Marshall Rules Out Separate Treaty
Secretary of State George Marshall rejected any move toward a separate peace with western Germany amid the collapsing Big Four talks. He and aides favor unifying western Germany via extending Anglo American economic ties to the French zone and pursuing political unification. Marshall planned a private dinner with French Foreign Minister Bidault to decide France’s role in a broader Western effort under the Marshall Plan.
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London
George Marshall
Germany
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Marshall
Council of Foreign Ministers
Bidault
Georgés Bidault
France
Britain
America
Marshall on Air Reports Failure of Four-Power Talks
Secretary of State George C. Marshall prepared a radio address on the breakdown of the Big Four foreign ministers conference. Officials indicated the talk would cover the need for accommodation for Western Germany and the collapse of the council, with no separate peace treaty.
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Air Washington
LLP
George C. Marshall
State Department
Washington
Wisconsin Weather Forecast In State Mostly Cloudy
Mostly cloudy night and Wednesday in Wisconsin with slightly milder conditions in western areas tonight. Temperatures range from a low near 7 to a high around 34, with yesterday’s extreme 34 and 19.
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Wisconsin
Village Mourns Lack of Sewers
Pewaukee village officials and a town sanitary district committee voted to study sewage disposal needs with engineers and state health officials. A joint survey may cover lake region and village systems, with potential construction of a treatment plant or shared financing. The disposal plant is undersized for 1600 residents, and odor concerns were addressed by noting proper design and maintenance can prevent smells.
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Pewaukee
State Board of Health
O. J. Muegge
Madison
Muegge
Pewaukee Lake
Milwaukee
Thiensville
Council Moves to Fix Cab Fares to Avert Rate War
The common council plans a controlling ordinance tonight to standardize cab charges and prevent a rate war among rival firms. It also considers expanding licensed cabs for Russ Marle and setting new fare scales, including 28 cents within city limits plus 10 cents per extra rider and meter-based rates.
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Russ Marle
Waukesha
City Cabe
Edwards Brothers
Five Points
Earle
Barstow
Main Streets
Edwards Group
Silurian Spring Park
Silurian Park
Lawrence Werner
Park Board
Werner
Cold Midwest Weather Drops Below Zero Across Wisconsin
The mercury fell to two below at LaCrosse and one below at Superior with Milwaukee at nine above. Madison and Green Bay reported single to low teens above, while a trace of snow and new flurries swept Park Falls Green Bay Milwaukee and nearby areas as the forecast warned of deeper cold tonight.
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Wisconsin
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Mercury
Superior
Madison
Park Falls
Green Bay
Wausau
Land O' Lakes
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Milwaukee
Lands' Lakes
Twin Boys Respond to Fresh Air in Incubator
In Indianapolis two Siamese twins joined at the heads, two weeks old, showed normal responses after receiving natural air injected into their incubator for the first time yesterday. Born November 29, they had been kept on raw oxygen, and doctors report the twins are in good condition.
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Andianapolas
Boy 12 Confesses to Killing Sister in Family Home
A 12 year old boy confessed to fatally shooting his 16 year old sister in their decorated living room yesterday. Deputy DA Fred Sisk said Jimmy Melton admitted the crime after initially claiming two intruders attacked him and his sister. He said he planned the murder after hockey practice and that his sister nagged him about fuel.
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Las Animas
Fred Sisk
Jimmy Melten
King
Marie
Jimmy
J. H. Melton
Melton
Six Killed as Planes Collide at Norfolk Air Station
Six people died when a big PBY flying boat and a Corsair fighter collided at an altitude of about 100 feet while landing at the Norfolk naval air station East Field. The Corsair pilot was killed. five of seven aboard the PBY died. one person injured, and a seventh remained in the PBY submerged in a mud flat.
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Noverhole
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Wornom
Overheated pipe prompts early morning fire call
Fire crews were alerted to an overheated smoke pipe from a furnace at the Richard Fletcher home on 1061 White Rock Ave. The pipe was cooled without damage to the residence.
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Richard Fletcher
White Rock Ave
Search for Georgia Wedler Halts as Swift Currents Rise
Swift currents and ice halted the hunt for eight year old Georgia Jean Wedler in the Wisconsin River near Ft. Atkinson. Officials sought a channel diversion while considering a diver search and a breakwater to slow flow. Convicted murderer Buford Sennett confessed to kidnapping and killing the girl last May. he and an accomplice had been serving life terms for a prior murder.
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Wis
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Georgia Jean Wedler
John Martin
Madison
Martin
Prairie du Lac
George Lahmann
Watertown
Buford Sennett
Richland Center
Georgia Jean
Jane
George Weckler
Ft. Watkinson
Sennett
Robert Winslow
Carl L. Carlson
University of Wisconsin
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Carlson
Wisconsin State
Waupun
Senator Demands List Subpoena Over Market Probes
Republican Sen Homer Ferguson urged the senate appropriations committee to subpoena government lists of large grain traders if the administration blocks congressional access. He pressed for names of those holding over 200000 bushels of grain amid charges insiders profited from advance information on government purchasing plans.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Appropriations Committee
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Committee
Styles Bridges
Ferguson
August H. Andresen
Edwin W. Pauley
Pauley
House
Charles A. Halleck
Secretary of Army
Harold B. Stassen
Stassen
Truman
Authorize FM for Station WAUX Receives FCC Permit
The FCC grants WAUX a conditional FM broadcasting permit enabling nighttime operation. WAUX plans an April start for the FM schedule, with WAUXE installing taller tower, new antenna, transformers and sending gear. Station manager Mig Wigi says broadcasts will be ready once equipment is approved.
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Federal Communications Commission
Waukesha
Carl Taylor
The
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Mig Wigi
FCC
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Manket
Murder charge for Schmidt reduced to manslaughter
In WAVAN Patricia Schmidt saw her murder charge for John Lester Mee cut to homicide, a U S equivalent to manslaughter, by public prosecutor Josef Carretera during a closed session. He then sought the maximum 26 year term, with the session restricted from U S embassy representatives by Judge Cristobal More.
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Wavan
Patricia (Sauira) Schmidt
John Lester Mee
United States
Josef Carretera
Cristobal More
Telegraph Strike Threat Hits Western Union Employees
Federal mediators met with union and company officials in Philadelphia to avert a holiday strike by 60,000 Western Union telegraph workers. The Commercial Telegraphers Telegraph Workers Union and Telegraph Employes Union AFL demand a 15 cent hourly wage boost with a nationwide walkout set for 5 am CST next Tuesday except New York City where 7,000 NYWU employees are represented by a CID union. The unions quoted an overwhelming vote in favor of striking if concessions are not granted. The Taft Hartley Act allows the president to investigate and, if needed, halt such a national communications strike.
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U.2
Western Union Telegraph
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Telegraph Workers Union
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AFL
CST
Adolph Brungs
Western Union Division
New York
Glrike
New York City
Western Union
Cid
Telegraphers to Spuin State Anti Strike Law
Wisconsin residents faced a possible crippling telegraph strike during the holiday season as the Commercial Telegraphers Union of Wisconsin planned to join a national walkout on December 23 unless a wage dispute is settled. Local 2 president Louis Tarkowski said the union would join the action, underscoring the broad impact on communications.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Commercial Telegraphs International Union
APL
Louis Tarkowski
Tarkowski
CTU
Sennett Paroled to Go Straight Ends in Heinous Crimes
Buford Sennett, paroled from Wisconsin reformatory in 1946, later committed three violent acts including kidnapping Georgia Jean Weeller, killing University of Wisconsin student Carl Carlson, and raping his sister in law. State psychiatrist Dr. Peter Bell found no vicious tendencies in four exams from 1943 to 1946, noting Sennett appeared balanced and above average in intelligence. Bell said the motive and triggers remained unclear, despite Sennett’s confession to all three crimes.
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Madison
Wis
Buford Sennett
Peter Bell
Wisconsin Welfare Department
State Reformatory
Sennett
Bell
Reformatory
Georgia Jean Weeller
University of Wisconsin
Carl Carlson
Welfare Department
Weckler
Philips
Carlson
Weckler Mother Endures After Georgia Jean Kidnapping Confession
Mrs. George Weckler, grief strained, learns Buford Sennett confessed to kidnapping her eight year old daughter Georgia Jean Weckler and throwing her body into the Wisconsin River near Blue River. Jefferson County DA Francis Garity says evidence connects Sennett. pastor notes Mrs. Weckler’s strong faith carried her through months of vigil.
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Atkinson
Wis
George Weckler
Georgia Jean
George
Buford Sennett
Georgia
Weckler
Bennett
Francis Garity
Jefferson County
Garity
Jef
Ferson
Sennett
Jean Weckler
Wiscon Gin
Blue River
Mother Weckler
First Night Shopping Brings Strong Turnout
Waukesha merchants report a robust first night of shopping before Christmas with sales up to 40 percent over normal and a glimpse of a stronger 1947 merchandising peak. Holiday lights and music created a cheerful, festive atmosphere as shoppers filled the streets. Extension of GI term insurance deadline awaits senate action after House approval to reinstate lapsed policies without a physical exam through December 1 1948.
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Association of Commerce
Steve
Washington
House
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