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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1945
Page
1
Red points will buy about 28 percent more meat, 50 percent more cheese, and 25 percent more butter and margarine starting Sunday. Price Administrator Chester Bowles said the changes reflect enlarging supplies and the ration program must continue.
The Agriculture Department said a government priority for purchasing cheddar cheese will likely continue through the coming season to meet military and export needs. Cheesemakers must set aside 40 percent of September output for the government, with several meat and dairy ration changes announced, including halved points for all cheeses and lower butter and margarine values.
Eight American airmen described torture by Japanese guards in Shanghai including beatings with bamboo and metal, wrist tying, and hanging by thumbs as they were held after their crash and during captivity. Several cited incidents at length, noting transfers from Wake Island and a Wake survivor flotilla.
Labor Day will bring a full two day holiday in Monne and vicinity with governmental offices, post office, courthouse, city hall and ration board closed. Evening Times will not publish Monday. Many plan outings and Monroe Country club hosts Sunday night and Monday tournaments. Traffic agencies warn drivers to heed old cars and tires. A British naval force reentered Hongkong to reoccupy the colony under Rear Adm Harcourt.
Public debt across counties cities villages towns and school districts fell to 70 713 605 at end of 1944 from 1943. Cities held the largest share at 32 567 324 followed by counties 26 381 624 schools 4 390 790 villages 2 898 872 towns 1 474 995.
The Associated Press radio Tokyo station, the most listened to in Japan for four years, was seized by General MacArthur’s public relations team. The move ends a major propaganda tool and wartime information channel, transferring broadcasting duties to American news and broadcasts for use in the United States.
General MacArthur arrives in Japan and sets up headquarters in Yokohama as U S and Allied forces begin occupation. Paratroopers and Marines seize Atsugi airfield and Yokosuka, move toward Tokyo, and start evacuating 36 000 prisoners of war while distributing supplies to camps. Maj Gregory Boyington among evacuated.
Monroe police arrested Robert Kuster after a midnight crash and charged him with leaving the scene. Orville Hawthorne reported his legally parked car was struck and chased the vehicle driven by Edward Kuster, who said Robert was driving. Roscoe Cline was a passenger in the Kuster car. A warrant followed Hawthorne’s complaint.
AP bulletins report General de Gaulle arriving at Orly from the United States and Canada. In Japan a Sith airborne battalion occupies a sixth city as troops guard the highway. Oregon Shipbuilding burns destroying vessels and a painter drowns. an asbestos operator missing. U.S. reopens Finland relations at midnight. George E. Allen named to study war agency liquidation. British war office cites Swiss note that no POWs were killed or injured in Hiroshima raid.
New Glarus hosts a two day Wil helm Tell pageant this Labor Day weekend with Swiss and English versions. Edward Vollenweider and Gilbert Ott play Wilhelm Tell in Swiss and English casts respectively, with Garbed Swiss Gessler by Paul Gros senbacher and Joshua Hoesly as English Gessler. The event features cantonal costumes, folk dances, music, and a village park musical program, with tickets sold by Henry Schmid.
Only two traffic fatalities were recorded in Green County during the first seven months of 1945, a 33 percent drop from last year's three. Wisconsin overall shows 293 deaths in 1945, 296 in 1944. Adjacent counties list Dane 14, Rock 4, Walworth 8, Lafayette 0 to 2, Iowa 2, with Jul 1945 details. statewide 13 of 71 counties had no fatal crashes through Aug. 1.
President Truman announced at a news conference that he plans to urge Congress to complete the St. Lawrence Seaway, a project long advocated by predecessor Franklin D. Roosevelt. He said he would inform the public when his recommendation is ready.
President Truman stated he would not order courts martial after Pearl Harbor and that the whole country shared responsibility. He cited failed preparedness and opposition to readiness measures as key factors in the disaster and reflected on past statements about the Pacific command.
The state board of health reported 15 new polio cases for the week ending Aug 25, bringing 1945 total to 36. Milwaukee County led with 10 cases, others followed in Bayfield Dodge Jefferson and Washington. Rockford area cases eased with aid flights and preventive spraying planned in Beloit and nearby towns.
President Truman announced Byron Price will be sent to Germany as public relations adviser to American occupation forces. Price, finishing his stint as director of censorship, will advise Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Lt. Gen. Lucius V. Clay on public relations matters.
A Monroe forecast calls for scattered afternoon showers after a 24 hour lull from storms that leveled corn near Albany and Dayton and killed 22 cows on the Jacob Senn farm Browntown when struck by lightning yesterday morning. Tonight looks fair with little temperature change. Noon reading reached 83 with a low of 69 earlier.
A wartime mass layoff tally shows about 2 million workers lost jobs since Japan's fall, with some rehired already. Officials project faster travel by sea within six months and regular world cruises within a year. Farmers seek tractors and cars. consumer goods and courtesy return as inventories rise, but tire shortages loom until stocks are rebuilt.
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