Reds in Pomerania 28 Miles from the Baltic Coast
German broadcasts report heavy tank battles along the Oder Neisse front facing Berlin as forces push toward Gdynia and Danzig. The bulletin places operations east toward Rummelsburg and notes a 100 mile front line from Kuestrin to Goerlitz with Marshal Ivan S. Konev's First Ukraine army involved.
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Bublitz
Baltic
Danzig
Stettin
Gdynia
Rummelsburg
Berlin
Oder-Neisse
Moscow
Kuestrin
Oder
Goerlitz
Silesia
Dresden
Nazi Transocean
Ivan S. Konev
First
Ukraine
US Bombers Pass Berlin Hit Leipzig in Raid
A large American airstrike flies past Berlin and focuses on Leipzig with about 1,100 bombers accompanied by 700 long range fighters. The operation signals a major Allied attack in the European Theater with heavy aerial assets deployed.
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U. S
Berlin
Leipzig
London
Civil Government Restored to Manila by MacArthur
General Douglas MacArthur proclaimed Manila the capital of restored civil government in the Philippines as rifle fire echoed over the city. He spoke at Malacanang Palace and praised Osmena, signaling the end of military rule in liberated areas while supplies were rushed in from the United States to revive the war‑torn capital.
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Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Malacanan Palace
United States
MacArthur
Bataan
Corregidor
Commonwealth
Sergio Osmena
Family of Free Nations
Osmena
War Prisoners Help Make Milk Cans at Fort Sheridan
Col. George H. Cushman announced at Fort Sheridan that a small group of prisoners of war would be sent daily from Burlington Wisconsin to the Nestle Milk Products plant to ease a critical shortage in milk can production for the army. Nestle will cover transport costs and pay the army the prevailing wage.
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Fort Sherdan
Nestle Milk Products Company
Burlington
Wis
George H. Cushman
Fort Sheridan
Cushman
Army
Nestle Company
Nimitz Reports Major U S Pacific Raid Against Tokyo
Admiral Nimitz announced that carrier planes under Mitscher destroyed or damaged 223 Japanese aircraft and likely sank 17 ships in the Tokyo raid. The Sunday strike over Tokyo and Monday attack on Hachijojima caused heavy damage to installations and aircraft plants with five small vessels sunk.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Guam
Marc A. Mitscher
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Hachiji Jima
Adm
Raymond A. Spruance
Plan National Drive Against Tuberculosis
Alarmed by rising tuberculosis reports, the public health service plans a 1.5 million dollar national drive against the disease. Funds were approved by the house appropriations committee. The service sought 2 million to aid states, noting tuberculosis as a leading killer of 15 to 25 year olds.
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Washington
Public Health Service
House Appropriations Committee
The
Health Service
Summer ville Manages Sumter Renaming to State Highway Board
Summerville Renamed Madison D J Summer ville of Ladysmith was reappointed to the state highway commission today by Governor Goodland. The appointment for a term ending March 1, 1951, is subject to confirmation by the state senate.
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Madison
D. J. Summerville
Ladysmith
State Highway Commission
Goodland
State Senate
Front Line Distances Reported for Major Theaters
The Associated Press provides distances to front lines: Eastern front 32 miles from Zellin, Western front 295 miles west of Cologne, Italian front 544 miles from Reno river. These figures reflect advancing or contested areas across Europe.
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The
Associated Press
Zellin
Cologne
Reno River
Basketball Reigns Best of Week as Tourney Arrives
The community braces for a four night basketball tournament at the high school gym with eight teams Evansville Monroe Edgerton Madison West Fort Atkinson Stoughton Janesville Prairie du Lac Brodhead. Officials include Herbert Kundert and Archie W Morrow. WCLO will broadcast two games nightly.
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T. R. Holyoke
University of Wisconsin
Evansville
Monroe
Edgerton
Madison West
Spring Green
Monticello
Prairie du Lac
Brodhead
Caanes
Herbert Kundert
Madison
Harry Pohlman
Beloit
Archie W. Morrow
WCLO
Janesville
Holkaye
WIAA
Can Man Living 200 Miles Away Be County Rural School Chief
Alfred J. Hanisch of Marshfield Wisconsin asks Green county officials if a county superintendent need be a county resident. Officials agree residency is typical but no ruling on whether outsiders may be eligible has been issued.
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Alfred J. Hanisch
Marshfield
Wis
Green County
Hanisch
Churchill Seeks Confidence Vote on Crimea Peace Plan
Prime Minister Churchill urged a Commons confidence vote over the Crimea peace framework and Polish frontier, defending Yalta choices and praising Stalin. He pledged strong action against Germany and said the United States would help build a world security league to uphold peace.
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London
Churchill
Germany
Russia
Crimea
United States
World Security League
Marshall Stalin
Poland
Great Britain
Stalin
World Organization
Japan
Russ—Japar
San Francisco
United Nations
Autoist Pleads Guilty In Train Crossing Death
Gerhard Rauth Jr., 46, of Union Grove pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the death of Willard Broughton 74, the rail crossing gateman at Sturtevant. Judge Goodland set $1000 bond and deferred sentence after the collision that knocked Broughton into a freight train.
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Racine
Gerhard Rauth, Jr
Union Grove
Willard Broughton
Sturtevant
Elmer G. Goodland
Broughton
Troop 101 Holds Court of Honor at Grace Lutheran
Troop 101 held its court of honor last evening in the Grace Lutheran church basement with talks on scouting by Clark Kleckner Rev Newell Mendenhall and Herman A Stuessy. Mothers pinned awards as badges were presented to listed scouts including John Goodman Jake Kummer Eugene Babler Richard Kundert Robert Babler Gene Phillips and others for tenderfoot and second class ranks plus service stars for long service.
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Boy Scouts of
Monroe
Grace Lutheran Church
Clark Kleckner
Newell Mendenhall
Herman A. Stuessy
Kiwanis Club
Herman D. Fritz
John Goodman
Jake Kummer
Eugene Babler
Richard Kundert
Robert Babler
Gene Phillips
Theodore Thorpe
Fred Stoehr
Virgil Bowman
Jerry Norder
James Tresner
22 Billion Deficiency Bill Approved By House Committee
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 2.453 billion deficiency supply bill largely for navy needs. It funds miscellaneous agencies for the year ending June 30 and supports a veterans placement program tied to a high army discharge rate after Germany’s defeat. The panel praised the Office of Price Administration and expanded its funding to over 185 million for the year.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Germany
House
Office of Price Administration
Byrnes Curfew Enforced Across Monroe County
Police report strict obedience to War Mobilizer James M. Byrnes curfew order last night. A Turner hall wedding dance ended by 11 30 PM, with venues dark before midnight. Taverns and night spots along Monroe streets stayed closed to conserve fuel and power.
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Monroe
James M. Byrnes
Turner Hall
J. H. Schwaiger
R. H
Pat” Schoonover
Schoonover
Green County
State Needs 50 000 Farm Workers for Year
Arlie Mucks state supervisor of emergency farm labor told the Racine Kenosha County Truck Crop Producers Association that Wisconsin must hire at least 50 000 workers to meet food needs next year. He said 7 000 could come from prisoners of war Mexicans and Jamaicans, with the rest drawn from urban residents.
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Kenosha
Wisconsin
Arlie Mucks
Racine-Kenosha County
Americans Fly From Iwo Jima Airfield In First Assault
Lt. Gen. Hollis Hol land M Smith announced that Marines seized a central hill and half the island at Iwo Jima as American planes used Motoyama airdrome No 1 for the first time. He predicted the island would fall in a few days as casualties declined and fighting intensified. Maj. Gen. Graves B Erskine’s Third Marines seized Hill 1 east of the central airfield in a military triumph rivaling Suribachi.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Guam
Iwo Jima
Holland M
Howlin’ Mad) Smith
Iwo
Pacfic
Motoyama
Tokyo
Graves B. Erskine
Third Marines
Hil Ein
Mt. Suribachi
Swiss stamp drive gains Washington interest across party lines
Mrs. Helen Marty of Monroe and Green county backers press for a commemorative stamp honoring Swiss settlers of the Sugar River valley. Postmaster General Frank Walker and Leo Crowley express cordial interest, while Sen. Robert M. LaFollette Jr. sustains active support and Sen. Wiley introduces a bill in the Senate to authorize issuance. The outcome remains uncertain as no official action has been taken.
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Green County
Sugar River Valley
America
Helen Marty
Monroe
Wisconsin
Washington
Frank Walker
First Army Reaches Outer Defenses of Cologne
Allied forces pushed across a broad Rhine valley advance racing toward Cologne as U S troops reached the Erft river within eight miles of the city. Canadian and American units seized towns, while Ninth and Third armies reported breakthroughs along a 200 mile front toward the Ruhr and mid Rhine.
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Paris
Rhine Valley
Konigshaven
Duesseldorf
Erft River
Ninth Army
Ruhr
Muenchen Gladbach
First Army
Cologne
Uedem
Hochwald
George S. Patton
Third
Kyiv River
Bitburg
Eifels
Middle Rhine
Coblenz
Emmerich
Lower Rhine
Saar River
Saarburg
Neuss
Rhine
Dusseldorf
Duisburg
Etkelenz
Germany
Berlin
Field Marshal
von Rundstedt
Bonn
Trier
Rundstedt
LaFollette Leads Vocational Training Appropriations Bill
Six senators including LaFollette sponsor a bill to provide 97.5 million dollars annually for vocational training of youth and adults. For the first two years states receive funds with no matching requirement, then state matches of 25 percent apply.
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Washington
LaFollette
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Agamemnon
Aggie) Plum
Aggie Plum
Philip Wylie
the Times
Gen. MacArthur
Robert R. Pogue
Cincinnati, Ohio
France
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Pogue
Summerville
Holland
Heinsberg
Wegbers
Dormageny Agrevenbrorch
Bergheim
Roer River
Blatzheim
Rath
Yalta
Marshal Stalin
Troop
Byrnes
Mucks
Smith
Walker
Crowley
Shell City
Soot Sai
Bulletin
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