Emergency board to probe nine rail strikes joins wage disputes
President Truman creates a three member emergency board to investigate a St Louis-San Francisco Railway dispute under the Railway Labor Act. The board reports within 30 days as mediation continues amid separate Western Electric wage fight and looming steel and meat packing walkouts.
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Associated Press
Truman
St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company
Railway Mediation Board
Retail egg price ceilings to drop weekly into March
The OPA announced price ceilings on top grade eggs will fall at least 1 cent per dozen each week through early March, following a 4 cent drop since Christmas. A 35-nation Bretton Woods signatories list shows gradual momentum while Russia remains absent. Amin Osman Pasha, ex-finance minister and Egyptian senate member, was wounded in Cairo by a shooter near the Victorian club.
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Hort
Western Electric Company
New Jersey
New York City
Washington
OPA
Cairo
Amin Osman Pasha
Finish Election AAA Committees In Green County
The Green county AAA office announced completion of the election of community committeemen. Five committeemen per township were chosen, with three regulars and two alternates serving as farmer liaisons to the AAA office. Farmers must file 1945 lime and fertilizer receipts by February 15 to qualify for any benefits. The article lists the new committeemen, noting the first three are regular members and the last two are alternates.
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AAA
Green County
State Fairs Association wraps Milwaukee meeting
The Wisconsin Association of Fairs closed its annual convention in Milwaukee after Clarence H. Harnden urged Congress to remove the 20 percent gate tax, arguing fairs educate. He favored continuing amusement and grandstand taxes. A. L. Putnam proposed year round fairground use for curling, skating, baseball, camping. A resolution sought shifting funds from horse pulling contests to farm exhibits. Charles Marinette named cultural agent president. Seyforth and Douglas Curran elected officers.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Association of Fairs
Clarence H. Harnden
International Association of Fairs
Congress
Harnden
Saginaw
Mich
A. L. Putnam
Chippewa Falls
Charles Marinette County
Seyforth
Mondevi
Dent
Douglas Curran
Black River Falls
China to set cease fire talks as US generals lead peace move
In Chungking leaders of National government and the Communist Party agreed on procedures for ending hostilities and restoring communications in war torn China. Gen. Chang Chun and Gen. Chou En-lai named as factional leaders with Gen. George C. Marshall to chair a three man committee to halt fighting. Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer announced plans to move 26 000 Chinese troops into Manchuria and airborne forces today. The accord follows a 75 minute conference and aims to clear the road to unity ahead of the January 10 unity conference.
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Chungking
Tonigh Scoduan
China
George C. Marshall
U. S
Manchuria
Shanghai
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Marshall
Chang Chun
Szechwan Province
Chou En-lai
General Marshall
Six Yank Soldiers Held in Large Scale Black Market Acts
Six American soldiers held by military authorities on charges of large scale train thefts and black market activity over 18 months. AWOL group arrested January 1 in a luxuriously outfitted box car in Herford Germany. German girls accompanied them as they posed by police and arranged to have food cars coupled to trains. Loaded cars were dropped on sidings and their contents sold.
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Herford
Germany
Oeer
Governor grants life prisoner pardon in 1927 murder case
Madison announces Andrew Young of Sheboygan received an absolute pardon from Governor Goodland for a life term imposed at Waupun State Prison on December 29 1939 for a murder alleged to have occurred in 1927.
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Madison
Andrew Young
Sheboygan
Waupun
Goodland
Gratiot Banker Burmeister Breaks Hip in Fall
Henry W. Burmeister 75, Gratiot banker and longtime farmer, fractured his right hip after a fall on ice near his home. He is at St. Clare hospital in Monro, under Dr. John A. Schindler, awaiting surgery later to repair the socket. Burmeister has led the Gratiot State Bank for 35 years and is active in local farming. his son Floyd, and cousin Harry Burmeister assisted and arranged care.
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Henry W. Burmeister
Gratiot
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
John A. Schindler
Mr. Bu
Gratiot State Bank
Griffith
Burmeister
Floyd Burmeister
Roy F. Burmeister
First National Bank
Gratiot Bank
Harry Burmeister
Coleman Reelected Wisconsin GOP Chairman
Madison man Thomas E Coleman was returned as chairman of the Wisconsin voluntary committee of the Republican party. He was reelected unanimously with other officers and will retire Feb 1 1947. The state convention time and place eyed for Oshkosh late April or early May. Milwaukee members abstained from voting citing caucus delays.
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Madison
Thomas E. Coleman
Wisconsin
Republican Party
Coleman
Oshkosh
Milwaukee
Roy R. Stauff
Doris D. Marks
Phil Stauff
William A. Erasmus
Erasmus
Henry Ringling
Baraboo
Suc
Milwaukee Enacts Embargo on Hog Shipments
Milwaukee stockyards issued a definite embargo on all incoming hog shipments announced by stockyard manager J. E. Mc Gillivray. The limit lasts through most of next week due to reduced Christmas receipts and capacity limits while eastern plants also remain strained. Cattle calves and sheep continue to be accepted as usual.
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Milwaukee
J. E. McGillivray
McGillivray
Appoints Negro to Virgin Isles Post
The president plans to appoint Judge William Henry Hastie as governor of the Virgin Islands to succeed Charles Wood. White House officials did not specify whether Harwood would be considered.
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Virgin Isles
Ce Ee
William Henry Hastie
Howard Negoyee
Virin Islands
Charleswood
New York
White House
Harwood
Army Puts Brake On Demobilization In Europe
Gen Joseph T McNarney said redeployment in Europe is practically finished and replacements will keep forces abroad at current rates. Officials expect about 1.55 million overseas troops to return to the U S in six months, with 335 000 in Europe and 375 000 in the Pacific by July 1.
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Frankfurt
Joseph T. McNarney
U. 8S
U. S. Army
Europe
America
Washington
United States
War Department
J. Lawton Collins
Berri Te Miteiles
Collins
Pacific
England
Continent
Bloody Butcher of Ft. Santiago Convicted of War Crimes
Lt. Col. Seiichi Ohta nicknamed the bloody butcher of Ft. Santiago has been condemned to hang for war crimes. The U S recommission that convicted him says the crimes were not single acts but a systematic pattern. Ohta led the Japanese secret police in Manila.
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Manila
Seiichi Ohta
Ft. Santiago
U. S
Ohta
UNRRA Officials Warn Morgan to Resign or Lose Authority
UNRRA officials in London said Lt. Gen. Sir Frederick E. Morgan, head of the relief agency in Germany, was instructed to return to London and likely to be removed from payroll if he refused to resign. A UNRRA public relations officer discounted reports that Morgan had been fired, calling them exaggerated.
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London
Aesman
UNRRA
Frederick E. Morgan
International
Germany
Morgan
Stark recalls FDR cautioned against US commitments before Pearl
Adm Harold Stark testified that in early 1941 President Roosevelt told subordinates to avoid commitments that could push Britain toward war. Stark described a tacit US British Dutch Pacific strategy and urged not to bind the United States to automatic entry. He noted Roosevelt authorized a Pearl Harbor era letter to Kimmel and Hart, yet warned Hart against political commitments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
White House
Robert L. Ghormley
Ferguson
R-Mich
Stark
Ghormley
Husband E. R. Kimmel
Thomas C. Hart
Pacific
United States
Hart
South China Sea
Woman commits suicide after arranging family deaths in gas tragedy
Reading Berks County coroner reports a 35 year old woman Margaret Yiengst planned and executed the deaths of her husband and her two sisters by suicide in a gas filled apartment. She cited impending action and blamed the ill health of Elizabeth Greth and Melva for the joint tragedy.
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Reading
Housing for Racine Veterans Approved for 100 Temporary Units
The Racine city council approved a Racine Housing Authority plan to erect 100 temporary dwelling units rented to war veterans. The federal government will cover moving and building costs under the Lanham Act.
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Racine
Racine Housing Authority
First Sign of Spring Reports Arrive Early in January
An optimist recalls renewing faith in spring as she finds an angleworm on wet pavement and a seed catalogue arrives. The piece notes spring myths persist even though winter remains, with farmers awaiting next summer’s crops.
Taft Blames Truman for Democratic Split and Delays
Senator Taft accused President Truman of abandoning free enterprise for CIO PAC influenced economics. He said the Democratic party is hopelessly split and that Truman's program is superficial and ill considered. Taft spoke on the Senate Republican steering committee broadcast from Washington.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Capitol Hill
Ohioan
Congress
Senate Republican Steering Committee
Republican National Committee
Driver Who Leaves Scene of Accident Quickly Overtaken
A Bau man Hardware truck at 1315 10th street was damaged on the left side after a hit and run. William K Bauman notified police, Assistant Chief Henry S Hefty traced a westbound truck. a second vehicle showed slight damage but fled, no charges filed pending settlement.
Modest Living Widow Leaves $600000 Estate
Sarah E. McGregor 86 died in a small frame house in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania with no electricity or modern conveniences. Her estate exceeded $600000 though the will filing was late yesterday.
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Punxsutawney
Sarah E. McGregor
Yestery
Presidential Trip Heightens Demand for Succession Law
Republican Hook of Michigan argues the Christmas trip home to Inde Mo highlights flaws in the presidential succession law. He notes the House bill places the speaker of the House next in line, not the secretary of state, risking political chaos after a dash of the vice presidency.
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Inde
Hook
D-Michtains
House
Water on Roads Delays Traffic as Rain Persists
Flooding worsens with rainfall as Monroe Monticello and nearby routes flood. Highway 69 near Monroe Monticello bears the brunt with water depths over a foot and several roads at risk of closure if the rain continues. Rural routes suffer detours and rail freight is delayed by high water on tracks at Orangeville.
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Monroe
Herman W. Kohn
Monticetlo
Highway 69
Monticello
L. C. Preight
Illinois Central Railroad
Freeport-Madison
Orangeville
Stauffachers Honored at Dinner Before Pulpit Talks
Dr. and Mrs. Charles J. Stauffacher, Methodist medical missionaries in Inhambane East Africa for 33 years, were hosted by the Stauffacher Elmer families at a picnic supper in Immanuel Evangelical Church. They spoke and showed photos of their work. Dr. Stauffacher will preach at First Methodist church tomorrow.
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Charles J. Stauffacher
Inhambane
East Africa
Stauffacher-Elmer
Immanuel Evangelical Church
Stauffacher
W. J. Stauffacher
Alvin C. Rabehi
Arthur Stauffacher
Dr. Stauffacher
First Methodist Church
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