Invasion of Okinawa Advances Across Island
Allied forces push across Okinawa toward Tobara and Awashi on the east coast as the 24th corps breaches the island’s waist with a two day drive. Airfields at Katena and Yontan host captured planes while land based bombers join carrier aircraft in the push toward Naha and the island’s northern defenses.
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Guam
24Th Corps
Okinawa
Nakagusuku Bay
Katena
Yontan
Ryukyu Island
Japan
John R. Hodges
Tobara
Awashi
Associated Press
Grant
24Th Army Corps
Naha
Long
Island
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr
Tenth Army
Japs Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Kerama Islands
Kume
Kume Island
Mauermann Receives Air Medal for Mediterranean Air Combat
Second Lt. Willard G. Mauermann, husband of Helen M. Mauermann of 1316% 19th Street, earned the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in aerial combat in the Mediterranean theater. He pilots a B 25 Liberator with the 15th AAF and has flown over Innsbruck Linz Brenner Pass and Vienna during active operations. Mauermann, a Monroe High School graduate, worked as a furniture salesman before enlisting in March and training at Freeman Field Seymour Indiana.
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Willard G. Mauermann
Helen M. Mauermann
19Th Street
Mediterranean
Mauermann
15Th Aaf
Innsbruck
Linz
Brenner Pass
Vienna
Monroe High School
Armed Forces
Aing
Freeman Field
Seymour
Ind
First Few Days on Leyte Toughest of All
Capt Rodney H Block recounts Leyte combat as the toughest phase of his 35 months overseas service. He notes Japanese artillery fire and well organized high ground as the key challenge, with mountain guns registered on base points enabling rapid targeting.
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Leyte
Rodney H. Block
9Th Street
United States
Buna
Saidor
Aitape
New Yank Invasion Encircles Japs On Southern Luzon
American forces land at Legaspi on Luzons southeastern coast and swiftly seize the city and its airfields. U S Seventh Fleet destroyers engage Japanese artillery as Brig Gen Hanford MacNider's force goes ashore. The assault comes as 14th army corps drives toward the Bicol peninsula and recovers ground on Cebu amid continuing combat.
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Luzon
Manila
14Th Army Corps
Legaspi
U. S
Seventh Fleet
Hanford MacNider
Navy
Fifth Air Force
MacNider
H. F. McGee
Jefferson
Paris
New Orleans
Oscar W. Griswold
14Th Corps
Bicol
Alaminos
Laguan de Bay
Farmers Wives Monroe's Guests Wednesday Night
Tomorrow night marks the annual farmers night in Monroe sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Women attend at the high school auditorium and men at Turner hall, both programs start at 8 30 p m with lunch to follow. Entertainment includes minstrel acts, Prof. Russell Oakes, the Swiss comedy five, Rudy Burkhalter with accordion and vibraharp, plus Holyoke Harmony Hotshots and Barnard's Musical Maids.
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Monroe
Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Turner Hall
Russell Oakes
Gadget Genius
Five
Rudy Burkhalter
Holyoke
Harmony Hotshots
Barnard
Monroe Trade
Red Army Reaches Baden Area as Vienna Enters Fighting Zone
Russian spearheads reach the Baden area near Vienna with Third Ukrainian army units fighting in Wiener Neustadt. German reports claim heavy street fighting in Bratislava and Breslau as Russians push toward Berlin. Vienna is described as now in the fighting zone amid anti Nazi unrest in the city.
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Red Army
Baden
Vienna
London
Wiener Neu
Transocean
Wiener Neustadt
Bruenn
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Bratislava
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Malinovsky
Budapest
Berlin
Breslau
Silesia
Oder
Reich
Semmering Pass
Austrian Alps
Congress to tackle universal military training after recess
Washington reports that Congress will likely address universal military training soon after the mid April recess. Hearings are tentatively set for early May by the special House committee on postwar military policy.
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Washington
Congress
House
Special
Last Line of Defense for Mississippi Flood
Army engineers plugged gaps in the Mississippi flood defense as tributaries reached all time crests. The Mississippi and its tributaries from Iowa to the Gulf flooded, while plans moved to open the Morganza floodway to divert water into the gulf at 640000 cubic feet per second. Col George H Hudson said use appeared strongly probable within two weeks as guide levees are rushed and the fuse plug at the floodway head is surveyed for demolition. Bayou Teche is dammed near the gulf end of the floodway.
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New Orleans
Mississippi
Iowa
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Rush
George H. Hudson
U. S
Bayou Teche
Third Army Drives Toward Gotha and Kassel in Europe
Allied dispatches report the Third Army's fourth armored division advancing 19 miles east into Gotha outskirts and three quarters of the way across the Reich toward Czechoslovakia, while Kassel falls to the 80th Division in house by house combat. Berlin reports say American First Army captured Kassel. Russians seize Wiener Neustadt Me sserschmidt center near Vienna. Roosevelt declines new votes at the San Francisco conference.
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James M. Long
Paris
Zuider Zee
North Sea
Holland
Weser
Ruhr
Russ
Third Army
Germany
Reich
Third
Thuringian Forest
George S. Patton
Suhl
Czechoslovakia
Meiningen
Werra River
Seventh Army
Wuerzburg
Ansbach
Nuernberg
Berlin
Omar N. Bradley
12Th Army Group
Patton
Kassel
Fulda
Arnhem
Lower Rhine
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Hague
Saabrueck
Breman
Hannover
U. S. Ninth Army
Second Armored
Hell On Wheels
Werre River
Herford
Elbe River
U.S
2Nd Armored Division
3Rd Armored
U. S. First Army
Lippstadt
Gotha
80Th
London
Wiener Neustadt
Messerschmidt
Vienna
Stalin
University of Wisconsin approves coordinator of student services
Madison The University of Wisconsin faculty yesterday approved the appointment of a coordinator of student personnel services on the campus. The appointment by President Edwin B. Fred is to improve university services by correlating vocational guidance, social development, employment, records, admissions, and job placement with faculty and student representation.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Pres
Edwin B. Fred
Road to Berlin Distances Reported By Press
Eastern front distance from Zellin 32 miles Western front 155 miles from Werra river near Eisenach Italian front 544 miles from Reno river.
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The
Associated Press
Zellin
Western Front
Werra River
Eisenach
Reno River
Washington Roundup Congress Weighs Vinson Succession
The Senate rejected the manpower control bill on a 46 to 29 vote after a House conference report. Washington officials worry over a new RFC chief Vinson likely to be approved as director of war mobilization while James Byrnes steps down. speculation places Leo Crowley among possible successors as the United States seeks extra seats per discussions at the Golden Gate talks.
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Washingiton
Senate
House
Associated Press
Washington
Henry Wallace
Fred M. Vinson
RFC
James F. Byrnes
Leo T. Crowley
Vinson
Keted
Golden Gate
United States
Yalta
Moscow
Diplomats Debate Polish Representation at UN Peace Assembly
Diplomats speculated the San Francisco United Nations conference may have to settle Polish representation. The question of additional Russian seats in the proposed peacekeeping organization’s assembly remains under discussion.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
World Assembly
San Francisco
OPA Studies Food Situation Amid Beef Price Reversal
Investigators from the Office of Price Administration review the al lied food shortage while a House committee maps a four city tour. OPA celebrates a court reversal restoring ceiling prices to fresh beef for packers.
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OPA
Senate
Manpower Bill Faces Senate Setback After Byrnes Resignation
The senate-house conference committee’s manpower bill appears hopelessly licked in the senate. War Mobilizer Byrnes’ resignation is the harshest blow the measure has faced. Senators trusted Byrnes as a former colleague with power, more than they would another official. Vinson succeeds Byrnes, but is an old house member, making the relationship differ.
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Senate
Byrnes
Vinson
House
April Ballot Draws Little Interest in Monroe
It is a cold Easter day as Monroe voters cast a light ballot for the spring election. Early totals show about 202 ballots in Monroe with few contests, noting no county superintendent race and only a state supreme court choice between a professional politician and a professional lawyer, and a choice between youth and old age in education.
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Monroe
1St Ward
2Nd Ward
Brodhead
State Supreme Court
Mother Delivers Baby Unattended Then Rides Bicycle to Hospital
Livingston Montana reports the wife and baby daughter of a serviceman are doing well after an unattended birth. Two days later the mother rode a bicycle to the hospital with the child in her arm. Dr John A March praised Mrs Elie Worley 22 for an exceptionally good job as she arrived for surgical care. Baby weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces.
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Livingston
Mont
Elie Worley
John A. March
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Paul V. McNutt
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
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U. S. Navy
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Medicine Hat
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