Veterans see limited return to prewar jobs Bradley says many will seek better roles
General Omar Bradley testified before a Senate banking subcommittee that many veterans may not return to their prewar jobs. They will apply service lessons to qualify for better positions, but he refrained from endorsing the full employment bill, leaving economic and political questions open.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Truman
Senate Banking
Omar B. Ketchum
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ketchum
VFW
Miller W. Rice
National Service
Disabled American Veterans
Murray
Montana
Thomas
Utah
Wagner
New York
O'Mahoney
Wyoming
Morse
Oregon
Tobey
New Hampshire
Aiken
Vermont
Langer
North Dakota
White House
Government relaxes wartime controls to push industry forward
Washington moves to full peacetime production as 210 wartime controls are lifted with 125 more to go. Officials say price stability will persist under the new program as production ramps up for radios refrigerators trucks and other goods. Senate committees advance the full employment bill while Congress may delay resuming sessions after Labor Day and production shifts begin across metal furniture film batteries motorcycles shipping crates caskets machinery oil ranges and stoves.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Congress
War Production Board
WPB
Yanks to occupy Japan as Allied forces move in
Allied occupation of Japan to begin Sunday around Tokyo and in Chiba Kanagawa Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures. The plan includes lodgment at Atsugi airfield with further landings by warships near Yokosuka. Japanese forces to withdraw to a line along the Kamo river Tamagawa Fuchu Hachioji and Izu peninsula as two Allied fleets enter Sagami Bay.
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Manila
Japan
Tokyo
Chiba
Kanagawa
Yamanashi
Shizuoka
Domei
Information Ministry
Atsugi
Yokosuka
Kamo-gawa
China City
Tamagawa
Fuchu
Hachioji
Otsuki
Izu Peninsula
Sagami Bay
Tokyo Bay
Navy discharge centers to handle up to 3000 daily at Great Lakes
Navy officials announced new facilities to process as many as 3000 personnel per day at the Great Lakes training center. The separation center from Chicago will move next week, with additional centers planned in St. Louis and Chicago area facilities. Officers and Waves will be processed only at Great Lakes, with three day stays for physical tests and GI Bill instruction.
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Careet Cance—Ry—Re
Naval Training Center
Navy
Navy Pier
Chicago
Great Lakes
St. Louis
Berlin jump by 82nd Airborne completes pledge
AP reports the 82nd Airborne Division’s Eager Beaver club jumped on Berlin landing a detachment of 99 officers and men on a potato patch in Berlin’s Neue Kahn district. Leaders included Maj. J. F. Wagner of Fort Atkinson Wisconsin and veterans from North Africa Sicily and Anzio. All landed safely.
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Berlin
82Nd Airborne Division
North Africa
Sicily
Anzio
Neue Kahn
Rural Teacher Scarcity Grows in Wisconsin Schools
Wisconsin faces its worst teaching shortage with only 160 registered to fill over 1,500 vacancies. State Superintendent John Callahan notes declines in normal school enrollments due to wartime service and war work. Several normal schools closed or barely registered students, with Rice Lake Ladysmith and Wausau affected but Rice Lake and Ladysmith to resume classes this fall. He expects a roughly ten year path to normalcy and says special teaching permits are being issued to cover gaps as colleges work to restore classroom staffing.
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Wisconsin
John Callahan
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Callahan
Armed Services
Rice Lake
Wausau
Ladysmith
Border clash rumors cloud Greek Yugoslav frontier
A wary border scene unfolds in western Greece and Macedonia as Greek Yugoslav tensions surge. Troop concentrations appear along the frontier amid fear of a Yugoslav attack, while Yugoslav media rails against Greece. An Associated Press report after a monthlong visit to Yugoslavia and Macedonia notes a contrasting view that Greek fears may be overstated.
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Greece
Macedonia
Yugoslavia
Tito
Japanese Surrender Talks Move on Bougainville
San Francisco reports from Melbourne radio state negotiations for the surrender of about 21,000 Japanese on Bougainville Island are progressing satisfactorily. Officials continue to monitor the situation as reports filter through.
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San Francisco
Borneo
Melbourne Radio
Bougainville Island
Board Resigns in Protest Against Draft Call
In Roxporo New York the Person County draft board resigns in protest against further inductions. The board cancels a call of 25 young men scheduled for induction. Resignations were submitted to Sen J Van Metts state selective service director. The board said local people are not in sympathy with continuing to call registrants for induction.
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Roxporo
N. Y—yr
Fo 1
Henry Hefty Named Acting Assistant Chief of Police
Henry Hefty today assumed the duties of acting assistant chief of police in Monroe upon the appointment by Chief J. H. Schwaiger. Hefty brings considerable experience and is well liked, and will relieve the chief of part of the burden of directing the force.
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Henry Hefty New
Enry
Continuing Need For Waste Paper Salvage Drive Scheduled
A. E. Etter announced the regular month end collection here next Saturday to salvage waste paper and rags. No plans yet for resumption of tin salvage though efforts may continue until government needs are decided. Paper and rags should be bundled and placed on street corners before 9 a.m. Saturday.
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A. E. Etter
Mr. Etter
Four Doolittle Raiders Freed
The Office of Strategic Services says four Doolittle Raiders from the Tokyo raid were released from a Peiping prison camp and are now quartered at the Grand Hotel de Pekin under care. A radio message from a humanitarian team in Chungking confirmed the men’s health, one near beri beri and unable to travel. Names withheld until relatives are notified. one raider hailed from Madison, Wisconsin.
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Chungking
Office of Strategic Services
General Doolittle
Tokyo
Peiping
Doolittle
Grand Hotel de Pekin
Beri Beri
New Aerator Installed At Monroe Sewage Plant
Zenno A. Gorder announced the installation of one aerator at the Monroe sewage disposal plant this week with plans for adding a second. The move is described as long needed and will bring temporary improvement pending a full report from Jerry Donahue Engineering of Sheboygan on a new plant construction when materials are available.
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Monroe
Zenno A. Gorder
Mr. Gorder
Jerry Donahue Engineering Company
Sheboygan
Quisling Faces Judge as Treason Trial Continues
Quisling wilted under Judge Erik Solem's demand for yes or no answers about a 1939 meeting with German admiralty staff and supplying Norwegian coast information before the 1940 invasion. Prosecutors accuse him of treason, murder on 16 counts, theft, and seeking to bring Norway under foreign power while on trial for his life.
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Erik Solem
Adm
Erich Raeder
Quisling
Norwegian
Gemany
Germany
Premi ‘Ier
Norway
Rainy Day Measures Cooling Showers Hit Picnickers
Rainy cool weather dampened outdoor plans as intermittent morning and afternoon showers continued. A reading of .49 inches was noted at 3 p m, with 61 degrees at 1 p m contrasting yesterday’s 88 at 3 p m. Thermometer expected to dip below today’s 58 low, with 66 at noon and tonight forecast cloudy with light showers and a week averaging about five degrees below normal.
Postponement of Induction for Men Aged 26 to 37
Green County selective service board reports all men 26 to 37 receive a postponement of induction and need not file deferment until new instructions arrive. Registration for those turning 18 continues as usual, and only volunteers over 26 will be enlisted under imminent new orders.
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Green County Selective Service Board
Pvt Emery Johnson Declared Dead by War Department
Pvt Emery Johnson nephew of Mayor and Mrs Frank A Buehler Monroe was declared dead by the War Department after being missing on Corregidor since May 8 1942 He later was listed as a prisoner of war and records show he died May 25 1942 at Corregidor of dysentery An air corps man who enlisted April 1940 he was sent to Clark Field in October 1940 while a resident here he lived with the Buehler family His father E T Johnson resided in Akron Ohio The young air corps man is believed to have been captured in an aerial raid on Clark Field Philippines in which U S planes were destroyed on the ground
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Eyt. Emery H. Guinsont
Frank A. Buehler
Monroe
War Department
Air Corps
Clarkfield
Fine Oats Yield on Stuckey Farm in Juda Report
A field near Juda reports a high oats yield from the Stuckey farm as Herman Siegen thaler on Monroe route 2 records 3200 bushels across 40 acres. Of this total 1308 bushels were threshed in a half day by a crew of six men and seven boys.
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Stuckey
Juda
Herman Siegenthaler
Monroe
Carl Stuckey
Wages but Not Prices Up Aide Sees Noninflationary Hikes
Washington reports William H. Davis states the policy of allowed wage raises without government approval will not spark inflation. He cites voluntary employer restraint, living standards rising faster than prices, and payroll declines due to wartime adjustments. Officials warn predicting total hikes is difficult, urging attention to key industry leaders.
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Washington
William H. Davis
Davis
Truman
Ilard
Industral
Mercy Teams in China Interned
Lt Gen Albert C Wedemeyer said Americans landing in Mukden may be interned until Japan gains Russian permission. Moscow reported Mukden’s occupation by Russians. Allied humanitarian teams parachuted into Manchuria and linked with POWs, including a camp 100 miles NW of Mukden where Gen Jonathan Wainwright was found. Five Americans held in Peiping prisons were moved to Wagons Lits hotel for care.
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Chungking
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
Mukden
Manchuria
Moscow
Wedemeyer
Jonathan Wainwright
Peiping
Wagons Lits
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Ie Shima
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Fort Atkinson
Wis
Associated Press
Wainwright
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
Skaneateles
N. Y
Madison
United States
Bus
Roosevelt
U. S
George Barr
Madison, Wis
Quisling Wilts
Pvt
Emery Johnson
WLB
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