Russia Declares War on Japs As B 29s Strike Japan
The Allied air blast continues with B 29s hammering yawata, the Tokyo arsenal, Nakajima plant near Tokyo, and Fukuyama as Admiral Halsey’s Third Fleet resumes operations after a typhoon. About 400 fighters join in heavy bombing of major Nippon centers.
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Guam
Yawata
Tokyo
Nakajima Aircraft Factory
Fukuyama
H.sey
Third
Kure
Honshu
Roger M. Ramey
Kyushu Steel Center
Air Force
Jakajima
Nippon
Tokyo Arsenal
Re- Sakai
Rashin
Korea
Obliterating Hiroshima Bomb Destroys Much Of City
Tokyo reports Hiroshima burned in disastrous ruin with 60 percent of the built up area leveled and many killed by heat and pressure. Spaatz warns of more B 29s as aerial photos show vast destruction and fires still burning across the city.
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Guam
Hiroshima
Tokyo
Asahi Shimbun
Spaatz
Strategic Air Forces
Evant ‘Spaatz
Blossoming Airport Industry Near Monroe At Badger Field
At Badger airport southwest of Monroe a growing aviation industry emerges under Gilbert Baltzer director. Six planes operate daily with steady usage as Baltzer, formerly of Madison and war training, leads local efforts joined by Donald G. P. Lena Kelley and several Monroe area partners. The field, reached via 11th Street on the Harry Bloom farm, features regular inspections and a developing postwar flying program.
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Uut
Badger
Monroe
Gilbert Baltzer
Baltzer
Three Lakes
War Training Service Program
Madison
Naval
Harry Bloom
Donald G. P
Navy
Lena Kelley
Formely
Wasps
Texas
Floyd Matzke
Mr. Baltzer
Aeronea
Ray R. Kubly
Forrest Kubly
Juda
Edwin Kummer
Robert Goetz
Laverne Lehman
Victor Wells
Morey Airplane Company
Middleton
City Council Accepts Two Plats and Licenses Issued
City council last night approved two plats near Recreation park the Davis Becker and Lamboley additions. Licenses granted include junk dealer Solomon milk George Share tavern operators Roy Killian Clarence Olson John Weiss Ben Helmeid Gien Heffron Jake Regossie Leonard Blum. An automatic door for the fire building was approved and bills totaling 5020 61 were ordered paid. Bus depot talks reported as promising with local firms. A high school student Roy Hogland 17 drowned testing a home made diving helmet at Geano Beach. coroner cites cramp and air hose break.
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Mouse
Recreation _ park
Davis-Becker
Lamboley
Solomon Company
George Share
Roy Killian
Clarence M. Olson
John M. Weiss
Ben Helmeid
Gien G. Heffron
Evenson
Uconw
Wis
Roy Hogland
Little Suamico High School
Geano Beach
W. J. Gallagher
Hogland
Bong Is Laid to Rest at Poplar
Maj Richard Ira Bong 24, America’s ace fighter pilot, laid to rest in Superior after dying in a jet plane test explosion at Burbank California. C-54 carried his body from Long Beach to Duluth and on to Poplar, with a 1000-strong crowd. Widow Mrs Marjorie Bong attended with family. military rites conducted by Veterans of Foreign Wars and local posts.
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Poplar
Tne
Maj
Richard Ira Bong
Burbank
Calif
Marjorie Ann Bong
Long Beach
Duluth
Minn
Superior
Titiaew
Jerome
Earl Kingsley
Bong
Clarence Toy
C. J. Toy
Western District Air Technical Service Command
Guard of Honor
Concordia Lutheran Church
Arvid F. Hoorn
American Legion
Douglas County
Empany I
Second Infantry
Wisconsin National Guard
Rong
Edward — Edeette
Lake Nehagamon
Martin Isaacson
Lowell Vattendahl
Mystery plane buzzes Monroe twice in two days
A silver B 17 roared over Monroe last evening and again this morning saluting the city. Residents speculate it could be a hometown flyer en route to Truax Field from a cross country base.
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Monroe
Truaxfield
Deny Atom Rays Linger to Cause Death for Years
Washington reports say the war department denied that atomic blast areas retain deathly radioactivity for decades. It cited J R Oppenheimer as stating ground radiation at Hiroshima was negligible and decayed rapidly, while Dr Harold Jacobson disputed an INS article attributed to him.
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Washington
War Department Today
Department
J. R. Oppenheimer
Hiroshima
Harold Jacobson
Columbia Uaniversity
Japan
War Department
New Mexico
New York
Jacobson
International News Service
INS
Dr. Jacobson
Lehman urges UNRRA levy to face grim winter
Herbert H. Lehman urged a new UNRRA levy of 1.516 billion dollars, warning the coming winter may be the grimmest in history. He said only 175 million would be uncommitted by year end, and unless nations boost aid the United Nations’ credibility would fail in Europe. The plan keeps US funding at about 72 percent of the pledged total, with Congress expected to approve the same share of the new levy. Also reported is the drowning of 14 year old Elmer Olson Jr in Lake Michigan after a fall from a breakwater, coast guard efforts continuing.
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London
Unrra
Herbert H. Lehman
Relief Organization
Lehman
United Nations
Europe
United States
Congress
Jean
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Elmer Olson, Jr
Coast
Truman Signs UN Charter Ratification Note
Washington reported formal completion of United Nations charter ratification with President Truman signing the Senate instrument of approval. London news noted King Peter of Yugoslavia repudiating Premier Marsh and alleging dictation of votes for a forthcoming constitutional election. In Wisconsin, seven sheriffs plan a Tuesday meeting in Waukesha with the Wisconsin Sheriffs Association to discuss possible changes or dissolution.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
London
Peter
Yugoslavia
Marsh
Madison
Wisconsin
Waukesha
Wisconsin Sheriffs —Association
Dane County
John Arnold
Fair and Warmer Weather Ahead
Wisconsin crops benefited from recent rain and sun with statewide gains noted by Meterologist Howard J. Thompson. Rain was heavy in the south, moderate center, light north as temperatures stayed near normal and corn advanced despite cool nights. Oats yield 70 to 100 bushels per acre reported in the south. alfalfa and potatoes ahead in the central region.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Howard J. Thompson
Thompson
Soviet Union declares war on Japan in World War II
President Truman announces Russia has declared war on Japan effective at 4 p.m. Monroe time. The move seen as pivotal, aligning the Soviets with Britain and the United States, and signaling Japan’s likely defeat amid atomic bomb use and Potsdam talks. The briefing notes uncertainty about the exact plans for Soviet entry and hints of intensified Allied pressure.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
Japan
Monroe
Soviet Union
Britain
United States
Pacific
William Leahy
James F. Byrnes
Potsdam
Lt Schuh Under Tutelage of Maj Bong After Leyte
A Monroe pilot, grandson of Mrs Anna Schuh, trained under Maj Richard Bong after Leyte. Lt Schuh, a P-38 fighter crewman, wrote of Bong’s instructions as the unit flew in from the Dutch East Indies with the Fifth Air Force. They are stationed in Okinawa and he is expected home this month.
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A Nuvert m Ocnun
Anna Schuh
Monroe
Richard I. Bong
Leyte
Schuh
Dutch East Indies
Fifth Air Force
Okinawa
Senator Wiley urges lesson from numbers in postwar training
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin said atomic bombing could derail postwar universal military training plans. He argued that victory cannot be earned by sheer numerical weight or sacrificing masses of men and urged abandoning that approach once and for all.
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Wiley
R-Wis
Wisconsin
Glimpses Into Monroe's History Farming Still a Hazard In Green County
Green county farming, dairying, cheesemaking and stock breeding were described as productive yet hazardous. Prices for land and livestock were listed, with crops weak two years prior and dairy output rising toward a million dollars monthly. A new courthouse was proposed as the old one aged, while movements debated moving the county seat from Monroe.
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Green County
Far West
Industria
U.S. A
Green County Court House
Monroe
Brodhead
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Third Fleet
L. W. Warnke
Richland
Wash
Setae
Germany
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Moscow
Siberia
Potn
First National Bank
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