Truman Seeks Army Navy Merger Amid Far East Talks
At the wartime Big Three foreign ministers meeting in Moscow the agenda centers on joint controls in the Far East and atomic policy. Descriptions note Molotov ally Malik’s presence, Byrnes and Vincent coordinating with Conant on atomic issues, and Iran’s troop withdrawal dispute shaping the day.
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Moscow
Japan
V. M. Molotov
Y. A. Malik
U. S
James F. Byrnes
John Carter Vincent
State Department
James B. Conant
Vyncent
Byrnes
Ernest Bevin
Great Britain
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Russia
United States
Diphtheria Cases Reported In County Health Notice
Two diphtheria cases were reported to the health department. A 35 year old woman from Viroqua is seriously ill, and a 15 year old boy from a county dairy farm is under active treatment at the isolation hospital. Milk from the farm is held pending contact checks. Health Officer A M Murphy urged immunization for children and adults.
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Health Department
Viroqua
A. M. Murphy
Congress Rushes To End Work Before Holidays
Congress pushes to finish two major bills before the holidays. The Senate approved a resolution urging Britain to permit free Jewish entry to Palestine. The House planned a final vote in the afternoon. A second bill to make the United States a full partner in the United Nations has passed both chambers in differing forms.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Great Britain
Palestine
House
Wusual
United Nations Organization
Badger Ordnance Works Placed On War Surplus List
Badger Ordnance Works near Baraboo Wisconsin is moved from standby to surplus status for war department needs announced by Capt J W Le Maistre commanding officer and Orville Hand plant manager.
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Baraboo
Wis
Badger Ordnance Works
War Department
J. W. le Maistre
Orville Hand
Local La Crosse Weather Drops to Subzero Night
Weather report for La Crosse and vicinity says generally fair and very cold tonight with lows from zero to 5 below. Expect increasing cloudiness Thursday with slightly warmer highs from 10 to 12 above zero.
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la Crosse
Wisconsin Faces Prolonged Cold With Snow in Southeast
Wisconsin weather outlook remains cold with occasional light snow in the southeast. La Crosse reported nine degrees below zero at 8 am, then a lull to between 10 and 15 above in the afternoon as conditions in other cities ranged from 32 below at Land o Lakes to zero in Madison with light snow.
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Wisconsin
Howard J. Thompson
U. S
Milwaukee
la Crosse
A. D. Sanial
Sanial
Land O’ Lakes
Park Falls
Wausau
Green Bay
Madison
Samal
Captured Nazi Report Details World War II Casualties
A captured Nazi document for Hitler's HQ shows Germany admit ting 3 544 284 soldiers killed or missing after five years of war before the Ardennes counter offense in December 1944. It notes 729 031 Wehrmacht wounded and sick hospitalized in the Reich. The article contrasts Hitler's truth about Poland with alleged false casualty claims.
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Mernberg
Ardennes
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Reich
Hitler
Poland
President Truman Lists Farming As Occupation
President Truman's application for Missouri license lists farmer as occupation. Secretary confirms the word farmer appears in the president's own handwriting on the form.
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Truman
Jefferson City
Wilson Bell
Cancellations Break Holiday Record At La Crosse Post Office
Postmaster Wenzel M. Dvorak announced a single day record of 179,090 letter cancellations at La Crosse during the Christmas rush, surpassing last year’s 123,799. December receipts through Dec 18 run neck and neck with 1944 figures, suggesting this December may top last year's.
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la Crosse
Wenzel M. Dvorak
Dvorak
Allis Chalmers Faces Union Strike Vote Challenge
A meeting was set at the Pioneer Labor Temple for all eligible Allis Chalmers workers to seek a strike vote led by union president Robert G. Ludvik. The company contested the unions right to call a vote, citing no strike clauses in existing contracts and claiming wage rises of over 30 percent since 1941, excluding overtime.
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Pioneer Labor Temple
Allis- Chalmers Union
Robert G. Ludvik
Milwaukee
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company
United Auto Workers
CIO
W. C. van Cleaf
Allis-Chalmers
Emerson Sonnycalb
Norwood, O
Uaw-Ci1
Cincinnati
Norwood
la Crosse
Wis
Springfield
Ind
Boston
Mass
National Labor Relations Board
van Caf
van Cleaf
Local Christmas Choirs Brighten La Crosse Downtown
The Our Savior's and Trinity Lutheran choirs present a series of holiday numbers in downtown La Crosse with performances directed by Miss Sonna Fortis and Alvin Saterbak. The program features two-part harmony, classic carols, and selections from Handel and Bach, sung from the Linker hotel via public address system with amplifiers on Main and Pearl streets.
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Linker
la Crosse
Main Street
Pearl Street
Beteen
OUR Savior’s
Trinity Lutheran
Alvin Saterbak
Trinity Choir
Christiansen
Our Savior
Trinity
Redeem Bond Pledges Plea to La Crosse County Residents
A county war finance committee led by chairman Gysbert Van Steenwyk urged residents to redeem unredeemed bond pledges in the Victory Loan drive. They urged December end closure, noted crediting of monthly purchases, and highlighted bonds as Christmas gifts. County E bond sales stood at $688,673 or 78 percent of quota and total sales reached $4,826,407 or 154 percent.
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la Crosse County
County War Finance Committee
Gysbert van Steenwyk
van Steenwyk
Guards Beat American POW at Mitsushima Camp Hospital
Testimony in Yokohama shows Japanese guards tortured American prisoner of war Robert Gordon Teas at the Mitsushima camp hospital. Officer Gavard described the beating with hardwood canes by guards known as Mushmouth and Little Glass Eye, ending in Teas's death in March 1943 amid slow trial proceedings for Tatsuo Tsuchiya.
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Yokohama
U. S
Japan
Tatsuo Tsuchiya
Pic
Robert Gordon Teas
Streator
III
Red Cross
Mitsushima
Charles B. Gavord
Deming
N. Mex
Gavard
Tsuchiya
Teas
Bataan
Mushmouth
Little Glass Eye
Teal
Explosion Hospitalizes Seven Marines and Civilians Near San Diego
A navy ammunition truck and trailer exploded on a highway 15 miles north of San Diego, injuring seven people including six Marines and a civilian woman. One seriously injured, about 1,000 homeless as flames spread. Six victims were moved to the naval hospital for treatment.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
Here
Naval Hospital
US Prosecutors Open War Crime Cases Against SA
American prosecutors told the international tribunal that a brigade of Hitler's SA brown shirts burned or blew up 35 synagogues in a two day anti Jewish terror spree. They argued the SA and other Nazi groups should be convicted as criminal organizations with members held liable for war crimes. Evidence already covered the leadership corps and reich cabinet.
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Muernberg
Hitler
International Military Tribunal
Robert G. Storey
U. S
Robert H. Jackson
U. S. Supreme Court
Reich Cabinet
Elite Guard
High Command
Gestapo
Homeward Bound Troops Stranded On West Coast
San Francisco report says eighty two thousand homebound Pacific soldiers may be stranded in west coast ports on Christmas unless rail facilities clear. Navy adds many discharged sailors also face a lonely holiday. The defense transportation office ordered western railroads to move troop trains and empty cars for troop shipments through March 1 as numbers swell toward over one hundred thousand awaiting transport.
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San Francisco
Army
Navy
Office of Defense Transportation
Army Slashes Point Rules For Release From Service
The army announced a new reduction in discharge requirements effective December 31, widening eligibility by 600000 personnel. Enlisted point cut to 50 and officer to 70, with Wacs counted by length of service for the first time, and various adjustments to service length and age limits for medical and dental officers.
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Washington
Tne Army
Wac
Wainwright To Testify At Trial Of His Captor
General Jonathan M. Wainwright will testify by deposition at the war crimes trial of Lieutenant General Masa Haru Homma. Prosecutors said Wainwright’s testimony will be a key document for the commission beginning January 3, addressing responsibility for the Bataan death march that affected 67,000 American and Filipino prisoners. Homma, returned to his residence after facing arraignment on the same charges, pleaded innocent.
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Manila
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Masa Haru Homma
Wainwright
Military Commission
Homma
Bataan
Frank E. Meek
Britain urges UN host site in east town of United States
Small Town London reports Britain asked the UN preparatory commission to consider a small town in the eastern United States as the permanent home for the United Nations. The appeal frames the location as a neutral, accessible base for international diplomacy.
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London
Great Britain
United Nations Preparatory Commission
United States
United Nations Organization
Western Union Strike Planned Nationwide walkouts over wages ordered
AFL Western Union Commercial Telegraphers vote led to a Jan. 7 strike at 8 am for about 48 000 employed. CIO New York workers exempt. Other major strikes loom in CIO United Steelworkers and Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers unions as wage disputes rise. GM Ford and auto sector talks judged, Truman fact finding panel underway with GM and GM hearing set, price considerations paused.
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AFL
Western Union
Western Union Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Cio-Affiliated
New York
Federal Conciliation Service
CIO United
General Electric
Westinghouse
General Motors
Gear Defense To Diplomacy Says Truman
President Truman urged Congress to unify armed forces so military policy aligns with foreign policy and supports United Nations aims. He warned demobilization pace risks strength, noted plans for 1.6 million troops by July aided by recruiting, induction, and regulars. Enlistees and veterans mix described with enlistment totals to November 30.
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Truman
Elton C. Fay
Washington
Congress
United Nations Organization
Churchill Plans American Visit
The White House announced that Winston Churchill will travel from England to the United States mid January and spend a month or more in a warm climate for rest. He will address world affairs at Westminster College Fulton Missouri on March 5 and be introduced by President Truman. He will stay with Col. Frank Clarke in Florida in February with Mrs Churchill and daughter Mrs Sarah Oliver.
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Washington
White House
Winston Churchill
United States
Churchill
England
New York
London
Lord Moman
Westminister College
Fulton
Truman
Col
Frank Clarke
Quebec
Florida
Sarah Oliver
Workers Stand Firm in GM Wage Demands as Hearing Opens
CIO united auto workers reiterated a 30 percent wage demand from General Motors as President Truman's fact finding board opened its first hearing on the month old GM strike. The union rejected Ford's 12.4 percent offer and said the strike would continue until GM meets its terms.
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Big Three
CIO
United Auto Workers
Detroit
Washington
General Mathers
Truman
Ford Motor Company
Ford
General Motors
United Automobile Workers Today
Ford Motor Co
National
Richard T. Leonard
Uaw-Cio
Truman Urges Unified Defense Department For All Air Forces
President Truman called for merging the army and navy into a single department of national defense with air forces equal to land and sea branches. He backed the war department plan and rejected further studies, proposing a cabinet headed defense structure with civilian leaders and an emphasis on maintaining peace.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Navy
Department of National Defense
Mr. Truman
War Department
Congress
Senate Military Committee
Air
Secretary of Defense
Navy acts to curtail public utterances on single department plan
The navy moves quickly to prevent its commissioned personnel from publicly opposing the single department plan backed by President Truman. An exception is allowed for those called as witnesses before congressional committees.
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Washington
Navy
Army
Truman
Congress
Truman urges unified military command and civilian control
President Truman calls for unified direction of land sea and air forces at home and abroad with a civilian chief of staff from all services. He backs rotating chief of staff, universal military training, and warns against delaying unification as risk to national security.
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Truman
Forrestal
Navy
Congress
United States
Mr. Truman
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