Mihailovic Admits Meeting Germans in 1941 Trial
General Draja Mihailovic testified at his treason trial that he met German officers in the second half of November 1941 after a German assault on his forces. He said he could not control many troops who followed his command and declared he did not feel guilty as the court pressed for a yes or no on guilt.
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Belgrade. Yugoslavia
Draja Mihailovic
Nik
Tito
Moscow
Mihailovic
Inugoslavia
City groups press for end to free parking tickets and tougher downtown controls
Civic and labor members at the Chamber of Commerce meeting urged banning the first and second free overtime parking tickets, condemning dilapidated downtown lots, and adding two traffic officers. Fire Chief Hanson ordered a 17‑site hotel and rooming house survey after Chicago and Dubuque fires, focusing on electrical wiring and exit lights to prevent tragedy.
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Chamber of Commerce
Lyle Gilbert
la Crosse
Common Council
Chicago
LaSalle Hotel
Dubuque
Hotel Canfield
George C. Hanson
Henry Affeldt
City Electrical
William A. McDonnell
Affeldt
Hanson
Doubuque
Alffeldt
Harry Blair
Jaycee
Blair
George Hall
AFL
Market Square
Hall
Police Court
Monarchists Riot in Naples and Mass Rally in Rome
In Naples a monarchist rally erupted into large scale rioting with police and troops firing on crowds using molotov cocktails. In Rome about 100,000 marchers bearing Communist Anarchist and Socialist banners criticized the cabinet for delaying proclamation ending the monarchy.
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Rome
Naples
Viminale Palace
Piazza del Popolo
Giuseppe Romita
Interior
Jewels Returned to Hesse as Officers Held in Disappearance
Maj. Gen. Lloyd Parks announced $1.5 million in jewels recovered from Col. J. W. Durant and his wife Capt. Kathleen Nash Durant and Maj. David S. Watson would be returned to the Hesse family. The jewels remain evidence as three officers face trial. charges are being drafted.
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Washington
Lloyd Parks
United States
Parks
War Departments Bureau of Public Relations
J. W. Durant
Kathleen Nash Durant
David S. Watson
Hesse
Kronberg
Germany
Durant
Interior Department
Col. A. C. Miller
Provost Marshal’s
Miller
Ludwig Weiss
Col. Durant
Col. Miller
Jack W. Durant
Hudson
Wis
Burlingame
Calif
Watson
War Department
Durants
Maj. Watson
Col.Durant
Chicago
McDowell Defends Mihailovic Amid Anti Nazi Claims
Col. Robert H B McDowell former U S mission head to Draja Mihailovic in 1944 says Mihailovic was bitterly anti Nazi and finds no evidence linking him or his officers to betrayal with Germany He notes German officials sought surrender talks in the last months of their resistance and implies such contacts were futile.
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New York
Robert HB. McDowell
United States
Draja Mihailovic
Mihailovic
Committee For A Fair Trial
Draje Mihailovic
McDowell
Russians Agree To Straight Flights Across Territory
General Mark W. Clark reported to Washington that Soviet authorities will permit straight air lanes linking Vienna Linz Budapest and Prague. The lanes ease buzzing incidents and cut some flight costs while airspace remains restricted to narrow prescribed routes. Flights from Vienna to Berlin and to Bern still require indirect routing.
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Vienna
Mark W
U. S
Austria
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Linz
Budapest
Prague
Berlin
Frankfurt
Bern
Tojo Plans Blame Strategy At War Crimes Trial
Tokyo reports Hideki Tojo will claim sole blame for starting the war and seek immunity for the Emperor and wartime cabinet. Dr Ichori Kiyose will defend him at the trial opening Thursday.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Emperor Oil
Ichori Kiyose
Local Weather for La Crosse and Vicinity
Clearing and a cooler night with a low around 58. Wednesday brings fair skies and moderate temperatures from 82 to 86 degrees.
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la Crosse
Furlough Pay Approved for Present Enlisted Service Members
The House passed a bill 379 to 0 to pay past furlough time to present and former service members. It standardizes two and a half days of furlough per month with up to 120 days payable in cash, calculated at base pay plus at least 70 cents daily allowances. About 15 million service people could receive roughly $250 on average.
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Washington
D. C
House
Senate
House Military Committee
Concert Band Offers First Summer Program in Riverside Park
The La Crosse Concert Band will present the first of its summer programs Wednesday at 8 p m in Riverside Park. Director D R Wartinbee leads the group which started summer concerts in 1931 after the Anderson memorial bandshell was completed.
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la Crosse
Riverside Park
D. R. Wartinbee
Anderson Memorial
Manufacturers to Withhold Goods Until Prices Clarified
Washington reports CPA official Mor ris Verner says widespread withholding of clothing and other goods from the market is likely until price control legislation is settled. An OPA official notes price ceilings may stay on major commodities, delaying removal of controls on crude oil gasoline and machinery while Congress acts.
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Washington
Morris Verner
CPA
Verner
Civilian Production Administration
Senate
OPA
Paul Porter
Congress
Will
Werner
House
Stevens Point Man Identified in Camp Grant Theft
Police Chief Robert Blummer said the wounded suspect identified by the FBI as Robert Green of Stevens Point admitted his identity. Green was shot after fleeing custody while being questioned about a burglary at Camp Grant Illinois.
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Robert Blummer
Robert Green
Stevens Point
Blummer
FBI
Green
Camp Grant
Young Spectators See Mondragon Trial Disrupted
Denver report says a social science teacher sent six junior high boys to the Manuel Mondragon murder trial but they were hustled back to school by a truant officer before they sat. Court attendants had planned to have the officer present after a prior group shouted Attaboy Peanuts during testimony.
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Denver
Manuel
Peanuts) Mondragon
Attaboy
Peanuts
Elks Plan Largest Flag Day Parade in La Crosse History
La Crosse Elks lodge No. 300 backed Flag Day plans with a 6 30 p m parade from Third and State to Riverside Park amid 1500 Cub and Boy Scouts from 60 communities. Vilas Whaley of Racine will speak at the memorial bandshell as the Riverside program features the Central high school band and flag retirement with taps.
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la Crosse
Elks’ Lodge No. 300
Paul X. Sobek
R. V. Ahlstrom
Marshall
Court House Square
Third
State Streets
State Street
Seventh
Main
Riverside Park
Anderson Memorial Bandshell
Vilas Whaley
Racine
Wisconsin Department
American Legion
National Legion
Gateway Area Council
B. W. Ingli
Fairgrounds
Ingli
Seventh Street
Fair Grounds
Carl Bruhn
Sobek
Brownie Beck
Mounted Marshall
Central High School
Whaley
Legion
VFW
Wilson Colwell Relief Corps
Red Cross
Navy Mothers
Boy Scouts
Erickson Holsum
Logan High School
Girl Scouts
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Knights of Columbus
A High School
The
Elks
John Coleman, Jr
Carroll J. Weigel
Long Quieted Feud Bares Court Rift
Justice Robert H. Jackson charged Justice Hugo Black with participating in decisions favoring Black's former law partner, warning the court’s disrepute. He cited the Jewel Ridge coal case and noted Crampton Harris as counsel for the coal miner winner.
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Mernberg
United States
Robert H. Jackson
Hugo Black
Black
Jackson
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S
International Military Tribunal
House
Senate Judiciary Committees
Congress
Fred Vinson
Truman
Senate
Vinson
Washington
Justice Black
White House
Jewell Ridge
Crampton Harris
Alabama
United Mine Workers
Harris
Dysentery Report Aboard MT. McKinley Near Bikini
Vice Adm. Blandy said the New York battle ship crew shows dysentery improving and not an epidemic as the atomic task force faces its first medical issue aboard the ship near Bikini Atoll.
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MT. Mckinley
Bikini
New York
Atomic Task Force
W. P. Blandy
Dairyland Receives Additional REA Loan for 1947 Plan
The Dairyland Power cooperative in La Crosse won a further 500000 loan from the Rural Electrification Administration in Washington. The loan lifts the 1947 construction fund to over four million dollars to finish approved projects and add transmission lines. C W Eppard says a Baldwin diesel plant will be ready in July and an Alma steam plant will be completed after the new year. Dairyland serves 43000 farmers across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with more than seven million dollars invested to date.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Washington, D. C
Dairyland Power Cooperative
la Crosse
REA
C. W. Eppard
Baldwin
Wis
Alma
Dairyland
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Eppard
Senate Passes La Follette Bill Modernizing Congress
The Senate approved the La Follette measure 49 to 16 after four days of debate. It would overhaul Congress with a 50 percent pay raise and pension benefits, challenging civil service limits, drawing criticism from lawmakers like Senator Byrd who said the bill would nearly double lawmakers’ pay.
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Washington
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
Congress
Chamber
Byrd
D-Va
Mississippi Rivers Rise After Heavy Rains In Chippewa Valleys
A 1.5 foot rise in the Mississippi brings it to 6.5 feet as storms soak Chippewa and Black River valleys. Black River at Neillsville climbs to 8.3 feet. rainfall totals near an inch with beneficial soil moisture. Weather outlook shows clearing skies and cooler temperatures with midweek highs around 80.
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Mississippi River
Chippewa
Black River
Mississippi
A. D Sanial
la Croses
Neillsville
Sanial
Emil J Schiesser
Onalaska
Medical Association Pushes Single Federal Health Agency
The American Medical Association urged consolidating all federal medical activities into one agency led by a physician with cabinet rank. Dr. R. L. Sensenich of South Bend Indiana, AMA board chair, testified to the House expenditures committee on Truman’s proposed government reorganization.
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Washington
American Medical Association
Association
R. L. Sensenich
South Bend
Ind
House Expenditures Committee
Truman
Seventeenth Victim Found After Dubuque Hotel Fire
The badly burned unidentified man clutching a prayer book was found among the debris on the Canfield hotel fourth floor, raising deaths to 17. Red Cross figures reduce missing names to 13, with four dead still unidentified and 14 of 21 injured hospitalized in Dubuque. An inquest and state county investigations are planned.
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Dubuque
Canfield
American Red Cross
Red Cross
F. S. Leonard
Eau Claire Men Back From Dubuque Dead Missing Fire
Two Eau Claire men were listed as missing in the Dubuque hotel fire after registering at the Canfield hotel then moving to the Julian hotel, later learning the status from the Red Cross. Joe Barrington and Ed Krause returned home after the event.
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EAU Claire
Red Cross
Dubuque
Joe Barrington
Ed Krause
Canfield Hotel
Julian Hotel
Canfield
Truman Raps Proposal As Forced Labor
President Truman vetoes the Case labor disputes bill calling it coercive. The House voted 255 to override and the Senate 135 to uphold the veto, falling short of the two thirds needed for survival. Backers may seek to tack the measure onto emergency labor legislation read by the president in May. The bill would create a federal mediator board, curb strikes and lockouts during mediation, prohibit secondary boycotts, and allow court actions against employers or unions in disputes.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Jalae
Congress
Rep. Case
R-Sd
Roosevelt
Wisconsin Delegation Splits on Case Veto Override Motion
Washington Wisconsin's congressional delegation split along party lines on the Case veto override motion Republicans supported the motion to override and Hull. Progressive joined Democrats Biemiller and Wasielewski in voting against.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Hull
Biemiller and
Wasielewski
Truman vetoes Case labor bill seeks study before permanent action
President Truman rejects the Case bill calling it a false start and piecemeal. He argues for a thorough study of labor relations and emergency powers, urging temporary measures only for current emergencies while warning against broad permanent legislation. The debate highlights clashes over labor controls and interstate commerce impact.
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Gen. Mihailovic
Chetnik
Seid
Jed
Chief Orders Hotel Survey
Levea
City Hall
Set. Gilbert
J. J. Verdota
Sgt. Gilbert
E. H. Woehrmann
Army
Porter
Justice Jackson
Riverside
Central Band
No Vinson
Court
Medical Ass
Dubuque Hotel
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