Big Three Foreign Ministers Open Key Talks
In Moscow the Soviet Union United States and Britain begin new discussions aiming at world peace and atomic energy control. Molotov hosts Byrnes and Bevin at Speridonisk Palace for a cordial start with observers expecting immediate talks on major issues.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Speridoniska Palace
Vyacheslav Molotov
James F. Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Foreign Ministers’ Council
London
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Archibald Clark Kerr
Molotov
Engineer Dies In Train Wreck At Red Wing Minn
An engineer was killed and five other trainmen were injured when three locomotives collided on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific line at Red Wing. H M Anderson of Minneapolis, engineer of the first engine, died in the wreck. Crew members were from the Twin Cities. Two locomotives and several freight cars were toppled. The freight train traveled through La Crosse yards Sunday night, while the double header passed the division point early Monday.
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Red Wing
Minn
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
Russell Edstrom
H. M. Anderson
Minneapolis
Twin Cities
la Crosse
Retiring Congressman Pushes Pay Raises Pensions
Rep. Clifton A. Woodrum, on leaving Congress after 23 years, urges higher member salaries a congressional pension plan and shorter five to six month sessions. He says Congress should not be streamlined and will become president of the American Plant Food Council.
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Washington
Congress
Clifton A. Woodrum
D-Va
House
Homma to Face War Crimes Arraignment in Philippines
Lieut. Gen. Muraharu Homma must answer for the deaths of 67 000 U S and Filipino troops during Japan s conquest of the Philippines. Forty three charges were lodged against Homma as he faces a military commission arraignment set for Wednesday with a life trial likely around January 7.
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Manila —i
Muraharu Homma
U. S
Japan
Philippines
Homma
Plan Movement of 700 000 Vets By Rail
CHICAGO servicemen returning through the Pacific area to separation centers and homes in December. Railroads report moving close to 700000 troops as of December with 25000 daily transfers and three fourths of sleeping cars allocated to troop service to speed homecomings before Christmas.
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Chicago
Pacific Area
Association of Western Railroads
Yamashita Death Stay Granted by U S Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court granted a stay of execution for Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita after an airmailed petition seeking review of the Philippine Supreme Court decision. The court adjourned until Jan 2 and had petitions under consideration on military commission authority.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Manila
Yamashita
Philippines Supreme Court
Patterson
Philippines Court
Military Commission
Philippines
Islands
Two Methodist Churches Merge in City
Members of First Methodist and Salter Memorial vote to merge at a special meeting led by Rev. W Ross Conner. A new church name will be chosen soon at 8th and King, with over 1 000 in the joint congregation and goals to pool resources with West Avenue Methodist for possible new construction on the south side. The Salter fire Feb 4 caused the merger to form a cooperating Methodist group.
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First Methodist
Salzer Memorial Methodist
W. Ross Conner
8Th and
King Streets
First Methodist Church
West Avenue
Salter Memorial
Salter Church
Conner
Methodist
Salter
Konoye Death Seen as Blow to Imperial Family
Prince Fumimaro Konoye died by his own hand in a development described as a strong blow to Emperor Hirohito’s prestige. The event follows recent war crime disclosures and advances in abdication talk, with Kanoye’s death tied to shifts in the imperial circle and pressures on the throne.
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Konoye
Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Hirohito
Imperial House
Konoye Long
MacArthur
Morimasa Nashimoto
Koichi Kido
Akihito
Konoe Death Linked to War Crime Accusation
Tokyo reports that Abachi dated today that Prince Fumimaro Konoye told a peer feared the emperor would be branded a war criminal, a factor in his death by his own hand.
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Tokyo
Abachi
Fumimaro Konoye
House of Peers
Japanese Diet Debates Showa Reign Change Suggestion
Aged Kukio Ozaki, veteran lawmaker, proposed renaming the reign period to Showa. No emperor has abdicated in Meiji's lifetime or since. His proposal implied abdication and a new reign, a topic long unthinkable amid wartime governance debates in the diet.
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Kukio Ozaki
House of Representatives
Ozaki
Police Eclipse Picket Line At Strike Bound GM Plant
A scouting squad of Flint police led by Capt. Gus Hawkins formed a wedge and charged through a picket line at General Motors AC Spark Plug division in Flint. Officers forced the main gate after workers were blocked from entering, with no violence reported.
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Flint, Mich
General Motors Corp
Gus Hawkins
Flint Police
15 Voice Choir Near Fjordene Performs Evening Voices
A Norwegian choir collection features 15 voices with titles such as Beautiful Savior and The Boat with the mystic har. The program includes Norwegian folksong arrangements and works attributed to Edvard Grieg. Gabriel Thiskendale is listed among performers at Harpesnekken.
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Fjordene Blaaner
Beautiful Savior
Sneflekke
Evening Voices
Norway
Harpesnekken
The
Har
Gabriel Thiskendale
Edvard Grieg
48 Inch Snowfall Triggers Buffalo State of Emergency
A Lake Erie blizzard dumped up to 48 inches of snow on Buffalo New York prompting a city state of emergency. Mayor Joseph J. Kelly closed schools and most city offices urged residents to stay home and keep phone lines open for emergencies. 48 inches fell in South Buffalo and 30 inches in the downtown area within 51 hours.
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Lake Erie
Buffalo
N .Y
Joseph J. Kelly
Harry Holway Dies Sunday
Harry B. Holway 69 died Sunday evening after a lingering illness in a local hospital. He was born February 8, 1876 and long worked with Holway Lumber Mill. Survived by wife Eunice, sister Mrs Argyle Scott, brother Elmore N Holway, and nephew Argyle H Scott. Funeral Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Church. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Harry B. Holway
Holway
N. B. Holway
la Crosse
Eunice
Argyle R. Scott
Elmore N. Holway
Argyle H. Scott
Akron
Christ Episcopal Church
Robert D. Winter
Oak Grove Cemetery
Druggist's Wife Dies At Home In La Crosse
Mrs. E. S. Hebberd of 107 South 11th Street Lang La Crosse widow of a prominent local druggist died Sunday after a lingering illness. A Chicago Art Institute graduate she was art supervisor in La Crosse public schools before marriage. She belonged to Congregational church for 30 years and to Twentieth Century and Women's Sketch clubs. Survived by husband two children Mrs Friedrich Engelbach Jacksonville HL and Arthur E. La Crosse, siblings Mrs R P Howard Ladysmith Wis Mrs Waldo Chenery Ontario Calif and Lawrence Davis Portland Ore and five grandchildren. Services Tuesday at 2 p m at Congregational church Bird chapel with Rev Fred W Hyslop officiating. Burial Oak Grove cemetery mausoleum.
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E. S. Hebberd
South 11Th Street
la Crosse
Chicago Art Institute
Congregational Church
Twentieth Century
Women’s
Friedrich Engelbach
Jahksonville
Arthur E
R. P. Howard
Ladysmith
Wis
Waldo Chenery
Ontario
Calif
Lawrence Davis
Portland
Ore
Bird Chapel
Fred W. Hyslop
Oak Grove Cemetery
Majority of plants to close Mondays before Christmas and New Year
The Wisconsin Manufacturers association reports a survey of 1,000 members showing most plants and offices will close the Monday before Christmas and New Year. About 403 will close both Mondays, 282 will stay open for both days, and 209 will close on one of the Mondays, affecting 90 percent of the state’s industrial workers.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Manufacturers Association
State weighs strongest case to extradite Cline
SAN FRANCISCO four percent Alfred Leonard Cline, a former convict linked to the deaths of several elderly women, is to be released to the state with the strongest case against him. District Attorney Edmund G Brown said the decision depends on whether he resists extradition to Texas where a murder complaint was filed. He is jailed on forgery charges and a Dallas murder complaint awaits.
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San Francisco
Alfred Leonard Cline
Edmund G. Brown
Clime
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Mercury Dips To 7 Below In La Crosse Cold Wave
Extreme cold grips the upper Mississippi valley with La Crosse recording seven degrees below zero and the airport ten below. Trains across rail lines ran from ten minutes to five hours late Sunday night into Monday morning as a ridge of high pressure sustains the cold. Forecasts call for continued subzero lows with a slight warming trend by Tuesday afternoon.
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Uni
la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Sanial
Mississippi Valley
Plains
Dakotas
Great Plains
Death of Perl Cunningham Found in Auto Near Farm
Perl Cunningham, 35, son of Mrs. Mary Cunningham, was found dead in his automobile near the Wilbur Best farm on Maple Dale road north of Viroqua. Best discovered the body and alerted county officials. Cause of death not yet released. He lived in Viroqua previously, moved to the family farm after his father Bert died last year, and is survived by his wife, one daughter, his mother, and two sisters Merle Vance of Viola and Helen at home.
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Viroqua
Wis
Perl Cunningham
Mary Cunningham
Wilbur Best
Maple Dale Road
Best
Cunningham
Bert
Merle Vance
Viola, Wis
Helen
Bitter cold grips wide swath of nation from California to Florida
Frigid air blankets much of the United States with subzero readings from northern California to northern Florida. Montana reports 25 below zero in the northeast, the Dakotas show six to 21 below. Snow falls along the Rockies and Lake Superior region, while Buffalo, New York endures a 48 inch storm.
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California
Florida
Montana
Dakotas
Rockies
Wyoming
Lake Superior
New York State
Bufalo
N. Y
Cold spell to linger with warmer southern Wisconsin
The season's first cold spell continues through Tuesday with increasing clouds and slightly higher south region temperatures, per U.S. meteorologist Howard J. Thompson. Sunday night lows across Wisconsin ranged from -18 at Land O Lakes to -6 in Racine and Green Bay, while the Upper Peninsula stayed above freezing.
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Howard J. Thompson
U. S
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Land O'Lakes
Park Falls
Wausau
Marshfield
Superior
Oshkosh
Madison
Racine
Green Bay
Upper Peninsula
Sault Ste. Marie
Escanaba
Marquette
Little Sub Activity In Philippine Sea Before Sinking
Two navy officers told a court martial that Japanese sub activity in the Philippines sea before the sinking of the U S S Indianapolis was not on a scale to cause concern. Captain Charles B McVay III faces negligence charges after the Indianapolis went down July 20 en route from Guan to Leyte.
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Washington
Navy
Charles B. McVay
Philippines Sea
U.S.S
Indianapolis
McVay
Guan
Leyte
Fire destroys roadhouse near Manitowoc Wisconsin
The Club 151 roadhouse four miles west of Manitowoc burned Sunday. Owner Arthur Schmafeldt estimated the loss at $30,000.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Arthur Schmafeldt
Yamamoto Trap Sprung Amid War Code Fears
Vice Admiral Wilkinson told a senate committee that he arranged the interception and death trap for Japanese Admiral Yamamoto to prove U S code breaking despite fears it would reveal intelligence. The testimony covered secrecy on cryptography and Pearl Harbor context with dates and names.
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Yamamoto
Washington
Theodore C. Wilkinson
United States
Naval Intelligence
William F. Halsey
Pearl Harbor
Wilkinson
Office of Naval Intelligence
Thailand
U. S
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
White House
Nimitz
Brewster
Maine
Percy L. Greaves
Republican National Committee
Greaves
Lucas
Ill
Local Weather Forecast for La Crosse Area
Cold tonight with lows 5 to 10 below zero. Tuesday brings increasing clouds and milder daytime highs in the 12 to 15 above range.
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la Crosse
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