Nazi Fanatics Flee Toward Yank Lines In Czechoslovakia
German forces pressed headlong toward American lines as Soviet armies closed a pincer from multiple fronts in Czechoslovakia. Field Marshal Schoerner and Col. Gen Woehler ignored surrender as Ukrainian troops joined broadened offensives. Stalin praised the Allied push toward unconditional surrender, stressing joint Allied effort.
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Czechoslovakia
Ferdinand Schoerner
Woehler
Europe
Holland
Marshal Stalin
Truman
Churchill
Nazi Germany
Wisconsin Farm Wages Jump Toward Record High
A Wisconsin survey shows farm wages with board nearly 300 percent higher than in 1933 and 143 percent above 1938. Present daily average wages are $4.95, while 12 years ago they were $1.25. Arlie Macks notes farm labor supply was lowest in 27 years. owner working hours rose from 114 weekly in 1940 to over 14 hours daily by April 1945.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Arlie Macks
County War Bond Campaign Leaders Meet Here Tonight
Green county war bond leaders meet at 8 o'clock tonight in the court room to plan the Seventh War Loan campaign opening next Monday. The quota is 442,422 dollars, a 60 percent rise over the Sixth War Loan, signaling a significant effort for the county.
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Green County
Court House
War criminals listed include Himmler Goering Hess
London reports the United Nations listing Rudolf Hess Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Goering as war criminals. It notes a strong possibility that Grand Admiral Karl Doenitz may also face trial for his role in the war.
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Himmler
Goering
Hess
London
Rudolf Hess
Heinrich Himmler
Hermann Goering
United Nations
Karl Doenitz
Henlein Dies by Suicide Amid Czech Conflict
Konrad Henlein, once linked to the Sudetenland, dies in Czechoslovak conflict after slashing wrists with a razor hidden in a cigarette case. He had been sentenced to death in absentia by a Czechoslovak court in 1938. The Slovak government responses unclear.
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U. S. Third Army
Czechoslovakia
Konrad Henlein
Sudetenland
Hitler
Henlein
Aftermath of Nazi leadership sifted by Allied powers
A high level surrender update reports the Nazi hierarchy and Hitler’s successor await trial as Allied powers plan a joint framework. An informant estimates 4 to 6 million Germans may bear punishment if the hangman of the Gestapo or deputy figures are pursued.
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Hitler
Reich
Gestapo
United States
Britain
France
Fox Bounties Awarded to Local Hunters
Walter Schuetz of route 3 receives 5 red fox cubs. Roscoe Dalton of city secures 1 grey fox. Leo Gille of city gains 2 red fox cubs and 1 grey fox. Carl Schuetz route 3 claims 7 red fox cubs and 1 grey fox. Dan Marty route 2 earns 1 red fox. William Gurske of Brodhead collects 1 red cub and 1 mature red fox.
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Walter Schuetz
Monroe
Roscoe Dalton
City
Leo Gille
Carl Schuetz
Dan Marty
William Gurske
Brodhead
Mindanao gains fought as Davao holds. Doolittle eyes 2000-plane raids
Allied forces in Mindanao push through cave defenses near Davao as Japanese civilians evacuate the city. In Europe, Doolittle forecasts 2,000-plane raids on Japan and plans to shift U.S. air power to the Pacific with large bomber contingents and crews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mindanao
Doolittle
Pacific
Manila
Roscoe Woodruff
Japan
Davao
Davao City
Samal Island
Philippines
Tarakan Island
Borneo
Djocata
Little Island
Djocnta
Luzon
43Rd Infantry
Ipo
Douglas MacArthur
Pig Crop Likely Falls Short of War Food Goals
Washington reports this year's pig crop may total about 90 million head, well under the War Food Administration target of 93.6 million and 28 million below the 1943 peak. A 30 percent drop in 1944 hog production follows a winter market glut that forced farmers to sell at steep losses. The WFA raised under government support hog prices from 12.50 to 13 dollars per hundred pounds, Chicago basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Food Administration
Agriculture Adjustment Agency
WFA
Chicago
WMC to Relax Manpower Controls in Phased manner
Chairman McNutt reveals gradual easing of manpower controls across four groups with a July transition. Group 3 and 4 may lift controls immediately after consulting local committees, while Groups 1 and 2 keep limits until reclassification. Employment ceilings and 48 hour week face changes as regions shift.
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Paul V. McNutt
Japan
WMC
Nutt
McNutt
Control Council to Curb Nazi Activity
A special intelligence section to detect and ruthlessly suppress Nazi underground activity will be part of the American occupation zone in Germany under the four power control council. Eisenhower will head the U S group with Lt Gen Lucius Clay as deputy military governor. The plan includes 12 divisions to purge Nazi influence and a centralized denazification program, with OWI head Elmer Davis announcing a ban on foreign publications films and businesses in Germany.
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Washington
United States
Germany
War Department
Control Council
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Yalta
Lucius Clay
Department
Clay
Office of War Mobilization
Supreme Allied Headquarters
United States Army
Navy
OWI
Elmer Davis
Canning Sugar Applications Stay Steady Amid Ration Delays
The war price and rationing board reports steady applications for canning sugar but no word on when consumer coupons will be available. Coupon printing is delayed with expectations not until mid June. Most applications are handled, but farm workers living on the place require separate applications.
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Ration Board
Predict Total Loss Of Western Wisconsin Apple Crop This Year
Galesville Wisconsin orchardists said a premature warm March plus early frosts and a lack of pollinating bees threaten an almost total apple crop loss. The crop normally markets from 150000 to 170000 dollars but may be wiped out without favorable weather.
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Wisconsin
Galesville
2500 Soldiers to be Released Under Point System Tomorrow
About 2 500 soldiers will be discharged from the army tomorrow under the point rating system. The releases will occur at army separation centers nationwide. The first to benefit are long overseas service members who had been brought back to the United States for rest under the rotation plan before the war ended in Europe. Soldiers from all theaters are included.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Department
United States
Europe
Mountbatten Eyes Singapore After Rangoon Victory
As Rangoon falls, Mountbatten’s southeast Asia command shifts focus to Singapore. Fresh troops from Rangoon could spearhead a Malay Peninsula or Sumatra landing, backed by a growing fleet, with a poised plan to drive the Japanese from Malaya.
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Calcutta
Rangoon
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Singapore
Mountbatten
Malay Peninsula
Sumatra
Malacca Strait
Malaya
Progress in organizing county clothing drive
County chairman L A Koenig says May drive is well organized with Monroe finished and work ongoing through schools under the county superintendent. Albany Monticello New Glarus and Brodhead report active drives and very favorable community response to the United Nations Clothing Drive.
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L. A
Wisconsin Senators Join Truman for Simple Lunch
Senators La Follette and Wiley of Wisconsin dined with President Truman along with other senior lawmakers. The menu featured roast lamb with dressing and gravy peas parsley potatoes hot biscuits no butter a fresh vegetable salad and ice cream.
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Ashington
LaFollette and
Wiley
Wisconsin
Truman
Officials Plan Four Day County Fair
Green county fair officials announce a four day event August 2 to 5 with a lifted horse racing ban. Entries closed on 12 races including 2 year old trot and pace and 3 year old events with substantial prize money. Midway attractions feature Ellman shows 14 rides 8 shows and grandstand entertainment each afternoon and evening. This year the horse show runs two nights for the first time in its third year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green County Fair
W. R. Schuetze
Monroe
Midway
Ellman
WLS
Lulu Belle
Scotty
Supervision over Toll Bridges in State Is Sought
Madison Wisconsin bill seeks state supervision over toll bridges after support from truckers and Prairie du Chien residents. W D Carroll testified the measure would prohibit tolls for private gain and allow condemnation and state purchase of bridges with tolls directed to debt payoff.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Prairie du Chien
Assembly Highways Committee
W. D. Carroll
Carroll
K Ration Cans Dumped On Downtown Street
Excitement erupted as a Lakeshire Marty truck rounded the corner at 9th Street and 16th Avenue and dumped about six cartons of empty K ration cans in the middle of the highway drawing onlookers and traffic disruption.
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9Th Street
16Th Avenue
Superforts pound targets on Kyushu in swift air raid
Allied B 29s bomb three Kyushu air fields and three industrial centers on Kyushu in a three raid sequence. The heaviest force, 100 to 150 aircraft, attacked Kawanishi seaplane plant on Honshu and Gulf targets near Kobe Osaka.
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Kyushu
Guam
Japan
Kyushu Island
Kawanishi
Honshu
Kobe
Osaka
Oita
Saiki
Miyakanojo
Nittgahara
Miyaksaki
Okinawa
Service Troops from Europe Set to Move to Pacific
Allied forces announce troops from Europe already moving to French ports en route to the Pacific under redeployment plans. First combat units expected to reach the Pacific no sooner than six months, with service troops proceeding directly while combat units retrain in the United States. A readaptation training command will oversee eight weeks of retraining in France and Germany. Some of MacArthur’s junior officers may assist, and Japanese equipment will be used in the training program to teach Allied soldiers about Japanese uniforms, gear, and tactics.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Paris
Europe
Pacific Theater
Germany
G. S. Eyster
Pacific
United States
France
Douglas MacArthur
Japanese Officer Predicts Imminent Surrender
A Japanese lieutenant commander who surrendered to U S Sixth Division troops said he believed Japan would surrender soon. He suggested surrender would follow sustained saturation bombing of metropolitan areas and industrial centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Japan
Doolittle recalls bomber crews and Germany raids
General Doolittle noted the Eighth Air Force fielded over 2,400 liberators and fortresses with at least two full crews per bomber. He said this was essential for sustained non stop raids over Germany and laughed when asked about his role in the final phase against Japan.
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Eighth Air Force
Germany
Doolittle
Susie Cotherman 78 Formerly of Monroe Dies in Monticello
Susie Cotherman 78 formerly of Monroe died at her sister Mrs Frank Pierce Monticello Thursday evening after a period of failing health. Born Nov 2 1866 in Monroe township she taught in Green county and at Monticello before retiring to Clarno township. Survived by brother Ernest Cotherman and sisters Mrs Frank Pierce and Mrs John Geigel. Rites Saturday 2 pm Voegels Monticello with burial in Highland cemetery.
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Susie Cotherman
Clarno Township
Frank Pierce
Monticello
Monroe Township
Thomas
Susan Ball Cotherman
Monroe High School
Green County
Washington Township
Pierce
Ernest Cotherman
John Geigel
Monroe
Advent Christian Church
Voegels
W. J. Abe
Grace Evangelical Pastor
Highland Cemetery
Pass Bill Permitting Farmers to Slaughter, Dress, Sell Livestock
A Madison legislative action completed today approves a bill allowing farmers to slaughter dress and sell livestock from their own farms. The senate finalized the measure 16 to 15 after reversing a prior eight-animal slaughter limit, with Lt. Gov. Oscar Rennebohm casting the deciding vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Senate
Assembly
Oscar Rennebohm
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Dunkerque
77Th Division
Self
Samar Island
James H. Doolittle
U.S
Tokyo
England
Occupation Air Force
Leopold III of
Belgium
Princes de Rethy
Alexander M. Patch, Jr
U. S
Seventh Army
Wade H. Haisslip
15Th Corps
Strobel
Austria
Orgaizing County
Wiley, LaFollette
Tokuyama
Otake
Oshima
Wiley D. Ganey
Andalusia
Ala
Phillip M. Green
Larchmont
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