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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1945
Page
1
Taxpayers in Monroe will pay 26 dollars per thousand in the upcoming budget, up from 23. The council is to vote on the finance and taxation committee's plan at City Hall, with no protests observed. The levy affects city and school funds and includes modest salary increases amid higher expenditures.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court today struck down its 1945 rule restricting waivers of the jury trial right. W T Dear of New Richmond challenged the rule claiming it denied constitutional rights and was unworkable. The court found the rule ineffective to promote orderly, economical case disposition and voided the requirement for a written demand within 10 days after the last pleading.
Two escapees from Dane County jail Madison were captured in Winona Minnesota. Robert E Berg 18 and Arlen S Smith 22 both of St Paul were in a stolen truck at arrest. They had been sentenced November 20 under federal motor vehicle law and escaped while awaiting transport. They are held in Winona awaiting return to Madison.
Monroe Country Club winds down as season ends with workers like Pro James Forbes and greenskeepers Otto Blumer and John E. Zimmerman packing benches and turning off water. Blumer moves to Ware kennel to care for about 40 racing hounds sent to Florida tracks in winter.
Green county trails in the Victory Loan campaign with total purchases at 544 336 50 toward 798 000 and Ebond sales at 208 762 50 toward 347 000. Monticello and Albany show progress, but Ebond lag remains. Washington reports 11 billion Victory Loan nearing target with 963 million still needed for the 2 billion goal. tidal wave in Karachi area kills thousands and leaves tens of thousands homeless.
Congressional investigators heard that Franklin D. Roosevelt told the Philippine high commissioner on November 26 1941 that the next Japanese aggression might trigger hostilities with the United States and that advance against Thailand seemed most probable. General Miles and Marshall warned of possible Japanese moves toward Thailand and the Philippines with alerts shared across commands ahead of Pearl Harbor.
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel told The Associated Press in written answers that the German invasion of Russia was a preventive defensive war. He claimed many Russian prisoners died of exhaustion during encirclement battles and declined individual responsibility, saying he would retire to his estate and write memories if freed.
Independent Manchurian troops march into Mukden to greet nationalist forces 30 miles away. A Chan Sueh-Liang ally proclaims allegiance to the nationalists sending troops into the city. Captain McVay pleads innocent to negligence in the loss of the Indianapolis. The government to shut down the entire rubber from alcohol operation including plants costing 117 million, per RFC officials.
Secretary Forrestal announced a new naval organization giving three of the six top jobs to aviators under the chief of naval operations. Admiral Towers will move toward Pacific command and Mitcher will head the Eighth Fleet while remaining a deputy chief.
Washington reports the House expenditures committee approved a substitute for full employment legislation, adopting a policy to maintain a high level of employment within the American free enterprise system. The action ends a two month stalemate, though it faces possible presidential approval concerns as President Truman had urged full employment.
Stuttgart reports Lt. Gen. Lucius D clay, American military governor, announced the United States will provide enough food to Germany to ensure an average ration around 1,530 calories per person. He said hunger has not been the goal and expected a 1,550 calorie average ration starting January 1 with U S aid.
The British opening argues 21 Nazi leaders led by Goering Hess and Ribbentrop are guilty of aggression and crimes against peace. Sir Hartley Shawcross says the regime planned and executed war, calling the defendants murderers and robbers and detailing the fraud that enabled their crimes. The US concludes its first count. Russia and France to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The sun appeared briefly this afternoon after a ten day stretch of gloom as thermometers showed 27 degrees at 2 pm and a low of 19 this morning. The forecast calls for cloudy skies and a slight warming trend.
A fatal two car crash west of Clarno killed Henry Foulker and Mrs Evelyn Maaske and left Roland Foulker seriously injured. Julius Erickson survived with minor injuries as dusk reduced visibility on the county trunk road.
A daylong strike was called by CIO United Packinghouse Workers president Louis J. Clark at 12 Cudahy plants with about 10 000 workers striking across the East Midwest West and South to demand a 25 cent an hour raise The walkout followed a union vote approving a strike and a national conference was convened in ChicagoClark said similar actions could extend to Jersey City Kansas City St Paul Denver Omaha Los Angeles Atlanta Albany Wichita East Chicago Sioux City and Salt Lake City as 400 Jersey City workers walked off last night and more plants could join if demands are unmet
Congressmen and two farm leaders urged abolishing the NLRB the repeal of farm subsidies and a parity price revision at a federation convention. They argued the NLRB harms liberty and that parity must prevent a 33 to 36 percent drop in dairy income.
Admiral William D. Leahy told the Senate military affairs committee that proposals for a single postwar defense department are radical. He warned that naval efficiency would suffer though acknowledging possible gains for the army and air force under a unified structure. He noted the wartime reorganization of the War Department and argued the navy department has not had the best time.
Washington testimony before the Senate atomic energy committee states that President Roosevelt decided to burn Japanese cities with new incendiary bombs but did not decide to drop atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima. The claim had been misquoted as tying both weapons to Roosevelt.
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