Russians Drive to Berlin As Soviets Reach Goerlitz
Russian and Allied reports say Soviet forces under Konev pushed toward Berlin from the southeast crossing the Neisse river. Other offensives west of Breslau advanced 22 miles toward Goerlitz with bridgehead battles near Dresden as Moscow dispatches claim Goerlitz 53 miles from Dresden. An unconfirmed French broadcast noted rapid Nazi resistance easing.
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London
Neisse River
Berlin
Moscow
Breslau
Goerlitz
Neisse
Dresden
Germany
Tass
Ivan S. Konev
Tavern Closing Hour Bills Pass Amid Substitutes Debate
The assembly cleared the way for a final vote on a tavern closing bill after one substitute and two amendments. A Nicol Squires amendment set a uniform 1 o'clock closing hour daily and Thomson added Sunday noon closing. The original Woodhead plan would have Milwaukee hours of 2 a.m. weekdays and 3:30 a.m. Sundays applied statewide.
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Assembly
Milwaukee
Nicol and
Squires
Thomson
Woodhead
Raukesha
Nicol
Beggs
Farmer Labor Interests Split Over Coops Says Bureau
Ohio Farm Bureau loses four veteran executives amid debate if farmer interests align with organized labor and cooperatives. J J Bennett and R W Murrah Lincoln cited the clash as they resign or defend bureau positions. Lincoln insists farmers must work with all economic groups to address marketing issues.
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Columbus
Ohio Farm Bureau
LA Se
J. J. Bennett
R. W
Murrah D. Lincoln
Bureau
Lincoln
Foundation Denies Monopoly Charges In Vitamin D Case
The Alumni Research Foundation and 17 licensees face a federal suit over alleged monopoly and price fixing in vitamin D marketing. The foundation denies illegality, says prices meet minimum daily requirements and claims it sometimes withholds licenses to protect public safety from inferior products. The patents underlying the case stem from Dr Harry Steenbock of Wisconsin and cover producing vitamin D via UV irradiation, turned over to the foundation for licensing.
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Umicago
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
Harry Steenbock
University of Wisconsin
Steenbock
Organiza
Frontline Distances Reported Across Theatres
The Associated Press notes 1 Eastern front distance at 32 miles from Zellinim, 2 Western front 298 miles from Warbeyen, and 3 Italian front 544 miles from the Reno river.
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The
Associated Press
Zellinim
Warbeyen
Reno River
No Seasonal Curve They Work Like Eskimos Times Ads
A Times community feature praises the constant usefulness of seasonal want ads for city streets, side roads, apartments, and produce sales. It cites Sam Pehl of Woodford selling three heifers and 100 bushels of corn, with Mrs. Pehl later reporting strong sales and the ads' enduring profitability.
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Sam Pehl
Woodford
Officer Buried Wife in Foxhole in South Carolina
Lt S C Epes 29 admitted burying his 26 year old wife Mary Lee in a shallow foxhole near Ft Jackson South Carolina. Autopsy said head blow and possible drugging caused death. He led officers to the grave after his body was exhumed and a nearby sign read latrine closed.
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Columbia
S. C
S. C. Epes
T. Alex Heise
Ft. Jackson
Virginia
Mary Lee Epes
Mit
Horse
State Identification Bureau
Jacksonville
Fin
Epes-Fitzgerald Paper Company
Richmond
Post Hospital
Epes
Hesse
Eppes
Advisory Body Warns Vets on Farm Purchases After War
Green county agricultural leaders plan to guide returning veterans toward land suited for farming to avoid past mistakes after World War I. The advisory committee includes W. C. Baumgartner Cecil Holloway Earl L. Dockhorn and others with County Agent Edwin Baker and Miss Marlys Richert coordinating. Veterans may be advised to start as tenants or hired hands until they gain experience and finances, with service officers aiding the process.
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Green County
Veterans’ Advisory Committee
W. C. Baumgartner
Monticello
Cecil Holloway
Earl L. Dockhorn
William A. Brown
Sam Waelti
Monroe
Albert Getz
Madison
Rouglas
Juda
Glenn Sysenchardville
J. S. Urben
New Glarus
Edwin ©. Baker
Marlys Richert
George Baumeister
Wisconsin
Te County Advisory Committee
Conscript Chinese To Aid Yank Troops
Gen Lu Chung-Liu, conscription minister, announced that over 500000 Chinese men will be conscripted before March end to meet the demand for the evacuation with impending American landings on the China coast. This marks the first public suggestion that a counteroffensive would be coordinated with US operations.
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Chungking
China
Lu Chung-Liu
State Employe Kills Wife, Self in Deerfield
A state conservation department worker, Alton C. Korth, 53, killed his wife Ann, 46, and then shot himself in their second floor Deerfield apartment near Madison. Coroner E. A. Fischer said domestic troubles and ill health prompted the double tragedy. Mrs. Korth’s body was found by neighbor Mrs. Vivian Ireland. Korth's body by village marshal Otto Sorum. Korth had been on leave from his Deerfield fish hatchery repairman's job since January 1 due to ill health.
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Madison
Alton C. Korth
Deerfield
E. A. Fischer
John Arnold
Dane County
Korth
State Conservation Department
Ann
War prompts Paris radio to suspend London publication
Paris radio reports the London edition may suspend publication Saturday possibly due to World War II concerns. The stated reason cited by authorities hints at wartime needs, with speculation it relates to shifting Russian advances and propaganda policy.
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London
der Angriff Jazi Propagan
Gebbels
Paris
Canadians Fight On in Flooded Rhine Valley Drive
Canadians pressed along the north end of the Rhine valley behind the Siegfried line with amphibious tanks advancing to the west bank. British empire troops aided in repelling German counterattacks near Goch and Cakar as heavy Allied bombardment pinned German forces, threatening to outflank the Ruhr munitions region.
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Varis
Montgomery
Ruhr
Rhineland
Walther von Model
Kleveland
Emmerich
English
Calais
Dover
Candian First
Siegfried’ Line
Rhine
West Wall
Germany
The
OPA Rules Debated By Local Cheesemakers Here
Foreign type cheesemakers and milk producers near Turner hall will debate OPA ceiling prices on foreign type cheese and federal versus state grading rules at a 3 p m Saturday meeting. The Foreign Type Cheesemakers association has urged each cheesemaker to bring a guest who is a farmer-producer.
Viroqua Woman Celebrates 99th Birthday
Mrs. Lucy Gruxb, a 96-year resident of Viroqua, observed her ninety ninth birthday today. A pioneer teacher, she instructed in Vernon county s first log school houses.
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Viroqua
Lucy Gruxb
Vernon County
No Action Yet to Fill City Clerkship Vacancy
Monroe city officials at City Hall and clerks are taking over duties of the late Claude A. Roderick as temporary city clerk awaiting council action on February 20. The arrangement could extend beyond the April election when voters may choose a city clerk. If a fulltime clerk is needed before April, the mayor may appoint one subject to council approval.
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Monroe
Claude A. Roderick
Aerial Bombardment Pounds Dresden and Berlin
Allied heavy bombers battered Dresden and Berlin in a large scale offensive described as one of the war’s greatest air campaigns. Bombers also hit Cottbus railyards and Magdeburg oil plant, with attacks continuing from Holland and over Austria as aircrews linked eastern and western fronts.
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London
Dresden
Berlin
Cottbus
Magdeburg
Holland
Austria
Nazis Force Yanks Back in Rome Sector
Allied headquarters reported German infiltration tactics pushed American outposts back on the Tyrrhenian coast and a raid in the Serchio valley caused a brief withdrawal. The ground was later regained as the Nazi attack moved a short distance, with outposts briefly moved east of Strettoia and Lama Di Sotto before stabilization.
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Rome
Serchio
Anther
Strettoia
Sera- Yezza
Stettoia
Lama di Sotto
Former Vernon County Sheriff Dies in La Crosse Hospital
Steener Jacobson who led Vernon county from 1929 to 1933 and earlier ran a Viroqua hotel died in a La Crosse hospital yesterday. He served as sheriff during the early 1930s and was a prominent local figure.
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Vernon County
la Crosse
Steener Jacobson
Viroqua
Congress urged to scrap work or jail plan for wartime labor
Senate members Kilgore and Wagner back a substitute authorizing the War Manpower Commission to budget available labor and set employment ceilings. The plan aims to mobilize manpower so each person serves in the best fit role, with wage and hiring controls under WMC. Aimed at enforcing war labor orders, it signals possible use of priority-claims denial and contract cancellation against defiers, including firms like E. A. Laboratories.
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Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Kilgore
D-Wva
Wagner
D-Ny
Ferguson
R-Mich
War Manpower Commission
WMC
War Labor Board
E. A. Labratories, Inc
Brooklyn
N. Y
Big 3 Sold Poles Out Says Premier in London
Polish government in exile premier Tomasz Arciszewski accused the big three of dictatorial acts and vowed Poland would never surrender to slavery or a new partition. He defended his government’s Crimea position and asserted forces fight on land sea and air, not mere talk.
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London
Tomasz Arciszewski
Poland
Arciszewski
Soviet
Russia
Phil Ault
United Press
Crimea
Fred Installed As University President
Edwin B. Fred was installed as the 12th president of the University of Wisconsin in a simple ceremony. He succeeds Clarence A. Dykstra who resigned to become provost at UCLA. Fred pledged to uphold the position, with the board of regents authorizing an administrative assistant to aid the new president, salary not yet set.
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Inadison
Edwin B. Fred
University of Wisconsin
Clarence A. Dykstra
University of California At Los Angeles
Fred
Theate
Board of Regents
College of Agriculture
Armada Dash for Manila Reported by Tokyo Radio
Japanese dispatches quoted by Domei claimed an American invasion armada prepared to attack Manila Bay between Corregidor and Bataan. They said ten enemy transports awaited mines and noted U S Navy ships and aerial bombardment. Meanwhile U S 20th Air Force reported raids on Honshu and Nagoya with Marianas Superfortresses, while submarines sank more Japanese ships bringing the wartime total to 1 020. Ground fighting intensified in Manila as American troops pressed through Intramuros Ermita and Malate amid civilian casualties and destruction along the bay shore.
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Associated Press
Manila Bay
Corregidor
Bataan
Philippines
Tokyo Radio
Domei
U. S
Manila
U.S. 20Th Air Force
Honshu
Japan
Tokyo
Nagoya
U. S. Navy
Nanking
Intramuros
Ermita
Malate
Pasig River
Escolta
Cold Wave Predicted Across Midwest and Great Lakes
Subzero temperatures hit North Dakota and Maine as Minnesota saw heavy snow. Minot reported 4 below zero while western Minnesota fell to 12 to 15 below. Chicago forecasters warned a Midwest cold wave with lows near 5 above in the city and expanding eastward. Predictions covered Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Minnesota with 14 below to 15 above in spots. Snow totals ranged six to eight inches in north central Minnesota and several inches in northern Wisconsin amid sleet and rain elsewhere.
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Imne Associated Press
North Dakota
Maine
Minnesota
Asia
Minot
N. D
Chicago
Midwest
Chicago Weather Bureau
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Ilinois
Senator Wiley to introduce Swiss centennial stamp bill
Senator Alexander S. Wiley said he would introduce in the Senate a bill to issue a postal stamp commemorating the Swiss centennial. The decision followed a call from State Senator Melvin Olson in Madison to Stewart F. Kingston, president of the Monroe Stamp club which originated the idea.
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Alexander S. Wiley
Senate
Wiley
Melvin Olson
Madison
Stewart F. Kingston
Monroe Stamp Club
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Reds
Foundation
United States Department of Agriculture
Ala
Alabama Capital
Yank
Saipan
Saipan Island
Coast Guard
Valley of
Philippine
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