Showdown over UN veto power sought by Evatt
New York reports Australian Foreign Minister Evatt demands a showdown on the UN veto in the Security Council debate. He calls to remove the veto from the charter, criticizing Soviet use that stalled Spain-related proposals.
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New York
Herbert V. Evatt
United Nations Security Council
Thesembly
Evatt
V. Evatt
Spain
Evett
Gromyko
Alexander Cadogan
United Nations
Council
Francisco Castillo Nafeet
Mexico
Castillo Najera
Farm Strike Flash In Pan
Columbus reports the Ohio farm strike labeled a flash in the pan by Murray D. Lincoln of the Ohio Farm Bureau. Chairman H. H. Fackler claims 70 percent of 17 000 followers joined protests against price controls. Milk dumping reported in New Haven township. Wellington depot denies any withholding plans.
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Columbus
Ohio Marketing Quota Protest Association
Murray D. Lincoln
Ohio Farm Bureau
Lincoln
Protest Association
H. H. Fackler
Plymouth
Fackler
New Haven Township
Huron County
Lorain County
Telling-Belle-Vernon
Wellington
Tellingne
Frank Edwards
La Crosse Council Urges Support for Harbor Project
The La Crosse common council directed a resolution to Congressman William H. Stevenson urging support for the small boat harbor plan on Isle la Plume. Aldermen studied the site and discussed federal funding prospects while river and harbors committee action looms after the summer recess.
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William H. Stevenson
Common Council
la Crosse
Isle la Plume
E. H. Derr
Warren Smith
John Barth
St. Paul
Stevenson
Rivers and Harbors Congressional Committee
Congress
Verdota
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Writer Describes Soviet Violence In Bulgaria
L. S. CHAKALES reports on reported Soviet brutality in Bulgaria, detailing alleged abuses and political repression during the era. The narrative frames evidence of coercion, censorship, and interference by Moscow aligned forces in Bulgarian affairs.
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Bulgaria
Degnan Prints Don’t Match and Markham in Athens
Balkan correspondent Reuben H. Markham told the Christian Science Monitor that history’s worst repressions are now matched by communist regimes in Bulgaria and Romania. He arrived in Athens after Romania expelled him amid U S protests. Dean Acheson announced the expulsion. Markham cited trials and terror in Bulgaria and Romania and described a 1940s style political murder he witnessed in Bucovina.
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Reuben H. Markham
Balkan
Christian Science Monitor
Bulgaria
Romania
Markham
Bucharest
United States
Dean Acheson
Graiul Nou
Red Army
Graful Nou
Bucovina
Western Allies Reject Soviet Trieste Plan
Paris reports the Western Allies rejected two Molotov proposals on Trieste autonomy under Yugoslav rule and joint Italian Yugoslav sovereignty. The foreign ministers council remains deadlocked over the Italian peace treaty as Molotov signals possible bargaining while pledging Soviet sovereignty for Yugoslavia.
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Paris
Trieste
Foreign Ministers Council
V. M. Molotov
Adriatic
Italy
Yugoslavia
United States
London
Molotov
Russia
OPA Raises Coffee Price Under New Liberalization Move
The OPA approved a 3 to 4 cent per pound rise for coffee to encourage Latin American imports. Exporters gain two cents more per pound, import ceilings rise by 2.075 cents, and a three cent subsidy for domestic importers continues if the extension bill stays intact. If the subsidy ends, retail prices could rise an additional four to five cents.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
OPA
Bowles
Latin America
Congress
O Daniel Hopes to Talk OPA to Death in Senate
Sen O Daniel seeks floor time to speak nonstop against price controls as Moore delivers a long attack and lawmakers push a compromise extension bill toward a vote. O Daniel vows to talk until Monday morning while insisting OPA is unconstitutional and unnecessary.
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Senate
Moore
Rokla
CIO and
Political Action Committee
O’daniel
D-Tex
OPA
O'Daniel
Price Agency
Rising prices erode gains from GM strike says Reuther
Walter P. Reuther leader of the United Automobile Workers in Cincinnati argues that rising prices have wiped out much of the four month General Motors strike benefits. He criticizes price increases as undermining price controls and notes plans to organize about 200000 white collar workers in the auto industry for protection and unionization.
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Cincinnati
Walter P. Reuther
Cid-United Automobile Workers
UAW
Aaa Wee Sane
Truman Names Two Assistants to White House Staff
President Truman appointed Captain Clark Clifford as special counsel and Captain James H Poskett as naval aide. Clifford, a St. Louis lawyer and current naval aide, takes over from Samuel Rosenmann who now practices law in New York. Poskett, from Strafford Pennsylvania, formerly commanded the cruiser Augusta. Clifford is a naval reservist.
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Washington
Truman
Clark Clifford
James H. Poskett
Clifford
St. Louis
Naval
Samuel J. Rosenmann
New York
Foskett
Strafford
Augusta
Navy
Adjourned Perjury Hearing For Bruno in Kenosha
Preliminary perjury hearing for Tony Bruno a Milwaukee boxer was adjourned to a 45 day period by County Judge W W Davis in Kenosha Wisconsin.
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Kenosha
Tony Bruno
Milwaukee
W. W. Davs
Weather Update for La Crosse Area Tonight and Friday
Partly cloudy and warm with humid conditions tonight. Local showers and a 061 thunderstorm are possible, low around 66. Friday morning will see continued warm weather with highs near 85.
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la Crosse
Mercury hits 87 at 2 P.M in La Crosse heighten heat wave
Thermometer shows 87 degrees at 2 P M with a drop to 85 by 2 30 P M. Meteorologist A D Sanial forecasts partly cloudy humid tonight and storms possible Friday morning. Warm spell continues Friday with a high near 85. River forecasts indicate rises along the main channel and crests around 10 5 feet at La Crosse by July 3.
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la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Trempealeau
Winona
Chippewa
Durand
Wisconsin
Black
Yosuke Matsuoka Dies At 66 Former Japanese Foreign Minister
Tokyo reports Yosuke Matsuoka former Japanese foreign minister died at 66 after a tuberculosis illness. He had linked Japan with the Axis and faced war crime charges later withdrawn. He long sought to defend himself before an international court.
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Tokyo
Japan
University of Oregon
Kenichiro
Europe
Gestapo
Alfred Meisinger
Matsuoka
Stalin
Russia
86 Dodge Workers Strike In Heat
DETROIT Assembly of Dodge passenger cars halted at noon after 86 men in the main plant walked out over heat conditions. About 5,800 other workers were idled, with 1,300 sent home by 9 a.m. The strike stopped paint trim and final assembly lines. only the machine shop remained operating. Local CIO United Auto Workers officials could not be reached.
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Detroit
Dodge
Chrysler Corp
Former Commander of Dachau Hangs Self
Lieut. Col. Max Koegel, former Flossenberg commandant, hanged himself in Nurnberg jail less than a day after arrest. He had been missing since his alleged role in the murder of 46 000 inmates while 52 subordinates faced Allied tribunal proceedings. He was found unconscious with a noose on a door handle after guards discovered him in a Bavarian village where he worked as a farm hand.
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Germany
Flossenberg
Nuernberg
Max Koegel
Koegel
Hobbs Bill Not Before President Truman Yet
President Harry S Truman said the Hobbs anti racketeering bill has not reached his desk and he will decide whether to veto or sign after it arrives. He noted various government agencies are being polled for opinions on the measure sent to the White House Saturday, after Senate passage.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
White House
Riverside Concert Open Season Tonight in Riverside Park
The La Crosse Concert Band will present its first evening program of the season tonight at 8 o clock in Riverside Park. The concert details appear on page 26.
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la Crosse
Riverside Park
Body Found After Green Bay Ship Capsize Tragedy
Elton Washburn, 45, one of Leather D. Smith’s three companions, was recovered from 85 feet of water about five miles from Sturgeon Bay harbor. The sloop Half Moon was found in 90 feet, with hatch gear recovered by divers. Patricia Smith, 19, the survivor, reached land after swimming several miles as Howard Hunt, 29, and Mary Loomis, 19, remain missing.
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Elton Washburn
Leather D. Smith
Green Bay
Sturgeon Bay Harbor
Einar Ahlstrom
Leather D. Smith Shipbuilding Co
Smith
Half Moon
Ahlstrom
Howard Hunt
Mary Loomis
Winnetka
Patricia Smith
Abandon Hope For Labor Law This Year
Key proponents of labor-regulating legislation gave up hope of passing new measures this year. Senator Murray proposed a presidential commission to study long-range labor law options, citing polarized congress members and upcoming elections. The House Rules Committee postponed action on a bill to raise minimum wage.
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Washington
Murray
D-Mont
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
House Rules Committee
Lumber Racket Allegations Spark OPA Suit Across West
The OPA filed suit against 40 lumber firms in California Oregon Washington and Arizona seeking 9.043 million dollars in treble damages for alleged lumber rackets. Violations include diverting lumber resawing without regrading selling excess sizes marking sales without licenses and overpricing.
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Pacific Coast
Price Administration
OPA
California
Oregon
Washington
Arizona
Truman seeks to keep Bowles as economic stabilizer
President Truman disclosed efforts to persuade Chester Bowles to stay at his post amid OPA power limits in pending extension legislation. Bowles has long contemplated retirement, and the president noted Bowles has wished to quit since taking office while he has blocked the move. Bowles met him yesterday but would not talk to reporters about the discussion. Truman avoided detailing the watered-down price extension bill, saying only that its fate would be clear after it reaches him and that a radio address could follow.
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O'Daniel
Senate
OPA
Washington
Truman
Chester Bowles
Bowles
County Police Capture Escaped U S Prisoner
Ivan A. Wright reports the apprehension of escaped prisoner D. H. Ogletree 27 from the U S disciplinary barracks in Milwaukee. Ogletree who escaped Jan 11 was stopped on Highway No 14 at 11 p m by officers Jerome Brieske and Milton Sikaski and jailed locally. Authorities will send a guard to La Crosse to return him to Milwaukee.
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Ivan A. Wright
U. S
Milwaukee
D. H. Ogletree
Jerome Brieske
Milton Sikaski
Ogletree
la Crosse
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