Air Raids On Borneo Mount Air Raids On Borneo Mount
U S and Australian forces pressing in Borneo reports Tarakan landed May 1 and cave holdouts reduced. Seventh fleet Liberator unit sinks a medium freighter near Banjermasin as air operations widen. Fifth and Sixth Air Forces send Liberator raids with over 100 escorts to Formosa, dropping more than 500 tons on waterfronts warehouses and barracks.
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Manila
U.S
Tarakan
7Th Fleet Liberator
Banjermasin
Sth Air Force
Formosa
5Th Air Force Liberators
Fifth Air Force
Yank Beaten To Death By Two Germans
In Ahrweiler Germany a German wheat farmer testified that two countrymen beat an American flyer to death on August 15 after he parachuted from a flaming bomber near Trier The three defendants include one armed Peter Kohn Matthias Giersens and Matthias Krein before a American military commission in the Reichs first civilian war crimes trial Nospes described the beating with a three foot stick and a hammer as about 20 people watched The body was stripped buried in an unmarked grave and later exhumed for identification attempts
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Ahrweiler
Germany
Trier
Reich
Peter Kohn
Matthias Giersens
Matthias Krein
Nicholas Nospes
Kohn
Gierens
Naspes
Giersen
Eyewitnesses Describe Looted Saint Martina Site Amid Lidice Memorials
Eyewitness accounts recount stones from Saint Martina's church and the adjacent elementary school scattered in wheat stubble. A pear tree stump near the school marks where Father Stemberka, 75, was shot. Nearby workers have cleared a 25 by 25 foot plot as a minimal Lidice memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Martina’s
Father Stemberka
Lidice
Lidice survivor testifies to wartime horror in Bohemia
Mrs. Anna Stribony, a Makotráczy peasant, recounts the June 9 1942 Lidice massacre and its aftermath. She describes German rounds of firing, women separated for camps, and 172 buried in the village grave. She notes no news from under Nazi rule about Illinois renamed Lidice and recalls America’s support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Stribony
Makotracsy
Lidice
Engee
Heydrich
Bomb raid on Osaka by Superfortress B29s described in detail
The article recounts the Osaka raid by about 150 Mustangs and B 29s from Iwo Jima, targeting harbor facilities, Sumitomo dural plant, shipyards, electrical plants, power stations and the main Osaka railroad station. It notes heavy flak, fires rising to 27 000 feet, and reports of 47 B 29s shot down with 83 damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwo Jima
Precision
Sumitomo
Osaka
Tokyo
Amagasaki
Rybik
Luther P. Chunn
Fort Worth
Tex
Anthony Ruggers
Chicago
E. H. Burton, Jr
Three landlords named in Wisconsin injunction actions
The U S Office of Price Administration filed injunction actions in federal court naming three landlords from Wisconsin. H L Partridge of 1433 Charles Street is accused of charging above ceiling rents and has refunded 9 dollars plus paid 28 50 to the treasurer. W S Brennan of Tomah refunded 30 dollars and paid 60 to the treasurer. Leslie Graewin of Tomah owner of 1118 Superior Avenue is accused of eight months of five dollar overcharges totaling 40 dollars with 50 sought in treble damages plus a permanent injunction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. District Court
Wisconsin
Phil H. Griffin
District Opa
H. L. Partridge
Charles Street
Partridge
South Ninth Street
Griffin
U. S
W. S. Brennan
Tomah
Wis
OPA
Brennan
Pearl Street
Leslie Graewin
The
Graewin Auto Sales
Truman plans at White House to stay another year as adviser
President Truman stated he will keep James F. Byrnes as a top adviser and discussed staffing, tax enforcement, and postwar plans. He announced Rosen as surplus property board chairman to take effect by July 15 and urged Morgenthau to hire 10,000 more investigators to combat tax evasion. He condemned black market rackets and expressed deep sympathy for POW relatives while signaling I-dont-disclose further postwar training views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tha
Stettinius
James F. Byrnes
White House
Fts
Whiteman
Rosen
Treasury
Morgenthau
Truman
Mr. Truman
One Duckling Listed Missing In Milwaukee Window Scene
A mother duck with five ducklings sheltered in a department store window in Milwaukee after winds and rain drove them from a rotted bridge piling. One duckling was officially listed as missing as a bridge tender rescued another, and the family will be moved to Juneau Park lagoons for permanent abode. Spectators watched from the bridge rail as rescuers kept the brood safe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Mallard
Duck
Juneau Park
Bridgetenders
State Budget Bill Signed by Governor Goodland
Governor Goodland signed the executive budget totaling 83.5 million dollars for 1945 47, vetoing 126 thousand for Wisconsin state guard encampment training at Camp Douglas. The measure funds university, charitable, penal institutions, educational aids, and pension programs, with arguments for and against the guard training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Goodland
Wisconsin State Guard
Camp Douglas
University of Wisconsin
Assembly
Adjutant General's Office
National Guard
State Guard
Twenty two consumers arraigned in western Wisconsin court
Twenty two residents from La Crosse Prairie du Chien Fenimore Viroqua and La Farge will be arraigned in U S district court in Madison on charges of acquiring and possessing meat without surrendering ration points. The group forms the remainder of 71 individuals charged by the district OPA with illegal meat possession and ration point violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Crosse
Prairie du Chien
Fennimore
Viroqua
la Farge
U. S
Charles H. Cashin
U. S. District Court For
Wisconsin
Madison
Phil H. Griffin
District Opa
Griffin
Raymond Johnson
Farnam Street
Anthony F. Bruha
South 13Th Street
Archie Gerwitz
South 117Th Street
William Schultz
Travis Street
Reception Committee 45 Miles Away As Twining Comes Home
Maj. Gen. Nathan F. Twining arrived in Monroe Wisconsin after bad weather forced a drive from Chicago. A Madison reception committee led by his sister Phoebe Chadwick awaited him 45 miles away. An open house at Dr. W B Gnagi's home followed with about 20 old friends present. Twining planned to join his family in Charlotte after a private plane trip to Madison today.
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Monroe
Wis
15Th U. S. Airforce
Madison
Nathan F. Twining
Chicago
Phoebe Chadwick
Twining
Roy Dodge Lumber Company
Mrs. Chadwick
Gen. Twining
W. B. Gnagi
Harold Blumer
Portland
Ore
Pacific
Washington
Charlotte
N. C
Local CIO Speaks Urge Continuance Of Price Controls
Wisconsin CIO groups push to maintain price control program. La Crosse County Independent Union Council sends Oscar Harebo and Austin Straight to a June 5 Washington meeting to argue higher commodity prices justify wage increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CIO
Washington
Wisconsin
la Crosse County
Law Governs Heating Homes In Spite Of Cold
The city health department notes public patience with heating issues in homes and warns that ordinance 1059 requires owners or managers of rental properties to maintain at least 70 degrees Fahrenheit, between 6:30 a.m. and 10 p.m., when outside temps drop below 50 degrees. Some complaints led to written orders. others await action. The department cautions owners and threatens prosecution if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Health Department
A. M. Murp
Health Department
Employes For Plant Sought
L C Grant reps from Hercules Powder company tell La Crosse applicants that Badger Ordnance Works offers on the job training for urgent powder production. No experience needed, housing and meals provided, buses serve 61 towns, free medical checks arranged, uniforms and safety shoes low cost, transportation refunded after hire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badger Ordnance Works
L. C. Grant
la Crosse
Hercules Powder Company
Badger
Wisconsin
War Manpower Commission
Grant
America
Speenese Site Seabee 00 Tablets Only
An unclear item notes tablets related to Speenese Site and Seabee 00 tablets only with mentions of Be sure to Gemand St. Joseph Aspirin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
Postwar Building Plans Discussed by Dr Colbert in Madison
Dr R J Colbert head of Wisconsin postwar planning spoke to a Ho Stoddard audience about expansion of home building in Wisconsin. E H Erickson will appoint a panel to plan builders exhibitions as La Crosse Gage County plans clinics to connect homeowners with bankers architects and contractors to improve remodeling and new home projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Colbert
Madison
Wisconsin
Ho Stoddard
Dr. Colbe
Crosse
E. H. Erickson
la Cros
Colbert
Wisconsin bill would bar national firms from owning cheese plants
The Wisconsin Senate Agricultural Committee heard a bill backed by the Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association to prohibit national chain companies from owning operating or leasing Wisconsin cheese factories. Kraft Cheese opposed the measure with producers who sell to Kraft and others testified for the bill’s passage. Separate item: a Portuguese air force member reportedly set a world gliding height record of 15 000 feet at Lisbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association
Kraft Chees Company
Senate
H. B. Mulloy
Sheboygan
George L. Mooney
Plymouth
L. E. Kopitzke
Marion
Albert J. Belzer
Lake Geneva
Lisbon
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Wehrmacht
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Douglas MacArthur
Chester Nimitz
United States
Japan
Yma
France
Okinawa
Europe
Honshu
Yokohama
Curtis E. LeMay
21St Bomber Command
Radio Tokyo
Pitzner
Vth St
Bill Monsoor Grocery
ST. Andrew Street
Sciry
U. S. Court
Arthur G. Benson
M. D
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