Stalin's Faith in UNO and Famine Watch Grows
The Washington report notes President famine emergency push to cut bread and salad dressing in restaurants and hotels to free wheat and edible fats for abroad while domestic prices stay stable. OPA orders automatic subsidy reductions for above ceiling cattle prices and allows smaller portions with notices. diners may request full portions. Last week OPA authorised up to ten percent weight reductions in meals to align with famine committee recommendations.
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Washington
GPA
Office of Economic Sabilization
OPA
Famine Committee
Demand Rationing Across Atlantic Nations Urged
An array of national organizations pressed the United States to ration cer esis fats and oils said to be needed abroad, while calling for care of political refugees without government consent and an immediate new international body to shelter them until new homes are found. Twenty one groups signed, including the National Grange Veterans of Foreign Wars Community Service Committee of the CIO and the General Federation of Women’s Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Cit
United States
National Grange, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Community Service ‘Committee
The
CIO
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Black market meat claims denied by Iowa OPA director
Iowa OPA Director Walter D. Kline dismissed reports of a meat black market as a myth saying packers fear losing government subsidies. Washington officials noted difficulties in obtaining cattle and a broader effort to curb illicit sales without fixing prices. Russia and Allied grain issues also cropped up as ships and aid clashed with wartime constraints.
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OPA
War Shipping Administration
Russia
France
WSA
Odessa
Arguement Black Market
Washington
Wesley Harenbergh
American Mest Institute
House Committee
Hardenbergh
Des Moines
Iowa
Walter D. Kline
Kline
War brides three more due in Monroe in two weeks
Three additional war brides are expected to arrive in Monroe within the next two weeks, two from Europe and one from Australia. Names include Mrs. Marshall Peterson and Mrs. Clifford Swiggum, both with husbands in Monroe, and Mrs. Myrtis Wickersham of France.
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Monroe
Europe
Australia
Marshall Peterson
Clifford Swiggum
Myrtis P.wickersham
France
Lily Legler
Joseph R. Legler
Monticello
Eiall
Capeaiente Pietas
England
Manchester
Rae
David A. Legler
Joan Lueck
Awalt ‘Leck
Luecks
Lueck
Ordnance Supply
Ralph Phillips
Convicted Jap Faces Suspension Of 15 Year Term
Maj Yaichi was found guilty on 18 war crime charges by an army tribunal and the commission recommended suspending his 15 year sentence. Col Waiem Yenety presided as the commission president. The accused yelled when the recommendation was made. The defense was led by Maj Berton Puitige Clayton.
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Svxohama
Yaichi
Commission
Col
lWaiem
Yenety
Stars and Stripes
Rikitake
Sen
Berton XK. Puitige
Clayton
Michigan Wisconsin pipeline seeks Wisconsin gas area expansion
The Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline Co filed an amendment to its federal application proposing to add Green Bay Sheboygan Appleton Oshkosh Fond du Lac Two Rivers Manitowoc and adjacent communities to its Wisconsin gas service area. A hearing is set for Detroit on April 15 to review the proposal and related pipeline plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umicago
Michigan- Wisconsin Pipeline Co
Federal Power Commission
Lake Shore
Fox River Valley
Wisconsin
Commission
Green Bay
Sheboygan
Appleton
Oshkosh
Fona du Lac
Two Rivers
Manitowoc
Con- Madison
Itive
Inllinois
Sory
Gslation
Wausau
Milwaukee
Madison
Sheboy*gan
Fond du Lac
Michigan-Wisconsin Company
Detroit
Wisconsin appoints Graass to housing conference
Governor Goodland named Frank N. Graass as financial secretary to represent Wisconsin at a Des Moines housing conference on March 25 with officials from 15 Midwestern states.
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Madison
Goodland
Frank N. Graass
Wisconsin
Mid‘western
Des Moines
Goering’s praise halted by Jackson at war crimes trial
Associated Press dispatches report Justice Robert H. Jackson angrily interrupted Hermann Goering’s praise of Hitler, warning the international tribunal the war crimes trial could drag into August. In Ottawa, a Soviet security police presence in Canada was alleged at a preliminary hearing for Fred A. Rose, a Canadian parliamentarian and Communist. In London, U S army headquarters announced charges of conspiracy to inflict cruel punishment on guardhouse prisoners against Col James A Kilian and five other officers. Milwaukee veterans march on the state capitol seeks an emergency session to address returned servicemen issues.
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Nuernberg
Robert H. Jackson
U.S
Hermann Goering
Adolf Hitler
International Military Tribunal
Sian
Ottawa
Canada
Fred A. Rose
London
U. S. Army
James A. Kilian
Highland Park
IML
Lichfield
Milwaukee
Madison
Probe Compliance With Credit Rule In Monroe Businesses
Federal Reserve inspectors from Chicago reviewed Monroe area merchants over the past two days to assess compliance with a new credit regulation. The rule covers durable and semi-durable consumer goods and all forms of credit including installment loans, charge accounts, and single payment loans of $1500 or less. It limits car loans to two-thirds of cash price, controls down payments and installment intervals, and requires ordinary charges to be paid by the 10th day of the second month after the agreement, with six monthly installments.
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Monroe
Lacina
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Suits for Sums for Schools Target Wisconsin Banks
Deputy Attorney General Beatrice pertity says the office expects little contest in suits against 101 Wisconsin banks to recover about 150000 for the common school fund. Marine National Exchange Bank Milwaukee faces a 9127 claim involving 137 account owners as the Dane county circuit court cases proceed. The suits challenge public deposit law provisions deemed unconstitutional requiring banks to transfer dormant deposits to the state without action.
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Ramagert
Otter Beatrice Pertity
Wisconsin
Lampert
Irs
Sairsf
Marine National Exchange Bank
Milwaukee
Dane County
Marine Bank
Fred
Monroe Native Michael Deveny Dies in Tucson at 76
Michael Deveny a Monroe native and Milwaukee Road railroad veteran died in Tucson Ariz after a ten day stay seeking climate relief Telegraphic notice says he served in the Spanish American War He leaves a wife two daughters two sons and sister Mrs Mary Shook of this city Burial will be in Monroe where the Deveny family resided Also surviving are his parents and five brothers all veteran railroad men
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Michael Deveny
Monroe
Milwaukee Road
Tucson
Ariz
Mary Shook
Deveny
Devenys
John
William
James
Martin
George
Straightening Highways 11 and 59 Aims To Ease Traffic
Highway 59 between Monroe and Evansville via Albany will be straightened to remove sharp turns. County Clerk Clarence W. Lengacher said plans include land acquisition and possible condemnation where price cannot be agreed. The state highway commission seeks bids for Highway 11 at Dill and a Dill Browntown relocation, with a hearing set for April 9 in Monroe to consider feasible trunk highway locations.
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Monroe
Evansville
Albany
Clarence W. Lengacher
State Highway Commission
Dill
Lengacher
Dill- Browntown
Waip
Range
Court House
Officers to Wear Same Uniforms as Enlisted Men Now
By June 30, 1948 Army officers will wear identical uniforms to enlisted men except for insignia. The War Department order cites disdain for the officer caste system and promises blue dress uniforms for special occasions by mid 1948. Bar Plans Convention at Lake Delton June 27-29. Harold Langer of Baraboo named on the convention committee.
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Wasmingwon
War Department
Bar Plans
Madison
Wisconsin Bar Association
Lake Delton
Harold Langer
Baraboo
Maple syrup drought hits Monroe shops and tables
Waffles and pancakes improvise with little corn syrup and no pure maple syrup as warm days delay harvests. Residents face shortages while Clarnoway taps supplies slowly. Local markets offer celery onions radishes turnips cauliflower lettuce and cabbage as substitutes.
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Monroe
Stalin Comments Raise Hope for Peace and UNO Role
Congress members welcomed Stalin statements to AP on UNO as a path to security. Morse says USSR should submit pending issues to the United Nations. Connally and Bloom praise nonmilitaristic aims and urge faith in UNO for peace. Porter warns wage boosts will raise some prices but rents and food largely unaffected.
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Washington
Stalin
Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Congress
Morse
R-Ore
Gilmore
UNO
Russia
United Nations Organization
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Bloom
D-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Yew Rorn
Paul A. Porter
OPA
Porter
Monroe Tops Wisconsin in Christmas Seals Drive
Monroe achieves a record $1,351.50 in Christmas seals sales in 1945, leading Wisconsin communities of 5 000 to 10 000 population per capita. The city earns a free two week nurse and social worker service plus mobile and clinic x ray and tuberculin testing options, with final prize choice to be decided by a local committee. Monroe also posted a 799 percent jump from 1944, but can win only one prize service under association rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association
Monroe Health Oifis
Spring Rains Begin But They Still Are Somewhat Sparse
The article notes light rain across Wisconsin with a maximum depth of 0.1 inch at Park Falls and no flood threat. The Mississippi River hesitates, forecast to crest mid next week about half a foot above current levels. Lows last night ranged from 27 at Land O Lakes to 48 at La Crosse, with snow traces at Park Falls and in upper Michigan.
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Wisconsin
Howard J. Thompson
U. S
Milwaukee
Park Falls
Mississippi
Land O'Lakes
la Crosse
Upper Michigan
Guards UND Hunter college in the Bronx
Wisconsin men named First Lt. William W. Wilson Dr R West Salem and Pfc F W Donnelly Racine guard the Hudson in a Bronx college setting as part of a wartime training narrative involving multiple named individuals and locations.
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Hunter College
Bronx
Wisconsin
William W. Wilson
R. West Salem
F. W. Donnelly
Racine
Troops Open Way To Penn Workers
Gov Edward Martin ordered state police into Pittsburgh to protect supervisors attempting to pass CIO picket lines around the Westinghouse Electric plant. The move followed a fist-swinging melee as supervisors were halted at East Pittsburgh. About 700 supervisory workers had been told to report, but none passed the lines. The CIO Electrical Workers have been on strike since January 15, with wage talks failing. The Philadelphia port faced a tieup as AFL tugboat strikers planned picket lines. CIO UAW in Detroit said GM grievances talks were moving with utmost dispatch to speed a return to work for 175,000 GM employees.
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Associated Press
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
CIO
Westinghouse Electric Corp
East Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
AFL
United Auto
Detroit
General Motors
Florida Holds Man As Possible Suspect In Degnan Slaying
Detective Chief John S. Siers said an 27 year old man using the name John Wright McDowell Jr was held on charges of attempting to kidnap two seven year old girls in Florida while questioned about the January 7 disappearance of Suzanne Degnan in Chicago. He claimed to be the adopted son of a deceased Peoria banker and named a foster mother in Peoria. A judge ordered a $50000 bond on two kidnapping counts and a preliminary hearing was scheduled for Tuesday.
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Pucet Dees
John S. Siers
John Wright McDowell, Jr
Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Siers
John McDowell
Peoria
McDowell
Pearl McDowell
John T. Fischer
Two Car Collisions Reported Yesterday Afternoon
Police investigate two motor car collisions from yesterday afternoon. At 2 28 William E Richmeyer of Borden Cheese Co Plymouth drove a 1942 Nash south on 15th Ave while John Peter Marty Brownton Route 1 drove a 1937 Ford west on 12th St. damage included headlight lens and dented body parts. At 5 36 Betty May Segner 1335 17th St Plymouth sedan collided with Pred Kraus Jr Monroe Route 4 parked 1930 Olds coach as brakes failed, leaving dented fender doors broken glass and parking lot damage.
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William E. Richmeyer
Borden Cheese Co
Plymouth
15Th Ave
John Peter Marty
Browntown
12Th St
Betty May Segner
17Th St
Olds
Pred Kraus, Jr
Monroe
Stalin praises United Nations as peace tool
Moscow reports Prime Minister Stalin voiced confidence in the United Nations as an instrument for peace and security, saying nations and armies seek peace. He blamed war fears on pro war propagandists and urged broader public counter propaganda to expose incendiaries and protect peace.
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Moscow
Stalin
United Nations Organization
Toscow
Eddy Gilmore
United Nations
Mixed reaction to demands draft continued in peace
Members of both Senate and cabinet discussed extending the draft amid call for peace. Officials expressed varied views with no clear agreement on the expiration date or future steps, reflecting a divided stance on the issue.
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Senate
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Bledsoe
Germany
Soio
Hope Red
Penn
Florida
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