Okinawa Last Line Cracked as Yanks Strike at Okinawa
Simultaneous pre dawn American attacks on Yaeju plateau flanks pierced the Japanese defense, with First Division Marines and Seventh Division infantry holding ridge anchors. Heavy bombardment and new flamethrower tech aided captured caves while fierce fighting left many casualties on both sides.
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Guam
Yaeju
Okinawa
Seventh
U. S
Tokyo
Japan
Nippon Times
One Man Okinawa Massacre Powers Halt of Japanese Line
Pfc. Clarence B. Craft of Santa Anna California, in a 10 to 15 minute assault on a 450 foot hill, killed about 25 to 30 Japanese and sealed a strategic cave. His action helped break the Shuri defense line as fellow soldiers witnessed a near solo counterattack that overran an entrenched Japanese pocket.
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Okinawa
Clarence B. Craft
Santa Anna
Calif
Craft
96Th Infantry Division
Wisconsin Crop Situation Poor
Wisconsin farm conditions show widespread replanting due to seed rotting frost and erosion. Alfalfa and clover near cut. some frost damage to clover. oats and corn quality mixed with yellowing and weeds. truck crops fair. strawberries light. grapes frost damaged. cranberries progressing.
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Thompson
Delay Tax Reporting by Servicemen in Transit
Overseas servicemen en route from Europe to the Pacific will delay income tax reporting until they return and remain in the United States for a continuous five months not counting the return month. The first 1500 dollars of active service pay are exempt, so most enlisted personnel owe no taxes.
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Washington
Europe
Pacific
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
War Bond Sales Reach 5.28 Billion Toward 7 Billion Drive
Washington reports Sev enth War Loan drive bond sales totaling 5 280 000 000 dollars or 75 4 percent of the 7 000 000 000 quota. Bond sales have reached 2 377 000 000 dollars or 59 4 percent of the 4 000 900 000 goal for these bonds.
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Washington
Mercury Rises as Fog Clears Across Region
Dense fog eased by late morning as temperature climbed past 70. Skies cleared with clouds lifting, though showers were forecast for today and again tomorrow. Visibility improved after fog slowed traffic on rural roads from Madison to Monroe.
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Madison
Monroe
Wisconsin Welcomes Spring Weather With Warm Readings
After weeks of subnormal temperatures Wisconsin sees seasonable spring conditions with highs in the high 60s to low 70s along Lake Michigan. Milwaukee reported 100 percent humidity at 7:30 am, falling to 75 percent by 11 am as the temperature held near 72. Madison reached 70 and La Crosse 67. The Weather Bureau forecast little temperature change but expected clouds and showers.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
Madison
la Crosse
Milwaukee Weather Bureau
Big Three to Convene in Moscow for Polish Settlement
President Truman announced a big three meeting with Stalin and Churchill in Moscow within the 40 day window to work toward a unified Polish government. He said London and Washington still recognize the London Polish government while seeking a broad based enduring peace. He credited Hopkins and Davies for persuading the Russians to yield on the San Francisco veto and urged unity among the three powers.
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Washington
Truman
Moscow
Harry Hopkins
Joseph E. Davies
London
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
James F. Byrnes
Hopkins
Davies
Stalin
Churchill
United States
Russia
San Francisco
Prisoners of War Recovered as Allies Advise Stragglers
Paris AP dispatch reports 91,000 American POWs liberated from Germany and most U S and British captives accounted for, with only a few stragglers left. Washington AP notes Sen Slattery says he faced resignation threats tied to accusations of a government girls harem and warns Wickard successor would weaken REA postwar.
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Paris
Supreme Headquarters
Germany
U. S
Washington
Harry Slattery
Senate
REA
Secretary of Agriculture
Claude Wickard
Licenses Granted in Monroe City Council Action
The Monroe city council approved 26 malt beverage and liquor licenses, plus four class A wholesale licenses and four pharmacist permits. Two new applicants were denied but may obtain licenses if previous holders withdraw. Licenses were issued to a long list of individuals and entities including the Turner Hall club and Monroe Country club, with specific licenses for malt beverages only and for wholesalers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Ernest Schmid
Gottfried, Zumbach
Walter F. Baumgartner
Louis Raymond Wolleson
Turner Hall Club
Leona Catherine Hyland
Roy M. Grant
Louis Pfund
Edward H. Scharer
Reubin L. Kingdon
Harvey W. Mason
John T. Hauser
Fred L. Roth
Fred Strauss
Charles W. Scharer
Gebhard Hauser
Grace McGrath
Arthur R. Spoerry
Peter J. Babler
Louisa C., Steffen
Edward J. Becker
Ernest A. Meyer
Louis J. Felder
Fred Lengacher
Monroe Country Club
George Lee Redman
Blumer Brewing Company
John Tschanz
Ralph W. Haberman
James Green
Robert J. Bowen
William E. Trukenbrod
Olga M. Voelkli
Clarence F. Kempfert
A P and P President Settled Loan to Elliott Roosevelt
Caruthers Ewing of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co says a 200000 dollar loan to Brigadier General Elliott Roosevelt from John Hartford was settled for four thousand dollars. Hartford calls Pegler’s syndicated report substantially correct and says the debt was settled three years later at the Roosevelt family’s request through Jesse Jones. Elliott Roosevelt, then 29, borrowed to finance Texas radio interests as the family faced losses.
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New York
Caruthers Ewing
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Elliott Roosevelt
John Hartford
A. and P
Hartford
Westbrook Pegler
King Features
Roosevelt
Pegler
Ewing
Danville
E-Commerce
Jesse Jones
Texas
Measure to create a Veterans Affairs department approved
The senate approved an assembly bill to create a five member veterans affairs board with a director, set pay at 6000 dollars, and allocate 50000 dollars for Camp American Legion now Camp Minnewawa in Oneida county. The measure also consolidates the veterans rehabilitation fund, now exceeding 7 million.
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Madison
Assembly
Department of Veterans Affairs
Adjutant General's Office
Soldiers’ Rehabilitation Board
Senate
American Legion
Oneida County
Camp Minnewawa
Veterans’ Rehabilitation Fund
Industrial Commission
Veterans’ Service
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Relief Commission
Veterans’ Service Commission
Poland’s fate tied to partitions and foreign power plays
The article traces Poland’s fraught history from the 1772 first partition through 1794 Kosciuszko uprising, detailing losses to Russia Austria and Prussia, the curtailment of Polish sovereignty, and the evolving postwar arrangements debated by leaders after Yalta.
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Associated Press
Russia
America
Britain
Yalta
Warsaw
Poland
Churchill
Roosevelt
Curzon Line
Germany
London
Austria
Prussia
Vitebsk
Galicia
Catherine III
Catherine
Kosciuszko
Cracow
Vilna
Assembly Rejects Reconsideration in 47-43 Vote
In a five hour session yesterday afternoon the assembly voted 47 to 43 to refuse reconsideration of the vote by Turn to No 2 back page.
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Madison
Assembly
Australians veto amendment defeated at United Nations talks
The Australian amendment to strip the veto from dispute settlements failed 20 to 10 in a UN committee vote, with 15 abstentions and five absences. Big five powers oppose future charter amendments without veto, while small nations push for another veto chance in about ten years. Evatt vowed continued efforts to liberalize the constitution.
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San Francisco
Peter Frazer
New Zealand
Sen
Tom Connally
United States
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Comdr
Harold Stassen
Evatt
War Labor Board Chief Warns of Scarce Living Essentials
George W. Taylor, chairman of the national war labor board, told a Chicago Association of Commerce meeting that basic necessities will grow scarcer as the nation mobilizes toward Tokyo. He said food clothing shelter and transportation cannot be mustered for home front abundance and durable goods will not offset shortages including beefsteaks and refrigerators.
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Chicago
George W. Taylor
National War Labor Board
Tokyo
Taylor
Chicago Association of Commerce
Japanese Cabinet Power Grows As Peace Rumors Persist
Washington observers note Suzuki’s cabinet has unprecedented decree power but warn resignation patterns tied to defeats. Rumors of Konoye visiting Moscow for Soviet neutrality surface, yet officials say no official peace bid exists and Japan appears set to fight to the last despite heavy losses and food shortages.
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Washington
Tokyo
Suzuki
Okinawa
Tojo
Saipan
Koiso
Iwo Jima
Adm
Kantaro Suzuki
Japan
Diet
Paris
Russia
Moscow
Rote Reelected to State War Fund Group in Milwaukee
Milwaukee officers and directors of the Wisconsin war fund were reelected with one exception as plans for the 1945 drive were set. Judge A M Schiller of Waupaca was named a director to replace Rabbi David Shapiro.
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Rote
State War Fund Group
Milwaukee
Wisconsin War Fund
A. M. Schiller
Waupaca
David Shapiro
Green Bay
Chicago
Marvin Rosenberry
Madison
Frank A. Ross
S. F. Shattuck
Neenah
Kenneth W
First GI Loan Made in Wisconsin for Fond du Lac Store
Fond du Lac veteran S/Sgt. Eugene L. Kienow, 35, received the state’s first GI loan for buying a business. He plans to acquire the oldest dry cleaning establishment in Fond du Lac started by his father Ferdinand J. Kienow in 1905, with the father joining the business.
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Fond du Lac
Eugene L. Kienow
Wisconsin
Kienow
Ferdinand J. Kienow
Scout Court of Honor Tonight Honors for Local Scouts
The district court of honor for the Boy Scouts of America meets this evening at 7 30 at the shelter house in Recreation Park. Merit badges advancements and Eisenhower awards will be presented to scouts who earned scrap paper collection credits. Freeport scouting officials are expected to attend. all county troops are invited.
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District Court of Honor
Boy Scouts of America
Public Court of Honor
Freeport
Fire Hits Seria Oil Field In West Borneo War Action
Japanese forces bombarded Seria in west Borneo last night destroying numerous tanks and storage facilities. Observers counted 18 tank infernos near Seria as Allied forces pursued a push toward Brunei town. Australian landings near Brunei bay aided a southward advance while Japanese troops resisted in pockets and prepared to destroy oil wells if needed. In China Chinese troops recaptured Jaian after Huiang and Pingyang area moves, signaling continued pursuit of Japanese withdrawals.
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Brunei Bay Borneo
West Borneo
Seria
Borneo
Brunei Bay
Brunei
Brunei Town
Labaun
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Yank
Mercury
Recreation Park
Sky Ranger
Carl King
Army Air Corps
Robert Crawford
Allan F. Barnard
S. Zamecnik
Karl King
Jean
June Schoonover
R. B. Hall
Gremlin Ball
Charles L. Hill
el Capitan
John Philip Sousa
Cole Porter
Theodore Steinmetz
Co. K
Philippines
William T. Purdy
Big 3
Bulletins
P. President
Veterans’ Affairs
WLB
Scout Court of Honor
China
Chungking
Foochow
Jaian
Wenchow
Pingyang
Hoyan
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