Hitler Decree of Death to Allied Commandos
Nuernberg court heard that Ernst Kaltenbrunner ordered execution of 12 to 115 Americans including AP’s Joseph Morton. Testimony described Hitler personal decrees to slaughter commandos, with orders to hand over prisoners to Himmler and hold officers responsible for failing to obey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Nuernberg
International Military Tribunal
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Gestapo
Joseph Morton
Associated Press
Kaltenbrunner
Mauthausen
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Dieppe
Europe
Africa
Heinrich Himmiler
Youth Lost in Upper Michigan Woods Dies Of Exposure
An 11 year old boy, Robert Short, died of exposure after 24 hours in the cold upper Michigan woods. He and his 16 year old brother Ben Jr were separated from companions while walking home after taking a shortcut. They tramped the woods overnight without matches to light a fire. the boy was found by searchers an hour before he died while awaiting a toboggan for aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquette, Mich
Robert Short
Upper Michigan Woods
Ben, Jr
Snowfall Details for December 1945
The Times records show snow fell on nine days in December 1945, versus eight days in December 1944. Average temperature for December 1945 was 18.30 degrees against 19.97 in December 1944, with 15 clear days in 1945 compared to 11 in 1944 despite heavy fogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Indonesian Forces Rally Near Semarang Brace for Major Attack
Batavia reports Indonesian nationalist units mass near Semarang in north central Java. The concentration signals a possible large scale operation in the area within days. Chungking says Communist forces will resist moves into Jehol, calling it civil war. Washington names Seth W. Richardson as new counsel for the Pearl Harbor investigating committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Semarang
Java
Chungking
Inner
Jehol
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Seth W. Richardson
Chicago strike called by CIO United Packinghouse Workers
Union president Lewis J. Clark announced a nationwide strike in Chicago involving about 200000 CIO United Packinghouse Workers of America members scheduled for January 16. In Malvern Arkansas three men were killed two burned and one missing after an explosion at a waterworks storage tank during tank repair work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cio-United Packinghouse Workers of America
Lewis J. Clark
Malvern, Ark
Malvern Waterworks
Holiday Accident Deaths Reach 530
A nationwide New Year holiday toll shows 530 violent deaths from 6 p m Friday to midnight Tuesday. Traffic fatalities reached 248, with 282 other violent deaths from plane and train crashes, shootings, fires, drownings, and home accidents. Pennsylvania leads with 46 deaths, Texas and New York 41 each, Illinois 39.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Safety Council
Pennsylvania
Texas
New York
Illinois
Chicago
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
Last of New Ration Books Issued to Few From OPA
The Office of Price Administration begins issuing the final new ration book limited to certain groups including returned servicemen and new babies. Local boards stop distributing sugar stamps and direct applicants to the Milwaukee district director for forms and action. The single sheet book carries ten stamps from sugar stamp 3 through others in sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
Milwaukee
Caroline Cunningham
Farmhand Starts 1-Year Term in Baby Kidnap Case
Eugene Peterson a 32 year old Woodville farmhand began a one year prison term after pleading guilty to stealing a car in which a five month old infant was asleep. He claimed drunkenness and said he did not know what he was doing when he took the car belonging to Elmer Krepnik of Rusk. The child was unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
Wis
Eugene Peterson
Woodville
Wisconsin
Peterson
Elmer Krepnik
Rusk
Stark Denies Prewar Pearl Harbor Warning Recollection
Admiral Harold E. Stark testified before a Senate House inquiry that an intercepted Tokyo message about a potential aerial attack on Pearl Harbor was not recalled by him at the time. He said no one in the armed forces interpreted the warning as laying out bombing plans, and he discussed shifts in his assessments from 1940 to 1941 and the November 27 1941 war warning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bormann
Rowne
Ernest Kaltenbrunner
Ab Gece
Martin Bormann
Reuters
Germany
Exchange Telegraph
Copenhagen
Washington
Harold E. Stark
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Stark
Senate House
Army
Navy
Harold R. Stark
Saaumanaie
Naval Operations
Senate
House
San Francisco
Hawaii
William D. Mitchell
Mitchell
Japan
Naval
Southeast Asia
Navy Department
Pacific
J. O. Richardson
Pacific Fleet
Husband E. Kimmel
Richardson
Hull
Kimmel
Stark Long
Adm
R. E. Ingersoll
Kiwanis Installation Set for Wisconsin-Michigan District
Clemens E. Lueck of Ripon will be installed as governor of the Kiwanis International Wisconsin Upper Michigan district at a two day conference in Milwaukee January 6 and 7. Delegates from 76 clubs will attend. Lueck serves as public relations director at Ripon College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Milwaukee
Clemens E. Lueck
Ripon
Wisconsin-upper Michigan
Kiwanis International
Lueck
Ripon College
Man Reunites With Family At Inquest Mix Up
Alfred Huber, 31, just back from the Pacific, disrupted an inquest by arriving late and being mistaken for a deceased man. The coroner issued a burial certificate in his name before police identified the corpse as Walter Springman, 23, of Alton, a discharged soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Streator
Ill
Alfred Huber
Pacific
Howland Funeral
Edward Huber
Fred
Alfred
Ottawa
Walter Springman
Alton
Rugged GIs Volunteer for Russian Tour and Food Challenge
Three U S correspondents ride with Russian guides on an eight day Berlin to Dresden tour. Pfc Jack Sorensen Pfc Duane Read and Pfc Charles Warm withstand heavy drinking huge meals and constant toasts before volunteering for another assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Jack Sorensen
Yakima
Wash
Sorensen
Duane Read
Yantic
Conn
Charles Warm
Burlington
Berlin
Dresden
Halle
County Over Top In Victory Loan
Green county reported a exceeded Victory loan totals with E-bond sales of 349813.50 surpassing 347000 quota and overall sales 1142831 well above 779000 goal. Monroe and Brodhead cities surpassed their targets. 13 townships and Brown town village faced shortfalls. York missed E-bond by under 100. Final tallies pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Times Special Service
Green County
Bert Ketter
Ketter
Browntown
Brodhead
Monroe
Jefferson
York
Nativity Scene Graces St Clare Hospital Holiday Display
A lit miniature Nativity featuring Mary Joseph and the Christ child sits among Judean hills and Bethlehem houses, with inside lighting and palm-shaded settings. Sister M Faustine and Sister M John Bosco created the scene, displayed in the hospital lobby with a large central Christmas tree and additional decorations on all floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
St. Clare Hospital
M. Faustine
M. John Bosco
Mary
Joseph
Christ
Judea
Deininger Returns To Road Patrol With County Force
Wilbur E. Deininger of 1020 18th Avenue returns to county highway police duties after a three year leave. He will assist Chief George W. Armstrong, having served in the army since 1942 with the 84th chemical mortar battalion in Africa, Sicily, and Italy where he earned a battlefield commission and became a first lieutenant before returning to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur E. Deininger
18Th Avenue
Deininger
George W. Armstrong
Force
Army
84Th Chemical Mortar Battalion
Africa
Sicily
Italy
States
Navy
Armstrong
Train wreck kills two on Silver Meteor derailment
Two Negro passengers died and several others were injured when the Sea Board Airline East Coast Silver Meteor derailed 24 miles north of Columbia South Carolina while on the New York to Miami run. The incident was reported from Norfolk Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Seaboard
New York
Miami
Columbia
S. C
Strikes Loom as Auto and Steel Talks Hit Delays
Washington plans positive action with 200000 electrical workers while steel wage talks stall. Warren urges GE and Westinghouse to resume negotiations as a 700000 steelworkers deadline nears. Detroit resumes limited 1946 car production. GM, Ford, Chrysler partly back online amid parts shortages. Windsor加拿大 Ford reopens with 10000 workers during wage dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Steel
Edgar Warren
Westinghouse
General Electric
Ceio-United Electrical Workers
Warren
New York
General Motors
Truman
Detroit
Ford
Chrysler
Hudsett
Studebaker
Willys-Overland
Windsor
Ontario
Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd
Packard
Lord Haw Haw Must Hang Early Tomorrow
The Brooklyn born William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw will be executed at Pentonville Prison tomorrow morning. He failed to obtain a reprieve as Home Secretary James Chuter Ede refused the stay and the House of Lords had denied his appeal from the high treason conviction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
William Joyce
Lord Haw Haw
Grim Pentonville
Joyce
Home
James Chuter Ede
House of Lords
New Year Festivities Quietly End in Monroe
Decorations came down as Monroe stored holiday finery and looked back on a peaceful New Year 1946. Church services at St. John's and watch parties marked observances while police reported a quiet night aside from a minor three car crash at 13th Avenue and 13th Street. Many residents traveled, facing slick highways and some traffic jams but few injuries and mostly calm celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
St. John’s
Evangelical and Reformed
Leroy Loats
Union Presbyterian
13Th Avenue
13Th Street
Walter J. Kubly
Fred R. Holcomb
John R. Sargent
Gratiot
Wisconsin Probation System Saves Costs and Bets On Employment
The State Probation and Parole System reports October figures showing $96,000 saved in costs and $170,000 earned by parolees and probationers. During October 2,166 adults and youths were under supervision, with 1,197 on parole and 969 on probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Department of Public Welfare
Shirley Ann Brunkow Named Miss New Year in Monroe
Shirley Ann Brunkow daughter of Mr and Mrs William A Brunkow of Monroe route 5 is Miss New Year after being the first baby born in or near Monroe after the New Year. Dr C E Baumle delivered at St Clare hospital at 2 45 pm New Year day. Shirley weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces and mother and baby are fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shirley Ann Brunkow
William A. Brunkow
Monroe
Shirley Ann
C. E. Baumle
St Clare Hospital
All Types Business Show Gains Scored During Past Year
Monroe looks back at 1945 as a busy prosperous year for local business. Banks report higher deposits and loans while postal savings and stamp sales rise. Utilities add customers. police note 162 city accidents with 6 highway fatalities and 13 unnatural deaths investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
First National Bank
Commercial and Savings Bank
Savings Rise
John J. Burkhard
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
United Telephone Company
City Water Department
Wisconsin Hydro-Electric Company
George W. Armstrong
Herman A. Stuessy
Stolen Property Recovered in Sheboygan County
Sheboygan County District Attorney Henry Van de Water and Police Chief Walter Wagner announced a farm house near Hangham held stolen goods worth hundreds of dollars. They pursue 25 year old AWOL sailor Sylvester Hoard alias Sylvester Kelly and Dudley Kelly, linked to burglaries across eastern Wisconsin over 13 months. He deserted from the navy in November 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Sheboygan County
Henry van de Water
Hangham
van de Water
Walter Wagner
Wisconsin
Sheboygan Falls
Manitowoc
Appleton
Kiel
Sylvester Hoard
Sylvester Kelly
Dudley Kelly
Hoard
Navy
Second Fire Destroys Wauwatosa Home in Five Hours
In Wauwatosa Milwaukee county two fires struck the William Bird residence on New Year’s Eve. The first blaze caused about 200 dollars in damage from an overheated oil stove. Five hours later, at 3 10 a m, flames had leveled the house and attached garage. The second fire’s cause was undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
William Bird
Wauwatosa
Roy A. Nordness
Nordness
Japanese Commander Defied Orders to Execute U S Marine
Testimony at the Yokohama war crimes trial identifies Lt. Kei Yuri as the camp commandant who ordered the starvation torture and execution of US Marine corporal James Pavlokos and others. An interpreter linked Yuri to Bayonet deaths while denying beatings, with American officers corroborating the executions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Kei Yuri
Omuta
James Paviokos
Paviokos
Chicago
Harukichi Oi
C. Heard
Salinas
Calif
Yuri
Heard
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The
Pacific Bastion
Russia
By Richard Kasischke
Gls
United States
Haw Haw
State Probation and Parole System
Shirley Brunkow
France
American Red Cross Relief Workers
Pavlokos
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