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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1945
Page
1
Monroe readies a peacetime New Year with taverns closing at 1 am and police not increasing presence. Veterans return from overseas as churches hold joint services and theaters offer late shows amid mild weather and a Times day off for staff.
Five children Samuel 1 Salvatore 3 Ralph 4 Matthew 8 and Rose Marie 9 perished in a Connecticut home fire likely sparked by Christmas lights. Parents were away at a gas station run by the father. The blaze marks the third deadly Connecticut fire in a week.
A Beloit family faced a deadly gas incident as a girl died and her mother collapsed from exposure in a gas filled home. Officials reported the residence was filled with stove gas and steps were taken to determine the cause.
President Truman supports a very cautious approach to sharing atomic energy secrets, favoring strict preconditions before divulging bomb know how. White House and State Department officials indicate a tough policy to test inspection methods and limit disclosures to Britain and Canada until controls prove workable.
Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, famed for leading Task Force 58 in the Pacific, was assigned as commander of the Eighth Fleet. A Hillsboro Wisconsin native, he previously served as deputy chief of naval operations for air, with the Eighth Fleet part of the Atlantic fleet's combat task force.
The OPA established ceiling prices for processed Swiss cheese with levels excluding retail. Effective Jan 3, Wisconsin processors face 40 percent and wholesalers 41.05 cents per half pound. Outside Wisconsin, prices rise with freight and a 1.15 multiplier. Local authorities expect the order to cover only processed Swiss and not natural cheese.
Master Jerry Jacobs seven is confined at home with absolute rest after a skull fracture. He was returning from a Kiwanis children party when his head was jammed in a car door. X ray at Monroe clinic confirmed the fracture.
Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer, commander in China, said plans consider moving additional Chinese armies to Manchuria and boosting U.S. forces to 12 000 15 000. He cited repatriation of Japanese and securing rail and port facilities as goals, with no decision on housing families yet.
The National Safety Council notes Milwaukee ranked among the safest large cities in 1945 through November with 3.9 traffic deaths per 10 000 registered vehicles. Detroit led the list at 3.7, among cities over 500 000 population, while Milwaukee shared second with Buffalo.
President Truman secluded aboard the Williamsburg with a small staff to draft a straight to the people address. He signed 64 bills and resolutions and backed a six month extension of the war powers act while signaling further renewal. He outlined GI bill benefits, UNRRA funding, veterans housing, flood control, and life insurance provisions, and proposed immigration relaxations for families of armed forces members.
CIO United Automobile Workers marshal government data to press a 30 percent wage claim before a Presidential fact finding panel. GM withdraws, saying wages depend on future forecasts not current facts. Panel to reconvene if needed. Detroit officials and Reuther seek wage discussion tied to economic facts.
Hollywood obituary notes novelist Theodore Dreiser died at age 74 from a heart attack. A leading realist who moved from journalism to fame with An American Tragedy, he struggled with public criticism after leaving the newspaper field. He is survived by his second wife Helen. his first wife Sarah Osborne White died in 1942. There were no children.
U S Third Army HQ reports seizure of Hitler Eva Braun marriage contract dated April 29 1945 and related testimonies with Bormann Goebbels and Doenitz documents. British intelligence says Hitler and Braun died by their own hand in Berlin on April 30 one day after marriage.
Washington report on proposed permanent information service to operate in at least 62 nations with 2648 staff. Office of international information and cultural affairs to run shortwave broadcasts in 18 languages, 75 libraries, daily bulletin, and materials for foreign papers.
Dr. Harry M. Guilford of the state board of health said Wisconsin influenza cases for the week of Dec 22 reached 1,293 the highest recent week but the outbreak appears to be quieting. Mortality has been very low and schools report only a few closures as Christmas holidays aid containment. Through Dec 22 1945 the year total stood at 2,988 with the trend downward after the peak.
A squirrel in an urban yard had its tail severed by a car’s metal chains at the 6th street and 22nd avenue intersection this morning. The de tailing accident left the animal tail free of its base but the creature continued across the road and shimmied up a tree.
The fog and frost create a scenic scene as the Christmas tree lights glow at noon. Motorists face ice coated windshields and slick roads though trucks operate safely and 1 pm temps linger near 30. Outlook says mild patterns into 1946 with light snow and small temp drops.
Capt. Eugene Dale a 27 year old Bataan death march survivor died at Roosevelt hospital from bullet wounds in the head chest and abdomen suffered in a melee over the love of an attractive model.
Thirty eight persons suspected of shootings and bombings Thursday night were arrested in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as a police and military dragnet rounded up nearly 2,700 for questioning. Other reports note British troops seizing exchanges in Buitenzorg and Batavia, while President Truman shifts coast guard control back to the treasury on January 1. The Spanish government rejects foreign interference amid talks among the United States France and Britain.
In Pineville Kentucky eight miners were rescued from a tunnel blast at Kentucky Straight Creek Coal Co mine No 1. Two men Albert Bennett and an unidentified victim died. Rescue crews battled a new fire and dangerous fumes as they sought the remaining 21 miners.
Six persons are known killed and seven injured in a fiery collision between a Philadelphia Transportation Co trolley and an oil truck near Essington. The death toll may rise to eight officials said. A five year old girl reportedly died in the blaze and charred bodies were recovered from both vehicles.
City Treasurer Charles Bolender corrected a Times error on delinquent tax interest. The rate is 8 percent per month, not 8 percent per year, and collections will be handled at the Commercial and Savings bank for two months starting January 2. Taxpayers may pay 50 percent of real estate taxes in January and defer the remainder to July 31. Delinquencies after March 1 incur the monthly 8 percent charge.
London diplomatic quarters said a five-power meeting of military chiefs from the United States, Britain, Russia, France and China might be held in January to discuss an international peace preservation force under the UN charter. A British Foreign Office spokesman neither confirmed nor denied discussions on the proposed summit while noting ongoing diplomatic channels.
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