Twining assumes command at Wright Field in Dayton
Lieut. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, former commander of the 13th 15th and 20th Air Forces, replaces Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Knerr at Wright Field. Knerr moves to Washington on special assignment to AAF headquarters. Brig. Gen. H. A. Bartron will soon take command at San Bernardino ATSC after serving at Fairfield Ohio from 1944 to 1945 and in the Mediterranean.
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Dayton
Nathan F. Twining
13Th
15Th
20Th Air Forces
Hugh J. Knerr
Knerr
Washington
AAF
Twining
Continental Air Forces
H. A. Bartron
Fairfield
Air Technical Service Command
San Bernardino
Cal
ATSC
Bartron
Wrightfield
Air Service Command
Mediterranean
GOP Platform Gains Backing At National Meet
The Republican National Committee endorsed the midterm platform with plans to expand it via a seven member subcommittee to gather Republican ideas. Brownell plans to name the panel soon after leaving Chicago. The gathering followed a two day meeting aimed at shaping GOP policy for 1946 elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Congress
National Committee
Ralph H. Cake
Oregon
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Werner W. Schroeder
Illinois
Brownell
Senate
House
Washington
United Nations Organization
Larkin
Actress Carole Landis Weds Theatrical Pro W H Schmidlapp
New York actress Carole Landis married theater professional W Horace Schmidlapp in a private ceremony at a Carlton House apartment on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Carole Landis
W. Horace Schmidlapp
Carlton House
Fish with independent eye movement puzzle
A description notes certain fish can move each eye separately to fix one eye forward while the other looks sideways. The passage appears incomplete, prompting speculation about the mechanics or example species involved.
Jap Sub Commander To Testify In McVay Trial
Commander Ike Hashimoto of submarine S 58 traveled to Washington to testify at the court martial of Captain Charles B. McVay, commander of the Indianapolis, which was sunk in action. American authorities requested Hashimoto as a witness, Kyodo reported.
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McVay
Tokyo
Kyodo
Ike Hashimoto
Washington
Charles B. McVay
Indianapolis
Hashimoto
89th Division Leaves France for Home
The 89th Infantry Division began redeployment from Le Havre with first elements sailing Saturday and additional troops to England for transport home. Authorities note no redeployment plans yet for the 78th Division as other European units move toward final return.
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Paris
89Th Infantry Division
le Havre
U. S
France
England
Theater Service Forces Headquarters
78Th Infantry Division
78Th
82Nd Airborne Division
Berlin
Bremen
75Th Infantry Division
79Th Infantry
12Th Armored Divisions
Calas
Marseille
90Th Infantry
2Nd Armored
22Nd Corps
Badger Among 13 Killed In Argentina
Sgt. Clarence J. Setko of Superior Wisconsin was among 13 U S army personnel killed in a C 45 transport crash in Argentina. The plane had been missing since December 3. A civilian linked to the State Department was the 14th victim. The crew plus five other personnel were part of a U S geographic mission traveling from Paraguay to Uruguay.
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Washington
Clarence J. Setko
Kathryn A. Setko
Superior
Wis
U. S. Army
Argentine
War Department
U. S. State Department
Army
U. S
Paraguay
Uruguay
Wax Emulsions Enhance Textile and Paper Treatments
Wax emulsions from petroleum play a key role in treating textiles and paper and in coating exteriors to make them water repellant.
Military leaders warned of war risk before Pearl Harbor
Marshall and naval officials debated readiness timelines and cautions from 1941. Major Gen Sherman Miles warned Japanese leaders sought to avoid general war while the navy urged extra time to prepare. Marshall recalled a November 27 command directing alert measures as diplomacy faded.
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Ferguson
Sherman Miles
Pacific
Navy
Marshall
Army
Pearl Harbor
Hull
Harold E. Stark
Naval Operations
Japan
Oil to fill battleship tanks could heat a home for 20 years
The statement estimates that the amount of oil needed to fill a single battleship’s tanks would be enough to heat the average American home for two decades. It highlights the enormous energy scale involved in naval fuel consumption.
Obituary for William M. Rindlaub Pioneer Wisconsin newspaper owner
William M. Rindlaub of Platteville Wisconsin died at home after a long illness. He owned the Grant County Witness from 1902 and earlier served as reporter, assistant editor, business manager and editor. Born February 1863 in Warren Newfoundland he later lived in Platteville and was active in civic church and fraternal groups.
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William M. Rindlaub
Platteville
Wis
Grant County Witness
la Crosse
Leader
Martin P. Rindlaub
Major Shaw
St. Paul
Jack
Bill
Bradford
Funeral services for Mrs Mabel Mealy
Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Mealy age 48 of 2521 Wood street will be held Monday at 2 p m at the Nelson funeral home with Rev S J Lambright officiating. Burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Friends may call at the Nelson home Sunday evening. She leaves a husband a son James a daughter Mrs Kenneth Lewis her father Edward Getman one brother Roy four sisters Mrs Victory Shaw of San Antonio Texas Mrs Russell Hilbert of Milwaukee and Mrs George Zischke and Mrs Conrad Nohr of La Crosse and five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Mealy
Wood Street
Nelson Funeral Home
S. J. Lambright
Oak Grove Cemetery
Nelson Home
James
Kenneth Lewis
Edward Getman
Roy
la Crosse
Victory Shaw
San Antonio
Mrs Emma Lovejoy dies in Winona age 81
Mrs Emma Salentine Lovejoy 81 of 828 Gould street died Saturday in Winona Minnesota. She resided there ten months with survivors including sons Percy Clifford Norman all of La Crosse and daughter Ambyr of Winona eleven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services Tuesday at 2 pm at Nelson funeral home officiated by Dr Carl O Pederson with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call Monday evening at the Nelson home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Salentine Lovejoy
Gould Street
Winona
Minn
Percy
Clifford
Norman
la Crosse
Ambyr
Fred C
Nadine
Nelson Funeral Home
Carl O. Pederson
Oak Grove Cemetery
Nelson Home
Hess on peace aims and a German British understanding
Hess argues for a lasting peace and outlines two conditions for any understanding: clear spheres of influence and return of former German colonies. He notes the need to avoid hard questions of British prestige and recounts leaving a letter for Hitler to explain his flight and seeking England’s willingness to seek an end to the war. He confirms Hitler or others did not know of his plan beforehand.
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England
Fuehrer
Hitler
Germany
Herr Hess
Adolf Hitler
Daily Records Fire Notes December 8
Fire crews responded to multiple calls on December 8. At 2:11 p m the No 1 hose and truck and No 3 hose were sent to 621 North Third street for a transformer at Mississippi Valley Public Service. At 2:14 p m a hose was sent to 804 street for a plugged stove linked to John Aylesworth. At 3:09 p m the No 1 hose tackled a car fire at Fourth and Main streets involving Ivan Baughn of Dorchester Iowa.
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North Third Street
Mississippi Valley Public Service Company
John Aylesworth
Fourth
Main Streets
Ivan Baughn
Dorchester
Lost Cantata Origin of Fire Sent to Sibelius on Birthday
The Boston Symphony Orchestra dispatched a copy of Jan Sibelius origin of fire to the composer in Finland on his 80th birthday. The cantata, believed lost after a Leipzig bombing, was pieced together from parts found in an American publishing house and remaining sections sent to America in 1938.
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Milwaukee
Jan Sibelius
Leipzig
Germany
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sibelius
Finland
Oliver Daniel
Boston Symphony
America
Broadcasting
Strikes Edge Toward End as Negotiations Advance
In Chicago a union leader warned of possible government takeover of Greyhound operations in 17 eastern and midwestern states as conciliation calls meet with company officials. Nationwide truck strikes tied up 160 firms, with 5 000 to 50 000 drivers affected. In Stamford Yale & Towne talks resume after picket reductions. Telephony workers in New York area receive wage boosts totaling about 5 million dollars annually. Philadelphia tugboat strike ends affecting 700. In Detroit, UAW-CIO criticizes the Norton bill for undermining collective bargaining and Railway Labor Act protections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Greyhound Bus Lines
Midwest
E. W. Callahan
Executive Joint Council
AFL Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Union
Washington
Stamford
Conn
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company
New York
New York Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Philadelphia
United Harbor Workers
District 50
United Mine Workers
Detroit
Truman
R. J. Thomas
United Automobile Workers
Thomas
Uaw-Cio
Lucky Horseshoe pays off in New York street robbery
Edward Goldman bought a 75 cent horseshoe at an antique show and carried it in his pocket. Two men attacked him in his office as he counted his weekly payroll of 478 dollars. He pulled out the horseshoe, wrapped it in his fist, and fought back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Edward Goldman
Goldman
Allies balk at tri power central admin for Germany without France
Berlin reports a high American official says Russian and British delegates on the Allied control council refused to join the United States in creating a three power central government for Germany that would exclude France. France opposes a central Reich administration and Washington had authorized proceeding without Paris. The official said the stance should not be read as opposition to a central administration.
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Berlin
Allied Control Council
United States
Germany
France
Reich
Washington
Victory loan drive reaches 62.8 percent of E Bond quota
Washington reports individual purchases totaling 4.75 billion dollars with 1.257 billion in E bonds reaching 62.8 percent of the E Bond quota as final tallies await December completions. Overall sales exceed quota at 15.938 billion dollars with 11.368 billion to corporations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byrnes reviews Romania Bulgaria standings and Iran hearings
Byrnes outlines a prior agreement to exit by March 2 and absorbs a voluminous report from Publisher Ethridge on political freedoms in Soviet dominated Romania and Bulgaria. He weighs possible steps toward recognition while awaiting senate foreign relations testimony on state department diplomats led by Maj. Gen. Hurley amid Iran policy clashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byrnes
Mark Ethridge
Romania
Bulgaria
Ethridge
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Patrick J. Hurley
Dean Acheson
Hurley
Iran
Department
France
United States
Britain
Russia
Spain
Submarine Role Cited In War Losses And Peace Hope
King notes submarines credited with two thirds of Sebanese merchant marine losses and about one third of Japanese naval vessels sunk. He states U S submarines lost fifty two boats during the war, forty six to enemy action, and expresses hope the United States will stay ready to support world peace with deeds.
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King
Sebanese
U. S
Dirt Causes Night Glare From Headlights
Dirty windshields raise glare for drivers at night by scattering light rays into a foggy effect, with specks of dirt worsening visibility on approach.
Labor and Employment Bills Threaten Congress Log-Jam
Washington reports that labor and employment measures threaten to halt congressional action ahead of Christmas. House plans include a labor bill penalizing illegal union strikes and restricting political activities, with a possible vote on extending the 1943 anti racketeering act to unions. A Senate approved full employment bill also faces debate, while White House insistence on a labor law and a fact finding board remains uncertain.
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Washington
Congressional
Capitol Bill
Truman
House
Military
House Labor Committee
Labor Committee
Saturnia Rescues 1127 U.S. Servicemen at Bermuda
The emergency transport Saturnia arrived at Hamilton Bermuda to pick up 1127 American servicemen stranded when transports George W. McCrary and Henry Ward Beecher were disabled at sea. Beecher still 150 miles at sea under tow. McCrary in port. Saturnia to bring men to New York next Tuesday.
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New York
New York Port of Embarkation
Saturnia
Hamilton
Bermuda
George W. McCrary
Henry Ward
Beecher
McCrary
Sun sheds 4 million tons of mass each second
The Sun loses about 4,000,000 tons of mass every second compared with its total mass of around two billion billion billion tons, a negligible amount in planetary terms.
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Gen. Twining
Wright Field
LA Crosse Tribune
Harold Laski
Labor Party
Laski
Thomas C. Hart
Rconn
China
Blue
Iowa
Iowan
Republican Party
Charles A. Halleck
R-Ind
Hugh Wilson
Hart
Wilson
GOP
Halleck
Market St
Manufacturers
North Central States
Syl” Thompson
Hugo-Frank
Myles Johnson
Argentina
Hoeschlers’ Prescription Pharmacy
Fifth Ave
Mrs
Mrs. Emma Lovejoy
French Island
Kelley
Danny
16Th and
South Ave
Deluxe Beauty Shop
Arenz Shoe CO
Heilemans
Circuit Court
Court House
Fair Grounds
Civil Air Patrol
American Legion
Hokah
Wisconsin State Guard
South Avenue
Kiwanis Club
Hotel
Stoddard
Common Council
Lions Club
Hokah, Minn
4Th and King
Aviation Board
Rotary Club
Shrine Club
Masonic Temple
City
Man ON the Street
Heileman
Heileman’s
G. Heileman Brewing CO
la Crosse, Wis
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