Reds Boycott UN Meeting On Iran Dispute
In New York Andrei Gromyko led the Soviet boycott of the UN Security Council session on Iran evacuations by Red Army troops. The council deferred Iran’s case to May 20 with no opposition to a US resolution, as Gromyko previously warned. Hussein Ala reported Tehran’s information limited to Russia’s withdrawal from four provinces, Azerbaijan’s status unclear. The meeting also touched on Spain inquiry phases and human rights questions.
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New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Iran
Security Council
United States
Gromyko
Russia
Council
Hussein Ala
Tehran
Azerbaijan
Counhel
Semani
UN Committee For the Control of Atomic Energy
Hunter College
New Price Formula Aims to Divert Grain From Livestock to Food
Washington officials report a new grain pricing plan to curb livestock feeding and boost human food supplies. Expected to raise ceiling prices, with corn up 20–25 cents a bushel and wheat 5–10 cents as part of an effort to meet 1946 export goals.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Chinese Communists Predict End of Civil War in Manchuria
In Changchun the Communist northeast bureau asserts they have seized 70 percent of Manchuria and foresee an end to the civil conflict. They claim Chiang Kai-shek's forces will be defeated as government soldiers lose the will to fight, expect negotiations or total victory.
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Changchun
Manchuria
Chiang Kai-shek
Eral
Communist
Northeast
Chiang
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Fair and warmer tonight with lows around 40 in the city and 36 in rural areas. Thursday brings increasing clouds with little temperature change and a high near 64.
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la Crosse
Auto giants face coal strike layoffs and plant shutdowns
Ford begins layoff of 110000 workers in Detroit area with plants closed possibly 30 days or longer as coal shortages ripple through GM and Chrysler. Rail embargo and power limits also curb supply, with four months of delayed output at about half capacity and 800000 vehicles produced since July 1.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Ford-Uaw
Chrysler Corp
General Motors Corp
la Grange
Electro-Motive
Ill
M. L. Bricker
Chicago
Bricker
Railroads To Cut Services Into La Crosse
Railroads serving La Crosse announce reduced passenger schedules and broad freight embargoes effective Friday at 12:01 am. The North Western Burlington and Milwaukee lines curtail service while mail transport remains lightly limited. Freight bans exclude livestock coal fuel food animal feeds paper and surgical supplies with diesel hauls permitted. Several passenger trains are canceled or consolidated with Elroy to Mankato and Chicago to Minneapolis routes affected.
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la Crosse
North Western
Burlington
Milwaukee
Chicago
Minneapolis
Western Wisconsin
Elroy
Wis
Mankato
Minn
Milwaukee Road
Seattle
Hiawatha
Camp McCoy
City Council approves zoning relax to aid veterans housing
The common council committees unanimously approved relaxing the city zoning code to permit emergency veterans housing projects to erect temporary dwelling units on approved sites until Jan 1 1950. Final action will occur at the regular council meeting.
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City Hall
Germans Watch Yank Parade In Frankfurt On VE Day
In Frankfurt four thousand American troops paraded with two light armored cars to mark the first VE Day anniversary. German civilians watched in silence as bands played sporadically and children stood hushed.
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Frankfurt
U.S
Wants British Debt Paid
Senator McFarland calls for a businesslike settlement of Britain's World War I debt before approving a new 3.75 billion dollar credit. He supports an amendment linking repayment to American rights to wartime bases in British possessions. The Senate moved up to consider the amendment amid hopes the loan measure could reach the House by nightfall.
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Washington
McFarland
D-Ariz
Britain
Senate
Six Months Labor For Racine Cab Theft
Racine police charge 36 year old Harry Pahl with appropriating a taxicab for six months at hard labor in the county jail for operating a car without the owner's consent.
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Racine
Harry Pahl
Couple marked 70th wedding anniversary in Platteville
Mr and Mrs Malcolm Wood of Platteville quietly celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary yesterday. Both are 91 and were married at Ellenboro Wisconsin on May 7 1876. Mr Wood is a retired cabinetmaker.
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Platteville
Malcolm Wood
the Woods
Ellenboro
Wis
Wood
British Proposal To Leave Egypt Wins Confidence Vote
The British government won a 327 to 158 confidence vote in the House of Commons over a plan to withdraw all British forces from Egyptian territory. Attlee defended the plan to calm Egyptian nationalism as Cairo negotiates treaty revisions, with five years cited to complete the withdrawal and a strengthened Egyptian force to defend the Suez Canal. Churchill and the Conservative minority backed the proposal, flagging its imperial implications.
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Egypt
London
Britain
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Herbert Morrison
Attlee
Ian Fraser
Cairo
Farouk
Suez Canal
Churchill
City Officials Plan Conference on Downtown Parking
Civic groups and city traffic officials will meet at the Chamber of Commerce to map first steps for easing downtown parking jams. Traffic Sgt. Lyie Gilbert aims to gather many feasible solutions from Lions Rotary Kiwanis North Side Businessmen AFL CIO Mayor Verdota Junior Chamber and merchants division.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lyie Gilbert
Gilbert
Lions
Rotary
Kiwanis
North Side
Sgt
Frost Causes Minor Damage Reported in Wisconsin
The report notes light frost in La Crosse with no damage while showers bolster crops in southern border counties and Green Bay. Wisconsin's April rainfall averaged 0.83 inch, the lowest in 56 years, as spring planting advances with corn and oats nearing readiness and some winter grains growing slowly. Howard J. Thompson cites limited western and northern rain since April 7. A warming trend is forecast tonight across the region.
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Wisconsin
Green Bay
Howard J. Thompson
U. S
Milwaukee
Iowa
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
U. S. Weather Bureau
la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Thompson
Truman 62 Today Observes Birthday With Quiet Plans
President Truman marks his 62nd birthday with a stated plan for a business as usual day at the White House. Officials say no party details have been shared and a birthday cake would be kept secret from him if one exists.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Charlies G. Ross
Say Striking Rail Pickets Shot In Back
The state charges that striking pickets were shot in the back by four railroad guards at Gridley on February 6 during a strike by 13 railroad brotherhoods against Toledo Peoria and Western. Two pickets died and three were wounded. A jury of five men and seven women was chosen to hear manslaughter trials of the guards in circuit court.
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Bloomington
Ill
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad
Gridley
William C. Radliff
Roy Daily
Peoria
Group OKs G/ Terminal Leave Pay for Enlisted
The House Military Committee approved retroactive legislation granting enlisted service personnel terminal pay rights similar to officers. Enlistees discharged after furlough accrual could receive up to 120 days pay, computed at two and a half days per month of service, with actual time off offsetting furlough pay. The measure covers those who served since the draft law took effect.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Army
Navy
Coal strike hardens as UMW refuses to budge demands
John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers stood firm on contract demands keeping 400000 miners idle. Federal Mediator Paul Fuller pushed talks with little success while lawmakers warned against rushed coal emergency legislation as Civilian Production Administration set emergency controls to keep utilities operating.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Washington
Wivrephoto
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler Corp
Association of American Railroads
Paul W. Fuller
Lewis
Fuller
Capitol Hill
Senate
Barkley
Ball
Minn
Taft
Ohio
John D. Small
Small
Aged Man Nelson Found Dead in His Room
Nels O. Nelson, 82, of 11142 Pearl Street, was found dead on the floor of his apartment at 6 30 p m Tuesday by fellow tenants. County coroner Dr George Reay said Nelson likely died six days earlier from a heart attack and noted letters inviting proxies as a stockholder. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p m at Hellwig Morris chapel with Rev George Alvilden officiating. burial in a cemetery at Ettrick Wisconsin.
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Nels O. Nelson
Pearl Street
George Reay
Nelson
Long Beach
Calif
Black River Falls
Wis
Reay
Hellwig- Morris
George Alvilden
Ettrick
North Side Wins Dredged Beach Plan For Black River
The common council approved a dredging project to create a swimming beach 250 feet north of Logan Street on the Black River. A Winona firm will dredge at a cost of 29,988 with 22,898 available now. Debate favored a beach over a pool, citing safety and water quality tested by the state health department as among the purest bathing beach waters in the state. Dredging could start mid July and finish in about a month.
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North Side
Black River
Logan Street
Common Council
Winona
Joseph A. Zeimentz
Walter T. Roth
Warren Smith
F. A. Kraft
A. R. Kempter
James Durland
J. J. Verdota
Smith
State Public Health Department
Council
La Crosse Seeks Flights to Stop Over At City Airport
La Crosse attorney Fred E. Steele told the Civil Aeronautics Board that about 250000 residents wonder why 50 daily overflights do not land at La Crosse airport. He urged Northwest Airlines to make one or two stops daily, while Northwest and CAB examiner Ruhlen consider feeder service less favorable.
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Washington
la Crosse
Wis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Fred E. Steele
Northwest Airlines
Chicago
Minneapolis- St. Paul
Steele
Seth Richardson
Northwest Aiirlines
F. Merritt Ruhlen
Northwest
North Central States
Madison
Twin Cities
Northwest Airlines Seeks Immediate La Crosse Link
City Attorney Fred E. Steele urged the civil aeronautics board to allow Northwest Airlines to land at La Crosse's modern airport to provide through service to Chicago and the Twin Cities. He said Parks Air Transport feeder lines would take a year or more to start, while Northwest could begin in June or July.
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la Crosse
North
Midwest
Northwest Airlines
Fred E. Steele
Civil Aeronautics Board
North Central
Steele
Northwest
Chicago
Twin Cities
CAB Examiner
F. Merritt Ruhlen
Parks Air Transport, Inc
Madison
Parks
E. H. Woehrmann
Brice Prairie
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Appleton
Parks Air Transport Service
North-Central Airlines
Northwest Airlines, Inc
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Butte
Mont
Spokane
Weeth Richardson
Congressional
Pearl Harbor
Mid-Continent Airlines, Inc
Milwaukee
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Russell Johnson
George P. Ruediger
Say
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