Illegal Picketing Charge Amid GM UAW Talks
Detroit reports ongoing talks between General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers over the 10 day strike. The company accuses picket lines of illegal activity blocking supervisors, while UAW leaders deny wrongdoing. Washington conference and potential ministerial attendance sought to resume negotiations.
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Detroit
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Ton
Gar L. Warren
Washington
Sec Cuesek
Uaw-Cio
Walter P. Reuther
Warren
C. E. Wilson
G-M
Anderson
Labor
Schwellenbach
Wilson
Ee Ae
Ward
CIO United
Pacific Northwestern Lumber
AFL
CIO United Packinghouse
Confessions Lead to Cash Find in La Crosse Home
Dane County Sheriff John Arnold reports Floyd Delaney of La Crosse and Clifford Pasterski of Capt. Harry Milsted found 1100 dollars hidden at Delaney’s sister residence in La Crosse forming the basis of a gain confession.
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la Crosse
Dane County
John Arnold
Floyd Delaney
Clifford Pasterski
Harry Milsted
Delaney
It Always Happens Omaha Power Outage Comedy
A housewife calls the telephone operator during an electric power failure saying her phone is dead. The operator replies how are you talking to me and the housewife hangs up, in a brief Omaha anecdote.
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Omaha
Sugar relief steps dominate Washington with bipartisan push
AP bullets report Congress set to act to ease sugar costs as both parties press for action. A two day congressional probe into the matter gained momentum as lawmakers seek quick fixes amid rising tensions over sugar policy.
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Washington
Ries
Congress
Lindbergh Compared to Billy Mitchell by Rep Mason
Representative Mason labels Charles Lindbergh the Billy Mitchell of this war and calls for restoring his army air forces reserve commission. Mason cites Lindbergh’s civilian test flights in the southwest Pacific and claims he shot down enemy planes, urging public and Congressional action if the White House does not act by January.
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Washington
Mason
Charles A. Lindbergh
Billy Mitchell
Army Air Force Reserve Commission
Lindbergh
Roosevelt
Ne West Pacific
Oewy Sg
Congress
Army Air Forces
Mitchell
Seek Deferments for Students and Physical Science Teachers
Washington Selective service proposes deferrals for men in physical sciences or engineering. A certification from the office of war mobilization and reconversion is needed to show work is essential to national interest. Eligible registrants include master's or doctoral candidates, prospective teachers, researchers, and undergraduates with three years toward a degree and two years in a war project.
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Washington —(P)— Selective Service
Office of War Mobilization
Stamp Club Meets With 19 Attendees At Local Home
The Monroe Stamp club met last evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Marty Jr. with 19 members and guests present. Alfred Liedschlag, just discharged from the service, displayed coins and stamps from his 30 years of collecting, hobbiest Werner W. Blum of the junior high school stamp club advised, a Swiss luncheon was served, and plans were discussed for a public exhibit.
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Stamp Club
Monroe Stamp Club
Carl Marty, Jr
Alfred Liedschlag
Werner W. Blum
Cadiz Native Rohde Killed in Icy Highway Crash
Lawrence Rohde 42 of Cadiz township died when his business coupe slid on ice and struck a concrete culvert abutment on county trunk M near Jordan on highway 81. Coroner and highway patrol investigated. skull and jaw fractures listed as cause. Rohde, lifelong Cadiz resident, was single and survived by two sisters. Funeral planned at Immanuel Evangelical church with burial in Staver cemetery.
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Jordan
Rhode
H. A. Stuessy
George Armstrong
C. E. Baumle
Cadiz
Rohde
John W. Rohde
Elmer Beckman
Clarno
Adolph Stalder, Jr
Immanuel Evangelical Church
Alvin C. Rabeh
Staver Cemetery
Decree Probe for Bringing Gridiron Vets Home First
Army seeks to air push veterans to U S as points for discharge tighten. Stars and Stripes editorial says many lack sufficient points to qualify under the new 55 point system. War department clarifies no return to U S under the score unless discharge points meet threshold.
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Washington
United States
Stars and Stripes
Army
War Department
Department
Monroe Basketeers Open Loop Season at Dells
Monroe High school opens its 1945-46 basketball season with a road game at Wisconsin Dells after three pre conference wins. Coach Howard Sharp expects a tough battle against a veteran Dells squad as Monroe seeks a victorious start and notes Richland Center and Fort Atkinson as potential dark horses. Bob Olson, who scored 18 versus Manston, is the man to watch alongside Wainwright and Mason providing offense.
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Monroe High School
Wisconsin Dells
Howard Sharp
Dells
Wisconsin High
Stoughton
Richland Center
Fort Atkinson
Monroe
Reedsburg
Manston
Bob Olson
Wainwright
Mason
Why Navy Changed On Unified Control
Senate military committee heard Rear Adm. Forrest Sherman recount two spring 1945 events that shifted Pacific naval views on a single national defense department. He cited the 20th Air Force base in the Marianas and a Joint Chiefs directive placing MacArthur in command of Army resources in the Pacific, disrupting unified command and eroding support for merged services.
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Washington
Senate Military Committee
Navy
Pacific
Department of National Defense
Forrest Sherman
Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
War Department
20Th Air Force
Marianas
Japan
Pacific Ocean
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Army
MacArthur
Sherman
Deer Hunting Expedition Yields Multiple Trophies
Hunters return to Monroe with deer strapped to cars. The William GeenK party claimed top honors with three bucks including an 11 pointer, a 9 pointer and an 8 pointer. Ernest Rufenacht Dan Nafzger Merlin Burkhalter John Reider Clark Bechtolt and Fred Grueb were in the group along with Greub. Fritz Jr and Fred Jr each returned a buck with their wives. Grimm shot a 10 pointer and Fritz nabbed an 8 pointer. Star Lake players Louis Benkett Amos Johnson Monroe and Clayton Larson Beloit bagged three bucks. John J Stocker also took an 8 pointer from upstate last night. Adrian J Babler brought back a small buck earlier.
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Monroe
William Geenk
Greub
Ernest Rufenacht
Dan Nafzger
Merlin Burkhalter
John Reider
Clark Bechtolt
Fred Grueb
Fred
Fritz, Jr
Candy demand gap widens as supply lags under sugar ration
President Phillip P. Gott of the National Confectioners Association says the candy industry cannot meet demand, operating on half the 1941 sugar allotment. He notes a shortfall of about 7 million pounds annually, with relief not expected until late 1947.
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Atlanta
America
Phillip P. Gott
National Confectioners Association
Foster Improving After Scaffolding Fall at Church
Fay Foster, 46, is improving at St. Clare hospital after a scaffold broke while he and four Men's Service club members redecorated a Monroe Methodist church room. He suffered a broken arm a sprained back and wrist and a hip injury. The other men were not hurt.
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Foster
Fay Foster
St. Clare Hospital
Monroe Methodist Church
Wisconsin cooperative clinics set for Appleton Madison St Paul
The Wisconsin Council of Agriculture announced three information clinics for cooperative leaders. The St Paul session will be December 8, Madison on December 10, and Appleton on December 11.
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Madison
Appleton
St. Paul
Wisconsin Council of Agriculture
Churchill Celebrates 71st Birthday at Hyde Park Gate
Former Prime Minister Winston Churchill turns 71 and receives hundreds of congratulatory messages from around the world. A private party for his family and close friends will be held at his Hyde Park Gate home tonight.
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Churchill
London
Winston Churchill
Hyde Park Gate
Four New Radio Units Acquired for Green County Monroe
Four additional two way radio units were obtained today in Rockford for use in the Green County and Monroe city radio hookup. County Patrolman George Armstrong Sheriff Evan Chaniers Eugene Signer and Frederick Sarles brought the units, which will be installed in snowplows in Adams township the highway shop vehicle of the game warden and a sheriff’s department car to improve patrolling efficiency and speed up communications.
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Rockford
Green County
Monroe
George Armstrong
Evan Chaniers
Eugene Signer
Highway Department
Frederick Sarles
Adams Township
Sheriff's Department
Younger Republicans In House Say They Speak for Selves
A 38 member group of young House Republicans announces they will express their own views on major issues rather than rely on party leaders. They call for nonpartisan stance on the Pearl Harbor investigation and universal training proposals, aiming to dispel the notion that veterans’ views reflect the entire GOP delegation.
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Washington
House
Congress
Augustus v. Bennat
New York
Pearl Harbor
Japs in Sydney For Atrocity Death Of Yank
Evidence from Morotai New Guinea opening of Australia's first war crimes trial shows Japanese officer Capt Tokio Iwasa admitting complicity in the March 23 killings on Talbaud island Celebes. Three Australians and an American were bound to crosses and bayoneted. victims' names were read aloud.
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Sydney
Morotai
New Guinea
Tokio Iwasa
Talbaud
the Celebes
Stove deemed ill omen ends up in heatless disposal
Leo Knight of Coffeyville Kansas decided to get rid of a kerosene stove after a June explosion started a house fire. The stove later exploded again in his garage causing 300 dollars in damage to the building and its contents.
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Jinx Coffeyville
Kas
Leo Knight
Knight
Capt. Clarence Baker Receives Seven Army Discharges
Deputies at the Bethany county recorder’s office expected a uniformed man to present a discharge for recording but were surprised when Captain Clarence F. Baker arrived with seven discharges, all his own. He will retire after 23 years of service, beginning as a private.
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Bethany
County Recorder
Clarence F. Baker
Baker
Young GOP Meeting Set to Revive State Group in Milwaukee
Nearly 300 delegates from all counties will attend a Milwaukee gathering Saturday to revive the statewide Young Republicans organization, inactive during the war years, announced Loyal Eddy, president of the Milwaukee Young Republicans.
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Young G. O. P
Milwaukee
Young Republicans
Loyal Eddy
Milwaukee Young Republicans
Nazi Spy Expert Failed in Plot to Get Rid of Hitler
Nuernberg AP report says Rudolf Hess admitted full responsibility in all acts connected to the plot, and wished to remain on trial. Witness Maj. Gen. Erwin Lahousen testified that Adm. Walter Canaris led a counter espionage clique and plotted against Hitler since 1933. Canaris, executed in 1944, allegedly opposed mass murder of Russian prisoners and thwarted plans to kill French generals Weygand and Henri...
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Nuernberg
Hitler
Fuehrer
Walter Wilhelm Canaris
Erwin Lahousen
Canaris
Lahousen
German Republic
Maxime Weygand
Henrike
Wilhelm Keitel
Weygand
France
Marshal Petain
North Africa
Giraud
Hess
Wiformer
Leach Joachim von Ribbentrop
Poland
Germany
von Ribbentrop
Ribbentrop
Keitel
Alfred Jodi
Amended AP By-Laws Take Effect In New York
The Associated Press announced that amended by-laws became effective yesterday after board adoption following a federal court decree. The changes remove consideration of competitive factors in voting on membership applicants.
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New York
Associated Press
Board of Directors
Junior Hi-V elects officers at first meeting
Richard Kundert was elected president at the first meeting on Wednesday evening in the Lincoln gym. Fred Simpson is leader with Werner W. Blum as sponsor. Other officers include Bill Hogan as vice president Harold Pagel as secretary Fred Huber as treasurer Allie Stauffacher as sergeant at arms and reporter and the program committee comprises Rudy Maurer Robert Brawand and Tom Schindler.
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Richard Kundert
Lincoln Gym
Fred Simpson
Werner W. Blum
Bill Hogan
Harold Pagel
Fred Huber
Allie Stauffacher
Rudy Maurer
Robert Brawand
Tom Schindler
Seek Rate Review in Utica on Freight Increases
Nine northern states led by Wisconsin sue in U S district court at Utica New York to review Interstate Commerce Commission orders raising freight rates for manufactured articles by 10 percent in the Northeast and lowering them in the South.
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New York
Wisconsin
U. S. District Court
Utica
N. Y
Interstate Commerce Commission
Northeast
Trade Volume In New York Rises Over 1944 Levels
Dun Bradstreet reports retail trade volume this week in New York exceeded the high mark of the same week in 1944 and was moderately above the prior week.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Predicts Reds to Win Atomic Race
Dr. Irving Langmuir told the Senate atomic energy committee that if an arms race develops the Soviet Union would likely produce its first atomic bomb in about three years and could outpace the United States. He cited larger population, incentives, no unemployment, no strikes, strong science, and a broader future program as advantages.
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Washington
Irving Langmuir
Russia
United States
General Electric
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Mrs Magda Hoff 57 Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Magda T Hoff 57 of Brodhead dies in Beloit Municipal Hospital after a years long illness. Services set for Monday at 1 p m at Everson funeral home and 2 p m at East Valley church with Rev L Reque officiating. Interment in East Luther Valley cemetery. She was born January 16 1888 in Spring Valley township Rock County to Mattias and Thea Olson. She married Ben Holt September 3 1908 and farmed in Avon and Plymouth townships before moving to South Dakota then returning to Rock County. Survivors include six sons Bernie Melvin Marvin Leonard Thorval and Ole in Mesa Ariz two daughters Olga and Bertha nine grandchildren and two sisters Minnie Olson and Mrs Melvin Runans. A son Alfred was killed in World War II and several siblings had died earlier.
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Brodhead
Magda T. Hoff
Beloit Municipal Hospital
Everson Funeral Home
Easta Valley Church
Rev. L. Reque
East Luther Valley Cemetery
Ben Holt
Avon Township
Rock County
South Dakota
Plymouth Township
Bernie
Melvin
Marvin
Orfordville
Leonard
Thorval
Janesville
Ole
Mesa
Ariz
Olga Hoff
Ate
Bertha Dutcher
Minnie Olson
Melvin Runans
Alfred
Trades Khaki for Blue Pokorny Becomes Monroe Officer
Sidonius Pokorny, after four years in the army with 18 months in Europe and a discharge this month, joins the Monroe police department in a blue uniform. He will live with his wife and daughter at her parents home in Brodhead until he finds a Monroe residence.
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Sidonius Pokorny
Europe
Pokorny
Monroe
Porkorny
Brodhead
Feared Jap Raid Delayed Until Diplomatic Note Delivered
Army intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Sherman Miles testified that officials feared a Japanese attack would strike when Tokyo delivered its diplomatic note at 1 p.m. on December 7, 1941. He recounted warnings, intercepted signals, and secrecy around the Pearl Harbor period amid debates over the “Magic” code and record-keeping.
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Washington
Sherman Miles
Miles
Intelli Division
Thei Harbor
Senate House
Japan
Tokyo
George C. Marshall
Keefe
R-Wis
Army Interan Gea Co
Ciara
Keete
United States
Pearl Harbor
Brewster Y
Navy
U. S
Boston
Gerhard Gesell
Gesell
Tokyo Coomaal
Honolulu
Army
Hawaii
Marshal
No Significance Washington Kono ye fall not signaling alert
The army division held Oct 18 1941 that the Konoye government’s fall did not require a special U S military alert. Brig Gen L T Gerow told the Senate Pearl Harbor committee that the memorandum from Gen Marshall’s acting assistant chief of staff stated this. The Konoye government fell and Tojo’s military dictatorship followed.
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Washington
Army
Konoye
Japan
U. S
Senate House
Fox Bounty Payments Continue at High Rate
Bounties for foxes shot or snared in Green county remain high with payouts issued by County Clerk Clarence W. Lengacher. Recipients include Owen Miller Brodhead Ira Holcomb Monticello and Joe C Hoesly. Additional payouts go to Glenn Boss Browntown Vern Jones Albany route 2 and Benjamin W Kruese New Glarus. (Names listed for those delivering one fox include Mike Makos Archie Francis Herman Pluss Mike B Hoesly Fred Deppler Fred W Blum Arthur Holcomb Herman C Blum Terrence E Freitag Jake Rothenbuehler Robert Blackbourn Monroe route 4 Alfred Waelichi Harvey Loeffel Robert Stocker Jr and Charles McCool Monroe.)
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Green County
Clarence W. Lengacher
Owen Miller
Brodhead
Ira Holcomb
Monticello
Joe C. Hoesly
Glenn Boss
Browntown
Vern Jones
Albany
Benjamin W. Kruese
New Glarus
Mike Makos
Harvey Loeffel
Robert Stocker,Jr
Charles McCool
Monroe
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