Reds Use Truman Stalin Meeting Talk in Propaganda Push
Western delegates say Moscow has intensified a propaganda offensive around the reported Truman Stalin meeting. A UN observer notes the Kremlin seeks to sway world opinion as the assembly pushes disarmament debates and Berlin talks amid Western majorities.
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Paris
Russia
United Nations Assembly
Truman
Stalin
New York
United States
Assembly
U. S
United Nations
Frederick H. Osborn
General Assembly
La Crosse County Forms Rural Writers Group
A La Crosse County branch of the Wisconsin Rural Writers association formed at a La Crosse County Library meeting led by Robert Gard and Edward Kamarack of the University of Wisconsin. The group invites writers of plays stories and poems with no membership fee and offers entry to the Wisconsin Idea theater contest. The next meeting is December 7 and attendees should bring a manuscript.
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la Crosse County
Wisconsin Rural Writers Association
Robert Gard
Edward Kamarack
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Idea
Kamarack
Wisconsin Idea Theater
University Avenue
Madison
Truman Obligated to See Stalin Says Soviet Press
Berlin Russian controlled papers claim President Truman obligated himself to meet Prime Minister Stalin before the election. They suggest Secretary of State George C. Marshall should travel to Moscow for direct talks on East West differences.
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Berlin
Truman
Moscow
Stalin
George C. Marshall
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Mostly cloudy tonight with light rain or snow possible early. Little temperature change expected. Low 34. Saturday high near 44.
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la Crosse
Rout Of Chinese Red Forces At Suchow
Nationalist reports claim nine Red columns routed at Suchow along the Grand Canal in the large canal battle. Communists allegedly withdrew with heavy losses and two divisions defected north of Suchow. Observers deem the victory potentially delaying the Red timetable by weeks as the Suchow clash continues.
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Suchow
Nanking
Grand Canal
Tsiwan
Peiping
Seventh National Army Corps
Red
Bridges Urges Special Congress Session on China Aid
Senator Bridges urges President Truman to call an immediate special congressional session to approve China aid. He chairs a watchdog committee on foreign aid and warns that without swift action Communist forces could take control of parts of China including Nanking and Shanghai.
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Bridges
Congress
China
Washington
Truman
Des Moines
Iowa
Europe
Far East
Kremlin
Moscow
Nanking
Shanghai
Publisher John Bridgeman Found Dead in Stanley Plant
John F. Bridgeman 45 publisher of the Stanley Republican was found dead yesterday morning in the basement of his printing plant. Authorities believe a heart attack caused him to fall down the stairs. He took over the weekly paper last year from his father W H Bridgeman who founded it in 1898.
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Stanley
Wis
John F. Bridgeman
Stanley Republican
Bridgeman
W. H. Bridgeman
Swiss con game ends with fake uranium scam doomed
In Zurnich Switzerland a man posing as a buyer offered a bottle claimed to hold 11 pounds of valuable material worth 250000. He swindled a victim into paying 5000 before police arrested the salesman and a henchman revealing no uranium existed.
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Zurnich
Switzerland
Mac
Heck
Vandenberg Pledges GOP To Europe Aid
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan pledged Republicans to aid Western Europe in defense while warning Moscow that Truman's election does not soften opposition to Soviet expansion. He spoke to the Reserve Officers association in Philadelphia and urged continuing regional self defense within UN principles.
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Washington
Moscow
Vandenberg
Michigan
Western Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Reserve Officers Association
Philadelphia
United Nations
Senate
United States
Truman and aides plan Havana trip amid post election changes
President Truman’s top Democratic leaders Senator Alben Barkley Senator J Howard McGrath and Leslie L Biffle interrupted talks to fly to Havana for a brief meeting McGrath indicated administration reorganization plans and potential cabinet changes while Truman stays in Key West awaiting Mrs Truman and Margaret aboard the USS Williamsburg.
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Key West
Fla
Truman
Havana
Alben W. Barkley
J. Howard McGrath
Leslie L Biffle
Senate
Democratic Policy Committee
McGrath
Washington
Tobin
Clark
the Treasury
Snyder
Agriculture Brannan
Donaldson
Aitken
R-Vi
Miami
Long Pond Birth Announcement for George Paradis
Eleven is definite number for George Paradis born at long hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month. He is named as the lith child of Mrs Albertine Paradis and marks the llth birth ay in LONG POND ME.
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Long Pond
George Paradis
Albertine Paradis
Pooner
Enlarge Defense Belt Eyes Expand to Twelve Nations
Western diplomats plan to decide next week whether to expand the Atlantic defense alliance from seven to at least 12 nations. Britain Canada France Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg meet Undersecretary Lovett to discuss uniting Europe’s free nations into a belt backed by American arms and aid. Invitations could go to Italy Portugal Norway Denmark Iceland and possibly Ireland with a December defense conference to draft the treaty.
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Washington
Britain
Canada
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Robert A. Lovett
Europe
Italy
Portugal
Norway
Denmark
Iceland
Ireland
State Department
Congress
West
Moscow
Fourth Round Wage Boost Predictions Stir Labor Peace Hopes
An unnamed administration official predicts a final wage round averaging seven to ten cents an hour if living costs stabilize. With past increases totaling about 18 15 and 11 cents since the war, major industries like steel and auto remain untouched. Plans for Truman labor policy include a strengthened labor department and reforms to Taft Hartley, targeting emergency strike provisions and anti-Communist affidavits. A proposed 60 day cooling off period would be backed by a nonbinding fact finding board and temporary enforcement measures.
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Washington
Truman
Labor Department
France Pitches 50 Year Military Pact At London Talks
Paris outlines a 50 year defense agreement linking the United States and Western European nations to mutual aid in case of attack. The plan reportedly includes the United States Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg with later inclusion of Canada. Defense officials say details remain secret as Ramadier warns reporters about publishing unannounced information.
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Paris
United States
Europe
France
London
U. S
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
James V. Forrestal
Paul Ramader
Forrestal
Canada
Ramadier
D R Jehlen Dies Friday in La Crosse Sausage Firm Leader
Dominic R. Jehlen 79 of 318 South Iifth street died in a local hospital Friday after a long illness. He joined the meat business with his father Dominic Jehlen Sr. and helped expand it from retail to manufacturing and distribution of sausage products. Born October 18, 1869 in La Crosse, he was educated locally and remained active in the firm until retirement.
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Dominic R. Jehlen
South Iifth
la Crosse
Jehlen
Dominic Jeluen
Stevedores Strike Spreads Across Atlantic Ports
New York and Boston harbors face an immediate embargo on all freight bound for export as the strike spreads. George C. Randall of the Association of American Railroads predicts the plan will be enacted, while longshoremen await President Truman’s message amid fears of a nationwide shutdown on three coasts. Ballot results by about 65,000 workers could prolong the waterfront shutdown from Portland to Hampton Roads, driven by expected rejection of a wage settlement.
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New York
Boston
The
Association of American Railroads
Association
Washington
George C. Randall
Atlantic
Gulf Seaboard
Truman
Portland
Hampton Roads
South
Kentucky Town Hires Fifth Police Chief in Months
EVARTS Kentucky May 4 Elihu Bailey says the city council hired a new police chief, its fifth in a bit over three months, replacing George Sellers who resigned while jailed on drunkenness charges. Mayor Bailey notes the new chief hails from Jackson and may stay if he is sound.
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Evarts
Elihu Bailey
Combs
Bailey
Jackson
George Sellers
Sellers
Harlan
Abe Bailey
Ing
Harlan County
Albert Smith
E. J. Baumgardner
H. T. Collier
Collier
Agor
Tojo Sentenced to Death as War Crimes Trials Conclude
The wartime tribunal announces death for Hideki Tojo and 6 of 24 top leaders, life terms for 16 others, and 20 years for Shigenori Togo. Sentences read in 21 minutes as MacArthur sets a petition deadline of November 19, with no execution date yet.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Kochi Kido
Alith
Shigenori Togo
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
William Webb
Australia
Tojo
Jiro Minami
Hiroshi Oshima
Germany
Douglas MacArthur
Sadao Araki
Manchuria
Col
Kingoro Hashimoto
Ladybird
U. S
Guneo Panay
Yangtze
Shunroku Hata
China
Baron Kiichiro Hiranuma
Japan
Naoki Hoshino
Okinori Kaya
North China Development Company
Hirohito
Kuniaki Koiso
Minami
Adm
Takasumi Oka
Navy
Kenryo Sato
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Koki Hiro
Doihara
Razor Brain
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Kenji Doihara
UN General Assembly
Juan A. Bramuglia
Security Council
Truygve Lie
Bramuglia
Herbert V. Evatt
Farm County Rural Writer Association
U. S. Air Force
Tsingtao
By Jack Bell
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Leven
Les Borer
Eva
Tribene Phete McElidowney
Sabina Miller
West Salem
Robert E. Gard
Alvin M. Peterson
Onalaska
Harold W. Ward
D. R. Jehlen
Herbert Hoover
Hoover Commission
Kentucky
Russell Brines
Henry Pu Yi
Koki Hirota
Pearl Harbor
Seishiro Itagaki
Kwantung Army
Mukden
Heitaro Kimura
Akira Muto
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