Truman to unveil wage policy in Tuesday address
President Truman will present wage and price stabilization plans in a Tuesday night address aimed at averting further walkouts. The outline includes a 45 hour work week, a move echoed by Wilson after a White House visit, and signals from advisers on stabilizing pay amid mounting labor unrest nationwide. The labor front remains tense as CIO unions threaten a nationwide strike at Montgomery Ward, involving about 75,000 workers, with arbitration offered on demand.
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Truman
Wilson
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CIO United Retail, Wholesale
New York
Samuel Wolchok
UAW
Soviet US relations show signs of improvement toward Japan council
Washington officials reported better Soviet American understanding as talks continued on a four power council to govern Japan. The United States and Britain would have equal say with Russia, but the Soviet position would govern in disputes. The United States opposes a Berlin type council for Japan.
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United States
Russia
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Britain
China
Japan
U. Span
Expect Stalin to Return From His Vacation Shortly
Moscow reports say Generalissimo Stalin will resume heavy Kremlin duties about two weeks after leaving Oct 9 for an undisclosed destination. Abroad dispatches claimed illness, but officials expect his return in time for the November revolution anniversary. Milwaukee railroad reports nine months 1945 net income of 6,248,928 versus 8,109,946 in 1944.
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Chicago
Milwaukee Railroad Today
Homecoming Grid Game Tonight at Recreation Park
Tonight the Recreation park hosts a grid battle renewing an old rivalry. Stoughton visits to play the undefeated Vikings who lead the Southern Ten race, with a large student and townspeople following expected. After the game Monroe High School hosts a dance in Lincoln gymnasium.
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H. C. Roth
Howard
Gerald Thompson
Russell Kundert
Eugene Reese
Vikings
Stoughton
Monroe
Lincoln Gymnasium
Most Important of Truman's Speeches Billed Tomorrow
The notice states a major speech by President Truman is planned for tomorrow with a 10 am start. The event is to be held aboard the new aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt, marking a significant public address at sea.
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Franklin D
Lakeside Heights subdivision planned east of Monroe park
COMPIELE plans reveal a new residential subdivision to be built east of Monroe's Country Club, named Lakeside Heights. It will center around a private lake, aiming to evoke summers and winters memories for longtime residents. Details appear elsewhere in The Times. Air Force discharge rate for AAF personnel and RAF officers with two years or more service noted, clarifying eligibility.
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Country ‘Club
Monroe
Air Force
Washington
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RAF
Washington Roundup Military Training Measure Debate in House
Washington roundup notes a compulsory military training plan facing a House decision with a target to act before Christmas or by late November. GOP members seek speedy action while Democrats defend Truman policy and a Pearl Harbor inquiry is discussed. Tax cut talks surface as Congress prepares a postwar plan for 1947.
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Wilso
GOP
Pearl Harbor
Monroe shops showcase autumn harvest abundance and 1946 Ford
Grocers display a bountiful autumn harvest with Tokay grapes apples pears and citrus from Florida Texas and elsewhere. Stores feature fruit dishes dried fruits and early models of electric washers while a new 1946 Ford draws attention ahead of Halloween as shoppers plan safe celebrations.
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Monroe
Boscrussett
Ter
Farm Groups Seek Transfer of Farm Labor Control
Farm groups and a bloc of congressmen urged President Truman to shift jurisdiction over farm labor issues from the Labor Department and NLRB to the Agriculture Secretary. They argue current agency interpretations cause ongoing disputes, proposing an amendment to the Wagner act to place farm labor under agriculture. Anson, Texas, a spokesman for Texas Fresh Fruits and Vegetable Shippers and Growers, cited the change as a minor detail if Truman supports it. Secretary Anderson reportedly showed favorable talks with the group.
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Ve— Nevers
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Labor Department
Labor Re Board
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Austin Anson
Harlingen
Tex
Texas Fresh Fruits and Vegetable Shippers and Growers
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Recognition Soon For New Regime Venezuela
The United States and most American republics are expected to recognize Venezuela’s new revolutionary government. A department spokesman said recognition is likely within ten days and noted that not all republics have replied yet.
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Venezuela
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Mrs Lyons Victor In Divorce Action
Mrs. Alice Murdock Lyons, 45, Indiana utilities heiress, won after nine days of divorce litigation in superior court. A jury of 8 women and 4 men recommended separate maintenance for her and found her innocent of habitual drunkenness, while Dr. Horace R. Lyons, 54, was denied a divorce. The case also involves an accounting of 400000 dollars reportedly turned over during 23 years of marriage, to be settled later.
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Indiana
Horace R. Lyons
Lyons
Cook County
Public Relief Receives First Rise in Wisconsin in 44 Months
Wisconsin public welfare reports a relief increase for the first time in 44 months. In September general relief rose by 165 cases, aid to dependent children added 86 children and 78 families, and old age assistance grew with 6 more cases.
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Madison
Wisconsin
State Department of Public Welfare
Wisconsin honors battle ship Wisconsin with silver service presentation
The 44 piece sterling silver service valued at 30000 dollars, once graced the wardroom of the old Wisconsin, will be presented to the new battleship Wisconsin at a ceremony attended by notable Wisconsin figures. Capt John W Roper will receive the silver from John E Dickinson of West Bend, with Lt Gov Oscar Rennebohm, Chief Justice Marvis Rosenberry, and other state leaders in attendance. William D Leahy, a native of Ashland and admiral, returned the service to the state on behalf of the navy.
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Wisconsin
12Th Naval District
Oscar Rennebohm
Marvis Rosenberry
Supreme Court
Edward N. Dean
Walter S. Goodland
Earl E. Stone
Milwaukee
William D. Leahy
Ashland
Wis
British Plea for UNRRA Funds to Feed Europeans
London reports quote Secretary Bevin in Parliament warning hunger in Europe could cause a deadly winter crisis if UNRRA funds are cut. He warned inaction would trigger a terrible epidemic, noting Britain cannot solve the crisis alone and oil-for-grain politics hinder relief.
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Ver—Roreath
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United States
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
UNRRA
Congress
Great Britain
Argentina
Bridge Contracts Awarded in Wisconsin Postwar Program
Three bridge projects totaling 81 288 were approved by Governor Goodland under the postwar state highway program. Yahara river bridge on Evanston Edgerton road in Rock County awarded to A R Coffeen Co Decorah IA for 27 809. Readsville vicinity Manitowoc County river bridge awarded to Adolf Cherney Maribel Wis for 30 079. Mound Street bridge in Belmont Lafayette County awarded to I H Pertzsch Onalaska for 14 400.
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State Highway Commission
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Yahara River
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Rock County
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Decorah
Readsville
Manitowoc County
Adolf Cherney
Maribel
Wis
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Belmont
Lafayette County
I. H. Pertzsch
Onalaska
Japs Reluctant On Abandonment Of Foreign Ties
Tokyo reports indicate the Japanese foreign office resists MacArthur orders to sever diplomatic ties and transfer assets. Officials say they will “sound out” Allied authorities on Potsdam conformity while awaiting Washington guidance. A separate probe notes a $2.5 million radium stash looted from vaults and intended for hospitals.
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Club to Observe Navy Day Tomorrow With Dinner Program
In Glonroe Wisconsin a Navy Day dinner program is planned with flags displayed by store managers and citizens. Marshall L Peterson, recently discharged from the Navy, will be the chief speaker and films plus informal talks are on the agenda. The Navy club, a non dues group, meets annually on Navy Day. Navy Sunday will be observed nationwide with tribute to all seafarers who lost their lives in World War II.
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Glonroe
Plymouth Man Killed Walking On Highway 23
Gustav F. Prietzel aged 62 of route 1 Plymouth was struck by a car on highway 23 two miles east of Plymouth and killed instantly during a nighttime incident last night.
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Highway 23
Plenty of Rubber, Many Tires Soon
London reports 2000 more soldiers sent to port areas to unload ships clogging docks as 41000 striking stevedores maintain a month long walkout. Strike leaders push for nationalization of docks amid tense labor action across major ports.
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London
England
Rubber Future: Cars May Run on 100 Percent Synthetics
Akron observers report a shift toward 100 percent synthetic rubber for tires, with 50 to 85 percent synthetic in 1946 and 1947 production of about 70 million passenger car tires. Goodyear and Firestone executives expect rationing to end by year-end or early next year as 1948 demand adjusts.
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E. J. Thomas
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
John Thomas
Fire Stone Tire and Rubber Company
Far East
Indo- China
Nazi Labor Chief Dr Ley Hangs Self in Prison Cell
Dr Robert Ley, once head of Nazi labor, died by his own actions in a Nürnberg jail cell while awaiting trial as a war criminal. He left documents including a political testimony to German people and a will to his children. Ley’s death may affect war crimes proceedings against 22 other defendants and shifted evidence expectations.
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Robert Ley
Hitler
Labor Front
Nuernberg
John Harlan Amen
Amen
Ley
Col. C. B. Andrus
Denver
Fuehrer
Martin Bormann
U. S. 101St Airborne Division
Berchtesgaden
Ernst Distelmeyer
U. S
Pfc Agnes Wick Heads to California for ATC Flight Post
Pfc Agnes Wick of Monroe Wac, part of 75 from Detroit sent to Morrison Field Florida for training as flight traffic clerks in RAF base unit traffic technician wheel, advances to California for a new life with 100 flying hours monthly. She is among advance graduates for transport stewardess training, selected from ATC bases from Hawaii to New York. The Wacs will serve on ATC passenger planes, with duties focused on passenger service and in flight meals. cargo handling eliminated. Wick previously worked for The Times before enlisting.
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Agnes M. Wick
Monroe
Wac
Detroit
Women’s Army Corps
Morrison Field
West Palm Beach
Fla
California
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ATC
Hawaii
New York
Wick
Nobel Prize Awarded for Penicillin Discoveries
The 1945 Nobel prize for physiology and medicine honors Sir Alexander Fleming of London University and co workers Dr Ernest Boris Chain of Oxford and Sir Howard Walter Florey of Oxford for penicillin work. They share about $30,000. Chain is a German political refugee now in New York City. Florey was born in Australia.
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Hasen
Sir Alexander Fleming
London University
Ernest Boris Chain
William Dunn
New York City
Professor Florey
Australia
Unbeaten Stoughton to Meet Monroe in Homecoming Football
Under a thin haze and northwest breeze Monroe's temperature rose from a freezing low to 50 by noon. A mild afternoon awaited at Recreation Park tonight as Stoughton, unbeaten, faced Monroe high in the homecoming football clash. Weather outlook calls for slightly warmer conditions tomorrow with a chance of rain or snow by weekend.
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Recreation Park
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