Planes Sink Jap Vessels In Okinawa and Pacific Strikes
American Navy bombers sank four enemy ships and damaged several cargo vessels in the Tsushima Korea straits and Yellow Sea as B 29s hit airfields. Allied forces bombarded Okinawa with carrier and land based aircraft while Japanese counterattacks were repulsed.
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Kusunu
Tsushima
Korea Straits
Yellow Sea
Korea
Okinawa
Miyako Island
Sakishimoes
VE-Day bond sales planned at City Hall
A Chamber of Commerce committee announced VE-Day bond sales at City Hall with a special stamp. Banks will close that day and staff will assist applications. City Hall hours tentatively nine to five. The project aims to boost purchases as the war nears end.
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City Hall
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Ilka
Efty Hall
Nive
Health Unit Offers Kindergarten Checkups This May
The health unit announces physical checkups for children entering kindergarten next fall will be held Tuesday afternoons during the rest of May. Parents are asked to book appointments at the health unit rather than gathering in one location.
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Health Unit
Driver Bound Over For Drunken Driving
Walter Jaspering appeared before Justice Renee J. Bovee on drunken driving charges and was ordered held to the grand jury under $500 bond, later released. The crash on East Washington Street involved Everett Swift. Floyd Umbahnower pled guilty to intoxication and paid a $25 fine plus costs.
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Walter Jaspering
Renee J. Bovee
East Washington Street
Everette Swift
Floyd Umbanhower
Costa
Nelson to Speak at Y M C A Annual Meeting
M Nelson, WI Des Moines news editor, will headline the annual Y M C A meeting on May 17 in the YY community room. Dinner at 6 20 pm served by the Women of the Methodist church. He will discuss Unfinished Business with emphasis on peace negotiations. Plates reserved by Monday.
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M. Nelson
Des Moines
Methodist Church
Nelson
University of Minnesota
Iawa
Maan Tony
Farmers Part in Meat Program Sets New Rules
The War Price and Rationing Board outlines farmers duties under the new meat control effective May 14. Farmers may slaughter only for home use or sales within established 1944 quarter limits, apply for a Class 3 permit, collect red pallets for meat sold, and charge ceiling prices. Quotas depend on 1944 activity with a default 400 pounds yearly for those selling nothing.
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War Price and Takening Board
Pew
War Food
Riverside Mayor Ed Yeggy Rescued From Quick Sand
Riverside Iowa reports mayor Ed Yeggy sank to his waist after stepping into quicksand along the bank of the Eongusi River near town. Seven neighbors aided in the rescue using a rope and a pole. Yeggy was treated at home before returning there. Nearby birthday and visiting notes follow with social updates from the community.
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Egey
Eongusi
Yegsy
Linn
Josephine Yegsy
Jim
John Gase
Lawrences Yearsy
Barnard Weweler
Licya Hopping
Elmer Metz
Josep
Paul Yegsy
A& Sym
Joshn Guse
Hiverside
Survivor’s letter recalls Germans burning prisoners alive in Hanover region
Estele DeLay writing from Germany describes a brutal scene near Hanover where captured prisoners were driven to a brick building, straw soaked with gasoline, and burned alive. He recalls others escaping under a door, refugees from a concentration camp, and a Pole who spoke English describing dire conditions.
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Estele DeLay
Ninth Army
Germany
Lee Wallace
Private DeLay
Brighton
Cermans
Hanover
LE Offer
Leutenant
Tleta
Reed Recalls Late Season of 1919
Spencerreed on Rural Route recalls May 10 1919 and his return from service in France to find no plowing done due to wet backward weather. Washington county farmers could not get into fields. harrowing began, corn stalk field worked by horses and by late June the Reed farm corn crop was established.
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Spencereed
France
Washington County
Saddle Club to Meet Wednesday Evening
Washington saddle club schedules a membership meeting next Wednesday at 8 15 p m in the Farm Bureau office. Hilton Durst secretary urges all members and others interested to attend as the group aims to double its roughly thirty members. Officers elected at the first meeting were Lloyd Augustine president Carl Phillips vice president Hilton Durst secretary and Jack Trotmer treasurer. Bylaws were adopted and activities planned at regular intervals.
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Washington Saddle Club
Farm Bureau
Hilton Durat
Saddle Club
Lloyd Augustine
Carl Phillips
Hilton Durst
Jack Trotmer
Surrender of German Forces Ends War in Europe
Allied reports confirm unconditional German surrender announced by Grand Admiral Doenitz. Hitler’s regime ends after eight years of conflict, with Norway and other occupied areas awaiting confirmation as Allied forces near Norwegian coast.
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Flensburg
Pouehrer Grand Adm. Kart Deenite
Norway
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Yugoslavia
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Channel Islands
BBC
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An- Pour Ccmonnl
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Fiensburg
Adm
Karl
Germany
Spanish Break With Germany Echoes Across Iberia
Madrid reports Spain has severed diplomatic relations with Germany in a formal announcement. The move comes a day after Portugal also broke with the Nazi government, signaling a wider shift in Allied alignment.
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Madrid
Spain
Germany
Portugal
Physical and Material Forces in War Ceasefire Request
The text references the use of physical and material forces to compel an opponent to halt hostilities, seeking a cessation of fighting through pressure and terms. The passage discusses strategic leverage and the aim of achieving a durable end to combat.
Breslau Capture Announced by Stalin After Siege
London May 7 1945 Marshal Stalin announced that Marshal van 8 Jon ev's 1st Ukrainian army had captured Breslau the Silesian capital and main eastern German industrial city. The Breslau garrison surrendered and more than 46000 prisoners were counted. Breslau had been isolated since early 1945 as the Russian offensive advanced from the Vistula.
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Karl Doenitz
CBS
Edward Murrow
London
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Churchill
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Murrow
Washington
White House
Europe
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Fiensburg
Prague
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Tnt
Bohemian
Pilsen
Ministry of Information
Ttta
Van
Jonev
Breslau
Silesia
Germany
Vistula
Keropeny
Await Official Word on European Peace Surrender
Citizens awaited official word on German surrender as celebrations began in towns with whistles and bells. Officials expected President Truman to confirm the news tomorrow, with closures of business and church services depending on the announcement.
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Europe
Washington
Truma
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