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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1945
Page
1
American forces broke through Manila defenses freeing 3700 internees at Santo Tomas as British and Allied troops pushed inland from south beachheads. The assault featured close combat with Japanese guards killed and cavalry units advancing rapidly toward the city.
A train collide with an automobile near Mattoon Illinois leaving three dead and one injured. At a Mattoon hospital Mrs Miller's husband is not expected to live. Two other children from the family on a farm northeast of Mattoon escaped with minor injuries.
American tanks and Moroccan mountain troops trap the Colmar pocket near Mulhouse, reducing it to under 200 square miles and erasing the southern threat to Strasbourg. In the Siegfried line, First Army penetrates toward the Roer dams while the Third Army advances into German territory.
Returning pilots describe 34 fires in Kobe Japan after the first B 29 raid. Large fires burned the Mitsubishi shipbuilding complex as fighters and anti aircraft engaged. One bomber ditched on return, crew rescued. three Japanese fighters claimed destroyed, others probably destroyed. News confirms Kobe targets amid revised Japanese broadcasts.
The Veterans Administration will open bids March 20 for a $5,000,000 neuropsychiatric hospital at Tomah Wisconsin. The facility will serve war veterans from southern Wisconsin eastern Iowa and northern Illinois and will be built on the site of the former U.S. Industrial School.
The Green County Board of Supervisors will meet in regular February session at 10 Tuesday morning in the circuit court room. Principal business is to hear annual reports from all county officials and department heads.
Associated Press reports Washington lawmakers approve hearings on work or jail legislation tied to loan agencies as part of a broader push to reshape government staffing and confirmation processes. Senate action delays a floor vote while public hearings are debated. Elliott Roosevelt may rise as a general as aviation priorities face review. Aubrey Williams faces Senate scrutiny over rural electrification post amid coalition tensions with Wallace nominee for commerce.
Green county citizens are asked to contribute the same $18,300 as 1944 to the Red Cross War Fund drive opening March 1. County chairman Arthur C. Benkett announced the quota at a county Red Cross meeting in the courthouse. The plan shifts to a one day drive across the county, with Monroe planning a Sunday afternoon event March 4 and other branches arranging local canvasses. About 90 percent of funds support Red Cross service to armed forces and home families, with distribution across towns and villages as listed.
The first Ledo railhead convoy to Kunming faced Japanese threats as air cover repelled the initial attack near the Burma China border. A later alert in Salween gorge paused the six mile drive. gunners stayed ready while planes did not appear. The 113 vehicles carried weapons and US and Chinese personnel to support the Bretton Woods era tests.
The United States, new to rocket warfare, accelerates from tentative tests to precise weapons. Yankee scientists take an active role, producing powerful devices that add destroyer-like punch to fighters and widen offensive reach. AP science editors present a five part true story.
Berlin radio said Tokyo feared Russia could join the war against Japan as the big three conference, now reportedly in session, weighs joint war efforts. The Asahi cited by Transocean noted both sides seek Russia’s stance amid Germany’s decisive phase and urged alert on the issue today.
Santo Tomas internees in Manila numbered 213 were said to be freed and escorted beyond American lines by Japanese guards. Reported by Arthur Feldman on a Blue Network broadcast from Santo Tomas, the captors withdrew to upper floors, barricaded stairs, and used machine guns to block entry while providing a grim diet of rice and salt water. A convoy of relief supplies neared Manila as internees described harsh treatment and the Japanese claim of scientific starvation.
Wisconsin prisoners of war Lawrence H. Courtney of Monroe and Dale E. Lawton of Mineral Point were liberated from the Cabanatuan camp in Luzon by American Rangers and Filipino guerrillas. They are in fairly good condition and have left evacuation hospital for a return trip to the United States. Courtney said he plans to sleep eat and rest before helping finish the war against the Japanese.
Green county seeks a commemorative stamp for the Swiss colony centennial at New Glarus. A rally is planned at the public library to draft letters to officials, urging a county-wide campaign to win federal approval.
Monroe merchants and buyers prepare for the annual Spring Dollar Day on Wednesday February 7 despite wartime shortages. Merchants say shoppers want quality and value, not cheap goods, with prices kept within a reasonable range. The event, sponsored by the chamber of commerce retail bureau, emphasizes a one day sale with best selection in the morning hours.
Rep. O’Konski of Wisconsin urges Congress to wake up on the Polish question saying without a free Poland there can be no free Europe or free world. He adds Poland is a testing ground of sincerity in this war and of whether freedom is secure.
Allied forces break into Santo Tomas Prison Camp releasing about 2,500 American and allied prisoners after a dawn tank assault. The Liberty tank and First Cavalry Division breached the gates freeing roughly 900 detainees. Commanders refused negotiations, ensuring safe passage for no Japanese escape. Hostages were liberated and prisoners embraced troops in relief and gratitude.
London dispatches report Soviet forces under Marshal Zhukov maneuvering along the Oder front to outflank Berlin. First White Russian army tanks and infantry push toward Stettin and Kustrin area, with rumors of advances near Schwedt and Pyritz. German sources claim penetrations near Frankfurt on the Oder and Baltic port implications.
County 4 H leaders hold meetings this week with County Agent Ed O Baker speaking on the dairy situation soils economic outlook and family living and social development. Monticello Center leaders met at 1 30 in the village high school Juda leaders meet Wednesday afternoon in the fire hall and Monroe area leaders gather Saturday afternoon in the courthouse to organize enrollments.
Fresh snowfall worsens conditions in New England as rail yards in New York state, Buffalo and Rochester face disruption. Guardsmen assisted in western rail yards while demobilization began in the east. Grange Teague trucks continued feed deliveries as coal shortages hit Pennsylvania and Ohio, leaving homes with inadequate heat.
Maj Charles H Pruden Jr announces the start of rocket powder production in the first units of the new 40 million dollar Badger ordnance works expansion. He says remaining units will be activated as they are completed, with a series of exclusive articles on America’s rocket weapons to follow.
Camp Ellis in Illinois will become the nation’s sole military training center for men drafted under the Byrnes work or fight directive. Maj. Gen. Russell B. Reynolds, commanding general of the Sixth Service Command, announced that the facility will open about February 15 to train draftees who failed to meet physical qualifications for general service.
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