Wedemeyer urges military aid to back China economic help
Lieut. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the United States must back up economic aid to China with military support if communism is to be stopped. He warned against offering 500 million in aid without allied military backing and noted his China theater experience.
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Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Congress
United States
China
Wedemeyer
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Chiang Kai-shek
Truman
Rep
Judd
R-Minn
House Committee
Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
House Group
Tokyo
North Gains Support for Dixie Revolt Against Truman
Northern Democrats urge MacArthur as the Democratic nominee while Virginia regulators allow Truman on the ballot with swing rules. Curley Ely and Murphy push the ex-general, calling for voter demand and a national drive. Florida delays Jefferson Jackson Day events as Klan rhetoric heats up in Georgia. The anti lynching bill faces delays in Congress.
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President Truman
North
Virginia
Mr. Truman
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Francis P. Murphy
New Hampshire
Japan
Curley
Aladelphia
MacArthur
Truman
New York
Warren Wright
Chicago
William M Tuck
Hhe Party
Florida
Rty
National
Socratic Party
Ku Klux Klan
Wrightswillie
Rand Dragon
Samuel Green
Senate
Martin
R-Mass
House
GOP
Bus Fare Increase Hearing Scheduled
Wisconsin public service commission to hold a public hearing March 24 on a proposed fare increase by Mississippi Valley lic Serv ice company. The hearing will address raising fares from four tokens for 25 cents to three tokens for 25 cents and will reveal investigation results at 9 a.m. in the La Crosse county courthouse.
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Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Mississippi Valley Lic Service Company
la Crosse County Court House
Weather outlook for La Crosse area tonight and Friday
For La Crosse and vicinity. Generally fair tonight and Friday. Continued rather cold. Low tonight 10 in the city and 6 in rural areas. High Friday 26.
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la Crosse
Western Union talks open amid Cold War tension in Brussels
Five nations including Britain France and the Benelux group start talks in Brussels to study a draft Benelux Western Europe union amid fears of Soviet and Communist pressure. Finland waits as Prague leader Benes stays convalescent and Czechoslovakia confirms refugees flee the regime.
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Brussels
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Juho E. Paasikivi
Stalin
Soviet Union
Broc
Adolf Procharka
U. S
Germany
Ministry of Information
Eduard Benes
Prague
Bohemia
Nine Die in Belgian Train Crash at Jambes
Nine people were killed and four seriously injured in a train wreck near Jambes in southeastern Belgium, according to Belgian railway officials.
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Brussels
Belgium
Jambes
Exploding Yam Injures Mrs Swanger in Ohio Kitchen
A sweet potato in a Ravenna kitchen bake oven exploded and struck Mrs Alfred Swanger in the face causing injuries. She was recovering as authorities note the danger of high calorie tubers bursting unexpectedly.
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Ravenna
Alfred Swanger
CAA To Move Its Stations On July 1
Milwaukee news photos report the civil aeronautics administration will install all directional very high radio range stations at 11 Wisconsin airports by July 1. Cities involved include Milwaukee Eau Claire Green Bay Janesville La Crosse Lone Rock Madison Manitowoc Park Falls Stevens Point and Wausau. Existing stations at Milwaukee Madison Lone Rock and La Crosse will be replaced.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Eau Claire
Green Bay
Janesville
la Crosse
Lone Rock
Madison
Manitowoc
Park Falls
Stevens Point
Wausau
Farm Income Setback as Prices Fall Across Markets
A Chicago market comparison shows farmers face lower income from wheat hogs and cotton versus a year ago while cattle prices edge up. Feed grains rise sharply though farmers lack feed due to last year's poor corn crop. Butter holds near last year. eggs climb from 47 to 48 cents a dozen to about 52 cents.
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Chicago
South St. Paul
Minn
Minneapolis
New York
Red Cross Drive Aids Volunteers In Four Hour Campaign
A motor corps will assist Red Cross volunteers during Sunday’s four hour fund campaign led by Charles B. Varco. The group will visit county residences between 1 and 5 pm to collect contributions and deliver supplies.
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Red Cross
Charles B. Varco
Joseph Callaway
Thatee
Varco
James Bannen
Russell Aldrich
F. H. Griffith
R. E. Nietsch
Ralph Steele
Frank R. Schneider
Callaway
Federal Building
UN Security Council Stymied Over Palestine Partition
Lake Success The council recessed as delegates debated Palestine fate. The United States backs partition with a Big Five consultative panel, while Belgium Canada China and Syria oppose partition now. Russia abstained from yesterday’s remarks. Britain opposes enforcing partition and will not join a committee with China.
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Security Council
Palestine
Camille Chamoun
Lebanon
Council
United Nations
Canada
China
Belgium
Syria
UN Assembly
U N
Russia
Palestine Sion
U. S
Britain
Ballot on Old or New Fashion Polls in La Crosse
Citizens faced a noncommittal ballot on the Old or New choice. Chamber of Commerce directors split seven for Old and eight for New while the La Crosse Woman's club was tied eight to eight. Mayor Beranek urged uninformed voters to mail ballots by March 8 to the fashion editor. results will be announced at the Spring Fashion Fantasy on March 9.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
la Crosse Woman's Club
C. A. Beranek
Tribune
la Crosse Tribune
Farmer Wins 36500 After Arm Loss in Hay Baler
In Monroe Wisconsin Clarence Yaun a New Glarus farmer was awarded 36500 in a suit against Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co The jury found the machine negligent for lacking a proper twine feeding device guards for rollers and an acceptable quick stopping device Judge Jesse Earle presided with a four man eight woman jury out four hours.
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Monroe
Wis
Green County
Glarus
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co
Clarence Yaun
Allis-Chalmers
Edward T. O'Neill
Fond du Lac
Jesse Earle
Janesville
Christmas mail sacks delayed in Islip
Residents of Islip, New York, received late Christmas greetings and overdue Long Island Lighting Co bills after a pouch left Bay Shore on December 23 and arrived yesterday. Payments on bills were slow, and the situation caused confusion as scores of notices missed delivery.
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Islip
N. Y
Yale
Long Island Lighting Co
Bay Shore
Dewey Attacks Truman Admin as Wasteful and Weak
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey denounces the Truman administration for profligate waste and inflation risk. In a telegram to Wisconsin Republicans he endorses a united GOP effort to restore integrity and strength to government ahead of the April 6 primary and the November campaign.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Truman
Dewey
Wisconsin
Stassen urges UN role on Palestine and steel moratorium
Harold E. Stassen argues U S action on Palestine must come through the United Nations and urges leading U S roles to ensure partition carries out. He appeals for a UN police force with U S troops and proposes a six month steel moratorium to curb price hikes and wage demands.
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Hanover
N. H
Harold E. Stassen
Palestine
Berlin
United States
United Nations
America
Holy Land
Stassen
Truman
New Hampshire
Aetary
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel
Philip Murray
CIO Steel Workers’ Union
White House
Wisconsin Highway Route Change Sparks Public Interest
Wisconsin highway planners seek to reroute U S 16 within La Crosse city limits, moving the path to La Crosse street and Cass streets toward the Mississippi river bridge. Residents may submit views to the state highway commission in Madison by March 15 as the council has approved the new routing under a federal state aid program.
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Wisconsin
Yon
la Crosse
la Crosse Street
Losey Boulevard
Seventh Street
Seventh
Cass
Third
Mississippi River Bridge
Third Street
Monegan
State Highway Commission
Madison
Common Council
South Avenue
Rose Street
Guide Sues Angler For Loss Of Eye
Wisconsin fishing guide Charles Lenzendorf of Spooner sues John Svitak of Chicago in federal court for 75000 dollars claiming a hook in the face during a June row cost him one eye and damaged the other. Svitak runs an automobile agency in Berwyn suburb.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Charles Lenzendorf
Spooner
Wis
John Svitak
Lenzendorf
Svitak
Berwyn
Snowplow kills man in Wisconsin accident
Ashland Wisconsin police report a Snowplow backed over 71 year old John Olander of Fish Creek while freeing the vehicle from a snowdrift. The incident occurred yesterday in Ashland. Olander was a local farmer.
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Ashland
Wis
John Olander
Fish Creek
Tankers Returned by Russia for U S Oil Relief
Russia returns two lend lease tankers to the United States as a critical global tanker shortage grows. The former Swanee Rail and Paul Dunbar arrived in Yokohama with Russian crews and will be sailed to the Persian Gulf by American crews to ease U S east coast fuel shortages.
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Yokohama
United States
Russia
Swanee Rail
Paul Dunbar
Persian Gulf
U. S
Arrests of about 80 Communists in Piraeus
About eighty Communists were arrested in Piraeus today on charges of recruiting young men for guerrilla units, according to police.
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Athens
Piraeus
Toughest Human? Newborn Baby Says Pediatrician
Dr. Clement Andrew Smith of Harvard Medical School calls newborns extraordinary physiological beings. He notes babies can pause breathing after birth for minutes and tolerate wide body temperature changes with rapid breathing and heart rates to compensate. He warns against overtreatment and suggests feeding delays for premature infants.
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Chicago
Clement Andrew Smith
Harvard Medical School
Chicago Medical Society
Union Leader Could Receive 60-Year Term
Harold Christoffel, a Milwaukee labor leader, is found guilty of six counts of perjury before a congressional committee investigating Communist ties. He faces up to 60 years in prison. sentencing is delayed for five days. He plans to appeal if denied.
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Washington
Harold Christoffel
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Christoffel
Edward M. Curran
District of Columbia
House Labor Committee
Communist Political Association
Ned Sparks
Fred Blair
Allis-Chalmers Company
West Allis
Wis
Uaw-Cio
Allig- Chalmers
Robert Buse
Will
O’john Rogge
U. S. Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Louis F. Budenz
Communist Daily Worker
Fordham _uni
Plane Flight Saves Pneumonia Infant in 157 Mile Trip
A 2.5 year old, Stephen Woodring, was airlifted from Marion Indiana to Chicago's North Side Children’s Memorial Hospital after pneumonia and a throat ailment left him with only minutes of oxygen. The final leg was in a squad car as oxygen nearly ran out. The infant’s condition remains critical.
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Chicago
Marion
Ind
Stephen Woodring
North Side Children’s Memorial Hospital
Thelma Woodring
Injured Bethlehem Steel Worker Improves After Fall
Walter Hien of Bethlehem Steel is reported improving after a 50 foot plunge from a scaffold at a Yerry Coal oil tank. He suffered a broken back leg fractured ankle and a lacerated arm in the fall while a coworker was present.
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Walter Hien
Bethlehem Steel Company
Yerry
Hien
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