Labor conference opens amid 265000 idle in strikes
The AP reports about 265,000 workers idle in 31 states at the start of a Washington labor management conference. California led with 61,450 idle, as major disputes included 60,000 AFL lumber workers in the Pacific Northwest and Greyhound bus empl oyees in 26 states. President Truman urged a path to industrial peace and warned against government pressure.
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Maine
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Andrew J. Higgins
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CIO
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John L. Lewis
Labor
William Green
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United Mine Workers
Voting Tomorrow Draws Attention For 1948 Aspect
Tomorrow's odd year elections draw limited national indicators. In New York City and Detroit, Democrats hope a William O'Dwyer win signals trouble for Governor Thomas E. Dewey while Dewey supporters back Judge Jonah Gold amid a GOP split.
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Thomas E. Dewey
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Jonah Gold
Kickoff in Victory Loan Tomorrow
Monroe will kick off in the Time of the meeting is 7:30. Officials promise it will be brief, snappy and entertaining, with a fine luncheon as the climax. City Chairman H. C. Rothan canvassed by the end of the week. No solicitation is scheduled in the business district. Women who would help in the drive are asked to reply by tomorrow noon.
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H. C. Rothan
Indian Summer In Monroe Area Brings Warm Day
Mercury rose into the 50s by noon in Monroe area offering a contrast to a raw Sunday that started at 20 degrees. The forecast calls for light rain tomorrow and cooler weather ahead.
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Monroe Area
Nationalist Leaders Return From Washington On Secret Mission
Six nationalist leaders traveled secretly from Washington to Seoul on an undisclosed mission likely under state defense provisions. The group was led by Jacob Kim Dunn and returned to Seoul for unclear purposes amid ongoing political tensions.
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Korea
Washington
Jacob Kim Dunn
Progressives to Decide Wisconsin Future at Saturday Meeting
The Wisconsin Progressive party may determine its path at a Saturday meeting called by a special committee led by J. K. Kyle of Whitewater. The group plans tenge from each congressional district as it weighs rejoining Republicans or joining Democrats or staying independent. Senators Robert M. La Follette and former Gov Philip La Follette declined to comment.
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Wisconsin
J. K. Kyle
Whitewater
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Progresve
Democratic Organization
Robert M. LaFollette
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Pacific
Finland arrives aboard Weeamo en route to Portugal
The Finnish traveler reached port today aboard the steamer Weeamo and headed to Portugal for his health legation.
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Weeamo
Portugal
Roosevelt Opens White House Pearl Harbor Files Probe
Washington reports late President Roosevelt’s White House files are opened with 64 bundles in room. Miss Tully holds the key. Senator Brewster says the scope may cover 1940 to Roosevelt’s death and may include Army Navy and civilian investigations into Pearl Harbor. Chairman Barkley says staff work continues and the Harbor message about Japan’s intent is reportedly missing from war department files.
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Hitler Planned Invasion of Austria Revealed in Archives
Transcripts from Goering's air ministry, found in a Berlin court yard after the Soviet advance, show Hitler in 1938 fearing foreign intervention and praising Mussolini for supporting the anschluss. Prince Philip of Hesse acted as go-between in German Italian talks, with plans to move 240000 troops at dawn to seize Austria.
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Italy
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Vienna
Kurt Schuschnigg
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Lazzo Venezia
Gards
Regular City Council Meeting Tuesday in Monroe
The Monroe city council will meet in regular session at 7:30 P.M. in city hall to consider routine business and then adjourn until Thursday night. The session will be devoted to questioning a representative from the Jerry Donohu engineering firm of Sheboygan about plans for a new city sewage disposal plant.
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City Hall
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Jerry Donohu
Sheboygan
Evacuation Planned for 100000 U.S. Troops from India Burma Theater
The U.S. Army headquarters in New Delhi said today that approximately 100000 American troops would be evacuated from the India-Burma theater within the near term. The announcement outlines large scale redeployment as strategic operations proceed in the region.
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U. S. Army
India-Burma
Rapids Treasurer Joseph D Nor ton Dies at 55
Wisconsin Rapids city treasurer Joseph De Lone Norton, age 55, died of a heart attack at his home. He had served as city treasurer since 1922.
U S Denies Clashes With Red Forces in China
The White House said there have been no clashes between Chinese Communists and United States armed forces. Reports from Communist headquarters claimed American marines fired on Chinese representatives at Chinwangtao. Around 70,000 U S marines were in the Tientsin Peiping area aiding Chiang Kai Shek while ordered to stay out of civil strife.
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Chungking
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Rescue under way as Pacific search expands for missing crew
Seven ships and six airplanes comb the Pacific about 450 miles east of Hawaii for 11 men and a woman missing after an ATC Liberator forced landing at sea Saturday. Meanwhile 23 survivors of the Pan American Honolulu clipper’s forced landing reach Honolulu aboard escort carriers, as eight survivors and seven bodies, including one woman, from the Liberator are reported.
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Irving Jewell Wins With Hereford Bull
Irving Jewell of Mineral Point won with the champion Hereford bull at the Wisconsin Hereford Breeders Association fall show at the University of Wisconsin stock pavilion. The sale featured 58 animals. reserve champion bull was shown by Fred Viroqua and W. W. Peters, with J. C. Robinson and Son of Evansville showing the reserve champion female. Graber Hereford Farms of Mineral Point exhibited the champion heifer calf and Dawson of Cuba City the top summer yearling heifer.
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Irving Jewell
Mineral Point
Wisconsin Hereford Breeders Association
Univerity of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Fred Viroqua
W. W. Peters
Pep Bee
J. C. Robinson and Son
Evansville
Graber Hereford Farms
Dawson
Cuba City
Four Fatal Accidents In State Over Weekend
At least four lives were lost in Wisconsin accidents during the weekend. The infant Dianamarie Gelhaar nine months old was found suffocated in her crib yesterday despite fire department efforts. Merrill Maas twelve from Bear Creek was struck by a car on a road in Outagamie County Saturday. Starve Miles a forty eight year old Pepin County traffic officer was fatally injured Saturday night directing traffic on Highway 10 near Durand. Ervin Livingston twelve from Menominee Seddon was involved in an unnamed accident yesterday.
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Ervin Livingston
Menomo- Seddon
Pmogee Ag
Merrill Maas
Bear Creek
Outagamie County
Starve Miles
Pepin County
Highway 10
Durand
John J. nm Dies After Short Illness
John J. nm 46 long serving police chief from 1933 to 1941 and four years a special investigator for the local force died today after a two day illness. He led the department through the early 1930s and later served as investigator. Local officials mourn his passing.
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Two Rivers
John J. Nm
Japanese Psychologist Sees Defeat as Good for Nation
Tokyo reports Dr. Sadaji Takagi of Tokyo Imperial University argued the surrender and occupation will benefit Japan. He said lessons were learned, including humility before other nations, and that Americans are not feared as before. He noted a labor wave toward a national federation and limited early wage concessions amid shortages.
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MacArthur
Yamashita plan blamed for Filipino killings order
Testimony at a war crimes trial in Manila describes Japanese Lt Gen Tomoyuki Yamashita’s anger when Filipino leader Artemio Ricarte urged revocation of a general order to kill all Filipinos and destroy cities. Witness Joaquin Galang said the general insisted the order be followed.
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Timoyuki Yamashita
Joaquin Galang
Malaya
Narcesco Lapus
Yamashita
Ricarte
Galang
No Jurymen Needed For County Court Term Opening Today
Guilty pleas and out of court settlements avoided jury swearing at the county court term opening. Clifford Hauser admitted guilt in a bastardy case with a cash settlement. Donald Kubly and Ruth Kubly pled guilty in a neglect of children case as Judge Harold J. Lamboley discussed disposition with counsel. The Kublys have three children.
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B. H. Lynch
John Gin Implement Company
Donald Kubly
Ruth Kubly
Harold J. Lamboley
Kublys
Monroe Doctor in Naval Medical Corps on Short Home Visit
Lt. Comdr. David D. Ruehlman, once Monroe’s physician, is home on leave from the naval medical corps. He will report to Great Lakes after his break. He left Monroe in mid July with his family for the West Coast, bound for the Philippines and Tokyo after departing a port on July 15. He served with the Third Amphibious Force at Okinawa and Tokyo. His wife and children Pat and David reside in Monroe.
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Monroe
Naval Medical Corps
Ruehlman
Great Lakes
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Philippines
Tokyo
Third Amphibious Force
Okinawa
Pat
David
Hungary Conservatives Sweep First Postwar Elections
The small holders party representing center and conservative elements appears to have swept Hungary in yesterday's first free general elections in central Europe since the war, delivering a strong national showing for a new political era in Budapest.
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