Heavy Air Raids Deliver Crippling Blow to Luftwaffe
Allied air forces rained on southern Germany as a record assault destroyed 1,013 German planes in a day. Over 2,480 enemy aircraft were knocked out in ten days, with 3,121 destroyed in the first 16 days of April, as fuel shortages hindered Luftwaffe reserves and bombers hit rail bottlenecks in Munich Regensburg and Prague.
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London
Germany
Luftwaffe
Air Force
U. S
Eighth Air Force
Carl A. Spaatz
U. S. Strategic Air Forces
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Munich
Regensburg
Prague
Harry Will Get Along Says Mother Truman Confidence
E. Truman, 92, expressed confidence in her son Harry in an interview. She said she would be out waving a flag if he had been voted in, but felt it wasn’t right to be overly happy.
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E. Truman
Reds Launch Drive To Join Third Army
Soviet forces under Marshal Ivan Konev pushed along a 33 mile front from Forst to Rothenburg across the Neisse in a push toward linking with the U S Third Army. Berlin front sections were ripped open then sealed as counterattacks raged.
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Reds
Third Army
London
Berlin
Ivan Konev
Neisse
U. S
Konev
Forst
Rothenburg
Saxony
Niesky
Dresden
U.S. Third Army
Muskau
Spremberg
Senate Bill Governs Annual State Audits in Wisconsin
The Wisconsin senate approved a bill by 22 to 2 to require annual audits of all state departments and agencies and quarterly state-finance reports. It raises the budget department's appropriation to 50,000 dollars, increases the director’s salary to 7,000 dollars, and mandates full reports on the state's financial condition.
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Simuscvis — Yey
Wisconsin Senate
Assembly
American Superforts Hit Kyushu Airfields Invasion of Ie Island
Six groups of B-29 Superfortresses bombed Kyushu airfields today to neutralize southern Japanese bases as U S troops land on Ie Island near Okinawa. Japanese aerial counterattacks in the Ryukyus and Kyushu region suffer heavy losses as Allied forces push toward Tokyo with carrier task forces engaged.
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Guam
Kyushu
Okinawa
Te Island
Tokyo
Zain Army Corps
Ie Island
Ryukyus
Ryukyus-Kyushu
Marc A. Mitscher
Fast Carrier Task Force
State Supervisor of Assessments Instructs Green County Assessors
The Green County assessors met in the courthouse with A. E. Hatch and James F. Keenan to receive annual instructions and supplies. Emphasis was placed on classifying and assessing farm lands into 40s for uniform comparisons, aided by an addressing machine to prepare rolls. The meeting included a list of attending assessors and noted Hatch’s Fond du Lac district oversight across 20 eastern Wisconsin counties.
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State
Green County
Court House
A. E. Hatch
James F. Keenan
Fond du Lac
Hatch
Department of Taxation
Rock, Green and
Dane
Green ! County
Marcus Elmer
Madison
War Bulletins Track German Defenses Near Berlin
London AP reports Russian spearheads cut the Seelow Alt Friedland road less than 20 miles from Berlin and penetrated defenses. Stalin says First Army advances. 69th division drives into eastern Leipzig outskirts. U S 9th Army on the Elbe. Ruhr pocket forces allege Model committed self destruction. Third Army negotiates surrender at Chemnitz. 90th and 26th divisions push toward Czechoslovakia frontier. Nazi radio claims Germany split by eastern and western drives with unclear details.
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London
Seelow-Alt Friedland
Berlin
U. S
Elbe
Germany
Ruhr
Walter von Model
Fifth Panzer
15Th
Model
Army Group G
Third Army
Chemnitz
Ludwig Sertorius
Third
Czechoslovakia
Nuernberg
Seventh Army
Rothenburg
Ninth Army
Magdeburg
Bremen
Dessau
Halle
Hamburg
Dresden
Emden
Oldenburg
Utrecht
Amsterdam
Pilsen
Prague
Munich
Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Holland
Netherlands
North Sea
Reelect E. J. Hoesly Chairman of Green County Board
E J Hoesly of New Glarus was unanimously reelected chair man of the Green county board in the spring session held in the circuit court room. The board voted a 10 percent salary increase for certain elected county officers, based on salaries two years prior. Hoesly will begin his 10th year as chair man and 25th as a member. Fred F Hartwig of Monroe was reelected vice chairman. Four new members were introduced: A B Scherer Monroe Ray Silver Mr Pleasant Henry Rebb Jr Jordan Edward Killingstad Albany. The roll call listed numerous county and village officials and residents from Albany Brooklyn Cadiz Clarno Decatur Exeter Jefferson Jordan Mt. Pleasant New Glarus Spring Grove Sylvester Baumgartner Washington Love York Ames Albany Brooklyn Browntown Monticello, and other towns. The first order of business proceeded to item No 7.
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C. A. Moen
Actar
Harry Smiley
Albany
Martin’ P. Flood
Brooklyn
Merrill Smith
Cadiz
Herbert Matzke
Slarno
Clifford ‘Hintzman
Decaur
Paul Schrepfer
Exeter
A. B. Dartwick
Jefferson
George Stauffacher
Jordan
J. R. Kennison
Monroe Town
Jacob Schultz
Mt. Pleasant
Milo F. Hoesly
New Glarus
A. A. Williams
Spring Grove
LeRoy Petersen
Sylvester
Ed. W. Marty
Washington
Dewey Moe
York
Everett Williams
Albany Village
Arthur Chandler
W.E Keller
Browntown
D. L. Zentner
Oaticello
Henry —Kundert
George E. Dixon
Brodhead
George W. Field
Monroe
Supervisor Hatch
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin
Door County
Illinois Line
Milwaukee
Ernesty. Sfoesly
Green County Board
The
Green
Hoesly
Fred F. Hartwig
A.B. Scherer
Ray Silver
Mr Pleasant
Henry Rebb, Jr
Edward Killingstad
Howny Adams
Edw
Bidlingmaier
Thomas M. Dunphy
N. C. Jensen
Ole Sandsey
Clarno
Percy Lichtenwainer
Decatur
E. D
Clarence W. Lovean
Lawrence H. Ames
Fred Bund
Roy Crago
Monticello
Jacob Krieg
Frank Priew
Everett Keel
First Army Near Leipzig as Allies Advance in Germany
Allied forces push toward Leipzig as First Army cracks German defenses and links with Ninth Army near Bernburg. British armor reach 30 miles to Hamburg and 15 to the Hower Elbe while Bremen holds. German counterattacks at the Elbe bridgehead are repelled by Lt. Gen. Simpson’s forces.
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Paris
Ninth
Elbe
Berlin
Third
Saxony
Plauen
Germany
Leipzig
Leipsig
Bernburg
Barby
Hamburg
Hower Elbe
AP Corr
Robert Wilson
Bremen
William H. Simpson
Bar
Second Armored
Truman Would Like To Meet Soon With Allied Leaders
President Truman told reporters he would be glad to meet the leaders of the big five Allied powers soon and would welcome General Charles De Gaulle for a meeting. He outlined foreign and domestic aims, backing Bretton Woods and reciprocal trade, keeping curfew and brownout until V E day, and not lifting the horse racing ban. The briefing noted plans to meet Molotov and De Gaulle if arrangements can be made.
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Washington
Truman
Mewsmen
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
de Gaulle
Charles de Gaulle
France
Roosevelt
Theter
Yalta
Oval Room
San Francisco
Molotov
Russia
Bretton Woods
Congress
William D. Leahy
Ketchell Rinehart Returns With Repatriated Yanks
Ketchell Rinehart and 18 other Wisconsin soldiers arrived at Fort Sheridan from prison camps in Eastern Europe. Lt Ralph E Niffenegger will appear on Our Prisoners in Germany Speak on Mutual network, sharing experiences from Oflag 64 in Poland. Niffenegger, missing since Feb 23 1944 after Anzio, was an infantry officer and long service member.
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Ketchell
Rinehart
Monroe
Ralph E. Niffenegger
Janesville
James R. Alexander
Orfordville
Wisconsin
Fort Sheridan
Ill
Germany
Poland
Niffenegger
Mutual
Times
Oflag 64
America
Anzio
Shubin
Danzig
Co. K
Fort Benning
Mildred Broughton
R. C. Broughton
Brodhead
Montgomery Ward
Kay Chesebro
Monticello
Holland
Hitler in Berlin as Swedish travelers report from Malmo
Swedish travelers arriving in Malmo said Hitler remained in Berlin over the weekend and Monday after reportedly landing at Rangsdorf airfield. They observed an army car with six motorcycles, while Allied fronts showed heavy action across central and eastern Germany including Leipzig, Nuernberg, Magdeburg, and advances toward Hamburg and the Czech border amid continued attempts to shield Berlin and pull forces from the Netherlands.
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U.S
Wurzen
Oder
Niesse
Transocean
Germany
Bohemian
Schwedt
Stettin
Oderbend
Frankfurt
Kuestrin
Zellin
Austria
Moravia
Adolf Hitler
German Transocean Agency
Hitler
Berlin
Stockholm
Malmo
Fuehrer
Rangsdorf
Allied Offensive In Italy Faces Hard Resistance Near Bologna
Allied forces fight through bitterly defended and mined terrain south of Bologna on day two of the Italian campaign. Westward, Truscott’s corps gains 1000 to 2500 yards while the right flank stalls against dense defenses. The Eighth Army presses the Po valley amid heavy prisoner captures since the April start.
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RUSC
Flanc_ army
Bologna
Italy
Lucian K. Truscott
Eighth Army
Fifth Army
John W Snyder Named Federal Loan Administrator
President Truman appointed John W. Snyder of St. Louis Missouri to be federal loan administrator. He is currently vice president of the First National Bank of St. Louis and has been a personal friend of the President for more than twenty five years.
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Washington
Truman
John W. Snyder
St. Louis
First National Bank of St
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