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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1945
Page
1
President Truman moves to curb housing costs and wage inflation under war powers. He announced action on residential property price controls while signaling broader labor and housing policy amid wartime pressures.
Green county nears Victory Loan target with 779000 total subscribers and 283383.50 of 347000 in E-bonds. County Chairman Bert Ket ter Albany remains confident the E-bond goal will be reached by month end as purchases count toward the drive. Townships Albany and New Glarus near or over quota. villages Albany Monticello New Glarus over top. Brodhead Monroe over top early.
General George C. Marshall testified he believed as early as August 1941 that a Pacific war was inevitable and the United States was unprepared. The testimony followed reports of a navy officer predicting Pearl Harbor and Manila attacks, with records noting taps on Japanese consulate lines were halted days before the 1941 attack.
A fragment notes a dispute over cooperation and the corporation's ability to grant a 30 percent wage increase. The text hints at a negotiation context and potential wage settlement discussion without detailing the parties or location.
A White House statement says price ceilings require legislation while priorities on building materials are being set under war powers. The plan credits fact finding boards to hold strikes in abeyance as Japan’s surrender terms are fulfilled, amid House pessimism over broader labor and strike bills.
Pfc. Donald E. Drew of Dixon Illinois signed a life report stating not qualified for overseas duty. The 23 month veteran, with service in Alaska, the central Pacific, and Japanese sectors, expressed uncertainty about his assignment while stationed in Shiko ku, Japan.
The Associated Press bulletin reports the House Education Committee defeated a federal aid bill for state school systems by 10 to 9 after an executive session. The same session approved a major league proposal to permit unlimited night baseball in 1946.
An official bulletin reports General Patton’s condition as good with stable vital signs after his Sunday auto accident. Mrs. Patton says she is not worried and is pleased to be with her husband as three Heidelberg surgeons depart.
Reports say Lt. Gen. Tu Li-ming's northeastern forces entered Mukden without opposition. A division of the 94th central government army was reported landing at Changchun airport under a new accord with Russia allowing Chongqing troops to occupy both cities.
American prosecutors at the Nuremberg war crimes trial detailed a Nazi system that forced more than 4 million people from 14 nationalities into labor for war plants and farms. Evidence cites orders by Sauckel to speed up shipments and notes abuses including babies reportedly harmed on slave labor trains.
Wisconsin board of public welfare reelected its chairman Herman H. Kloppman of Crivitz for seven years and two other officers at today's meeting. John L. McHale of Green Bay was kept as vice chairman and Dr. W. D. Stovall of Madison as secretary.
Louis Timothy, a South Pacific veteran, returns to Cleveland after four years away and reconciles with his former sweetheart Ann Linsey. His brief Australia marriage to Lenore Doherty ended with annulment and child custody for Doherty, creating a tangled domestic past now described as a revived “Enoch Arden” tale.
Forty Dachau camp defendants were convicted by a U.S. military court of participating in cruelties at one of the Nazis most infamous camps. Brig. Gen. John M. Lentz said sentencing would follow after a 24 day trial.
H B Croon a 25 year old discharged army air gunner with 50 combat missions froze to death after 12 hours pinned under his overturned car in 10 degree temperatures northwest of Nokomis Illinois The coroner ruled death by freezing He held the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal Survivors include his wife and 10 month old son.
Japanese war crime suspects including Prince Morimasa Nashimoto began surrendering and checking into Sugamo Prison as 59 top officials faced detention. Gen Masaharu Homma and others were moved to Manila for trial, while Yamashita's appeal attempts prompted public petitions to spare his life. The first trials at Yokohama are set for next Tuesday.
In the first Tuesday night session of a university extension course in curriculum planning at Green County Normal School, 33 teachers and supervisors from rural, city, and village schools attended. Dr. A S Barr leads the two 90 minute classes with the next meeting set for Jan 8. enrollment remains open.
Firemen battled a five hour blaze in near zero temperatures destroying two downtown establishments and severely damaging two more near Vermilion and West North streets. Estimates ranged from 350000 to 400000 dollars with no residents injured.
Munising Michigan officials report three children died in a third floor attic blaze at R W Nebel home from a short circuit in a toy electric stove. Victims are Judith Nebel 3 Donald Rutila 3 Helen Wickstrom 4. Mrs Rutila and Mamie Hill were upstairs as alarm failed until Charles Nebel returned from school.
In Janesville last night William Tucker Beloit and Mrs Jane Barker Racine were elected Republican chairman and vice chairman of the First Congressional district. Green county sent 26 delegates while state chairman Thomas E Coleman attacked office seekers posing as Republicans and welcomed cross party members seeking to change affiliation. Scottish?
Secretary of State James Byrnes left Washington by plane at 8:20 a.m. CST en route to Moscow to pursue key Anglo American Canadian aims. He plans to brief Molotov on plans to hand atomic energy questions to the United Nations and seeks Russian backing for a London based special UN commission to set atomic controls.
The white Arabian named White Frost, claimed as Emperor Hirohito's mount, will travel to the United States with Lt. Dick Ryan after a new army rule allows pets to be shipped home. Ryan plans to exhibit the horse at veterans hospitals and public events, clarifying ownership and travel arrangements amid conflicting reports about the horse’s origin.
At the 12th annual meeting held yesterday at Turner hall Green County Service Company elected Roscoe Smith R J Douglas Fred Dettwiler J D Hahlen and H Matzke as directors. Paul A Franke reported net sales of 152775.56 and patronage refunds of 9510. Glen Norman of Wisconsin Farm Supply spoke on state and local cooperative relations. William Kaskiatas of Wisconsin Farm Bureau stressed farm cooperatives for agriculture.
The Associated Press reports Wisconsin endures a sharp cold spell with near zero readings across many cities. Ironwood Michigan hits 18, Wisconsin towns range from 6 to 7 above zero in Milwaukee area, and other stations show subzero or near zero temperatures including Oshkosh at zero.
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