Human Failure Said To Cause Long Island Rail Crash
Governor Thomas E. Dewey said preliminary evidence points to human failure in the Thanksgiving eve wreck on the Long Island Railroad that killed 77. He ordered rapid action to make the line safer as commissions probe causes amid rising public demand.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Long Island
Dewey
Florida
State Public Service Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
City of
Queens County
Long Island Railroad
Nassau County
J. Russel Sprague
New York World-Telegram
the Sun
UN forces Mount Major Offensive to End Korean War
UN troops attack on all fronts in bitter cold aiming to end the Korean War by Christmas. General MacArthur directs the push from the front as 100,000 UN, Chinese, and North Korean troops clash on the northwest front 45 to 60 miles south of the Manchurian border.
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Tokyo
United Nations
MacArthur
Yalu River
Sinuiju
Kanggyre
Yalu
U. S
U. S. Eighth Cavalry Regiment
New York
UN Assembly
Formosa
Washington
Lame Duck Session Heads For Trouble
Washington reports a prospective Republican slowdown in the lame duck session beginning Monday. GOP leaders favor minimal action, potentially hindering Truman administration requests for an excess profits tax and rent control extensions while threatening Hawaii and Alaska statehood bills. Debate over a 60 to 90 day rent control extension and tying controls to price wage policies could shape early 1947 actions.
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Washington
Truman
Hawaii
Alaska
Korea
Maybank
D-Sc
Senate Banking Committee
Ives
Taft
Ohio
GOP
House
Senate
Chinese Reds Arrive To Charge U S With Aggression
A nine member Chinese Communist delegation reached Idlewild International airport amid a UN debate on Formosa. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Malik urged immediate Chinese participation in the 60 nation political committee, while Tsiang of Nationalist China rejected the move as propaganda. U S delegate Dulles declined to comment.
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U.S
Formosa
Tom Ochiltree
Russia
Wisconsin deer hunt ends with 16 deaths across seven days
During the final day of Wisconsin's seven day deer season, sixteen hunters have died. Ten from heart attacks and six from gunfire. Notable incidents include Robert Fritz of Peshtigo dying of a heart attack at a camp near Athelstane and Dean Vanderhyde of Rural Shell Lake shot—mistaken for a deer—in Washburn county.Temperatures dropped near zero as most hunters stayed out. one accidental shooting injured Harry Moody of Schofield, whose leg was amputated at a Tomahawk hospital.
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Wisconsin
Robert Fritz
Peshtigo
Athelstane
Marinette Forest
Dean Vanderhyde
Shell Lake
Washburn County
Floyd Bannister
Vanderhyde
Bill Waggoner
Conservation Department
L-County
Waggoner
Harry Moody
Route 1
Schofield
John
Shanawan
Lincoln County
Moody
Tomahawk
U. S. Seventh Army Is Reactivated in Europe
HEIDELBERG Germany The United States Friday announced the reactivation in Europe of its seventh army marking the first American army on the continent since World War II. Two veteran units the first U S infantry division and the U S constabulary have been assigned to the new formation Gen Thomas T Handy announced in Europe.
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Heidelberg
Germany
United States
Europe
Seventh
U. S
U. S. Constabulary
Thomas T. Handy
Local Weather for La Crosse Tonight and Saturday
Variable cloudiness tonight and Saturday with light snow at times. Coldest temps in city near zero, countryside around minus five, with a high near 24 on Saturday.
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la Crosse
Truman Forms Wage Stabilization Board With Appointments
President Truman established a wage stabilization board under the 1950 defense act and announced eight members joining Cyrus Ching as chairman. Public members include John Dunlop and Clark Kerr. industry members are Henry B. Arthur J Ward Keener Reuben B. Robertson Jr. Labor appointees are Harry C. Bates Emil Rieve and Elmer E. Walker. The board, with a price administrator to be named, will encourage voluntary restraints over mandatory controls.
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Washington
Cyrus Ching
John Dunlop
Harvard
Clark Kerr
Institute of Industrial Relations
University of California
Henry B. Arthur
Hinsdale
Ill
Swift and Co
Wage Stabilization Board
Alan Valentine
Valentine
Philip Murray Re-elected CIO Chief for 11th Term by Acclamation
In Chicago, Philip Murray was unanimously chosen as CIO president for an 11th term by acclamation on Friday, continuing his leadership of the labor federation.
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Chicago
Philip Murray
CIO
Yale Fete Parade Order Set for Saturday
March order announced by Junior Chamber of Commerce for downtown Yale parade led by an ORC color guard from the 84th airborne division. Santa on a Jaycee float closes the miles long march with 22 units, starting 10 a.m. Saturday from Second and Main.
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Chamber of Commerce
Organized Reserve Corps
84Th Airborne Division
Santa Claus
ORC
Recruiting Service
VFW
S and H
Fifth Avenue Merchants
Caledonia Street Merchants Association
American Legion
Quinn’s
Coca Cola, Inc
Catholic War Veterans
Henry Ahrens
Barrons Department Store
la Crosse Plugs
Manke Hardware
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Elfman Marine and Motors
Wiggert Bros
Bierman backs La Crosse TC bid for Cigar Bowl
Retiring Minnesota coach Bernie Bierman endorsed La Crosse Teachers College undefeated squad for the New Year’s Day Cigar Bowl in Tampa Florida. Shrine leader A G Raatz said Bierman telegrammed Egypt Temple in Tampa calling the La Crosse team “very attractive” for the game. Shriners sponsor the bowl.
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Minnesota
Bernie Bierman
la Crosse
Teachers College
Tampa
Fla
G. Raatz
Bierman
Potentate of Egypt
Shriners
Thanksgiving dinner turns into domestic farce
A couple wakes to a chaotic morning after Thanksgiving with jokes about turkey, family frictions, and a plan to dine out next year. The wife defends the family gathering as essential while the husband suggests a quiet meal. The exchange ends with the insistence on keeping the family together.
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Alice
Grandmother Bagged Deer and Bear on First Big Game Hunt
CHICAGO Mrs. Julia Hagenauer 63 a grandmother took part in her first big game hunt and bagged a deer and a bear last week in Munising Michigan with a guide. She has hunted birds and rabbits for 20 years.
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Chicago
Julia Hagenauer
Hagenauer
Munising
Mich
Freezing Thanksgiving Week Proves Bitter Across Wisconsin
Wisconsin endures subzero cold and light snow after a frigid Thanksgiving. La Crosse drops to zero as Land O Lakes hits 15 below, Milwaukee records its coldest early year. Forecaster Sania cautions Friday night near zero with a possible snow flurry through Saturday.
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Wisconsin
Federal Weather Bureau
Howard J. Thompson
Land O'Lakes
Milwaukee
U S Peace Plan Proposes Japanese Treaty Details
The United States outlines a seven point proposal for a Japanese peace settlement and would give Britain Russia China and the U S a say on Formosa's future. If no accord within a year UN members would decide Formosa and related isles.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Formosa
State Department
U. S
Moscow
Britain
China
U. S&s
United Nations General Assembly
Pescadores Islands
Sakhalin Island
Kuriles Islands
Soviet Union
Department
Girl, 4, Shot By Brother in Wisconsin Tragedy
In Wausau Wisconsin coroner reports Rosemary Gregory four was killed when her seven year old brother Gerald pulled the trigger on a shotgun he thought unloaded. The gun was left in a kitchen corner as two other siblings and the parents were away deer hunting.
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Wausau
Wis
John W. Hildensperger
Rosemary Gregory
Rosemary
Gerald
Richard
William Gregory
Stettin
Walk to the altar for Evanston bride after paralysis battle
Bonnie Bonhiver 25, paralyzed by an Easter 1942 fall, marries Jerold Mitchell 25, a Hammond radio announcer, in a double ring ceremony at the First Unitarian church. Police Chief Peter Geiscecker and Evanston officers attend as the department had adopted her as their sweetheart. The Rev Richard L. Mitchell conducts.
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Evanston
Ill
Bonnie Bonhiver
First Unitarian Church
Jerold Mitchell
Miss Bonhiver
Peter Geiscecker
Evaston
Bonnie
Mitchell
Hammond
Ind
Richard L. Mitchell
Peanut Lodges In Baby’s Lung Causes His Death
Madison report states 15 month old Larry Oehlert from Fall River died after a peanut entered his wind pipe and lodged in the right lung. Hospital officials cited a poisonous reaction as the cause.
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Baby
Madison
Wis
Larry Oehlert
Bruce Oehlert
Fall River
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