AP Board approves four for membership amid bylaw change
The Associated Press board recommended four applicants for membership and bylaw amendments to align with a federal court decree. Marshall Field and Hearst Publications were among the nominees, with the vote prompting discussion on competition effects and future court guidance. The board aims to bolster nonpartisan news and member control as it plans to lift the injunction once court requirements are met.
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New York—i
Associated Press
District Court
Supreme Court
Board of Directors
Lower Court
Marshall Field
Chicago
Lt Wilson Named to Head Victory Loan Airmada No 1 East
First Lt Harold H Wilson is named officer in charge of RAF Victory Loan airmada No 1 in the East. He previously served as assistant project officer of No 2 airmada touring the Mid West and left Omaha to take command of Airmada No 1. Maj Phillip Wachtel, Truax Field, is referenced.
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Lt. Wilson
Victory Loan
Airmada No. 1
East
Harold H. Wilson
RAF
Wilson
Evirmada
Mid- Gle
Omaha
Phillip Wachtel
Truax
City Tops Victory Loan With E Bonds Shortfall
City officials announced Victory Loan progress with a local quota of 210000 dollars exceeded by at least five percent. E bond par lags near 93000 dollar goal with about 86000 dollars recorded, urging swift submissions through block system workers.
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Cam Sign
Hoth
State Deer Hunt Death Total Reaches Seven
The deer hunt in the north woods ends with a death total rising to seven. More Mennonites arrived with deer, including Donald Janke Alfred Meier and Carl Weiss. Others returned empty handed while late arrivals continued on the final day. six more tags were sold at the Schuetz store in Monroe.
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North Woods
Donald Janke
Alfred Meier
Carl Weiss
the Schuetz
Monroe
Bakers to Appeal for Added Sugar Relief
Members of the Wisconsin Flour and Bakers Allied Trades association will meet with OPA officials today to discuss a sugar shortage they say will close 99 percent of local bakeries during Christmas unless relief is granted. Executive secretary Fred H. Laufenburg said the group may accept cuts in future allocations if sugar is released now.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin Flour and Bakers Allied Trades Association
OPA
Fred H. Laufenburg
Association
Pay hike urged as GIs face wage gap to industry
Representative Hook of Michigan told the House that the average GI would take a pay cut of more than 28 percent when moving from the army to industry. He urged a general wage increase of at least 30 percent to bridge the gap.
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Washington
Hook
D-Mich
House
Young pilot earns solo flight on sixteenth birthday
Frederick J. Kundert, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Kundert of 1603 15th Ave, made his first solo flight last Sunday at the local airport. He began lessons last summer and, after turning 16, is now pursuing a driver's license to reach the airport for future flights.
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Frederick J. Kundert
Ralph J. Kundert
15Th Avenue
Young Kundert
Hess Plea on insanity issue to be heard Friday
Nazi leader Hess goes on trial with 19 others for war crimes as international tribunal plans hearings Friday on his plea to escape the case on grounds of insanity. British and other doctors report Hess not insane but memory loss may hinder his defense.
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International Military Tribunal
Scotland
Everce
Russia
Megion
Alfred Seidl
Hans Frank
Poland
Seyss
Hitler
Kurt Schuswhn
Austria
Schuschnigg
CIO Envoys and Government Seek End to GM Strike
United Auto Workers CIO officials meet with labor conciliator Edgar Warren in Washington while GM President Wilson remains in Detroit. A weeklong GM walkout spreads to 225,000 workers, with 400 CIO pickets freeing 65 supervisors in Saginaw after a wage dispute. A federal fact finding panel is appointed as 650,000 United Steel Workers face a potential $2 weekly raise vote.
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Washington
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Uaw-Cio
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Detroit
Schwellenbach
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Saginaw
Mich
Ae Syme
Cro Tool 1S
Zeneral Motors
Montgomery Ward
Ward
Irving Abramson
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Sewell Avery
Philip L. Sullivan
Chicago
Sullivan
CTO
United Steel Workers
National Labor Relations Board
Labor
University of North Carolina
Paul de Lie
Stan
University
Otto Beyer
Deep Lake Chelan Bus Disaster May Claim More Victims
Chelan Washington lake remains hold 15 school children and a bus driver after a bus plunged into the icy water Monday. Divers recovered two bodies but the craft is still missing after a 200 foot descent. Batavia Western Java governor requests halt to British action as nationalist forces told to evacuate north of the east west line by noon tomorrow.
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Chelan
Batavia
Western Java
Bandoeng
Japanese House Attacks Leaders Over War Policy
In Tokyo the lower house jeered at former premier Konoye and Pearl Harbor premier Tojo as war blame is exchanged. Elder parliamentarian Saito accuses Konoye and Tojo, while Shidehara pleads for reforms amid a strained cabinet as questions linger on Japan’s path to peace.
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Fumimaro Konoye
House of Representative
Baron Kijuro Shidehara
Diet
Takao Saito
Konoye
Pearl Harbor
Hideki Tojo
Tojo
Shidehara
Haeene Sadashi Shin
Japan
Sty
Aacety Pamel
Sode Tes Press
Yamashita Defends Role As Subordinate In Philippines Defense
Yamashita told a military tribunal he was only a subordinate commander with a bystander role in the Philippines defense and not responsible for wartime atrocities. He said he followed orders from Field Marshal Terauchi and had no control over air force or 30,000 troops. He stated he did not know of or order crimes and that Manila was indefensible, ordering troops out last December.
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Amashita
Philippines
Yamashita
Count Hisaichi Terauchi
Southwest Pacific
Air Force
Marine Transportation Corps
Manila
Tomoyuki
Probers Move to Hear Gen Marshall Before He Leaves
Senate House committee hearings probe Pearl Harbor before Gen Marshall departs for China as Truman envoy. Joseph Grew testifies codes at Tokyo embassy destroyed before December 7 1941, and some remained after the attack. Bureaucrats seek diary access, while lawmakers press Hull Bull information requests.
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Washington
Joseph C. Grew
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Senate House Committee
Prut
Joseph €. Grew
Murphy
D-P2
Cordell Bull
Hull
Truman Names Marshall Envoy to China in War-Weary Era
President Truman selects General George C. Marshall to serve as special envoy to China replacing Hurley after his resignation. The move signals preference for military leadership to ease postwar tension in northern China while U S forces limit involvement in conflict between Nationalists and Communists. Artemus Gates meets in Washington with Chungking officials en route from Asia with economic mission updates.
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U.S
Patrick J. Hurley
U. S
China
Asia
Washington
Truman
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Army
Byrnes
War
State Departments
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Artemus Gates
Far East
Pearl Harbor
Chungking
Amputates Own Hand in Corn Picker Accident
Ervin Labus, 27, West Salem, amputated his left hand with a jackknife after it became caught in a corn picker yesterday. He is reported to be doing well in a LaCrosse hospital. Dr. R H Goedicke, West Salem, called the operation a good clean surgical job and a display of courage.
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Ervin Labus
West Salem
R. H. Goedecke
Monroe Chamber Directors Hold Turkey Buffet and Prep for City Projects
Monroe Chamber of Commerce directors and officers gathered for the annual turkey buffet at Wisconsin Power and Light club rooms. The meeting noted a healthy treasury, plans to light decorations by the date next Saturday, and progress on the municipal airport and labor housing survey. The Christmas lighting funds are nearly met with aid from the Retail Trade Bureau and Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority, which will entertain and host a children’s party. Ballots for new directors were reported slow, with over 30 attendees enjoying the meal.
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Retail Trade Bureau
Wisconsin Power and Light Company
Chamber
Treasury
Monroe
Epsilon Si Alpha
Walter Day
Severe Earthquake Recorded In Indian Ocean Vicinity
A strong earthquake was recorded near the Gulf of Oman at 6:29 a m by the Bombay and New Delhi observatories with its center believed to be at sea. The tremor was felt in Karachi where furniture shook and lights swung. London seismologist J J Shaw reported a separate severe quake potentially over northern India or western China.
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Bombay
Gulf of Oman
New Delhi
Karachi
London
J. J. Shaw
West Bromwich
India
Himalayas
China
Milk Truck Hits Heifer on Highway 69 South
Harold Staley of Winslow drove a milk truck into a heifer from a nine head herd on Robert Rote farm one mile south of Monroe on Highway 69. The animal suffered a badly injured shoulder and the crash was investigated by County Highway Officer George W. Armstrong.
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Harold Staley
Winslow
Robert Rote
Monroe
W. G. Timm
George W. Armstrong
Woman Killed After Car Collision Near Tomah
Mrs Alma inom age 33 was fatally injured when struck by a car miles northwest of Tomah in Monroe County. The incident details and exact setting are limited in the fragmentary report.
Digging Way Out Of Heavy Snows In State
The Associated Press reports residents in parts of the state dig out from heavy snowfalls while other areas see rain washing away prior snow. Snow depths reached 8 inches at Land O Lakes and 5 inches in Dodge County as travel grew treacherous from rain slush and ice. Milwaukee and Green Bay saw rain with Madison La Crosse and Wausau receiving snow.
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Associated Press
Dodge County
Milwaukee
Lake Shore
Green Bay
Madison
la Crosse
Wausau
Weather Bureau
Land O'Lakes
Five Wisconsin towns form intercity milk control council
Elkhorn Lake Geneva Delavan Williams Bay and Fontana in Walworth County completed plans for an intercity milk control council the first of its kind in Wisconsin. The five communities will share costs for a full time milk inspector and facilities to ensure safe milk for about 10 000 consumers. Each community adopts the standard federal milk ordinance for production procurement and processing.
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Elkhorn
Walworth County
Lake Geneva
Delavan
Williams Bay
Fontana
Wisconsin
Wisconsin cancels Parm-Tome Week sessions for 1946
The Madison Wisconsin farm and home week sessions planned by the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture for January 1946 have been canceled for the first time since 1942. Dean I L Baldwin chairs the department and served as a planning leader.
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Madison
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Jane
I. L. Baldwin
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