Reds Agree To Join Britain France In Marshall Plan Talks
Russia signaled acceptance of British French proposals and agreed to attend a three way Foreign Ministers meeting in Paris on June 27. Tass quoted the Soviet reply saying Moscow would take part in initial discussions and support European economic rehabilitation with U S aid as outlined by George C Marshall.
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Britain
France
London
Russia
Europe
Paris
V. M. Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
Moscow
Tass
Bevin
Bidault
U. S
George C. Marshall
Harvard University
Marshall
Truman
Greece
Turkey
May Amend Veto Process In Congress Debate
Washington reports two vetoes in one week spark talk of a constitutional amendment to ease overrides. House and Senate consider bills to unify armed services under one cabinet officer and to place the speaker in line for presidency if the vice presidency is vacant. House plans activity before summer recess.
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Washington
Capitol
Congress
White House
Rep. A
Senate
House
Lurees
Armed Services
Truman
State Department
Chamber
United States
Withdraw Approval Of Training Firms
The veterans administration said state governments have withdrawn their approval of 80,000 business and industrial establishments for veterans on the job training. Most firms were eliminated for failing to meet established job training standards.
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Washington
Vetrans Administration
Five brothers honored at national shrine dedication
Five brothers spent their youth dedicated to a national shrine Sunday and will be retained as part of a $1,000,000 memorial.
Local Weather For La Crosse And Vicinity
Cloudy tonight in La Crosse and surrounding area then clearing and cooler. Mostly sunny and fair tonight with a low around 56. Tuesday bright and warmer with a high near 76.
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la Crosse
Iowa Faces Third Flood Of Month Across Des Moines Raccoon Rivers
Des Moines reports flash floods as over five inches of rain pour into Des Moines and Raccoon river headwaters. The weather bureau warns of immediate severe flooding in affected areas with rises along the rivers to Van Meter and Des Moines in three to five days. Fort Dodge and other communities lose power and water. evacuations underway as Nishnabotna water may bring new flooding to Hamburg.
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Des Moines
Raccoon
Weather Bureau
City
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Nishnabotna
Hamburg
Fort Dodge
Loomis
Oxford
Gothenburg
Neb
Roads to cantonment area to close at Camp McCoy
Camp McCoy Wisconsin will block all roads to the cantonment area after July 1 with one exception at the intersection of county trunk highway T and J street. Only persons on official business may enter and must check in at building 2160. Salvage and war surplus sales to continue with direct entry to the warehouse for buyers.
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Camp Mccoy
Wis
George J. Engelthaler
Cantonment
J Street
Engelthaler
Col. Engelthaler
Navy Gets $176 Million Boost in Appropriation
The Senate appropriations committee added 176.5 million dollars to the navy appropriation, increasing the active fleet to 293 combat ships and 5,793 aircraft, with a personnel total of 395,000 enlisted men and officers. Senator Saltonstall, R Mass, called the move a well balanced fighting outfit.
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Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Navy
House
Saltonstall
R-Mass
Reds Link British With Monarchy Move
Budapest reports say Hungary under Communist rule accuses Britain of backing a plan to restore the Hapsburg monarchy in Austria and Hungary. The 150 page white paper claims ex premier Ferenc Nagy issued orders for unauthorized armed formations with help from Soviet occupation forces.
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Budapest
Hungary
Hapsburg
Austria
Expremier Ferenc Nagy
Wisconsin GOP poll shows Dewey leads Stassen for primary
Wisconsin delegates favored Dewey 321 to 286 over Stassen with MacArthur third at 157 in a 1 104 ballot count. Taft 97 Bricker 77 Vandenberg 59 Warren 28. Dewey second choice 197, Stassen 167, Taft 143. MacArthur boosts push for a regional delegate slate next spring.
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Wisconsin
Douglas MacArthur
Gov
Dewey
Stassen
MacArthur
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Sen
Bricker
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Earl Warren
California
Taft
Vandenberg
Wisconsin Republican Organization
New York
Freak Weather Ignores Nebraska Town, Toll Climbs
A Nebraska storm system produced flash floods and tornadoes across the state leaving at least 16 dead or missing. Medicine Creek’s 12 foot wall flooded Cambridge with nine drowned and four missing in the town of 1,100.
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Cambridge
Neb
Nebraska
Medicine Creek
Here
Burwell
North Loup
Broken Bow
Thomas Mitchell
George J. Porter
Ashland
Harry D. Strunk
Republican Valley Conservation Association
The
McCook Gazette
Ship Explodes in Los Angeles Harbor Killing Wisconsin Seaman
Donald Grams, 20, from Augusta Wisconsin, describes escaping the Markay explosion aboard the tanker in Los Angeles harbor. He and seven others crawled across barbed wire to a police car, with several crew members missing or injured. The blaze and debris forced a long wait for rescue as investigators probe negligence and origin of the blast.
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Wilmington
Calif
Angeles
Texas City
Coast Guard
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Keystone Shipping Co
Ofiladelphia
William Anderson
Keystone
American President Lines
George Robertson
Shell
Donald Grams
Rita Grams
Augusta
Wis
Markay
Los Angeles Harbor
Wisconsin
Truman Names Advisory Body To Guide Foreign Aid Policy
President Truman and Senator Vandenberg unveiled a 19 member non partisan advisory group drawn from business labor agriculture education and research to study how much foreign aid can be safely and wisely provided without harming the domestic economy Some members named include W Randolph Burgess Chester G Davis Hiland G Batcheller Paul G Hoffman James B Carey George Meany Robert Gordon Sproul Melville F Coolbaugh Robert M La Follette Jr and Owen D Young The group may influence limits on dollars oil and meat shipments amid rising domestic concerns about costs
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Washington
Truman
Vandenberg
America
United States
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Michigan
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Congress
Russia
W. Randolph Burgess
National City Bank
New York
Chester G. Davis
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank
Hiland G. Batcheller
Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Corp
Paul G. Hoffman
Studebaker Corp
CIO
James B. Carey
AFL
George Meany
Truman Plea At 11th Hour Has No Effect
The Senate overrode President Truman's veto of the Taft-Hartley labor bill by 68 to, enacting sweeping limits on unions. Despite Truman's last minute appeal to uphold his June veto, only two Democrats who voted for passage earlier changed stance. The measure imposes government injunctions, bans the closed shop, and tightens Wagner Act provisions, a Republican victory with wide opposition from labor leaders who call it a slave bill.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Mr. Truman
Senate Democrats
Barkley
D-Ky
Sparkman
D-Ala
Lucas
D-Ill
Tobey
R-Nh
Overton
D-La
Wiley and
McCarthy
Wisconsin
CIO
Philip Murray
O - Hartley
Jmil
AFL
William Green
Green
Congress
House
Taft
Ohio
National Labor Relations Board
Paul M. Herzog
John M. Houston
James J. Reynolds
Dewey Receives Wisconsin GOP Presidential Support
Governor Dewey's Albany office said he would not comment on a Wisconsin Republican poll that endorsed him for president next year. The poll tallied 321 first place and 197 second place votes for Dewey, with 286 and 167 for rivals.
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Dewey
Albany
N. Y
Republican Party of
Wisconsin
First Day Of Summer Brings Mild Winds And Rain
Sunday brought above normal temperatures and winds up to 33 mph with little damage. High 81, mean 72, rainfall half an inch. Meteorologist A D Sanial predicts cooler, clearing weather by Tuesday with a 76 high, 56 low.
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la Crosse Weather Bureau
A. D. Sanial
Blizzard Traps 70 Vacationers in Rocky Mountain Pass
An AP report says a Montana Wyoming blizzard with winds to 75 mph trapped 70 vacationers on Beartooth pass near Yellowstone and Red Lodge. At least three people died in the cold. snow drifts reached 15 feet. Park officials said all area residents were accounted for and searches ended as clear skies returned.
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Beartooth Pass
Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Red Lodge
Mont
Montana-Wyoming
Edmund Rogers
Rocky Mountain
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Frank Humphrey Jr. sells Con's Cab to Roy Nelson
Frank Humphrey Jr announces the sale of his Con's Cab company in Sparta Wisconsin to Roy Nelson. Nelson will continue operating the taxi stand at the Nicolet hotel.
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Sparta
Wis
Frank Humphrey, Jr
Roy Nelson
Nelson
Nicolet Hotel
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Willkie
Wendell Willkie
Joseph R. McCarthy
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Wisconsin Republican Machine
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Carl Swalley
Lewiston
Ida
Arthur Gunderson
By Sterling F. Green
Associated Press
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Houston
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Hastings
Sparta Company
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