Defeat of 6 Month OPA Life Extension in House Vote
The House rejected a Republican bid to limit OPA life to six months by 177 to 126. Speaker Burns urged support for a full year to prevent inflation and shortages. An amendment to halt OPA expansion failed amid partisan clash over price ceilings and farm-producer profit criteria.
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GOP
Washington
House
OPA
Rayburn
D-Tex
En Oer
R-Mich
Crawford
Folger
Spring Pig Crop Falls Short of National Quota
The agriculture department reports a 1945 spring pig crop of 51,687,000 head, well below the 57,500,000 target. Slaughter will occur next fall and winter. Combined spring and fall crops are expected to be only slightly above last year’s wartime total, far under 1944 and 1943 levels.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Corn Dangers From Quack Grass Warned In Harvest Notes
Rapidly growing corn is threatened by quack grass, with double plowing urged where feasible. Hay cutting reports show wet conditions in many areas, while a hot south wind signals a full summer ahead. weather sages say about 90 days of real summer weather lie ahead.
Tire Dealers Summoned for June 27 Meeting on Rationing
All tire dealers and prospective entrants are summoned to Green county war price and rationing board on June 27 to discuss record keeping, a vital element in tire rationing.
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OPA
Green County War Price and Rationing Board
Oil or dust
A Madison visiting resident, mother to a young son eager about maps, asks a saleslady for a map in Trade at Home. The clerk replies curtly and seriously with the question oil or dust, highlighting brisk, practical shop talk in this local trade scene.
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Madison
Prague Leader Seizes Farms Tied to Germans and Traitors
President Benes ordered the confiscation of all farms and corporations in Czechoslovakia belonging to Germans, Hungarians and traitors and Nazi collaborators of any nationality. In China, five columns press Liuchow with one reaching the south rail station and others attacking the former American airbase on the southern outskirts abandoned seven months ago, per the Chinese high command.
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Prague
Benes
Czechoslovakia
Chungking
Liuchow
Butchered Heifer Found Near Brodhead Green County
Green county officials investigated a field north of Brodhead after a two year old, about 950 pound heifer was butchered and dumped near the Sugar river. Four quarters were missing and the carcass was disposed of into the river. A hatchet and fingerprints were recovered as investigators seek clues about the unknown offender.
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Green County
Brodhead
Wisconsin State Fair Cancelled for 1945
The 1945 Wisconsin state fair was canceled today by the board of agriculture after a meeting of a seven member panel led by Milton H. Button. Ira Inman noted that defense transportation concerns and a Beloit request to cancel all fairs left no choice. The fair was to run August 18 to 26 with registration funds to be returned.
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Madison
Board of Agriculture
Milton H. Button
State Department of Agriculture
Inman
Chicago
50 Percent Gas Ration Boost Enters National Phase
The 50 percent increase in basic gasoline rationing takes effect nationwide. Drivers with A-16 coupons may buy 6 gallons with a stamp instead of 4, averaging 3 gallons per week and about 6 miles per day, up from 2 gallons and 4 miles previously.
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Washington
Debate on Thursday morning store closures in Monroe
Chamber of Commerce polls show 3 to 1 favor closing the Thursday morning July 5. Retailers say 90 percent observe Thursday afternoon closings, while a minority opposes morning closing citing service and trade considerations for Monroe as a trading center.
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Monroe
Chamber of Commerce
Walter Day
Retail Bureau of the
Chamber
Times
Fort Atkinson
Train loss claim ties Kipnis to Milwaukee
Samuel Kipnis of Jacksonville Florida told authorities he lost jewelry worth 250000 while aboard a train entering Milwaukee en route to Green Bay. Kipnis described 2500 shares of stock as part of the loss and said the incident happened late yesterday during travel.
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Milwaukee
Samuel Kipnis
Jacksonville
Fla
Kipnis
Green Bay
Wisconsin in Washington Badgers Cool to Peacetime Conscription
Wisconsin congressmen show mixed views on universal peacetime conscription. Three oppose, six lean open minded, one noncommittal as hearings before the House committee weigh military planning. Rep. Frank Keefe reports strong local opposition in the Sixth district while army linked groups back the idea for study.
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Jane Albaugh
Washington
Wisconsin
Pears
Frank Keefe
Badger
Army
Navy
Classification of Two Dairy Herds in Green County
Two Holstein-Friesian herds in Green County were classified by Claire I Miller and Charles Brace. Frank Trumpy’s herd scored 765 and John Rufi’s 81.5, with no cows rated excellent and no poor cows detected. The process evaluates physical condition rather than milk output, guiding breeders with a second stock appraisal.
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Green County
Frank Trumpy
John Rufi
Trumpy
Rufi
Claire I. Miller
Medina, O
Want Ad Results From Times Bring Dog Respondent
Want ads in the Evening Times lure a response to Mr Fieldstad who sought a cow dog to replace a hired man. He placed a simple classified ad and soon received many replies. The piece promotes using the Times for any buy sell or trade.
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Sever Fieldstad
Winslow
Times
Evening Times
Fieldstad
The
Patton urged to stay silent on next war claim
The Stars and Stripes reprints a Sun day school class remark by General Patton about children becoming soldiers of the next war. A Navy? style letter from Private X pleads for peace planners to be left alone until after the San Francisco conference. Patton defends preparedness, saying wars follow the peace effort.
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Patton
Paris
Stars and Stripes
Sensletter
San Francisco
Iton
Hamilton
Massachusetts
Episcopal Church of Our Saviour
San Gabriel
Calif
Europe
Senate to receive full report on San Francisco conference
Two American delegates will deliver the conference charter to the Senate next week as efforts to ratify the new United Nations charter proceed. Senators Connolly and Vandenberg prepared to depart after President Truman’s closing address as translators finalize English French Russian Chinese and Spanish texts.
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San Francisco
United States Senate
United Nations
Senate Committee
Connely
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
Truman
Washinton
Mercury Ascends Rapidly as Summer Weather Arrives
Today’s heat neared a new 1945 high as warm southwest breezes push temperatures toward an expected peak this afternoon. The first day of summer yielded 80 degrees at noon before clouds cooled the reading, with a 58 degree night following and forecasts calling for typical summer warmth aiding corn growth but mildly uncomfortable for people.
Monroe marks year without a fatal traffic accident
Monroe police report a full year without a fatal traffic crash, a record noted last Tuesday. Officials say the city’s low incidence reflects vigilance and repeated reminders to drivers, with prior history showing more than 21 months without a fatality before 1944.
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Monroe
Superforts Strike Four Japanese Cities In Major Allied Air Offensive
Allied air power presses Japan with a third 450 plane assault in five days on Tokyo targets including Kure naval arsenal and five Kobe Nagoya area plants. U S Fifth and Tenth Armies report heavy losses on both sides in Okinawa and Luzon while Filipinos trap 30,000 Japanese in the Cagayan valley. Japanese withdrawals from east China port cities accelerate as B 29s hit strategic targets.
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Associated Press
Japan
Tokyo
Okinawa
Borneo
Hirohito
Pacific
U. S. Tenth Army
Southwest Pacific
West
Seria
Miri
Philippine
Cagayan Valley
U. S
Asia
East China
Liuchow
China
Linchow
Kure Naval Arsenal
Kure
Hiro
Osaka
Kobe-Nagoya
Kamamigahara
Akashi
Tamashima
Himeji
Pacific Fleet
Philippines
Russell W. Volckmann
Guerrilas
Luzon
Wickard Confirmed for 10-Year Rural Electrification Post
Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard won Senate confirmation to a 10-year term as administrator of rural electrification by a 56 to 6 vote. Wickard succeeds Harry Slattery, who resigned December 1. Rep. Clinton P. Anderson will take over Wickard's cabinet post.
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Wickard
Washington
Ariculture
Claude Wickard
Senate
Harry Slattery
Clinton P. Anderson
War Production Hit by Strikes Across Nation
The war production program faced widespread stoppages with about 70 000 workers staying home. The War Labor Board moved to end several strikes including a 15 000 person CIO glass workers walkout across 10 cities. Packard Detroit shut its main plant affecting 20 000 workers. Goodyear Akron and Libbey Owens Ford plants also faced CIO protests. Chicago trucking units and defense transport lines faced heightened disruption as soldiers aided efforts to break the strikes.
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Associated Press
War Labor Board
CIO Glass
Ford City
Creighton
Packard
Detroit
Packard Motor Company
CID
AFL
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
Akron
CIO
United Rubber Workers
WLB
George W. Taylor
Pacific
Chicago
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Mt. Vernon
Crystal City
Henryetta
Okla
Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company
Teesda
Ottawa
Ill
Shreveport
Charleston
W. Va
Ellis T. Longenecker
Office of Defense Transportation
Lumber Shortage Threatens Wartime Construction Recovery
The War Production Board warns a severe lumber shortage could slow postwar construction with 1945 needs set at 40 billion board feet, 8 billion above projected supplies. Military demand remains high for bases and munitions, while relief for civilians is unlikely amid ongoing transfers to Europe and shifting priorities.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
WJB
Pacific
Europe
Major Powers plan collective war crime trial
Justice Jackson outlined a U S plan for a single military tribunal to try Nazi war criminals from top leaders to industrialists and diplomats. Britain France Russia and the United States aim to meet in London to set plans and select judges with trials to start as soon as a complete case exists.
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London
Robert H. Jackson
United States
Germany
Jackson
Britain
Russia
France
British Foreign Office
Supreme Court
U. S
Gestapo
Harness racing revival eyed in Illinois pari mutuel bill
Harness racing fans envision Illinois becoming the nation’s sulay hub through legal pari mutuel betting. The general assembly approved the legislation pending Governor Green’s signature, with sponsors confident he will approve. They say the measure will attract top competition at Chicago tracks plus Du Quoin and Springfield venues.
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Racine
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
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