Allied Air and Sea Off Okinawa Pushes Amid Kobe Fire and Japan Invasion Fears
Allied forces press advances on Okinawa with Sixth Division Marines crossing toward Naha air field and other divisions pushing inland, while Kobe endures a daylong 3,000 ton firebomb raid. U S air power damages Liuchow and targets Canton. Japanese shipping suffers losses as Canton and Davao fronts shift.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
Kobe
Okinawa
China
Oroku
Naha
Naha Harbor
First Division
96Th Army
Seventh Infantry
Seventh
Chinen
Morrison
Luce
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Liuchow
U. S
Canton
Philippines
Davao
North Philippines
Britain Denies Stirring Syria Crisis Amid Conference Talks
Prime Minister Churchill rejects Gen de Gaulle's accusation that Britain fueled trouble in Syria and says Britain will withdraw troops once a Franco-Levant treaty is in place. France proposes a five power conference on Middle East issues with Russia China and Arab states invited. Syrian reports say French forces stay in barracks as evacuations proceed amid unrest and food shortages in Beyrouth and Aleppo.
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London
Churchill
de Gaulle
Syria
Levant
Commons
Britain
France
Middle East
United States
Russia
China
Beyrouth
Aleppo
Allied Powers Set Four Occupation Zones for Germany
The joint Allied declaration rolls back German frontiers to late 1937, creating four occupation zones for the Soviet Union, Britain, the United States and France with a greater Berlin area to be governed by an inter Allied authority. Eisenhower departs Frankfurt for Berlin to lead the occupation command.
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Washington
Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Hitler
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
London
Paris
Renner
Vienna
Britain
United Nations
Prague
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
Greater Berlin
Control Council
Eisenhower
State Department
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Frankfurt-on-Main
Berlin
SHAEF
Draft Group Leaves Tomorrow for Milwaukee Trip
Green county's inductees and pre-inductees will report at the eeee. The group departs tomorrow for Milwaukee for the planned events and ceremonies.
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Green County
The
Eeee
Cattle Subsidy Checks At Bank Authorized
The War Food Administration announced a new meat subsidy paid via local banks to cattle feeders. Eligible feeders will receive 50 cents per 500 weight for cattle averaging 800 pounds, via sight drafts redeemable immediately. Eligibility requires ownership 30 days before sale and sale to federally inspected or OPA-permitted slaughterers.
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Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
County Agriculture Adjustment Agency
Commodity Credit Corporation
AAA
OPA
Chicago
Wisconsin State Fair plans talked amid fair cancellations
Milwaukee manager W. T. Marritt of the Wisconsin state fair announced a five man committee from the International Association of Fairs will meet Col J Monroe Johnson in Washington Friday to discuss the recent decision calling for the cancellation of district and state fairs. Marriott will attend though plans remain tentative with other representatives from Pennsylvania Massachusetts Mississippi and Kansas.
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Milwaukee
W. T. Marritt
International Association of Fairs
Washington
Col. J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
Marriott
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Mississippi
Kansas
Fat of the Land
Two well fed officials from the OPA dine at a hotel selecting steaks for inspection both before and after cooking. The incident reflects their pickiness and authority in the regional office.
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OPA
Allied Free Prisoners Return as Troop Ships Arrive
Four rusty freighters brought home 1431 liberated American prisoners including aviators and members of the 45th 30th Seventh Fourth and Seventh armored divisions. Eisenhower visited shattered Berlin to attend the first meeting of the four power Allied control council for Germany.
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New York
45Th 30Th
Seventh
Seventh Armored
Berlin
Eisenhower
United States
Allied Control Council For
Germany
Lt Katherine Baltzer Among Last Who Will Leave Italian Front
Lt Katherine Baltzer one of the first American nurses in Italy since January 1944 may be among the last to be relieved as US forces break up and redeploy. Discharge based on age rather than points. remaining nurses busy and needed. She moved from Bologna to Udine in Sicilia, a ruined city, after a 12 hour trip in 2 ½ ton trucks. Indications point to nurses serving for duration of Pacific transfer.
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Katherine Baltzer
Italy
United States
Cc. B. Baltzer
Bologna
Udine
Sicilia
Pacific
Robert Dale Found Dead Near Browntown in Truck
Robert Dale aged 37 was found dead in his truck on a side road four miles southeast of Browntown around 10 a m He had been missing since yesterday and may have died last evening Acting Sheriff R H Schoonover and Coroner Herman A Stuessy investigated at the request of a mail carrier Dale worked as a truck driver for the Browntown Silica plant and had recently resigned due to ill health Survivors include his wife Helen Miller postmaster at Browntown and two sons Nathan 10 and Grant 4 of the home Funeral arrangements await word from distant relatives.
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Robert Dale
Browntown
R. H. Schoonover
Herman A. Stuessy
Dale
Helen Miller
Nathan
Grant
Mustering-out Pay of $1,000 Sought in Senate Bill
Senator Langer proposes increasing mustering-out pay to 1000 dollars for persons with 60 or more days of service outside the continental U S or in Alaska. The plan sets 750 dollars for those serving 60 days or more in the continental U S and 500 dollars for service under 60 days. Other Senate action includes Wiley’s measure to limit circuit court habeas corpus jurisdiction.
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Washington
Langer
U. S
Alaska
Senate
Wiley
R-Wis
Circuit Court of Appeal
Jack Frost Hits Garden Country in June Chill
Monroe and vicinity continued to shiver as temperatures plunged to a modern June low of 36 early, rising to 58 by 1 p.m. The forecast calls for slightly warmer weather with a chance of showers.
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Jack Frost
Monroe
Frost Hits Midwest Crops Deep Freeze Grips Region
Jack Frost swept across the Midwest with extended cold into New England and the Rockies. Crops from Wisconsin to Michigan suffered damage to tomatoes strawberries cabbage and other vegetables with replanting likely. New York City reported its coldest June 5 on record at 48.9 degrees and rockland county cropland faced delays threatening supplies. Michigan officials urged calm despite feared fruit and vegetable losses.
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Jack Frost
Midwest
New England
Continental Divide
Rockies
Tennessee
Arkansas
Chicago
Hudson Kay
Wisconsin
Michigan
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
Rockland County
N. Y
New York City
Washington Roundup GOP Aids Bretton Woods Critics Fight Reciprocals
Republicans predicted easy passage of the Bretton Woods monetary agreements in the House as Democrats in the Senate attacked the reciprocal trade program. Senate bank committee Republicans urged amending the price control act to shield producers and a group of lawmakers planned opposition to the world bank and currency stabilization plan. Senator O Mahoney urged congressional review of reciprocal trade pacts, while Taft and others pushed price control changes for livestock and farm products.
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Washington
Bretton Woods
House
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Europe
American Legion
Martin
Mass
Sumner
Ill
Smith
Buffet
World Bank For Reconstruction
Senate Finance Committee
O'Mahoney
State Department
Taft
R-C
Thomas
D-Okla
Agriculture Committee
Wisconsin Assembly Overrides Governor on Highway Funds
The Wisconsin assembly voted 64 to 31 to override Governor Goodland's veto of highway fund segregation and approved a $7,000,000 cut to his postwar building program. He urged prompt action on construction, gambling and lobbying bills, and restoration of $11,404,000 for UW construction and $6,998,050 for welfare.
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Madison
Wisconsin Assembly
Goodland
University of Wisconsin
Department of Public Welfare
Veterans of Foreign Wars Propose Peacetime Army Training Plan
The VFW presents a peacetime draft plan for compulsory training in a boy’s home community with weekly drills and two weeks annual camp. Trainees join local guards or reserve units and bans on use in civil emergencies are stated. If rejected, VFW may back a one-year training program. Lorena Hahn of Lincoln chairs the Legion auxiliary.
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Washington
Congress
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
National Guard
Naval and
Marine Reserve
House
Omar B. Ketchum
Ketchum
John Thomas Taylor
American Legion Legislative Committee
Lorena Hahn
Lincoln
Neb
Legion Aux
Churchill Reveals U S Ships Went to Russia After Italian Fleet Took Over
Prime Minister Churchill disclosed Britain met Russian demands by turning over eight former American destroyers among other ships. He said the agreement to send ships to Russia was reached at Tehran and that the Italian fleet’s disposition would be decided by the peace conference.
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London
Churchill
Britain
United Staes
U. S
Milwaukee
Commons
Italy
Russia
Tehran
Mediterranean
Red Navy
United States
Royal Sovereign
Ivor Thomas
Germany
Pacific
Japan
Wiley Renews Call Against Government Collectivism
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin denounces government collectivism as an invasion of the American scene. He urges the Senate to investigate and smash it, warning it is 11:59 on the clock of private enterprise and urging government to exit business.
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Washington
Wiley
R-Wis
Senate
Wiley Criticizes OPA Policy on Wisconsin Cheese Industry
Senator Wiley of Wisconsin denounces OPA controls on cheese pricing as ruinous to the state’s dairy sector. He blames the Plymouth plus Wisconsin Minus basis for distorted price ceilings and argues the policy clashes with historic price levels and regional differentials impacting cheese producers.
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Wiley
OPA
Washington
Wisconsin
Rwis
America
Clothing Project Meetings This Week
Two clothing project meetings are scheduled this week under county home demonstration agent Miss Marlys Richert. The first meets at 1 30 p m tomorrow in the Green county courtroom, the second at 1 30 p m Thursday in Monticello high school for 4 H clothing readers.
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Marlys Richert
Green County Court Room
Monticello High School
Arthur W. Kubly Hurt in Car Crash
Arthur W. Kubly was treated at St. Clare hospital for injuries from a car crash near the county farm last evening about 10 30. He lives on Monroe route 4 and collided with a car driven by Lloyd Rufer. Kubly sustained a forehead gash and a possible knee fracture.
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Arthur W. Kubly
St. Clare Hospital
Mr. Kublwv
Monroe
Lloyd Rufer
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Bulletins
Italian Front
Gop
Demos
Capitol
Solons
Army Training
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