Butter ration points to drop in August
Washington announces about 12 percent more butter available for civilians in August lowering ration point value from 24 to about 20 points per pound. Civilian supply rises to 90 million pounds from 80 million, due to revised war requirements. Wisconsin board urges immediate reduction citing 50 percent drop in June sales and stockpiles rising.
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Washington
Anderson
Bowles
Wisconsin
Madison
Wisconsin State Board of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
State Board of Agriculture
Ira Inman
Beloit
Paul C. Schmidt
Medford
Earll
Prairie du
Early Eclipse Observed Prompted Eye Safety Warnings
University of Wisconsin astronomer warns Monday's partial solar eclipse requires eye protection. The event peaks around 7 04 a m with 7 percent totality, begins 6 09 and ends 8 04. Ordinary sunglasses are unsafe and tele scopes should be avoided. Use pover exposed film to view as a red glowing circle. Sun rises 5 27 a m. Moon shadow enters sun at 6 09 with only the northern quarter visible at peak.
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Madison
Charles M. Huffer
University of Wisconsin
Washburn Observatory
Huffer
Minnesota Rural Areas Back into Standard Time
Minnesota returns to standard time tomorrow under a farm measure. Most urban areas stay on war time while more than 170 rural communities switch to standard time. No penalties are provided for not observing standard time.
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Minnesota
St. Paul
Minn
Keefe seeks congressional probe of rye market manipulations
Representative Keefe of Wisconsin introduced legislation for a special investigating committee to probe rye market operations on the Chicago board of trade. He described a national scandal and alleged manipulations by a group with ties reaching into Washington.
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Washington
Chicago Board of Trade
Keefe
R-Wis
House
Berlin Occupation Rows as Allies Struggle for Control
Soviet authorities tight in Berlin as three powers seek to govern. Americans plan to seize their zone at midnight with British aiming for immediate operation. Food reserves are contested with in kind barter to Soviet needs, while Anglo American planning remains muddled and cordial ties with Soviet officers persist.
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Berlin
United States
Soviet Union
War Department waste charged by Engel in Congress
Representative Engel accuses the War Department of wasting tax dollars and not justifying billions in army spending before Congress. He notes 192 billion approved since 1941 with over 150 billion spent, plus 21 billion for the current year, predicting a total far exceeding property valuations by mid 1948.
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Washington
Representass
Eisenhower
Bradley
Clark
MacArthur
Congress
Engel
Reds Ruin U S Machinery in Occupation Seizure
Arthur Dunning of Bath Maine, secretary of the American chamber of commerce in Germany, says American plants in German occupied zones were stripped of machinery. He cites National Cash Register Frigidaire Ford Opel IBM Hollerith Singer Mixgenest and Woolworth raids. He estimates holdings at 200 million dollars and says plants were forced to serve Hitler war needs.
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U. S
Berlin
Arthur Dunning
Bath
American Chamber of Commerce
Germany
National Cash Register
Frigidaire
Ford
Opel
General Motors
Hollerith
International Business Machines
Singer, Mix and Genest
Woolworth
Adolf Hitler
United States
Draftees Scheduled for 5:30 A M Monday Shipment
Inductees and pre inductees of the July call for Green county report at the Green county draft board at 5 30 Monday morning for shipment to Milwaukee where they will be examined. Red Cross teen corps will serve breakfast and provide a lunch for the journey.
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Green County
Lattaquiye clashes after child’s death sparks riots
Beyrouth Riotine reports French soldiers clash with civilians in Lattaquie after a child was killed by a French vehicle. British accounts cite 16 dead and 45 wounded, French figures 23 dead. British patrols control seacoast night and continue yesterday. Manila notes spies infiltrated Manila to locate General MacArthur HQ. a dozen were hanged in June. In Lansing, Frank D. McKay and five others were bound over for trial on liquor graft conspiracy charges in circuit court.
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Beyrouth
Lattaquie
Seacoast
Yesteray
Lansing, Mich
Frank D. McKay
Grand Rapids
Circuit Court
Leland W. Carr Tolay
Chances Dark for Early Action on Taxes by Senate
Washington reports the Senate faces a heavy workload delaying tax reform. The House passed the business aid bill 345 to 81. Senate leaders doubt timing for the tax bill as they pursue the United Nations charter and pre summer recess goals. A proposal to cut excess profits taxes failed 120 to 95 but exemptions rise from 10 000 to 25 000 for next year, lowering next year payments by about 160 million.
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Washington
Senate
House
Connailly
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relation Committee
Finance Committee
White House
Congress
Pfc Whitehead Returns From German Prison Camp
Allie Van Matre received a telegram from Pfc John LeRoy Whitehead stating he arrived in Boston and will be home in a week. Whitehead served with the 106th Infantry Division which suffered heavy losses in the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.
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Allie van Matre
Pfc
John
LeRoy Whitehead
Boston
O. K. Will
Chicago
Whitehead
106Th
Oklahoma in China delivers Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Frankly staged
An anonymous donor sent Oklahoma to Kunming China. Corporal Donald Painter directed and starred as Will in a multi unit cast of enlisted men officers and civilians. The show was staged in a base hangar and rehearsed in base warehouses before expanding to regional GI audiences. Gasoline shortages limit further distribution.
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Kunming
China
Corp
Pfc
Donald G. Painter
Painter
Will
United States
New York
Ration Board Adopts 44 Hour Week And Schedules Change
The Green county war price and rationing board will close Saturday afternoons under a 44 hour week per federal orders. The board remains open Thursday afternoons for business, with berry price controls announced including FOB farm prices for raspberries black raspberries and blackberries and dewberries and farmer markups for retail sales.
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Green County
Ration Board
Ration
15 More Raids on State Gambling Spots
Madison reports from the state beverage tax division show raids on 15 establishments across four counties under the Thomson anti gambling bill. Agents seized slot machines and punch boards at numerous sites in Sheboygan Vilas Calumet and Dodge counties, bringing total counties raided to 10 and licensed establishments to 39.
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Madison
Clyde Tutton
Sheboygan
Vilas
Galumet
Dodge
Tutton
Sheboygan County
C. J. Goldammer
Elkhart Lake
J. A. Terrett
Wayland Jackson
Town of Rhine
William Hekker
Ronand A. Schwartz
Vilas County
Joseph
Leland
Howezer Gerniglia
Eagle
River
Sam's Bar
Sam Capich
Eagle’ River
Andrew W Schroeder
Halverstad’s
Eagle River
Voss’ Resort
Henry A. Voss
Highway 51
Joseph Barto
Gile
Ashley Norman
Calumet County
Calumet Golf Club
Robert J. McGrath
Hubert J. Schmittlkoeffer
Lake Park Tavern
Alex Schmalz
Town of Harrison
Dodge County
Allan McGovern
Waterloo
Jap Marksmen on Borneo Report Rotten and Failing
Balikpapan July 5 American amphibious tractor crews reported Japanese marksmen were rotten and inaccurate during the shore to shore movement. Australians captured Penadjam point and Balikpapan bay as more than 50 amtracs ferried the landing force from the beach to the narrow land across the bay. Sgt. Orrie Magnin of Wisconsin recalled mortars and 20 MM shells missing, while T5 Ward Shearer described the mud and the difficulty of pulling the tractors free after landing.
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Balikpapan
Penadjam Point
Balikpapan Bay
Orrie RB. Magnin
Oconto Falls
Wis
72Nd
T/5
Ward Shearer
Hoagland
Ind
Swindle In Swindle Inc Targets Holdin gs Firms and Tax Revenue
A House commerce subcommittee opened an inquiry into a supposed Wall Street plan to convert a private utility industry into a tax free non profit by forming new corporations. The scheme would issue revenue bonds and divert earnings to bankers, with Omaha cited as an example. Names linked include Guy C. Myers Howard L Aller and firms Blythe Nuveen First Boston and Dillon Read.
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Washington
Wall Street
Boren
D-Okla
Swindle, Inc
Wallstreet
Teapot Dome
Lea
Calif
Murphy
D-Pa
Reece
R-Tenn
Treasury
House
Federal Treasury
iCase of
Omaha
Nebraska Power Company
Seattle
Portland
Spokane
Louisville
Cincinnati
Bankers
Blythe and Company
Nuveen and Company
First Boston
Dillion-Read
Myers and Dillon Read and Company
Tno
T. H. Maenner
Nebraska Power Company Board of Directors
Beer Sons Back in States Enter Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Frank Beer of Mon Toe cheer as their two sons M Sgt Ervin M Beer and T 5 Waldemar L Beer report return to the United States and hospital treatment. Ervin served in Guam Leyte Okinawa and has been at Harmon General Hospital Longview Texas. Waldemar wounded on Okinawa is at Madigan General Hospital Tacoma Washington after service in Attu Kwajalein Okinawa and Leyte.
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Frank Beer
Ervin M. Beer
Waldemar L. Beer
States
Heer
Guam
Leyte
Okinawa
Harmon General Hospital
Longview
Tex
Waldemar
Madigan General Hospital
Tacoma
Wash
Attu
Kwajalien
Face Murder Trial Set for July in Batle Creek
Circuit court here will try Harr Sam Fleisher Mike Seli and Pete Mahoney on July 16 for conspiring to murder former State Sen Warren G Hooper of Albion.
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Batle Creek
Harr
Sam Fleisher
Mike Seli
Pete Mahoney
Warren G. Hooper
Albion
Allies Open Road to Singapore Amid Bold Air Escapes
A massive Allied air offensive against Japan and a rescue saga unfolded as a submarine crew saved 30 fliers across six days. The City of Galveston case saw Capt. Mirlanda and Lt. Spaulding guiding a crippled B-29 to safety after a shell strike. Invasion plans near Singapore advanced with a British task force clearing mines and Japanese civilians evacuating port areas.
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Guam
Japan
George W. Mundy
Cedarville
Galveston
John A. Mirlanda
Tex
Robert L. Spaulding
Eagle Rock
Calif
John H. Purley
Jackson
Tenn
Spaulding
Mundy
Miranda
Associated Press
Malay Peninsula
Singapore
Tokyo
Sumatra
Car Nicobar Island
Indo-China
China
Balikpapan
Borneo
Nippon
Roy S. Geiger
Okinawa
Pacific Ocean
Shimizu
Fujiyama
Maruzen
Shimatsu
Osaka
Kofu
Tokyo Bay
Akashi
Iwo Jima
Kyushu
Fifith Air Force
Philippines
Liu Wei Cheng
Gulf of Tonking
Farbenindustrie espionage chief questioned in postwar probe
Dr. Max Ilgner described by U S army authorities as chief of espionage for I G Farbenindustrie was held for questioning. Col Edwin S Pillsbury said Farbenindustrie agents ran industrial espionage worldwide and Ilgner was among the most active.
Flag Raiser Weds Baltimore Bride in Jim Crow Era
Rene A. Gagnon of Manchester New Hampshire married his hometown sweetheart Pauline Hernels 19 in Baltimore. Navy corpsman John Bradley of Appleton Wisconsin served as best man. The couple attended a war bond ball where Gagnon was guest of honor.
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Baltimore
Pic
Rene A. Gagnon
Manchester
N. H
Mount Suribachi
Iwo Jima
Associated Press
Joseph Rosenbad
Pauline Hernels
American Legion
Gagnon
Pharmaciat
John #. Bradley
Appleton, Wis
Rosenthal
Geiger and Stilwell differ on war length against Japan
Honolulu dispatch reports Lt. Gen. Roy S. Geiger argues for immediate invasion of the Japanese home islands and a swift victory, while Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell cautions the war could be long after noting Okinawa’s rugged terrain and three months of fighting.
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Geiger and Stilwell
Honolulu
United States
Pacific
Roy S. Geiger
Okinawa
Third Amphibious Corps
Holland M. Smith
Geiger
Japan
Joseph W. Stilwell
U. S. 10Th Army
Stilwell
Steel Strike Ends Amid War Labor Relief In Chicago
The 24 hour stoppage at Carnegie-Illinois Steel in South Chicago ends easing war production. About 13 000 workers return to duty as furnaces glow again. Other gains include a five day walkout at Republic Steel’s Cleveland mill and a possible end to a New Jersey New York Western Electric dispute. Overall idle workers drop to about 40 000 nationwide.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation
Cio-United
Carnegie-Illinois
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
Champion Father Of Army Is Cpl. Barrett With 12
The War Department named Corporal Chester J. Barrett as the soldier with the most children, totaling 12 including two sets of twins. Barrett, stationed at a POW camp in Spencer, Maine, was inducted in April 1944 and lives in Concord, New Hampshire with his wife and ten other children. Navy records disclose no comparable count.
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Washington
War Department
Corp
Chester J. Barrett
Barrett
Spencer Lake
Army
Perfect Weekend Promised State Weather Forecast
A mild July weekend is forecast with temperatures around the mid 70s. North western Wisconsin may see a light shower while elsewhere skies stay clear and temperatures fall from a high of 76 yesterday to a 55 low tonight.
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Wisconsin
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