Eisenhower Returns to U S Homeland After European Victory
General Eisenhower's triumphant homecoming in Washington drew hundreds of thousands as he pledged that the peace problems can be met with the same resolve shown in victory. He told Congress and the Supreme Court that America and its allies must crush remaining dangers in the Pacific before peace.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Pennsylvania Avenue
Eisenhower
Congress
Supreme Court
America
Pacific
National Airport
Pentagon
Lincoln Memorial
Broad Constitution Avenue
Pennsylvania
Capitol Hill
House
Sam Rayburn
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate
Churchill
Roosevelt
City Chair Urges Caution on Bond Quota in Salisbury
H. C. Roth, Salisbury city chairman, warned the city has not yet exceeded its E-bond quota and expressed hope that within two weeks the figure would rise, noting the current total reached a specific level.
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Monroe
Salis
H. C. Roth
War Loan advances toward final week with 2.597B sales
The Seventh War Loan nears its penultimate week as the drive posts 2.597 billion in individual e bond sales, about 35 percent short of the 4.0 billion target. The campaign opened May 14 and runs until June 30.
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Washington
Community War Bond Drive Nears End
The drive raised 480 180 dollars, about 108 percent of the 442 422 goal. The E bond total is 149 195.25 with roughly 40 000 more needed. Campaigners praise the Chamber of Commerce committee and donors, urging more purchases as two weeks remain.
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Gaia Shak Gant
Glameeman
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Juve Drunks at Lafayette County Court
Early Sunday two underage girls were held at the police station in a drunken condition. A Lafayette county youth claimed he obtained the liquor from a stranger. The case was set for judge Harold J. to hear later in the week with hearings for the girls to follow.
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Harold J. Termined
Lafayette County
Fine Weather for Two Straight Days
Monroe and vicinity basked in warm sunshine with cool breezes as two fine days arrived. The first day in the municipal pool saw the temperature reach 68 by 1 p m and the outlook remained bright for continued pleasant weather.
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Monroe
Surrendering Japanese Soldiers Haul Greatest Capture Yet
Manila AP reports Japanese troops surrendering in the Cagayan valley in what is described as the greatest haul of the southwest Pacific. Maj Gen Robert S Beightler says his 37th infantry division moved northward along the valley floor. London AP notes Berlin radio says Col Gen Nikolai Bezarin, Russian commander in Berlin, killed in an accident with few details. Bezarin led foreign press on a tour of the city a week earlier.
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Manila
Cagayan Valley
Luzon
Southwest Pacific
Robert S. Beightler
37Th Infantry Division
London
Berlin
Nikolai Bezarin
Bezarin
Polish World War II leaders confess to espionage and killings
Maj. Gen. Bronisław Okulicki and 15 Polish leaders confess to charges including killing 594 Russian officers and anti-Soviet espionage. Twelve admitted guilt. Okulicki plans to defend himself as court mulls death penalty for some. Trial in Moscow’s blue-walled labor hall, presided by Vasily Ulrich.
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Moscow
Supreme Court
Bronislaw Okulicki
Okulicki
Jan Jankowski
Adam Bien
Warsaw
Stanislaw Jasiukowicz
Z. Stypulowski
Graying Okulicki
London
Tadeusz
Bor) Komorowski
Labor
Vasily V. Ulrich
Germany
England
Europe
Poles Admit Against Reds A P Loses Appeal
The Supreme Court affirms a lower court ruling that Associated Press membership by laws violate the Sherman anti trust act. Justices Black and Roberts author the majority and dissents are noted by Justice Jackson Chief Justice Stone and Justice Murphy. The ruling stems from a New York district court decree barring exclusive AP arrangements pending by law changes.
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Reds
A. P
Washington
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Black
High Court
Jackson
Justice Roberts
Stone
Murphy
Frankfurter
Douglas
New York City
A.P
United States
Justice Department
Gambling Bill Up Again Tuesday In Wisconsin Senate
Madison legislative action on tightening gambling laws continued as a conference split on university postwar building funds delayed adjournment. The panel favored 8 million for UW and 600 thousand for Wisconsin General Hospital center, contrasting with Senate support for 12 million and a center.
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Madison
University of Wisconsin
Sess
Wisconsin General Hospital
Senate
Assembly
OPA Raises Ration for Lard Shortening and Oils
The OPA again adjusts consumer quotas by increasing the ration for lard shortening and cooking oils, following a prior change within the month. The move affects household budgets and food availability amid wartime controls.
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Washington
OPA
Red Point
G Man Avenged on AWOL Kidnaper
FBI says Chicago deserter Stamper alias Woodrow Willie Wilson abducted FBI agent B Scott Reardon at a truck terminal, forced him to drive, and was fatally shot after a struggle at Bridwell hospital. Recap cites Stamper’s prior Crandon Wis residency and desertion status.
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Chicago
Russell Marvin Stamper
Woodrow Willie Wilson
FBI
Crandon
Wis
Stamper
Ft. Sheridan
Richard Hosteng
B. Scott Reardon
D. Ray Quinn
Louisville
Reardon
Ralph Leoni
Leoni
Bridwell Hospital
Four Japanese Cities Hit by incendiaries in new Allied raids
Incendiary bombs by 3000 tons targeted Kagoshima Omuta Hamamatsu and Yokkaichi as Allied ground forces press the Okinawa and Philippines campaigns. Reports say Japanese troops surrender in large numbers while Allied forces claim gains across Borneo China and the northern Philippines.
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Associated Press
Okinawa
Philippine
Balikpapan
Borneo
Japan
China
George F. Hussey, Jr
U. 5 S. Navy
J. B. Chiefly
Australia
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kagoshima
Omuta
Kyushu
Hamamatsu
Yokkaichi
Honshu
Liuchow
U. S
Chungking
Linchow
Brunei
Taurong
Tarakan
Miri
Seria
Burma
Southeast Asia
Bangkok- Singapore
Captain Stauffacher Hurt In Okinawa Assault
Capt. Charles Gordon Stauffacher, surgeon of an amphibian tractor battalion, is hospitalised in Topeka after a badly fractured leg from an Okinawa assault. He recently earned the Bronze Star and Asiatic-Pacific and Philippine Liberation ribbons with stars for his wartime service. Before the army he practiced medicine in Sedalia, Missouri, where his wife and two daughters live.
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Arthur P. Stauffacher
Charles Gordon Stauffacher
Winter Hospital
Topeka
Kas
Okinawa
Stauffacher
Leyte
Philippine Islands
Asiatic Pacific
Sedalia
Kohli Listed In 3411th Infantry Of 86th Division
Frederick B Kohli son of Mr and Mrs Fred L Kohli of 2204 8th street is in the 3411th infantry of the 86th division the first combat troops to arrive from Germany en route to the Pacific as a full division. The division helped clear the Rose pocket Ruhr area crossed the Danube and moved toward Hitler’s hideout in Austria. He is expected to reach Camp Grant for a 30 day furlough Thursday and appears to be the only Monroe man in the 86th division.
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Pfe
Frederick B. Kohli
Fred L. Kohli
8Th Street
3411St
Germany
Pacific
Rose
Ruhr
Danube
Hitler
Austria
Camp Grant
Return of 86th Combat Division From War Reach Home
Full combat division to return to America on its way to Japan. Undersecretary Robert P. Patterson and other officials welcomed the 86th with a harbor welcome and jitterbug dances by New York port employees aboard the welcome home boat. Four transports carried 14,289 veterans to Camp Kilmer New Jersey before furloughs and redeployment.
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America
Japan
Robert P. Patterson
Washington
86Th
New York
Wac
Red Cross
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Return of 86th Division From Europe Draws Parade
New York to Wisconsin and upper Michigan soldiers of the 86th Blackhawk division, first full combat unit back from Europe en route to the Pacific, parade past crowds. Sgt. Martin A. Larson of Wausau Wisconsin notes lax German non fraternization rules. Brig. Gen. Einer B. Jelsteem of Menominee Michigan, first to debark from the General Bliss, says the crossing was fine. Pfc. Paul Shockley of Beloit leads a dog rescued in Mannheim Germany and remarks the animal joined the unit, not a prisoner.
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New York
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Blackhawk
Europe
Pacific
Martin A. Larson
Wausau
Wis
Associated Press
Germany
Einer B. O. Jelsteem
Menominee
Mich
Bliss
Paul Shockley
Beloit
Manheim
Shockley
Trucking Operations Partly Resumed Amid War Stoppage
Chicago resumes trucking in part as soldiers accompany drivers on early runs. The defense transportation office called in troops to prevent a second work stoppage this month that halted food and vital war goods to the Midwest.
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Chicago
Office of Defense Transportation
Midwest
One Issue Left But Reds Balk At UN Windup
The United Nations conference faces adjournment with one remaining hurdle raised by Russia. Moscow seeks to limit broader powers for the general assembly to only issues about international peace and security, risking a new split with smaller nations over the security charter. Secretary Stettinius and Evatt pursued a compromise with Gromyko, but the committee failed to produce an agreement as time tightens.
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San Francisco
Russia
General Assembly
World Organization
Moscow
United Nations
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
World Security Council
Stettinius
Evatt
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
First Girl Scouts To Camp Tomorrow
Patrols 1 and 2 of Girl Scout troop 8 depart tomorrow for the camp at Luch singer's grove spending three days under leaders Mrs John A. Schindler and Mrs. Sam Boyd. This is the first group at the camp this year with nature study and handicraft planned and camp fire services led by Miss Lorraine Schumacher and Dr. John A. Schindler.
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Girl Scout Troop
Luchsinger’s Grove
John A. Schindler
Sam Boyd
Lorraine Schumacher
Wisconsin
Jenny Lou Ellis
Doris Haman
Helen Stauffer
Dora Schindler
Darlene Johnson
Marlene Lindsay
Barbara Boyd
Alice Holtshopple
Claire Goodrich
Lavon Broge
Evelyn Ruff
Audrey Holtshopple
Janet Lanz
Rays Barth returns on furlough from German air war service
T Sgt Ray Barth, Times reporter turned Flying Fortress radio operator, is on a 30 day furlough at Monroe then Camp Grant Rockford. He earned 87 points toward discharge but may be kept for further duties. He spoke German well and previously instructed airmen. He plans to return to The Times desk after visiting grandmother Barbara Ruppert and a hoped reunion with a London acquaintance.
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T/Sget
Ray Barth
Monroe
German Reich
Camp Grant
Rockford
Barth
Germany
Sam
Times
London
Barbara Ruppert
14Th Avenue
the Times
Truman Nominates Twining for Temporary Lieutenant General Rank
Washington AP reports President Truman named Maj. Gen. Nathan Farragut Twining of Monroe Wisconsin and 11 other major generals for promotion to temporary lieutenant general. The nominations advance in the ongoing military expansion and reorganization efforts.
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Washington
Press- Truman Today
Nathan Farragut Twining
Monroe, Wis
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