P M Gelatt Dies At 68 Head Of Northern Engraving Board
Philo Madison Gelatt 68 longtime chair of the Northern Engraving company board died at his home 1326 Cass street after months of illness. He suffered a stroke in Miami Beach on December 17 and had split years between Florida and Wisconsin. Gelatt helped found National Gauge and Equipment, later Moto Meter Gauge and Equipment, and held various roles in gas and electric firms before turning to engraving. Born in Keokuk, Iowa he was linked with the Gelatt family publications and the Haas Motor Company before leading Northern Engraving from 1919 onward. He leaves a legacy in industry and civic life in La Crosse.
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Philo Madison Gelatt
Northern Wing & Manufacturing Com
Cass Street
Miami Beach
Fla
Florida
Gelatt
National Gauge and Equipment Company
The
Moto Meter Gauge and Equipment Corporation
Arate Auto-Lite Corporation
Toledo
Keokuk
James Gelatt
Roland B. Gelatt
Leader Press
Chronicle
Louisville
P. M. Gelatt
Central Gas and Electric Company
Five Die as Storms Flood Iowa and Cause Major Damage
A severe storm system hit Iowa with floods and fatalities, causing roughly one million dollars in damage across multiple counties. Emergency crews reported five deaths and widespread devastation as rivers overflowed and roads turned to fast moving floodwaters. Local officials activated disaster response plans and urged residents to seek higher ground and avoid affected highways.
Des Moines Reports Tornadoes Floods Hit Iowa
Severe storms across northwest and central Iowa injure more than 20 people, kill at least five, and damage property estimated at $1 million. The Sioux City area bore the first blows with floods and high winds, followed by destruction around Fort Dodge including homes and a factory. A Rock Island train was derailed by a washout near Casey with no injuries reported.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Rock Island
Damage by Wind Rips Through City as Storm Lashes Region
Strong winds from a storm sweeping the Root River valley caused tree damage and greenhouse glass breaks across the city. Rain amounts were reported as slightly over a tenth of an inch at Brice Prairie airport while Winona saw no rain. The line of weather began around 11 p m and ended near midnight. Rivers rose modestly in nearby towns with the Chippewa and Black rivers showing modest increases and forecasts suggesting no major Mississippi impact. Localized damage and minor flood effects were noted along tributaries and smaller streams.
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Root River Valley
Brice Prairie
Winona
A. D. Sanial
Houston
Minn
Mississippi
Durand
Theilman Bro
Hunter's Bridge
Neillsville
Ice Dealers Hearing Date Moved by WLB in Chicago
La Crosse ice and coal dealers hear date changed to Wednesday May 31 before the National War Labor Board. Mayor J J Verdhota was informed and the in date was adjusted to allow the La Crosse delegation to plead its case before the full committee. The group including labor leaders city health officials and the Chamber of Commerce will meet at 11 am in room 528 332 Michigan Avenue Chicago NJ.
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la Crosse Ice
National War Labor Board
J. J. Verdhota
Gray
la Crosse
City Health Department
Chamber of Commerce
WLB Appeals Committee
Michigan Avenue
Chiago
Iceland Votes on Establishing Republic in Referendum
Voters in Reykjavik participate in a three day referendum to ratify a parliament approved plan to sever ties with occupied Denmark and establish a new republic. The ballot asks whether to adopt the new national institution and end the existing monarchy era.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Denmark
Robbers Hold Up Chicago Savings Office
Two men held up a Chicago savings and loan office Saturday threatening cashier Mildred Barr 25 with a revolver. They escaped with an estimated five dollars and ninety cents after entering the northwest office while she was alone.
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Chicago
Mildred Barr
Savings and Loan Association
Northwest
Miss Barr
Deaf Mutes Driver Kills Baby in Madison Incident
In Madison Wisconsin on a night from a neighbor’s driveway a car backed over 16 month old Sharon Kay Sachtjen killing her. The vehicle belonged to Fay Compton and driven by Howard L Davis both deaf mutes with witnesses unable to warn them. The child’s parents are Warren and Mrs Sachtjen, her father a nephew of Circuit Judge Herman Sachtjen.
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Madison
Wis
Sharon Kay Sachtjen
Warren F. Sachtjen
Edward A. Fischer
Howard L. Davis
Fay Compton
Compton
Davis
Fischer
Herman Sachtjen
Book of gasoline ration coupons found in grain car
C E Connell of Washtucna recovered a ration book Friday after a cross country trip in a grain car. A Superior Wisconsin firm returned the book to the local rationing board saying it was found during wheat unloading. Connell claimed he did not know where the book had been lost.
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Ritzville
Wash
C. E. Connell
Superior
Wis
Connell
Senate Votes Approval Of Tax Measure
The Senate approved a tax simplification bill after a two day protest from Senator Langer. The plan revises withholding to 20 percent for most earners up to $5,000 and lets the government compute final liability from data mailed in. The bill returns to the House for technical amendments.
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Senate
Washington
House
Langer
RND
Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
U. S
Internal Revenue Collector
United States
Senate Finance Committee
Mihailovic Reported Slain By Tito's Men
A Belgrade dispatch cited by Il Regime Fascista says Gen Draja Mihailovic was assassinated by Tito’s partisans on a central Serbia highway. The report mentions the guerrilla leader was killed with Mihailovic during the attack.
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Bern
Switzerland
la Suisse
Geneva
Belgrade
Il Regime Fascista
Draja Mihailovic
Josip Broz
Tito
Serbia
Chetni
Hitler Ordered Crimea Held to Keep Turkey Out of War
A captured German colonel Hans Messinger says Hitler ordered holding Crimea to prevent its fall from drawing neutral Turkey into the war on the Allied side. He said the order came in May before Sevastopol fell and that there was no point in defending a middle line after the Perekop isthmus breakthrough. Messinger added Hitler promised reinforcements and ships. The Soviet count of officers captured listed 246, including generals and several colonels. A separate report notes the Red Army seized a German fortified height southeast of Vitebsk on the quiet north central front as Soviet forces push Berlin’s line.
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Simferopol
Crimean
Adolf Hitler
Turkey
Hans Messinger
Hitler
Sevastopol
Messinger
Crimea
Sergei Birinzov
London
High Command
Vitebsk
Berlin
Allies Land Stiff New Blows On Japs
Allied offensives in the Pacific and Southeast Asia report three bold actions. A joint Nimitz Mountbatten MacArthur force struck Soerabaja in the Dutch East Indies with a carrier raid and a land attack. American Chinese forces pushed toward Myitkyina airfield and took the garrison. Wakde island s airstrip progressed rapidly as Allied landings continued near Hollandia in New Guinea.
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Japan
Dutch East Indies
Soerabaja
Myitkyina
Burma
Wakde Island
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Indies
Chester W. Nimitz
Central Pacific
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Great Harbor
Ike Broadcast Calls Underground to Note Enemy Moves
Allied forces in Europe issued direct orders to underground units for D Day operations. Eisenhower's spokesman said the new station would relay guidance as invasion plans proceed and urged detailed tracking of enemy troops, tanks and equipment.
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London
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Allied Expeditionary Force Headquarters
Communist Party of U S Dissolved and New Group Planned
The Communist Party of the United States, in existence for 25 years, voted to dissolve as a political party and form a new non party organization. Earl Browder led the motion, calling for liquidation of party assets and turning surplus to allied war effort groups. The motion was approved unanimously by delegates from New York Illinois and California at the Riverside Plaza hotel. Browder warned dissolution could threaten national unity and ally confidence during World War II.
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NEW York —i
Communist Party of the United States
Earl Browder
Roosevelt
New York
Illinois
California
Browder
Riverside Plaza
Churchill
Stalin
Teheran
Dewey Gains 15 More Delegates
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York boosts his GOP delegate count with 15 pledged wins in Oregon precincts, narrowing the race against Bricker and Stassen. Roosevelt also gains delegates as Alabama and Alaska endorsements shift in the national convention battle.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Northwest
Oregon
Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Stassen
Alabama
W. L. Longshore
Birmingham
Longshore
Charles E. Robinson
Alaska
Utah
Chicago
Roosevelt
American Labor Party
Wagner
D-Ny
The
New Party
Ball
Allies Bomb German West Wall Defenses In Air Raid
The Allies deployed 250 Flying Fortresses and Liberators with 2,500 planes and nearly 5000 tons of bombs to strike three French airdromes and railway yards near Paris including Villacoublay Orly and Chamagne. U S loss reported two bombers and five fighters with two enemy fighters shot down. The raid followed RAF night bombers hitting four railroad targets in Berlin.
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Cologne
France
Air Ministry
Mediterranean Army Air Force
Italy
Hitler Line
Berlin
Brunswick
Germany
DNB
U. S
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Strategic Air Force
Wilhelmit
Messerschmitt
Dieppe
Valenciennes
Busigny
Formerie
Bucjy
St. Denis D’ Aclou
London
Hitler
West Wall
Villacoublay
Orly
Paris
Champagne
Ims
RAF
24 450 Idle In Nation's Labor Banks
The nation faced uneven wartime production as thousands stayed away from work while labor boards moved to settle disputes. About 24 450 employees remained idle across 17 industries, with Detroit plans for talks between Chrysler and CIO Local 490 to recall 10 000 workers. Iron ore mine strikes hit Butte and Trinidad, coal miners walked out in Birmingham, and a bus driver strike in southeast Pennsylvania affected pay boosts. Several Tacoma lumber mills closed.
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War Labor Board
Seaboard
Pacific Coast
Detroit
WLB
Chrysler Corporation
CIO United Automobile Workers Union
Birmingham
Ala
Trinidad
Colo
Butte, Mont
Anaconda
St. Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Tacoma
Wash
Tito Seeks Allied Recognition and Aid
The Associated Press interview with Marshal Josip Broz Tito, long delayed by Allied censorship, was approved for publication. An accompanying note stated the original dispatch remained intact except for passages outlining warship locations.
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Bari
Italy
Josip Broz
Tito
National Liberation Army
National Committee of Liberation
Yugoslavia
Walter Bernstein
Yank Magazine
United States
Britain
Russia
United Struggle
Associated Press
Mediterranean Command
Papermill Worker Named Lone Bandit in New London Bank Job
Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. FBI charges Earl Wing a 38 year old papermill worker and late parolee with the $1000 holdup of the First State bank in New London. Wing identified by bank official as the robber while arraignment planned in Wausau. Wing, with a long police record dating to 1924, denied the crime.
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New London
Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Earl Willard Wing
Shipdton
Wisconsin State
First State Bank of
FBI
Milwaukee
Wing
Wausau
U. S
Paul J Megan
H. A. Roberg
Romberg
Pulaski
Romberg’s
R. J. Exner
Exner
Shawano
Clintonville
Nazis Flee North as Allied Forces Advance in Italy
American Fifth Army units pushed north of Itri in Italy within 35 miles of Anzio beachhead as German resistance fell back. Allied doughboys continued pursuit after Rome’s retreat and faced only scattered opposition in the advance.
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5Th Army
Italy
Itri
Anzio
Allies Break Through Nazi Lines On Italian Front
Allied troops seize strongpoints along the Hitler line in a major advance across the lower Italian front. German forces fall back toward a switch line from Pico to Terracina as Itri Gaeta and other targets are captured. Allies report 5500 Nazis taken and large booty as the offensive tightens on the 5th.
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Terracina
Formia
Itri
Gaeta
Italy
la Spezia
Genoa
Livorno
Ala
Adolf Hitler
Rome
Sant’Oliva
Naples
Pico
Campodimele
Liri
Aquino
Pontecorvo
German 14th Armored Corps Ordered to Meet Allied Attack
A war dispatch stated the German 14th armored corps was ordered to meet Allied force in Italy at 11 p m on May 2 but the actual attack occurred at 11 p m on May 11.
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Naples
Italy
14Th Armored Corps
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Wakde’s Airdrome, Almost Without Opposition, Moved General MacArthur
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Monte Mandrone
W. W. Ehcher
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