British Rains Landings On Rangoon Ahead Of Burma Push
Allied dispatches report British troops landing on both banks of the Rangoon river after an air base prep. Overland advances from the north put forces within 35 miles of Rangoon and into the railway station area as the Southeast Asia drive strengthens. In the Dutch East Indies campaign Allied forces push toward Tarakan and Lingkas, while Australian troops surge along Maj. Gen. Arnolds Seventh division flank to Yonabaru positions.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Allied
Southeast Asia Command
Rangoon
Manila
Dutch East Indies
Tarakan
Lingkas
Davao
Archibald V. Arnold
Aleutians
Marshalls
Philippines
Yonabaru
Final German Resistance Shrinks as Allied Linkup Advances
Stalin announced a Baltic to Elbe link with the British as German resistance collapses north of Kiel. Hamburg surrendered to the British, and towns such as Barth Doberan Neubukow Warin and Wittenburg were seized. Canadian air forces target German shipping while Eisenhower closes in on Austria.
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Paris
Hamburg
Stalin
Moscow
Kiel
Baltic
Wittenburg
Elbe
Mecklenburg
Europe
Norway
Denmark
Barth
Doberan
Neubukow
Warin
Wismar-Wittenberge
Wismar
Wittenberge
Berlin
Eisenhower
Austria
Third Army
Churchill Missed Commons Absence Unmentioned by Ministers
Prime Minister Churchill failed to appear in the house of commons today. Chancellor Sir John Anderson acted for Churchill but did not reference the prime minister’s absence.
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London
Churchill
House of Commons
Wineries
John Anderson
OPA vows tougher meat slaughter enforcement in Wisconsin
Milwaukee officials told about 100 southern Wisconsin slaughterers that the OPA will enforce stricter rules. They explained kill figures and required papers due by May 14, with quotas set from filings. The speakers argued that tighter regulation aims to balance meat distribution nationwide and curb hidden stockpiles.
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OPA
Milwaukee
Court House
E. T. Ehle
William Carpenter
Wisconsin
Ehles
Carpenter
United States
Regem
Cig Onmm
Bova Om
Ex Prisoner Recalls White Bread Angel Food Cake Misconception
Kenneth W. Welton, son of Mrs. Jennie Welton, reports from France that a fellow soldier mistook white bread for angel food cake. He recounts wartime meals, home memories, and his hope to return home soon as another Welton son serves in the merchant marine.
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Kenneth W. Welton
Jennie Welton
France
Welton
Russell Welton
Merchant Marine
Russell
Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn
N. Y
Veterans Bonus Drive Opens on Capitol Hill
A proposed veterans adjusted compensation plan seeks $20 weekly for a year to all service members with 90 days or more since Sept 16 1940. Rankin predicts quick approval, arguing the measure adds to mustering-out pay and surpasses current unemployment provisions. The plan faces possible resistance from congressional leaders.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Rankin
D-Miss
House Veterans’ Committee
Armed Services
Truman reshuffles cabinet names Hannegan postmaster general
President Truman signals major cabinet shake up as Robert E. Hannegan is nominated to replace Frank C. Walker as postmaster general. Hannegan will keep his Democratic committee chair role while rivals consider labor secretary or attorney general vacancies. Mentions Lilienthal’s renomination and Schwellenbach as potential attorney general candidate.
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Washington
Truman
Robert E. Hannegan
TVA
David E. Lilienthal
McKellar
Tenn
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Washington State
Frances Perkins
Francis Biddle
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Frank C. Walker
Pennsylvania
New York
Hannegan
Fifth Casualties In Italy 109,163
Secretary of War Stimson reports that the American Fifth Army suffered 109,163 casualties in the Italian campaign from September 1943 to April 28. The tally includes 21,577 killed 77,284 wounded and 10,338 missing. Navy losses bring total service casualties to 940,472 since Pearl Harbor, up 11,099 from last week.
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Washington
Italy
Fifth Army
War Stimson
Stimson
Pearl Harbor
Army Air Corpsmen Stop for Snack in Monroe Visit
About 100 air corps soldiers traveling from Savannah to a northern camp paused in Monroe for a snack. Filipino troops stirred excitement among students who mistook a band of Japanese prisoners for trouble. The group arrived by army bus and trucks, drew cheers from schoolchildren and left shortly before 1 PM, leaving residents with a pleasant impression of the brief stop.
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Air Corps
Savanah
Monroe
Army
Allied units near Linz advance as Austrian push continues
The 11th armored division drove to within seven miles of Linz as part of a 21 mile advance into Austria reaching Rotenegg north west of Linz. In London a Stockholm dispatch noted Admiral Doenitz and Foreign Minister Schwerin von Krosigk were at Kiel with British troops about 35 miles away. A Copenhagen radio report said British forces may enter Denmark this evening amid a heavy clash near Aarhus.
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U. S. Third Army
11Th Armored
Linz
Austria
Rotenegg
London
Stockholm
Adm
Karl Doenitz
Ludwig Schwerin von Krosigk
Kiel
New York
SSÖ
Aarhus
Lois Blum Elected Editor of Monroe High Bulletin
Lois Blum a high school junior is chosen editor for the coming year by staff members and sponsor Helen Cass. Betty Treloar Ruth Wenger Ruth Geigel and others receive assistant editor roles with Maxine Crandall as headline editor and Sally Ransdell as feature editor.
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Lois Blum
Monroe
Miss Blum
Helen Cass
Betty Treloar
Ruth Wenger
Ruth Geigel
Richard Rupnow
Mary Catherine Share
Mildred Reider
Maxine Crandall
Harriet Towell
Sally Ransdell
Henry Wieman
Audrey Babler
Joanne Solomon
DeLea Treloar
Betty Segner
Exchange
JoAnne Elmer
Roland Shamburek
Nancy Bishop
Virginia Theiler
Hopes Rise That Spring May Be Here Again
Hopes that spring had finally arrived rose as sun peeked through hundreds of small clouds after a three day rain. Temperatures rose from the rain with warm winds lifting readings toward 50 degrees at noon as rainfall totaled over a half inch Wednesday.
British to Offer Trustee Program Amid UN Conference Debates
Britain presents its international trusteeship ideas to the United States France China and Russia in London while the big four plan faces criticism at the United Nations conference. Differences with the American plan center on strategic areas and international control as the United States seeks a global security system with regional components.
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San Francisco
Britain
United States
France
China
Russia
London
Brittan
World Council
U. S
State Stettinius
Washington
Northern Italy Ends Fighting as Troops Enter Trieste
Allied communique reports fighting ceased west of the Izonzo. New Zealand forces occupy Trieste and Gorizia as German troops surrender under General von Vietinghoff Scheel. Remaining tasks focus on disarming scattered Wehrmacht remnants.
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Heinrich von Vietinghoff-Scheel
Royal
Caserta
Italy
Austria
Rome
New Zealand
Istria
Trieste
Isonzo
Gorizia
Izonzo
Wehrmacht
Heinrich von Vietinghoff- Scheel
Lord Haw Haw May Fall Into British Hands
reported surrender of Hamburg raises possibility that wartime traitor William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw could be captured by British forces.
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London
Hamburg
Lord Haw Haw
William Joyce
Veto on Blanket Draft Deferment Of Farm Workers
President Truman vetoed a bill to grant broad draft deferments for farm workers. He said no group should have special privileges and that agriculture should not be deemed more essential than military service. The veto challenges changes to the selective service act and limits on presidential authority over exemptions.
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Washington
Truman
House
Congress
Agriculture Workers
United States
Tydings
Deferments Granted for 5500 Key War Workers
Washington announced 5500 selective service deferments for 18 to 29 year olds, raising total to about 353000 or roughly 50 percent of industrial workers in that age group. Agencies receiving deferments include Agriculture with 1000, Petroleum Administration for War with 2000, and Office of Defense Transportation with 2500.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
Department of Agriculture
Petroleum Administration For
Office of Defense Transportation
Interagency Committee
Cancer Control Drive Under Way In Monroe Today
Monroe residents receive letters urging donations to fund cancer control efforts in Greene County. A general assembly is planned at the High School auditorium on May 14 with Dr Zintek of the state board of health presiding.
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Monroe
Greene County
Zintek
State Board of Health
Madison
Springtime wrens arrive as Monroe housing projects open
New franks of spring show wrens flocking to Monroe as bird lovers prepare late model housing for them. Jennie inspects some of the newer projects while a nearby admirer warbles.
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Monroe
Wrens
Jennie
German garrisons in Denmark and Norway show signs of collapse
A diplomat said developments clearing up the situation in Denmark and Norway may occur today as German garrisons hold out. Swedish and Danish sources discuss Doenitz’s influence, Best’s summons, and possible bloodless capitulation amid dissolving Wehrmacht in Denmark with commanders negotiating capitulation and some troops withdrawing.
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Stockholm
Denmark
Norway
Karl Doenitz
Werner Best
Doenitz
Germany
Berlin
Copenhagen
Aftonbladet
Halden
Oslo
Free Danish Press Service
Wehrmacht
Evacuation Report For Stalag 11A Camp Prisoners
The British war office said a reliable report says prisoners of war at Stalag 11A Algengrabow near Magdeburg are being evacuated by road to American lines. The camp is believed to hold about 20,000 inmates including 1,300 Americans.
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London
British War Office
Stalag 11A
Algengrabow
Magdeburg
Hamburg City A Former Imperial Port at a Glance
Old Town Hamburg, founded in 808 by Charlemagne, grew into Europe’s great seaport and major airport hub. Before the war it housed about 1,682,220 people on both sides of the Ulster river, with the Elbe on the right bank. Canals dissect the older quarter, linked by a pedestrian tunnel and two bridges, including the Freihafen bruecke.
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Associated Press
Hamburg
Europe
Charlemange
Elbe
Ulster
Allied drive nears Innsbruck amid snow and garrison talks
After crossing the Inn river from the west the Seventh army moved toward Innsbruck with the third division nearing Berchtesgaden and Salzburg within 27 miles. Civilian refugees report SS troops ready to defend Tyrol's western edge as the 18th airborne corps including the 82nd and Eighth divisions and the British Eighth corps mop up early in the northern pocket.
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Berchtesgaden
Tonsbruck
Seventh Army
Munich
Salzburg
Inn River
Innsbruck
Tyrol
18Th Airborne Corps
82Nd
Eighth Division
Eighth Corps
Navy Surgeon Bear Describes War Area Medical Care
Comdr Nathan E Bear former Monroe Wis surgeon and now senior medical officer aboard a ship near Okinawa discusses navy medicine on the front lines. He notes rapid ward room action clearing decks and swift evacuation of seriously injured after a bombing raid and emphasizes cooperation among crew. He explains that civilian and military medicine differ mainly in trauma intensity and that hospital staff worked to stabilize patients and transfer them to a hospital ship.
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Nathan E. Bear
Monroe
Okinawa
Cincinnati Times-Star
Nixson Denton
Commander Bear
Navy
Cincinnati
Comdr
N. E. Bear
Bear
Monroe Clinic
Wis
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