Birth of Princess Elizabeth's Son Proves Healthy and Jubilant
Britain greets the birth of Princess Elizabeth's son with cheers as doctors report both mother and infant in satisfactory condition. The seven pounds six ounce baby is described as a bonny lad awaiting potential title of Prince of Wales and a future ruler.
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AFL seeks repeal of Taft Hartley at 67th convention
AFL President William Green urged immediate repeal of the Taft Hartley act as the 67th AFL convention opened in Cincinnati. He praised labor influence on Truman victory and Democratic control, while warning that abrupt repeal without a new law could leave a gap in labor relations agencies. Delegates debated timing and policy with a plan to craft specifics before November 23.
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Eight Opposition Leaders Jailed by Sofia District Court
A Sofia district court sentenced eight top leaders of the Social Democratic party to stiff prison terms. The ruling denounces the party as a threat and marks a high point in the authorities' crackdown on political dissent.
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Bulgaria
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UN Plea for Berlin Peace Reaches US Response Awaited
Paris reports an informed source says Secretary of State Marshall will answer for President Truman to a United Nations appeal for four power talks on the Berlin crisis. Lie and Evatt sent letters to Truman Stalin Attlee and Queuille urging a four nation meeting. Marshall to respond after consultations with British and French foreign ministers.
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Australia
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Clement Attlee
Britain
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France
Hector McNeil
Robert Schuman
United States
Moscow
County Board Rejects Open Meetings Plan
County board members voted 25 to 14 against a plan to make all committee and regular meetings open to the public press and radio with exceptions for pension matters. The board adjourned to 10 am Wednesday for department reports, wage increases for county employees, and bids for a new highway shop.
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la Crosse County
Melvin Gilberg
Coleman
Beard
Civil defense primer urges volunteer forces for postattack rescue
The Office of Civil Defense releases a 43 expert report to Secretary Forrestal outlining a civilian defense system centered on local and state control. It proposes volunteer mobile reserve battalions, federal funding for training and equipment, and expanded help for rescue and firefighting after an attack. The plan notes germ warfare topics are not publicly discussed and are reserved for military study.
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Office of Civil Defense Planning
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Nstead
Research and Development Board
National Military Establishment
Salary Additions Tie La Crosse In City Tables
The teachers union provides data to Alder man Franklin Pamperin on married teachers' pay. Tables show La Crosse ranking among cities: Table 4 ties for fifth in 24 cities, Table 5 places fifth in 19, Table 6 places sixth in 11, Table 7 places tenth in 19.
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la Crosse
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Janesville
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Racine
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Waukesha
Sunday Tribune
Two Democrats Named To Inauguration Group
Senator Hayden of Arizona and Senator McGrath of Rhode Island were named by the outgoing Senate Republicans to the joint congressional inauguration committee. They replace Senator Brooks of Michigan and Senator Barkley of Kentucky who will become vice president when Truman is sworn in.
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Arizona
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Rhode Island
Brooks
R-11
Barkley
D-Ky
Trumar
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Increasing cloudiness and warmer tonight with a low around 36. Tuesday turns colder late after cloudy skies, with a high in the afternoon.
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la Crosse
Reds Threat to Nanking Grow as Communists Advance
Communists push south from Suchow toward Nanking with reports of isolated lines and a disrupted Yangtze railroad. Government reinforcements struggle along the line, while Marines evacuate and protect the American consulate as Shantung area braces for possible occupation.
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Charles Hayes
Salem Mass
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Tientsin
Grange Committee Urges World Police
Portland report states a National Grange committee urged an international police force under strengthened United Nations control to preserve world order and suggested a limited world government may be needed to maintain peace.
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National Grange Convention
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Grange Committee On National Welfare
Dever Seeks Probe Of Massachusetts Electric Rates
Paul A. Dever, 45, Democrat, becomes Massachusetts governor with a 389000 plurality the largest for a Bay State chief executive. A veteran of 20 years in politics and Navy service, Dever plans to ask the Federal Power Commission to investigate high electric light rates in the state. Born in Boston, he rose from peddler to law student and political figure amid a career marked by prior defeats for governor and lieutenant governor.
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Massachusetts
Paul A. Dever
Dever
Bay State
Leverett Saltonstall
Saltonstall
Atic
Federal Power Commission
Rick Offering Police Plans For Council Meeting
Police Chief Herman Rick outlined reorganizational recommendations he will present to the common council committees at 7 30 p m in the council chambers. He also plans to answer charges raised by the La Crosse Industrial Safety Council during its last month critique of the department.
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Common Council
Rick
la Crosse Industrial Safety Council
Dr Arnold Jackson Elected Secretary of Surgeons Group
Dr Arnold Jackson of Madison Wisconsin was elected secretary of the United States chapter of the International College of Surgeons yesterday by the group's house of delegates in St Louis.
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Arnold Jackson
Madison
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United States
International College of Surgeons
House of Delegates
Sparta Woman Dies as Bridge Span Collapses
A bridge span to Sparta Wisconsin collapsed while a truck and car crossed it killing Mrs. A L Libke of Sparta and injuring her husband. The vehicle occupants escaped, Libke survived, and the body of Mrs Libke was recovered from the car twenty minutes later. The Libkes had been visiting family in Janesville before the accident.
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Janesville
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la Crosse
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Albert Duxrud
Kenneth
Germany
Ronald
County sets real and personal property valuation at 143 million
Valuation for county taxes fixed at 143,649,123 by the state department of taxation, up 23,350,118 from last year. The county board’s assessment committee recommends adoption, action expected later in the week. District valuations and ratios shown. La Crosse city bears 78.6 percent of total levy.
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Boards of Trustees
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la Crosse
Local Woman Eve L. Burritt Missing After Disappearance
The search for Eve lyn Burritt 43 of 1233 Redfield Street continues with investigators interviewing friends and relatives but no light has been shed on her mysterious disappearance. Captain Leo Kihm urges houseboat owners near the north side beach to stay alert as a possible drowning scenario is considered. Burritt had been under medical care before vanishing Monday afternoon. her purse was found on the bathing beach Thursday and bloodhounds traced her scent to the river’s edge multiple times as dragging efforts were paused Saturday night.
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Redfield Street
Leo Kihm
Barritt
Kihm
North Side
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