Eisenhower Returns to West Point for Homecoming
General Dwight D. Eisenhower visits the United States Military Academy at West Point thirty years after his graduation. A 17 gun salute, a review of about 700 third-class cadets, and a formal call mark the homecoming while his motorcade passes Hudson Valley. Eisenhower planned a trip to his cadet quarters and will proceed to Abilene Kansas for a four hour parade and celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States Military Academy
Washington Gate
Francis Wilby
Eisenhower
Hudson Valley
Academy
Ike
Navy
Annapolis
Kansas City
Abilene
Kas
Eneral
Seventh War Loan Needs Final Push
Washington reports the Seventh War Loan is near its end on June 30. Total sales exceed 10.48 billion dollars with 4.54 billion by corporations and 5.95 billion by individuals. Individual Series E bonds total 2.67 billion, lagging behind its 4 billion quota while corporate purchases surpass 3.05 billion toward the 7 billion corporate target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury
Ted
Ee (P
U. S
German Prisoners of War to Aid Wisconsin Harvest
About 2,200 German POWs will be moved to Fond du Lac and surrounding areas to harvest and can the pea crop. The plan covers roughly 9,000 POWs for Wisconsin with work periods of 3 to 5 weeks before moving to Door County for the cherry harvest and then returning for the fall corn pack. Captain Fred H. Dittmar announced the arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
Fred H. Dittmar
Sheridan
Dittmar
Door County
First Blackhawk Troops Arrive at Camp Grant
Lt Col Forrest W Edwards said the first group of about 500 Blackhawk infantry troops would begin furloughs at Camp Grant, with another 1 500 due to depart by Thursday. The unit includes servicemen from Illinois Michigan Wisconsin and Iowa. Private Kohli among the returning veterans arrived for furlough from Camp Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grant
Forrest W. Edwards
Infantry Division
Blackhawk
Illinois
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Neil M. Marty
New Glarus
Lyle B. Kleppe
Belleville
John K. Carter
Brodhead
Frederick B. Kohli
Monroe
Third Army
Germany
New York
Pacific
Kohli
Fred L. Kohli
Priscilla
Rockford
City Council Accepts Liquor License Extensions
The city council approved a resolution granting a six month extension for a serviceman to renew his liquor license after release from service. The license covers M. R. Hyland whose tavern must move due to construction. Other licenses await action by prospective new owners and a prior resolution allows transfer upon old owner signing over the license. Contractor licenses for sidewalk work were approved. A fire alarm system upgrade in Monroe was discussed and referred to the public property committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Hyland
Otto Kundert
Monroe
Committee On Public Property
Early Action Sought on Truman Succession Plan
Washington lawmakers push for immediate consideration of a bill making the speaker of the House next in line to the presidency after the President and Vice President. President Truman backs the idea while Senators Bridges and Sumners pledge swift committee action. An OPA probe in New York leads a series of agency inquiries demanded by Representative Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Truman
Congress
Bridges
R-Nh
White House
Sumners
D-Tex
House Judiciary Committee
OPA
New York
Thomas
New Jersey
Probe of OPA Opens as House Committee Probes Slur Claim
The new House committee on un American activities opened public hearings while a spokesman denounced the move as an attempt to slur the Bible. The session focused on OPA activities amid claims of bias and religious targeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPA
New House Committee On un-American Activities
Lawmakers Prepare Price Control Extension Debate
House debate opens on wartime price controls as Republican Martin announces over a dozen amendments from his party. Administration seeks a one year extension, while one proposed amendment would cap the extension at six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Martin (Mass
Martin
Wisconsin Badger Solons wind up 1945 session in Madison
Wisconsin legislators closed a five month session, recessing until Sept 5 to await Governor Goodland’s vetoes. Major actions included a $83 million biennial budget, an $16.473 million building program, and an anti gambling bill empowering tax agents to seize slot machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wisconsin
Goodland
University of Wisconsin
Welfare Board
Senate
Accidental Death Of Mrs Edith Bast Shock to Friends
Friends and neighbors mourn the accidental death of Mrs Edith Bast from escaping gas at her Monroe home. The funeral at Shriner-Neushwander was led by Dr Charles A Briggs with interment in Greenwood cemetery. Esther Rebekah lodge Townsend club and Monroe High School classmates attended. Ray Bast is listed as her stepson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Bast
Bast
Summeril
Monroe
Universalist
Aid Society
Esther Rebekah Lodge
Janesville
Shriner-Neushwander
Charles A. Briggs
Briggs
Greenwood Cemetery
John Boyer
Ige J. Meythaler
C. W. Wilson
Edward Ruff
Otto Blum
Edgar Patterson
Townsend Club
Monroe High School
Ray T. Bast
Dearborn passes gag ordinance over Mayor Hubbard veto
The Dearborn council approved a gag law 5 to 2 to bar Mayor Orville Hubbard from all direct public contact without a new public relations bureau. Violation carries a 500 dollar fine or 90 days jail. Hubbard plans to defy the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Orville L. Hubbard
Dearborn
Hubbard
Polic
Erving Nielsen
Norman F. Edwards
Berliner Saw Hitler and Eva Braun Burn Near Reich Chancellery
A Berlin policeman said he saw Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun lying fired on the exit to the Reich Chancellery shelter on May 1 with four gasoline cans nearby. He named Prof Stumpfecker and Hitler’s valet Linge as involved in the incident and alleged poising of the Führer’s dog Blondie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Eva Braun
Reichs Chancellery
Hitler
Marshal Zhukov
Thefuehrer
Hermann Karnau
Professor Stumpfecker
Chancellery
Fuehrer
Fraulein Braun
Blondie
Linge
Green County Tax Distribution This Year Is $78,110
The state department of taxation reports the 1945 first quarter net income tax total at 31,398,063 a 9 percent drop from 1944. Individual taxes rose 18 percent to 15,114,430 while corporation taxes fell 25 percent to 16,283,606 due largely to increased refunds. After costs, disbursements total 31,559,701 with 12,559,331 to the state 3,137,897 to counties and 15,471,701 to towns cities and villages. Green County receives 78,110 and Jefferson County 172,276 among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
The
State Department of Taxation
Milwaukee County
Green
Jefferson
Allied Yugoslav Venezia Giulia plan signed
Allied headquarters announced a signed program implementing the occupation agreement for Venezia Giulia. In Washington, administration forces held off a bid to exempt agricultural products from lower tariffs in the reciprocal trade agreement program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Venezia Giulia
Washington
Truman Hopeful Parley Found Late Saturday
President Truman, staying with Governor Mon Wallgren in Olympia, presses to end the San Francisco security conference this week. He faces delays from technical language issues and may delay his Berlin trip schedule if talks run past week’s end, with a press conference slated for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olympia
Wash
Truman
Executive Mansion
Mon C. Wallgren
United States
San Francisco
Charles G. Ross
White House
Ross
Wallgren
Berlin
Capitol
James A. Vardaman
War Food Administration Limits Cherry Processing in 1945
The War Food Administration announced that all hot packed and frozen red sour cherries processed in 1945 must be reserved for government agencies. Commercial processing will be limited to hot packing and freezing as prospective production is reported below average.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
WFA
Crop Recovery Noted in Wisconsin After Warm Spell
After three dry days, Wisconsin's crop conditions improved as warmer weather aided growth across meadows alfalfa and clover. Harvesting began in the far south while corn and soybeans showed variable progress. sweet corn planted, apples and cherries sprayed, and aphid spraying continued amid light showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
U. S
Howard J. Thompson
General Easley Killed in Action on Okinawa
Brig. Gen. Claudius M. Easley assistant commander of the 96th infantry division was killed in action on Okinawa Tuesday his wife was informed by the war department He was the 18th American general killed in action since Pearl Harbor He had fought on Leyte Philippines where wounded by a Japanese sniper He held the Silver Star and Legion of Merit born July 11 1891 in Thorp Springs Texas entered the regular army in 1917 and served in camps before a 1921 Manila tour
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Claudius M. Easley
96Th
Okinawa
War Department
Pearl Harbor
Easley
Leyte Island
Philippines
Leyte
Thorp Springs
Tex
Philippine Islands
Manila
Civilian food supplies to be adequate but below 1944
The agriculture department said civilian supplies this year would be more than adequate to meet essential needs, with per capita provisions 2-4 percent above pre war years but 5-7 percent below 1944 consumption. The Republican committee warned of a fats and oils shortage, citing dips in butter lard and tallow output and a lag in hog and cattle sectors. Reports from Columbia Pittsburgh and Chicago noted rice shortages and improving egg and butter supplies and cheaper homegrown vegetables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Agriculture Department
Department
Republican Congressional Food Study Committee
OPA
Columbia
S. C
Pittsburgh
War Food Administration
Chicago
Allied task forces near Miyako as transports at Kerama islands
The Domei agency reported two Allied task forces prowling near Miyako island between Okinawa and Formosa. One force included three battleships while the second's core consisted of five aircraft carriers and a battleship. Reconnaissance planes also sighted over 100 transports anchored at the Kerama islands west of Okinawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Miyako Island
Okinawa
Formosa
Domei
Kerama Islands
Allied push nears Balikpapan oil fields in Borneo
Official reports say Allied ground advances put Australian forces about 20 miles from the Seria oil fields as enemy radio claims continue. MacArthur downplays larger Balikpapan action while a 200 ton Liberator raid is cited. In the Pacific, U S bombers deliver incendiary strikes on Shizuoka Toyohashi Fukuoka and other targets, with heavy fire and mines laid off Honshu and Kanmon strait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Seria
Borneo
Balikpapan
Douglas MacArthur
Guam
Shizuoka
Tokyo
Japan
Tokyo Radio
Toyohashi
Honshu
Fukuoka
Kyushu
Radio Tokyo
Kanmon Strait
Okinawa
Omuta
Fall of Okinawa Reported as Japanese Lose Coastline
A Tokyo radio broadcast conceded Okinawa as U S tanks moved ashore on the southern coast. Many Japanese reportedly leaped from cliffs while others surrendered as enemy troops and civilians streamed toward American lines. The battle centered near Mabumi as the defending general reportedly held with his staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okinawa
Guam
Tokyo
U. S
Saipan
Japanese in Cagayan Valley Move Struggles Amid Luzon Drive
Allied forces report a disorganized Japanese force in the Cagayan valley as Major General Robert B. Beightler leads air and artillery to sustain the Luzon campaign. Japanese resistance is weakening with the 37th Ohio infantry nearing the island’s northern edge within 100 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cagayan Valley
Manila
Luzon
Ohio Infantry
Cagayan Drive
Manilla
Robert B. Beightler
Also Mentioned on This Page
Raes
Polo Grounds
Gen
Bob Coleman
Boston Braves
Mel Ott
New York Giants
Fiorello LaGuardia
Ott
Badger Solons
Green County
Bulletins
General Easley
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!