Infantry poised for final push into Cagayan Valley
The 6th and 37th divisions advance toward the last major Japanese stronghold in the Cagayan Valley as they consolidate positions in the Philippines. Leyte mopping up yields high Japanese casualties and pockets remain on Mindanao and Luzon as U.S. forces push through jungled slopes and passes.
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U.S
Cagayan Valley
Manila
6Th S
Gras
Robert L. Elche
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Mopup
Eicchelberger
Letye
38Th Infantry
Luzon
Mt.Mapatad
Marikina
Mindanao
Davao
34 Inmates Transferred From Milwaukee House Of Correction
The Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare reports 34 prisoners were moved from the Milwaukee house of correction to the Bree penitentiary, boosting the state jail population to 1,050. The transfer followed the facility's seizure as a military prison on June 7, making Bree the third such institution in the country along with Indiana and New Jersey.
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House of Correction
State Penitentiary
Madison
Wis
Bree
Milwaukee House
Departments of Public Welfare
U. S. Army
Indiana
New Jersey
Quite A Reprieve City Women Seek Help Ads
Housewives hopeful for relief after long wait report many replies to a Sunday help ad in Kansas. Applicants described as pre war type rather than aggressive candidates.
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Kansas
Oklahoma City Boy Accepts Payment In American Money
Five minutes after Maj. Gen. Raymond McLain arrived home on leave, a caller asked to settle a debt with foreign coins. The boy, 13 Sam Bounds, refused the generals offer of francs marks or kopeks and insisted on American money.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond McLain
Sam Bounds
Milwaukee real estate scion Nathaniel Greene dies at 73
Nathaniel Greene aged 73, longtime head of the Greene real estate firm since 1908, passed away after several months of illness in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Nathanael Greene
To halt rising prices Eire has one annex
A brief item notes Ireland adopts an annex to curb inflation with a government plan aimed at stabilizing costs. Details remain sparse, but officials indicate coordinated measures across sectors will be implemented. The move signals strong economic tightening by the state.
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Eire
Leaves From A War Correspondent Notebook Hamburg After Bombing
William F. Boni recalls Hamburg’s post bombardment scene with 700000 residents, surviving docks, and transport networks in operation at reduced capacity. He notes stressed districts like St. Pauli, lingering destruction, and mixed civilian responses to Allied forces, with curious reactions from children and locals.
Bomber ditched after flak over Bias Bay near Hong Kong
A B 25 Mitchell skimmed Bias Bay north of Hong Kong harbor and opened fire on ships to deter air strikes. Pilot Second Lieut Irving Charpe ditched the craft at sea as flames spread in cockpit. co pilot Second Lieut Harold Strum and radioman Sgt Robert Tukel survived, others were lost. A rescue submarine later recovered the men after CS reports and aerial escort by P 38 fighters.
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Clark Field
Luzon
Bias Bay
Hong Kong
Irving Charpe
Harold V. Strum
Robbert Tukel
71St Tactical Reconnaissance Group
Robbery Suspect Captured After Short Chase in Loop Alley
In Chicago a robbery suspect is nabbed after a two block chase in a loop alley where two men with pistols faced a bystander while bottles and missiles were thrown from a second window. Detectives Walter Paradowski and George Rush shouted for the assailants to stop.
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Chicago
Walter Paradowski
George Rush
Brothers from 8th Air Force Reach Home on Leave
Lieut. George Miner and his brother Pfc. Aurelius E. Miner arrived in Salt Lake City on leave and furlough respectively, coming home from England almost at the same time but not meeting until their arrival.
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Salt Lake City
George Miner
Pfc
Aurelius E. Miner
8Th Air Force
England
Sentence Rescinded, Soldier Gets 14 Days More For AWOL
A Worcester Massachusetts 23 year old soldier who had a two year sentence for striking German war prisoners had his sentence rescinded and was ordered to serve 14 days at hard labor in the post guard house after pleading guilty to an AWOL charge at a summary court martial and paying a $30 fine.
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Worcester
Mass
Marti
How They Voted Wisconsin Senators Vote on Two Measures
Wisconsin senators split on two measures. Kerry amendment to guarantee profits to agricultural producers passed 37 30 with Wiley for La Follette against. Price control extension measure protecting packers profits passed 36 3 with La Follette for Wiley against. Over 250000 children under five died in Egypt in the last year.
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Washington
Kherry
Wiley
la Follette
la Follete
Egypt
Wisconsin War Fund Leaders Meet in Milwaukee
About 300 county leaders of the Wisconsin War Fund met for the second annual gathering in Milwaukee. Frank W. Ross of Madison, WWF president, along with campaign director Robert L. Reisinger of Milwaukee and regional head Robert W. Titus of New York, reviewed last year’s drive and discussed quotas gifts and organization. The fund supports USO and other war relief agencies with the next campaign beginning October 1.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin War Fund
Frank W. Ross
Madison
WWF
Robert L. Reisinger
Robert W. Titus
New York
National War Fund
USO
Milwaukee Man Sentenced for Offering Bribe to Army Officer
Myron Sidney Landau 39 of Chicago was sentenced in federal court to three months in prison after being found guilty of offering a $25 bribe to an army officer. The court heard testimony that the bribe was offered to Lieut.
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Milwaukee
Myron Sidney Landau
Chicago
Army Officer Seeks Advance Notice on Material Release
Herman Ferguson, an army officer at the plant, attempts to obtain advance information about the release of excess materials.
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Tribune
Herman Ferguson
Plant
Wisconsin Rapids Educator Wins Iowa Home School Scholarship
A. W. Zellmer principal of Wood County Normal in Wisconsin Rapids has been awarded a scholarship to the University of Iowa workshop on home school cooperation in Iowa City from June 14 to June 19.
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Madison
Wis
A. W. Zellmer
Wisconsin Rapids
Wood County Normal School
University of Iowa
Iowa City
War Bond Quota Reached At 73.6 Percent
Washington reports Seventh War Loan sales totaling 5.152 billion dollars to individuals or 73.6 percent of the 7 billion quota while E bond sales reach 2.333 billion or 58.3 percent of the 4 billion quota. Cuba experiences an air traffic boom.
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Washington
Cuba
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