16 Jan 1946
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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1946
Page
1
Monroe city councilmen learned about the municipal employes pension plan including costs and participation rules. The discussion covered a federal housing project, election date changes, and deadlines for filing and voter registration.
AP bulletin reports promoter Mike Jacobs confirming the heavyweight title bout between Joe Louis and Billy Conn will take place at Yankee Stadium in New York on Wednesday night June 19. McNarney bans mass demonstrations by U S troops in Europe without command approval amid ongoing tensions. In China, new clashes near North China violate the government Communist truce and are reported to the political consultation conference.
The tribunal heard a 1942 Sauckel record detailing Hitler's goal of 250 million German speakers within 60 years and the seizure of half a million Ukrainian women as domestic labor. It notes the women, aged 15 to 35 and deemed suitable for assimilation, were to be imported to support the plan.
The Havaco mine explosion in Welch West Virginia raised the death toll to fourteen as investigators work to find the cause. Of 253 miners escaped, one 24 year old digger Clarence Hale died of burns at Grace hospital. Earlier, bodies of twelve men killed outright near the shaft base were recovered.
Henry W. Schantz, 79, died from injuries sustained Sunday when he was struck by a train. The Madison resident passed away today at an area hospital, ending a life marked by long illness and survival.
Reports from Frankfurt indicate an arrest may have been made in the torch murder of three U.S. military government officers at Passau. American officers refused to comment as secrecy intensified. One unofficial source suggested possible intra-army scandal and a suspicions tied to an American officer.
A Monroe dinner event sponsored by Quality Milk improvement associations brought dairy marketers together to debate barn whitewashing electric milk coolers and ongoing sanitary standards for Green County farms and factories. Speakers urged continuous work toward cleanliness as the guiding principle with Charles Buck chairing and listing participants from Monroe, Albany, Madison, Brodhead, Browntown, and surrounding areas.
Don Hutson, famed football end, will address Monroe’s 1945 high school team at the city high school auditorium on January 29. All junior and senior boys may attend free. tickets limited to men and on sale tonight at several local shops. Hutson will show moving pictures of pro games. event underwritten by Kiwanis and Knights of Pythias with local officers named.
Rear Adm. Husband E. Kimmel told a Senate House committee he received letters threatening his life after Pearl Harbor. He cited a February 22 1942 letter to Adm. Harold Stark protesting further to inflame the public against him and noting his impending retirement February 29 or March 1 1942.
Eighteen German defendants including three generals faced war crimes charges in Minsk for exterminating 2,200,000 civilians and war prisoners in Russia. Prosecutors also alleged shipment of 38,000 people to Germany and large-scale destruction and plunder. In Nikolaev Ukraine prosecutors sought death by hanging for nine more Germans on trial.
A blast at the Mid west Refineries plant in Findlay Ohio killed two workers. An explosion followed by a fire set four asphalt tanks ablaze and later caused three more petroleum tanks to explode, sending flames across the site.
A whimsical patent news item describes a lace inset summer suit for cooling with openings along the trousers sleeves and back of the coat. Other inventions include a boot and shoe combo, a fog device for a water jet, an automatic tire inflator, a button winding machine, a police blackjack design, and a go cart baby carriage with an auto jack like lift.
Madison state treasurer John M. Smith approved a semi annual payment of 2,404,003.66 to Wisconsin cities villages and towns from 1945 liquor taxes. Checks will be mailed within days and funds must reduce real estate taxes. Major counties and cities listed with varied allocations including Milwaukee 450,513 and Green Bay 35,456.
President Truman plans to send a single joint state of the Union and budget message to Congress on Monday, a move he says is unprecedented. The change came as he spoke at a news conference, noting the timing shift was not prompted by the ongoing strike situation.
A local merchant waited three years for gummed tape imprinted with his store name. After sending 15 letters without reply, a stockroom find revealed unused tape. The manufacturer offered the lot at 40 percent off as it was useless to them. He accepted and urged shipment.
Senator Magnuson urged adding British bases to the 3 54 billion loan to Britain as security. He argued securing Atlantic and Pacific outposts would bolster defenses and align with Truman's plan to keep select Japanese islands under U N trusteeship.
Rev Paul Croke of Milwaukee succeeds Rev A J Klas as pastor of St Rose Church in Brodhead taking over immediately. Croke served 22 months in the South Pacific as a lieutenant commander and was released from the service in November. Klas moves to Germanntown Wisconsin to lead a Catholic church there.
Washington reports that House military committee members may let selective service die on May 15 when the current law expires. The Army relies on draft recruits to replace long serving GIs abroad, but induction rates have lagged the 50 000 monthly target. The Defense Department orders 2 year service or 40 points out by June 30, complicating demobilization and potentially aiding universal training legislation sought by President Truman.
Winston Churchill arrived in Miami Beach and argued a united front with the United States to prevent future wars. He urged keeping armies in the field and favored Germany's partition, saying the war might have been prevented with stronger Allied leadership and US participation in a world peace system. He urged caution on sharing atomic knowledge until a proper global guardian is formed.
Green county rural school officials will hold an all-day curriculum planning meeting at the high school on Green county school day Friday January 18. Herman A. Becker will open at 9 a.m. Miss Florence Wartenweiler will review progress and state officials will lead morning discussions. After lunch, sectional meetings follow to align rural standards with urban curricula. All rural and urban teachers and county residents are invited.
Judge John Simpson in Jackson county circuit court dropped the bribe charge from the liquor graft conspiracy trial of Frank D. McKay and four co defendants. Special Prosecutor Kim Sigler moved, defense counsel joined, and the judge granted the motion this morning.
Robert Caretta, 16, in serious condition after shotgun accident near Union Grove. meanwhile a national meat strike looms as 268000 packing workers walk out. Union leaders to confer with Secretary Schwellenbach in Washington to avert disruption.
Washington officials report surplus butter designated as surplus after VJ day is flowing into civilian markets but shortages persist. About 95 million pounds were placed in a surplus pool by the War Department the War Shipping Administration and the Agriculture Department. 70 million pounds were sold to distributors. Production decline and price policy seek to boost output with a proposed 6 cent per pound increase urged by Secretary of Agriculture Anderson and under review by stabilization administrator John C Collet.
Arctic currents keep Wisconsin in frigid air with multiple towns reporting sub-zero readings. Land O Lakes dropped to 19 below, Park Falls to 8 below, while Wausau 11 below Green Bay 9 below and Milwaukee 8 above. Forecaster Howard Thompson of Milwaukee predicts warmer weather tonight and tomorrow across a 300 mile radius of Milwaukee.
James ONeill seven year old pupil in Mineral Point was fatally struck by a truck on his way home from school. The accident occurred yesterday and the boy was the son of Mr and Mrs Roy ONeill.
Iran contemplates an immediate appeal to the UN Security Council over its dispute with Soviet Russia on Azerbaijan autonomy. Nasrullah Entezam and Seyed Hassan Taquizaden said Tehran may petition directly or via the UN secretary-general, challenging Moscow under the UN Charter on threats to territorial integrity.
Washington AP reports the 1946 first half beef supply is smaller than expected as cattle on feed for market run 4 percent below last year. Such cattle are usually marketed by July 1. The agriculture department attributes the shortfall to fewer feeding operations contradicting earlier heavier winter fattening projections.
The general strike by 193,000 meat packers shuts 140 plants as hog receipts plummet in the Midwest. Simultaneously 200,000 electrical workers walk out across 79 plants. Steel workers idle over local issues while wage talks with Ford proceed. President Truman hopes for quick settlements and lawmakers discuss a new fact finding bill.
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