sessions. Senator Russell pledges a plan to segregate units by race and Senator Lang er plans amendments to cover civil rights. House Rules Committee sets another hearing as leaders call the bill a must before June adjournment. The proposal requires 18 to 25 year olds to register with varied service terms and options, including voluntary enlistments and guard service, while veterans retain certain deferrals. The bill also grants power to seize noncompliant plants and industries.
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Gurney
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
Langer
Truman
House Rules Committee
House
Congress
National Guard
Pearl Harbor
Armed Services
Woman revived after basement gas incident at Main street home
Mrs Vera Quisel was overcome by gas while washing clothes in the basement of her home at 1920 Main Street. The fire department resuscitation squad revived her at 10 13 am Thursday. Firefighters believe a stove fire leak caused the gas release and that she managed to go upstairs to call her husband before being treated.
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Main Street
Vera Quise
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