New Kilgore Wagner plan eyed to mobilize civilian manpower
A Senate bill by Kilgore and Wagner aims to broaden war manpower control by empowering the War Mobilizer to set civilian labor levels in industry and services. It would authorize the War Manpower Commission to assign workers by age sex or occupation and cover moving costs and dependents. AFL and CIO officials voiced support and warned against coercive measures that could verge on totalitarianism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kilgore
D-Wva
Wagner
Byrnes
CIO
Gill
Lewis G. Hines
AFL
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Clinton Golden
United States Steel Workers
Philly
Sawyer Estate Taxes Held Until Distribution to City
The Wisconsin Board of Tax Appeals ruled that the half million dollar Sawyer estate trust remains taxable for state income taxes until its distributions are made to the city of La Crosse for a community hall and auditorium. The estate, from the late Mrs Mary E Sawyer of a lumber family, totals $519 784 with $5 000 annual income to her brother Frank F. during his life. The First Wisconsin Trust Co trustee asked for tax abatement arguing municipal corporations are tax exempt. The board upheld taxation until full distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin Board of Tax Apeals
Associated Press
la Crosse
Wis
Mary E. Sawyer
Frank F
Wisconsin Trust
Waukee
Local Weather and Notice Fragments
Partly cloudy and mild tonight with a low around 24. Thursday morning cloudy with snow ending in the afternoon and a high near 34. Paper collection notice and warning not to burn.
Ommaney Bay sunk after Japanese attack in Philippine area
The Ommaney Bay, a baby flattop that helped seize Leyte, was sunk by enemy action in the Philippine area. The minesweeper Long also lost. next of kin notified, casualties not disclosed. Commanders saved. Ommaney Bay and crew suffered under 100 deaths.
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Washington
Ommaney Bay
Leyte
Philippine
Long
U. S
Dropping Lend-Lease Would Be Disastrous Now Says Stimson
Secretary of War Stimson warned that ending lend-lease now would be a disastrous mistake as the Allied steel net tightens. Testifying before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on a one year extension, he cited lend-lease supplying the equivalent of 4,760,000 Allied troops at a cost of 16 percent of U S munitions output. He said the war is at a crisis, not its end.
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Washington
Stimson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Red Tokens Dropped In Detroit Fare Boxes
Detroit street railway officials report 15,243 red ration tokens and 3,106 blue ones were dropped into fare boxes on municipal street cars and buses between February 17, 1944, and January 21, 1945. Some may have been dropped inadvertently while others perhaps used to pay fares.
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Department of Street Railways
Office of Price Administration
Detroit
Jap Resistance Dims Hopes For Quick Cleanup
Manila battles stretch through Taft avenue area as Japanese resist along the Pasig. 37th Infantry captures Masonic Temple and advances house to house. US counter fire knocks out more guns while divisions converge from Intramuros to Cavite.
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Manila
Pasig
Taft Avenue
College Ground
Harrison Park
Masonic Tem
Pasig River
U. S
Sec
Douglas Jr
1St Cavalry
Vern D. Mudge
Manila Bay
Pasay
11Th Airborne
Joseph M. Swing
Nichols Airfield
Cavite
Japan Seeks Peace as Big Three Agenda Influences Tokyo
A tentative Japanese peace bid emerges from London with a Tokyo radio claim that policy is not to reject any hand offering peace. Commentary ties Shigemitsu's stance to Yalta decisions while Tokyo reports war factory removals toward Manchuria proceeding with remarkable speed.
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London
Tokyo Radio
Japan
Yalta
Shigemitsu
Tokyo
Manchuria
Yanks and RAF Trade Heavy Blows on Reich
U S and British air forces conduct large scale raids on Germany with Dresden as primary target and Chemnitz Magdeburg and Wesel additional aims. Allied pilots drop about 2200 tons of bombs while sustaining night attacks to support Soviet operations and strike rail yards in Austria and Yugoslavia.
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London
U. S
Germany
Dresden
Ivan Konev
RAF
Chemnitz
Magdeburg
Berlin
Rhine
Wesel
1St Army
Saxony
Bohlen
Leipzig
Nuernberg
Bonn
Dortmund
U. S. 15Th Air Force
Italy
Vienna
Graz
Austria
Maribor
Yugoslavia
Brenner Pass
Report Nazi Government Moving To Nuernberg
London based Paris radio quotes German frontier reports that the Nazi government is moving to Nuernberg in Bavaria. Nuernberg lies 225 miles southwest of Berlin and 90 miles north of Munich, distant from Allied front lines but closer to American forces than the Russian sector.
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London
Paris
Nuernberg
Berlin
Munich
Bavaria
Chinese win rail section again in Canton area
Chinese forces counterattack and recapture Pingshek 165 miles north of Canton and hold a 16 mile section of the vital Canton rail line extending northward from Pingshek, tightening control in the area.
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Pingshek
Canton
Chungking
Dog Attacks Child as Family Struggles to Free Victim
A five year old girl was killed when a dog named Wool latched onto her neck and refused to release. The mother Mrs Dru cilla Derdenger and grandfather Albert Lange fought the dog for several minutes before Marguerite died. The mother asked that Wool be destroyed. The father, Staff Sgt Charles P Derdenger, is stationed at Camp Barkeley Texas.
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Drucilla Derdenger
Albert Lange
Marguerite
Wool
Charles P. Derdenger
Camp Barkeley
Texas
Yanks Still Cleaning Out Japs on Guam
U S Pacific Fleet announces Marine and Army patrols are clearing the last hundreds of Japanese from Guam base. Maj. Gen. Curtis Le May commands the 21st Bomber Command dispatching Super Fortresses toward Japan. Col Shel ton C Zern notes snipers possible from many areas. A Japanese interpreter sometimes urges hidden comrades to surrender.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Curtis le May
21St Bomber Command
Shelton C. Zern
Hunt for 18 after Navy plane crash near Alameda
Navy craft searched rain whipped waters off Alameda naval airport for 18 missing occupants of a New York bound naval air transport plane that crashed after takeoff. Six bodies recovered including a sailor with 40 day leave papers. Victims' names withheld until families notified as wreckage was lifted from the bay.
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San Francisco
Alameda Naval Airport
New York
Troops Capture Seilpyu on Irrawaddy River
British and East African forces seized Seil pyu on the Irrawaddy about 105 miles southwest of Mandalay. Large stores of Japanese equipment were captured as announced by the Southeast Asia command.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Seilpyu
Irrawaddy River
Mandalay
Southeast Asia Command
Tragic Choking Death of 22 Month Old in Madison
Madison report: Ralph C. Walker, 22 months, son of Pvt and Mrs Howard Walker, died after choking on a fragment of a metal piece Wednesday. The incident is under local inquiry to determine cause and circumstances.
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Madison
Wis
Ralph C. Walker
Howard Walker
Wisconsin lawmakers float tavern hours and pension bills
A 1 a.m uniform tavern closing proposal with local option licenses at 300 a year was offered alongside a plan for an $80 monthly pension for totally and permanently disabled Wisconsinites. A constitutional amendment would shift statewide officer elections to four-year terms.
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Madison
Wis
Milwaukee County
Woodhead
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Bigman Wheelock
Wheelock
Assemblyman Rice
R-Delavan
State Department of the Public Welfare
Tornadoes Leave Hundreds Homeless Across Deep South
In Alabama and Mississippi the Monday storms killed 41 and left about 200 injured while destroying hundreds of homes. Montgomery reported 26 dead and about 1,200 homeless as Livingston York Pekan and Stanton areas faced heavy tolls including railroad car damage and two railroad workers killed. Twenty four victims were Black.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi
Livingston
Here
York
Pekan
Stanton
Train Fireman Killed in Turtle Lake Crash
Ben Anderson 50 of Wayzata Minnesota, a Soo Line fireman, was killed when his locomotive collided with a Omaha freight at Turtle Lake Wisconsin station. Engineer Joseph Blake 51 of Rhinelander Wisconsin suffered a fractured shoulder and abrasions and was hospitalized. Several freight cars derailed wrecking the ticket office and scattering coal on tracks.
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Turtle Lake
Wis
Ben Anderson
Wayzata
Minn
Soo Line
Chicago
Minneapolis, St. Paul
Omaha
Joseph Blake
Rhinelander
Soo
Amery Hospital
Solberg's Bowling Alleys Destroyed by Fire in Eau Claire
Fire destroyed Solberg's Bowling Alleys in Eau Claire on Wednesday. Fire Chief Oliver Books estimated damage at 38000 dollars.
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Eau Claire Wis
Solberg
Oliver Books
Red Army advances near Dresden threaten Berlin front
Moscow reports seven major towns captured as Red armies under Stalin and Konev push westward toward Dresden and Sorau. Breslau sector falls opened, Jauer and Streigau also taken. Berlin warns of a potential junction with White Russian forces as Soviet forces close within about 68 miles of Dresden.
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London
Breslau
Berlin
Sprottau
Neusalz
Stalin
Sorau
Moscow
Ivan Konev
Queis
Dresden
Konev
Gregory Zhukov
Neustadtel
Freystadt
Red
Jauer
Reseten
Goldberg
Streigau
Queis River
Junction City
Germany
Upper Neisse River
Sagan
Bober River
Ofenburg
Three Nazi officials executed after claimed war loss remark
Paris radio reported in New York via CBS that three high Nazi leaders in Baden and Alsace were sentenced to death by a special German court for disputing with Gaulieter Wagner and accusing him of corruption. Additional executions included a mayor of Koenigsberg and officials of Breslau and Bydoszcz for cowardice.
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Associated Press
Baden
Paris
New York
CBS
Storm
Alsace
Karl Pflaumer
Walter Wagner
Ieee
Schroeter
Koenigsberg
Breslau
Bydoszcz
Rosenman Sets Italy Trip for Roosevelt Visit to Pope Likely
Paris reports Samuel Rosenman, a presidential adviser, leaves by special plane for Italy to meet with Roosevelt. The president hopes to visit Pope Pius, inspect war ruins, and may also visit France where public reception plans exist.
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Paris
Samuel Rosenman
Italy
Roosevelt
Rosenman
Pope Pius
France
Roosevelt to brief on Big Three talks and UN delegation
Washington reports indicate President Roosevelt will address Congress and the public about the Crimea talks with the Big Three and explain how these agreements could speed victory and secure peace. Four lawmakers join the U S delegation to the United Nations conference opening April 25 in San Francisco, with Stettinius leading and Hull as senior adviser. Byrnes says the Crimea gathering foresees a larger war and warns against civilian collapse in Germany as Allies seek cooperation and spheres of influence. Congress eyes lifting the debt limit toward 300 billion, with cuts likely after the war. current debt stands at 234 billion.
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Tokyo
San Francisco
Britain
Yalta
America
Soviet Union
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Crimea
Security League
U. S
Minnesota
Virginia Gildersleeve
Barnard College
Byrnes
Germany
Russia
House Appropriations Committee
Priest-turned-soldier calls Nazis to quit battle on front line
A 28-year-old former Vienna priest, drafted to the German army, walked to American lines after refusing mass and, under threat of a concentration camp, urged fellow troops to lay down arms. He cited Allied superiority and questioned Hitler's promises, noting 178 priests from Innitzer's diocese were drafted.
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U.S
Germany
Theodore Cardinal Innitzer
Vienna
Luxembourg
Innitzer
94Th
Adolf Hitler
Fatherland
Richard Ury
San Mateo
Calif
Alois Lieben
Appleton
Wis
Cannon, Planes Smash German Counterblows
Allied forces break through the Siegfried line near Kleve and Goch as Canadian and British troops push toward the Ruhr. American 3rd Army advances southwest of Pruem amid rising Roer waters while air power pounds German defenses.
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Rhineland
Ruhr
1St Army
Emmerich
U. S
Pruem
Paris
Siegfried Line
Goch
Calcar
Moyland
Bedburg
Hasselt
Kleve
Wesel
Rhine
Meuse
Reichwald
Niers
France
Reichswald
Henry Crerar
Kellen
Griethausen
Asperberg
Krannenberg
Patton
Roer
9Th Army
Oude Rhine
Cologne
Reich
Calar
Luxembourg
West Wall
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Nichols Field
By C. Yates McDaniel
Masonic Temple
Luzon Island
Intramuros
Nichols
Nicholson
Robert S. Rifle
The
Comei
Domei
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Prague
Charles Portal
Chinese Win
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Navy
Burma
Milwaukee
Rice
Assemblyman Westfahl
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