Fleeing Germans blasted by U S bombing planes
London reports Allied air power struck German troops crowded in the Ruhr as 1 300 American planes attacked camps and air bases. Fourteen waves of bombers plus 700 Mustangs escorted missions from the North Sea to Austria aided by favorable weather. Eisenhower had warned of this major air offensive.
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Ruhr
North Sea
Austria
Eisenhower
Reich
Paris
Rhine
Seventh
Saarland
Palatinate
Third Army
Ludwigshafen
Mainz
Seventh Army
Georges. Patton
Hesse
Bremen
Berlin
Lower Rhine
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Patton
Rhine Plain
Worms
Sixth Armored
Alexander M. Patch
Kaiserslautern
Gruenstadt
Neustadt
Civilians Flee Across Ruhr as Allied Advance Grows
Civilians flood eastward from the Ruhr valley and areas east of the Rhine causing transport disruption as Allied forces push into German territory. Swedish reports say roads to Nuernberg and Munich are clogged with refugees reminiscent of 1940, amid warnings from Eisenhower and radio broadcasts urging protection of mines and continued resistance.
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Rhur
Rhine
Nuernberg
Munich
Low Countries
France
Eisenhower
Moscow
Free German Committee
Ruhr
End Resistance on Panay Island Falls to U.S. Forces
Panay Island in the central Philippines was invaded as a cave lined Shimbu line east of Manila collapsed, yielding war booty. U.S. Mitch ell bombers hit an Amoy China convoy with 16 tons of explosives. Iloilo harbor and docks remained usable after capture despite heavy enemy destruction.
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Philippines
Manila
Luzon
Amoy
China
Iloilo
Rapp Brush
40Th
Congressional Medal to Widow of Janesville Casualty
The Congressional Medal of Honor is awarded posthumously to Sergeant Gerald L. Endl of Janesville for gallantry near Anamo New Guinea on July 11. The medal will be presented to his widow, Mrs. Anna Marie Endl, at ceremonies in the Janesville school auditorium on Tuesday the 27th, announced by Col. W. Lutz Krigbaum of the Sixth Service command.
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Milwaukee
United States
S/Set
Gerald L. Endl
Janesville
Anamo
New Guinea
W. Lutz Krigbaum
Wisconsin-Upper Michigan
Sixth Service Command
Anna Marie Endl
Endl
Frontline Distances Reported From Key War Fronts
Associated Press notes distances to major fronts: Eastern near Zellin at 32 miles, Western at Mainz 265 miles, Italian near Reno river 544 miles. These figures reflect ongoing移动 front line reporting across Europe.
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The
Associated Press
Zellin
Mainz
Reno River
Return of Prisoner Courtney Sparks Warm Janesville Homecoming
Pfc. Lawrence H. Courtney arrives in Janesville after 33 months in a Japanese prison camp. He greets sisters and brother, plus Sgt. Dale Lawton and relatives. He plans a week at the Zweifel home before another hospital checkup in Chicago. He served in the coast artillery from Madison and was captured at Corregidor. freed in the Ranger raid January 31.
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America
Cabanatuan
Lawrence H. Courtney
Monroe Coast Artilleryman
Janesville
Times
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Monroe
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Frank Youngblood
Brodhead
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Dale Lawton
Cabanatuan Prison
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Gardner Hospital
Chicago
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Madison
Philippines
Corregidor
Courtney Describes Army Vehicle Evacuation Journey
Pfc. Lawrence H. Courtney recounts travel from Guimba through rural Philippines with new U.S. army equipment arriving by train and truck. He notes Gen Kruger’s orders for new clothing, the sight of American gear, and the mix of Filipino townspeople and relief—ending at a coconut plantation.
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Chow
Gen. Krueger
Guimba
Total War Rumors Sweep Nippon As Leaders Forecast Crisis
Japanese leaders warn of a grave crisis and fortify martial law plans as Tokyo evacuees near 3 million. Premier Koiso and War Minister Sugiyama press for unprecedented powers to expropriate land and strip buildings while Lt Gen Kuribayashi bids a final charge on Iwo Jima.
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Tokyo
Tokyo Radio
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Interior
Statesman
Japan
Yomiuri- Hachi
Kuniaki Koiso
Gen
Sugiyama
United States
Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Iwo
Kuribayashi
Broadway clubs defy mayor with midnight curfew ignore
New York city night spots join 35 cabarets and restaurants in ignoring Mayor LaGuardia's midnight shutdown while he says the later closing hour is fine with him. The allied food and entertainment industries defend their hour of tolerance stance amid the dispute.
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New York
New York City
F. H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
Greater New York
Wisconsin aid paid to Green County for chronic patients
Green county today received 39566.23 dollars from the state for care of chronic insane patients. The payment went to the office of the county treasurer.
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Green County
Wisconsin
Washington Roundup Feud Over Meat Packers Problems
The Senate War Investigating Committee presses a quick policy on surplus property while OPA and meat packers clash at long range. Congress readies hearings on selective service and Bowles plus meat packing spokesmen testify. Government surpluses threaten markets. efforts aim to move goods to new buyers.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
OPA
House
Perry
Senate War Investigating Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
Istrator Bowles
Meat Packing Industry
Senate Agriculture Committee
Rules Committee
War Investigating Committee
Senate probes OPA meat price controls impact on packers
The senate banking committee shifts its price control hearings to a meat inquiry asking whether OPA controls threaten meat packers’ viability. Price Admin
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Senate Banking Committee
OPA
House panel mulls immediate draft extension vote after hearings
The house military committee weighs sending a draft extension to the floor after army navy and selective service heads testify. Some members favor broad hearings on changes to the law and extending the draft beyond its May 15 expiration while the extension would reopen the whole selective service topic.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Army
State Police Unit Warmly Censured in Senate Hearing
State sheriffs and district attorneys attacked a bill to establish a state department of public safety to coordinate law enforcement and run crime detection. Critics warned of a "state gestapo" and duplicating FBI efforts, while supporting a separate bill for a state crime detection laboratory.
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Senate
State and
Martin Fromm
George Hanley
State Sheriffs’ Association
R. C. Salisbury
Motor Vehicle Department
Norris Maloney
District Attorneys’ Association
Department of Public Safety
Hanley
Milwaukee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
New Interpretation On Curfew Closing Is Studied by Police
Green County law enforcement reports a War Manpower Commission interpretation granting midnight curfew exemptions to restaurants open after midnight only to serve food and not offer entertainment or liquor. Eligible establishments must serve night workers in war plants or essential civilian services. luxury venues are excluded.
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Green County
War Manpower Commission
Janesville
Homecoming Sgt. Foley Returns After Pacific Service
Sgt. Francis Foley, three years in the south Pacific, visits South Wayne relatives Enright Foley and wife. He spent four years in service, served with the 32nd Red Arrow Division in New Guinea, Leyte and Luzon, suffered malaria and typhus, and was briefly in an iron lung. His furlough ends April 12 and he will report to Miami Beach for rest and reclassification.
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Francis “Red” Foley
Margaret Foley
South Wayne
Enright Foley
Sergeant Foley
32Nd Red Arrow
New Guinea
Leyte
Luzon
Luzon Island
Foley
Miami Beach
Fla
100 000 Germans Taken and Bastogne Heroes Speak
Eight servicemen visiting Wisconsin Burgess plants share war deeds from Bastogne to Salerno and Anzio. One tank crew member under Patton, plus four from Mist division, will address workers at the Eugene hotel luncheon and Burgess plant talks.
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Salerno
Anzio
Monroe Burgess
Wisconsin
Burgess Company
Darlington
Eugene
Southside
Burgess
101St Airborne Division
1011St
Belgium
Patton
Mist
Chemical Division
Juan Resigns Castigates Franco Calls for Monarchy Return
Lausanne Switzerland Prince Juan son of former King Alfonso urges Franco resignation and restoration of the monarchy to secure religion order and liberty. He criticizes Franco’s regime as Axis-like and favors a democratically elected assembly and popular vote to determine Spain’s future.
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Switzerland
Juan
Alfonso
Spain
Franco
Associated Press
Barcelona
Russians Press Stettin Drive In Baltic Front Siege
Russian forces pressure the city of Stettin as a key to northern Germany in a heavy assault described by Berlin reports. Soviet units also push toward the Danube crossings into Austria while fighting continues near Heiligenbeil and near the Oder defenses with Zhukov reinforcing the Berlin front.
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Stettin
Germany
Hungary
Danube
Austria
Heiligenbeil
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Koenigsberg
Moscow
Danzig
Gdynia
Berlin
Gregory Zhukov
Oder
Elbe
Altdamm
The
Cigarette Distribution Bill Sparks Wisconsin Senate Hearing
Senator Fred Risser urged a bill to allocate cigarettes to subscribers vending machines and retailers on the prior six months of 1943 levels. Witnesses said distributors pressured tavernkeepers to buy liquor to obtain cigarettes and that wholesalers cut supplies by about half in 1944.
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Madison
Fred Risser
Risser
Senate State and Local Government Committee
Wisconsin
Stanley Stacey
Milwaukee
Cavallo Tobacco Company
Stacey
Jesse Sherwood
Rhinelander
Student Sentenced For Stabbing Friend
Madison reporter notes 19 year old Robert Braund of Cleveland was sentenced by Judge Proctor to 1 to 3 years in Green Bay state reformatory after pleading guilty to a statutory offense and assault with intent to harm. Arthur D. Stewart a 25 year old Auckland New Zealand graduate student at the University of Wisconsin was stabbed and hospitalized after a room scuffle with an unidentified man named Bob.
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Robert Braund
Cleveland
Proctor
State Reformatory
Green Bay
Arthur D. Stewart
Auckland
New Zealand
University of Wisconsin
Braund
Stewart
Bob
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