Crisis Looms Over Argentin a Invitation At UN Conference
British American and Soviet leaders maneuver over inviting Argentina to join the UN conference as Latin American nations seek to press a broader invitation. Molotov signals possible Polish inclusion, while London and Washington brace for a potential surrender move by Himmler and a predicted Berlin capture.
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San Francisco
Argentina
Molotov
Stettinius
United States
Eden
Britain
Soong
China
Warsaw
Poland
European Cleanup Proceeds Amid Rumors of Peace
Allied forces pressed toward Berlin and Munich as American Ninth Army reached near Wittenberg while ta rgeting Hamburg and Luebeck. Russian and American units closed on Bremen and Dessau as they cut into German defenses and rumors of surrender circulated from supreme headquarters.
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Paris
Ninth Army
Wittenberg
Munich
Seventh Army
Innsbruck
Brenner Pass
Alexander M. Patch
Elbe River
Tommies
Hamburg
Luebeck
Denmark
Dessau
Apollendorf
Reisa
Dresden-Leipzig
Germany
Tiergarten
Berlin
Oslo
Moscow
Unter den Linden
Pravda
Gregory K. Zhukov
Ivan S. Konev
Reichstag
Wilhelmstrasse
Brandenburg
Ninth
Mulde
Zerbst
Supreme Headquarters
Third Army
Passau
Linz
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Salz
Berchtesgaden
Braunau
Hitler
Zeppelin
Bregenz
Lake Constance
Friederichshafen
Lindau
Fatally Injured Eau Claire Man Arthur Scoles
Arthur Scoles a 62 year old retired Osseo Wisconsin farmer died Saturday from injuries after the automobile he rode in collided with a truck in Eau Claire.
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Eau Claire
Arthur Scoles
Osseo
Wis
Stars and Stripes criticizes psycho neurosis fad for veterans
London AP reports Stars and Stripes denounces a psycho neurosis fad claiming returning veterans are all maladjusted. The paper supports honest psychiatry for those with mental illness but condemns fringe experts profiteering from veterans' trauma.
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London
Stars and Stripes
United States
Moosburg Camp Liberated by 14th Armored Division
The U S 14th Armored Division freed about 110000 Allied prisoners at Stalag 7A near Moosburg, 27 miles northeast of Munich, after a 9 mile rush to the camp. Most captives were American airmen. Red Cross rations remained. sanitary and water conditions were reported satisfactory.
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U. S. Third Army
U. S. 14Th Armored Division
Moosburg
Munich
14Th Armored
Germany
Red Cross
Vet Rehabilitation Meeting at Monroe High Auditorium
All Green county veteran groups are invited to a meeting at 8 PM tomorrow in the Monroe High School auditorium. Sponsored by the American Legion, the gathering aims to organize a new standalone setup with the goal of easing the path for returning veterans.
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Green County
Monroe High School
American Legion
McGonigle and Forehand Sought After Escape
Green county sheriff seeks Robert McGonigle aged 16 of Brown town and James Forehand aged 15 of Rice Lake who escaped custody yesterday in St. Paul. Both have reformatory records for auto theft and burglary and are known to break confinement. They have prior custody at the Green Bay reformatory and the Waukesha boys' school and have been jailed multiple times. Officers warn a future capture may bring a harsh court response.
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Green County
Robert McGonigle
Browntown
James Forehand
Rice Lake
St. Paul
Green Bay Reformatory
Waukesha
Woman, 19, Dies After Fall From Capitol Bank Window
Helen Garthwaite Waite, 19, of Bloomington Wisconsin, fell to death from a seventh floor window of a bank building on Capitol Square. She had worked in an office there since February 1944. Parents are Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Garthwaite.
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Madison
Helen Garthwaite
Bloomington
Wis
Capitol Square
Melvin Garthwaite
Execution Camps Near Hitler Jail Cell Described by Reporter
Louis P. Lochner reports near Landsberg prison, concentration camp No. 4 housed nearly 4,000 Jews. He describes charred bodies, naked skeletons, and burning hovels as German civilians and 250 German visitors witnessed the aftermath, with Col. Edward F. Seiller leading the grisly tour and condemning the atrocity.
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Louis P. Lochner
Landsberg
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Edward F. Seiller
Louisville
12Th Armored Division
Seiller
Col. Seiller
Gestapo
Concentration Camp No. 4
Dachau
Munich
Gamp No. 2
Yanks Decry Kamikaze Attack on Hospital Ship
American troops furious over a Japanese pilot’s assault on a Red Cross hospital ship evacuating wounded near Okinawa. The incident prompted sharp public condemnations from Vice Admiral Turner and Lt. Gen. Buckner. Nimitz reported 11 413 American casualties on Okinawa through Friday.
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Guam
Associated Press
Vern Haugland
Richmond K. Turner
Third Fleet
Simon Bolivar Buckner
10Th Army
Turner
Fleet Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Okinawa
Schutt on Comfort Only Monroe Youth On Ship
Eldon C. Schutt, a member of the Army Medical Corps dental clinic, is the only Monroe youth listed on the U S S Comfort. The ship was set after a prior bombing scare. Schutt had informed his parents a week earlier about a previous alert during which the intruder was shot down.
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Monroe
U. 8
S. S. Comfort
Eldon C. Schutt
Army Medical Corps Dental Clinic
Frank Schutt
7Th Street
Schutt
U S S Comfort Bombing Sinks Off Okinawa
The fully loaded unarmed U S S Comfort was attacked fifty miles south of Okinawa. Twenty nine killed and thirty three wounded with one missing. Among the dead were six army nurses and five army medical officers.
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Okinawa
U. S. S. Comfort
Base Restriction On Construction Eases After V E Day
Washington bars on civilian building lowered as WPB offers manufacturers priority aid to add or alter plants for civilian goods production. Agencies extend help for machine tools and peacetime equipment to all industries. Production officials drop forty one minor restrictions to prep for peacetime shift. War manpower officials map plan for the year after Germany's collapse anticipating idle workers in early quarters.
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Washington
WPB
Europe
War Manpower Commission
Germany
War bulletins report Eastern front advances and Italian push
The Second White Russian army captured the Baltic port Greifswald cutting off Swinemunde naval base and the Peenemunde V bomb research station. Tito's Yugoslav army seized Trieste with American Broadcasting station in Europe losing control. The American Fifth army entered Turin today.
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London
Baltic
Greifswald
Swinemuende
Peenemunde
Stalin
New York
Tito
Trieste
Europe
Rome
Fifth Army
Turin
Monroe clothing drive ships aid to European refugees
Monroe's drive ended with a carload of clothing contributed for shipment to overrun countries in Europe. Rev. Paul C. Kehle the Monroe chairman said the county drive will continue through May while the city drive has finished and packing will be completed by Wednesday.
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Monroe
Europe
Paul C. Kehle
Fatal Car Wreck Near Cottage Grove Claims Uphoff Life
Gerald Uphoff, 34, of Cottage Grove Wisconsin, was killed yesterday when his car collided with another 17 miles east of here. His wife Leone, 21, and Clyde Pierce of Tomah were hospitalized at Baraboo with serious injuries.
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Gerald Uphoff
Cottage Grove
Wis
Here
Uphoff
Leone
Clyde Pierce
Tomah
Baraboo
Wisconsin Independent Retail Sales Rise in March 1945
Independent retailers in Wisconsin reported a 19 percent sales gain for March 1945 over March 1944 and a 32 percent rise over February 1945, according to the bureau of census.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Bureau of Census
Bernadotte Meets Himmler in Border Conference
Free Danish press reports Count Folke Bernadotte met with Gestapo chief Heinrich Himmler at Aabenraa on the Danish German border. Swedish officials flew to Denmark and a second meeting allegedly followed within two days.
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Churchill
Commons
Whitehall
Germany
Himmler
Atlantic
Norway
George Lindemann
Denmark
British Press Association
Stalin
Berlin
Moscow
London
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Italy
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Folke Bernadotte
United States
Britain
Gestapo
Malmo
Sweden
Henrich Himmler
Aabenraa
Foreign Office
Bernadotte
Hamburg
Allied forces declare end of German resistance in Italy
General Mark Clark announces the German armies in Italy have been virtually eliminated after a 22 day offensive by the U S Fifth and British Eighth armies. More than 120000 prisoners captured as Milan Venice and Genoa fall and the front pushes toward the Swiss border.
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Rome
Mark Clark
15Th
Italy
U. S
Clark
Germany
Fifth Army
Eighth Army
Piave
Milan
Venice
Genoa
Mussolini Shot in Back Hung by Heels in Milan
Benito Mussolini and 17 Fascist leaders were executed by Italian patriots near Como and their bodies were displayed publicly in Milan. Mussolini died after being shot in the back while fleeing to Switzerland, with witnesses describing the brutal posthumous display and crowd reaction.
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Mussolini
Milan
Benito Mussolini
Claretta Petacci
Guilano de Mezzergere
Como
Rodolfo Graziani
Switzerland
Graziani
Truman Says No Official Surrender Report Yet
Washington AP The White House stated President Truman will report end of European hostilities only when official and authorized for release. Press Secretary Daniels had no info on a possible conference or any immediate surrender announcement.
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Connally
Stettinius
Edward Stettinius
Sen
Tom Connally
Texas
Converse
United Nations Security Conference
San Francisco
Germany
Truman
Washington
White House
Jonathan Daniels
Daniels
Great Britain
Russia
Heinrich Himmler
Moscow
Himmler
Hitler
Gestapo
Mr. Truman
Senator Connally
United Nations
Conally
International News Service
United Press
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Charred Youth Body Found Near Belleville Wisconsin
The charred body of a 17 year old believed to be John Sliter of Plain was found in a burned car near the Belleville cemetery. Coroner Edward A. Fischer reported the vehicle left the road, struck a tree, and a ruptured gasoline tank sprayed ignition fuel over the driver and car.
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Belleville
Wis
Edward A. Fischer
John Sliter
Plain
Monroe
Fischer
Slite Hired for Milk Testing by Green County Breeders Assoc
Slite was employed in milk testing by the Green County Breeders Association, coming to work in the Monroe area March 15, officials at the county agent's office said today.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Clyde S. Tutton
State Beverage Tax Division
Gratiot
Hazel Green
Wis
Tutton
Charles M. Kestler
Chicago
Arthur W. Copp
Lancaster
Slite
Green County Breeders Association
Monroe
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United
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Brazil
World Organization
Nazi Germany
Yanks
Pianza Quindici Martiri
Il Duce
San’ Domingo
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