Nationwide strikes threaten 1.5 million workers across four industries
CIO unions target steel packing and electrical wages as a million and a half workers may be idled in coming weeks. Strikes set for January 14 in steel and January 16 in meat packing threaten 700000 and 200000 workers respectively, with 260000 electrical workers voting on a stoppage in New York and New Jersey. Western Electric wage talks move to fact finding while 4000 Greyhound workers end a two month eastern strike.
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Associated Press
CIO
General Electric Company
General Motors Corporation
Westinghouse Electrica Company
CIO United Electrical Worker
New York
New Jersey
Western Electric Company
Western Electric
Pennsylvania
Central Greyhound Bus
General Motors
United Auto Workers Union
Detroit
AFL
Stamford
Conn
AFL Intnternational Association of Machinists
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company
Two High School Teachers Quit in District
Miss Virginia Schmitt English teacher resigns effective immediately. Mrs Helen Marsh home economics teacher resigns effective end of school year. Supt E O Evans announces. Schmitt joined in 1944 from Muscoda with plans to enter personnel work. home in Wauwatosa. Marsh in system for two years. husband just returned from the armed forces.
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Virginia
Schmitt
Helen Marsh
E. O. Evans
Evans
Wauwatosa
Muscoda
Marsh
State Over Top in Victory Bond Sales in Wisconsin
MilwaukeeWisconsin exceeded its E-bond quota in the Victory loan drive by $500000. Walter Kasten, chairman of the state war finance committee, said federal reserve reports show total E-bond sales of 4514 million dollars against a 45 million quota. The state had over sold quotas in other bonds with total purchases of 441 million dollars against a 203 million quota. Kas ten said Wisconsin completed its job in the Victory drive.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
State War Finance Committee
Walter Kasten
Federal Reserve Bank
Kasten
Bandits Harass Ledo Road in India Burma Theater
A Myitkyina dispatch says bandits believed to be deserters from northern Burma armies are attacking American supply depots and transport along the Ledo road as part of the India Burma weekly roundup. Franco tells jurists Spain abroad faces injustice and a hoped correction. In Philadelphia a man and four children aged 1 to 8 were found dead with shotgun wounds in an apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Burma
Ledo Road
India-Burma
Myitkyina
Philadelphia
Record Deeds Offices Sees Peak Registrations in 1945
The county register of deeds reports 3,054 documents registered in 1945 the busiest year, up 30 percent from 1944. Copies include warranty deeds mortgages wills final judgments and soldier discharges. A new photo copying machine ordering by the county aims to speed work by mid March.
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County Register of Deeds
Grace Thorpe
Register of Deeds
Truman Opens Fireside Campaign Push On Labor Legislation
President Truman plans a 9 am fireside radio address to rally public support for labor and fact finding board proposals amid strikes and industry disputes. Allies expect the 30 minute speech to frame the Democratic campaigning in industrial states. The report notes the pending nationwide labor issues and possible electoral impact. A separate brief reports a fatal pedestrian collision injuring George John Hollandale.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Capitol Hill
Monroe
Stark Says None In Capital Knew Pearl Harbor
Admiral Harold Stark testified at a Congressional hearing that there was no advance information in Washington about the December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor attack. He said no official knew the exact hour or place, and no group maneuvered events to invite war. he noted he worried about confusing Kimmel with intercepted codes. Stark recalled a Capitol Hill talk with General Marshall about moving the fleet west and reported to President Roosevelt that Japan’s eight battleships were out of service but US forces remained capable. The committee began using paid counsel, with Seth Richardson to be paid 9800 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harold R. Stark
Pearl Harbor
Chief of Naval Operations
Senator Lucas
D-Ill
Stark
Senate
House Committee
Lucas
Congress
Roosevelt
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Pacific
Barkley
D-Ky
Seth W. Richardson
William D. Mitchell
Two-Headed Baby Girl Born in Birmingham Alive
A premature girl born in Birmingham to an American soldier's wife survived into a second day. Doctors said the rare birth resulted from imperfect ovum division, producing two heads and necks but a single body. The hospital reported no change in condition as nurses fed the infant every three hours.
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Birmingham
England
Pfc
Joe Gavro
de Soto
Seily Oak Hospital
Nazi Mass Kill Orders Claimed by Himmler Aide
Otto Ohlendorf testified at the international military tribunal that Himmler ordered Einsatzgruppen to kill Jews and Soviet political commissars in occupied Russian areas. He said 90,000 were liquidated in the first year, and that Himmler personally issued liquidation orders with full army knowledge.
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Nuernberg
Ame
Gestapo
Henrich Himmler
International Military Tribunal
Otto Ohlendorf
Einsatzgrupp
11Th Army
Ukraine
Russia
John Harlan
Amen
U. S
Ohlendorff
Himmier
Einsatzgrupps
Ohlendorf
Collision in Fog Near Juda Causes Vehicle Damage
An 8:45 a.m. collision a mile north of Juda on County Trunk near Health Valley cheese factory involved a Brodhead driver Harvey Mauermann and a Juda mill truck driver Clarence Zuhike. Mauermann swerved to avoid a school bus, struck the truck in dense fog. no injuries were reported to any occupants.
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Juda
Health Valley
Harvey Mauermann
Brodhead
George W. Armstrong
Clarence Zuhike
Mauermann
Zuhtke
Mauerman
Lease Strip on Rail Right of Way for Oil Storage Tanks
The county highway department leased land on 17th Street west of the Milwaukee road freight depot for three 10 000 gallon tanks to store black-top oil. The tanks will be placed beside the city oil tanks and are not expected to be in operation until May 1.
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County Highway Department
17Th Street
Milwaukee Road
Call in Marshall to Settle Chinese Row
General Chiang Kai-shek accepts mediation by General George C. Marshall to halt civil strife in China. Communist authorities in Yenan indicate general agreement with the plan but seek specific conditions before peace talks proceed. Kraft Foods sues Bing Crosby over radio show appearances in Chicago.
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Marshall
Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
George C. Marshall
China
Chiang
Yenan
Kraft
Crosby
Chicago
John H. Kraft
Kraft Foods Company
Bing Crosby
Little Change Seen in Farm Prices in Coming Months
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports farm prices at a 23 year high will hold steady for several months. Exports stay near wartime levels with demand remaining strong as Europe and Asia receive crops. Some livestock prices may ease in spring while meat marketing remains large early in 1946. Poultry eggs face spring surpluses and government support. fats and oils stay tight. corn and other feeds stay in strong demand. wheat supplies rise but prices stay near current levels. Potatoes may edge higher toward government support levels as storage costs rise.
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Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Europe
Asia
Bank Call Requests Financial Condition Reports
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks as of December 31. The Wisconsin banking commission also issued a call for state banks in Wisconsin to report their condition as of the close of business Monday, December 31.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency
Madison
State Banking Commission
Wisconsin
End of Gambling Madison Wisconsin Report Says No Taverns Gambling
Governors office reports by district attorneys across Wisconsin's 71 counties indicate taverns no longer house slot machines or other gambling devices, signaling an end to gambling in these venues.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Still Looking Grantsburg Farmer Seeks Wife Through Mail
Grantsburg Wis AP Arthur Birnstengel a Grantsburg farmer continues to search for a wife by correspondence after sending a request to Congressman Alvin E. O Kenny last summer. He has received about 1500 replies from would be brides. Birnstengel says he can find a wife by letter despite not yet succeeding. He has a one year old son and previews marriage.
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Grantsburg
Wis
Arthur Birnstengel
Birnstengel
Alvin E. O'Kenski
Larger Subsidies Sought for Fairs
State Sen. Taylor G. Brown urged larger subsidies for state and county fairs with state matching funds. He proposed dormitories and clubhouses for 4-H Future Farmers and home makers to improve youth housing and supervision. A new district governor plan will spread directors across four statewide districts with six at large nominees. Harness racing dates for many fairs were tentatively set in late summer with a statewide schedule including the Wisconsin state fair.
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Milwaukee
Taylor G. Brown
Oshkosh
Wisconsin Association of Fairs
Senator Brown
A. W. Kalbus
Madison
Monroe
Chippewa Falls
Jefferson
Wausau
Fond du Lac
Manitowoc
Rice Lake
de Pere
Sturgeon Bay
Marshfield
Elkhorn Fair
Beaver Dam
Plymouth
Mineral Point
Richland Center
Viroqua
Vatican Protest on Poland Rebuffed by Nazi Regime
Documents released by American officials show the Vatican personally pressed Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop to halt Poland’s Catholic persecution. The Nazi foreign office refused to deliver the Vatican’s letter, illustrating a hostile rebuff to church appeals.
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Nuernberg
Vatican
Poland
Foreign Office
Holy See
Joachim von Ribbentrop
von Ribbentrop
Trans Atlantic Telephone Service Planned From Germany
The U.S. army announced trans Atlantic telephone service would be established from parts of Germany to the United States within a week.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S. Army
United States
Monroe Considers Federal Housing for Ex-Service Families
Monroe City Council discussed a proposed federal housing project to house ex-service members and families, with units possibly prefab and rented for $1 yearly plus transportation. The plan would require sewage and water facilities and a site on the west side, risk assessed by City Director Zenno A Gorder and City Attorney L A Koenig.
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Monroe
Badger Ordnance Works
Baraboo
Chamber of Commerce
C. of C
Council Westerday
Chamber
Public Works
Zenno A. Gorder
L. A. Koenig
Council Public Property Committee
Ernest C. Waeffler
Rudy Krebs
Forest Riese
Lundy Tavern
17Th Avenue
George W. Divan
Leo Richard Keegan
S. A. Freeman
16Th Street
10Th Avenue
25Th Avenue
Lakeside Herights Addition
Move to Court House Completes County Police Radio Relocation
Work began on the final phase of moving the county police radio station to the courthouse. Crews trench cables from the transmitter to the new sheriff's office headquarters using an air hammer. The underground wiring follows city plan with the north side trench to the building. Transmission remains at the existing site north of the city while HQ and remote mic move to the sheriff's office. Completion anticipated in a few days.
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Court House
Sheriff's Office
Sheriff’s Office
Chennault Returns to China as Private Citizen
Claire L. Chennault, famed Flying Tigers leader, left Hickam Field for the Orient as a private citizen. Military officials at Hamilton Field said he was on a secret mission, though he wore the U S Army Air Forces uniform and had held the wartime rank of lieutenant general.
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Honolulu
Claire L. Chennault
Flying Tigers
Hickamfield
Orient
China
Army Air Transport Command
Hamilton Field
Calif
U. S. Army Air Forces
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Hollandale
George John
Ere
Kimmel
Mommy
Pauline Campbell
Dan Kenney
Central Police Station
Stevens Hotel
AP Wireghoto
Himmler
Sol
Noel Keach
Corp
Otto Winkelman
Japan
Chennault
Ching
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