Goodland Urges Legislature Action On Major Issues
Governor Goodland pressed Wisconsin lawmakers to swiftly pass his state construction program and related bills on gambling and lobbying. He urged restoration of $11.4 million for University of Wisconsin construction and $6.998 million for the Department of Public Welfare, as outlined in his building program.
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Goodland
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Department of Public Welfare
Joint Finance Committee
Offer- Bee Goodland
Wisconsin Assembly Overrides Governor on Highway Funds and Building Cuts
The Wisconsin assembly voted 64 to 31 to override Gov. Goodland’s veto of highway funds and approved a $7 million slash in the postwar building program. The measures head to the senate for concurrence. Speaker McDowell led the override with Republicans and a few Democrats in support. Thomson and Nicol fought to preserve the governor’s recommendations, urging lawmakers to serve Wisconsin broadly.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin Assembly
Goodland
Senate
McDowell
R-Soldiers Grove
State Highway Commission
Repulican Flor
Thomson
Richland Center
Nicol
Rsparta
Wisconsin
Legislate
Giant Seaplane Under Construction At Hughes Site
At Culver City California Howard Hughes project rises as officials unveil a massive all wood seaplane touted as the world’s largest. Vice President Charles W Perelle says it will carry 750 soldiers and gear with a wing exceeding 300 feet in length and capable of circling the globe nearly eight and a half times.
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Culver City
Calif
Howard Hughes
Charles W. Perelle
Hughes Aircraft Company
Britain and United States hand ships to Russia under Tehran accord
Prime Minister Churchill said Britain met Moscow demands for a fleet, turning over Royal Sovereign, eight destroyers, four submarines, and part of merchant shipping, with the U S contributing the cruiser Milwaukee and likely half the merchant tonnage. The exchange follows Italy's fleet status and aims to support the Pacific postwar balance.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Russia
Tehran
Acean
United States
Milwaukee
Royal Sovereign
U. S
Ivor Thomas
Germany
Pacific
Mercantile Marine
War Bond Drive Urges Letters Home From Marines
A morale boosting appeal from Maj. Gen. James L. Underhill of the Pacific Fleet Marine Force urges every serviceman to write home during the Seventh War Loan drive. The message encourages readers to invest in war bonds and share their contributions with loved ones.
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Ashington
James L. Underhill
USMC
Pacific
Fleet Marine Force
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Walter Kasten
Weather Forecast Notes Cool Night and Cloudy Outlook
Tonight will be cool with a low near 44. Wednesday will bring cloudiness and a gradual warmup to around 70 with a slight temperature change.
Peacetime draft plans proposed by VFW and Legion
The Veterans of Foreign Wars urged a peacetime draft for three years of training in local guard or naval reserve units, with yearly drills and two weeks at a reserve camp, to keep youths near home. The American Legion backed a one year program for universal training at age 18, arguing it would deter war and secure peace.
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Washington
Congress
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
National Guard
Marine Reserve
Ketchum
VFW
John Thomas Taylor
American Legion Legislative Committee
Lorena Hahn
Lincoln
Neb
Legion Auxiliary
Taylor
America
House
Europe
Legion Witness
Legion
Mindanao Divisions Break Japanese Resistance Advancing
U S 24th and 31st divisions push into Mindanao with 1000 yard breakout from Ula village and eastward approaches toward Pulangi river as coastal operations at Davao gulf continue. Air forces drop 349 tons in support while other Allied units target Borneo and Formosa with heavy bombing missions.
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Manila
U. S
Mindanao
Associated Press
Richard Bergholz
George Willets
Ula
Davao Gulf
Davao
31St
Clarence Martin
Kabawe-Talomo
Kabawe
Pulangi River
Cagayan Valley
North Luzon
Luzon
Wawa Dam
Formosa
13Th Air Force
Seventh Fleet Airwing
Royal Australian Air Force
Borneo
British North Borneo
Brunei Bay
La Crosse Board Plans New Central High Facilities
La Crosse's board of education discussed planned post war construction of a new auditorium and gymnasium at Central high school with designs for a 1250 seat auditorium on Hixon annex east side and a 2000 seat gymnasium on the 15th street side. The district seeks FWA advanced planning funds after Congress allotted 15 million for national planning. La Crosse county gets about 6000.
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la Crosse
Board of Education
Washburn
Central High School
Federal Works Agency
Congress
FWA
la Crosse County
16Th Street
Hixon
Nellie Jacob
Frank Walters
Clinton Lueth
Gus Zenker
Louis Zenker
Charles Rossberg
Marvin Lombard
Fred Domke
L. F. Easton
Adelheide Holter
Roosevelt School
Wilma Tamblingson Lipp
Emerson School
Leora Ellsworth
June Mueller
Bernice Spooner
Rosevelt
Webster
Arthur Anderson
Earl Blank
Logan High School
Lincoln School
Longfellow
Washburn School
Robert McLeod
Camp Ellis Reclaims GI Clothing for Europeans
Camp Ellis will reclaim unserviceable GI clothing for destitute Europeans. Col. John S. Sullivan, camp commander, announced the camp’s role as the largest clothing repair center in the 6th service command. Production will rise to 150,000 PR items monthly involving Wisconsin Illinois and Michigan.
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Camp Ellis
John S. Sullivan
6Th Service Command
Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
6Th
Fires Raging Through Kobe After Attack
Approximately 450 B 29s battled through snow and thunder to strike Kobe in a mass incendiary raid marking the first anniversary of the initial Superfort raid. Eight bombers were missing, heavy anti aircraft fire and Japanese fighters engaged but could not stop the attack on Kobe’s industrial zones and rail hubs.
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Guam
Kobe
Japan
20Th Air Force
Washington
Yokohama
Nippon
Neas
Tokyo
Mikagemachi
Ashiya
Osaka Bay
Osaka
Domei
John McLaughlin
Valley Stream
Long Island
N. Y
City Theaters Honor Writer On Ernie Pyle Day June 6
The Hollywood and Rivoli theaters plan observances for Ernie Pyle Day on June 6. Hollywood offers a free show ticket with a band purchase, featuring Molly and Me with Gracie Fields Monty Woolley and Roddy McDowell. A Logan High School string ensemble will perform at 7 and 9 p.m. at the Rivoli, introduced by B C Smith. National Velvet stars Mickey Rooney Elizabeth Taylor and Donald Crisp appear on screen.
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Ernie Pyle
Hollywood and
Rivoli Theater
Pyle
Hollywood Theater
Molly and
Gracie Fields
Monty Woolley
Roddy McDowell
Logan High School
H. C. Amundson
B. C. Smith
Logan
National Velvet
Mickey Rooney
Elizabeth Taylor
Donald Crisp
la Crosse County
Milwaukee Road
Sweeping Yank Advances Bring Okinawa Fight Near Conclusion
American marines push to capture the last Japanese airfield on Okinawa after a surprise amphibious landing. 6th division troops overran part of the Naha air drome while 10th Army forces moved three miles south and east. Admiral Nimitz predicted the campaign could end in three to four days if rapid advances continue.
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Guam
Okinawa
Oroku Peninsula
6Th
Naha
Naha Bay
10Th Army
Chester W. Nimitz
Simon Bolivar Buckner
10Th
Tokyo
Domei
A Lemuel Shepherd
Chinese forces envelop Liuchow Ishan amid southeast Asia fighting
Chinese high command reports enveloping movements against Japanese units at Liuchow and Ishan as heavy fighting erupts near Szelo on the road to French Indo China. Recaptured Kweihsien port, advances toward Muson, and Japanese withdrawal toward Wenchow are noted while U.S. air force targets Liuchow.
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Chungking
Liuchow
U. S. 14Th Air Force Base
Ishan
Szelo
French Indo-China
Kweihsien
West River
Kwangsi Province
Muson
Fukien
Foochow
Chiang Kai-shek
Siapu
Wenchow
Shanghai
Kwangsi
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Kwangtung
Canton-Hankow
Kuantu
Canton
Hoiping
Szeping
Sunwai
Taishan
South China Sea
United States
Churchill jeered by Labor Members in Commons
Cries from the labor benches greeted Prime Minister Churchill as he entered the House of Commons. Labour MPs denounced his election address accusing him of endorsing a Gestapo like control, while he called the Labour program abhorrent to British ideas of freedom.
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London
Gestapo
Churchill
House of Commons
Labor Party
Egg Shortage Seen In Sale Of Laying Hens
Washington reports the House food investigating committee was told that black market purchases of laying hens could trigger a very serious egg shortage this summer and next winter.
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Washington
House
Farmers get AA-2 preference for farm essentials
WPB on Tuesday granted farmers an AA-2 preference rating to buy farm supplies. Farmers join other war supporting industries in this priority and may purchase hundreds of items from hoses to air compressors without county farm ration committee approval for purchases over fifty dollars. They simply certify to the retailer that the items are for farm use.
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Washington
WPB
County Farm Ration Committee
Four Occupation Zones Set Up For Allies In Germany
The Allies announce zones in postwar Germany with Russia, Britain, France and the United States each assigned a sector and a greater Berlin area. Eisenhower signs the joint declaration in Berlin while Zhukov Montgomery and Lattre de Tassigny represent the four powers.
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Washington
Germany
Russia
Great Britain
France
United States
Berlin
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Allied Control Commission
Reich
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Gregory Zhukov
Jean Lattre de Tassigny
Hitler
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
London
Renner
Vienna
Britain
United Nations
Prague
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
Churchill Denies Britain Stirred Up Syria Trouble
London reports Prime Minister Churchill rejects General de Gaulle’s claim that Britain stirred unrest in Syria. He says Britain would withdraw troops once a France Levant treaty is in place and favors a conference among Britain the United States and France to resolve the Middle East issue, with others potentially invited. Syrian reports describe troops in barracks under British guard amid shortages and rising tensions in Beyrouth and Aleppo.
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London
Churchill
de Gaulle
Syria
Levant
Commons
Britain
France
Middle East
United States
Russia
China
Beyrouth
Aleppo
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