Superforts Bombard Iwo Jima and Burma Targets
The article reports Allied B-29 Superfortresses striking Iwo Jima in a third attack and bombing Nakajima Ota in Burma. It notes heavy bomber losses and damage, with several planes destroyed or damaged, and fires seen at key targets amid a large-scale raid.
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Associated Press
Japan
Iwo Jima
Tate
Nakajima
Ota
Rangoons
Burma
Fee
Seng
Jima
Saipan
Manpower Worry Rcute on Farms Too Board Told
Green county agricultural workers were released on November 15 to assist with hog processing at Mayer Packing in Madison, according to County Agent Edwin Baker. The annual report notes labor congestion threatened farmer hogs, with 705 laborers placed including bean and cherry pickers and farm work units for registrants aged 18 to 45. Milk production rose amid federal limits on cheesemaking, prompting Baker to remark that efforts focused on aiding cheesemakers.
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Green County
Mayer Packing Company
Madison
Edwin ©. Baker
Green County Board of Supervisors
Argyle Canning
Door County
Itaft Board
Baker
Uncle Sam's Plea To Us Civilians
Uncle Sam appeals to civilians to fill war jobs for artillery output and urges meeting this week’s quota. Forty plants require 2,650 workers, and the drive calls for donating 100,000 pints of blood to support wounded servicemen.
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Uncle Sam
Left‑Handed Parking Sparks Police Warnings
Police issued 29 warning tickets over three days for left side parking and diagonal or parallel spots. No fines yet. officials warn a second offense will carry penalties beyond warnings.
Allies Retire from Strong Nazi Attack Near Massa Italy
American Fifth Army units that had pushed to within about two and a half miles of Massa on Italy’s west coast pulled back slightly under renewed Nazi counterattacks and heavy artillery fire. The force held positions about a half mile south of Strettoia, three miles southeast of Massa, after repelling several counterattacks along the Fiume La Foce and retreating to the south bank under heavy fire.
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Fifth Army
Massa
Strettoia
Massa Negro
Ute
Fiume la Foce
Now It's Our Turn Editorial on Sugar River Swiss pioneers
An editorial urges preserving Green County Swiss settlers 1845 legacy with a centennial commemorative postage stamp. It asks readers to write Congressmen La Follette Jr and Wiley and to send petitions, clippings, and heartfelt letters to support the effort. The piece praises Swiss contributions to agriculture, industry, and patriotism.
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Green County
Sugar River Valley
Europe
Sugar Valley
Lawrence H. Smith
c/o
House
Washington, D. C
U. S
Robert M. la
2000 Rare Families in County Homemaking Setup
Green county farm women in 1944 were drafted from homes to aid field work during labor shortages and to improve homemaking methods through the home demonstration program. Over 2000 rural families were reached via 29 home demonstration groups and scheduled project activities including food supply, poultry institutes, meat cutting, and food preservation clinics.
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Green County
Roosevelt urges Congress to back Bretton Woods plan
President Roosevelt warned Congress that the future holds promise and danger and urged prompt approval of participation in a proposed international bank and monetary fund. He framed Bretton Woods as a cornerstone for international economic cooperation, detailing fund capitalization, U S leadership, and a push for broader goals including tariffs, cartels control, and world trade expansion.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Bretton Woods
International Bank
International Monetary Fund
White House
United States
Monetary Fund
Dumbarton Oaks Security Organization
Dumbarton Oaks
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United Nations
World Bank
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Marness
Tito's Forces Trap Germans at Belgrade
Yugoslav Partisans pocketed a German force in the Belgrade region near Nova Kasaba about 75 miles from the eastern front report. Broadcasters cited German troops being mopped up near Mostar after a Reno river assault, with fronts in the east and west reporting fighting and advances.
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marsnar —_Tito
Berlin
Associated Press
Nova
Konev’s Red Army Aims at Dresden Front
Moscow broadcasts report Konev’s forces push toward Dresden with four Bober river bridgeheads and advances up to 27 miles daily. Zhukov’s units threaten Stettin and advance near Madne See, with Sagan and Sorau rail targets in reach as Berlin defenses face pressure. Turn to No. 3, Back Page.
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Associated Press
London
Ivan Konev
Breslau
Silesia
Bober River
Dresden
Germany
Konev
Bunzlau
Bober
Sagan
Berlin
Gregory Zhukov
Oder
Fuerstenberg
Zhukov
Stettin
Baltic
Madne See
Pyritz
Stargard
Moscow
Claude R. Roderick longtime Monroe city clerk dies
Claude Roderick, longtime Monroe civic leader and city clerk since 1942, died at 7:15 am in St. Clare hospital after a heart ailment. Born Nov 5, 1885, he filled multiple public posts including Green County clerk and bank executive. Funeral at 2 Wednesday at Shriner-Neushwan der Funeral home. Interment Greenwood cemetery Brodhead. He married Agnes Collins in 1912 and leaves extensive public service in Monroe and county.
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Laude A. Roderick
Monroe
St. Clare Hospital
Roderick
Shriner-Neushwan
Alvin C. Rabehi
Immanue Evangelical Church
Greenwood Cemetery
Brodhead
Jefferson
George
Zora Graham Roderick
Brodhead High School
Green County
Frank A Buehler
Fred Wettengel
First National Bank
Big Three Agree On War End And Postwar Peace
In a Crimea communique after an eight day Yalta meeting, Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin pledge to shorten the war in Europe and eliminate Naziism and German militarism while pursuing growing cooperation among peace loving nations. They state Germany’s unconditional surrender remains non negotiable and warn Germans that resistance will increase costs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Europe
Britain
Crimea
Yalta
Germany
Allies Reach Kleve as Siegfried Line Breached Further
Canadian First Army troops crossed the Reichswald and pushed beyond Kleve while American Fourth Division cleared half the Pruem road junction behind the breached Siegfried line. Allied forces faced floods from the Schwammenauer dam, two miles-wide Roer, as 4000 prisoners were taken amid heavy bombardment and relentless air attacks.
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James M. Long
Paris
Siegfried Line
Kleve
U. S. Fourth Division
Pruem
Germany
Rhine
Koblenz
Reichswald
Spoy Canal
Gennep
Niers
Kessel
West Walls Center of God
German Civilians Too Dulled to Rebel Says Swiss Refugees
Swiss refugees repatriated from Berlin Elgin and Koenigsberg report Germans were too tired and numb to start a revolution but fear foreign worker revolt exists in the Reich. They describe food and shelter conditions during heavy air raids and note civilians struggled to enter crowded shelters as Berlin authorities prepare defenses.
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Eee
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Elgin
Koenigsberg
Legion Leader Sees Peacetime Draft Act Backed
National commander Scheiberling of the American Legion says the Legion will push for peacetime conscription to keep the United States strong and reduce attack risk. He spoke to a Chicago post and will visit Springfield to lay a wreath on Lincoln's tomb.
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Seerling
American Legion
Legion
Scheiberling
Chicago
United States
Springfield
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
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