Marshall says bombs would be justified against Japanese ships
General George C. Marshall testified before the Senate House committee that American bombers would have been justified in sinking any Japanese ships in Hawaiian waters before Pearl Harbor. He stated an appearance of warships would be an overt act and could be met with bombing.
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Marshall
Hawaiian
Washington
George C. Marshall
Walter C. Short
Pearl Harbor
China
Truman
Short
Senate-House
State Hall
Wiich
State Department
Army
Hull
Saburo Kurusu
Kichisaburo Nomura
Rep. Keele
R-Wis
Hawaii
U. S
Roosevelt
Keefe
Japan
Gen. Marshall
Harold R. Stark
United States
Marshall-Stark
Singapore
Writer MacKenzie Meets Eire President On World Tour
Associated Press writer Dewitt MacKenzie and his wife were received by Ireland's President Sean T. O'Kelly. Premier Eamon de Valera greeted them on arrival, a man MacKenzie had known since the 1916 Easter rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Associated Press
Dewitt MacKenzie
Eire
Sean T. O'Kelly
Eamon de Valera
MacKenzie
Weather outlook for La Crosse area tonight into Friday
Light snow and little temperature change tonight with a low near 19. Occasional snow flurries Friday morning end by afternoon as colder air moves in. Friday high around 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Harrowing Survivors Of Cruiser Juneau Sinking Told
The light cruiser Juneau was sunk on November 13 1942 after torpedo damage in the battle of Guadalcanal. Ten survivors endured days afloat on life rafts and debris with limited food and water. Sailors Hartney and Fitzgerald paddled toward land with Lt Wang aboard a makeshift craft, evading sharks and planes until reaching San Cristobal and aid.
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Washington
Juneau
Navy Department Jes
Guadalcanal
Joseph P. E. Hartney
New Britain
James Fitzgerald
Charles Wang
Church Lane
Philadelphia
Hartney
Fitzgerald
Wang
San Cristobal Island
The
Solomons
Snow Blanket Covers Region With Light Snow Through Night
A storm centered over New Mexico and southern Colorado moves east with light snow in the region. Meteorologist A. D. Sanial says snow will continue overnight with flurries Friday morning as temperatures dip from the upper teens to mid twenties. Heaviest falls reach five inches in Lebo Kansas and four inches in Kansas City and Wichita.
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A. D. Sanial
Sania
New Mexico
Colorado
Texas
Mississippi Valley
Duluth
Minn
Rocky Mountain
Lebo
Kansa
Kansas City
Wichita
British Columbia
Lake Pepin
Shoe Price Hike To Be Paid By Retailer Wholesaler Says OPA
OPA announced there will be no price increase for consumers as shoe makers gain a 4 percent producer price raise. The agency ruled retailers and wholesalers must absorb the rise and prevent higher prices for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opa
Washington
Dairyman Wins Five Thousand Award Over Plane Noise
Glenn O. Lynch sued claiming noise from Lockheed air terminal planes reduced his herd’s production. A superior court jury awarded him $5,000 yesterday.
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Los Angeles
Glenn O. Lynch
Lockheed Air Terminal
Vet Of Indian War Dies Here
Henry Heuer 89 of 812 Tyler street died in a local hospital after a short illness. A veteran of U S cavalry in Custer era he came to La Crosse in 1889 and served at Fort Pierre. He is survived by children stepchildren siblings and many grandchildren. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 and 2:30 p m with burial in Oak Grove cemetery.
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Henry Heuer
Tyler Street
la Crosse
U. S. Cavalry
Custer
Battle Ground
Gereifenberg
Pommern
Germany
U.S
Cedarburg
Wis
Buffalo County
Heller
St. Paul
Fort Pierre
la Crose
Riverside Park
Summit Store Company
Henry, Jr
Chicago
Albert
Broadhead
Otto
Rudolph Wuest
Minnie Wishan
Altura
Minn
Tina Ready
Buffalo City
Hellwig- Morris Chapel
First Lutheran Church
W. A. Schumann
Oak Grove Cemetery
Milwaukee hospital interns protest over admin policies and shortages
About 40 interns and resident physicians at Milwaukee County General Hospital protest administrative inefficiency and policy limits. They cite delays in autopsy authorizations and returns on discharged patients alongside calls for better research support and a stocked blood bank. Hospital officials say shortages due to wartime staffing cuts persist, but patient care remains uncompromised.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee County General Hospital
H. D. Trimpi
Trimpi
Harry W. Sargent
Barbaric trophies of Nazis trial shock jurists
Nazi war crimes trial reveals preserved human head and lamp shades made from human skin as evidence of atrocities at Mauthausen and Buchenwald. Documents describe mass deaths at Mauthausen and forced labor of POWs in armament plants, underscoring crimes against humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nuernberg
Mathausen
Buchenwald
U. S
Red Cross
Fritz Sauckel
Byrnes Arrives in Paris En Route to Moscow Conference
The French news agency reports Secretary of State Byrnes has landed in Paris on his way to the Moscow conference. Orly field officials declined comment and Paris authorities offered no detail on Byrnes' schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Byrnes
Orly Field
British and French Quit Syria Lebanon Strike News
The Associated Press reports the protracted wage dispute between the CIO United Auto Workers and the Big Three automakers continues with no immediate settlement. President Truman may accelerate talks at General Motors while Ford rejects a 30 percent rise and a nationwide labor vote unfolds among 200000 CIO electrical workers.
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CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Truman
General Motors
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler Corporation
Ford
CIO Electrical
General Electric
Westinghouse
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
National Labor Relations Board
California
Massachusetts
Chiang Kai-shek Appears in Peiping as Manchuria Falls Likely
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek visited Peiping for the first time in years while his forces advanced toward Harbin from Mukden. Observers expect Manchuria to come under national government control within weeks with minimal bloodshed, aided by a cooperative Soviet-Chinese front in Changchun and limited Communist resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Peiping
Mukden
Harbin
Changchun
Manchuria
Chiang
Dairen
Russia
Kalgan
Sumatra Indonesians Reject Dutch Proposals
Indonesian leaders from Sumatra rejected Dutch offers of dominion status and pledged support for the unrecognized Indonesian republic in its fight for full independence. Acting Governor Amir of the Sumatra government announced the stance after a conference with Premier Sjahrir and other republic leaders. Amir and three aides were flown to Batavia from Padang in a British plane. The opposition to Dutch rule had been strongest previously in Java, with few disturbances in Sumatra.
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Batavia
Java
Sumatra
Amir
Sutan Sjahrir
Padang
Truman backs proposed atomic bomb test at sea
President Truman approved and urged the army navy plan to test atomic bombs against warships. The White House disclosed the step after the war and navy departments announced the experiments and Press Secretary Ross confirmed the President’s support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
White House
War and Navy Departments
Charles G. Ross
Decline in Civilian Meat Supply Stated by Agriculture Dept
The agriculture department said civilian meat supplies will fall about nine percent in the first quarter of 1946. Per capita consumption is expected at an average of 150 pounds annually, down from recent weekly rates around 165 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
80 Yanks Arrested in Viareggio Desertion Sweep
In Viareggio Italy a joint force of over 200 U S and Italian military police jailed 80 American soldiers on charges of desertion being absent without leave and black marketeering. Fifteen civilians were also arrested on black market charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viareggio
Italy
Control Council Leaders Congratulate Ike on Appointment
Four power Allied Control Council in Berlin cables Gen Dwight D Eisenhower congratulating him on becoming chief of staff of the U S Army. The message signed by Marshal Zhukov Field Marshal Montgomery Lieut Gen Koenig and Gen McNarney says they will remember him with affection and admiration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Allied Control Council For
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States Army
Georgi Zhukov
Bernard L. Montgomery
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Joseph T. McNarney
Couple Found Slain In Home Near Pickerel Lake
ANTIGO Wisconsin a tavern keeper and his wife aged 60 and 54 were found shot to death in the living quarters of their tavern near Pickerel Lake. Coroner Harry Givens and Sheriff Brack Gillespie reported a window breach and signs of a struggle. The bodies were discovered by a nephew and a son in law after doors were found locked and a fuse panel tampered with. Both victims had likely died about 20 hours earlier.
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Antigo
Wis
Pickerel Lake
Harry Givens
Cyrial Pauwel
Brack Gillespie
Givens
Bert Hendricks
Harry Jacobson
Hendricks
Jacobson
Pauwel
Crippled Troopship Jo seph Hooker Reaches Port Under Power
The navy reports troopship Joseph Hooker, hit by damage in the Atlantic, is still taking water but advancing at six knots and expected to reach port under its own power. It was 290 miles east southeast of Nantucket light vessel at the time of the distress call.
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New York
Navy
Joseph Hooker
Atlantic
Air Sea Rescue Office
Eastern Sea Frontier
Nantucket
Hooker
Lejeune
William Patterson
Examiner
Coleman Fends Off Hoyt Charges Over Corrupt Practices
Thomas E. Coleman, Wisconsin Republican chairman, declares Hoyt’s rambling references have no bearing on the corrupt practices act. Hoyt asks Gov. Goodland to investigate Coleman's voluntary GOP group for violations while Coleman defends party registration and public reporting. Governor will review Hoyt’s letter before commenting.
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Madison
Wis
Thomas E. Coleman
Republican Party of
Wisconsin
Lansing Hoyt
Milwaukee
Goodland
Hoyt
3Rd Ward
Republican Club
Goocland
Coleman
The
Republican Party of Wisconsin
Secretary of State
Fox Hunter Killed By Father's Gun
Coroner Calmer Nelson of Door county reports Howard Cornell about 35 died of accidental gunshot wounds received during a fox hunt on Washington Island. The shot came from a shotgun held by his father Andrew Cornell when it discharged after snagging a twig. no inquest will be held.
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Ephriam
Wis
Calmer Nelson
Door County
Howard Cornell
Washington Island
Nelson
Cornell
Andrew Cornell
Skymaster Sets Record Flight Across Australia
In Sydney an American made Skymaster carried 36 passengers and flew 2 200 miles to Perth in nine hours at an average 244 miles per hour setting a new record for the route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Perth
Australia
Dachau Officials Sentenced to Hang for Atrocities
A U S military court in Dachau sentenced 36 officials and guards at the Dachau concentration camp to death by hanging for murder torture and starvation of inmates. One defendant received life imprisonment and three were given ten year terms. The 40 defendants were convicted after a 90 minute verdict deliberation with five camp doctors and three collaborators among the defendants. Witnesses said 5000 Jews were killed and inmates suffered brutal beatings and freezing water immersion.
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SS Standartenfuehrer
Koch
Buchenwald
Dachau
U. S
Dachau Concentration Camp
Britain and France Agree on Joint Syria Lebanon Withdrawals
In London Bevin announced a British French pact to withdraw troops from Syria and Lebanon. The agreement aligns Near East policy to ease unrest sparked seven months earlier by Syria's push for independence from France and aims to boost regional economic well being and security within international cooperation.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Commons
Britain
France
Syria
Lebanon
Near East
Middle East
Draft Groups Leave La Crosse for Chicago Examinations
Pre-induction and induction draftees from La Crosse county boards Nos. 1 and 2 depart the city for Chicago at 8 a m. Pre-induction men go to 166 West Van Buren street for 7 a m examinations Friday. Induction group members report at the same time. Leaders named for each group from boards 1 and 2.
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la Crosse County
Selective Service Boards
Chicago
Olympic
Madison
Hotel Atlantic
Condon
West van Buren Street
Ralph A. Schultz
Fifth Avenue South
Louis J Mattie
Pine Street
Walter Merlyn Bay
Charles
Leonard George Harnish
Rose Street
Patterson's Office Orders Cyclotrons Destroyed
Tokyo dispatch reports General MacArthur said he destroyed five cyclotrons in Japan on orders from Secretary of War Patterson. Four days after the directive, an inquiry in Washington raised the possibility of shipping an intact cyclotron to the United States for re erection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Patterson
Washington
United States
Private Lights Into Pentagon Boy Scouts at House Hearing
Pvt. George L. Mark of Cleveland testified before a house military committee accusing army brass of protecting a Pentagon bureaucracy. He sought protection from retaliation as he faced discharge at Camp Atterbury Indiana after securing a leave extension for the appearance. The acting chair warned generals to yield the floor as Mark denounced the Pentagon’s culture and warned of political consequences.
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Washington
House Committee
George L. Mark
Cleveland
Army
House Military Committee
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Thomason
D-Tex
Pentagon
Mark
Kenneth White Seeks Lieut Governorship
Kenneth White, former state senator and lieutenant colonel discharged earlier this year, announced Thursday his bid for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in River Falls, Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth White
Karl Kobert Elected Swiss Confederation President
Dr Karl Kobert won parliamentary approval to serve as president of the Swiss confederation for 1946, succeeding Eduard von Steiger in Bern. The appointment comes as Switzerland continues its postwar government leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Karl Kobert
Swiss Confederation
Eduard von Steiger
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Julius Streicher
Mauthausen
Morton
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Flossenberg
Budapest
Rudolph Kastner
Reich
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