Officials Saw Wheat Surplus Amid Export Pressures
Washington officials warned seven months ago of a wheat surplus this spring after a record crop. The 1945 harvest reached about 1.405 billion bushels, prompting plans for a large reserve and supplies for domestic use, export, and livestock feed. Despite measures implemented March 1 to curb domestic use, exports may fall short by 25 to 50 million bushels.
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Associated Press
Washington
Anderson
Mid- Il
Mar
Neprud to preside at spring Boy Scout program
Judge Lincoln Neprud, president of the Gateway area council, will chair the county wide Boy Scout program Wednesday evening. Scout executive Tike Gunna will guide the event which opens at 8 p m. The public is urged to attend and support the boys' achievements.
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Lincoln Neprud
Gateway Area Council
Run
Tike Gunna BF Rouse
Sheriff Ends Search for Defendant in Gambling Complaint
Muskogee sheriff confirms no longer pursuing a defendant listed as see below on the gambling complaint. The county attorney’s office prepared the form and issued a warrant for see below alongside other defendants. No custody yet for the see below entry.
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Muskogee
Okla
Tom Jordan
Teeth Growth in Children From First to Wisdom Teeth
The article explains stages of dentition from first teeth at ages five to six to the emergence of the second set, including front teeth loosening, the 12 extra teeth appearing, and canine teeth by age eleven. It notes the loss of milk teeth by age twelve and the late appearance of wisdom teeth, typically between ages 18 and 25.
First Army Led Key WWII Breakthroughs Amid Patton Praise
In this remembrance, the First Army is credited with the major Allied advances in France and Germany, including Cherbourg, St Lo, Paris, Remagen, and the Ruhr, under Generals Bradley and Hodges. It notes Patton’s Third Army contributed but asserts the First Army earned primary acclaim.
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Berlin
Ger
United States
George Patton
Third Army
Patton
St. Lo
Paris
Rhine
First Army
Georgie Patton
Cherbourg
France
Metz
Germany
Aachen
Ludendorff
Remagen
Maurice Rose
Rose
Ruhr
Elbe River
Europe
Omar N. Bradley
Missouri
Courtney H. Hodges
Geo
U. S. Army
Repatriation Order For German Who Married Wisconsin Woman
An order from the U S immigration and naturalization service calls for the repatriation of Rudolph Weiler a German immigrant who wed a Wisconsin Rapids woman in 1945 He will be allowed 30 days to settle affairs before being taken to Ellis Island and sent to Germany President Truman directed the attorney general to issue the basis for the order.
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Philadelphia
Rudolph Weiler
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Weiler
Ellis Island
N. Y
Germany
Truman
Attorney General's Office
Immigration Service
Three janitors face a brownout window retrofit in Chicago
In Chicago three city janitors plan a wartime blackout paper removal at the central police building to save electricity after a city brownout order. They estimate about 500 windows are covered and note the paper is fastened firmly. They foresee tackling 500 more once completed.
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Chicago
Central Police
James Tobin
Tobin
Car driver loses control. halts near parked car
Traffic Policeman J H Simonsen sees a car veer across the street then screech to a stop near a parked vehicle. The driver hands him the steering wheel and says, I don’t know what happened, while Simonsen suggests calling a mechanic.
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Salt Lake City
J. H. Simonsen
Simonsen
Restoration of Kharkov locomotive plant nears completion
The Kharkov locomotive plant, Russia's oldest of its kind, is nearing full restoration and will soon produce powerful Diesel locomotives, signaling a return to heavy rail manufacturing.
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Kharkov
Russia
Free illustrated leaflet on the Seven Wonders of the World
A rare offer invites readers to obtain a free copy of an illustrated leaflet titled Seven Wonders of the World by sending a self addressed stamped envelope to Uncle Ray care of this newspaper.
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Uncle Ray
Seven Join Kiwanis Club At Noon Luncheon
Seven La Crosse businessmen and professionals joined the Kiwanis club at a noon luncheon in the Stoddard hotel Tuesday. Leaders included Walter Goode and Cecil V. Peterson with sponsors Arthur Hoff and Frank Wilkinson. An Lensielsow junior high orchestra conducted by Alvin Saterbak performed Pomp and Circumstance and other selections.
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la Crosse Busiess
Kiwanis Club
Stoddard
Walter Goode
Clinton L. Sequist
Cecil V. Peterson
George A. MacLachlan
David Cordry
George Bauer
Stanley Andrzejewski
Arthur Hoff
Frank Wilkinson
Frank Hoeschler
John Ward
Clyde Bourrett
Otto Sands
Rayc
Nazis forged Bank of England notes pulped in Britain
British authorities say counterfeit Bank of England notes seized during the war were later pulped and repurposed into high grade writing paper to minimize monetary disruption and recycle damaged currency.
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Bank of England
Britain
Infrared Army Signals Traced To German Japanese Sets
Northwestern University reports on a WWII infrared signaling system used by German and Japanese troops. W S Huxford and A H Nethercot Jr describe outpost to front-line communication via narrow infrared beams, with ranges from two to ten miles and peacetime uses noted.
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Evanston
Inl
Northwestern University
W. S. Huxford
A. H. Nethercot, Jr
Department of Physics
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Army
Navy
Huxford
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