Allied surge across Rhine tightens grip on Ruhr area
United States First Army pushed north in a 40 mile breakout threatening to cut off the Ruhr as British and American forces seized key crossings and river centers from Duisburg to Mannheim. Cities such as Hannover Muenster Essen and Heidelberg drew near fall while Nazi defenses collapsed under rapid Allied advances.
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Langwiesse
Hamm
Frankenberg
Berlin
Hannover
Muenster
Duisburg
Frankfurt
Main
Third Army
First
Hamborn
Weisbaden
Hanau
Aschaffenburg
Mannheim
Eisenhower
Germany
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Ned Nordwess
Osnabrueck
Amoeneburg
Rhine
Lahn
Harburg
Neckar
Schweinheim
Niedernberg
Black Forest
Kassel
Essen
Heidelberg
Bonne
Seventh
River Main
Nuernberg
France
Supreme Headquarters
Wetzlar
Third
Seventh Army
Westphalian
Montgomery
Moreasco
Tolerance Bill Sparks Wisconsin Education Debate
Educational leaders oppose a bill to mandate instruction in religious and racial tolerance in Wisconsin public schools. They call it legislative curriculum making and favor teacher established curriculums. Opponents argue for local adaptation and minimal tolerance standards, while lawmakers discuss superintendent driven content and real life lessons in social harmony.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Assemblyman
Harper
Lancaster
Mel Heinritz
Wisconsin Industrial Union Council
Eters
Assemblyman Oe
R-Kenosha
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Simmons
Milwaukee
Glenn Eye
Wisconsin High School
Germany
O. A. Pienzke
Wis
School dismissals mark Easter vacation outlook
The article notes spring vacation for all pupils with Easter holidays. Victor’s school let out at Easter, and public schools finish at 4 PM today, granting pupils Good Friday and Monday off. Classes resume next Tuesday morning.
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Olen Victor's
Two Cars Hit in City Intersection Crash
An intersection collision at 6 01 last night damaged vehicles driven by P C Hunt of 528 Sixteenth Avenue and Mrs Don ald Alston of Route 2 Monroe. Hunt westbound on Eleventh street and Alston southbound on Eighteenth avenue collided near the intersection center. Hunt sustained bumper grill headlights and fender damage while Alston’s car was valued at 50 to 65 dollars.
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P. C. Hunt
Sixteenth Avenue
Donald Alston
Monroe
Hunt
Eleventh Street
Alston
Eighteenth Avenue
Hunt Auto
Cebu Taken as Yanks Push Jaws Back in Philippines
Manila reported the capture of Cebu City after a brisk two day drive from the Cebu island beachhead. Maj. Gen. William H. Arnold led American forces inside the city amid stubborn Japanese resistance and heavy demolition by retreating troops. The harbor area remained intact despite the city suffering extensive damage. General MacArthur announced Cebu’s fall and noted the 150000 population city was ruined by scorched earth tactics.
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Manila
Cebu City
Philippines
Cebu Island
William H. Arnold
Pardo
Douglas MacArthur
Cebu
Guam
Okinawa
Chester W. Nimitz
Radio Tokyo
Kerama Islands
Nimitz
Unten Bay
Pacific Fleet
Ryukyus
Pacific
Tokyo
Kure
Honshu
Kyushu
Red Cross War Fund Exceeds 1945 Goal in Green County
Green County surpasses its 1945 Red Cross war fund goal of 18 300 by nearly 5 000 as certificates of honor for distinguished achievement are presented to chapter and drive chairman Russell Carter. The national awards praise the rapid, well planned campaign and Carter’s leadership in aiding armed forces through American Red Cross service.
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Green County Red Cross
Russell Carter
War Fund
American Red Cross
Sheep Killing Dogs Invade Jordan Flock
George F. Stauffacher reports a pack of dogs has ravaged his flock at the Jordan farm. Ten ewes killed and six more severely torn, with about 200 ewes and lambs terrified affecting feeding and growth. He has shot one dog and urges neighbors to tie up dogs to prevent further raids.
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George F. Stauffacher
Jordan
Mr. Stauffacher
Nazi Top Men Flee to Alpine Hideout Reported
Zurich based La Suisse reports that most senior Nazi officials have abandoned their posts and retired to an Alpine hideout near the German frontier, according to a dispatched item.
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la Suisse
Zurich
Switzerland
Farmers Wives to Be Monroe's Guests at Farmers Night
The Monroe chamber of commerce hosts farmers and their wives and daughters for Farmers Night at Turner hall expanded to a women’s program in the high school auditorium. The main act is a black faced minstrel show led by Henry Kundert with A. F. Bolgrien as host and a large chorus of local performers.
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Monroe Chamber of Commerce
Turner Hall
Henry Kundert
A. F. Bolgrien
Dr. H. B. Caradine
Zenno A. Gorder
Louis H. Kohli
G. L. Redman
Ralph Kundert
Wilbert Wuetrich
Otho D. Schneider
Harold S. Haworth
Fred Ritschard
Joseph Rohner
Virgil Stauffacher
Howard Tea
Okinawa Sixth Day Bombardment and OPA Point Shifts
Okinawa endures its sixth day of bombardment as U S fleet carrier air power targets remaining strongholds. OPA announces red point increases for pork and oils while cutting values for canned fruits vegetables and tomato juice to balance shortages.
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OPA
Washington
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Miners Vote 8 to 1 to Strike in War Production Dispute
National Labor Relations Board returns show 208 718 yes and 25 156 no votes from 90 areas on whether to permit an interruption of war production. The vote, largest in NLRB history, could influence John L. Lewis position as contract nears expiration with talks likely to fail before Saturday midnight.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Ickes
Food Fight Over Oleomargarine Tax in Assembly
The Wisconsin assembly agriculture committee deadlocked on whether dairy supplies are controlled by the army CPA Russia or England and opposed lifting oleomargarine tax bars. They heard Assemblyman Schaeffer's bill to cut the consumer tax on oleomargarine from 15 to 7 cents per pound, hoping butter would still be preferred by most, though war workers claim they cannot get butter and the tax blocks spreads.
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Madison
Assembly Agriculture Committee
Army
CPA
Russia
England
Rice
Walworth
Assemblyman
Schaeffer
Milwaukee
Red Army Reaches Austrian Border
The Red Army tanks and armored cars of Marshal Tolbukhin's Third Ukrainian Army advanced from Cserna toward the Austrian frontier and pressed defenses at Panhagen St. Johann on the frontier and Moson near the Danube. Dispatches say it is unclear if units crossed into Austria or were probing the fortified zone.
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London
Red Army
Bratislava
Danube
Moscow
Stalin
Feodor Tolbukhin
Cserna
Panhagen
Vienna
St. Johann
Moson
Wieselburg
Eddy Gilmore
War Bulletins Report German Crossing Frontier
London and Brussels radios report Soviet and Austrian lines as German forces cross the Austrian frontier and seize Burgenland border villages. Secretary Stimson says the German army on the Rhine is beaten and the Nazis must surrender or face collapse, with any stand-in line deemed temporary.
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London
Brussels
Burgenland
Washington
Stimson
Western Front
Rhine
Reich
Mannheim Capitulates to U S Troops via Radio Report
The British radio quoted by New York said Mannheim surrendered to United States troops by telephone. An American officer heard the ring in a building held by his men and a Mannheim municipal official confirmed cease fire with the mayor also corroborating.
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New York
Mannheim
United States
BBC
German parachutists assassinate Aachen mayor
Three German parachutists in uniform murdered Aachen mayor Franz Cypenhof, 41, in a gangster style Sunday night and fled the scene, the AP reported from the U S First Army.
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U. S. First Army
Aachen
Franz Cypenhof
General Lucius D. Clay to lead German civil affairs
Washington AP reports Major General Lucius D. Clay, connected with the office of war mobilization and reconversion, was named to head civil affairs in Germany upon occupation. Stockholm AP notes three Japanese diplomats, including Turn to No. 2, Back Page.
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Washington
Lucius D. Clay
Office of War Mobilization
Germany
Stockholm
Front Line Distances Reported
Associated Press dispatches update war fronts with distances: 32 miles to Zellin on the Eastern Front, 207 miles to Ampenburg from the First U S Army on the Western Front, and 544 miles to the Reno River on the Italian Front.
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Associated Press
Zellin
Western Front
Ampenburg
U. S. Army
Reno River
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