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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a Democratic candidate Batley for president with Phesidsat Beansfelt as running mate. It mentions state patrol and a speed-related issue amid United States election coverage.
Allied forces press forward in Burma near the village north of the Indian frontier and in the Mogaung valley. American Chinese troops seize Iwaan amid Japanese resistance as Gurkhas and Punjab troops push south, tanks blasting bunkers while advancing through mud and enemy fire.
Partly sunny and warm with continued humidity. Light scattered showers possible as a cold front moves through, keeping temperatures steady through the day.
Charles Nelson 71 of Rialto California and a former Atlantic clothier died yesterday morning from a heart attack after suffering one month earlier. Born in Denmark March 3 1873 he came to the United States at 16 and worked with Nelson Shrock Grulke later with Neff Clothing Co. until retirement.
The White House said no information supports reports that enraged German mob lynched American airmen who parachuted from their planes. Presidential Secretary Stephen T. Early dismissed it as German propaganda.
Major frank Miles of the Iowa selective service system and editor of the Iowa Legionnaire reports his son Lieut William Miles was killed in action May 17. The bomber pilot had been based in Italy after entering service after Pearl Harbor. He is survived by his parents a widow and a brother Lieut Frank Miles Jr.
Nationally known performers set to visit Atlantic High School auditorium at 8 30 for a free program by the Air WA Caravan. Thirty soldiers, once stars of stage screen and radio, tour to entertain civilians and highlight women’s roles in the war as Air WACs. The lineup features Sgt George Petersen and a 18 piece band with Ted Fio Rito Maurice Spitalny Red Nichols and Pat Bobby Stevenson among headliners in the Red Blue Revue in Khaki.
Secretary Henry L. Stimpson announced from Washington that the American army overseas totals 8,657,000 men. He said air forces and service forces outside the continental U S are near peak strength and the number of ground forces crossing oceans nears the final buildup by late 1944.
Ernest Bramen of Omaha was fined $10 and costs in Avoca justice court by C P Wasser for speeding with a truck on Tuesday.
General Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters report intensified fighting as the Jap opposition east of Basnek village collapsed. Two more strong counter-attacks were repulsed in the Mokmer Parai area west, with heavy losses inflicted. earlier a day prior 11 enemy tanks were destroyed. The Mokmer Airdrome drive marked time.
The report records a high of 92 degrees at Burlington and a low around 64 at Alta and Decorah, with continued humid conditions and scattered thundershowers forecast for the next 84 hours.
Iowan Colonel Bird, now at Sehick Memorial Hospital in Clinton, Iowa, recounts his Italy and Tunisia service. He was in combat 63 days, described playing dead for 30 minutes after a German wound, and said the fighting in Italy was very tough.
Fragmented OCR describes a prolonged raid in France along the Channel coast from Calais to Cap Gris Nez. It notes a concentrated raid lasting about 85 minutes with heavy bombing and widespread bombardment.
In Washington today the fate of 26 executive agencies faces a Senate action aimed at controlling national employment and agency operations. The plan threatens 86 bureaus including the War Refuges Defense corporation and rival war boards as part of a broader effort led by Rep. Cam of Mississippi to reorganize finance subsidiaries. Meanwhile Pvt. Virgil Johnson and Mrs. Johnson visit his sister near Lewis as he is stationed at Camp Shelby, Mississippi.
Warren D. Toyne aged 40 of Clarinda Iowa was named city manager of Painesville today. He will earn 3900 dollars annually and takes over from Clifford Fullerton. Toyne, who served 16 years as Clarinda city manager, was chosen from 21 applicants and will assume duties June 23.
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Deputy attorney general David K. Lener said he will petition the Supreme Court to review the ruling, signaling an appeal out of the contested decision.
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