End Some Strikes Threaten End Some Strikes Too
The Associated Press reports renewed government efforts to end the soft real strike as back-to-work orders may reduce nationwide strikers from 550,000 to about 350,000. Violence flared in Hollywood as 25 injured at gates where police cleared a passage. Repairs in Windsor Ontario fuel disputes with two AFL unions. Detroit area sees 3,750 sidelined. Nationwide oil workers return to work after a 30 percent wage rise demand collapse.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
News York
New York
AFL
Ford
Windsor
Ontario
Detroit
CIO
Winnebago County Slaying Mystery
Oshkosh deputy sheriff directs a statewide search for a 45 year old Wisconsin man in connection with the shooting death of Lawrence Smith president of Smith Ice Cream in Oshkosh. A 28 year old woman Miss Koelbe was with the victim when a rifle was fired. The sheriff said the suspect may have mistaken the victim for another man and that jealousy could be involved.
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Oshkosh
Vry
Mary Coelbe
Smith
Koelbe
Appleton
Captain Schuele Returns to Post As Times Ad Man
Captain Schuele arrives from Milwaukee to resume advertising duties at The Times. He will work with J Harold W Riftie directing ads. He commanded field artillery Battery B, 85th Division, in Italy for 13 months, returning home with his unit. Mrs Schuele and their young daughter will join when quarters open.
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Schuele
Times Ad
Cap. Sonn
Schueie
Milwaukee
The
Times
J. Harold W. Riftie
Wisconsin Weekend Causes Nine Fatal Accidents Reported
Nine people died in Wisconsin over the weekend in motor vehicle wrecks and related incidents. Names include James Ryan a 13 year old from Milwaukee struck while bicycling near Menomonee Falls, and Willard Johnson 13 of Oconomowoc fatally shot during rats hunting. Several others died in crashes or accidental injuries across Fond du Lac, Waukesha, Bonduel and Hillpoint with autopsy verdicts confirming accidental deaths. The weather service warned of frost and cold snaps across the region affecting crops in northern Indiana Illinois Wisconsin and nearby states.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
James Ryan
Milwaukee
Menomonee Falls
William McGrath
Chilton
Fond du Lac
Carl Benskel
Edgerton
Waukesha
Willard Johnson
Oconomowoe
Richard Conrad
Kaukauna
Highway 47
Bonduel
Appleton
Matt Dahlby
Elena
Oscar
A. C. Back
la Crosse
David Schulz
Clifford ‘Schulz
Hillpoint
David Dobson
Reedsburg
Sauk County
O. V. Pawli
Sch
Donald Furseth
Leonard Furseth
Chicago
U. S. Weath
Inter Bureau
Emma Salewsky
Maritowa
Michimette
Detroit
Omaha
Downs
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Marinette Nenominee drawbridge crash shocks shoreline
A boat or vehicle tangled with the Marinette Nenominee drawbridge hurled across about 50 feet of water and struck the bridge piling, leaving damage and prompting officials to close the span for inspection.
Killing Frost Expected Tonight Across Monroe Area
The Monroe region faced a near certain killing frost tonight after a morning low near 39 degrees. Growers anticipate end of the growing season this afternoon as temperatures fail to rise, with a hard freeze likely and frosts previously debated no longer in question.
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Monroe
Ciler
Mercury
Fifteen of twenty airmen saved from Miss Hap
Fifteen of twenty crew members who bailed from the B-29 Miss Hap into the Pacific 300 miles off San Francisco are reported safe at Letterman hospital. Capt James M Moore of Granite Falls NC, commanding officer, is among the survivors arriving today. Three fliers drowned and two are missing as Coast Guard planes and Navy rescue crews continue the search.
Old Glory Flies Atop Fujiyama In Snowbound Ascent
A ten-man detachment from the 27th Infantry Division planted Old Glory on Japan’s 12,365 foot Mount Fuji after a grueling ascent through snow wind and hail. Fourteen started the climb. two retired for medical reasons and two others aided the injured. A medical unit had cleared a trail and left the division insignia at the 12,000-foot marker two days earlier.
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Fujiyama
Japan
Husband in Triangle Found Dead in Apparent Suicide
San Francisco physician Dr John H Mansfeldt was found dead in his car after a reported love triangle. His wife Annie Mansfeldt, 45, had been charged with murdering rival Vada Martin. Deputies said the doctor died of poisoning, and Mrs Mansfeldt cried out in jail, lamenting her loss and asking about her three teenagers.
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Pan Francece
John H. Mansfeldt
San Francisco
Ida M. Lasswell
Annie Trene
Vada Martin
Injured rider falls from horse on Schmid farm
Everette Buttke, employed by Mrs. N. C. Schmid on a farm west of the city, was injured when the horse he was riding yesterday fell, breaking his knee cap and collarbone.
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Everette Buttke
N. C. Schmid
Supreme Court denies rehearing in AP case
In a five to three ruling the Supreme Court refused to rehear the AP case. The court had upheld a lower court finding that by laws restrain trade in violation of the Sherman act. The decision stayed pending further action and did not grant the Tribune’s petition.
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Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Langmuir Warns of Global Threat From Nuclear Button
AP bulletins note Dr Irving Langmuir warns at Washington that rapid scientific advances could trigger a Russia button capable of destroying all life in the United States within 20 to 30 years. The report frames a looming global peril amid Cold War anxieties.
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Washington
Irving Langmuir
Russia
United States
Shidehara forms new cabinet amid strikes in Japan
Tokyo reports premier Kijuro Shidehara completed a 15 man cabinet and outlined immediate aims. Domei says 6,000 Korean coal miners at Yubari mine in Hokkaido struck, signaling new domestic trouble as government deadlines loom for political prisoners and liberty laws repeal while famine fears grow.
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Tokyo
Kijuro Shidehara
Japan
Domei
Shidehara
Yubari
Sapporo
Hokkaido
Adm
Soyemu Toyoda
Navy
Daisaburo Tsugita
MacArthur
Tsugita
Truman Drafting Speech Demanding Water Authorities
President Truman began drafting a speech to champion regional water authorities as a national solution, traveling from Missouri to Tennessee to inspect the Tennessee Valley Authority. He urged American cooperation to resolve home production and foreign policy crises, closing a Missouri visit with remarks at the Pemiscot fair.
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Missouri
Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
New Deal
Feton
Pemiscot Fair
Free Press Rider For UNRRA Bill Must Be Debated
President Truman seeks 550 million dollars for UNRRA to aid Europe with relief and rehabilitation. Rep. Clarence Brown proposes a free press clause denying aid to nations without free press access as understood in the United States. Lehmann would decide eligible nations, Brown says the provision is essential for reporting and accountability. Truman notes ongoing needs and hints at further funding to support UNRRA’s duties.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
United States
Clarence Brown
R-O
Brown
Herbert H. Lehmann
New York
Rayburn
Europe
Secretary Vinson urges banks to sell Victory Loan bonds
Secretary of the Treasury Fred M. Vinson calls on banks to push large bond sales to individuals in the Victory Loan drive to absorb surplus money and curb inflation. The 11 billion dollar campaign concludes Dec 8, with individuals allotted a four billion dollar quota.
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Washingwn
Secretary of the Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
Reunion on Okinawa Doring in a chair on Okinawa Cant
Monroe resident John Swartz recalls waking in Okinawa where he was nudged awake by a cousin Rey Juda a gunner. He describes hospital tents in the harbor sinking six ships and a wind velocity of 70 miles per hour. The Okinawa hospital treated liberated prisoners many in bad shape and ten Eskimos captured earlier in the war. The Monroe dentist noted permanent hospital buildings are being erected as Captain Swartz hoped to see further action.
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Okinawa
Doring
John Swartz
Monroe
Rey Juda
Swartz
Cubs Rally In Extra Inning To Tie Tigers 7-7
The Cubs and Tigers played to a 7-7 tie after nine innings as Hank Greenberg hit a go ahead homer for Detroit in the eighth. Extra frame drama followed with late scoring and a 7-7 deadlock finishing after regulation. Attendance was 41,708 at Chicago.
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Chicago
Chicago Cubs
Detroit Tigers
Hank Greenberg
Tigers
Skeeter
Johnson
Cavarretta
Mayo
Nicholson
Cramer
Cavaretta
Greenberg
Hughes
Cubs
Passeau
Hack
Cullendine
York
Outlaw
Cullenbine
Richards
Trucks
Livingston
Rudy York
Lowrey
George Caster
Pafko
Bobby Maier
McHale
Caster
Tommy Bridges
Detroit
Bob Swift
Swift
Webb
Hostetler
Hank Wyse
Hoover
Bridges
al Benton
Benton
Wyse
Hubby Walker
Poilser
Walker
Ray Prim
Trout
Yamashita Denies War Crimes Plea in Philippine Trial
Yamashita pleads innocent at arraignment as defense seeks dismissal of charges. Prosecution lists 64 atrocities by his command in the Philippines, including torture and massacre of more than 25 000 noncombatants. Trial opens Oct 19 as a precedent setting case on command responsibility with US judge advocate team led by Robert M. Kerr.
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Tiger of
Malaya
Philippines
Yamashita
United States Military Commission
Robert M. Kerr
Portland, Ore
Kerr
George E. Mounts
Gariret
Ind
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