United States toughens stance after Soviet attacks near Manchuria
The United States demanded a tougher line with the Soviet Union after two air attacks on U.S. planes off the Manchurian coast and the removal of industrial equipment from Manchuria. Washington rejected Moscow’s claims of a 12 mile limit and said no war booty pact exists.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Russia
Avy
Last Au- Dairen
China
U.S
Novy
Hessan Navy
Port Arthur
Navy
Moscow
Nev
Dairen
Manchuria
David Bennett Home After Naval Dental Service Since 1941
David K Bennett a naval dental corps veteran since 1941 was placed on terminal leave at Great Lakes and returned to his parents home. He is to begin dental practice April 1 with Bennett and Cunningham. He graduated Loyola University Chicago School of Dentistry June 1942 and rose from ensign to lieutenant commander during 42 months active service including 18 months in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David K Bennett
Naval Dental Corps
Great Lakes
Byron R. Bennett
Monroe
Naval Dental Reserve Corps
Loyola
Pacific
Hawaiian
Philippine Islands
Honor U W Pair Madison Professors Led 135th Medical Regiment
Professors W J Bleckwenn and M J Musser of the University of Wisconsin neurology psychiatry unit commanded the 135th medical regiment in the Pacific theater during World War II. Their service reflects wartime medical leadership and research contributions by Wisconsin faculty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. W
Madison
W. J Bleckwenn
M. J. Musser
University of Wisconsin
135Th ‘Medical Regiment
Pacific
Iran districts await departure deadline under three agreement
Bulletin describes eastern Iran districts awaiting departure deadlines under a big three agreement with the Iranian government while remaining in other areas until the situation is clarified. Senator Connally says the United States will not reveal the atomic bomb secret to anyone until an international agency is created to guarantee security.
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Iran
Washington
Conmally
Homecoming for Mickey the canine hero at Riedweg home
Mickey the K-9 veteran arrives home by express from Front Royal Virginia to 1803 Lith Street, Monsroe area. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A Riedweg await the air mail notice and a GI bill query looms for County Service Officer Theodore J Burgy as the dog’s service record is reviewed for clearance.
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Joseph A. Riedwes
Lith
Mickey
Riedwegs
Express
Front Royal
Monroe
Theodore J. Burgy
Spain Claims Plot Engineered by Reds
The Franco government today alleged an international Communist plot behind the loss of the Semidh frontier to France and anti Spanish demonstrations abroad. It warned of continued disruption until a tri power appeal for change is answered. Washington urged donations exceeding one hundred million dollars to the Red Cross wartime fund.
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France
Franco
Tri-Power
Washington
The
Red Cross
No Data Yet About Price Hikes Due to Steel Price Jump
Washington OPA left unanswered how much more the public may pay for automobiles, refrigerators, washing machines and other consumer steel products. The agency said the effect on retail prices of finished goods will not be known for a while. Mill increases announced range from 2 to 12 dollars a ton on all carbon and alloy steel products. The boost aims to offset an 18 percent wage increase won by steel workers. OPA will require producers and distributors to absorb part of the increases, with the degree of absorption to be determined later.
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Washington
OPA
Hend
Serage
Pope Pius XII Turns 70 With Birthday Masses
Pope Pius XII marked his 70th birthday and the seventh anniversary of his election by continuing his routine. Two high masses were held for the diplomatic corps at St Ignatius Church attended by 16 cardinals including four from the United States and Read Adm. Ellery W. Stone. A second high mass occurred at St John Lateran. The pope did not attend these masses and planned a private prayer in the morning. A thanksgiving mass was to be held in St John Lateran, but he would not attend to avoid leaving Vatican City.
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Vatican
Orj
Pius XII
Holy St. Ignatius Church
United States
Holy, See
Adm
Ellery W. Stone
Allied Commission For
St. John’s Lateran
Vatican City
Maj Roger Haberman Discharged at Camp McCoy
Maj Roger Haberman discharged at Camp McCoy on terminal leave after service since Pearl Harbor. He trained armored forces at Ft Knox and was commissioned in July 1942. He served in the 7th 16th and 2nd armored divisions and for seven months acted as aide de camp to Lt Gen A C Gilliam in Washington. His wife, Mar Grothe, is from Wauwatosa and he is a UW commerce graduate now with Travelers Insurance in Milwaukee.
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E. P. Haberman
25Th Avenue
Pearl Harbor
Camp McCoy
Haberman
Ft. Knox
A. C. Giliem
Sevannie Ee
Washington, D. C
Straberman
University of Wisconsin School of Commerce
Travelers Insurance Company
Milwaukee
Mar. Grothe
Wauwatosa
Juda-Monroe
Philosophical Conclusion Around the Square Monroe Cheesemakers No. 1
In Monroe, the Sharpies of 1946 are celebrated as everlasting No. 1 in Wisconsin after a lively non-profit gathering. The event reflects on a recital of basketball and questions the value of tournaments.
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Monroe Cheesemakers Still No
Wisconsin
Hoover Seeks Stronger Food Regulation to Avert Starvation
Former President Herbert Hoover urged tighter U S food controls to head off famine abroad. He called for a real food administrator with expanded power for the Agriculture Department to curb wheat use for livestock amid reports that 25 percent cut in domestic wheat consumption is needed to aid Europe and Asia. He spoke after meeting with officials including former food administrator Chester Davis.
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Washington
United States
Herbert Clark Hoover
Anderson
OPA
Hoover
Chester Davis
Treman
Agriculture Department
Europe
Asia
National 4 H Club Week Opens Today
National 4 H Club Week opens with 24 clubs planning meetings to stimulate countywide 4 H interest. Parents outreach is emphasized with parents nights across clubs. County agent E O Baker and assistants coordinate programs with displays at Wisconsin Light Company in Monee and other locations.
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Wisconsin Light Company
Monee
Baker
Donald E. Beeeacees
Mit Marlys Richert
New Clue on Hitler Death Witness Says Suicide Scene
British intelligence officers in Berlin pursue an SS bodyguard who may have witnessed Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun die by their own actions on April 30. Col Nicolaus von Below recalls meeting the guard on May 6 who described Hitler shooting himself and Braun taking poison, then guards burning the bodies, a report tied to a November Berlin briefing.
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Stertora
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Hitler
Air Force
Nicolaus von Below
Reichschancellery
Bert von Below
Braun
Berlin
Remove Two Yank Editors Linked to Reds
Kenneth L. Pettus of Chicago and Barnard Rubin of Waterbury Conn were ordered for reassignment to Yokohama depots for nonessential duties. Col. E J Dwan, inspector general, cites substantial evidence reflecting adversely on the discretion and integrity of both editors and their alleged Communist sympathies.
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Kenneth L. Pettus
Chicago
Barnard Rubin
Watterbury
Conn
Yokohama
Duta
E. J. Dwan
UNRRA Grain Shipment Reaches Trieste Harbor
The first UNRRA grain shipment for Austria from the United States has arrived in Trieste harbor, the report states. The arrival marks a milestone in aid deliveries to Austria under the UNRRA program.
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UNRRA
Austria
Vienma—Vey
United States
Trieste
Couple Slain In Indiana Stone Company Quarry
In Bloomington Indiana two bodies were found in an abandoned quarry sludge pit four miles north of town. Russell E Koontz a 43 year old Empire Stone company superintendent and Phyllis Coleman a 32 year old creamery office worker were discovered by a searching party. Koontz was beaten and Coleman strangled with wire or cord. Authorities pumped the 10 foot pit as state police joined the investigation.
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Bloomington
Ind
Hunter Stone Mill
Albert H. Skirvin
Russell E. Koontz
Empire Stone Company
Phyllis Coleman
Brunet
Ray Borland
Skirvin
Koontz
Call in Beet Sugar Area Envoys to Discuss Labor Shortage
Senator Wheeler of Montana called a rally of congressmen from sugar beet producing areas to address an expected spring labor shortage. A meeting with Secretary of Agriculture Anderson is set for March 6, with hopes a state delegation committee may confer with President Truman. Attendees include lawmakers from Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, Nevada, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, California, Wisconsin, Montana, North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa.
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Washington
Wheeler
D-Mont
Anderson
Truman
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Minois
Nevada
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Idaho
Oregon
California
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Montana
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Towa
Betsy Ross to Visit Monroe Girl Scout Headquarters
Betsy Ross of the Girl Scout Headquarters will visit Monroe to meet troop leaders and council members. She will hold personal conferences on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday with two evening meetings planned in the Lincoln building scout room and with leaders of older and younger groups.
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Sc Denymons
the Girt
Chi
Azo
Monroe
Ross
Lincoln
Housing site survey eyed for veterans trailer homes
Mayor Frank A Buehler was informed by William Ber ceran of the national housing administration in Chicago that a representative would visit Monroe Monday to survey possible sites for 15 promised trailer homes for veterans and families. City authorities have surveyed numerous sites, about a dozen deemed possibly suitable, to be viewed by the federal official. Definite action is expected at the city council meeting Tuesday night.
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Frank A. Buehler
William Ber Ceran
National Housing Administration
Chicago
Monroe
Miners Strike Notice Filed as Wage Talks Open
John L. Lewis filed a 30 day strike notice on behalf of about 400000 miners and asked to reopen wage talks on March 12 in Washington. The notice cites wages hours supervisory status and wage policy changes under the new regime. Lewis questioned the 30 day delay under the war labor disputes act but signals meeting requirements. The contract could end March 31 per his letter.
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Washington
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Wage Stabilization Board
Ezra van Horn
Badger Farmers Debate Dairy Subsidy Removal
The Wisconsin Agriculturist reports farmers split on continuing dairy feed subsidies beyond June 30 with direct payments or government purchases to reduce surpluses. 42 percent favored continuation, 5 percent backed purchases. butterfat price 17 cents per pound and 60 cents per hundredweight on whole milk. A 1943 survey showed 45 percent opposed to subsidies, 40 percent for price support, 15 percent undecided. renters favored removal, owners split. A separate note cites a suggestion to raise butter price by 10 cents to aid creameries and ease shortages.
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Stacine
Wisconsin Agriculturist and Farmer
Farm Paper
Crime surge reports 1945 up 123 percent says AG Clark
Attorney General Tom Clark announced that 1945 saw the largest annual rise in serious crimes in 15 years, with an FBI survey showing a 123 percent jump from 1944. The count includes murder rape robbery aggravated assault burglary larceny and auto theft.
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Tom Clark
Clark
FBI
War brides to Monroe arrive this spring from Australia
Peterson and Swiggum await Australian wives and two children on a Pacific voyage. The war brides division guides their arrival in Monroe as expec ted landing in San Francisco next week. The couples, already married, hope to reunite with husbands who serve abroad.
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Peterson
Swiggum
mid-Pacific
Green County
Marshall
L. Peterson
Clifford M. Swiggum
Australia
San Francisco
Monroe
Scristoper
Airelia
Clifford M. Si
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Clarence Earl
Cleve Farrell
Indiana Stone Company
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Girl Scout Headquarters
Detroit
H.W. Anderson
Tai Covatee Heart
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Ted
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Arabia
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Tehran
National Dairy Committee
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GPA
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