Push for posthumous ranks for Mitchell and Lindbergh in Congress
Senator Wiley urged the House Military Committee to grant a posthumous major general rank to Brig. Gen. Billy Mitchell, while Rep. Mason pressed to prestore Col. Lindbergh as a reserve colonel. Mason warned he would introduce January legislation unless action is taken. General Kenney commented on Lindbergh’s claimed combat actions, noting no record and recounting pilots’ experiences in the Pacific.
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Washington
Wiley
Wis
House Military Committee
Billy Mitchell
Mason
R-Til
Army Air Force Reserve
Charles A. Lindbergh
Illinoisan
Senate
House
Congressional Record
MacArthur
Mitchell
Adjutant General's Office
Col. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
Roosevelt
Pacific
George C. Kenney
Far Eastern Air Force
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Tonight Through Sunday
Rain or freezing rain in the region tonight and early Sunday, then turning colder Sunday night. Temperatures slight to moderate change with a low around 28 to 30 degrees and a high near 35 to 38 degrees.
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la Crosse
Suspect Manufacturers Holding Goods Until Jan 1 Tax Change
Government officials debate if producers are withholding consumer goods to gain from the January tax cut. OPA Administrator Bowles and Reconversion Chief Snyder accuse firms of delaying deliveries while the excess profits tax ends. Officials say there is little they can do to compel shipments as investigations continue.
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Washington
Bowles
OPA
Chester Bowles
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Labor Conference Fails to Reach Major Goals
Leaders acknowledge gains fell short of aims as CIO and AFL factions clash over unity and wage increases. The meeting ends with no resolutions on collective bargaining or contract observance, but agrees arbitration should settle contract grievances and urges strengthening the U S conciliation service.
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Lewis
United Mine Workers
AFL
CIO
U. S
Russians Evacuate Tehran In Surprise Move
Russian authorities began a rapid evacuation of Tehran last night targeting the railway station, communications center, and private billets near the military HQ. The Azerbaijan governor, recently appointed by Tehran, arrived in Tabriz from Tehran aboard a plane provided by Soviet authorities.
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Tehran
Iran
Azerbaijan
Tabriz
Prodigal McLeod Returns Home From Florida Trip
Detroit police recount Malcolm McLeod’s return with two Wayne University coeds and about $20,000 taken from his father. The 18 year old will rest in northern Michigan, not Florida, as family considers no prosecution. Betty Ann Mackey and Kathleen Conricade were released to parents after statements.
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Detroit
Malcolm McLeod
Florida
Wayne University
Clarence J. McLeod
Columbus
Betty Ann Mackey
Kathleen Conricade
Amery Execution Scheduled For December 19
London reports John Amery sentenced to death at Old Bailey for high treason. He is a Nazi propaganda broadcaster and son of Leopold Amery, secretary of state for India in Churchill’s wartime cabinet. The execution is provisionally fixed for December 19.
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London
John Amery
Old Bailey Court
Amery
Leopold Amery
India
Winston Churchill
British Seize Ruhr Steel Magnates In Swift Raids
General Motors president C E Wilson offered to make parts for competitors while GM cars halt due to the CIO auto workers strike. He wrote to CIO head R J Thomas outlining the plan to run only outside work and to keep returning workers at bay. United Auto Workers leaders awaited reaction as the strike affects 225000 GM workers.
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Ruhr
General Motors
C. E. Wilson
Auito
CIO Auto Workers
Wilson
R. J. Thomas
UAW
Walter Reuther
Packard Motor Car Co
Washington
U. S. Conciliation Service
Edgar L. Warren
AFL
Pacific Northwest
CIO
San Francisco
Midwest
Ford Motor Co
Smith-Connally
National Board
Joseph P. Selly
CIO American Communications Association
Driver Rohde Killed In Wisconsin Bridge Crash
Monroe Wisconsin police report Lawrence Rohde aged 42 died after his car struck a bridge abutment Thursday night. Coroner Herman Stuessy confirmed the fatal collision occurred on the roadway near Monroe.
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Monroe
Wis
Lawrence Rohde
Herman Stuessy
Anti Gambling Law Questioned By Wisconsin Attorney
Attorney Harold Stafford of Chippewa Falls declares the Thomson anti gambling law unconstitutional and a violation of due process and constitutional protections. The state appeals a Chippewa County ruling that the law is unconstitutional as it heads to the Wisconsin Supreme Court for a test of constitutionality.
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Madison
Wis
Harold Stafford
Chippewa Falls
State Supreme Court
Stafford
Wisconsin
Supreme Court
Chippewa
Orrin H. Larrabee
Cold Weather Prompts Caution For Icy Roads In Wisconsin
Meteorologist A D Sanial warns highway crews to alert motorists about freezing rain that began today and will last until Sunday noon. Ice could disrupt power lines. Samal notes. Rain on Saturday froze in Eau Claire causing hazardous conditions. County officials urge restraint and use of road shoulders. call 222 for conditions. Colder weather expected Sunday night into Monday.
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A. D. Sanial
Highway Department
Samal
Eau Claire
Paul Hartwig
Ivan S. Wright
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Iowa
la Crosse
Two-Day Northeastern Storm Leaves Death Toll Rising
A two-day storm across the six New England states caused at least 45 deaths and wide disruptions as it moved out to sea. Snow and ice blanketed coastal areas, communications fell, and tides and winds caused major damage. Coast guardsmen reported two small vessels missing with 11 men aboard. Mariners were cautioned to watch for the Boston lightship, torn adrift.
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New England
Boston
Ten Hurt in Tokyo Clash Between Korean Groups
Kyodo reported ten people were injured in a Thursday brawl in Tokyo involving 30 members of the Federation of Koreans in Japan who attacked offices of the Federation of Youths for Promotion of Korean National Construction. The assailants aimed at a pro Japanese faction amid political tensions.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Federation of Koreans
Japan
Federation of Youths
Selection Of Marshall For China Lauded By Wedemeyer
Lieut Gen Albert C Wedemeyer praised Gen George C Marshall as envoy to China calling the choice most fortunate. Wedemeyer said Marshall can quickly decide on marines withdrawal and materiel sales while noting weather halted mass aircraft flights into Shanghai and that two pilots were dead with one missing.
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Marshall
China
Wedemeyer
Shanghai
Albert C. Wedemeyer
U. S
George C. Marshall
United States
Manchuria
India
Burma
Chiang Kai-shek
Shanhai
Nazi General Dostler Executed for War Crime
German General Anton Dostler was shot by a firing squad on Saturday for ordering the execution of 15 American soldiers in Italy in 1944. He was the first German general executed for war crimes in western Europe after a U.S. court martial rejected his plea that higher officers gave the orders. He stood rigid in the stockade as U.S. firing squad members carried out the sentence.
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Aversa
Ita
Anton Dostler
Italy
Dostler
Western
Europe
U. S
Hess Ordered To Stand Trial In War Crimes Case
Rudolf Hess, former Nazi deputy, must continue to stand trial with 19 other leaders as the international tribunal finds no need for further mental testing. He admitted faking amnesia to influence the proceedings and entertained fellow defendants with stories of his flight to Britain.
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Mernberg
International Military Tribunal
Rudolf Hess
Geoffrey Lawrence
Hitler
Hess
Karl Doenitz
Erich Raeder
Britain
Maj
Douglas Kelley
U. S
Bolshev
Code Breaking Secrets Guarded in Pearl Harbor Inquiry
Washington investigators probed Operation Magic to learn how Japanese naval messages were decoded and routed to top leaders. Officials stressed that the method remains a military secret, even as senators seek faster briefing to aid field commands and decision making.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Pacific Bastion
War Department
Senate-House
Green Bay Private Clubs Win License Case
GREEN BAY WIS. Holding that liquor licenses issued to private clubs serving members only were not intended to be classified with taverns under the quota law, Circuit Judge Henry Graas Saturday dismissed the petition of the state beverage tax division to invalidate the licenses of nine Green Bay Taverns. The state had contended that issuance of the licenses to the nine taverns was in violation of the quota law.
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Green Bay
Wis
Henry Graas
State Beverage Tax Division
Bus Found In 200 Feet Of Water Near Chelan
A navy diver found a school bus upside down in 200 feet of water off shore near Chelan. The bus carried the driver and 15 students who died in Lake Chelan last Monday. The diver C. E. Meyers of New York City reported the bus’s position but could not determine how many bodies remained inside.
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Chelan, Wash
Lake Chelan
Navy
C. E. Meyers
New York City
Meyers
Becker Ex Chairman of State REA dies in Hartford
John A. Becker 58 former chairman of the Wisconsin development authority in charge of rural electrification died at a local hospital Friday. He was prominent in Progressive party politics and last September became second district commander of the Wisconsin department of the American Legion. Funeral services will be held Monday.
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Hartford.vis
John A. Becker
Wisconsin Development Authority
Wisconsin Department of the American Legion
Industrialist War Crimes Quiz Alleges Ruhr Magnates Arrested
Seventy six steel magnates from Ruhr industries were arrested in raids by British security police and troops in Iserlohn Germany. Eight of 84 marked for arrest remained at large. Interrogations may lead to charges of war crimes. documents will be studied at a British zone internment camp.
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Iserlohn
Germany
Ruhr
August Thyssen Steel Works
Fritz Baum
Essen
Walter Eichorst
Thyssen
Karl Lipp
Hoesch Steel Combine
Dortmund
Duesseldorf
Germans Internees Attempt Suicide Amid Extradition Chaos
About 600 German internees, including 100 who tried self harm, were hospitalized after a day of violence as Sweden began extraditing 2760 former German troops to the Soviet Union. Others, 500, endured a week long hunger strike with two already dead.
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Stockholm
Tralleborg
Intercept $500000 In Embezzling Plot With The 32nd Division
A Milwaukee newspaperman and a U S special agent helped stop a 7 5 million yen embezzlement scheme linked to the 32nd division. Radloff and Peddicord traced funds from Seoul to Fukagawa Japan where two Japanese suspects were seized. The money moved by cable from Seoul to Shimonoseki then withdrawn and packed in four boxes.
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Japan
Milwaukee
U. S
32Nd Division
William S. Radloff
Plymouth
Wis
Milwaukee Sentinel
Lyle M. Peddicord
Perry
Iowa
Seoul
Korea
Fukagawa
Honshu
Radloff
Peddicord
Seoul Bureau of Communications
Shimonoseki
Bank of Japan
Reduce Points For Doctors and Dentists
The war department prepared to discharge 15 000 doctors and 5 000 dentists under a reduced score. Medical officers fall from 80 to 70 points, three below the new total for other officers. Discharges eligible for those with 42 months of service or 48 years old, while scarce specialists may be retained.
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Washington
War Department
UT Student Beverly Ann O'Neill Found Dead in Austin
Beverly Ann O'Neill a 20 year old University of Texas student from Kaukauna Wisconsin was found dead in bed in Austin. Justice of the Peace T E Johnson opened an inquest into the death.
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Austin
Tex
Beverly Ann O'Neill
University of Texas
Kaukauna
Wis
Justice of the Peace
T. E. Johnson
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