Bombing Japan Delivers Massive Fire Raids Across Cities
Four more Japanese cities endure a mass of flames as 580 B 29s drop about 3850 tons of incendiaries on Nishinomiya Mas hashi Imabari and Saga and demolition bombs on Ube coal liquefaction. One plane failed to return and pilots report light opposition with a Japanese jet fighter seen near Mabashi. Ground fires extend hundreds of miles off shore as the raid follows earlier August strikes.
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Guam
Nishinomiya
Mashashi
Imabari
Mapleton
Maebastfi
Saga
Kyushu
Gordon’ P. March
Sacramento
Japan
Tokyo
Spaatz
Toyama
Honshu
Japan Sea
Truman Reveals Success in Effort To Solve Long Sought Force Puzzle
President Truman announced the first use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima 16 hours earlier. He said the weapon, containing enormous power, is the answer to Japan’s refusal to surrender. Secretary Stimson predicted it will shorten the war and warned of more powerful forms in development. Truman urged Congress to consider a commission to regulate atomic power.
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Truman
Washington
Japan
White House
Hiroshima
Stimson
Congress
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Honshu
20Th Air Force
Guam
Rain Dampens Last Night Horse Show Yet Crowd Rallies
Heavy rain washed out the final races but failed to dampen spirit as a large crowd gathered for the second night of the third annual horse show. Arlie Frost tribute planned. presentation of plaque to Frost by Charles Livingston delayed by weather. Judges faced tough calls across classes with local riders fielding strong entries.
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Arlie Frost
Missouri
Ralph Davis
Charles W. Livingstton
Chicago
Frost
Truman
Wisconsin
T. J. Hinds
Virginia
Hela
Fair Association
Hinds
Jack —Crapea
Monroe
W. R. Schuetze
Halbrook
Ed Larson
Sheboygan
Dunn Flash
W. R. Ingram
Oxford
Til
Dr. R. Belyea
Rock Island
Golden Honey
O. & N. Palomino Farms
Oregon
Wis
E. A. Lee
Elm Grove
Ten Pin Farm
Palos Park
Ed Mutz
Trevor
Kathie Hall
Rockford
Ill
J. C
J. C.’ Backes
Aurora
H. P. Kilkelly & Sons
Cuba City
H. V. Brodie
Janesville
Alan Scott
Pre Induction for 14 Registrants at Local Board
Fourteen Green County registrants reported at the local board at 5 30 am for roll call and instructions before boarding a bus for Milwaukee for pre induction physicals. Four men were transferred to Dane Park county and Park county boards. others left for various towns. Inductees for this month’s quota report Friday at 5 30 am for instructions before dispatch to induction centers.
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Green County
Milwaukee
Glen LaVern Ellefson
Sun Prairie
Glen Roy Bergen
Madison
Dane County
Frank Joseph Rouch
Sunight Ranch
Cody
Wyo
Park County
Richard Alexander Balthazar
Fond du Lac
Harold Frederick Lehnherr
8Th Avenue
Donald George Lahr
Juda
Frederick Cecil Thacker
New Glarus
Vernon Fredrick Schillinger
22Nd Avenue
Wendell Edward Matzke
Robert Willard Schultz
20Th Avenue
Clifford Allen Mueller
5Th Street
Donald John van Wagenen
8Th Street
Edward Royal Lee
Wilbert Alvin Kraus
Monroe
Werner Adolph Sulzer
Elmer Harold Lisser
Brooklyn
Harold Allen Nipple
Plane Crashes Near Wink Texas Killing Two
Lieutenant Oliver parachuted to safety along with five others after a B 29 crash near Wink Texas and Pyote army airfield announced. Two crewmembers died in the crash while Oliver sustained only bruises and is reported well. Oliver recently completed aerial navigation training at San Marcos Texas after a long military career starting from Monroe high school.
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France W. Olver
Aeril
Wink
Tex
Pyote Army
Associated
the Times
Caron Lowl
Oliver
San Marcos
Air Corps
Monroe High School
Camp Grant
Miami
Fla
Gettysburg
Maxwell Field
Ala
Las Vegas
Nev
Senator Hi Johnson Dies in California at 79
Washington reports Senator Hi ram W. Johnson of California died at Naval Hospital at 6 45 a m after 20 weeks confinement. A foe of the league of nations and the world court, he was a leading Republican figure since 1916 and opposed the recently approved world charter. His long career included governorship of California and championing reform measures and workers legislation.
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Washington
Hiram W. Johnson
California
League, of Nations
San. Francisco
United Nations Organization
Naval Hospital
Navy
Robert E. Duncan
League
Senate
Congress
Wilson
League of Nations Covenant
United States
World Court
Johnson
Brodhead Bank Celebrates 50th Anniversary Open House
The Green County town of Brodhead marked the bank’s 50th anniversary with an all day open house on Saturday. Hundreds of friends and neighbors offered congratulations, flowers, and notes of goodwill. Staff, directors, and officers greeted visitors, with a purse token souvenir and register kept for the anniversary record. A Wisconsin School of Music string trio provided music, and congratulatory notes came from The First National Bank and Bank of Juda. Local officials and bank staff participated in the reception and celebration.
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Green County Vann
Brodhead
Wisconsin School of Music
Madison
First National Bank
Judo Bank
First National
Roy F. Burmeister
C. N. Johnson
R. E. Erickson
G. E. Zuercher
Frank Menehan
Marie Blum
Emery A. Odell
Marie Spec
Fine Day Brightens Green County Fair After Rain
A rainy Sunday drenched Green County's 91st annual fair washing out the final and biggest day of racing. Crowds still gathered in the damp noon for closing day activities as a slow 48 likely rain soaked the topsoil. It was partly cloudy and 76 at 1 p.m.
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Green County
Fuel authority asks coal mine owners to identify miners serving
Washington The Solid Fuels Administration asked coal mine owners to identify miners now in military service, aligning with Ickes demands to release 30,000 men to prevent a potentially disastrous fuel year. Madrid AP informs of a Spanish military leaders' move to press Franco to surrender power to Prince Don Juan and support a monarchy referendum.
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Washington
Solid Fuels Administration
Solid Fuels
Ickes
Madrid
Todo
Francisco Franco
Don Juan
Franco
New Weapon Seen As War Shortener By Stimson
Secretary Stimson declared the atomic bomb would shorten the war with Japan noting its power staggers the imagination and that uranium ore is essential. He said details on effectiveness would be released as available while stressing the work involved was conducted under strict secrecy with thousands of people and no one given excess information. Germany’s defeat removes the Nazi risk of atomic competition, he added and promised further statements on scientific and production aspects.
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Washington
Stimson
Japan
Army
Hiroshima
War Department
Department
Germany
Mrs Anna Eveland Severely Cut In Car Crash
Anna Eveland 72 of South Wayne suffered facial cuts and bruises in a Saturday night accident one mile east of Cream Ridge on Highway 11 west of Monroe. The collision involved a car owned by Hoyt Hicks, Darlington, driven by Norman Hicks 18 of Darlington, side swiping Eveland’s car. Eveland received about 20 stitches and was listed in satisfactory condition at St Clare hospital. Occupants of the Hicks car had multiple injuries but none serious. Also riding in the auto were Francis Parkinson Vivian Berget Darlington Gina Berget and Betty Olson Viola with Berget sustaining a knee cut. others were bruised or shaken.
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Anna Eveland
South Wayne
Cream Ridge Wheese
Highway 11
Monroe
Hoyt Hicks
Darlington
Norman Hicks
St. Clare Hospital
Francis Parkinson
Vivian Berget
Georgina
Betty Olson
Viola
Miss Berget
Kweilin Sacked Like Carthage by Japanese Forces
A dispatch from Kanhsien reports the once beautiful Kweilin was sacked with Rom an ferocity and mass killings followed a six month Japanese occupation in Kwangsi. Hundreds of thousands faced death or disappearance, with Chinese civilians killed by poisonous injections at Ichang and excluding few buildings as Japanese HQ. Traitors paid for destroyed buildings as city streets and trees burned, leaving mainly rubble and a few survivors along riverbanks.
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Chungking
Kweilin
Carthage
Kwangsi
OWI
David Chander
Kanhsien
Ichang
Talu
Fangtze
China
Chandler
Secret of Smashing Atom Remains Closely Guarded
A report on atomic energy explains Truman's view that the sun’s power underpins the new explosive. It contrasts ordinary fire with the sun’s heat, noting the sun’s vast energy from separating atoms and subatomic particles, and hints at unknown inter-atomic forces.
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Atom
Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Science Kaitor
New York
Truman
Atomic Bomb Project Revealed in Government Plant Details
President Truman disclosed the atomic bomb’s existence and scope after the Hiroshima raid. About 65,000 workers operate in guarded plants linked by remote control behind concrete walls. The United States spent 2 billion dollars on the project, the greatest scientific gamble in history.
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Nidhland
Wash
Truman
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