Neutrality Pact With Japan Declared Meaningless by Molotov
The Soviet Union denounced its neutrality pact with Japan saying Tokyo helps Germany against Russia. Foreign Commissar Molotov told the Japanese ambassador the accord has lost its meaning as Japan fights the United States and Britain, with the note delivered amid a Japanese cabinet crisis.
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London
Russia
Japan
Tokyo
Germany
Moscow Radio
Vyacheslav Molotov
United States
Great Britain
Molotov
San Francisco
Soviet Union
Britain
Stettinius
Washington
Stalin
Russians Fight Into Greater Vienna Amid Eastern Front Updates
Moscow dispatches report Russians crossing Danube to join assault on Vienna area while Germans defend the capital. Soviet notes say Zhukov’s forces near Berlin prepare for possible joint action with American troops. The Soviet Union denounces the Japan alliance as it seeks a stance ahead of the San Francisco conference.
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London
Vienna
Moscow
Danube
Bratislava
Austria
Hitler
Germany
Baden
Schwechat
Deer Park
Budapest
Berlin
Gregory K. Zhukov
Oder
Neisse
Okinawa Battle Advances as U S Forces Break Japanese Resistance
Aboard Admiral Turner's flagship off Okinawa the U S Tenth Army pushed southward 500 to 2000 yards against growing Japanese opposition while moving three to five miles north with minimal resistance. The 24th Corps faced heavy fire near Machinato air strip and Naha, the 77th division pressed down a ridge but stalled by mortars near Nakagusuku. Marines of the Third Amphibious Corps advanced up the Ishikawa Isthmus amid sporadic cave resistance. Civilians report few Japanese in the north, yet air spotters note enemy presence ahead of the front.
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Turner
Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
U. S. Tenth Army
Naha
Machinato
77Th Division
Nakagusuku
Third Amphibious Corps
Ishikawa
Yanks Win Masbate Island and Hong Kong Bombing Raid
American forces report Masbate City captured on Masbate island with help from guerrillas as 40th division secures the island. B-24 type bombers escorted by fighters raid Hong Kong docks Kowloon Taikoo causing fires after targeting shipping. General MacArthur notes continued oil shipment difficulties for Japan.
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Yanks
Masbate Island
Hong Kona
Manila
Masbate
Philippine Island
Rapp Brush
Hong Kong
China Sea
Kowloon
Taikoo
MacArthur
Japan
Government Seizure Hope Hinted By Ickes Over Mines
Solia Fuels Administrator Ickes said he expected a seizure order for States Steel Corp. and that 20 more firms will stay shut pending a new contract. The plan aims to keep operations halted until a negotiated agreement is reached.
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Washington
Solia Fuels
Ickes
States Steel Corporation
Advance Bill Allows Farmers to Slaughter Animals
The measure would limit killings to eight animals per farmer each year. The senate, by a 24 to 2 vote, refused to defeat the bill and ordered it enrolled for final action.
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Senate
Japanese Cabinet Resigns in Crisis as Suzuki Takes Lead
Tokyo broadcasts report General Kuniaki Koiso and his ministers resign amid Japan crisis. Emperor Hirohito asks Admiral Baron Kantaro Suzuki, 77, to form a new cabinet after disasters culminate with the Okinawa invasion. Suzuki, previously semi retired, becomes privy council president.
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Kuniaki Koiso
Hirohito
Baron Kantaro Suzuki
Privy Council
Tokyo
Koiso
Okinawa
Domei Agency
Suzuki
Rural Schools End Term Early May in Green County
Spring vacation arrives early for rural schools with Bethel to close May 11 in Monroe township. Most rural schools end May 18, and the remaining 96 rural schools in Green County close May 25. Students will have three months off to help on farm homes.
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Green County
Bethel
Monroe Township
Alta Rouse
Germans Evacuate Hannover and Press Toward Elbe
Allied advances push through rain as U S Ninth and British Second Armies reach the Weser river and press toward Hannover while German columns stream east toward the Elbe. Third Army drives toward Plauen and Leipzig as Osnabrueck and Minden come within reach of Allied forces.
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Weser
Hannover
Elbe
Berlin
U. S. Ninth Army
Second Army
Hamelin
Minden
North Sea
Hamburg
Third Army
Thuringian
Saxony
Plauen
Pongration
Germany
Leipzig
Jena
Ninth Army
Brunswick
Bremen
Osnabrueck
11Th Armored
John Ault Prisoner of War Rumors Reach Father
Pfc. John Ault son of Ren Ault of Monroe reported missing since December in the European theater. A wave of Berlin broadcasts sparked notices as postcards from New York and nearby towns confirmed the claim, but official confirmation was pending with no personal message. Private Ault, with a tank destroyer battalion, had been overseas since June 1944 and last wrote November 28 from a rest camp in Luxembourg.
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Pfc
John Ault
Ren Ault
Monroe
Germany
Berlin
East
New York
Donald Yant
Lima
Amateur Monitors Club
Newton White
Bloomsburg
E. E. Alderman
Dayton
Sanford Lane
New York City
N. Y
Prisoners of War Listening Post Association
Antrim
N. H
Ault
Washington
Pfe
Lowe
Luxembourg
Farmers and wives dazzle Monroe at two-auditorium event
More than 1,500 farmers and their wives attended dual Farm Night events in Monroe. The Turner hall masculine crowd drew 900 to 1,000, while 600 to 700 women filled the high school auditorium. Rudy Burkhalter and Mark Hoesly figures highlighted a varied program hosted by local business leaders.
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Mark
Turner Hall
Culine
Henry Kundert
Sam Waelti
Will Trukenbrod
Monroe
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Thomson Bill Faces Stormy Hearing in Wisconsin
Madison reporters describe a three hour hearing on the Thomson anti gambling bill. Opponents labeled the measure unconstitutional and unjust while supporters argued it would curb slot machines and foster state pride.
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Madison
Townsend
Thomson
Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers
Attorney General's Office
Assemblyman
Assembly
City council approves leave, hires clerk, and routine notices
City Atty. Arthur Benkert requests a leave of absence for the balance of his term due to ems induction and is granted. Glen Soseman will start as city clerk immediately, a month before his term begins. The Women’s Relief corps blood plasma tag day on April 21 was approved. The Alvin F. Rote Co. encroachment on 18th Street at Triangle Cheese Co. site was denied. Justice Lamboley's first quarter report was read and approved.
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Armed Services
Arthur Benkert
Benkert
Glen Soseman
Claude Roderick
Soseman
Women’s Relief Corps
Alvin F. Rote Company
18Th Street
Triangle Cheese Co
F. Earl Lamboley
13 In This County Get WWF Citations
Thirteen Green County residents received citations from the Wisconsin War Fund at its Milwaukee headquarters for meritorious service during the campaign to raise money for WWF. Recipients include Monroe officials Rolland R. Etter chairman and Robert F. Marty secretary and others from Monroe Brodhead and New Glarus. The Wisconsin War Fund is linked to the National War Fund supporting USO and 21 other relief groups.
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Green County
Wisconsin War Fund
Milwaukee
WWF
Green County War Fund Committee
Rolland R. Etter
Monroe
Paul Zimmerman
Brodhead
Robert F. Marty
G. L. Redman
B. R. Bennett
E. D. McQuillan
New Glarus
Robert E. Hardell
Clarence W. Lengacher
John J. Burkhard
C. H. Snively
A. S. Myers
Frank A. Buehler
Frank Hoffman
National War Fund
USO
Birge Ill With Pneumonia At 93 In Wisconsin Hospital
Dr. Edward A. Birge 93 president emeritus of the University of Wisconsin is ill with pneumonia. His condition is described as fair and he was admitted to a Madison hospital on Tuesday.
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E. A. Birge
University
Madison
Edward A. Birge
University of Wisconsin
Eisenhower warns against a clean cut Nazi surrender
General Eisenhower told President Roosevelt that a clean cut German surrender is unlikely. He foresaw extensive guerrilla warfare on the western front and suggested a V E Day proclamation may come only by Allied action. He warned that dispersed German fragments would continue fighting and regions held by paratroopers, panzer and SS units would require large forces to quell.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roosevelt
White House
Europe
Eisenhower
Allied forces close on Berlin front as war advances
Paris reports the Third Army reached 132 miles from Berlin in the Schlotheim area while allies push to the Weser river near Hannover. Germans retreat toward the Elbe as the Nipponese warn of a pending invasion of Okinawa and threaten the allied assault on Japan.
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Paris
Third Army
Berlin
Schlotheim
Weser
Hannover
Pellmell
Elbe
San Francisco
Okinawa
Japan
China Envoy Says Japan Seeks Patchup with China
T Z Koo adviser to China's delegation at the world security conference in San Francisco on April 25 said Japan has been flooding Chungking with emissaries to patch up a peace with China.
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Hamilton
T. Z. Koo
China
San Francisco
Japan
Chungking
Army crosses Weser near Hamelin toward Hannover
Ninth Army tanks and infantry crossed the Weser River near Tundern south of Hamelin and moved onto roads leading toward Hannover in a daylight operation.
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U. S
Ninth Army
Weser
Tundern
Hamelin
Hannover
Pope Receives Roosevelt Envoy for Brief Vatican Audience
Pope Pius held a 45 minute private audience with Myron C. Taylor, Roosevelt's special envoy to the Vatican. The interview's subject was not disclosed.
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Vatican City
Pius
Myron C. Taylor
Roosevelt
Vatican
MacArthur Reports Mass Murder in Luzon Village
Allied troops clearing southern Luzon found in a small village the mutilated bodies of more than 300 women and children, killed by fleeing Japanese soldiers.
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MacArthur
Philippines
First Cavalry Division
Luzon
The War Front Distances Reported From Key Fronts
The AP notes distances to Berlin from three fronts. Eastern front stands 32 miles from Zellin, Western front 133 miles from west of Erfurt, and Italian front 544 miles from the Reno river region.
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The
Associated Press
Zellin
Erfurt
Reno River
Hunter Gives Interesting Account of Pacific Voyage
Coxswain William G. Hunter, son of Mrs Mildred Hunter, recalls a 12 000 mile Pacific voyage aboard a troop transport. He describes Hawaii, the Marshalls, Guam, and Pearl Harbor, the POWs, hospital cases, and his duties commanding a big gun aboard ship bound for California naval base. Hunter notes a two to three week port stay ahead.
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Hunter
United States
William G. Hunter
Mildred Hunter
Seaman Hunter
Edwin J. Gustafson
Monroe
States
Hawaii
Marshall Islands
Marshalls
Seattle
Wash
Tokyo
Roosevelt
Tojo
Pearl Harbor
California Naval Base
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