No Progress on Strike Settlement at Parley
At a post holiday conference in Portland Oregon union spokesmen said efforts to end the 60 000 AFL lumber workers strike in the Pacific Northwest stalled. The session produced no signs of progress on settling the national dispute as machinists in the San Francisco bay area pursued a 30 percent wage demand.
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Ian the Ak Tae
AFL
Pacific Northwest
Portland
Ore
Aflcio
San Francisco Bay Area
Buick Displays New 1946 Models at Badger Motors
Buick's first postwar cars, the 1946 models, go on display tomorrow at Badger Motors 1408 19th Street. Three lines are introduced the series 50 Super on a 124 inch wheelbase the series 70 Roadmaster on 129 inch wheelbase and the series 40 Special on a 121 inch wheelbase. Small changes in appearance design and performance are noted versus the 1942 counterparts.
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Buick
Badger Motors
Lth Street
Officer Shot While Stopping Car on Madison Street
An officer trying to halt a car on Madison Street was shot. The gunfire came from the suspect in the rear seat, and a rifle was used. A second person was in the vehicle as officers pursued the suspect.
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Madison Street
De Gaulle Elected Interim President of French Government
Paris General de Gaulle chosen by the constituent assembly to direct creation of the fourth republic by a 555 to 0 vote with one abstention. In Washington, President Truman urged Congress to authorize a 1.35 billion dollar relief and rehabilitation appropriation.
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Paris
de Gaulle
France
Constituent Assembly
Washington
Truman
Congress
Carry Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Washington to Gay quotes Hoover on war imminent alert
A congressional investigator quoted J Edgar Hoover saying the FBI had information on November 26 1941 that war was imminent. The statement was made to reporters by Representative Gearhart. In Hawaii, Japanese forces attacked on December 7 1941. In Seoul Korea a large ammunition dump containing 130000 tons of impounded Japanese explosives exploded killing two American soldiers.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Gearhart
Seoul
Korea
Victory Loan Progress Slow During Holiday Weekend
Victory Loan is progressing slowly with only 18 percent of the quota reached so far. Chairman Ketter is pleased with the showing, while Monroe reports about 70 percent of its total achieved. The report lists bond sales across towns and cities, including Albany, Brooklyn, Monticello, New Glarus, Monroe, and New Glarus totals, reflecting varied performance.
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Ketter
Monroe
Albany
Ite
Clarne
Puaeter Oe
Sefferson
Eeeten
Mearee
Mt. Pleasant
York Stelec Saetildih
Alban ‘ We
Browertown
Monticello
New Glarus
Peice
Brooklyn
Browntown
Cities
Pullman Plans to Sell to 27 Roads
A three member railroad committee reached a tentative agreement last Wednesday to sell the Pullman car service to 27 roads. The decision followed the close of a two day hearing.
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Pullman
Refusal to Defer Military Training Measure Advances
The House military committee rejected 15 to 12 a motion to defer consideration of universal military training until next hearings. The next session on Oct 22 will feature General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower as a witness, with Secretary of War Patterson already heard. The vote was in a closed session led by Chairman May, amid mixed indications of support for postponement.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Representative Short
R-Mo
Robert P. Patterson
May
D-Ky
Senate
Arends
Illinois
Senate panel debates return of civil service to states
Washington activity centers on a Senate subcommittee vote to shift civil service back to the states within 120 days after enactment as part of a broader labor policy clash with the administration. The measure comes attached as a rider to a House war-appropriations bill. Truman urges government control through mid-1947. The House action pushes for a 30-day return, with labor secretary testimony and unemployment compensation debate to follow.
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Washington
Senate
United States Civil Service
Truman
House
Pension Plan Submitted To County Board Session
Green county employees petition to join the Wisconsin municipal retirement fund with prior service credits twice municipal rates. Workers would contribute 5 percent of wages, matched by the county, toward a pension up to 100 dollars monthly at age 65. All county employees and elected officials may participate. The county seeks full data from departments to price the plan for the state annuity board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pension Committee of
Green County
Wisconsin Municipal Retirement Fund
Wisconsin
State Annuity Board
U S Denies New Aid to Chiang Amid Frontline Shanhaikwan Capture
Reports say Chiang Kai-shek’s forces took Shanhaikwan from the Communists while American officials denied any beyond wartime aid. General Wedemeyer and Secretary Patterson stressed the U S would keep a wartime equipment contract for 39 divisions and denied broader commitments. Fighting rages in interior Manchuria as tensions rise along the north China Manchu border.
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Chungking
United States
China
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Washington
Patterson
Manchuria
Ta-Kung-Pao
Changchun
Thanksgiving Proclaimed for November 22 by President Truman
President Truman proclaims November 22, the fourth Thursday of the month, as Thanksgiving Day. He urges gratitude with humility and acknowledges salvation through united strength rather than any single arm.
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Truman
Washington
Fair Cold After Wind Rain Storm Hits Milwaukee Area
A southwest gale lashed southern Wisconsin with wind gusts up to 66 mph in Milwaukee county. Trains halted in Racine after a shed roof toppled onto tracks. lightning damage ran into thousands of dollars. Three light planes damaged. power poles snapped on Highway 42. roofs, trees, and broken windows reported statewide.
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Milwaukee
Weather Bureau
Milwaukee County
Skokie Division
North Shore Line
Racine
Highway 42
Power outage hits Monroe during rainstorm
A weather driven fault in the Wisconsin Power and Light grid caused a 30 minute blackout in the northwest section of Monroe. The rainstorm delivered about half an inch of rainfall.
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Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Monroe
Dr Bear Returns Home to Monroe After Navy Service
Dr Nathan E Bear completes Navy duty after serving three years eight months with senior medical officer duty on the Nevada. He returns to Monroe to assume surgeon role at Monroe Clinic with wife, residing at 2260 6th Street. Parents Dr and Mrs W G Bear to relocate from sixth street to 1817 11th street.
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Nathan E. Bear
Navy
Great Lakes
Bear
Carribean Sea
St. Lucia
Pacific
U.S. S. Nevada
Monroe Clinic
California
6Th Street
W. G. Bear
Sixth Street
L1th Street
Two Yank Grandsons Find Swiss Grandmothers in Ennenda
Mrs. Yost Marty of Milwaukee receives a Swiss Wochen Blatter issue dated Sept 8 1945 showing Captain Reymond Kundert New Glarus and Sergeant Gilbert Aebli Chippewa Falls meeting their grandmothers in Ennenda. Both soldiers served in North Africa and earned commendations.
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Yan Krandmothers
Yost Marty
16Th Avenue
Marty
Ennenda
Maria Aebli-Marti
Gilbert Aebli
Chippewa Falls
Reymond P. Kundert
David Kundert
New Glarus
Anna Zimmerman
North Af
United States Army
Glaznerland
Kundert
Gilbert Aebb
Glamnerland
Rebb
Kloentalersee
Aebli
Naate
Captain Kundert
Switzerland
Wochen Blatter
Zurich
New
Glarus
Milwaukee Conservatory of Music
Sergeant Aebli
Yost Aebli
Attlee Urges World Prosperity and Neighborliness in Congress
Prime Minister Clement Attlee told Congress that peace rests on world prosperity and good neighborliness. He argued there is no cause for economic rivalry with the United States and urged cooperation with the United Nations to knit a broader peace. He emphasized freedom, Magna Charta, and shared democratic ideals while noting the atomic conference with President Truman. Attlee defended Britain’s labor program and warned against fear of his party’s aims, calling for a united approach to postwar recovery and security.
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Washington
Clement Attlee
Congress
Great Britain
United States
House of Representatives
U. S
Britain
Attlee
Labor Party
Truman
Atlee
U.S
United Nations Organization
Lord Keynes
America
County Board Hears Long Petition List
Funeral services for Mac Miller 43 crash victim set for 10 a m Wednesday at Shriner Neushwander funeral home with Rev. G M Gunderson officiating. Miller died at St Clare hospital after a Monroe car crash on highway 69 near the J B Scherer farm. He was Kroger manager. Duane Kohl survived with minor injuries. The board opened its semi annual session at the courthouse, hearing petitions on road work budgets, county depositories, welfare requests, and space needs for filing documents and juvenile matters.
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Mac Miller
Shriner- Neushwander Funeral Home
G. M. Gunderson
Wiota
Duane Kohl
Monticello
Monroe
Highway 69
Prairie House
Miller
J. B. Scherer
Mr. Miller
Kohl
George Arm
Herman Stuessy
Green County
County Board of Supervisors
Court House
Ly Edward Killingstad
Albany
E. J. Hoesly
New Glarus
Hoesly
Hoestly
First National Bank of
Commercial and Savings Bank
Salvation Army
Martha Washington
American Federation of State
Madison
Harold Lamboley
Welfare Department
Highnays
State Highway
Anglo American Plan For Palestine Crisis
President Truman announced a joint Anglo American committee to examine the entire Palestine problem. The idea followed British discussions after Truman proposed admitting 100000 Jews to Palestine, which Prime Minister Attlee reportedly found excessive.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Palestine
Trupman
Attlee
Coleman Urges Genuine GOP Primary Candidates
Richland Center Wisconsin Republican party chairman Thomas E. Coleman urged caucus attendees to endorse candidates for local and state offices to prevent interlopers from taking the Republican nomination. He warned about puny men trying to edge into legislative and county offices next year by using the primary as a vehicle.
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Richland Center
Thomas E. Coleman
Wisconsin
Republican Party
OPA to Announce New Ceilings on Autos Thursday
Bowles denounces government by pressure as he defends OPA price controls. He told the House Small Business Committee that dealers have sent over 5000 telegrams opposing auto price plans and that OPA will reveal new ceilings on Thursday.
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OPA
Washingtton
Chester Bowles
Congress
House
Small Business Committee
Bowles
America
House Caucus Room
Best Hope Lies in Being Strong Says Col Phil La Follette
Col. Philip La Follette, three time Wisconsin governor, told the Milwaukee association of Credit men that the best way to avoid war is to be strong. He argued faith in democracy spreads the American way and noted global competition with the Russian system. He warned of a general unrest as a healthy sign of democracy reasserting itself after war.
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Milwaukee
Philip la Follette
Wisconsin
South Pacific
Milwaukee Association of Credit Men
Russia
Japan
la Follette
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Chiang
Chiang Kai-shek
Shanhaikwan
Dr. Bear
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Dora
Elmera
Muscoda
Opal Kidd
Joy Stowell
Kroger Company
Robert
William Moon
Elmer Oo Racine
Oileen
Gloria Miller
Clifford Miller
Grant
Karl Eg- Lowe
John D. Pickett
Jack Donmeyer
Onroe
Ted Schmedlin
Clarence W. Lengacher
Register of Deeds
Grace M. Thorpe
Coleman
Col
Phil la Follette
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