Big 3 Talk About Europe Split Over Japan War
Green County fair opens with near record crowds and a busy schedule on Servicemen’s Day. The 20th Air Force reports a complete blockade of Japan by mine laying for shipping disruption. Air forces describe Japan’s shipping reduced to a shadow and major ports silenced as Mustangs and Fortresses raid Tokyo area.
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Treaties Teed Up for Turbulence in Senate
Republican criticism of the Potsdam understandings signals Senate trouble ahead for the peace treaties. Senator Taft accuses the big three of allowing a Russian dominated Poland and warns the agreements sow future war while Connally praises disarmament and free elections in Poland. Democrats largely approve though Wheeler questions unsaid issues including Yugoslavia and Japan.
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Romania
Austria
Ohio
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Tough Peace but Nation May Regain Its Self Respect
President Truman aboard the U S S Augusta says no secret agreements were made with Stalin and Attlee at Potsdam. The Potsdam decisions outline a postwar Europe plan, including a stripped-down Germany and limits on its wealth and power, with Russia’s role in the Japan conflict still shrouded in secrecy.
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Cow struck by semi on highway near Mineral Point
A semi owned by Ross and Son collided with a cow on Highway 11 and 81 near the Ralph Stauffacher farm just outside Mineral Point last evening. The cow sustained minor injuries and was returned to its pasture.
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Ralph Stauffacher
Showing From 4-H Is Fair in Itself
Green County fair tops with 437 4-H club members exhibiting across divisions. Judging continues with many awards, including Madge Dahms Browntown earning district festival entry. style revue draws crowd. Garden, grain, and potato displays also praised as cattle and horses judging awaits final day.
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Janesville
Wool—Aleta Kryder
Betty Lehnherr
Yvonne Ammann
Gladys Buehl
Ruth Feldt
Helen Gruenwald
Marian Busjahn
Shirley Rosheien
Sally Burt
Brodhead
Loren Donald Bagley
Albany
Virgil Neuenschwander
Monroe
John Schneider
Eugene Ellingson
Ruth Geigel
Betty Hoesly
Rolland Barta
Jeanette Ludwig
Helen Thalman
Lowell Nevil
Brooklyn
Edwin Chambers
Juda
Darlene Hoesly
New Glarus
Robert Retzlaff
New Zealand Forces to be Cut by Fraser Announcement
Prime Minister Peter Fraser announced a defence reduction in Wellington. The New Zealand armed forces will be reduced from 100000 to 55000 personnel. The decision follows war strain and aims to reorganize defence.
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Wellington
Peter Fraser
Heavy Jap Casualties Reported in Burma Campaign
Dispatch from Calcutta notes more than 8,600 Japanese killed along the Rangoon Mandalay road and the Sittang river in Burma within less than two weeks. The report appears on the back page as part of war casualty tallies.
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Laval Admits Secret Alliances As Trial Highlights Joke Claim
At Marshal Petain's treason trial Laval recounted secret dealings with Italy and Britain. He insisted his controversial remark about overthrowing the republic was a joke while denying fascist or Nazi aims. He cited the Hoare Laval pact and said Britain’s prime minister knew of it.
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Attlee Expands Cabinet with Two Women and Key Appointments
Prime Minister Attlee named Ellen Wilkinson as education minister and George Isaacs as labor minister. John James Lawson becomes secretary of state for war strategy, replacing Sir James Grigg. A. V. Alexander returns as first lord of the admiralty, Brendan Bracken out. Emanuel Shinwell named minister of fuel and power. Wilkinson, 54, is former parliamentary secretary to home security.
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Labor
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Fuel and Power
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Department of Mines
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Margaret Bondfield
Monroe High 1937 Class in Reunion
Monroe High School 1937 graduates plan a supper and reunion next Thursday evening. Armed forces members on furlough or discharged will attend along with out-of-town alumni such as Mrs. Herbert Beaupre and Miss Eileen Johnson. Oak Park residents vacationing in town helped organize the event.
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Doris Bruni
Kalamazoo
Mich
Lena Bruni
Eileen Johnson
Oak Park
Jet Craft Crash Kills Pilot Near Brandenburg
Investigator heads to Brandenburg Kentucky to probe the jet crash that killed Maj. Ira Boyd Jones, Wright Field test pilot. The shooting star aircraft, sister to the Dayton to New York record flight, was on a routine test from Dayton to Texas. Brig. Gen. Joseph T. Morris confirmed Jones died in the incident.
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New York
Here
Texas
Amphibian flight sinks near Martinique port
A Pan American amphibian plane with 10 passengers and 4 crew sank during landing at Fort de France Martinique. In Europe, seven people were killed and 39 seriously injured after an explosion and fire destroyed a factory district in Krasne Brezno, Aussig. Interior Minister Vaclav Mosek linked the blaze to a German werewolf operation and Czech press pushed expulsion of Germans from the border region.
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Mosek
Truman Attlee Agree on Coordinated Plan to Defeat Japan
President Truman and Prime Minister Attlee at Berlin approve a coordinated program for Japan’s total defeat. The plan may trigger major shifts in Pacific command and strategy.
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U. 8 S. S. Augusta
Attlee
Berlin
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Pacific
Early Trials of War Criminals Seen as Certainty
An American associated with the Allied war crimes commission says an agreement on final plans for early trials of major war criminals should be reached by early next week. The Potsdam communique reiterates unity among the big three and supports Justice Robert H. Jackson's stance that the United States may proceed alone if needed. The list will be published before Sept 1, with Hermann Goering named among the figures discussed for a mass Nürnberg trial. talks paused over the weekend with four powers negotiating procedure for about 300 defendants.
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Allied War Crimes Commission
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Robert H. Jackson
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France
Nuernberg
Prisoners Increase Cherry Orchard Output at Fort Sheridan
Brig. Gen. John T. Pierce reports a 50 percent jump in production by German POWs in cherry orchards since a no work no eat policy. Output rose from 10.7 to 20.42 pails per man daily as prisoners were urged to meet the established cherry quota.
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John T. Pierce
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Spoerry Brothers Hurt in Auto Crash Near Brodhead
Arthur 17 and Robert Spoerry, of Monroe, sustained cuts, bruises, and injuries after a 1941 Packard collided with a blinded driver on county trunk B near a culvert northeast of Brodhead. Arthur remained hospitalized for knee and facial injuries. Robert was discharged with facial and thumb fractures.
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Robert Spoerry
Arthur R. Spoerry
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Rock County
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Lange Posts Bond in Tax Evasion Case
Albert C Lange one of four indicted for allegedly aiding Cruscible Steel Casting and Gulf Securities in evading over 1 5 million dollars in excess profits and income taxes. He surrendered at the U S marshal's office and posted a 20 000 surety bond set by Federal Judge F Ryan Duffy.
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Albert C. Lange
Cruscible Steel Casting Company
Gulf Securities Holding Company
U. S. Marshal’s Office
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Governor Goodland Vacation Trip to River Falls
Governor Goodland leaves tomorrow for a 10 day vacation at the River Falls home of Dr. C. A. Dawson. Dawson serves on the veterans recognition board.
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Off Ration List Lifts Hearses and Ambulances
Washington reports hearses and ambulances removed from ration list today while production controls stay in effect.
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Potsdam plans shrink Germany and redraw Europe
London observers say the big three’s Potsdam decisions strip German territory and curb the Reich to farming and peaceful industries to deter aggression. Izvestia hails a just peace, while Madrid debates Franco and UN status. Stettin moves to Polish control along the Oder border. Szcec cin renamed Szceczin.
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Francisco Franco
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Foreign Affairs Committee
French Consultative Assembly
Paris
Germany Faces Postwar Cutback Under Potsdam Plan
Germany must dismantle all Nazi structures and armed forces and forego arms production while undergoing strict controls on chemicals and imports. The Potsdam agreement, endorsed by Truman, Attlee, and Stalin, envisions eventual readmission to the world community and a living standard not higher than Europe’s average, excluding Russia and Britain.
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Potsdam plan reshapes Poland and German lands
A 6 000 word Potsdam report outlines how Poland would be enlarged westward by German territory and Russia to gain East Prussia portions. It calls for a 5 power council including China and France with the US Britain and Russia to guide future peace. Byrnes may travel again to London by September 1 to meet with ministers.
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Promise of press freedom in Soviet bloc nations noted
American newsmen were promised full freedom to report on developments in Poland Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland. The Big Three specified access for Allied reporters to enter these countries and return their stories, while Germany would enjoy press freedom under military security.
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Hungary
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