Welfare Setup Explained to Monroe Woman's Club
William C Hyde described Wisconsin's welfare system to the Monroe Woman's club, detailing state institutions field services and tax-dollar efficiency. He cited reforms in penal, mental health, and juvenile services, noting parole success and renaming youth facilities as schools. A small audience attended due to weather.
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Wisconsin
Monroe Woman's Club
William C
Monroe
Hyde
Peter S. Solomon
Harvey Holland
E. B. Lux
Shortages in Wisconsin mental hospitals raise epidemic risk
Dr. Walter J. Urben, director of the states mental hygiene division, warned at a Milwaukee conference that tie shortages threaten outbreaks and accidents in five state institutions. He called care standards below what should be and urged faster staffing in Winnebago, Chippewa Falls, Waupun, Mendota, and Union Grove facilities.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Walter J. Urben
State Department of Public Welfare
Milwaukee County Council of Socialies
Urben
Winnebago State Hospital
Chippewa Falls North Colony
Waupun Central State Hospital
Mendota State Hospital
Union Grove South Colony
State Board Urges Pay Hikes For 1200 State Workers
The state board of public welfare recommended higher starting and maximum salaries for attendants housekeepers teachers nurses supervisors physicians and other department heads affecting about 1200 state employees. Some workers may not see increases but starting pay would rise to attract hires while guards and maids receive no change.
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Madison
State Board of Public Welfare
Board of Personnel
A. W. Bayley
Public Welfare Department
Bayley
Soviet American Conference Delayed on Korea Occupation Talks
Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge reports the Soviet commander in northern Korea, Lt. Gen. Chistiakov, willing to start talks within a week to ten days. The delay pertains to occupation problems in Korea.
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Seoul
Korea
John R. Hodge
U. S
Chistiakov
Attlee Opens UN General Assembly in Westminster
Prime Minister Attlee opened the first UN general assembly at Westminster with a warning that life or death hangs on control of atomic energy. He urged forming an 11 member UN commission to oversee atomic energy and build a lasting world order based on security, freedom, and justice. King George VI underscored the stakes at a state dinner, while officials, including James Byrnes, anticipated a three to four week process to organize the assembly before moving to permanent UNO headquarters.
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London
Attlee
General Assembly of the
United Nations
Westminster Palace
Moscow
Litvinoff
George VI
St. James Palace
U. S
James F. Byrnes
UNO
United States
Chiang Kai-shek Declares Truce and Political Liberalization
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek announced a cease fire ending China's civil war and a plan to legalize all political parties. Four provisions promise freedom of person speech and association, equal party status, local self-government, and release of nontraitor political prisoners.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Chiang
Red
Chou En-lai
George Marshall
U. S
Inner
Chahar
Jehol
Shanghai
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Marshall
Evidence Roosevelt Jockeyed for Early Clash with Japan
Washington reports new evidence from congressional probes shows President Roosevelt before Pearl Harbor weighed a possible early clash with Japan. A letter to Wendell Willkie from December 5 1941 hints at a serious Japanese threat and notes the next four or five days could decide the matter.
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Washington
Congressional
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Japan
Senate House Inquiry Committee
Wendell L. Willkie
Philippines
Dutch Indies
Malaya
Borneo
Wilbur C Berget Dies in Germany Auto Accident
South Wayne Times Special Service reports W O Wilbur C Berget 29 of Wiota died Christmas Eve in Germany after an auto crash while serving overseas. He enlisted February 23 1941 and served at Camp Tampa Fort Benning Camp Knox Camp Campbell and Camp Barkley before shipping from New York September 1944. He served with the 81st Cavalry Reconnaissance and 12th Armored Division in France and Salzburg. He was born November 25 1916 attended Engelbretsen school Argyle High School and South Wayne High School class of 1936. He leaves parents Alvin and Bessie Olson Berget two brothers and three sisters. Further details await government word.
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South Wayne
Times Special Service
Alvin Berget
Wiota
Wilbur C. Berget
Germany
Berger
Camp Tampa
Calif
Ft. Benning
France
Salzburg
81St Cavalry Reconnaissance
12Th Armored
Bavaria
United States
McCue
Gratiot
Alvin
Bessie Olson Berget
Engelbretson
Argyle High School
Bounties on Foxes Total 236 Paid in 1945 in County
During 1945 Green county farmers and hunters captured 236 foxes earning bounties. Ears were punched and hind legs slit to ensure one payout per fox. County Clerk Clarence W. Lengacher released the final payments with Victor Tollakson of Argyle leading with four bounties. Names listed include Melvin Malkow, Herman Fritz, Orson Wells, Hollis Schutt in Monroe and others in Monticello Blanchardville New Glarus Albany.
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Green County
Court House
Clarence W. Lengacher
Court House Clock Resumes After 26 Hour Freeze
After a 26 hour freeze, the court house clock began working again at 9 50 a m with a heat treatment by custodian Otto Schneider. The east face hands froze in sleet and required 30 minutes to thaw. Schneider climbed the tower twice to free the obstruction and reset the hands to proper time.
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Court House
Otto Schneider
Schneider
New County Agriculture Office Seeks Secretary and Assistant
The county agriculture committee meets at the courthouse Saturday afternoon to choose a secretary to the county agent and an assistant agent. Six applications for each position were reviewed by County Agent Edwin O. Baker. The secretary will fill a long felt need and the assistant will focus on farm labor and 4 H club work.
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Agriculture Committee
County Board
Edwin O. Baker
Baker
Beverly Hills Hotel Sues OPA Over Charges and Damages
The OPA is sued by the Beverly Hills hotel for $125,000 alleging negligence and failure to cooperate. OPA countersued for $32,500 in damages claiming rental overcharges. Judge Leon R. Yankwich dismissed the counterclaim saying government consent is required before suit.
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Los Angeles
OPA
Beverly Hills
U. S
Leon R. Yankwich
Ex-Patient Sought in Kidnap Probe Near Degnan Home
Police searched for a man once employed at a nursery within two blocks of Suzanne Degnan's home. The operator, Mrs. Margaret Perry, said the man was discharged for questionable habits. He had been a mental patient at Manteno state hospital and later released as cured.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Margaret Perry
Manteno State Hospital
Rewards reach 36000 for Degnan kidnapping case
Rewards for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the kidnapper of 6 year old Suzanne Degnan rose to 36000. The Chicago Daily Times added 15000, the Tribune 10000, and the Herald American 5000. Mayor Kelly offered 5000 with council approval, and citizens J C Deagan and Charles J Whalen each added 500.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Chicago Daily Times
Chicago Tribune
Chicago Herald-American
Edward J. Kelly
J. C. Deagan
Charles J. Whalen
Ladder linked to Degnan case triggers identity probe
Police tie a ladder left at the Degnan nursery to the Suzanne Degnan disappearance. They question two janitors and seek a third, while an ex convict with a sex offense record is sought. The two janitors may be released under a habeas ruling if not charged.
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Harold G. Ward
Jack Hanrahan
Degnan
Edgewater Beach
Hector Verburgh
Desere Smet
Verburgh
Mary
James A. Ricker
Income Tax Supervisor Named in Madison Changes
Madison official H. D. Kuentz is appointed supervisor of the income tax division as Arthur Wegner state tax commissioner announces staff shifts to meet rising workload.
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Madison
H. D. Kuentz
Arthur Wegner
Wegner
Fighting erupts in two Russian-occupied Iranian provinces
Tehran officials reported clashes in Chalus Mazandaran and Kazvin as government forces responded to unrest in northern Iran. In Warsaw US Ambassador Lane told the Polish provisional government he would oppose funding Poland while current conditions persist, criticizing the regime’s decree nationalizing large industries.
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Tehran
Iran
Ministry of Interior
Chalus
Caspian Sea
Mazandaran
Kazvin
Warsaw
U. S
Arthur Bliss Lane
United States
Poland
Builders seek to boost housing to a million a year
The National Association of Home Builders reports President Truman announced that about 30 000 builders are prepared to construct as many as one million homes annually, contingent on a steady supply of materials and labor.
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Washington
National Association of Home Builders
Truman
Strikes Loom Yet Truce Near in Postwar Motors Demobilization
U S army officers tell 22 000 soldiers protesting delays in redeployment that commitments in Europe prevent walking off. Senator Johnson calls for Eisenhower hearing, de mobilization program being recast,Devers warns against haste jeopardizing security and morale.
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Frankfurt
U.S. Army
Europe
War Department
Eisenhower
Army
Jacob L. Devers
Road and Rail Traffic Restored in County
County highway commissioner Herman W. Kohn announced at noon today that all roads are open to traffic. Water has receded with about 4 inches still covering Highway 11 west of Browntown. culvert work near Browntown continues with completion expected today. Train service to Darlington is normal after a four day stoppage, and the Gratiot to Darlington roadbed repairs were finished ahead of schedule.
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Herman W. Kohn
Browntown
Darlington
Gratiot
Federal Tax Take In Wisconsin Sets New All-time High
The 1945 Wisconsin tax haul reached a record 904,187,919 dollars for all purposes, surpassing 1944’s 871,128,437. Corporate income fell to 417,928,066 while individual income rose to 335,989,048. Admission taxes and retailers excise taxes also climbed.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Frank J. Kuhl
Internal Revenue
Kuhl
Blacksmith Dies in Accidental Industrial Choking Incident
Sauk City area investigators report Clarence Neumaier, 45, died in a Roxbury blacksmith shop accident when his overalls jacket snagged on a pulley and a coat tightened around his neck. Deputy Coroner Leo Kinney ruled it accidental.
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Sauk City
Clarence Neumaier
Cold Snow To Protect Soil Amid Flood Weather
The county soil conservationist says the past week’s high water caused little erosion thanks to snow cover and frozen ground. He warns that a heavy rain after snow melt would threaten soil and notes a severe seed shortage complicates protecting alfalfa and red clover during freeze thaw cycles. Farmers beg for sustained cold and snow to shield crops.
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O. G. Kimball
Kimball
Columbus Publisher Harry P Wolfe Dies at 73
Harry Preston Wolfe longtime Columbus publisher and business leader dies at 73. He led the Columbus Evening Dispatch as publisher and served as vice president of the Ohio State Journal, two of the city’s leading newspapers.
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Columbus
Harry Preston Wolfe
Wolfe
Columbus Evening Dispatch
Ohio State Journal
Fact Finders Take Report to Truman
A presidential fact finding board recommended a general wage increase of 19.5 cents an hour for General Motors production workers. Union and management officials sought to avert nationwide strikes across steel electrical and meat packing industries threatening over 1.2 million workers. Washington telephone service disrupted as long line workers planned a coast to coast strike amid protests over supervisor workloads.
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Washington
General Motors
Associated Press
New York
Long Lines
Wisconsin picketing to begin at 6 a.m. at telephone offices
Chicago AP report states J. R. Froydle president of the Chicago local of the Association of Communications Equipment Workers announced that picketing of all telephone company offices in Wisconsin and Illinois would start at 6 a.m. tomorrow.
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Chicago
J. R. Froydle
The
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
Ulineis
Wisconsin
Wage disputes ripple CIO strikes idle hundreds of thousands
Across the nation CIO unions press wage hikes amid parallel walkouts. In Washington a fact finding report heads toward the White House on the major motors wage dispute while 415,000 workers are idle from steel electrical meat packing and telephone clashes. UAW CIO alert on GM talks precedes a Sunday conference as Western Electric and electric plant workers threaten coast to coast pickets.
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White House
Washington
Factfinding Board
General Motors
Truman
Detroit News
Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
Uaw-Cio
General Motors Department
Washington Telephone Traffic Union
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Western Electric Company
New York
New Jersey
Steel
CIO
United Steel Workers
U. S. Steel
New York City
Philip Murray
General Electric
CIO United Electric Workers Union
Westinghouse
Packer
Chicago
Edgar L. Warren
Federal Conciliation Service
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Credit Marshall
W-O Berget
Perry
Little Suzanne
James E. Degnan
CPA
Suzanne
Connectios
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Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Johnson
Senate Military Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
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