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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1945
Page
1
Allied forces report Leipzig captured by First Army, sealing Ruhr pocket with Ninth Army. British push toward Hamburg and Elbe front, while Third Army advances toward Czech border. Prisoner tally exceeds 842,000 as Leipzig ruins house looted Nazi treasure.
Mason Dobson argues the United States cannot control global affairs alone and urges recognition of other nations’ influence at upcoming peace planning parleys. He says America does not hold all the cards in world politics.
Western front coverage notes 45 miles from Muende and Taian front at 530 miles from Menate. The brief item compiles distances indicating positions on the advancing war line and logistics updates from the Western and Taian fronts.
Final arrangements were made for the united national clothing collection drive in Monroe. Representatives from local clubs and organizations attended led by Rev. Paul C. Kehle as general chairman. The drive runs April 23 to 29 with collection stations in schools and churches. All items go to UNRRA for distribution. acceptable items include infant to adult garments, bedding, and durable footwear. some items like evening wear are not usable.
One Monroe chapter of the Woman's Relief Corps sponsors a blood plasma tag day this Saturday. Funds support national processing for plasma used at all fronts by armed forces. WRC members and volunteers will sell tags at the Wisconsin Power and Light company. Mrs Will Preston presides, with Mrs Kenneth Black and Mrs Frank A. Buehler as co chairmen.
New York Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt states in her newspaper column that she will not accept or seek any public or official position at the present time.
Navy and Army casualty totals for the Okinawa operation rise to 7 988 including 1 482 dead 4 750 wounded and 1 756 missing as U S Marines overrun the northern area and Ie Island offshore amid heavy Japanese air assaults and navy losses. New Mindanao landing advances as Gen Woodruff’s 24th division secures 35 miles of coast at Malabang Parang with light opposition.
A Chicago survey of 21 029 medical officers in the armed services shows 47 percent plan to return to practice in their former communities. More than 21 percent would practice elsewhere. The study covered about 35 percent of all medical officers on duty by the AMA committee on postwar medical service with government agencies.
Washington news today reports a cabinet shakeup likely with Perkins and Wickard leaving. Rumors say Kilgore could head agriculture and Hutson may take war food administrator duties. Byrnes perhaps named secretary of state, Stettinius aiming for a world organization post. A Polish dispute may spur a transoceanic conference among Truman Stalin and Churchill to seek settlement.
Madison Wisconsin cheesemakers urged the assembly agriculture committee to pass emergency legislation blocking national dairy firms from owning or controlling Wisconsin condenseries creameries or cheese factories while OPA rules stay in effect. George Mooney said about 300 factories have been bought or leased in two years, with farmers paid 70 cents more per hundredweight by national firms. Assemblyman Roethlisberger warned of a flood of low quality cheese if firms gain control. Opposition came from Wisconsin Producers Cooperative and Land o Lakes creameries.
London prime minister Churchill announced a solemn warning to Germany against prison camp atrocities to be issued jointly by himself Marshal Stalin and President Truman. The warning targets top leaders and foot soldiers alike, with big three discussions prioritizing the issue amid reports from Eisenhower on discoveries at camps including Weimar. A parliamentary delegation will tour captured camps to obtain firsthand proof of the atrocities.
Fifth Army troops cracked Bologna defenses and advanced to within eight miles of the city after seizing Monte Adone and Monte Rumici in a grueling sixty hour battle that opened the campaign south of Bologna.
War correspondent Ernie Pyle died on Te island in the Ryukyus after a jeep ambush. He was the 16th American killed among the first wave of 10th Army troops, known for avoiding foolish risk yet chasing frontline truth for readers back home.
The Southern Wisconsin Presbyterian conference in Madison at the Presbyterian student center accepted the Monroe Union church proposal to join. Installation is planned in about a month and the group will begin setting up new routines for the church board. Attending were Charles A. Buck and Joseph West, Monroe representatives.
A War Department release shows Wisconsin had about 1 in 20 residents in military service as of December 31, 1944. Wisconsin listed 166,810 army personnel including 3,810 WAC members, and 10,596 Marine Corps personnel, ranking high among states. From 1940 to 1944 Wisconsin acceded 194,765 servicemen with 4,765 women and had 38,965 separations including 1,055 women. Michigan figures are also noted for comparison.
Paris radio reported Berlin under Russian artillery fire as German lines faced heavy Allied air pressure. U S Eighth Air Force bombers and fighters struck railway targets in southern Reich and Czechoslovakia for the fourth day, while Berlin relays were bombed by British and Russian planes. A German spokesman said American units reached Bad Elster near Carlsbad and closed on Prague, with plans for a Berlin assault from the Elbe region. Goebbels urged wartime defiance, and reports placed Russian advances toward Hoyerswerda. In Fresno, Pvt. Hugh E. Rasmussen of Racine, Wisconsin, was among three servicemen killed in a collision near Pixley, Camp Pinedale authorities announced.
London AP reports Soviet forces have captured Seelow and Wriezen and moved within 18 miles of Berlin’s eastern edge. Berlin radio notes 2,500,000 Soviet troops driving the offensive with Forst on the Neisse river also fallen. Correspondent Karl Bluecher says the battle for Berlin is near its climax as Russians push northeast of Müncheberg and Buckow.
German resistance ended as the Second and 69th divisions cleared Leipzig and pursued snipers. Prisoners exceed 20,000 with First Army claiming more than 1,000 captives. U.S. forces seized an ME-163 jet near Polenz and a large ammunition dump near Altehhane as German defenses collapsed. Russians push toward Bautzen, Spremberg, and Berlin bridgeheads across the Spree, signaling a turning of the European war.
Eyewitness Olle Olsen, Berlin correspondent for Stockholms Morgontidningen, describes Germany’s collapse of faith and money as 1945 nears. He cites currency disdain, black market hunger, soaring prices for bread and coffee, and social fear from Berlin to Erfurt and the Oder front. Even the dead feel the strain as relief efforts exhaust what remains.
A million chicks and turkeys from Monroe will be spread across the countryside this growing season. Hatcheries halted shipments until May 1 but have dispatched thousands already. Monroe Chickeries sent 100,000 chicks and Moe Hatchery 80,000 plus 1,000 White Holland turkeys on Monday. Ward's orders total 250,000 with Gambles also shipping. The Monroe Roller Mills supplied 40,000. Business this spring has been unusually heavy.
Chinese high command announced Fancheng on the Han River recaptured completing reoccupation of all river points taken by the Japanese in northern Hupeh. The U S 4th air force targeted Japanese columns in Hunan toward the Chihkiang airbase, about 100 miles distant. Sgt Henry J Berquist, longtime Wisconsin state assembly member and 1942 Progressive candidate for lieutenant governor, was reported as a prisoner of war in Germany in February, his wife said yesterday.
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