Severe cold blankets Midwest with record lows across states
A cold belt stretched from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians with subzero readings and near freezing in many spots. La Crosse and Park Falls measured five degrees, Milwaukee ten below, and Duluth minus one, as higher lows appeared in Michigan and Wisconsin.
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J. Thompson
U. S
Milwaukee
la Crosse
Park Falls
Duluth
Lakeshore
Madison
Oshkosh
Wausau
Land O'Lakes
Escanaba
Rocky Mountains
Appalachians
U. S. Weather Bureau
Minot
N. C
Alexandria
Willmar
Minn
Ashley
N. D
Aberdeen
S. D
Mason City
Havre
Mont
Piney
Wye
Pueblo
Colo
Sidney
Neb
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Kansas
Phillipsburg
Kirksville
Mohan
Moline
Chicago
Amarillo
Tex
Antonio
Atlantic
Nev Essee
Weather Bureau
Upper Michigan
Gates Quits Navy as Truman Accepts Resignation
President Truman accepted Artemus S. Gates's resignation from the Navy effective December 31. Gates served in the defense department role and leaves ahead of year end.
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Gates
Navy
Washington
Truman
Artemus S. Gates
The
GOP Declares No Help for Democrats in 1946 Campaign
Chicago reports Herbert Brownell, GOP National Chairman, says Republicans will oppose Democratic efforts in 1946. He notes a shift to win House control and denies plans to sever informal anti administration coalitions, while signaling a developing platform effort.
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Chicago
GOP
Herbert Brownell
Brownell
National Committee
Congress
House
Mrs. Mary Dorr, 85, Dies in Brodhead Home
Mrs. Mary Dorr age 85 longtime Brodhead resident died at 9 45 Sunday morning at the home of her daughter Mrs James Rindy. She had been ill three months. Funeral at 9 a m Wednesday at St J Kins with burial in Calvary Cemetery Whitewater. Rosary at 8 p m tomorrow. She was born November 2 1860 in Whitewater daughter of James and Sarah Greeley and married Michael Dorr September 2 1887 in Whitewater. She moved to Brodhead 27 years ago with survivors including three sons John Chicago Ky and Philip Rindy in India and other relatives.
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Brodhead
Mary Dorr
James Rindy
Dorr
St. J. Kins
Calvary Cemetery
Whitewater
Mary Greeley
James
Sarah Cullen Greeley
Michael Dorr
John
Chicago
Ie. Ky
Philip Rindy
India
Dean Acheson Denies Charges Linked to Hurley Row
Undersecretary Dean Acheson denied charges that he had shaped U.S. Iran policy and described his dispute with Hurley as escalating to a near fist fight in the state department last year.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Patrick J. Suntiay
U. S
Iran
Hurley
State Department
Indo China withdrawal in progress as Japanese disarmed
AP reports Saigon and British forces prepare to yield restoring duties to the French once all Japanese troops are disarmed and moved to Cap St. Jacques for transport to Japan. Wisconsin weekend accidents claim six lives including two car crashes two falls another drowning and a fatal auto strike.
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Saigon
Indo-China
Cap St. Jacques
Japan
Wisconsin
Railroads Offer Drags Sleeping Car Business Into Cartel Charge
Philadelphia attorney Thurman Arnold for Otis and Company Cleveland bank firm described a 43 railroad bid to buy the nation's sleeping car business as a cartel enterprise. He called Pullman Inc selling its subsidiary the Pullman company the most important transportation case in history.
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Philadelphia
Thurman Arnold
Otis & Company
Cleveland
Pullman, Inc
Pullman Company
Skaters Prepare Lincoln Rink For Opening
Lincoln rink readiness announced by the city park board with Ervin Ault named chief ice maker and warming-house keeper. Hours align with prior years from after school to 10 pm with afternoon skating and adult nights expected. music planned to ease tumbles and chilly toes.
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Monroe
City Park Board
Lincoln School
Ervin Ault
Ren Ault
Mild Saturday Deters Crowds for Corn Shredding
Warm weather kept some shoppers away from Christmas crowds as farmers used the sunny day to finish delayed corn shredding. Despite the heat, a portion of shoppers still visited, finding the mild conditions favorable for outdoor tasks.
Patton in Critical Condition After Neck Injuries
Army medical officers in Frankfurt described General George S. Patton Jr as critical after a neck fracture and partial paralysis from an auto crash near Mannheim. X rays showed the fourth cervical vertebra displaced then reduced, with his general condition otherwise satisfactory. Major General Hobart R. Gay, his chief of staff, and driver Pfc. Woodring were unhurt during the pheasant hunting trip.
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Mannheim
Germany
George S. Patton, Jr
Frankfurt
Patton
United States
Patton, Jr
Army Medical
Hobart R. Gay
U. S. 5Th Army
Bad Nauheim
Gay
Pfc
Horace Woodring
Seven Green County Men Join Army and Navy
Seven Green County men have joined the army and one is training for the Navy after induction through the local draft board on December 5. Departing Monroe for Chicago were Harold P. Elmer Blanchardville Donald E. Erickson Prodhead Donald A. Lange Evensville Burnell C ogoes Browntown Kenneth A. Priewe Monroe Wes ley Retzlaff Juda John C. Waelchli Monticello Virgil J. Waeilti Juda Army and Navy.
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Green County
Army
Greates
Monroe
Chicago
Harold P. Elmer
Blanchardville
Donald E. Erickson
County Agricultural Conservation Group Names Syse Chairman
Delegates from 14 townships attended the Green County Agricultural Conservation association annual meeting held Saturday in the AAA office. Monroe and Cadiz were unrepresented. Officers elected for the county committee include Glenn B. Syse Blanchardville chairman Fred H. Hahlen Brodhead vice chairman and William C. Baumgartner Monticello third member.
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Green County Agricultural Conservation Association
AAA
Monroe
Cadiz
Glenn B. Syse
Blanchardville
Fred H. Hahlen
Brodhead
William C. Baumgartner
Monticello
Safe Driving Window In Monroe Identified
Local police report show lowest risk at 4 to 6 am on Wednesdays with accident rates rising between 4 and 6 pm and on Saturdays. Night hours around 8 pm to midnight average about 5 per hour, while 12 am to 6 am stay under 3 per hour.
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Monroe
Dati Tat
Nazis Urged Japs But Had No Idea Of Pearl Harbor
At the Nurnberg trial secret German orders show military leaders urged Japan to join the war in 1941 while unaware of a possible Pearl Harbor strike. Prosecution cited a March 5 1941 plan by Wilhelm Keitel to attack Singapore to force England down and keep the United States out of the war. The session featured Ernest Kaltenbrunner denying guilt as the case highlighted Nazi collaboration with Japan to spread aggression.
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Nuernberg
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Vonarshal Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Singapore
England
United States
Keitel
America
Ernest Kaltenbrunner
Gestapo
Germany
Kaltenbrunner
Soviet
Russia
Hermann Goering
Alfred Rosenberg
Sleety Weather Delays Large Yule Tree Arrival for Square
A sleet storm delays the 25 foot Yule tree destined for Monroe's square. The tree cut in northern Wisconsin has ice coating and transport issues. officials expect shipment early this week and installation by the weekend.
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Retail Bureau
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Wisconsin
Monroe
Big carrot unearthed from garden weighs two pounds
Paul Knoll of 1823 16th Avenue shows a massive yellow carrot found yesterday in his garden. The root is short and squat with a piglike silhouette including snout ear and tail, promising a week’s worth of stew and rich vitamin A.
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Paul Knoll
16Th Avenue
Fear rice riots follow Japanese agriculture upheaval
A Tokyo warning from influential farmers predicts rice riots without stronger government agrarian policies as General MacArthur demands immediate changes to Japan's feudal land system. He also orders arrests of 57 Japanese accused of crimes against United Nations nationals tied to the Cabanatuan camp and related vessels, plus three naval officers including a Wake Island repatriate.
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Tokyo
MacArthur
Japan
Akita
Tohoku
Marshall Upholds Accuracy of Data on Pearl Harbor Forecasts
Gen. George C. Marshall told a Senate House inquiry that U S forecasts by the army's intelligence division correctly anticipated Japan's attack plan and that Pearl Harbor was not a proposed invasion. He said Japan aimed south into the Gulf of Siam area as estimated, with prior notes of potential U S involvement if Thailand moved.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Army
Japan
Marshall
Senate House
Pearl Harbor
Thailand
Gulf of Siam
United States
Great Britain
Ferguson
Adm
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Roosevelt
Michigan
John G. Winant
London
Stark
Singapore
Polio Toll in Wisconsin Surges This Year
State polio toll doubles 1944 levels with 529 cases through Nov 24. National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis grants totaling 14,500 aid Lincoln and Washington counties, bringing Wisconsin chapter aid to 21,097 for the year. County-by-county rises include Lincoln 26 cases, Washington 41, Lake 862, Langlade 3,625, Richland 2,000.
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Milwaukee
Byron Conway
Wisconsin Rapids
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Lincoln
Washington Counties
National Foundation
Wisconsin
Lincoln County
Washington County
Lake
Langlade
Richland
American Marine Shot in Tientsin Details
A U S Marine sergeant was shot from a horse and wounded in the face near a Tientsin bridge. He fled into a canal, reached a village, and was helped by a Russian woman before marines evacuated him to a hospital. The incident follows another Marine killing nearby four days earlier.
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Tientsin
U. S
Marine
Tientn
Marine Division
North China
Missouri 4 Year Old Recovers After Subfreezing Stroll
Donald Lee Holder a 4 year old from Waynesville Missouri is recovering at General hospital after spending a day and night in sub freezing temperatures in Mark Twain national forest. He was found by Leon Cummings a 24 year old Waynesville night bus dispatcher during a search of about 300 volunteers.
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Waynesville
Donald Lee Holder
General Hospital
Mark Twain National Forest
Carl Holder
Waville
Leon Cummings
Nobel Peace Prizes Presented by Proxy in Oslo
Nobel peace prizes for 1944 and 1945 were presented by proxy to the International Red Cross and to former U S Secretary of State Cordell Hull praised as the father of the United Nations organization.
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Oslo
International Red Cross
U. S
Cordell Hull
United Nations Organization
Lewis Blast at Government and UAW Activity
John L. Lewis attacked the government the CIO UAW and General Motors during hearings on proposed fact finding boards to resolve major industrial disputes. He argued the Truman plan would impose statutory irons on labor and favor corporate state while praising a GM price boost as a path to ending the strike.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
General Motors Company
Cio-United Automobile Workers
United Mine Workers
House Labor Committee
UAW
Truman
Congress
General Motors
Mr. Truman
Lewis
CIO
United Auto Workers
Schwellenbach
Ford Motor Company
Schnellenbach
Detroit
Ford
Uaw-Cio
Walter
Reuther
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Ow Alto
R_ Thomas
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