Union Ends 13 Cent Hourly Hike Amid Auto Strike
Chrysler workers return to 16 plants in Michigan Indiana and California after a 13 cent hourly raise ends a 17 day strike. GM meanwhile had a similar cost of living based increase for 225000 workers. Union leaders hail the settlement as a victory and ratification is due by June 7. Bath packinghouse workers settle under an interim wage boost of nine cents with court actions threatened to honor the old contract. Rail unions in Washington plan further talks as a no strike injunction runs to June 11.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
UAW
Ford Motor Co
Ford
Auto Union
Norman Matthews
Auto, Steel and Electrical Industries
Michigan
Indiana
California
Bath
United Packinghouse
Rath Packing Company
Waterloo
Lee Simon
Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
Wisconsin celebrates 100th birthday with parade and dignitaries
In Madison Wisconsin marks its centennial with a day of pageantry including a welcome program for voters and guests, Wisconsin commemorative stamps for Gov. Rennebohm, and appearances by notable figures such as Fleet Admiral Leahy and Maj. Gen. Gavin. The day features a massive parade with over 100 floats and 5000 musicians, plus track and field championships at Camp Randall and a Wisconsin exposition planned for August at West Allis. Wisconsin joined the union May 29 1848 after a long territorial history from 1670 through 1836.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Rennebohm
William D. Leahy
Julius
James Gavin
U. S
Joseph W. Lawler
Camp Randall Stadium
West Allis
New France
Northwest Territory
United States
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Marshall Sees Victory In Cold War
Secretary of State Marshall declares Western powers are winning the Cold War with Russia though end not yet in sight. In a Portland address, he warns of a potential false peace trap from Soviet propaganda and urges continued firm policy. He notes progress via the European Recovery Program and growing Western European stability.
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Washington
Russia
Marshall
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Portland
Ore
Soviet Union
United States
America
Wallace
Reps
Mundt
R-Sd
Nixon
R-Calif
Benes Has Not Signed Czech Constitution
Prague reports President Eduard Benes has not signed Czechoslovakia’s new constitution and shows no clear plan to do so. Officials, aides, and the president were unavailable, with Prague speculation about his future in office. U.S. Ambassador Steinhardt described Benes as relatively well for his age and condition.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovskia
People's Democracy
Benes
U. S
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Battle Develops Near Changchun as Forces Clash
Peiping dispatch reports a major battle developing in China with Communist troops said to have occupied the outskirts of Changchun and taken an airport eight miles away. Government sources claim national troops withdrew from Pingchuan, forty miles east of Chengde, capital of Jehol province.
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Peiping
Changchun
Pingcchuan
Chengieh
Jehol
Weather update for La Crosse area clouds rise then showers
Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight with a low around 54. Occasional local showers and a warmer Sunday with a high near 72.
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la Crosse
Baby Murder Clues Sought at Rail Station
Police seek evidence in the newborn baby murder found in a North Western rail station locker on March 9. Detective Captain Leo Kihm says hospitals have no usable records and officials investigate whether the birth occurred locally. Coroner Dr. George D. Reay plans an inquest midweek.
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North Western Railroad
Leo Kihm
Kihm
George D. Reay
Six-country talks on western Germany reach broad agreement
American diplomats said the six nation conference on western Germany's future reached agreements on nearly all political questions. A communique summarizing the results will be issued early next week.
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London
Germany
Quirino Orders Final Talks on $87 Million Hydro Loan
President Quirino wired instructions to Philippine Ambassador Joaquin Elizalde in Washington to start final negotiations for an $87,000,000 loan aimed at developing hydroelectric power in the islands.
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Manila
Quirino
Philippines
Joaquin M. Elizalne
Washington
Islands
Jews Fight to Break Siege of Jerusalem in 1948 Clash
Arab troops pressed action around Jerusalem as Jewish forces starved for water and supplies battled to open the lifeline roads. Israeli defenders surrendered old city pockets after five months, fires raged through the ghetto, and Latrun hosted a decisive, escalating engagement with Arab forces and Egyptian involvement.
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Cairo
Jerusalem
Legion
New Jerusalem
Old City
Abdullah
Arab Legion
Jersalem
Mediterranean
Haganah
Jewish Army
Tel Aviv
Holy City
Zion Gate
Amman
Trans- Jordan
Stalingrad
Latrun
Gromyko Attacks British Palestine Proposal at UN
Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Gromyko blasted Britain's mediation plan as hypocritical and imperialist. He told the United Nations Security Council to reject the resolution, warn of threats to peace in Palestine, and pursue a determined course, triggering sharp debate and no applause.
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Russia
Britain
Palestine
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Holy Land
Gromyko
Wisconsin official elected third vice president
John E. Canfield of Wisconsin Power and Light Co Madison Wisconsin was elected third vice president of the Public Utilities Advertising association at the close of a two day convention yesterday.
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Cleveland
John E. Canfield
Wisconsin Power and Light Co
Madison
Wis
Public Utilities Advertising Association
Explosion kills 11 on Formosa train
An explosion of camphor oil aboard a Formosa train killed 11 passengers and injured 52 others, Central News Agency reported.
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Nanking
Formosa
Central News Agency
National Spelling Bee Winner From Ohio Impresses Judges
A 14 year old girl from Black Horse Ohio won the national spelling contest amid harsh taunts. Jean Chappelear spelled difficult words like oligarchy and perspikewity, beating runner up Darrell Fiavelle who received 300 dollars. The Akron Beacon Journal sponsored the winner with 500 dollars and a New York trip.
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Jean Chappelear
Ravenna
Ohio
Darrell Flavelle
Washington, D. C
Jean
Darrell
Washington
Bea
Black Horse
Kent
Runerup
Darrell Fiavelle
Akron Beakin
Nashinel Press Klub
Bilding
MacArthur To Return After June Report
General Douglas MacArthur announced plans for a first trip to the United States in 11 years after the summer conventions. He awaits another invitation from the Senate Appropriations Committee to appear in Washington after the national conventions and declined an early return as politically timed. He said post June he could fully aid in clarifying Oriental issues.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
United States
Senate Appropriations Committee
Washington
Japan
Philadelphia
Poland and Bulgaria Sign 20 Year Friendship Pact
Poland and Bulgaria signed a twenty year pact of friendship and mutual assistance in Warsaw. The agreement marks Poland’s first alliance with a former German wartime ally, following prior pacts with Soviet Russia Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
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Warsaw
Poland
Bulgaria
Germany
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
Boy Hurt In Accident Near Burns Corner
Sixteen year old Charles Olson of Rockland suffered broken ribs and shock after his truck ran off county trunk highway E at 7 20 p m Friday, rolled over for 96 feet, then stopped about one mile south of Burns corner He was in a local hospital Saturday and was reported to be recovering nicely.
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Charles Olson
Rockland
Olson
Burns Corner
Plants Union Meet Tuesday Amid Brewery Contract Talks
Negotiations resume Tuesday between the brewers union and two city breweries after Friday sessions. Mayor C A Beranek arranged talks with La Crosse Breweries Inc and with G Heileman Brewing Co, aiming at separate contracts after an earlier strike threat.
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Brewers’ Union
C. A. Beranek
la Crosse Breweries, Inc
G. Heileman Brewing Company
Heileman Company
Plan Cabinet Shuffle in Indonesia Amid Tense Recognition
Vice President and Premier Mohamed Hatta planned a cabinet shuffle in the Indonesian republic today. He cited possible discontent sparked by Russia recognizing the republic as the reason for the anticipated reshuffle.
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Jogiakarta
Indonesia
Mohamed Hatta
South Africa Could Withdraw From United Nations
Pretoria reports say South Africa’s Nationalist government may consider leaving the United Nations over the Indian question and the UN trusteeship plan for southwest Africa. Smuts’ party leaders discuss his political future as Francois Malan is urged to form a new government.
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Pretoria
Union of South Africa
South Africa
United Nations
Jan Christian Smuts
World Organization
India
UN General Assembly
Southwest Africa
Union
League of Nations
Governor cites Hukbalahap death squads targeting officials
Gov. Jose Lingad of Pampanga says Hukbalahaps are organizing death by own action squads to assassinate Philippine officials. He reports 11 killings in his province during the recent truce.
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Manila
Hukbalahaps
Philippines
Jose Lingad
Pampanga
San Fernando
Congress Probes Voice of America Broadcasts to Russia
Congressmen scrutinize Voice of America and NBC scripts aired to foreign regions, citing South America slander cases. Rep Chenoweth pledges a full inquiry into state department messaging and oversight failures, with officials conceding shared responsibility and a push for prior supervision of scripts.
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Washington
U. S
Russia
South America
State Department
National Broadcasting Company
Voice of America
Chenoweth
R-Cole
House
United States
Senate
Latin America
White House
George V. Allen
NBC
D. Denny
Wallace Attacks Mundt Nixon Bill as Threat to Free Speech
Former vice president Henry A. Wallace testified before the senate judiciary committee arguing the Mundt Nixon anti communism bill would undermine free speech and free assembly. He called the measure subversive and warned it could empower the attorney general to outlaw organizations opposing government policy.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
Wallace
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
United States
Corrors
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
Wiley
R-Wis
Murdt
Senate Judiciary Committee
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