Floods Endanger Thousands Across Midwest and East
Flood waters from many rivers and streams inundated land in several East and Midwest states, with Pennsylvania and New York’s Susquehanna and Chenango areas hardest hit. Emergency declarations in Oil City and surrounding communities. levee danger reported at South Quincy Illinois. railroad yards and stores flooded in Hannibal Missouri.
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Chicago
Midwest
Pennsylvania
Susquehanna
Chenango
New York
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Michigan
Iowa
Ohio
Vermont
Tennessee
Alabama
Atlantic
Kentucky
Georgia
Tennesee
Pacific Northwest
Delaware
Allegheny
Oil City
Red Cross
Washington
Meadville
Titusville
Shickshinny
Plymouth
Pittsburgh
Weather Bureau
Quincy
Mississippi River
Canton
Hannibal
Burlington Railroad
War of Words Develops on Czech Coup
Security Council debate on the Czechoslovak Communist coup shifts into a verbal clash as Russia and the West trade charges. U S delegate War ner and Russia's And re A Gromyko expected to speak at 1 30 p m CST amid denials from Czech Communist regime officials and counter accusations over UN intervention.
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Security Council
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Soviet Union
United States
U. S
Warner
R. Austin
Andre A. Gromyko
Chile
Prague
Ukraine
Wassily A. Tarasenko
Greece
Italy
Vladimir Moudek
Council
Houdek
Jan Papanek
Papanek
Fierce Fighting Rages Anew In Palestine
In Palestine British forces moved tanks and artillery into the Judean hills to break the fiercest Arab Jewish battle in recent history. The four day fight paused briefly at dawn, according to British headquarters reporting a quiet hour afterward.
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Jerusalem
Judean
Palestine
Weather Update for La Crosse and Vicinity
Considerable cloudiness tonight and Wednesday with colder conditions on Wednesday. Lows near 30 tonight and a high around 30s Wednesday.
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la Crosse
Italy Rejects Yugoslav Trieste for Gorizia Swap
Italy spurned Yugoslavia's offer to exchange Trieste for Gorizia, noting Trieste is international territory. Amid postwar tensions, Allied powers debated postwar reconstruction and security while Italian leaders urged firmness against communism.
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Associated Press
Italy
Trieste
Gorizia
Yugoslavia
United States
Great Britain
France
Georges Bidault
Ernest Bevin
Washington
Marshall
Foreign Office
Europe
Britain
Benelux
Eugene Cardinal Tisserant
Interior Ministry
Raca
Viva
Alcide de Gasperi
Carlo Sforza
Rome
Gasperi
Rent Curbs Fight Steps Toward New Law
Senate and House negotiators failed in a two hour session to resolve differences on home rule in a new rent control bill. A third closed door session was held with optimism for a compromise on local boards power. The bill would decide whether local boards can hike ceilings or lift controls with or without federal veto. The extension of current controls runs to March 31, with final approval pending full chamber action and the president's signature.
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Washington
Senate
House
Cain
Rwash
Flanders
Tobey
Senate Banking Committee
Flares Hint at Survivors in Mountain Plane Crash
State police at Tillamook report a woman saw two red flares burning last night in the mountains east of Tillamook. The signals sparked hopes they were from survivors of a missing air force C 47. The Kelso Washington dispatch notes the sighting near Tillamook Ore.
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Kelso
Wash
Tillamook
Ore
Egen
Close Registrations In City On Wednesday
Voter registration ends March 24 with 4 30 p m as the city clerk office deadline. Citizens planning to vote in the April 6 elections must be registered and may call the city clerk if unsure of their status. Wednesday is the deadline to participate in the get out the vote effort.
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Wisconsin
British MPs Push Security in Trieste Frontier
Fresh detachments of British military police moved into the tense Trieste frontier area. Maj. Gen. Terence S. Airey, chief civil officer of the Allied military government, said the step was taken to prevent repeats of the September 15 incidents as Yugoslav forces had previously attempted to enter the American zone.
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Trieste
Terence S. Airey
Trieste Free Territory
Remote Control Chicago's Skyscraper Farmers Club
Chicago farmers drift between offices and country plots forming the Chicago Farmers Club founded in 1935. Members include Floyd E. Thompson and Winfred Bromstad, balancing city work with multiacre farms near Green County and Waukegan. The group has grown to about 700 members without formal recruitment.
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Chicago
Chicago Farmers Club
Floyd E. Thompson
Green County
Illinois
Winfred Bromstad
Waukegan
Congress Moves Tax Cut Bill Amid White House Clash
House Ways and Means votes 18 to five to accept Senate tax cut package of 4.8 billion dollars. Senate had approved 78 to 11, with President Truman pressured amid discussion of veto and possible military outlay. Speaker Martin predicts quick passage while Taft doubts a veto outcome. Community property provision cited by many Democrats as reason to support the bill.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
White House
Martin
Rmass
Truman
Popular Demand
Knutson
R-Minn
Taft
Congress
Rep. Knutson
Colver Enters Guilty Plea on Burglary Charge
Earl M. Colver aged 19 of La Crosse pleaded guilty to burglary in the nighttime. He was bound over to circuit court on 2500 dollars bond with appearance set for April 5. Detectives said he confessed to burglarizing the Meyer grocery and attempting to jimmy the cash register. he had prior California auto theft conviction and was on parole.
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Earl M. Colver
la Crosse
R. V. Ahlstrom
Colver
Meyer
Adams Street
John S. Coleman
California
How They Voted on Tax Reduction Bill
Washington and Wisconsin Republican senators McCarthy and Wiley joined the majority as the senate passed a 4.8 billion dollar tax cut bill. Michigan GOP senators Ferguson and Vandenberg also voted for the measure.
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Washington
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Wiley
Senate
Michigan
Ferguson
Vandenberg
Miners Reject Government Plan in Coal Walkout
United Mine Workers reject Ching plan to end the nine day coal strike and send crews back to work. Ball pushes Taft-Hartley action while J Monroe Johnson announces 25 percent cut in freight movement. The union terms the proposal grotesque and objects to pensions and welfare fund use.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Today
Cyrus Ching
White House
Ching
Truman
Ball
R-Minn
Senate-House
Ing
UMW
J. Monroe Johnson
Defense Transportation
John L. Lewis
Lewis
John Owens
John T. Jones
District 27
W. A. Boyle
Montana
United Mine Workers
Bee Coal
Hatch Predicts Truman To Fight On Despite Call For Withdrawal
Senate action mirrors national Democratic tensions as Hill withdraws support over civil rights policy while Hatch asserts Truman will fight to the end. Rumors swirl about Eisenhower and MacArthur influencing GOP and potential presidential choices ahead of Wisconsin and Nebraska primaries.
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Hatch
Truman
Washington
Hill
Alabama
South
Democratic Party
Charles G. Ross
Capitol Hill
Mr. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Ike
Plan Arraignment Of Four Men For Beating Robbery
Four men tied to Sunday assault and theft of Fritz Brenner, Brenner's Tavern operator on St Joseph ridge, face arraignment in county court. Kenneth Wile, Wilacy Edgerly, Norman Kafka, and Peter Jabolwick charged with felonious robbery and larceny of 527 dollars. Wilson also faces resisting an officer. Penalty ranges from one to seven years in state prison.
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Fritz Brenner
St. Joseph Ridge
Kenneth Wile
St. Louis
Wilacy Edgerly
Adams Street
Norman Kafka
Peter Jablowick
R. 1
la Crosse
Wilson
John S. Coleman
Waupun
Aoe
Vern H. Lamp
Horse Electrocuted as Team Collides With Pole
A Clarence Thomas and Sons team ran into a light pole, the pole snapped, a live wire fell on a horse causing electrocution and hay to catch fire. The Thomases saved the other horse and part of the hay.
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Kirkville
Ila
Clarence Thomas and Sons
Thomases
Dies at 55 N C Iverson heads North La Crosse Lumber
Norman C Fritz Iverson 55 president of North La Crosse Lumber Co died at home 913 Avon St after a heart attack. He was a World War I veteran linked with La 44 IOOF La Crosse Aerie 1251 Eagles and American Legion Roy L Wingers Post 52. Survived by wife two sons Archie Donald and daughter Marian and sister Ida Johnson. Funeral Thursday 2 p m Nelson funeral home Rev Walter E Gutzke officiating burial Oak Grove cemetery
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Norman C
Fritz) Iverson
North la Crosse Lumber Company
Avon Street
Copeland Avenue
St. Cloud Street
Iverson
La 44
IOOF
la Croise Aerie
Order of Eagles
Roy L. Wingers
American Legion
Archie
Donald
la Crosse
Marian
Ida Johnson
Minneapolis
Nelson Funeral Home
Walter E. Gutzke
Oak Grove Cemetery
City Hall to Close Friday Afternoon
Mayor C. A. Beranek announced that city hall will close on Good Friday afternoon, affecting municipal services and public access.
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C. A. Beranek
Woman on Way to Join Son Dies On NY Skyline
A 68 year old Kassel Germany woman, Mrs Maria Dentecolla, traveling aboard the Marine Jumper, dies at a porthole while viewing New York's skyline. Ship's surgeon cites heart condition aggravated by undue excitement. Vessel three days late due to rough weather.
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New York
Kassel
Germany
Maria Dentecolla
Senate Armed Forces Group Backs Truman Military Plans
Senate committee members report strong support for quick passage of limited draft and universal military training. Grew urged swift action to keep allies, while Taft warned of larger military needs. The United States Chamber of Commerce also backed universal military training as part of national security.
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Trieste
Lake Success
Britain
Alexander Cadogan
United Nations Security Council
Washington
Senate Armed Service Committee
Truman
America
Senate Armed Forces
Joseph C. Grew
Grew
U. S
Japan
Senate Armed Services Committee
Gurney
R-Sd
Senate Committee
Secretary of State
Marshall
Defense Forrestal
Secretary of the Army
United States
Europe
Bridges
R-Nh
Taft
Ohio
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Clem D. Johnston
Roanoke
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Army
Royals
Cree
China
Congress Aggressively Fast-Tracks Global Aid Packages
Both houses push a sweeping foreign aid push to Europe Asia and the Middle East including a $6.205 billion package for Europe and Asia 275 million for Greece and Turkey 463 million for China and 60 million for European relief with swift action aimed before April elections. The effort accompanies Truman support for universal military training and a draft revival with top officials stressing urgency while a Miller comment triggers Navy denial.
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
International Fund
Senate
House
Austria
Italy
France
Europe
Congress
Rep
A. L. Miller
R-Neb
Miller
Lincoln
Mediterranean
Washington
Rep. Miller
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O'Connell
Washington, D. C
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By Jack Bell
Eisenhower
MacArthur
Nebraska
Brenner
N. C. Iverson
Son
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Turkey
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