Allied occupation plans amid typhoon threat in Japan
General MacArthur announces an advanced occupation party will land in Japan Sunday to prep for main forces arriving two days later. Tokyo says lands on schedule despite a nearby typhoon. Moscow reports suggest Russian airborne troops may target Hokkaido. Japanese broadcasts list war camp prisoners as orders to cease hostilities are issued across Manchuria and Sakhalin.
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Manila
MacArthur
Japan
Tokyo
Toko
Russia
Hokkaido
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Kyushu
Moscow
Imperial
China
Atsugai_ airfield
Associated Press Monitor
Nagoya
Manchuria
Sakhalin
Kaneperor Hirohito
Tokyo Io
Imperial Command
Pleasant Weather Persists Across Wisconsin
Cool and pleasant weather continues across southern Wisconsin with steady temperatures and light winds. Yesterday’s high reached 72 degrees while early this morning 52 degrees. By 1 pm today the temperature was 72 with outlook for continued fair conditions tonight in the region.
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Numea
Wisconsin
Niece Sister M Evarista Named St Clare Superintendent
Sister M Evarista is named head of St Clare hospital succeeding Sister Mary Agnes who left for missionary work in Nicaragua. She previously led St Anthony hospital in Kansas and Fond du Lac, guiding 113 staff doctors to accommodate 135 patients and installing new X ray equipment. She has returned to Monroe to oversee St Clare’s modernized operations amid staff changes and new leadership. A separate 2 alarm downtown fire trapped traffic and caused smoke but was controlled, damaging a fourth floor with two street level food stores and one company location.
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St. Clare Hospital
Mary Evarista
Mary Agnes
Nicaragua
M. Evarista
St.Anthony Hospital
Order of ‘Sisters of St
St. Anthony's
St. Agnes
Fond du Lac
Hays Hospital
Monroe
St. Clare
Hays Institution
M. Aquila
M. Blandine
M. Clarella
Jhas
County Institute Opens as 110 Teachers Trained
County Institute gathers 110 rural teachers in the circuit court room for an all day training session led by notable educators including Arthur Rahn of Waukesha junior high. The program outlined the teachers role as community liaisons and covered phonics health and Red Cross planning.
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Green County
Circuit Court Room
Arthur Rahn
Waukesha
BN. Robinson
Irene B. Olson
Red Cross
Alice Legler
Margaret Baker
Florence Wartenweiler
Adams Township
Prairie View
Eunice Flanagan
Puddledock
Iola Nall
Albany
Orwegian
Grace Edwards
Peebles
Alice Zimmerli
Smiley
Betty Kittleson
Brooklyn Township
Jag Prairie
Eleanor — Albertson
Kelly
Ada Rhyner
Attica
Matilene Clemens
McLaughlin
Helen Ginner
Peterson
Lyla May Stall
Cadiz_township
Cadiz Center
Gladys Leck
Sanders
Roosevelt
Verona West
East Clarno
Mac Ray
Decatur Township
Jordan Prairie
Pearl Reigle
Pine Bluff
Nellie Lyons
Decature
Pearl Engebretson
Badger
Marion Newman
Exeter Township
West Dayton
Bernice Schneider
Ross
Dorothy Waelti
Wallace
Ruth Rebly
Jefferson Township
Ball
Irene Wessels
Twin Grove
Evelyn Marean
Richland
Frieda Dettwiler
Jordan Township
Jordan Center
Mabel Probst
Pleasant Vailey
M.D. Lei
British protests as lend-lease ends harshly during war aid debate
London reports Prime Minister Attlee told the commons the sudden end of lend-lease leaves Britain in a very serious financial position and Churchill called the U S action rough and harsh. Attlee urged consultation before cessation while Churchill warned of grave, disquieting consequences.
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London
Attlee
Commons
Britain
Churchill
United States
Lord Halifax
Washington
Aneral Attlee
Truman
Japan
Federal Economic Administration
George T. Rolph Dies From Harvest Injuries in New Glarus
George T. Rolph 77, of New Glarus township, died at St. Clare hospital from injuries after falling from a wagon while threshing oats. He lived with his nephew E. C. Soper on a nearby farm, was born March 1, 1868, and spent his life in the area. Survived by two sisters, Ellen Soper and Augusta Pierce. Body at Zweifel funeral home. funeral arrangements incomplete.
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New Ulutus
George T. Rolph
New Glarus
St. Clare Hospital
E. C. Soper
Charles
Mary Trogner
Ellen Soper
New Glarus Township
Augusta Pierce
Monticello
Zweifel Funeral Home
Farm Reconversion And Surpluses Loom For Next Year
The piece discusses the dual challenge of peacetime farm reconversion. Agriculture must absorb expanded production from wartime gains, aided by new machinery and labor return. Without markets or production brakes, farmers may face surpluses, low prices, and industrial repercussions as military demand declines. Secretary Anderson faces looming surplus risks.
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Ovid A. Martin Washington
Anderson
Wisconsin postwar plans on highways air ports and rivers
Wisconsin stands to gain from postwar federal road and river harbor programs totaling over 11 million dollars in the first year with a matching state share. The national highway system would span about 40 000 miles over three years after the war while airport planning moves through committees. Wisconsin projects include Ashland Green Bay Milwaukee and Racine harbors plus river works. funds await appropriation as policy evolves.
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Jane Albaugh
Washington
Wisconsin
Congress
Cochrane
Mississippi River
Ashland Harbor
Menominee Harbor
Marinette Yacht Club
Green Bay Harbor
Milwaukee Harbor
Milwaukee
Menominee
Kinnickinnic
Racine Harbor
Senate
House
Goodland Governors Cleared Desk for Solons Vetoes and Signatures
Governor Goodland cleared his desk of all 1944 session legislation by vetoing two bills and letting one become law without his signature. He signed 569 measures, allowed 13 to become law without a signature, and vetoed 32 from 614 bills acted on, as the legislature prepares to reconvene September 4.
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Aiiaison
Goodland
Senate
Assembly
State Department of Veterans
Veterans Recognition Board
Adjutant General
Department
No Limit on Car Output and Spares Lifted
The wartime production board removed all quotas on passenger cars and ended the spare tire requirement, allowing output to rise to capacity. The fifth tire will be controlled by the office of price administration with an early agency decision expected. WPB kept the ban on the fifth tire until OPA acts. Taxi cabs ambulances and hearses may now be produced without prior limits.
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Rangton
War Production Board
WPB
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Holstein Breeders Invite Dairymen to Twilight Program
Holstein Breeders association invites all dairymen and their families in the county to a twilight program tonight at the Henry Stauffacher farm one mile west of Monroe on highway 81. The meeting begins at 8 pm with a speaker and motion pictures. Luncheon will be served.
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Weeny Holstein Breeders’ Association
Henry Stauffacher
Land “Sons
Monroe
Highway 81
Reconversion Seizes Illinois Central Amid Strike Threat
The 6605 mile Illinois Central railroad was seized by the federal government at 12:01 a.m. under President Truman to prevent a strike threatening essential war logistics. William F. Kirk named federal manager of the road. I C operations to continue with token ODT representation. Wayne A. Johnston, I C president, called it embarrassing as management and unions dispute seniority under a wartime act.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Truman
Office of Defense Transportation
Brotherhood of of Locomotive Engineers
W. F. Kirk
ODT Western
Middlewest
South
Clifford Blackburn
ODT
I. C
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Wayne A. Johnston
Cauxas
Johnston
D._B. Robertson
Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen
Engineers
National Railway Labor Act
Truman Seizes Illinois Central As Reconversion Moves Forward
Washington AP reports President Truman ordered government operation of the Illinois Central railroad to avert a strike and accelerate peacetime reconversion. Seizure follows wartime precedents as workers return to prewar schedules and standard time proposals surface. The action underscores lingering war powers and slow transition to normalcy with broader plans for food and travel reforms.
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Washington
Truman
Illinois Central
Anderson
Army
Congress
John W. Snyder
Snyder
Quisling Admits Speech Is His Own At Treason Trial
The court heard a recording of Vidkum Quisling’s April 9 1940 speech urging Norwegians to lay down arms as German invasion began. Quisling acknowledged the speech was his own, confirming the prosecution’s portrayal of his wartime role.
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Quisling
De Gaulle proposes US France long range economic plan
Associated Press reports General Charles de Gaulle urged the United States and France to draft a long term economic program to support permanent reconstruction in war torn France. More than 35,000 people are idle in 27 labor disputes, some persisting since surrender and others long standing. Soviet troops push in Korea with two ports captured along the peninsula after Manchuria conquest. Conflicting claims arise over Kwei sui, capital of Inner Mongolia’s Suiyuan, as Chinese authorities and Communists dispute the capture status.
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China
Chibkiang
Suiyuan
Chahar
Jehol
Manchuria
Formosa
Luichow Peninsula
Haihan
Indo China
Hong Kong-Canton
Japan
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
United States
France
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Yanks
Kushu Island
Hix
Aaron Ward
Okinawa
New York Navy Yard
Brooklyn
N. Y
St. Clare Head
Blaze
Varilen
County Institute
U. S
Solons
State Department of Public Welfare
New York
Dun and
Bradstreet
Tod
Harbin
Meer
Ourer
Thailand
Aman
Korea
Pagasaki
Shanghai
Wenchow Rochow
Jamami
Toninawa
Philippines
Emeonh
Amoy
The
Associated Press
Korean Peninsula
Chungking
Kweisui
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