Indonesia and Dutch Reach Joint Plan for Sovereign Union
The Dutch and Republican Indonesians agree to a three point compromise to restore the Indonesian republic centered in Jogjakarta while pursuing a round table conference at The Hague to transfer sovereignty to a United States of Indonesia. The UN commission facilitates the agreement which also calls for a ceasefire and continued peace efforts.
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Batavia
Java
Jogjakarta
Hague
United States
Indonesia
U. S
United Nations Commission On Indonesia
Merle Cochran
Jan. Herman van Roven
Netherlands
Mohammed Rum
Fromustralia
Sultanate
Rum
Soekarno
Mohammed Hatta
The
UN Security Council
UN Commission On
Trio Of Nations To Talk Over German Questions In Advance
The United States Britain and France will discuss major German issues before the Paris four power meeting. Washington says the talks aim to review Western Germany policy and unity against Russia while not forming a Western bloc. Ambassador Jessup and Bohlen will meet British and French officials in Paris with Acheson to follow.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Paris
London
Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Acheson
State Department
Philip Jessup
Department
Charles E. Bohlen
Andrei Vishinsky
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schumann
Foreign
Western Wisconsin District Music Festival Parade Winners
Crowds filled the downtown to view a parade featuring 27 high school bands at the Western Wisconsin district music festival held at State Teachers College. Judges from Winona named first and second place winners across Class A B Band and D divisions with Alma Center Ettrick Fountain City La Farge Ontario Reedstown Trempealeau among top finishers. La Crosse hosted this statewide event with 17 similar festivals statewide.
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Winona
Minn
Robert Andrus
Viroqua
Tomah
West Salem
Whitehall
Cashton
Bangor
Galesville
Onalaska
Viola
Westby
Arcadia
Gays Mills
Memorial Plan For Mrs. Herman Wolf Memorial
St Louis Red Cross headquarters approve a fund in memory of Mrs Herman Wolf longtime La Crosse county chapter member and former chairman 1929 to 1946 who died Friday The memorial fund will be kept separate and may receive contributions at any time Officials hope it will fund a permanent county chapter Red Cross headquarters
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St. Louis
American Red Cross
Herman Wolf
la Crosse County
Red Cross
The
Arabs Take Offices in Trans-Jordan Cabinet
Three Palestine Arabs became ministers in the Trans-Jordan government in Amman as King Abdullah strengthens his claim to lands west of the Jordan. A royal decree announced the new cabinet under Premier Tewfik El Huda Pasha, with the reorganization ordered by Abdullah May 3.
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Amman
Trans-Jordan
Abdullah
Jordan
Tewfik el Huda Pasha
Sunday Sky Forecast With Moderate Temperatures
Partly cloudy conditions expected Sunday with moderate temperatures peaking in the afternoon around 72 degrees. Weather outlook calls for gentle breeze and comfortable humidity levels statewide.
La Crosse Region Schools Vie For Music Event Honors
Thirty one western Wisconsin high schools competed in the western Wisconsin district music festival at the State Teachers College with 2,500 musicians in bands orchestras choruses and glee clubs. The day featured judging from 8 a m to 3 p m a downtown parade and a 7 45 p m concert by the Wisconsin School Music Association. J F Rolfe served as local chairman. Winners were named across band concert groups orchestra and choral classifications with multiple schools earning firsts and seconds in Class A B C D divisions.
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Wisconsin
State Teachers College
la Crosse
Wisconsin School Music Association
J. F. Rolfe
Joseph Skornika
Milwaukee
Milton C. Davenport
Robert Andrus
Winona
Minn
Marion G. Huxtable
Darleen McCormick
Madison
Wis
Walter Daniels
Tomah
Ss Viroqua
Salem
Whitehall
Cashton
Westby
Independence
Onalaska
Bangor
Galesville
Soldiers Grove
Verdota housing project breaks ground in La Crosse area
The first major Verdota addition project off Losey boulevard will start Tuesday with Mayor Henry J. Ahrens breaking ground at 10 a.m. Contractor Nolop, 1101 Losey Blvd South, developed the plan for 10 initial homes to be built, with ten more later in another section. Completion of the first group is expected within three months.
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Verdota Addition
la Crosse
Hoffman Won't Quit As ECA Chief Amid Rumors
Washington reports say Paul G. Hoffman will not resign as economic cooperation administrator. Despite rumors of disfavor in Democratic circles and a possible return to private industry, Hoffman and his aides insist he plans to stay. He cites progress of recovery and a stemmed communist threat in Europe as reasons for confidence.
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Washington
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Marshall Plan
Studebaker
Europe
British official urges youth to keep schoolboy ideals
Harold Cooper, a British colonial administrator with 14 years in Nigeria, urged 100 delegates at the University of Wisconsin to hold onto idealism. He warned against abandoning early ideals as fashion changes and called for millions who keep the enthusiasm of youth, citing the United Nations conference context. Schools represented included the University of Wisconsin and multiple colleges and high schools across Wisconsin.
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Madison
Wis
Harold Cooper
United Nations
University of Wisconsin
I R
Nigeria
The
State University
Green Bay
Kenosha
Eau Claire
la Crosse
Milwaukee
Mt. Mary College
Madison Edgewood College
Viterbo College
Mission House
Plymouth
East
Central
Solons Eye Labor Law Compromise In July Action
Washington reports that Congress is poised to approve a new labor law replacing Taft Hartley in this session. The measure aims to balance reforms between the Wood and Sims bills, with possible use of court authority for national emergency disputes and injunctive powers.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Wood
D-Ga
Sims
Rep
D-Sc
Rayburn
D-Tex
Con
Lesinski
Indian Airport Project Aims World-Record Transit Hub
India proposes a 132 million dollar, ten year aviation development plan to make the Bombay Santa Cruz airport the world’s largest international air transit station. The effort targets expanding facilities and connectivity to position Bombay as a major global gateway.
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London
Santa Cruz
Bombay
India
Boy reunites with mother after five years away
Pittsburgh boy Andy Tempos Jr. finally finds his mother just before Mother s Day. After five years apart his mother returns, saying it was a young mistake, and the family plans to begin anew with a new father and a two year old brother. The boy had hoped for a mother since Palm Sunday and received more than 1500 adoption offers, but held out for a letter signed Mother.
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Pittsburgh
Andy Tempos, Jr
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Andy
Sur-Telegraph
Truman urges patience as lawmakers face critics
President Truman told lawmakers that the public does not care whether they know it when they agree with a congressman. He recalled his ten years in the Senate and joined Senator Vandenberg in hoping constituents will offer bouquets with the brickbats to their elected officials.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Vandenberg
R-Mich
No Progress In Driver Strike
Northland Greyhound Bus Lines workers near 10th day of strike with 1300 employees idle across 13 states. AFL policy committee telegraphed Sen Hubert Humphrey urging presidential takeover. two meetings, state and federal, failed to yield a settlement. No further talks were planned.
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Minneapolis
Northland Greyhound Bus Lines
Oves
Minneapolis Central Labor Union Policy Committee
AFL
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Northland
Boy Drowns In Quarry While Swimming
Patre Bortle ten year old drowned in a quarry backwater of the Chippewa river in Eau Claire Wisconsin. Firemen recovered the body about twenty minutes after he fell from a log while swimming with two companions. Artificial respiration failed.
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Eau Claire
Wis
Patre Bortle
Chippewa
Yugoslavs Seek Postwar Dollars for Farming Equipment
Yugoslavs are likely to receive postwar credits from the world bank to buy American agricultural machinery and equipment to drain land. Investigators may be sent soon to assess loan viability as no war goods are involved.
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Washington
World Bank
Woman Survives 1000-Foot Embankment Plunge
SAN RAFAEL California Miss Alice Smith twenty four rode a station wagon over a 1000 foot embankment Saturday. At the bottom she crawled out as the car remained upright halted by a boulder. She suffered a broken nose and a cut eye.
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San Rafael
Calif
Alice Smith
President Truman Turns 65 Acknowledged As Iron Man
Washington reports on President Truman’s 65th birthday with White House physician Brig. Gen. Wallace Graham praising his iron health and strong constitution. Graham notes he works too hard and could stand to shed weight aiming near 170 pounds as Truman reflects on his 178 pounds. Sunday marks the birthday and V E day anniversary, recalling his first White House year in 1945.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Wallace Graham
Graham
Bevin Optimistic on German Problem at Paris Talks
British Foreign Secretary Bevin voiced optimism for a successful agreement with the Russians on Germany. He planned to meet UK US French and Soviet ministers in Paris May 23 to gather first hand knowledge of the German situation. Western military governments prepared to move traffic when Russia lifts its blockade, with railways ready to dispatch trains carrying 28 000 tons of goods starting May 12.
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Bevin
Schumann
Acheson
Washington
Germany
Ruhr
Berlin
Russia
United States
France
Paris
U. S
Frankfurt
Helmstedt
Britain
Gen Arnold Named To Five Star Rank
President Truman signed a bill elevating Gen Henry H Arnold retired to a five star general rank in the air force.
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Gen. Arnold
Wisconsin's oldest native Mary Foulks dies at 101
Mary Elizabeth Foulks 101 died Friday in Platteville Wisconsin. Born 1847 in Lima Grant County she was a former schoolteacher and seamstress. Funeral services will be held Sunday in Platteville honoring Wisconsin's reputed oldest native.
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Platteville
Wis
Mary Elizabeth Foulks
Wisconsin
Miss Foulks
Lima
Grant County
Radio broadcasts pierce Soviet jamming effort during peace day
British and American radio stations pushed through a strong Soviet jamming curtain on Radio Day with 21 BBC transmitters and 36 more US signals. A BBC spokesman said one fifth of the stations were completely clear and some others remained clear at times. Soviet interference was heavy, with 30 to 50 jammers cited by VO A Europe chief S P Bergere.
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London
Soviet Union
British Broadcasting Corp
BBC
Russia
Guglielmo Marconi
George V. Allen
U. S
Washington
Berlin
United States
S. P. Bergere
Voice of America
Europe
Frankfurt
Two Die in Readstown Area Headon Crash
In Vernon county near Folsom two people were killed and four others seriously injured in a headon collision on a town road. Dorothy Anderson and Philip Heal died, with driver Charles Anderson and four others rushed to hospitals after flames erupted. Ambulances from Viroqua and La Crosse treated the injured. Gald was most seriously hurt among the survivors.
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Viroqua
Wis
Folsom
Vernon County
Dorothy Anderson
Boaz
Philip Heal
Readstown
Charles Anderson
Julia Bolstad
Adolph Gald
Norma Lee Callaway
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Anderson
Heal
Edward Lerum
Miss Bolstad
Gald
Miss Calloway
Lerum
Arlene
Virogua
County Welfare Department
Qualley and Swanson
Miss Anderson
Miss Callaway
Communications Lost With Rail City Kashing Near Shanghai
Shanghai reports all communications with Kashing a strategic rail city 62 miles from Shanghai are cut off. government notes no definite fall but hints persist. Earlier, government claimed Reds repelled at Kashing airport while Communists claimed capture of a town 33 miles north of Tsingtao in a drive on that anchorage.
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Shanghai
Kashing
Tsingtao
U. S
Transport Converted Ready for Reconversion After Berlin Blockade
Washington reports MATS has a detailed plan to switch back to normal operations once the Berlin blockade ends. The document outlines staffing, routes, and logistical steps for returning to peacetime air transport.
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Washington
Military Air Transport Service
MATS
Berlin
ROOM for rent ad promises fast results
Just as the flame attracts the moth, want ads will help fill vacancies. Otto Klix of 224 North 7th St. reports renting a room within an hour of the paper’s publication. Readers are urged to call the Tribune Classified Department for fast rental notices.
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Tribune
Otto Klix
North 7Th St
North 7Th
Classified Department
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