Hull urges Russia to honor UN pledges for peace
Former Secretary Cordell Hull appeals from Naval Medical Center for Russia to drop dangerous behavior and cooperate with the United Nations. He notes Moscow 1943 and San Francisco 1945 pledges to uphold peace and urges Soviet leaders to embrace the UN charter as the path to enduring global security.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
Russia
United Nations
Hull
Roosevelt
Americani
Naval Medical Center
Moscow
San Francisco
United Nations Organization
Soviet Union
Soviet Press Silent On UN Plan For Berlin Crisis
Moscow and Russian newspapers offered no official response to the UN Security Council compromise on the Berlin crisis. Tass in Paris cited French analyst Pertinax calling the resolution a step backward, with extensive publication of the critique.
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Moscow
UN Security Council
Berlin
Tass
Paris
Pertinax
Coal Board Chief Sees Target on Track in Britain
Viscount Hyndley, chairman of the National Coal Board, said on Saturday Britain’s nationalized coal industry is on target. He cited a production goal of 211,000,000 long tons and voiced confidence in meeting it despite recent reports of delays.
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Eastbourne
Eng
Viscount Hyndley
National Coal Board
Britain
Pilot fined for dropping church leaflets over Pottsville
Pottsville Pa a 21 year old pilot John J Geier was fined 50 dollars for flying too low while dropping leaflets urging church attendance on world wide communion Sunday. He was hired by the First Methodist church of St Clair and the St Clair Kiwanis club to promote church attendance. Local judge Albert Kalbach said the act served a good cause but violated the 1000 foot minimum flight rule.
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Pottsville
John J. Geier
First Methodist Church
St. Clair
Geier
Troops Seize French Mines Amid Striker Conflict
In France, 1000 troops seized seven large coal mines around Montceau-Les-Mines after a nationwide miners strike. Minor clashes occurred in Montceau-Les-Mines and nearby towns with several injuries reported, including a stabbed miner and son.
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Paris
France
Montceau - Les - Mines
Forbach
Metz
Montceau-Les-Mines
Dijoh
Two Die in Windsor Collision Involving Detroit Car
Two people were killed in a crash in Windsor Ontario after a Detroit bound vehicle collided with another auto. Police said the incident occurred near the city and involved multiple parties, with casualties reported at the scene.
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Windsor
Toronto
Detroit
West Berlin blockade fuels western steel and coal shift
Western Berlin gains from redirected coal and steel amid the Soviet blockade as allies back west German imports. Officials say the counter blockade limits Russian zone supplies, but production lags due to shortages and strikes.
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Berlin
East Germany
West Germany
Wilkinson
Germany
ERP Costs to Fall Next Year Says Hoffman
Paul Hoffman of the Economic Cooperation Administration said at a Rome news conference that the European recovery program should cost Americans less next year due to a substantial recovery this year. He cited ERP members nearly meeting or exceeding their targets in the first half of the year.
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Rome
Paul Hoffman
Economic Cooperation
Living Costs Level Off After Five Month Rise
Government data show September’s cost of living in large cities unchanged from August, halting a five month climb. The index stood at 174.5, about 6.5 percent higher than a year earlier and 30.9 percent above June 1946, with mixed price movements offsetting to a flat overall level. Wages remain high.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Tember
Bureau of Statistics Sentra
Truman Attacks Dewey in Pittsburgh Campaign Speech
President Truman labeled Thomas E. Dewey as a man of gall and crafty silence and ridiculed his rival’s campaign as peculiar and fantastic. He urged voters to judge Dewey on issues while praising his own Pennsylvania tour for 35 electoral votes.
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Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Hunt Armory
White House
Congress
Johnstown
Scranton
Wilkesbarre
Republican Congress
Dewey Sets Stage for Big Popular Vote Victory Tour
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey launches a final campaign swing through four Democratic strongholds in New York Ohio and Illinois aiming for a substantial popular vote lead. He seeks an electoral margin to strengthen foreign policy stance and pledges to back GOP local candidates including Senator Wayland Brooks and Gov. Dwight Green.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
Dewey
Chicago
Truman
Ilinois
Wayland Brooks
Dwight Green
Cleveland
Boston
New York City
Brooks
Green
Illinois
Thomas J. Herbert
Gas Outage Hits Russian Sector of Berlin
Western powers cut mine operations at sector borders to curb eastward gas seepage from blockaded western Berlin. US spokesmen say embargo aims to protect gas pressures in Soviet mains and retaliate for firing noncommunist workers at gas works. Major gas plants sit in US British and French sectors.
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Berlin
Ruhr
U. S
Weather Air Data Here Heavily Demanded by Flyers at Brice Prairie
Milwaukee salesman W Thompson of Dic tograph Products says frequent La Crosse visits rely on local weather reports. He argues that small plane pilots lack long range radio links and need on site weather bureau data for accurate forecasts, noting weather maps differ from routine station reports.
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Brice Prairie Station
W. Thompson
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Thompson
Weather Bureau
Minneapolis
United States Weather Bureau
Brice Prairie
Dictograph Products, Inc
Weather
Bee Weather
French Lose Indian City in French India
Mahe surrenders to Indian forces as gendarmes fall, and the Indian flag is raised over the administrator’s office. The cruiser Duguay Trouin is ordered to Pondicherry, with elections in Mahe, Pondicherry, Karikal, and Yanaon postponed due to rioting and external pressure amid All India Congress ties.
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Pondichery
French India
Mahe
Malabar
Tellicherry
Duguaytrouin
India
Bay of Bengal
Charles Baron
Baron
All-Indian Congress Party
Dominion of India
New Delhi
Pondicherry
Karikal
Yanaon
Moslem Bloc Pressed in UN Talks at Paris
Envoys from Greece and 11 other nations pursue a Middle East bloc across the region from the Aegean to the Bay of Bengal. The United States backs Greece Turkey and Iran with aid while Palestine and Soviet relations pose key obstacles to solid unity.
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Paris
United States
Aegean
Mediterranean
Bay of Bengal
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Palestine
Russia
Afghanistan
Egypt
Ethiopia
Ian
Iraq
Lebanon
Pakistan
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Yemen
United Nations Assembly
LaCrosse Tribune to Print Eisenhower Story Serial
The La Crosse Tribune begins daily installments of The Eisenhower Story Crusade in Europe on Sunday November 7. The serial covers Eisenhower from Pearl Harbor through Supreme Headquarters, revealing his hopes fears moments of concern and moments of victory.
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LaCrosse Tribune
Eisenhower
The
la Crosse Tribune
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kansas
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Army
Cruin
Supreme Headquarters
General Eisenhower
the Tribune
Reds Afraid Of Peasant Revolt Threat, ICSEQ Says
The ICSEQ warned of a general crisis behind the iron curtain endangering Soviet control of Eastern Europe. It cites widespread purges, peasant resistance to Soviet socialization, and fears Tito may incite revolts while Yugoslavia’s stance strains the bloc.
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London
International Committee For the Study of European Questions
ICSEQ
Russia
Europe
Communist
Moscow
Tito
Hungary
Poland
Lenin
Yugoslavia
Rockland Hunter Shot In Saturday Accident
Don Weber of Rockland Wisconsin was shot in the right chest and shoulder at 1 15 pm while pheasant hunting at the Bangor Rockland public grounds. He was hit by pellets fired by Brock Mickschl of Rockland while a dog flushed the bird. Weber was taken to a hospital by his party and then returned home for treatment.
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Don Weber
Rockland
Wis
Bangor-Rockland
Weber
Brock Mickschl
North
Quito Weber
Nick Weber
Arthur Schmitt
la Crosse Street
Cliff Hawkins
Aaron Sanford
North 23Rd Street
Israeli Guards Fire on U S Navy Boat
In Haifa harbor on Saturday afternoon guards fired machinegun bullets at a U S Navy boat with UN and United States flags flying. Brig. Gen. William E. Riley protested to the Israeli government as the Mackenzie was approaching shore during the Palestine mediation mission.
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Israel
U. S
William E. Riley
Haifi Harbor
United Nations
G. K. Mackenzie
United States
Mackenzie
Palestine
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