State Farmers Look Forward To '45 Season
Wisconsin farmers and experts assess farm value trends after three war years of rising production and rising land values. An AP statewide survey shows 1944 values up about 17 percent from 1939, with Ebling noting closer to 20 percent. The piece lists factors that may push values higher or restrain them, including prices, demand from veterans, credit, and government programs, while noting debt trends improved since 1914.
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Wisconsin
Arthur Bystrom
Milwaukee
Associated Press
Look
Europe
Ebling
Federal Reserve Bank
Road to Berlin Front Distances Reported
The report lists Eastern front distances with 32 miles from Zellin and 29 miles per German account, Western front 283 miles from Coblenz area, and Italian front 5444 miles from the Reno river as part of the Allied war timetable.
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Associated Press
Zellin
Coblenz
Reno River
Courtney Returns BULLETIN
Three Wisconsin servicemen were among 350 Bataan heroes arriving in San Francisco from the Philippines. They were prisoners of war freed by American forces on Luzon. Named are Capt. Charles Leasum of Sturgeon Bay Private Lawrence E Courtney of Monroe and First Sgt Dale E Lawton of Mineral Point.
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San Francisco
Cal
Wisconsin
Bataan
Philippines
Luzon
Charles Leasum
Sturgeon Bay
Lawrence E. Courtney
Monroe
Wis
Dale E. Lawton
Mineral Point
Dairymen urged interim committee against unfair dairy buying
Assembly hearing backs Roethlisburger plan for an interim five member committee to enforce the state unfair-discrimination law in dairy product purchases. Proposal seeks $25,000 to fund investigations, with power to subpoena witnesses and to cooperate with the federal justice department. No opposition voiced. other bills discussed include a state wide 1 a.m. tavern closing, opposed by Feierstein citing federal curfew and bar-owner concerns.
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Department of Agriculture
Federal
Department of Justice
Roethlisburger
Plymouth
Senate
State and Local Government Committee
Assemblyman
Woodhead
Waukesha
Milwaukee
Assembly
Oneco community teams Easter boxes for service members
The Oneco group packed 50 Easter boxes for U S service members and navy and marine personnel overseas. They mailed 39 letters on December 1 asking for requests, with cheese the top item. Fans and students, home made cookies, candy, tuna, sardines, cigarettes, ink, stationery, popcorn, reading material and air mail stamps are sent. 130 birthday gifts have been mailed since January, with 109 names on the honor roll and many address updates needed before next week’s Easter boxes.
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Orangeville
Times Special Service
Oneco
Monroe Surpasses Red Cross Drive Quota and Rural Total Grows
Monroe reports a Red Cross War Fund total of 4935.89 dollars surpassing the 4905 quota aided by Jefferson Township’s 1461.07. Rural areas jump to 3263.07 with Sam Walter chairing Jefferson and Esther Newman reporting. In the Pacific Arena US Marines pin down Japanese positions on Iwo Jima as final stages unfold, with heavy artillery and counterattacks shaping a cautious advance toward Tokyo.
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Monroe
Jessie Holcomb
Jefferson Township
Jefferson
Sam Walter
Esther Newman
Adm. Turner
Iwo Jima
Iwo
Tokyo
Sgt Karl Freitag Wounded in Germany During World War II
Wounded in action in Germany, Sgt Karl Freitag suffered shoulder and arm injuries. A Red Cross letter to his wife Mae Donmeyer from a Belgium hospital confirms the injuries and hospitalization. Freitag, who entered service June 19 1944, arrived in France Dec 17 and has since been promoted to staff sergeant and awarded the Combat Infantryman Medal.
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S/Set
Karl Freitag
Germany
Mae Donmeyer
Freitag
Belgium
Red Cross
Camp Blanding
Fla
Miss Newman Enters County School Superintendent Race
Esther Newman of Juda filed her candidacy for county superintendent of schools in Green County. Florence Wartenweiler of Monroe filed yesterday. Both seek to succeed retired Mrs. Alta Rouse as the county’s elective school officer, with ballots not listing candidates in Brodhead or Monroe.
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Esther Newman
Juda
Florence Wartenweiler
Monroe
Alta Rouse
Poe
Green County
Brodhead
Col Legler Recovers in England After Lung Hemorrhage
Lieutenant Colonel Matthew L. Legler, son of Mrs. Anna Legler, is in an English hospital recovering from a slight lung hemorrhage after being wounded February 1 near a blast from an enemy mine. His wife in Baltimore received a letter noting gradual improvement and that his promotion to lieutenant colonel became effective the same day, though he did not know of the promotion or his Belgium hospital status at the time.
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Matthew L. Legler
Anna Legler
Baltimore
Legler
Belgium
Dairymen's Breeders Assn Meets Here Today
Green county dairymen gather for a Green County Breeders Assn meeting at Turner hall at 1 p m today. The cooperative supervises the central testing laboratories and the county bull ring and will discuss issues of interest to dairymen.
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Green County
Green County Breeders’ Assn., Co-Operative
Turner Hall
Breeders’ Coop
Ohio Flood Waters Continue to Rise in Portsmouth
The Ohio River kept rising as Portsmouth watched its 62 foot floodwall. Sandbags held back the river and its Scioto tributary except in one short section. Evacuees were relocated to Chillicothe by train, Red Cross aid available, and a new 77 foot wall was under construction. The crest was near 63.2 at midnight, with further heavy rain risk.
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Associated Press
Portsmouth
Ohio River
Ohio
Scioto
Ohio State
Chillicothe
Red Cross
Cincinnati
Millcreek Valley
Pittsburgh
Louisville
Yanks Consolidate Five Mile Advance On Italian Front
The U S Tenth Mountain division continued to consolidate a five mile advance west of the Bologna Pistoia highway on the Fifth Army front. Allied headquarters reported the Americans held newly won positions amid German artillery and mortar fire and captured several dominant peaks within about 20 miles of Bologna in what was called a most successful limited objective attack.
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Rome
U. S
Tenth Mountain Division
Bologna- Pistoia
Bologna
Russians Reach Seelow West of Oder Near Berlin Front
Russian forces drive to within 25 miles of Berlin and reach Seelow on the Oder west bank. Zhukov's offensive advances northwest of Kuestrin, with breaches reported around Kuestrin and heavy fighting along a 125 mile front from Stettin to Crossen as Konev and Neisse flank push.
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London
Berlin
Kuestrin
Seelow
Oder
Stettin
Frankfurt
Gregory Zhukov
Rhine
Transocean
Goerlitz
Niederwutzen
Zehden
Oder River
Ernst von Hammer
Ored
Stettin Bay
Crossen
Konev
Neisse
Extra Income Tax Aid Hours Are Announced
The internal revenue office in the post office will assist with income tax returns on March 13 and 14 until 9 p.m. Aide helps applicants and on March 15, the final filing day, the office stays open until 12 midnight.
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Internal Revenue Office
Stassen Pushes Higher Level World Government at UN talks
Harold E Stassen former Minnesota governor and naval officer urged at a University of Minnesota address and for a San Francisco United Nations conference that the United States join allies to create a definite continuing world government based on justice and law and with worldwide jurisdiction. Capitol reaction warned against pressing controversial issues that might hinder immediate peace goals.
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Minneapolis
Harold Stassen
United States
San Francisco
United Nations of
Minnesota
Pacific
Stassen
Washington
Capitol
Comdr
Harold E. Stassen
George
Dga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Taft
Ohio
Dumbarton Oaks
Bicycle Stolen From Downtown Parking
A small boy named Michael Marty reported the theft of a bicycle from a downtown street parking area. He is the son of Carl Marty Jr. Police were notified today and are investigating the case.
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Michael Marty
Carl Marty, Jrs
Nurses Draft Passes House In Landmark Legislation
The nurses draft bill clears the House 347 to 42 as senators debate compulsory manpower. The measure requires all nurses aged 20 to 44 to register with draft boards deciding whether induction is necessary at home or abroad. Nurses drafted will receive commissions.
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Germany
House
Leery
Voluntary manpower bill stirs cautious vote move
A decisive vote nears on largely voluntary manpower legislation while the return of Robert Murphy, Eisenhower's top adviser on German affairs, coincides with a significant development.
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Robert Murphy
Eisenhower
Manpower Bill Backed by Senate Chairman Predicts Passage
Chairman Thomas of Utah forecasts the Senate will approve the voluntary manpower bill. The article notes the bill has moved to No. 3 on the back page and signals party alignment and procedural steps.
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Senate
Thomas
Utah
Secure Firm Hold On East Bank in Sudden Crossing
The American First army crossed the Rhine south of Cologne and gained a firm bridgehead on the east bank. Lt. Gen. Hodges pushed infantry across in darkness as censors shielded the exact location. First and Third armies pressed the blitz toward Coblenz and Remagen while German pockets dissolved.
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East Bank
Paris
Rhine
Cologne
Courtney H. Hodges
Hodges
First Army
Wes Gallagher
Bonn
Bad Godesburg
Berlin
Third Army
Middle Rhine
George S. Patton
Third
Coblenz
Saar
Seventh Army
Eifel
Remagen
Old University City
Eifels
Ahr River
Fall of Mandalay Imminent As British Enter Suburbs of City
British 19th division spearheaded a dash into Mandalay northern suburbs signaling an imminent fall of Burma's second city. Indian troops routed several Japanese forces as Chinese troops advanced, seizing Old Lashio and New Lashio with control of the Burma road to Kunming, raising expectations of a broader Burma victory.
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Mandalay
Calcutta
Burma
Madaya
New Lashio
Lashio
Kunming
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Random Lake
Joseph Schmitz
Cafe Owners League
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England
Dairymen’s Breeders Assn
Lave
Danzig
Danzig Free State
Moscow
Marshal Stalin
Gertrude Louise Gerber
Fred Gerber
Rockford Memorial Hospital
Rockford, Ill
Brodhead High School
Gerber
St. Clare Hospital
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Bill Washington
House of Representatives
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Keefe
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Murray
O’konski
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