Last-Minute Bond Appeal Seeks La Crosse County Boost
County war finance leaders urge patriotism to raise to the Victory Loan quota of 3.127 million dollars. As of Saturday only 332,748 in E bonds and 916,148 in total personal sales reported, placing La Crosse last among 17 western Wisconsin counties.
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la Crosse County
County War Finance Committee
U.S
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Gysbert van Stechwyk
Barron County
Dunn County
Monroe
Buffalo
Crawford
Jackson
Trempealeau
Vernon
Icy Conditions Forecast Here
Snow flurries and much colder weather are expected Sunday after a drizzling rain. Ice will form on highways in Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota creating hazards for traffic. Power and communications disruptions possible in northern counties as lines freeze. Rail service reports delays but routes into La Crosse mostly maintain schedules.
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Mississippi River Valley
A. D. Sanial
la Crosse
Sanial
Neillsville
Minneapolis
Rochester
Eau Claire
Prediction of Child Deaths in War Torn Europe Warning
Washington reports Katharine F Lenroot of the labor departments children bureau warned at a Paris conference that winter mortality among European children could reach hundreds of thousands without rapid international aid. She cited severe malnutrition and privation in areas once occupied by the Nazis as reconstruction stalls.
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Washington
Labor Department
International Labor Conference
Paris
Katharine F. Lenroot
Split Over Domestic Airline Operation
The Senate Commerce Committee split over allowing trans oceanic lines to operate domestically. Thirteen members supported an interim report urging domestic operations while six, led by Chairman Bailey, argued against prescriptive control. The clash centers on whether a single flag system or independent companies should run international air service.
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Washington
Senate Commerce Committee
Bailey
D-Nc
Civil Aeronautics Board
United States
Local Weather Drift to Snow Flurries Later
Drizzling rain transitions to afternoon snow flurries as colder air moves in. Expect a drop in temperatures by evening with gusty winds and lingering cold into Sunday night.
Marshall urges victory bonds to finish war mission
Gen George C Marshall calls on every American to buy victory bonds as the key act to demobilize wartime establishments, fund hospital care for the wounded, and complete the nation's great war mission.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Pearl Harbor Day Observance Highlighted in La Crosse County
The article notes Pearl Harbor Day Friday, urging La Crosse county to reach its war bond and veteran care goals as a tribute to fallen and returning service members. It also reports Bond Drive progress, state and national E bond percentages, and Chamber of Commerce plans, with treasury announcing a $7 billion corporation bond quota and Dec 8 sale window.
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Pearl Harbor
Pacific
la Crosse County
Washington
The
Treasury
Indonesian Headquarters Under Attack
British planes pounded Indonesian artillery outside Ambarawa while naval guns shelled the besieging forces near a large Allied internment camp. Aneta reported a RAF Mosquito down near Bandung as violence spread around Batavia and Semarang.
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Bekassi
Aneta
Semarang
Bandoeng
Eight Die In Fire At Metropolis Annex
Eight elderly residents perished when a two story annex to a Metropolis home for the aged burned. Survivors Wallace and Cummings escaped with non serious injuries. Coroner Cummings to investigate and Fire Chief Craig cited undetermined cause.
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Metropolis
Barney N. Beane
Elijah Culber
George Kerr
George C. Steers
John L. Sullivan
Millard Jones
Tom Morrit
James Morgan
Johnston County
Lll
Andrew Weaver
Near Temple Hill
John Davis
John Wallace
Wallace
William Cummings
George S. Cummings
S. L. Craig
Nazi Executions Reported in 1944 Reich Crackdown
Berlin records salvaged by the Berlin superior court indicate Nazis executed more than 3,500 Germans in 1944 for various charges to suppress the regime’s collapse. Records about July 20 1944 plot fallout and deaths in concentration camps remain incomplete.
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Berlin
Reich
Hitler
Smallfry
Tito Wins Unanimous Confidence Vote in Yugoslavia
In Belgrade the Yugoslav parliament unanimously supported Marshal Tito and rejected the cabinet’s resignation, a formality after the creation of the Yugoslav federated republic.
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Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Noted U S pianist and writer Luna Sage de Garcia Escobar dies
Mrs Luna Irene Sage de Garcia Escobar well known United States pianist writer and poet died November 27 after a long illness in San Salvador El Salvador.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Luna Irene Sage de Garcia Escobar
United States
Nod Of Death Yamashita’s Act Told By Jap Colonel
Japanese colonel Hideo Nishihara testified at the war crimes trial that Yamashita’s nod approved summary killings. He stated about 600 Filipinos out of a 1,000 suspects were shot after being turned over to military police without hearings. Yamashita denied ordering or knowing of such atrocities.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Hideo Nishihara
Yamashita
Nishihara
Philippines
Berlin police trap 70 terrorists after all night battle
Berlin police with Allied military help rounded up a gang of about 70 bandits and terrorists in a gun battle around Anhalter station as part of this week’s push to crush the underworld hidden in the city ruins.
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Berlin
Anhalter Station
Anti-Strike Action Looms Predicts Congress May Act Soon
Congress may move to pass an anti strike bill after a failed labor management conference. Rep Michener and supporters Howard Smith and Cox hint at a vote next week while the press officer warns of more strikes and stronger government action. Fact finding machinery appears on the conference agenda.
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Congress
Rep. Michener
R-Mich
House Rules Committee
Howard Smith
D-Va
Cox
D-Ga
Rules Committee
Smith
Michener
Labor Management Conference
Fred C. Smith
White House
Truman
Schwellenbach
Sponsors Pessimistic On Peacetime Draft Prospects
Washington reports three weeks of public hearings on universal military training left sponsors pessimistic about enacting a peacetime draft law. They privately favor a four month training requirement for all able-bodied 18 year olds, while President Truman seeks one year. Backing comes from the War and Navy departments and the Chamber of Commerce, with educators and churchmen showing opposition. Hearings may stretch into December with little chance of committee action before next year.
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Congressional
Truman
War and Navy Departments
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United States
House Military Committee
House
May
D-Ky
McCarthy Announces Senate Bid At Wisconsin Young Republicans Meet
In Milwaukee 1946 the Wisconsin Young Republicans push veterans votes as Circuit Judge Joseph McCarthy launches a senate campaign during a meeting to elect a state officer. Marine Lt. Fred A. Rhyner was nominated, McCarthy declined and revealed his own bid with national GOP support anticipated. John G. Adams warned service men are seeking the Republicans and urged focus on veterans.
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U. S
Joseph McCarthy
Appleton
Fred A. Rhyner
Marshfield
McCarthy
Rhyner
Wisconsin Federation of Young Republicans
National Republican Committee
John G. Adams
Washington, D. C
National Young Republican
Seized German Industrialists Targeted as War Threat
British security police raided the Ruhr region arresting 76 German industrialists described as the leading members of a dangerous class. The operation began late Friday and stretched to dawn with raids on Dortmund Essen Duisburg and Düsseldorf as British and American agents seized records linking to Germany's war industry. Some magnates face war crimes charges as authorities pursue Potsdam policy aims.
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Ruhr
Dortmund
Essen
Duisberg
Duesseldorf
Hitler
Hess Verdict Keeps Nazi Leaders On Trial
British judge rules Rudolf Hess fit to stand trial at Nuremberg amid hours of testimony from Maj. Gen. Erwin Lahousen linking Hermann Goering Wilhelm Keitel and others to Nazi horrors. Attacks on Lahousen’s evidence fail as defense questions aid and motives.
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Muernberg
Rudolf Hess
Geoffrey Lawrence
International Military Tribunal
Hess
Wilhelm Keitel
Hermann Goering
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Erwin Lahousen
Counter-Intelligence
High Command
Report Pro Russian To Be Iran's Premier
Rumors in Tehran on Saturday night said Premier Mahmed Hakimi would resign within a week and be replaced by pro-Soviet Ghavam Saltaneh as Iran’s new premier. London reports noted the ambassador had not heard of Hakimi’s resignation but expected Saltaneh’s likely return.
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Tehran
Mahmed Hakimi
Hakimi
Ghavam Saltaneh
London
Saltaneh
Still A Nazi Goering Says
The Associated Press presents questions sent to Herman Goering via his attorney Otto Stahmer with Goering’s oral replies. Stahmer copied the answers and forwarded them to the AP. The questions and responses are included in the following story.
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The
Associated Press
Herman Goering
Otto Stahmer
Goering
UAW Chiefs Ease Strike to Let GM Parts Move
In Detroit CIO United Automobile Workers agreed to relax the strike against General Motors to allow production of parts for rivals. President R J Thomas called Wilson's offer generous, noting two possible essential items. The move could hasten partial plant resumes across GM while wage demands remain unsettled.
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General Motors Corp
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C. E. Wilson
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Wilson
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Mich
Delco-Ray
Ind
New York
Bernard M. Baruch
Walter P. Reuther
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General Motors Corporation
Wife Files Divorce Suit Against Boris Karloff
Dorothy S. Karloff sues actor Boris Karloff in Los Angeles alleging cruelty and seeking restraining orders and custody of their seven year old daughter. She requests $2,500 monthly alimony and cites annual income of $150,000 from film and radio work.
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Boris Karloff
Dorothy S. Karloff
Karloff
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