Await Survey Of Plant Sites
The Madison common council tabled action on rezoning the Salzer airport area from heavy industrial to residential for a low cost housing project. A survey of industrial sites citywide was requested before moving forward, with support from the Cham ber of Commerce industrial promotion committee.
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Common Council
Salzer Airport
Edward Lueth
Industrial Promotion Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Lueth
F. A. Kraft
Judiciary Committee
QEL
Losey Boulevard
J. M. Albers
Madison
Wisconsin Planning Commission
Albers
Burlington Railroad
Frank Hoeschler
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Promotion Committee
Hoeschier
Twe Rt
A. N. Schuh
Urban Development Committee
Hoeschler
Development Corporation
Rev. Schuh
Weather outlook cloudy with drizzle and frost risk
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with occasional drizzle tonight and a low around 42. Friday will be cooler with a high near 58 and a killing frost expected overnight.
U. S. Lieutenant Colonel Slain in Indo China Disorder
Lieut Col A Peter Dewey of Washington D C was killed and Capt Joseph Coolidge of New Hampshire seriously wounded as American officers defended U S headquarters during a three hour siege in Saigon Indochina The incident also left eight natives killed and wounded as British French and Japanese casualties were reported.
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Saigon
Indo China
A. Peter Dewey
Washington
D. C
Joseph Coolidge
New Hampshire
U. S
Count Juichi Terauchi
Dewey
Office of Strategic Services
Yale
Chicago Daily News
Coolidge
Col. Dewey
Charles Dewey
Illinois
France
Kandy
Ceylon
the Treasury
Poland
Frost Likely Across Midwest Friday Night
Meteorologist A. D. Sanial warns of killing frost in the La Crosse area Friday night as a broad Canadian air mass moves southeast. The U S Weather Bureau issues frost warnings for Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and northern Illinois with frosts expected by Saturday. temperatures drop across Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois Indiana and Michigan with lows ranging from the mid twenties to mid forties.
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A. D. Sanial
la Crosse
Chicago
U. S. Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Canada
Plains States
North Central States
Nebraska
Dakotas
Indiana
Northwest
North Central
Lower
Michigan
Plains
Hold Merchant Marine Member For Slaying
Coroner's jury urged holding 19 year old merchant mariner Daniel Hurley Jr for murder of 28 year old Shirley Stone. Assistant States Attorney James V. Cunningham planned murder charge. Hurley of Clayton Missouri allegedly confessed to disrobing and assaulting the victim found naked and battered near a basement stair on Chicago's south side.
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Chicago
Shirley Stone
James V. Cunningham
Mariner
Daniel Hurley, Jr
Clayton
Hurley
Violent Power Struggle Foreseen in Russia
The Catholic Herald in London predicted a fierce struggle for power in Russia, noting a rift between the Red Army and the Communist Party. It cited a Paris paper that Generalissimo Stalin is ill and may resign after peace treaties, foreseeing a Kremlin battle more violent than after Lenin's death.
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London
Catholic Herald
Russia
Red Army
Communist Party
Paris
Stalin
Herald
Kremlin
Lenin
Zhukov to Visit the United States in October
The White House announced that President Truman invited Marshal Georgi Zhukov of the Soviet Union to the United States and that Zhukov has accepted will arrive October 4.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Marshal Georgi Zhukov
Soviet Russia
United States
Zhukov
One New Polio Case Reported in La Crosse
Health Officer A M Murphy reported one new polio case in La Crosse on Thursday. A five year old Washburn kindergarten boy diagnosed with polio was taken to the isolation hospital Wednesday after illness dating to September 12, with other patients showing marked improvement.
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la Crosse
A. M. Murphy
Washburn School
Murphy
Bridgeport Cancels Uncle Tom's Cabin Show Over Pickets
Bridgeport officials say there is no official ban on Uncle Tom's Cabin though the Klein Memorial production was cancelled to avoid threats and possible damage. Comptroller Perry Rodman cited credible picketing as the reason for cancelling the engagement despite Mayor Jasper McLevy's denial of a city ban.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Jasper McLevy
Perry W. Rodman
Rodman
Klein Memorial
Bridgeport Library Board
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Library Board
McLevy
Comptroller
Uncle Tom
Bridgeport Industrial Union Council
CIU
Negro Community Leaders
The
Communist Party
Bridgeport Pastors’ Association
Army set to reach 1.63 million by July 1
War Department officials indicated the army may be reduced to about 1,630,000 by July 1, from a 1,950,000 target. Maj. Gen. Surles explained 320,000 are slated for discharge, signaling that the eventual force will be around 1.63 million. Patterson noted over 3 million would be discharged by Christmas.
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Washington
War Department
War Patterson
White House
A. D. Surles
Army Public Relations
Patterson
Germany
Abdication Hint and Argentine Crackdown Amid Siege
Jails imprison opposition leaders as Argentina imposes a state of siege under President Farrell and Col. Peron. Police sweep Buenos Aires and Cordoba, seizing figures from politics, media, and industry while elections are promised as censorship spreads.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Atlantic
Andes
Edelmiro Farrell
Juan Peron
Cordoba
Farrell
Ernesto Carreras
Critica
Alberto Desimone
Noticas Graficas
Jose Augusti
United States
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
Eustaquio Mendez Delfino
Buenos Aires Stock and Commodity Exchange
Luis Colombo
Argentine Industrial Union
Rodolfo Moreno
Japan
Octavio Madeo
Nerio Rojas
Union Civica Radical
Jose Marie Cantilo
March For Liberty
Constitution
Juan Valmaggia
la Nacion
Arturo Rawson
Truman pushes for benefits and Senate confronts depressions
President Truman urged Congress to finance unemployment relief with up to 25 dollars weekly for 26 weeks while Senate and House debates depressions policy. The House naval panel backed a peacetime fleet of 1 079 ships as both chambers face contentious fights on fiscal relief and term limits.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
House Naval Committee
White House
Ways and Means
Charles G. Ross
Capitol
New Conciliation Service Head Takes Hand In Oil Strike Talks
Edgar L. Warren, new head of the U S conciliation service, entered the oil strike talks in Chicago and urged moving sessions to Washington to speed a settlement. The 12 day dispute involves 35 000 CIO workers and could affect up to 250 000. the conference recessed until 10 a m Saturday Eastern wartime for reassembly. Warren said he would sit in on deliberations to help speed a settlement as Schwellenbach pressed for progress.
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Chicago
Washington
U. S. Conciliation Service
Edgar L. Warren
Warren
Schwellenbach
CIO
Daniel T. Pierce
Sinclair Refining Company
William L. Knous
Knous
Truman
Labor Department
Sixth Regional War Labor Board
Justice Knous
Colorado Supreme Court
Hirohito
Admiral Fujita
Bonner Fellers
MacArthur
Maj
Saubion Bower
Fellers
Bower
One Third of Nation Meat Supply Goes Point Free
The OPA announced a Sunday start for ration-free access to lower grades of beef veal and lamb along with ham burger lamb and veal patties and cheaper cuts through Oct 27. Canned meats sausage and other lower grade products lose points while pork and top cuts remain rationed.
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Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
Chester Bowles
Truman orders termination of FEA functions transfer
President Truman ordered the Foreign Economic Administration terminated and its duties shifted to the State Commerce and Agriculture departments and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Earlier he accepted Leo T. Crowley s resignation as FEA administrator effective October 15.
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Washington
Truman
Foreign Economic Administration
State, Commerce and Agriculture Departments
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Leo T. Crowley
FEA
Pvt. R. L. Skaar Reported Dead in France
Pvt. Robert L. Skaar was killed in action in France on March 10, 1945. a war department telegram to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Helmer Skaar of 1417 South Ninth Street confirmed his death after previously being reported missing. He served with the 7th Army, enlisted August 1944, trained at Camp Chaffee Arkansas, and went overseas in January.
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Robert L. Skaar
France
Helmer Skaar
South Ninth Street
War Department
Pvt
Skaar
Dunlop
7Th Army
Camp Chaffee
Ark
la Crosse
State OKs Power Plant Expansion in La Crosse
Wisconsin public service commission approves Northern States Power addition of a steam electric unit at La Crosse costing about 1.285 million dollars plus a 159 thousand dollar connecting line to Indian Hill substation. Aims for operation by October 1946 to meet rising local demand.
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Madison
Wis
State Public Service Commission
Northern States Power Company
la Crosse
French Island
Crosse
Indian Hill
Public Service Commission
J. G. Felton
London Heath Row to Open in About a Year
The new civil airport at LANON Heath Row will be ready for traffic in about a year with runways available to all nations and airlines under government operating agreements. American airlines will occupy 31 of the 38 gate positions.
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LANON
Heath Row
London
American Airlines
Idle Worker Total Soars
The nationwide labor dispute peaked with about 1.85 million workers idle and 370000 on strike. New York City faced a crippling single strike affecting millions, as AFL and CIO actions spread from Detroit to Chicago and Pennsylvania, with long shutdowns at Ford plants and Kelsey Hayes won’t.
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New York City
AFL
Pacific Northwest
CIO
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Westinghouse Electric Company
Detroit
CIO United Automobile Workers
Chrysler Corporation
Murray Corp
Cio-Uaw
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel Co
Ford Motor Company
Chicago
Emperor Hirohito Visits General MacArthur in Tokyo
Emperor Hirohito called on General MacArthur at the U S embassy in Tokyo in a historic, dignified meeting. The session lasted about 35 minutes, with officials citing significance though not disclosing topics. A BBC report speculated on abdication and constitutional change, while Allied and Japanese authorities kept details private.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
General MacArthur
British Broadcasting Corporation
U. S
MacArthur
Japan
BBC
Douglas Willis
Associated Press Today
Allied
Domei Agency
6Th Army
33Rd
Illinois National Guard
Kobe
Honshu
Koichi Kido
Associated Press
Potsdam
Fujita
Gae Faillace
Signal Corps
U.S. War Casualty Toll Drops as Missing List Rebounds
The U S casualty figure fell by 594 to 1 070 672 with total army 922 339 and navy 148 333. Army killed 205 918. wounded 571 720. missing 23 271. prisoners 121 430. Navy killed 54 468. wounded 80 244. missing 10 779. prisoners 2 842.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Poles Publish Public List of 73 War Criminals
MOSCOW reports the Polish minister of justice released the first list naming 73 individuals categorized as war criminals. The roster includes Nazi officials who organized mass murders Nazi pseudoscientists who targeted Polish culture and actual murderers such as camp commandants and executioners from camps described as hell.
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Moscow
Hell
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Roosevelt
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R. L. Skaar
Nippon
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