Fall of Bremen and Stettin Paris Liberty Routs
Nazi forces lose ground in Italy as anti fascists seize major cities and press toward Hitler’s hideout. Mussolini reportedly captured or fled, patriots gain ground in Lombardy and Piedmont, with Genoa and Turin reporting uprisings as Axis troops retreat under pressure from Allied advances. Russian bid at UN looms, while Molotov alerts delegates in San Francisco.
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Stettin
Italy
Hitler
San Francisco
Russia
World Assembly
United States
Molotov
United Nations
Stettinius
Eden
Nations
Security Council
Council
Britain
China
France
Iran
Bennight
Washington
Opera
Aanother
Como
Genoa
Committee of National Liberation
Turin
Gallarate
Legnano
Novara
Varese
Meinfeld
Four Youths Hurt in Crash Near Brooklyn
Four youths were injured with two in dangerous condition after a motor car wreck on a side road west of Brooklyn at 12 30 a m. The Ford sedan driven by Legler failed to make a turn and left the road.
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Brooklyn
Ote Ave
Legler
Hitler Stand-In to Lead Final Battlefield Moments
AP reports a stand-in, August Wilhelm Bartholdy a former Plauen grocer, will impersonate Hitler as the führer fights to the last barricades. Bartholdy trained to mimic Hitler at Berchtesgaden and will appear with Hoffman and propaganda staff to film the final moment on the battlefield.
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Hitler
Stockholm
Tne
August Wilhelm Bartholdy
Plauen
Fuehrer
Berchtesgaden
Bartholdy
Hoffman
Meat Ration Rules Tighten as May Supplies Fall Short
OPA estimated that 99 percent of the available meat supply will require ration points during May, with total civilian meat available about 2 percent less than current. Civilians will see beef shortfalls of about 9 million pounds versus April while veal lamb mutton and pork supplies rise slightly. New point values apply to veal lamb and all lower grades, with cheese and margarine also affected under the extended rationing plan.
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OPA
Ptnate
Senate Food Investigating Committee
Washington
Chester Bowles
Postal Receipts Rise Sharply in First Quarter 1945
Postal receipts for the first quarter of 1945 totaled 16,500.39, up from the same period last year at 15,280. The 1940 quarter was 10,794.54. The postal savings department holds 1,100 accounts with deposits totaling 1,429,643, up from December 31, 1944 at 1,260,758. The current total marks a local high for postal savings.
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Postal Savings Department
Firemen Elect at Monthly Meeting
Monroe Fire Department members elected new officers at the monthly meeting held Tuesday evening in City Hall. Narry Aulvright was chosen secretary, Otto A. Kundert was elected treasurer, William Grueb took the post of amusement treasurer, and E M Churchill was named trustee.
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Narry Aulvright
Monroe
Association
Otto A. Kundert
William Grueb
E. M. Churchill
Airmen Celebrate Double Strike on Hitler Lair and Berchtesgaden
London reports RAF Liberators and RAF Lancasters joined an explosive follow up to the Berchtesgaden raid striking Freilassing and Hitler's alpine fortresses. Coordinated assault involved 350 RAF Lancasters with American and British escort. heavy bombing disrupted defenses and rail links. Nine Spitfires claimed eight enemy planes with minimal losses.
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London
RAF Liberators
Freilassing
Hitler
Eagle Nest
Berchtesgaden
Kehisten
Noctstesgaden
U. Eighth
15Th Air Forces
Eighth Air Force
Skoda
Pilsen
Anti
15Th Air Force
Fuehrer
Berlin
Petain Makes Final Lap of Swiss Return Trip
Marshal Philippe Petain reached Vallorbe at 4 37 p m awaiting arrest by French officers on treason charges. He traveled from Weesen with his wife in a four car caravan led by a motorcycle escort passing Olten earlier, amid a small welcome at Waedenswyl with flowers for Mme Petain.
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Weesen
Switzerland
Marshal Philippe Petain
France
Olten
Vallorbe
Waedenswyl
Mme. Petain
Girl Scouts Plan Fat Collection Drive This Saturday
Girl Scouts will collect waste fat in the city Saturday as part of an end of month drive. Housewives have brought fat to the market for red points, while scouters note a drop in pounds collected. Scouts will return points after weighing. Contact Mrs Henry Tschudy if no one calls for the fat.
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Marmive Anne Ovus
Henry Tschudy
Shriners Plan Ladies Night In Green County May 15
Green County Shrine club officers set committees for the ladies night program to be held May 15 at the Masonic temple. L. O. Schmidt leads the temple group, with Dr. T. L. Durner A. R. Neushwander R. £. Erickson and Ray A. Young on banquet duties. E. R. Johnson Christ Buhlman and O. N. Johnson head dining room. The secretary invites all Masonic bodies to attend the Chant ers program. Dinner at 7 p.m.
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Ouiers
Green County Shrine Club
L. O. Schmidt
T. L. Durner
A. R. Neushwander
R. £. Erickson
Ray A. Young
E. R. Johnson
Christ Buhlman
O.N. Johnson
Masonic Temple
May salvage drive aims to boost war material collection
Green County leaders Rev Al Klas and Ernie Hayes announce a May salvage push for paper and tin. Regular county pickups occur the last Saturday each month at Monroe corners, with clergy and businesses urged to promote the drive.
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Green County
al Klas
Brodhead
Ernie Hayes
Monroe
Father Klas
Little Angels of Mercy
Red Arrow Division Marks Third Anniversary in World War II
Milwaukee dispatch recounts the 32nd Division known as the Red Arrow born in the Wisconsin Michigan National Guard. It trained at Camp Beauregard and Camp Livingston, sailed from Adelaide for Australia, then fought in Buna New Guinea and Leyte Luzon. Commanded by Maj Gen Edwin Forrest Herring, the unit endured heavy casualties and remains largely composed of replacements.
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Milwaukee
Red Arrow
Wisconsin-Michigan National Guard
Luzon
Philippines
Adelaide
Austin
Camp Beauregard
Camp Livingston
Wisconsin National Guard Review
Douglas McArthur
32Nd
Buna
New Guinea
Australia
Camp Nearrisbane
Owen Stan
Brisbane
National Guard
Hollandia
Leyte
Lete
Michigan
Wisconsin
North Africa
Italy
States
Aitape
Saitoz
Tumbo
Selwo
Ali and
Angel
Germans flee toward Elbe as Allied lines near junction
German POWs in uniform and escaped prisoners move west across the Mulde toward the Elbe as American and Russian forces close in. Pvt. Travis Hood of La Crosse Wisconsin recalls civilians fleeing east bank crowds and two thousand refugees trying to swim before Allied machine gun fire halted further crossings.
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Mulde
East Banker
Pvt
Travis Jr. Hood
la Crosse
Wis
Elbe
Reds Break Through German Port and Berlin Front
Soviet forces captured Stettin on the Oder estuary as Rokossovsky’s Second White Russian army moved toward Kiel. Berlin fighting intensified with Russian units driving toward Rathenow and reports claim up to 6,000 German officers and men killed in the latest battles. Moscow tallies German casualties at over 11 million since January 1.
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Sonnon
K. K Rokossovsky
Stettin
Berlin
Elbe
Oder
Moscow
Stalin
Rokossovsky
Baltic
Kiel
Flaming
Rathenow
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Moscow Radio
Hitler
Russians Capture Bruenn and Verona Falls Reported
War bulletins from London and Rome relay Skynews style updates. Premier Marshal Stalin claims Bruenn, a German armament center in central Czechoslovakia, is now in Soviet hands. An unconfirmed Swiss broadcast notes a potential American Russian lineup along a broad Elbe front. Fifth Army units seize Verona near Brenner Pass approaches.
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London
Bruenn
Czechoslovakia
Stalin
Elbe
Rome
Fifth Army
Verona
Brenner Pass
Wisconsin approves record operating budget of 83 million
The Wisconsin legislature approves an operating budget of 83,486,607 for the next biennium after unanimous Senate concurrence with the Assembly. Five Senate amendments were rejected or withdrawn. The measure goes to Governor Goodland. The bill surpasses the governor's request by 329,080 and exceeds the prior biennium by 4,402,600.
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Madison
Wisconsinegislature
Senate
Assembly
Goodland
Eastern Western Allies Not Yet Officially Joined
AP reports rapid Allied advances in Europe with Bremen captured by the British Second Army, Elbe near Berlin, and Patton's Third Army closing toward Austria, Munich, and the Danube as fronts converge. Ninth and Russian forces link near Berchtesgaden while Czech regions face potential encirclement.
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Paris
Bremen
Burger Park
Third Army
Austria
Munich
Patton
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Ruhr
Hitler
Third
Berchtesgaden
Lowland
52Nd
Elbe
Ninth Army
Berlin
Red Army
Arneburg
Nazidom
Fist Army
Albany Scrap Paper Depot Destroyed in Fire
A fire at the Albany scrap paper station in the Harry Whitcomb building caused complete destruction shortly before noon. Firefighters battled a two hour blaze while the welding shop portion remained unharmed. The tin roofed building, once a garage and blacksmith shop, was incinerated as burning paper sparked nearby threats.
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Albany
Harry Whitcomb
Thorne
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