New U S Army Air Force Led by Spaatz for Pacific
Washington announced creation of a U S Army Air Force in the Pacific under Gen. Carl A. Spaatz to direct bombing of Japan. Tokyo radio forecast 1,000-plane attacks as 300 American raiders from Okinawa and Iwo Jima hit Nippon again, with Mustang fighters and Superforts aiding strikes on Tokyo and Kyushu.
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Associated Press
U S. Army Air Force
Pacific
Carl A. Spaatz
Germany
Washington
Tokyo
Robert P. Patterson
Spaatz
Japan
Eighth Air Force
James Doolittle
220Th Aaf
Nippon
U. S
U.S
Okinawa
Iwo Jima
Hirohito
Sion
Kyushu
Yellow Sea
U. S. Navy
Twiggs
William D. Porter
Balikpapan
Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Quiet Fourth of July Across Lane Area
Monroe and vicinity reported the quietest Fourth of July in memory with minimal noise and light showers. No major crimes or wrecks, a recklessness case and two stop sign violations noted. many used gasoline cards for drives though crowds lingered at recreation park and beaches amid light rain and afternoon warmth.
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Monroe
Penateubainen
Recreation Park
Fatalities rise as Fourth of July deaths tally 152 nationwide
Officials report 152 deaths from July Fourth incidents across the country with 54 traffic fatalities and 296 drownings for a similar period in 1943. The National Council notes many injuries up to 1944 figures and lists state tallies for traffic and drowning deaths by Michigan Minnesota Missouri Ohio Wisconsin.
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Associated Press
National Council
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Ohio
Wisconsin
Brodhead Phone Company Sold to Commonwealth
The Wisconsin Public Service Commission approved the sale of Brodhead Phone Company to Commonwealth by order dated June 28. The transaction transfers ownership and regulatory responsibilities under state oversight.
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Brodhead Phone Company
Commonwealth
Wisconsin Public Service Commission
Four Boys Leave Bicycles Idle Outside Theater
Four youths lingered in an alley by the theater while others attend a show. Bicycles sit parked and forgotten, some left for days. One man notes one bike has lingered for two days, hinting at its high value in hard times.
War on Weeds Urges City and County Action
City and county officials urged immediate action against rapid weed growth due to wet weather. County Agent E O Baker warned bull thistle poses severe damage while Canadian thistle also reaches flowering. city funds already approved for weed cutting and more work planned if residents do not act.
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Monroe
Green County
E. O. Baker
Baker
Governors Focus On Ration Issue At Governors Conference
Governors at Mackinac Island discuss food shortages and price controls as a central postwar campaign topic. They pledge nonpartisan cooperation to ease dinner table shortages while awaiting speedy approval of a rationing proposal and name a new conference chairman.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
OPA
Wartime Appropriations Cut in House FEPC Fight
The House eliminated 548 264 450 of 10 home front war agency appropriations from a 752 million wartime bill amid FEPC debate. Henry Morgenthau Jr was urged to retire as secretary of the treasury with speculation Truman might announce at a 3 PM news conference.
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Washington
FEPC
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Goodyear plants seized by U S government
President Truman ordered the navy to occupy Goodyear Tire & Rubber plants in Akron Ohio to restore production after a 20 day strike by CIO United Rubber Workers. Output fell sharply with 16 700 workers out last month. Japan reported a US task force attack but no confirmation followed from Tokyo about coastal shelling and submarine bombardments.
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President Truman
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Akron
Mr. Truman
Navy
CIO
United Rubber Workers
World War II Casualties Top 1 036 937
Washington reports a weekly rise of 6 258 to 1 036 937 total military casualties in World War II. Navy 125 540 and Army 911 397 listed on names through June 29. Okinawa casualties through June 28: 8 252 killed 34 165 wounded 1 781 missing. Japanese losses 107 046 killed 10 578 taken prisoner.
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Washington
Navy
Army
War Department
Patterson
Okinawa
Postwar Universal Military Training Endorsed by House Panel
The House postwar military policy committee backed a broad principle of universal peacetime military training. The panel approved enacting legislation during the current session, with 16 of 22 supporting. Only Rep Bradley opposed. five non signers kept unnamed. Details to follow hearings after summer recess.
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Washington
House
Congress
Bradley
D-Pa
Woodrum
D-Va
House Military Committee
Truman Extends Reciprocal Tariff for 3 Years
President Truman signed a three year extension of the reciprocal trade program, granting broad executive authority to cut tariffs. The law allows reductions up to 50 percent below 1945 levels, with selective 75 percent cuts from Hawley Smoot for items already lowered, aimed at boosting world trade with limited domestic impact.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
State Department
New Glarus Plans William Tell Pageant September 2 3
The New Glarus Community Guild prepares the annual outdoor William Tell pageant with German performance on Sept 2 and English performance on Sept 3. A 200 member local cast will wear authentic village costumes.
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New Glarus
Glarus
Wiliam Tell
Arnold Resigns from Court of Appeals in Capital
The White House announced the resignation of Justice Thurman Arnold from the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington effective July 10. Arnold previously led the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department.
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Arnold
Court of Appeals
Washington
White House
Thurman Arnold
United States Court of Appeals
Anti-Trust
Justice Department
Submarine Trigger Reported Lost After Patrol
The submarine Trigger with 80 to 85 crew is overdue from patrol and presumed lost. Navy officials announced the status today and next of kin have been notified.
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Washington
Yanks Move Large Numbers From Europe to Pacific
The army lists five divisions headed for transfer to the Pacific, with others at sea or in America awaiting status. Divisions include the 13th armored and the 86th, 95th, 97th and 104th infantry units, while 2nd 5th 44th and 87th are ready or near ready to sail. Some units are on permanent occupation detail or SHAEF assignments as decisions on future status are pending.
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Paris
Pacific
United States
High Seas
America
13Th Armored
Germany
Supreme Headquarters
Ifeer
Ansbach
Salzburg
Austria
Seventh
Ingoldstadt
Winterburg
Czechoslav
SHAEF
Kaiserlautern
Bremen
U. S
Mayen
Ulm
Seventh Army
Kitzbuehel
Britain
Wuerzburg
SHAEP
Linz
Marseille
France
Leipzig
Limburg
Augsburg
Gera
Bad Wildungen
SHEAF
Eger
Czechoslovakia
Kaufbeuren
Deggendorf
Mannheim
Churchill to Confer With Spanish Leader Before Potsdam
A report says Churchill would meet Francisco Franco before the Potsdam conference, though a Foreign Office commentator doubts the claim. The best guess is Truman Stalin Churchill summit at Potsdam around July 14 or 16 to settle European issues. The prime minister and family may holiday at Chateau de Bordaberry near Hendaye, with villa telegraph links to London.
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London
Churchill
Francisco
Spain
Potsdam
Foreign Office
Truman
Stalin
Berlin
Chateau de Bordaberry
Hendaye
Bordeaux
Nazi starvation station uncovered near Munich in Bavaria
American military authorities report four German doctors and three attendants arrested at a Kaufbeuren area station masking as a sanatorium. A nurse confessed killing 211 children for a monthly bonus while a 10 year old boy survived underweight.
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Munich
Bavaria
AMG
Kaufbeuren
Austria
Marvin Linick
New York City
Loyal Murphy
Memphis
Tenn
Irsee
Valentin Falrhauser
Franziska Will
Worle
U. S
Linick and Murphy
Milwaukee Train Kills Gratiot Man
Arthur Berry, 28, was struck and killed by a passenger train while walking along a track near Gratiot. Coroner ruled accidental. funeral held at Ayes funeral home with burial in Gratiot cemetery. Survivors include mother Mrs. Robert Berry, sisters and brothers. Rev. W C Snow officiated.
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Ayes
Gratiot
Arthur Berry
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad
Riverside
Berry
Robert Berry
Lafayette County
Walter Thomas
Mineral Point
Milwaukee
Irving Thompson
Pearl
Leon
LeRoy
Robert
Oscar Bassett
Rockford
William Klein
Savanna
Clarence Berry
George Berry
Tax Assessment Rolls Open for Inspection in Monroe
The Monroe city clerk’s office opens the tax assessment rolls today and tomorrow for citizens to inspect. Officials have not finalized totals pending Board of Review action next Monday, when books will be reviewed, protests heard, and comparisons with prior city assessments prepared.
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Monroe
Board of Review
New Fire Alarm System To Be Installed In Monroe
Monroe votes to install a new Gamewell fire alarm system by fall with nine pull boxes at existing sites including near Einbeck store. Lighting will improve visibility at night and service is delayed by labor and material shortages. The council also approves land purchase for parking east of Recreation Park and issues several operators licenses along with a junk dealer and a dance license.
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Monroe
Gamewell Company
Newton Falls Mass
Einbeck
20Th Avnue
6Th Street
Recreation Park
Prospect Addition
Robert Fox
W. H. Hogan
Thomas J. Foley
Lela M. Foley
Jacob Marty, Jr
James H. Hughes
Burnett Briggs
John Kaufman
Albert Hirsbrunner
Turner Hall
Glorious Fourth Guam Flight Crews Fire Japan Targets
Pilots from the 58th wing led by Brig. Gen. Robert Ramsey described a pre dawn strike by 500 B-29 Superforts on four Japanese cities, with Lt. Robert Sueck of Sheboygan Falls reporting all targets aflame simultaneously.
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Guam
Japan
Robert Sueck
Sheboygan Falls
Wis
Robert Ramsey
Takamatsu
Four Japanese Cities Hit in Major Allied Air Strikes
Allied bombers struck four Japanese cities destroying ships and aircraft as Tokyo boasted of vast wartime production. Iwo Jima and Okinawa air forces supported raids, while Australian forces seized Balikpapan. MacArthur declared the Philippines liberated with heavy enemy losses and remaining forces estimated at 30,000.
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The
Mikado
MacArthur
Philippines
Japan
Borneo
Dutch East Indies
China
Asiatic
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Industrial Electronics Corporation
Newark
Elliott Roosevelt
G. S. Soseman
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Herbert B. Maw
Utah
Marshall
Martin
Harry F. Kelly
Ellis Arnall
Georgia
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Griswold
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
Bulletins
North Pacific
Karafuto Island
Winston Churchill
English Islands
England
Scotland
Europe
Reich
Java
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