Soviet diplomat Maliks germ warfare charge at UN
At the United Nations Malik prepared a two part proposal to a wide audience. He urged adherence to the 1925 Geneva Protocol and urged General Assembly action on admitting 14 applicant states to the UN. United States delegates called the move propaganda and urged counter measures. The U.S. defended its Geneva Protocol stance and reiterated that each applicant nation should be judged on its merits.
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United Nations
N.Y. W
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
United States
Korea
Malik
Security Council
General Assembly
U.S
Ernest A. Gross
U.N
Truman
Senate
Cohen
Paris Assembly
Swedes and Danes Prepare for Soviet Clash After Downed Catalina
Sweden and Denmark reacted with outrage after a Soviet jet shot down a Swedish Catalina rescue plane near Dagö island. Stockholm disputed Moscow's claim the Swedish craft fired first, while Copenhagen ordered airmen to return fire if attacked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic
Foreign Policy Council
Moscow
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Radio Moscow
Dagoe
Baltic Sea
Russia
Dagens Nyheter
Svenska Dagsbladet
Morgan Tidningen
Senate Rejects Truman Plea To Join St Lawrence Seaway
The Senate killed a bill authorizing U S participation in the 818 million dollar St Lawrence Seaway and power project after a 43 to 40 vote to return the measure to the Foreign Relations Committee. Truman warned the move would be a major economic mistake while Canada said it would build the canal on its side if Congress refused.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
United States
Canada
St. Lawerence Seaway
O’connor
Congress
Sen
Russell
D—Ga
U. S
St. Lawrence River
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Midwest
International Rapids
St. Lawrence
New York
Quebec
Labrador
Wisconsin
Wiley
McCarthy
St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project
Ottawa
Lionel Chevrier
St. Lawrence Seaway
U.S. Senate
U.S
House of Commons
Ike's Backstage Remarks Signal Fighting GOP Candidacy
General Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke candidly at private sessions with Western Republican delegates and a small group of reporters. He argued Taft is an isolationist, predicted his own nomination, questioned Dulles on a policy plank, opposed a peace time five star rank, and urged pump priming and public works to aid citizens during downturns. Local delegations from Oregon, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming showed strong interest, with mixed commitments and no polls verified.
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Denver
Dwight D. Feisenhower
Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
Ohio
United States
John Foster Dulles
Taft
Oregon
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Marvin L. Bishop
Chicago
Bishop
Associated Press
H. Pratt Kessler
Salt Lake City
GOP
Charles Lucey
Scripps-Howlard
Long Island Rail Road Restores Service After Strike
The Long Island Rail Road resumes normal service after a two day engineers strike. Settlement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers includes revised rules and a six month review with a referee to resolve disputes.
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New York
Long Island Rail Road
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Independent
National Railway
Brotherhood
Long Island
Oil Spilled at Home In Suit Against Standard Oil
In Baltimore the Murray P Smiths sue Esso Standard Oil for 15000 claiming a Standard Oil representative connected a hose to their fuel pipe and pumped oil into a knotty pine basement without warning or an order, leaving the line discharged inside the house.
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Baltimore
Murray P. Smiths
Esso Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
Smiths
Postmaster Plan Rejected by Senate Vote
The Senate voted 56 to 29 to kill President Truman’s reorganization plan that would remove Senate approval in selecting 21,438 postmasters. The margin exceeded the 49 votes needed to reject the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Pres. Truman
Weather forecast for La Crosse area
For La Crosse and vicinity fair tonight and Thursday cooler Thursday. Low tonight 60 high Thursday afternoon 82.
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la Crosse
Chicago Quartet Turned Over To Juneau County Authorities
Four men from Illinois were taken to Mauston Wisconsin to face burglary charges for an Elroy motel break in. Arrest reports list Loren Blackwell Wilson Heard Albert George and Alfred Stahl as suspects with details of the Monday and early Tuesday arrests in La Crosse Richland Center and at Soell's Payless IDrugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Richland Center
Mauston
Juneau
Elroy
Juneau County
Myles Clark
Orin Armstrong
Manston
Loren Blackwell
Maywood
Ill
Wilson Heard
Albert George
Chicago
Alfred Stahl
Melrose Park
Stahl
George
Soell
Gillette St
Donald Schoenfeld
Thomas Quinn
Heard
Blackwell
Harriman Upsets Kefauver In Washington Primary
Averell Harriman dubbed a "second Abe Lincoln" won the District of Columbia Democratic primary with 14 075 votes to Estes Kefauver's 3 377 securing all six national nominating votes. Harriman campaigned on civil rights and Trumanism, praised by supporters including a church congregation march to the polls led by Rev Smallwood Williams.
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Columbia
Estes Kefauver
Harriman
Kefauver
Washington
Averell Harriman
Abe Lincoln
District of Columbia
Tennessee
Truman
White House
Smallwood E. Williams
MVD Embezzlement Brings Prison Term
Edna Mary Kelly 41 pleaded guilty to two counts of embezzling $6,000 from state motor vehicle funds in Milwaukee. Circuit Judge Roland J. Steinle sentenced her to two concurrent 1 to 4 year terms denying probation. She testified she gave the funds to Robert Haywood, who surrendered and said he never received any money.
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Milwaukee
Edna Mary Kelly
Moto Vehicle Department
Roland J. Steinle
Miss Kelly
Taycheedah
Lato
Kelly
Robert Hay Wood
Hay‘wood
Seven Die In Brooklyn Apartment Fire
A four story Brooklyn apartment blaze killed seven people early today. A crippled man and his wife with two children were rescued by a neighbor after escaping along a 142 foot flame filled ledge. Juan Colon 33 wa s trapped with his family while a second group including Irvin J Weir 43 Marie 30 and their children faced danger in another unit. Weir a United Electrical Workers Union field representative on strike at Marathon Electric Manufacturing Corp was later fined 100 dollars for disturbing the peace and resisting arrest in a separate Police Court case.
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New York
Brooklyn
Juan Colon
Wausau
Irvin J. Weir
Marie
Juan Jr
Andjor St. Paul, Minn
Nereida
Marathon Electric Manufacturing Corp
Jack R. Williams
Weir
United Electrical Workers Union
Marathon
Youth Makes Good On New Break From Jail
WAUKESHA A second jail break in two weeks freed Herman E Just 20 and Steve R Harry after they overpowered the jailer tied and gagged him with blanket strips and took the keys. They rode the elevator to the first floor and Just bolted through the front door as officers arrived. Harry halted on a corridor stop. Just was recaptured later and held on probation violation and as a material witness.
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Waukesha
Herman E. Just
Waukesha County
Just
Steve R. Harry
Martin Fromm
Harry
Oconomowoc
Atom Age Fugitive Trapped in Garbage Can
An 8 year old girl in Albany California hid from the atom bomb in a garbage can yesterday. She wedged herself as far as possible and required twenty minutes of hacksawing and tin snipping to free her.
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Albany
Calif
Donna
Strike Cuts Steel Output To Trickle
Washington and Pittsburgh report the CIO Steel strike sharply reducing output to about 12 percent of normal. Mine workers leader John L. Lewis pledges union support and a 10 million dollar fund to aid strikers while government mediations progress with plans for essential military materials.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
CIO
Lewis
Philip Murray
Mine Workers
Murray
Pittsburgh
National Defense Program
White House
Weirton Steel Company
Armco
Texas GOP Delegate Contests Referred to National Committee
The National Committee will decide all Texas delegate disputes for the Republican convention. Secre tary Mrs Charles P Howard said 72 delegates and 70 alternates including the Texas delegation were certified for review at hearings set to open in Chicago on July 1. Senator Taft supported National Committee handling the issue.
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Washington
Texas
National Committee
Charles P. Howard
Chicago
State Committee
Taft
Ohio
Eisenhower
House Moves To Join Senate In Steel Crisis Action
The House appears ready to back the Senate in urging President Truman to use the Taft Hartley Act to reopen steel mills shut by a strike. Rep Howard W Smith says he has broad support for adding the move to a wage price rent and production controls bill.
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House
Senate
Washington
Truman
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
Congress
Supreme Court
Sen
Humphrey
Dminn
Morse
R-Ore
Exceed Quota In Bloodmobile Visit To City
La Crosse started its June blood campaign with 155 pints collected at The Trane Company, exceeding the daily quota of 150 pints. The four day drive will move to the American Legion Clubrooms with the city aiming for 600 pints. for the year, totals rose to 3 804 pints, 54 over the 3 750 goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser Steel Company
Murray
American Iron and Steel Institute
Allied Industries
la Crosse
Red Cross
Trane Company
American Legion
Registorad
Bull Stops Train In Vidalia Registration Mixup
A 1500 pound Hereford bull owned by the G Heileman Company halted a freight train near Vidalia Georgia during a registration mishap on Tuesday. The animal blocked the track as workers attempted to move it to a pen after being loaded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vidalia
G. Heileman Company
Taft pledges 15 percent tax cut if elected
Senate Republican Taft told business editors he would push a straight 15 per cent tax cut if he becomes president. He estimated first year spending around 70 billion, with a second year goal of 60 billion including 40 billion for armed forces and Europe and 20 billion for domestic needs. He opposed permanent wage control laws and warned against broad compulsory arbitration.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Europe
Pentagon
West Germany Israel restart reparations talks in The Hague
The Bonn West German Israeli conference on Nazi persecution reparations resumes in The Hague tomorrow with a German offer of 714 million dollars in goods as a starting point. A spokes man said payments would be spread over at least 12 years.
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Bonn
Germany
The
Hague
Band Plans Concert In Riverside Tonight
La Crosse Concert Band will perform a show in Riverside Park at 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Soloists Ray Rever, a baritone, and Alf Modahl, a clarinetist, are featured with band director D. R. Wartinbee overseeing the program.
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Duluth
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Ike
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Queens
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Steelman
Defense
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