Truman to address labor woes in January radio speech
President Truman plans a nationwide radio address in early January to outline his legislative program including labor reforms and universal training. A state of the union message may follow in person, possibly televised, marking a first use of TV by a president.
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Kansas City
Truman
Congress
State of the Union
White House
Capitol Hill
Washington
Henry T. Myers
Myers
Death of Wang Keh-min the North China puppet official
Peiping dispatches report the death in prison of Wang Keh-min once Japan’s top puppet in north China. The semi official notes say he died while serving a commission begun in 1936 under Japanese control. He had been seized in the north as a collaborator in December.
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Wang Keh-min
North China
Peiping
Chungking
Japan
China
Wang
Eeaesee
Erste Sekeieas Council
Do Soak Tae
North Ee
Bretton Woods Ratified as World Financial System Begins
The Bretton Woods monetary agreement is signed at the State Department establishing two multibillion dollar international institutions. President Truman names Fred M. Vinson to sign for the United States with participation from at least 23 nations to create a global stabilization fund worth about 8.8 billion dollars.
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Washington
State Department
Bretton Woods
Truman
Secretary of the Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
United States
Stamins
Time picks Truman Man of the Year for 1945
Time magazine names President Harry S. Truman as Man of the Year noting his role with the atomic bomb. The magazine says he became the central figure in the bomb’s use in 1945 and its future, albeit somewhat unwittingly.
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New York
Time Magazine
Harry S. Truman
Time
High Wages Do Not Prove Farm Prices Rise
Two Cornell professors said farm food prices depend on world price levels, not U S wage strength. They argued high employment and wages do not necessarily boost food demand or prices, noting wages are a cost to farmers and profits drive production and employment.
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Chicago
Cornelliaa
American Farm Economic Association
Profs
F. A. Pearson
Donald Paarlberg
United States
Pearson
Communists Push For Truce With Chiang in Civil War
Chinese Communists announced a formal written proposal for an unconditional truce on all fronts of China's undeclared civil war. The proposal was delivered at a two hour meeting with three government representatives at the National Military Council headquarters in Chungking. General Chou En-lai led the Communist delegation while Gen George C. Marshall hosted a luncheon for him as the new U.S. envoy, marking a direct report of Communist viewpoints.
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Chungking
China
National Military Council
Variee
Chou En-lai
George C. Marshall
U. S
Marshall
Car Crash Kills Four in Madison Area
A collision between two cars near Fennimore on Sunday left four dead including Eva Mae Blake 17 Hartsell Conley 20 both of Boscobel and Clyde Guyst 19 of Gays Mills. Grant county officials have called an inquest.
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Madison
Charles Shaul
Fennimore
Eva Mae Blake
Hartsell Conley
Boscobel
Clyde Guyst
Jerusalem Bombings Rock City Center Amid Rising Tension
Associated Press reports seven bombs in central Jerusalem with two heavy explosions and unspecified casualties. In Washington, Interior Secretary Ickes warned of a fuel oil shortage and insufficient coal production to meet demand, linking coal limitations to a strike attributed to Mr. Lewis.
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Jerusalem
Telviv
Washington
Ickes
Lewis
Sandusky Postmaster and Aide Kidnapped in Michigan
Postmaster Horace Parrish and a female postal clerk were abducted by two men near Sandusky and left bound near Pontiac. The pair escaped after a 15 minute struggle. neither victim injured. Suspects Vyse and Townsend, both 25, had just escaped a Sanilac county jail and were awaiting sentencing for an armed post office robbery in Tyre.
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Sandusky
Mich
Horace Parrish
Pontiac
Roland L. Meredith
Parrish
J. C. Ae
Charles Townsend
Sanilac County
Vyse
Townsend
Tyre
Miss Shillinger
Meredith
American Surplus Sold to Indian Government
New Delhi announced that US surplus property in India with a book value over 500 million dollars will be sold to the Indian government under an agreement reached Monday. The figure is not the final sale price and will be settled after the transfer is complete, likely in January, to avert disruptions to India's economy.
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New Delhi
United States
India
American Foreign Liquidation Commission
Bank Swindle Suspect arraignment set in Janesville
Floyd Brazier 28 of Caledonia is to face arraignment January 3 in Janesville on charges of fleecing nine Wisconsin banks for about 1625 dollars in recent weeks. Police say he falsely obtained 300 dollars from a Janesville bank and Beloit 300 dollars, with other sums missing. A Monroe banker briefly rejected a loan request from a man with the same name after a brief meeting.
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Janesville
Floyd Brazier
Caledonia
Monroe
Blazier
Beloit
Wisconsin
Calm Wait on Fate Of 30-50 Miners
Rescue workers reported at least 15 fires found and extinguished as they probed the Kentucky Straight Creek Coal mine near Pineville Four Miles Hollow Four Miles from Bell County. They had reached about 1 1/2 miles back and were roughly 3,000 feet from 30 to 50 trapped miners with no word on their fate.
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Pineville
Grew A. D. Sisk
Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Company
Black Mountain
Miles Hollow
Bell County
William Leath
McKinley Leath
George J. Maverman Loses Tip of Right Finger
George J. Maverman, manager at Luchfinger Monument works, injured his right little finger while moving a monument. The tip was severed but no complications are reported, and he expects to return to work in about a week.
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George J. Maverman
Luchfinger Monument Works
Communists Push for Election Delay in Occupied Japan
Kyodo News reports that Communists propose postponing Japan’s general election by at least one month to permit a broader opposition movement. The date is pending approval by Supreme Headquarters and is expected for mid January under a new law still under study by occupation officials.
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Tokyo
Japan
Po Kyodo
Supreme Allied Headquarters
Moscow Parley Agrees on Atom And Jap Control
United States Soviet Russia and Great Britain reached an atomic question agreement at the 11 day Moscow conference. James Byrnes announced the pacto also covering Japan and other peace issues to be released in three capitals. He praised warm ties with Molotov Bev rid and the London delegation as the talks closed.
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Moscow
United States
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Japan
Raw
Byrnes
Washington
London
Monroe
Russia
Ono Peninsula
Imself
Vyacheslav Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Molotov
Airporke
Wisconsin year sees 1120 new corporations formed
Madison reports 1,120 new corporations organized in Wisconsin from December 1, 1944, to December 1, 1945, up from 786 the prior year. Fees paid to the corporation department totaled $150,612 versus $105,304 the previous period.
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Madison
Fred R. Zimmerman
Wisconsin
Secretary of State
Ickes Bets on Guessing His Cabinet Exit Date
Secretary Ickes challenged reporters to a dollar pool on when he will leave the cabinet. He announced the idea at a news conference amid fresh speculation about his departure and quipped that honest living won’t make them rich.
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Washington
Ickes
Pre cooked meals may ease homemaker work says official
Washington predictions by F L Thomsen head of marketing research say within ten years stores will offer blue plate meals with baked goods and dessert. preparation may be a simple pause while reading the paper and leftovers wrapped for disposal. statistics show high costs in major cities and a shift in where families shop, with New Orleans and San Francisco costing more for staples.
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Washington
F. L. Thomsen
Agriculture Department
Division of Marketing and Transportation Research
Ife
Thomsen
Orleans
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Chicago
Labor Department
New Orleans
Atlanta
Angeles
New York
Deep South
West Coast
Mrs. America
Race With Stork For Fine Prizes In Monroe
The Times announces a January birth contest in Monroe where the first baby born after 1945 will win gifts from 16 Monroe merchants. Parents must live within 15 miles of Monroe and report birth details including date time physician and parents names.
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Monroe
Resume Controversy On Military Merger By Mid January
Washington report notes Congress will resume debate on a unified command plan. Rep Jennings Randolph leads hearings after recess on a bill creating a single national defense department with undersecretaries for war navy and air as urged by President Truman.
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Washington
House
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Department of National Defense
Navy
Air
Truman
Warmer Weather Forecast Brightens Monroe
Sunshine melts ice in Monroe as optimists plan spring picnics. Bright sun sparkles ice-covered trees around the square. The mercury reached 24 degrees by 2 p m.
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Monroe
Mercury
Wisconsin Warm Up Forecast After Sharp Temperature Drop
The state expects warmer weather tonight and tomorrow after a cold air mass from the Dakotas. Temperatures in the north may reach 10 to 15 degrees and 25 to 30 in the south. Last night’s lows included Land O Lakes 12 below, Park Falls 9 below, Madison 4 below, and Milwaukee 14 above. Green Bay saw a 33 degree drop.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Howard J. Thompson
U. S. Meterol
Milwaukee
Dakotas
Land O'Lakes
Park Falls
Green Bay
la Crosse
Wausau
Madison
Duluth
Postpone Ordered Adjustments for Railway Freight
The Inter state Commerce commission authorized railroads to indefinitely postpone class rate adjustments previously ordered. The delay follows a federal court injunction restraining the 10 percent increase in northern and eastern states and the corresponding decrease in the South and West. The injunction was issued by a three judge court in Utica New York at the request of nine northern states.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Utica
N. Y
Dies At 114 in Wilmington Delaware
Mrs. Fanny Christmas died Christmas Eve at her home in Wilmington at age 114, as reported by Deputy Coroner Austin C. Caulk. Relatives and friends attributed her long life to a simple lifestyle and faith. She was born in 1812 and lived in the area for many decades.
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Wilmington
Del
Fanny Christmas
Austin C. Caulk
Hawaii as 49th State Sparks Flag Pattern Debate
Washington sources explore how a 49 star flag would be arranged. Experts say the law requires one star per state but does not fix star placement or rows. The flag becomes official on July 4 after admission, with design awaiting presidential selection of remodelers.
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Washington
Hawaii
Secretary of the Interior
Ickies
Library of Congress
Army
Navy
U. S
Florida
Texas
Iowa
Wiscona Peveee
New Mexico
Arizona
Nationwide strikes loom as electrical and telephone unions threaten
Threats of two large strikes imperil 500000 electrical and telephone workers. CIO UE planned a Jan 5 vote for a $2 daily wage rise while Western Electric and General Electric face federal mediation. Pickets would target Western Electric centers nationwide if talks fail. Across the nation 218000 additional workers idle in various industries.
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Associated Press
Electrical and Telephone Company
CIO
New York
Western Electric Company
Western Electric Company Worksorial
New York-New Jersey
Kyhmeeey General Electric
General Mobeans
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
Westinghouse
General Electric
Edgar L. Warren
Cio-Ue
Westin
General Motors
Warren
Henry Mayer
Ciation
National Federation of Telephone Workers
New Jersey
Mayer
Bell System
Western Electric
General Motors Corporation
Washington
United Auto Workers
Detroit
Woman Dies After Car Trapped in Berwyn Wreck
Mrs Mildred Chochola 25 of Cicero died after a collision with an I train in Berwyn. Trapped between a crossing guard shack and the car she endured 15 minutes of agony before flames from the third rail and gasoline stalled rescue efforts. Her father Peter Maracek 62 survived.
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Chicago
Mildred Chochola
Cicero
Berwyn
Peter Maracek
Sleep at Any Price at Milwaukee Police Station
Harvey W. Schwedler of Jackson Michigan sought a bed at the central police station. The desk sergeant said no rooms were free. After a check revealed he was indeed wanted on a Jackson charge Schwedler was given a bed for the night.
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Milwaukee
Harvey W. Schwedler
Jackson, Mich
Central Police Station
Schwedler
Jackson
Mich
Schwedier
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