Allied Daylight Raid Blasts Yokohama. Okinawa Front Advances
About 500 B-29s escorted by fighters bomb Yokohama, dropping 3200 tons of fire as U. S. forces push along Okinawa fronts. One light ship sunk, 12 fleet units damaged, 77 Japanese planes claimed shot down. Tokyo admits damage. U. S. divisions seize two thirds of Naha and near Shuri. Unconfirmed reports say Japan pulls back in China as Chiang Kai-shek plots counter offensives. Mustang fighters cripple 42 planes over three Tokyo airfields. In the Philippines, U. S. 25th Division advances into northern Luzon town Santa Fe.
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Okinawa Island
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Shuri
Keystone
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Liuchow
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Dutch Indies
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Santa Fe
Philippines
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Memorial Day Observance To Be Formal In Monroe Tomorrow
The Monroe Memorial Day observance will be formal and quiet with a half holiday. A patriotic tribute to war dead opens at Greenwood Cemetery with the Glen Zilmer post of the American Legion and auxiliary members. A high school band concert, firing squad salutes, taps, and benediction follow, with grave decoration squads at Greenwood and other cemeteries.
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Glen Zilmer
American Legion
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East Women's Relief Corps
American Legion Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Boy Scouts
Monroe High School
Allan F. Barnard
Charles A. Briggs
Aontor
Ak Ane
Wene
Co. F. Wisconsin National Guard
Forrest Deininger
William Cc. Haren
Thomas Schindler
William Purcell
Malcolm Marti
Richard Hyland
Mary Carol Thompson
Mary Anne Huber
Arthur Beinema
Garrett Keel
O. N. Johnson
A. D. Geigel
Nathan Marti
Phillip Teehan
Harold Gempeler
Kathleen Conway
Harold Blumer
Lena Etter
Floyd Pyle
Stanley Beach
John Wyss
T. R. Oo Deal
David Ruehlman
Jack Davidson
William Boilgrien
Barbara Schulz
Jam Gempeler
William Mueller
Isaac Ingwell
Darryl Kubly
James Hardell
Nancy Moldenhauer
Bernice Holsapple
Mark D. Grinnell
J. W. Ganshert
Jack Kundert
Rudolph Maurer
Harry Robinson
Sybil Blumer
Veterans Hospital Beds Plan By Hines For 72 Communities
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines head of the Veterans Administration submitted to the federal board of hospitalization a program for constructing veterans facilities in 72 communities. The plan asks for 26 772 additional beds to meet administration needs through December 1947.
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Washington
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Administration
Federal Board of Hospitalization
Hines
War end could come in months or years says Heisler
Baltimore Sun war correspondent Philip S. Heisler on furlough after tropical fever says Japan may surrender within months if faced with face-saving exit. war could drag for up to three more years if Tokyo resists. He notes a virtual blockade with air and sea power pounding Nagoya Tokyo and other targets as forces close in.
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Philip S. Heisler
Baltimore Sun Papers
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Tokyo
Heisler
Pacific
Leyte
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
Nagoya
Kobe
Yokohama
Osaka
Truk
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Rhoda
Guam
China
Marianas
Imperial Palace
Korea
Lord Haw Haw Shot and Captured at Danish Border
Scar faced William Joyce known as Lord Haw Haw was wounded in the thigh and captured near the Danish border. A British soldier fired when he moved with a hand in his pocket and Joyce is being moved to Lueneburg. His wife was captured and a trial for treason is anticipated. Joyce, born in New York to Irish parents, had long served as a Nazi propaganda mouthpiece.
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Germany
William Joyce
Haw Haw
Goebbel
Joyce
Second Army
Lord Haw Haw
New York
London University
London
Michael Joyce
Delegates Reelect Wisconsin K of C Officers at Portage Meet
The Knights of Columbus state conference reelected Wisconsin officers and chose La Crosse as the 1946 meeting site. Named officers include Portede Dr. C. W. Henney state deputy secretary Leslie J. Schlax Wisconsin Rapids treasurer J. L. Reinhart Madison advocate Allan J. McAndrews Oshkosh warden Rev N E King Eau Claire chaplain. National delegates listed: James Hanlon Jr Beloit William Hogan Monroe Carl J. Reuter Milwaukee Mark F Pfaller Wauwatosa William P Mulligan Portage and Dr Henney McAndrews.
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Knights of Columbus
Wisconsin
la Crosse
C. W. Henney
Portede
Leslie J. Schlax
Kenosha
J. L. Reinhart
Wisconsin Rapids
Allan J. McAndrews
Madison
Joseph F. Kubasta
Oshkosh
N. E. King
Eau Claire
James Hanlon, Jr
Japanese Navy Shakeup In Top Fleet Commands
AP dispatch reports Vice Admiral Jisaburo Ozawa replaced Admiral Seemu Yoyoda in the three highest Japanese fleet commands in a major reshuffle. UK Attorney General Sir David Maxwell Fyfe named a British representative on the big power board of prosecution for leading Nazis, with Justice Robert H. Jackson reviewing wartime indictments. In Washington, Vitamin Technologists Inc. asks Supreme Court to deny Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation review of patent invalidation on Vitamin D production.
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Jisaburo Ozawa
Seemu Yoyoda
Domei
Federal Communications Commission
London
David Maxwell Ryfe
Big Power Board of Prosecution
Robert H. Jackson
Russia
France
Jackson
Washington
Vitamin Technologists, Inc
Supreme Court Today
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
U.S. District Court For Southern California
Ninth Federal Circuit Court
District Court
Wisconsin Foundation
Supreme Court
Lightning Death Strikes Man Talking On Phone
Shannondale Blair C. Reitz died during a severe electrical storm when lightning struck the telephone line as he spoke. Coroner H M Wellman issued an accidental death certificate noting the lightning cut in on the telephone wire.
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Shannondale
Blair C. Reitz
H. M. Wellman
Norman Towns Still Digging Out After War Damage
Norman towns ravaged by war struggle to recover nearly a year after the invasion. French workers sift through de bris to restore order while rebuilding lumbers on hold due to scarce materials and transport. Some homes are habitable but full reconstruction will take years. Meals remain affordable in the countryside with soups and beef dinners around two dollars.
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Paris
Barbara Reardon Wins Green County 5 Minute Talk Contest
Barbara Reardon of New Glarus captured the top prize in the Green County 5 minute contest on farm safety at the Monticello high school event, against 14 4 H clubbers. She advances to district competition at Prairie du Chien Campion College with others listed as runners up and a large Green County delegation planning educational trips and related activities.
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Times Special Service
Barbara Reardon
New Glarus
Green County
Prairie du Chien
Campion College
Etha Discher
Clarno
Marilyn Ringhand
Brooklyn
Betty Ann Baebler
Monroe Doctor Ruehlman En Route Home From Overseas
Lt. David D. Ruehlman a Monroe physician and surgeon with a marine corps amphibious unit has arrived to spend leave until June 15 with his wife Patricia and son David. He has been away since July 1942 and served in the south Pacific after departing Seattle for overseas duty in December 1943. He will report back to the west coast port from which he left after the leave.
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Monroe
Marine Corps
Patricia
David
Ruehlman
West Coast
Seattle
South Pacific
Eden Hints France Should Withdraw Reinforcements
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden urged France to withdraw reinforcements to the Levant to avoid Arab world flareups that could hinder the Pacific war. He noted the small troop increase and warned that Syria and Lebanon actions could jeopardize wartime efforts. The United States voiced close concern as French troop moves coincided with new settlement proposals.
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Anthony Eden
France
Levant
Syria
Lebanon
Eden
Commons
Japan
United States
Beyrouth
Stettinius sees role as mediator in big power talks
Secretary of State Stettinius calls for closer US relations with the Soviet Union and a mediator stance in United Nations affairs. He defends the veto as a tool to prevent another world war and outlines three goals for postwar policy while reports drum up Middle East and European tensions.
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Stettinius
Russia
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Britain
France
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Organization For Peace
Syria
London
Ninth Army
Middle East
Moscow
Harry Hopkins
Joseph E. Davis
Truman
Europe
Senate
Soviet Union
Germany
Japan
America
G A R Veterans Shrink to 240 Surviving Members
Representative Thom reports 240 Civil War Grand Army of the Republic veterans alive for Memorial Day. California has 30 living GAR members and Ohio 23, with all but one in the United States. The group averages 98 years old and in 1865 numbered over a million. Other states include Indiana 10 and Illinois 13. A Wisconsin boy, Kenneth Kretz, aged 6, died after a fall from a fire observation tower in Antigo.
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Thom
Ohio
Grand Army of the Republic
California
United States
England
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Illinois
Iowa
Kentucky
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Wisconsin
Washington Roundup Seeks Interim VP By House Action
In a turbulent session the House veterans committee rescinded its contempt citation against Albert Deutsch a New York newspaperman and recalled him for further testimony on veterans hospital conditions. Senator Willis urged a constitutional amendment to let the House elect an interim vice president when the elected vice president becomes president.
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Congress
House Veterans Committee
Albert Duetsch
New York
Deutsch
Willis
R-Ind
Stettinius
Sion
House of Representatives
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Wallace
House
Small Business Committee
House Interstate Commerce Committee
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