British Hold Line as Rommel Reinforces at Pignataro
The war report says Allied forces resisted a six day siege at Pignataro while German reserves and tanks poured in to aid a beleaguered first division between Cassino and an unidentified town. The 90th Grenadier Division, a famed Rommel unit, was brought forward to boost the German push, with heavy losses forcing a strategic choice between retreat or renewed northern reinforcements under General Harold.
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Cassino
90Th Wer Grenadier
Erwin Rommel
Africa
Harold - In
Child Killed By Gas Truck In Wisconsin Tragedy
Donald J. Laszewski, 15 months old, son of Mr and Mrs Laszewski of Eau Pleine, was fatally crushed Tuesday afternoon when run over by a gas truck in Point Wisconsin. The accident occurred in the town of Eau Pleine, shocking the local community and prompting a brief investigation by authorities.
Deliveries From Two Plants Halted
Milwell halted deliveries at two plants after inside men failed to report, disrupting supply lines in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee
Milwell
Conference In China Revives Unity Hope
In Chungking the arrival of Lint Tso-Han stimulates talks between Communists and Kuomintang rulers as they seek unity against Japan. Lin notes that medical supplies for Communists are seriously needed amid the long civil conflict.
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China
Chungking
Japan
Lint Tso-Han
Kuomintang
Chiang
Lin
GOP Aims 50 Percent Tax Cut After War End
Washington report shows the postwar tax study committee aiming for about a 50 percent overall tax reduction when hostilities end. Chairman Reed of New York and other House Republicans plan to decide how to distribute the cuts, with the group viewing the plan as central to the GOP tax plank.
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Washington
Reed
Republican Committee
House
Urges Consolidation of U S Army and Navy
Former Secretary of the Navy Daniels testified for consolidation arguing the army and navy must merge to avoid a breakdown in defense. He cited past war lessons and warned that parallel arms working separately led to division and defeat, urging unified command and coordination.
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U. S. Army
Navy
Daniels
Roosevelt
Army and Navy
Raleigh, N.C
Larry Allen Returns After War Prisoner Exchange
Larry Allen, AP war correspondent and 1941 Pulitzer winner, was released after 20 months as a prisoner of war. He had been captured by Italians near Chieti, then handed to Germans after the armistice, and held in a Polish camp before being exchanged for 700 Germans.
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Larry Allen
Associated Press
Allen
Tro
Chieti
Poland
Alien
Doris Duke Enrolls At Training Center
Mrs. Doris Cromwell, tobacco heiress, enrolls at the United Seamen's Service training center at Oyster Bay. The center says she is studying to volunteer as a de jure attendant for convalescent men, a program established two years ago with Roosevelt and the late Major.
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New York
Doris Tobacco
Ec Cromwell
United Seamen's Service Rest Center
Oyster Bay
L. L
Strike Leaders Fear War Plant Seizure Amid Labor Stand
Foremen and union counsel spar over wartime production as 50,000 workers idle. Officials warn the War Labor Disputes Act could seize plants if the strike persists. Navy and government observers stress production ties to critical aircraft and torpedo planes. An amendment proposes banning supervisory foremen unions under the Smith Connally act.
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Walter M
Arnold
United States
David
Keys
National Labor Relations Board
Ernest M. Pace
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Navy
Briggs Company
Pacific
Pace
Davis
Nelson
Washington
Mich
Shafer
Dad 100 Years Old Soldier Gets Furlough
A 100 year old father in New York wrote to the president asking his son, a pilot with 12th Air Force in Italy, to come home. William Hassett forwarded the request, which led to a furlough after the son completed 100 missions abroad. The elder Hasler, a retired gardener, is the father.
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Dad
Soldier
United States
Italy
Father
Nan Street
N. Y
William Hassett
Adjutant General's Office
12Th Airforce Headquarters
Hasler
Funds Proposed for 1945 U S Farm Census
The Senate added funding for a nationwide farm census next year as part of the $242,716,700 appropriation for 1945 covering state, justice and commerce departments. A $7 million fund for the census was held up amid wartime feasibility questions.
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Washington
Senate
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Boy Scout Guidance Urged By Rickenbacker
World War I ace Edward V. Rickenbacker urged a national Boy Scout program to guide American teens amid war conditions. He warned of lost boys adrift without discipline, education, or purpose, noting family wartime sacrifices and homefront turmoil.
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New York
Edward V. Rickenbacker
America
Map Adjustments In Foundry Industry
Washington WPB wage and price actions aim to boost the foundry and forge sectors. The War Production Board estimates 20 000 additional workers, mainly laborers, must be recruited immediately to meet fall production goals. WPB officials say current wage rates are too low to attract and retain workers, being frozen before Pearl Harbor.
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Washington
WPB
War Production Boards
Nelson
Pearl Harbor
Clark County Sheriff Case Is Considered
Gov. Goodland said he had the case of Clark County Sheriff Ray Kutsche under advisement. Kutsche faced charges of permitting operation of slot machines after a six week old hearing before Leo E. Isaksen, who had reported on a similar St. Croix county case.
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Madson
Wis
Goodland
Ray Kutsche
Clark County
Kutsche
Leo E. Isaksen
George Evans
St. Croix County
Ration Clerk Charged With Gasoline Stamp Fraud
Cleveland exposed a federal warrant charging Robert A. Dissauer, clerk of Cuyahoga County’s largest ration board, with feloniously purloining 5000 gasoline ration coupons and a ration bank certificate for 538000 gallons. Assistant DA Lee Howley cited board No. 6 defalcations as the probe’s result.
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Cleveland
Robert A. Dissauer
Cuyahoga County
Lee Howley
City considers truck routes to ease street wear
The state planning board proposed two north south truck routes to skirt the city. One would extend Third Street from South Avenue to Gillette Street, the other a new street east of the Burlington railroad. Local groups will study the plan and suggest changes as council allocates funds for Logan and Central high school repairs and bids for two stokers.
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State Planning Board
Third Street
South Avenue
Gillette Street
Burlington Railroad
Planning Board
Common Council
Board of Education
Logan
Central
Alderran O. Schultz
Henry Meyer
Donald J. Lyden
Schultz
French Island
E. C. Swarthout
Campbell
Board of Public Works
City Highway
King Street
No. 3
Texas Soil Diversity exceeds a thousand types
A Texas study catalogues more than 1,000 soil types across the state highlighting vast underground diversity. Researchers note varying textures colors and mineral compositions shaping agriculture and ecology.
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Texas
Marine Pfc Richard Harris loses his dog tags on Eniwetok
A Jap machine gun bullet ripped away dog tags from Marine Pfc Richard A Harris of Beloit Wisconsin during fighting on Eniwetok atoll. A second burst struck his chest but he remained upright and later received aid from a corpsman. Harris is the son of Mr and Mrs Fred Harris.
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Pacific
Richard A. Harris
Beloit
Wis
Eniwetok Atoll
22Nd Marine Regiment
Harris
Fred Harris
Stassen Has Chance Says Gov Goodland
Gov. Goodland says Lieut. Col. Harold E. Stassen still has a shot at the Republican presidential nomination if Chicago deadlocks. He adds he would vote for Stassen as a delegate and plans a light campaign for his own bid. He declined to comment on the Reform convention platform.
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Madison
Wis
Goodland
Harold E. Stassen
Chicago
Minnesota
Knox Left $2 Million Estate in Will Filed for Probate
Navy Secretary Frank Knox who died April 28 left an estate estimated by executors at $2 million. The will shows his Chicago Daily News stake and other holdings go to his widow Annie Reid Knox.
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Chicago
Navy
Frank Knox
Writer testifies FCC chief threatened libel over planned article
Greta Palmer of Reader's Digest told a House committee that Wendell Willkie suggested the piece and directed her to Bill Paley and NBC executive contacts. Palmer quoted FCC Chairman James Fly as warning the article would have a fallacious legal standing and that he would not assist the writer.
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Washington
Reader's Digest
Congressional Committee Today
Federal Communications Commission
Wendell Willkie
FCC
James L. Fly
Greta Palmer
New York
Special House
Rep. Miller
R-Mo
Fly
Met
Miller
Miss Palmer
Bill Paley
Columbia Broadcasting System
Niles Trammell
National Broadcasting Company
Broadcasting Magazine
Mutual Chain
Willkie
Paley
Jonkher Diamond Discoverer Dies On South African Farm
Jacobus Jonkher, discoverer of the 726 carat Jonkher diamond found in the Transvaal in 1934, died on a farm in the Transvaal. The gem was purchased by New York dealer Harry Winston for 280000 dollars and later cut and sold in pieces.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Jacobus Jonkher
Jonkher
Transvaal
Harry Winston
New York
Formula Found On Ballbearing Problem
The Aftonbladet in Stockholm reported today that a formula has been found for settling Sweden's dispute with the Allies over shipments of Swedish ball bearings. Germany and Washington discussions consider actions to stop Turkish exports to Germany.
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London
Aftonbladet
Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
A Reuters
Washington
Obituary Harvey T Taylor former La Crosse postal clerk dies in Minneapolis
Harvey T Taylor a retired postal clerk and former La Crosse resident died at his Minneapolis home on May 4 He moved to Minneapolis 20 years ago and the Taylor family had lived at 1702 Madison Street He is survived by his wife Barbara three sons Harold T Louisville Ky Roy A Everett Wash and John H Sioux Falls S D a daughter Mrs Alice Cannon Los Angeles Calif five grandchildren and two sisters in aura
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Harvey T. Taylor
la Crosse
Minneapolis
Taylor
Madison Street
Barbara
Harold T
Louisville
Roy A
Everett
Wash
John H
Sioux Falls
S. D
Alice Cannon
Los Angeles
Calif
Ole A. Borseth Dies After Short Illness
Ole A. Borseth, 79, of 1521 Farnam Street, died in a local hospital early Wednesday after a short illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
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Ole A. Borseth
Farnam Street
Justice Court Fines Issued in Virequa Reckless Driving Case
Ramon Olson fined 10 and costs for reckless driving. Jesse J. Hair fined 10 and costs for reckless driving and 5 and costs for operating a vehicle without a driver's license. John Adney fined 1 and costs for illegal parking on highway.
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Virequa
Wis
Ramon Olson
Jesse J. Hair
John Adney
Real estate transfers in King 22nd corner and Onalaska
Sydney E. Pavek and wife transfer property at the southeast corner of King and 22nd streets to Howard Dahl. Joseph Callaway and wife deed land in Shelby to Steve E. Lowell and wife. Ingemar Jorstad and wife convey Onalaska property to Richard H. Kleinsmith and wife. Ida Page sells Onalaska property to Harvey Kleinsmith and wife. Harvey Cronk and wife transfer Onalaska property to Gordon M. Scoville and wife.
Lacrosse Drunken Disorderly Case and Fish Seizure
Jessie Minshall known as Jerry Paradise, 36, pleaded guilty to fornication with WO John Scully, 41, of the 302nd Field Artillery at Camp McCoy on 925 Main St. Judge R V Ahlstrom fined $100 and costs. Police found the couple at 3:55 am for disorderly conduct. Scully released to return to camp. Adolf Bauman, 615 South Suh, ordered to pay $20 and costs for possessing game fish pike during the closed May 14 season in La Crosse.
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Jessie Minshall
Jerry Paradise
John Scully
302Nd Field Artillery
Camp McCoy
Main Street
R. V. Ahlstrom
Adolf Bauman
South Suh Street
la Crosse
Wisconsin Plans Resources Study For Northern Region
Governor proposes forming a commission to study northern Wisconsin resources to boost development and state revenues. He cited Tomahawk clay deposits, Amberg granite, and iron and copper prospects as examples, with the commission to mirror the state aeronautics advisory board.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
De.cayer
State Aeronautics Advisory Board
Open Bids For Oiling State Roads In Area
Reynolds division engineer of the state highway commission announced bids for applying bituminous material in the division. D A Senn Osseo offered the low bid of 2553.60 for 114000 gallons of oil on Buffalo county jobs. Milling Co of Lake Delton Wisconsin bid 4320 for 216000 gallons on Jackson county job. Iowa Road Building Co of Des Moines bid 4004 for 6000 gallons on Clark county routes 73 95 and 98.
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Iowa Road Building Company
Clark County
Itue
Des Moines
Melchior Files Nomination Papers for 8th District
Madison Wisconsin reports Walter P. Melchior of Appleton has filed nomination papers with the secretary of state as a candidate for Congress from the 8th district. He is the first congressional candidate to file.
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Madison
Wis
Walter P. Melchior
Appleton
Secretary of State
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Leona Peters
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Doris Duke
Training Center
Lacrosse Recreation
U. S S
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Main
State
Wen and Women
Write Tribune
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Gov. Goodland
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