Quiet Returns at Wisconsin Prison After Five Day Turmoil
WAUPUN Wis break fast for 800 inmates kept in cells as interviews begin to identify ringleaders in five days of disturbances. Warden Murphy said 80 percent stayed neutral while 20 percent caused damage including a fire attempt and debris showers. Officials warned rioters face fines up to 100 dollars and six months in county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waupun
Wis
L. F. Murphy
Murphy
D. Yount
The
State Welfare Board
Call All Bulgarian Reserves To Duty
ISTANBUL Jan. 17. All Bulgarian reserve officers under 60 and not already serving were ordered to report for army duty. A Sofia dispatch said fires still burned in Sofia and time bombs exploded after Allied raids on Jan. 10. Water and light services failed, firefighting hampered by water shortages and desertion, with clashes between citizens and German police. Seventy five percent of windows were broken and only 10,000 to 15,000 of Sofia’s 450,000 population remained, with many expected to leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istanbul
Sofia
Guerrillas Led by British Officers Fight In Malayan Jungle
Rev Marcus Cheng, a Chinese Christian who escaped Singapore, says guerrilla bands led by British officers remain active against Japanese forces in Malaya. He notes many Japanese from the Singapore capture have moved to other fronts while the surviving units include Chinese Australians and Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Singapore
Malayan
Marcus Cheng
Award Of Six Cents In La Bank Suit
Madison reports the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Mrs. Leona Linker of Louisiana entitled to six cents from Batavian National Bank of Louisiana. The decision stems from a stock sale collateral issue tied to a loan and a judgment against her late husband Charles Linker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Te Supreme Court
Leona Linker
Batavian National Bank of la
Charles
Linker Realty Co
Linker
Eight Believed Dead After Oakland Transport Crash
A twin engined plane crashed shortly after leaving Oakland airport. Eight people are believed killed with the craft crashing in a central area, demolishing a house and sparking fires in several homes. Occupants of the house are believed to have escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Calif
Cntral
Fourth War Loan Drive Opens Here
The Fourth War Loan drive started in La Crosse with a county quota of 3 821 000. The event includes a Hollywood theater bond show at 8 30 p m with about 900 tickets sold and admission by bond only. County Judge Ahlstrom and Camp McCoy recruits will be introduced. music by Logan high school band and The Three Dots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Camp McCoy
Hollywood Theater
R. V. Ahlstrom
Hollywood
Logan High School
H. C. Amundson
Logan Music Department
76Th Division
WKBH
Bankers’ Committee
la Crosse County War Finance Committee
War Bond Drive Seeks Volunteers in La Crosse County
Gysbert Van Steenwyk invites any person able to devote time to soliciting for the Fourth War Loan campaign. Contact the county war bond committee at the Bavarian National Bank building for details and enrollment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse County
Gysbert van Steenwyk
County War Bond Committee
Batavian National Bank
Treasury Fourth War Loan drive launches with Eisenhower pledge
Five million volunteers begin a campaign to raise 5.5 billion dollars for the 14 billion Fourth War Loan. Eisenhower from London vows to crush Nazi resistance. Nimitz from Honolulu urges continued war bond purchases to ensure success of the offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Dwight D. Eisenhower
London
Honolulu
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pacific Islands
Tito wounded last summer in Partisans escape clash
London dispatch reports Marshal Tito Josip Broz 50 led Partisans in heavy fighting against German forces in western Bosnia near Glamoc and Brac island. From Cairo BBC correspondent Kenneth Matthews cites partisans inflicting heavy losses while German marines landed south of Split.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Tito
Montenegro
BBC
Kenneth Matthews
Cairo
Josip Broz
Committee For National Defense
Peter
Bosnia
Glamoc
Banja Luka
Brac
Split
Adriatic
Ickes Suspends Aide In Probe
Interior Secretary Ickes suspends George N Briggs without pay as the grand jury investigates the Hopkins letter hoax. Ickes seeks permission to testify and says he knows nothing of the forgery while Senator Langer links Briggs to Sparks and the forged letter. Henry Schweinhaut calls the letter forged and predicts the forger will be found. Briggs issues a statement through his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ickes
George N. Briggs
Grand Jury
Hopkins
Briggs
Icke
Senator Langer
Senate
C. Nelson Sparks
Wendell Willkie
Biddle
Harry L. Hopkins
District of Columbia
Schweinhaut
Allies And Nips Trade Air Blows
Allied and Japanese air forces clash in the Pacific with heavy losses on both sides. American P-40 fighters claim 18 to 20 enemy planes over Saidor while Liberators and Mitchells bomb Arawe and Rabaul. Allied patrol bombers sink ships near Kavieng and hit targets in Maloelap Jaluit Likiep Mili as the central Pacific campaign continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Southwest Pacific
Saidor
New Guinea
S. 6Th Army
Ran
Arawe
New Britain
Rabaul
Tokyo Radio
Imperial Headquarters
Kavieng
New Ireland
Maloelap
Likiep
Jaluit
Mili
Marshall Islands
Atoll
Central Pacific Chain
Swedes Cut Cultural Ties With Nazi Germany
Sweden ends cultural and scientific relations with Germany over Nazi deportations of Norwegian students. Foreign Minister Christian Guenther said German scientists and cultural experts will have visas curtailed as a response to Berlin's actions and Norway’s cultural life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
Reich
Christian E. Guenther
Riksdag
Reds Battle Germans In Rovno Area
Soviet reports say Gen Nikolai Vatutin's 1st Ukrainian Army closed on Rovno a key rail hub 110 miles south of Pinsk as part of a broader drive toward the Romanian frontier. One column neared Tuchin and engineers moved to cross the Horyn river while a four mile swamp barrier near Goringrad slows progress. The German high command acknowledged Russian breakthroughs north of Nevel and along the Leningrad front as Soviet forces push on multiple fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Nikolai Vatutin
Rovno
Old Poland
Pinsk
Vatutin
Pripet
Ravno
Berdichev
Novograd Volynski
Tuchin
Horyn
Goringrad
Leningrad
Novosokolniki
Velikie- Luki
Riga
Norh
Nevel
Lake Ilmen
Oranienbaum
Berlin
Red Army
Vitebsk
Ivan Bagramian
Passenger traffic on Croatian rails halted for a month
Zagreb officials announced that passenger traffic on Croatian railways would stop for one month beginning Friday. No reason was given. Authorities suggest it could reflect German troop movements or extensive sabotage on the Yugoslav railway system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Zagreb
Croatia
Balkans
Poles Favor U S Mediation Over Britain on Polish Border
The Polish government in exile hopes for U S mediation to resolve the Russian Polish border dispute. Polish spokesmen say Russians may favor American mediation to British. They welcomed Prime Minister Churchill back, saying he spoke for Poland at Teheran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
U. S
Churchill
Britain Reports National Debt Exceeding Seventy-Seven Billion
The House of Commons was told that Britain's national debt on December 31 stood at about 19.237 billion pounds, roughly 77.33 billion dollars, up from 8.026 billion pounds the previous year, per Chancellor Sir John Anderson. The U.S. gross public debt at year end stood at 165.88 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
House of Commons
John Anderson
United States
Battle at Walt's Ridge Wins Marine Stand Cape Gloucester
US Marines fend off five Japanese charges at Walt's Ridge on Cape Gloucester New Britain in fierce hand to hand fighting. Lieut Col Lewis Walt led troops amid dwindling ammo as the ridge proved the campaign’s decisive point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Gloucester
United States
Walt’s Ridge
New Britain
Ridge
Lewis Walt
Colorado Aggie
Ft. Collins
Colo
Walt
Bergen Bay
Churchill Returns to Commons After Pneumonia Recovery
Prime Minister Churchill flies to London from the Middle East after pneumonia convalescence and tells the House of Commons he plans a war statement soon. General Eisenhower is expected to visit as Allied operations near zero hour. Churchill appears tired but relieved, denying changes to his routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Churchill
Middle East
House of Commons
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Commons
Action Delayed On Service Act
The house military committee postponed indefinitely consideration of national service legislation requested by President Roosevelt. Chairman May said the move keeps the bill in abeyance for now but does not preclude future action, noting the senate committee has hearings planned and a later House review could use that information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Military Committee
Roosevelt
May
Dky
Senate
House
House Committee
Soviet Embassy Paper Assails Ex King Carol
The Soviet information bulletin in Washington denounces ex King Carol of Romania as a hindrance to democracy and warns that any restoration would meet bitter disappointment. It accuses him of facilitating Romania's shift to Hitlerism and questions exile support for Bessarabia claims. The issue also attacks Finland over alleged atrocities in occupied Russian towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Carol
Romania
Antonescu
Ion Antonescu
Rumania
Mexico
United Nations
The
Bulletin
Bessarabia
Soviet Union
Finland
Allied patrols cross Rapido as Cassino line tightens
American patrol crossed the Rapido north of Cassino probing the Gustav line while French forces seized Sant Elia and Valvori to tighten the Allies around Cassino. Germans reinforced along the Rapido with Mt Castellone slopes as Canadians and tanks attack the Adriatic flank near Tommaso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Kennedy
Algiers
Rapido River
Cassino
Gustav Line
Goes
Sant’ Elia
Rapido
Valvori
Adriatic
Tommaso
War Dept Disclaims Responsibility for Poll on U.S. Soldiers Abroad
Secretary Stimson told Senator Green that the War Department did not authorize or know of any survey among American soldiers in England. The European theater commander is said to be investigating whether any poll existed and who, if anyone, was responsible. Green voiced concern as his committee weighs absentee voting rights for service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Engand
Stimson
Green
D-Ri
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harrison D. Spangler
Republican National Committee
Chicago
U. S
England
Senate
Privileges and Elections Committee
Beat Down Attempt To End Oleo Levy
The senate defeated an amendment by Senator Maybank to abolish a ten cent per pound tax and six hundred dollar annual license fees on colored oleomargarine. The measure failed in Washington D C yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oleo Levy
Washington, D. C
Senate
Maybank
D-Sc
Treasure of Savoy seized at Swiss frontier
Reports say the treasure of the House of Savoy including King Vittorio Emanuele’s coin collection was seized by German forces and handed to a Fascist regime puppet government at the Swiss Italian frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Savoy
Vittorio Emanuel
British Press Denounces Pravda Separate Peace Rumor
British papers condemn Pravda report on a separate peace with Germany. The Daily Mail and Guardian urge no split from Allies, noting the British foreign office denial and Moscow radio spread. Associated dispatches report Spain, Lisbon sources denying Ribbentrop visit and the Pyrenees rumor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Daily Mail
Foreign Office
Pravda
Associated Press
Madrid
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Spain
Cairo
von Ribbentrop
Pyrenees
No Mention By Nazis In US Broadcasts
The Federal Communications Commission said up to 11 a.m. no Nazi domestic radio station had mentioned the "peace rumor" yesterday. German outlets used the story only for foreign consumption via a Nazi transocean agency. Berlin front pages abroad reported no publication of the tale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Communications Commission
Ingoe
Pra
Nazi Transocean
Pravdace
Berlin
Britain Decries Separate Peace Rumor Amid War Reporting
Allied diplomats say no evidence supports rumors of a separate peace with Germany. The Daily Mail dismisses the claim as a lie while Pravda and British papers debate the story's status and implications for wartime diplomacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
von Ribbentrop
The
Daily Mail
Britain
Pravda
Not Passed By Censor Cairo Story on Peace Meeting
A Cairo dated Pravda article describing a British German peace meeting labeled emphatic ally was not cleared by Cairo censorship. British authorities questioned its passage, noting the January 12 date and January 17 publication with possible alternative exit routes from Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Pravada
London
Cairo Rumor Denied by British Office Cited by Reuters
A Reuters dispatch from Moscow reports that none of today’s Moscow papers printed the Cairo rumor or referred to the British foreign office denial. The story notes potential slanderous accusations against an ally circulated to the Russian people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reuters
Moscow
Cairo
Foreign Office
U S Officers Operate to Save Chinese General in China
U S medical officers rushed into southern China by air and jeep to perform an emergency appendectomy on Gen Chao Yao ming near a mud building. Capt H L Stop of Twin Falls Idaho assisted by Capt Dubose Eggleston of Augusta Ga completed the operation in two hours. The general received American blood plasma and is recovering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stilwell
China
Chao Yao-ming
H. L. Stop
Twin Falls
Idaho
Dubose Eggleston
Augusta
Eggleston
Wisconsin Willkie delegates named for 1944 convention
Appletoner David Smith and Oconto’s Howard W Krueger will run as delegates from the eighth district to the 1944 Republican national convention pledged to support Wendell L Willkie. Wisconsin Willkie-ford committee chairman Louis J Fellenz Jr announced Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
David Smith
Appleton
Howard W. Krueger
Oconto
Wendell L. Willkie
Louis J. Fellenz, Jr
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iman
Congress
Sicily
Salerno
Mussolini
Solomons
Japan
Aide
Probe
By Henry C. Cassidy
U. S. Marines
By Marlin Spencer
France
5Th Army
Ome
Gustav
London Daily Mail
Manchester
Guardian
Communist Party
Lisbon
Manchester Guardian
U.S
Willkie
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!