Car Steel Heads Deny Wage Pleas Made by Workers
Hollywood strike delays until Wednesday as about 7 000 return to studios and 11 560 resume work after walkouts at Westinghouse Airbrake and Union Switch and Signal. CIO Electrical Workers leader notes two week stoppage ends. labor talks shift to Washington. Bethlehem Steel rejects a $2 daily or 25 cent hourly wage demand amid broader industry tension. General Motors' UAW CIO vice president warns of economic impact if demands persist.
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Hollywood
Washington
General Motors
Walter P. Reuther
Uaw-Cio
Wilson
Bethlehem Steel Company
United Steel Workers of America
M. Larkin
Vocational Classes Recommended for Returning Veterans
Rae TaeADOT director of the state board of vocational and adult education told about 50 vocational directors at a state conference today that over the next few years with the training dial that we make use of local advisory committees so the program will meet the need of employers and employees.
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Neerees Yeep Rae Taeadot
State Board of Vocational and Adult Education
Ooca
Tax Bill Toward Its Final Passage
The administration faced defections in the Budget balance bloc but expects passage of a quick tax slashing bill for 1946. It would cut individual payments, remove millions from tax rolls, aid veterans, and reduce corporate levies and wartime taxes while freezing social security payrolls and repealing the auto use tax next July.
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House
Cannon
D-Mo
Rundell Named Dean of Wisconsin Law School
Oliver S. Rundell, a 30 year UW law faculty member, was named dean of the law school succeeding Lloyd K. Garrison who resigned. Rundell had been acting dean since 1943 after Garrison left to lead the war labor board in Washington. A native of Rewey, he studied at Platteville Normal and Wisconsin Law, then practiced in Monroe before moving to Madison.
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Eremeee
University of Wisconsin Law School
Law
Rundel
Lloyd K. Garrison
Garrison
War Labor Board
Washington, D. C
Rewey
Platteville Normal School
Wisconsin Law School
Rundell
Monroe
Madison
German police form emergency unit amid gang plunder raids
Luebeck reports a local emergency organization to battle gangs plundering homes and killing residents. Nine people were killed in the Luebeck suburbs last week during robberies. In Britain dock workers strike, threatening bread rationing this winter if not halted. Warsaw announces 50,000 Nazi war prisoners will be sent to Silesian coal districts. In Washington, the War Department logs 2,225,000 soldiers returned to civilian life since V E Day through Oct 26, including 1,433,000 discharged after day September 2.
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Luebeck
Germany
Warsaw
Ronsh Ministry of Industry
Silesian
Washington
War Department
Diphtheria and Smallpox Clinics Scheduled in Green County
Diphtheria and smallpox immunizations are set for eight towns in Green county. Four day clinics run in New Glarus Monticello Monroe Browntown Brodhead Juda Albany and Brooklyn starting tomorrow. Diphtheria shots require two doses for children 9 months to six years and both visits. Those getting only smallpox vaccination attend the second clinic with consent cards for under 18.
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Green County
New Glarus
Monticello
Monroe
Browntown
Brodhead
Juda
Albany
Brooklyn
Patel
Colonel Moldenhauer to Manage Swiss Colony
Col Moldenhauer named general manager of the Swiss Colony by owner Raymond R. Kubly. He will begin January 1 and oversee personnel purchasing and distribution of famous cheese. The company, a leading mail order cheese firm, employs about 40 year round and expands during holidays. Moldenhauer returns from 50 years in the army, long connected with Monroe’s Co K and previously with General Casualty in Madison.
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Set
Ovens Ons
Kublyid
Monroe
Moldennauer
Co. K
General Casualty Company
Madison
Start 11 Billion Dollar Victory Loan Drive Today
The nation begins raising 11 billion dollars in the final war bond drive Victory Loan. Six million volunteers join the campaign after a nationwide broadcast by Secretary Vinson. Citizens are asked to buy 4 billion dollars in bonds, including 2 billion in small denomination E-bonds. The drive closes December 8.
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Treasury Vinson
Vinson
Lafayette County Sheriff Walter S Thomas Dies at 54
Sheriff Walter S Thomas 54 died at 10 20 p m Sunday in Madison General Hospital after a week as a patient. He lived in Darlington with his family and is survived by his wife four sons three brothers and a sister. Funeral services are set for 2 p m Wednesday at Dartington Methodist church with Rev Jeffery officiating. Burial will follow in Shullsburg. He was a farmer near Darlington before taking office January 1 1945 succeeding Homer L Curry.
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Thomas
Madison General Hospital
Sheriff Thomas
Darlington
Dartington Methodist Church
Jeffery
Shullsburg
Monroe
Homer L. Curry
Trial of Gen Yamashita Opens Amid War Crimes Claims
The Yamashita war crimes trial opened as a survivor testified to a February massacre at a Red Cross aid station where four Japanese sailors bayoneted and shot about 100 women and children. Capt. Norman Sparnon presented translated documents linking Yamashita to command of the 14th imperial army group. Defense sought postponement. overruled. The court reserved right to revisit after prosecution rests.
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Manila
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Philippines
Red Cross
Yamashita
Patricinia Abad
High Commissioner's
Bil
Truman
United States Supreme Court
Yamas
Hunter Kills Self Near Marinette In Shooting Incident
Coroner Robert Thompsn of Gus Hanneman 50 of Grover reports a man was killed today as he exited a car to hunt pheasants. Hanneman apparently received a shotgun charge in the chest below the heart while removing the gun from the automobile.
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Marinette
Wis
Robert Thompsn
Gus Hanneman
Grover
Thompson
Hanneman
Editor death by own action toona Iowa
Dr E F Kessell deputy coroner of the Altoona Herald committed death by own action yesterday in despondency from an army induction notice to his last remaining employee. Kessell said Mason grew depressed as his employer left for service in the armed forces. Mason's body was found in his bedroom with a shotgun muzzle in his mouth and a string tied to the trigger and his foot.
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Toona
E. Kessell
Altoona Herald
Kessell
Mason
China Civil War Escalates Across 11 Provinces
Dispatches from Chungking report heavy fighting between Chinese Communist forces and central government troops over 11 provinces in North and Central China. Yen Hsi shan quotes claim 15,000 government casualties with Reds suffering heavy losses around Changchih, rail lines being blown up as both sides clash along the Peiping-Hankow and Tientsin-Pukow routes.
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Chungeing
China
Shantung
Shansi
Suiyuan
Chungking
Yen Hsi-shan
Changchih
Yen
Chiang Kai-shek
Peiping-Hankow
Tientsin-Pukow
Peiping-Tientsin
Green County Club Women Meet Here in Two Sessions
Green County club women gather in Monroe for the county institute of women’s clubs with morning and afternoon sessions at the Universalist church. Luncheons are planned at the Eugene and Ludlow hotels and a tea at 4 p.m. in the library’s green room. Featured speakers include Dr. L. H. Adolfson of the University of Wisconsin and Dr. Rachel Salisbury of Milton College. The public is invited.
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County Institute of Women’s Clubs
Monroe
Universalist Church
Eugene and Ludlow
B. H. Lynch
L. H. Adolfson
University of Wisconsin
Rachel Salisbury
Milton College
Nazi people's court death sentence costs billed to families
The records show that the Nazi people's court levied charges on victims' families for jailing judging beheading and burying. The total cost reported averaged $1,601.12 per case across the sentences carried out.
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Berlin
Nazi People's Court
Truman Cancels Out of Town Trips Amid Pressures
President Truman suddenly canceled all scheduled out of town trips citing duties in Washington. Eben Ayers said mounting conversion and foreign problems and the labor management conference prompted the decision. The plan included visits to North Carolina Georgia Missouri Oklahoma and Waco Texas set for December 5. Congress received a prod from the President for favorable action on reforms.
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Washington
Truman
Eben Ayers
White House
North Carolina
Georgia
Ayers
Far Eastern Advisory Commission
Missouri
Oklahoma
Waco
Texas
Congress
Soekarno Breaks Up Java Uprising At Soerabaja
Soekarno reportedly arranged a truce at the Soerabaja naval base after fierce fighting in Java. British Indian forces faced heavy resistance with armored cars, light tanks, and captured Japanese equipment. Casualties were tallied by a British officer, who cautioned that internment camp deaths and jail outbreaks added to the toll amid a brutal clash.
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Pauavit
Yry
Indonesia
Soerabaja
Soekarno
Java
Rajputana Rifles
Darno
Bounties Paid for Fox Kills by County Official
County official Lengacher today sent bounty fees of 2 dollars per fox to registered hunters. Receipts list many names from Monroe, Monticello, Orangeville, Argyle, Brodhead, and nearby routes for one fox each, plus Joe Hoesly for three foxes.
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County
Crimerie W
Lengacher
Argyle
Curtis E. Stauffacher
Box
Charles E. Meythaler
9Th Street
Ernest Eppenberger
Blanchardville
Ralph L. Wells, Jr
Monroe
Alfred Ruditi
Browntown
Arnold Pulver
Belleville
Robert Benkert
10Th Street
Melvin Malkow
John J. Loeffel
Newman Schrader
Brodhead
Joe C. Hoesly
Monticello
No More Big Money Gifts to Britain's Leaders in Wartime
The Attlee government declared it would abandon the practice of giving large monetary gifts to victorious military chiefs. Prime Minister Attlee said the tradition no longer fit the spirit of the times or the war, while praising the military leaders for their services.
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Britain
Lannte
Labor
Attlee
Commons
Truman to broadcast equal pay and full employment plan
President Truman prepared a national radio address on equal pay and full employment bills after meeting with AFL leaders. He urged Democratic leaders to back administration legislation while Capitol work focused on peacetime armed forces reductions and debates over universal military training.
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House Committee
Capitol
Truman
White House
Schwellenbach
John W. Snyder
Congress
House
War Department
George P. Baker
Senate
U. S
Chan ‘Gurney
South Dakota
Senate Military Committee
Gurney
Cloudy with little temperature change expected locally
The region will stay mostly cloudy with a small dip at night and a modest rise the next day. Temperatures hovered around 68 during the day and 54 overnight with no major shifts forecast under partly cloudy skies. Circuit Judge Henry P. Hughes proposed revoking a revised rule allowing forfeiture rights if not demanded within 10 days after the last pleading. Wisconsin fairs leaders announced the annual convention in Milwaukee from January 2 to 4, 1946 led by W H Eldridge.
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Monroe
Milwaukee
Supreme Court
Henry P. Hughes
Oshikosh
Madison
W. H. Eldridge
Wisconsin Association of Fairs
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Moldenhauer
Lafayette
Walter S. Thomas
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Brooklyn Navy Yard
Red Foxes
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