Wisconsin Legislature Splits on Postwar Building Funds
The conference committee failed to resolve the $8,000,000 vs 12,064,000 postwar building ask for the UW as the assembly and senate adjourn amid a mass of bills. Both houses killed about 100 measures while approving key items including a $72,595 FM radio network, and stricter lobbyist reporting while debating constitution amendments for school transportation. The session plans to reconvene September 5.
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Assembly
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Germany Eyes Reopening Plants Under Allied Control
Allied reports detail Germany moving toward a staged restart of industry under strict control. Krupp seeks resumption of production for reconstruction, but details are lacking. 15th Army proposes special commissions for Grupp and I G Farben to limit danger. Transformation aims to curb war potential while awaiting Allied council rulings.
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Paris
Krupp
Krupp Works, Steel and Munitions Manufacturing Organization
Germany
Leonard T. Gerow
U.S. 15Th Army
Saar
Rhine Valley
Ruhr
Grupp
I. G. Farben-Industrie
15Th Army
Gerow
Allied Control Council
Allied Carrier Raid Presses Truk During Borneo Campaign
Allied forces intensified operations in the Pacific, with a carrier raid targeting Truk fortress and surrounding Carolines noted by Tokyo radio. A task force of two cruisers and four destroyers followed by a 60 plane seaborne assault and a 5 hour raid supported by about 30 carrier aircraft.
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Truk Island
Tokyo Radio
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Japan
Central Pacific
Pacific
Tokyo
Domei
Spud Fright A Plea From Grocers Over Potatoes
grocers urge calm amid fears of potato shortages due to trucker strikes and spoilage warnings. they report ample stocks arriving and advise buying only immediate needs to avoid waste as customers rush stores.
Plea For Canning Sugar Coupons Mailled In Green County
Green county war price and rationing board mailed canning sugar purchase coupons to approved applicants. Officials report progress in processing applications and caution against requesting second half allotments until care of current ones is confirmed. Yearly sugar allotment totals 95 005 pounds with 58 411 pounds issued so far. Pineapples were abundant for canning briefly while fruit supplies grow.
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Four Drown When Car Plunges in River at Madison
Four people die when a car keys off a guard rail on highway 113 near Madison and sinks in the Yahara river. Coroner E A Fischer cites fog as cause and no inquest will be held. Victims include Paul A Coynes and his wife of Madison, cousin Constantine Mermegis, and Cecelia Nowak of Muscoda.
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Highway 113
Here
Yahara
E. A. Fischer
Paul A. Coynes
Constantine T. Mermegis
Coynes
Cecelia Nowak
Muscoda
Belgium King Leopold to return as Belgian government resigns
Reuters dispatch from Brussels reports King Leopold will return to Belgium and Premier Achille van Acker’s government offers its resignation to Regent Prince Charles. In San Francisco AP veteran Fred Hampson says Japan can continue war 18 more months if desired, though they are hopelessly beaten.
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Reuters
Brussels
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Belgium
Achille van Acker
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San Francisco
Fred Hampson
Associated Press
Rioters Kill 12, Wound Nearly 100 in Chambery Train Attack
Reports say a riot in Chambery left 12 dead and about 100 injured after anger rose over a train believed to carry Spanish blue division members to Spain. Officials in Madrid said the train carried only Spanish civilians returning from Germany, including consular officials.
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Chambery
Truman orders continued control of Toledo Peoria and Western
President Truman issued an executive order to confirm the Office of Defense Transportation authority to continue possession and operation of the Toledo, Peoria, and Western railroad.
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Truman
Office of Defense Transportation
Toledo, Peoria, and Western Railroad
O Kelley Elected President of Eire Claim Cited
Dublin AP reports The Irish Press government organ says Sean T. O Kelley won the presidency of Eire. The claim is presented as the governing hand’s announcement.
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Sean T. O Kelley
Pfc John Ault Reaches Chicago Homebound POW Return
Pfc John Ault son of Ren Ault of Monroe has arrived in Chicago and expects to be home soon after army checks on a former prisoner of war. He served with a tank outfit and was captured during a German breakthrough in Luxembourg in December. He phoned his family yesterday saying he had lost a little weight but was otherwise well. His brother Sgt Clifton Ault with the first air group is on a 20 day furlough en route to Dover Del from Tinker Field Oklahoma City.
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Truman to Travel Vast Distances in Coming Six Weeks
President Truman plans about 16 500 miles of travel in 30 to 40 days. He will visit Olympia and San Francisco, then Kansas City and Independence, before crossing the Atlantic to meet Stalin and Churchill. A UN address is set for June 23 in San Francisco, with a big three meeting likely near Berlin before July 26. Ongoing talks with Gov. Dewey and Churchill’s timetable are noted as well.
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Big Powers May Win Veto Issue
At the United Nations conference in San Francisco a major debate over a future veto on amendments to the world security charter dominated discussions. Big powers face off against small nations as committees aim to resolve the veto issue while a final session is planned for next Saturday.
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Australia
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Monroes Weather Sees Rain While Regions Endure Heat
National outlook shows heavy rainfall and heat in many states while Monroe reports 2.25 inches by 11 am with showers thereafter. Locally calm night followed with temperatures around 62 after a 77 day high and a breeze reducing humidity.
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Here
Dubuque
Platteville
Darlington
Belmont
Calamine
Pecatonica
E Bonds Lag in War Loan Drive Across Nation
War bond sales to individuals in the seventh loan reached 5.623 billion dollars toward a 7 billion quota. E bonds trailed 286 million dollars behind, with total reported sales at 2.549 billion dollars or 63.7 percent of the 4 billion dollar quota.
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Washington
Milwaukee to Host Daughters of G. A. R. National Encampment
The Wisconsin department announces the national encampment will be in Milwaukee on September 17 and 18. National commander-in-chief Mrs. Olive Schwartz from La Crescent Minnesota will preside.
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Daughters of G. A. R
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Department of the Daughters of the G. A. R
Olive Schwartz
la Crescent, Minn
Farm Wages Up to Record High in June 1942
U S farm wages reach new peak with June 1 averages of 81.28 dollars with board and 93.10 dollars without board daily wages 3.65 and 4.16 respectively. Wages nearly double three years earlier and employment totals 10,994,000.
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Washington
United States
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Refuse 5 Power Parley on Syria
Britain formally declined France’s proposal for a 5 power conference on Middle East issues. Ambassador Duff Cooper conferred with Georges Bidault, but details of the note remain undisclosed. London maintains support for a three power talks among France Britain and the United States.
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France
Middle East
Alfred Duff Cooper
Georges Bidault
United States
Russia
China
de Gaulle
Levant
Three Highway Crashes Reported by George Armstrong
Highway officer George Armstrong reported three Green County wrecks yesterday. Only Miss Arlene Disch of New Glarus was injured, a leg and ankle cut from a head on collision near New Glarus woods involving Delmar Arn. Another crash near Browntown involved Orville Berget and Ernest Gobeli with no injuries. A cattle truck overturned near Monticello with an unidentified driver, no injuries.
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Green County
Arlene Disch
New Glarus
Delmar Arn
Percival Hanson
Mt. Horeb
New Glarus Woods
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Berget
South Wayne
Ernest Gobeli
Warren
Ill
Alex Airplanalp
Browntown
Ben Kubly
Monticello
Monroe Opens Municipal Pool With Free Day for Swimmers
The Monroe pool launches Sunday under Miss Lorraine Schumacher with a full lifeguard and office staff. Free days are set for servicemen and Friday for all, with Red Cross free morning swimming lessons across beginner to senior life saving and diving, led by Ann Marty and team.
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Red Cross
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JoAnn Elmer
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Ruthella Share
Eugene Davis
Leo Hilfiker
Phyllis Johnson
William E. Amstutz
Four Mayville Girls Fined For Assault On Music Director
Four Mayville high school girls aged 17 to 18 pleaded guilty to assault and battery after grabbing music director Phyllis Breska at Riverside Park and tossing her into Rock River during the annual school picnic. They were fined $15 plus costs by Judge John Richards in Horicon, Dodge County. The incident stemmed from alleged grading resentment over the director’s system.
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Dorothy Gindt
Laverne Zangel
Knowles
Marian Mueller
Iron Ridge
Clarence Traeger
Dodge County
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Horicon
Phyllis Breska
Mayville High School
Riverside Park
Twining at Miami Rest Hospital Gets Checkup
Gen Nathan Twining head of the Fifteenth air force is at the Miami regional and convalescent hospital for a physical checkup and is in fine shape. Maj. Gen. Samuel Anderson heads the Ninth Bombardment Division and has a bronze tan. Anderson says bases close to Japan would speed the Pacific war and midrange bombers could strike targets daily.
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AAF
Nathan = Twining
Fifteenth Air Force
Mediterranean
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Ninth Air Force
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Pacific
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Rats of Tobruk drive toward Borneo oil fields
Allied forces led by three battleships move toward Balikpapan as Tokyo reports a fleet approaching the oil refinery center. MacArthur says Balikpapan guns and airfields were bombed and 76 tons of bombs hit Balikpapan positions.
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North Africa
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Sultanate
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Miri
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Sarawak
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Labuan
Okinawa Battle Targets Island Victory Within a Week
American forces push on Okinawa with flamethrower tanks as Lt. Gen. Buckner predicts full island seizure within seven days. Frontline reports show up to 10 000 remaining Japanese pushed into an 8 square mile area with ferocious resistance from service troops and Okinawan conscripts. The 96th Infantry Division under Maj. commands a central spearhead as the 10th Army advances on both ends of a 3 mile line.
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Guam
Simon B. Buckner
Buckner
10Th Army
96 Infantry Division
Tax Office Rules One Wife Per Year For Tax Exemptions
The Internal Revenue Bureau ruling from Missouri states a man may have only one wife in a year for tax purposes. After his wife died in 1944 he remarried within the same year, claiming both wives as dependents. The agency allowed one $500 exemption, not two.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
Missouri
Bureau
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