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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1945
Page
1
Franco names five monarchist sympathetic ministers in a broad cabinet reorganization aimed at restoring the monarchy. The Falange press calls the changes a new step for the regime while confirming foreign affairs and other key posts.
The Moldenhauer home at 2003 8th Street shows a service flag with two stars for Lt. Col. Oscar A. Moldenhauer and his son Pvt. James Moldenhauer. Oscar has served since before Pearl Harbor with Co. K and is stationed in Alexandria, Louisiana, while James serves in the Air Corps at Sheppard Field, Texas. Oscar joined Co. K in 1920 and earned his current rank in August 1942. James departed Monroe with the last contingent and recently moved from Fort Sheridan to Texas for air corps duty.
Lt. Doran R. Zwygart, who served over seas for a year with the Fifth Division of Patton's Third Army, is due home Monday in Boston for a 30 day leave with wife Belva Goecks, daughter Diane June, and family. He entered service in 1942, trained at Camp Roberts and Hamilton Field, Calif, and rose from second lieutenant at Ft. Benning to first lieutenant at Ft. Leonard Wood. He served in England, France, and Germany before reporting to Ft. Meade. His wife will accompany him to Madison on return.
Madison William Platt reports a John Doe inquiry into slot operators allegedly raising $100000 to defeat an anti-gambling bill has been recessed. The probe halted after finding no clear evidence of misconduct.
The Japanese claim a new secret weapon designed for rapid use in case of invasion. Domei quoted Lt. Gen. Reikichi Tada saying the device requires a suicide element and would be deployed if allied shelling continues, though he called recent actions provocation rather than a prelude to invasion.
The House clears odds and ends then exits for an eight week recess until Oct 8. A diverse group plans abroad travel or home fence repair while Congress awaits Senate action on Bretton Woods and related fiscal measures.
The Monroe board of public works heard optimistic reports on the sewage disposal plant current operations and postwar repair plans. Two airport sites north and west of town were mapped and reviewed by airport engineer T K Jordan with the Wisconsin state planning board, with a decision likely after the war.
Bruce M. Blum is named commander of Glen Zilmer Post American Legion succeeding Robert E. Hardell after the monthly meeting. Clifford H. Snively and Archie Schneider become vice commanders, William Tschanz adjutant.
United States submarines sank 11 more Japanese ships in far eastern waters including four small combat vessels two minesweepers and two patrol escorts as well as seven non combatant craft such as cargo transports medium transports merchant vessels and freighters. The total Japanese vessels sunk since the war began reaches 1 174 with 144 combatant ships and 1 030 non combatant vessels.
A British foreign office spokesman said it is not within Britain's power to waive Suez canal tolls on American ships. He noted Panama tolls are not charged to British troops. He explained Suez is owned by a French law corporation with several nations as shareholders including Italy and Egypt. Britain owns 44 percent of the canal.
William Jones, 24, registered in Grafton Wisconsin, was sentenced in federal court to four years in a federal penitentiary for willful violation of selective service regulations.
The Potsdam conference progress praised in a brief American statement as President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill seek rapid decisions. Truman meets with Adm. Land on postwar merchant fleet use while Gen. Lucius Clay dined with him. Churchill reviews Berlin’s Seventh Armored Division, reflecting on Desert Rats march history. Secret negotiations continue with望.
Strikes and walkouts kept about 50 000 workers idle nationwide with 24 600 in Detroit area. In 24 hours two strikes ended and a truce halted milk deliveries in Kansas City, while new disputes added over 10 000 idle workers.
A light morning rain in Monroe aided oat and corn crops with oats heading out and rain delaying cutting briefly. Power outages affected farms west and south of town when a substation fuse blew at 4 30 am and wires on 12th street cracked as moisture cooled. More scattered showers are forecast tonight and tomorrow in southern Wisconsin. Temperatures rose from a morning low of 64 to a 1 pm high around 80.
Eleven year old Ronnie McDonough learned artificial respiration from his father, Coast Guard Chief Machinists' Mate Edward J. McDonough. He used the skill when his six year old cousin Jackie Beaupre fell into the river, revived him within minutes, and saved his life. Ronnie's father is an overseas veteran.
A drizzle in northwest Oregon lifts spirits of about 2000 firefighters battling a 70 square mile forest fire. In Glenwood, evacuees saw rain douse embers as flames were checked when embers stopped smouldering near town.
Justice Robert H. Jackson of the United States and British and French representatives flew to Nuremberg to inspect a proposed site for the main trials of German arch criminals. The Nazi shrine city is being considered as the location for the proceedings.
Representative Rankin proposes General George Patton be named to succeed Henry Stimson as secretary of war when President Truman returns from Potsdam. The suggestion comes amid postwar planning and leadership questions following World War II.
T/5 Rex N Eyler arrived in Boston yesterday his parents Mr and Mrs R H Eyler 806 10th Street were informed by a telephone call from that eastern city last night He has been overseas for one year aboard the Mariposa and expects to be home in two weeks He will spend 30 days here before going on for reassignment He has been serving with a signal service battalion in Belgium.
William G. Woolfolk chairman of American Light and Traction announces a new gas pipeline by Detroit Organization of the Michigan Wisconsin Pipeline to supply natural gas to Michigan Wisconsin Missouri and Iowa.
Madison Tejray E O Baker county agent and Miss Marlys Richert home demonstration agent visited Madison to judge demonstrations by Dane county 4 H club members at Nichols school.
The piece mocks Japan by citing FCC records and a Tokyo Asahi report claiming B 29 bombers now deliver scrap iron to Japanese cities, portraying Allied raids as aiding Japan's war effort by supplying metal for reconstruction and industry. It portrays the ironic idea that Japan's scrap iron shortage is being relieved by Allied actions.
AP reports American air forces begin large scale operations against Shanghai. The city is described as Japan's key invasion port and economic hub in East Asia, crucial to Tokyo’s war effort and its interests in continental Asia. The strikes aim at the strategic heart of Japanese control in China and surrounding regions.
The report details Allied advances near Kweilin and surrounding airbases 11 to 41 miles away, with Australians tightening gains in Sambodja oil fields. US bombers and fighters struck multiple Japanese targets from Shanghai to Kyushu, destroying airfields and infrastructure as Japan vows fortress defense and promises new weapons and scrap metal for steel mills.
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