Eisenhower credits unified Allied force for D Day success
The Supreme Commander praised air sea and ground unity as the decisive factor in the European invasion last June. He noted officers doubted invasion feasibility but said coordination across arms sustained through V E Day. He also touched on German war guilt, Rommel, and the Normandy decision amid adverse weather.
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Saar
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Normandy
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Rela
Father in Austria 8 months old dies here today
Thomas Charles Wallace, eight months old, son of Charles and Margaret Maher Wallace, died this morning at 200 Birch Street after a short illness. The father serves in Austria. Surviving are paternal grandparents Harry Wallace of California and maternal grandmother Mrs Don Maher of Atlantic. Funeral at 1:30 Saturday at 300 Birch Street with Rev P N McDermott, burial in Atlantic Catholic cemetery.
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Charles
Margaret’ Maher Wallace
Birch Street
Austria
Harry Wallace
California
Don Maher
Atlantic
Weather outlook for tonight and Saturday
Mostly cloudy tonight and Saturday with scattered showers and a thunderstorm risk. Temperatures show little change.
Inquiry Proposed Into Elliott Roosevelt Loan
Rep. Knutson proposes summoning Brig. Gen. Ellicott Roosevelt and John Hartford before the Ways and Means Committee for a full explanation of reports that Hartford loaned Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. $200,000, with $1,000 recovered and a $196,000 bad debt deduction in 1942. The panel weighs whether to investigate as Chairman Doughton notes Hartford’s 1942 return is under IRS review and a $228,500 bad debt deduction is questioned.
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Knutson
R-Minn
Ellicott Roosevelt
John Hartford
House
Ways and Means Committee
Hartford
Great Atlantic and Pacific Team Co
Doughton
D-N. C
Internal Revenue Bureau
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Coughton
Secretary of the Treasury
Peanawathan
Exira native Lt Jessen Killed in Okinawa June 8
Lt Fred Jessen 20 son of Mr and Mrs Peter Jessen Exira IA was killed in action with the Marine Corps on Okinawa June 8. He was born August 19, 1924 at Exira and studied at Exira High School Kemper Military Academy West Point and the U S Marine training in San Diego New River NC He married Velma Putbreese of Sac City IA in Baltimore MD in December He survived by his widow his parents and a sister Virginia Jessen who is in Chicago this summer.
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Peter Jevsen
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Velma Putbreese
Sac City
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Kemper Military Academy
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U. S. Military Academy
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N. C
Jensen
Virginia Jessen
Chicago
Industrial sugar takes deep cut in new quarter
Washington reports the Office of Price Administration ordered July September industrial sugar quotas slashed to about 37 percent below a year ago. Ice cream and beverage firms drop to 50 percent of 1941 base, bakers to 60 percent, cereals 60, pharmaceuticals 110, fruit canners cut about 20 percent on the 1944 level.
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OPA
Auctioneer Killed After Car Sideswipes Truck
Hazleton Iowa 73 year old auctioneer Winthrop resident Hazleton man Hazleton edge of town collided with a truck driven by Glen Sherman of Fayette Ta. The crash occurred Wednesday killing Harmon as the two vehicles collided at the north edge of Hazleton.
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Francis Harmon
Winthrop
Glen Sherman
Fayette
Von Ribbentrop Taken In Hamburg Asleep And Nude
Field Marshal Montgomerys Headquarters, Germany June 18 AP reports Joachim von Ribbentrop was arrested at a Hamburg boarding house while asleep and nude. He carried a poison container and surrendered voluntarily after British intelligence traced him across western Germany and his sister identifying him.
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Lueneburg
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Anthony Eden
Vincent Churchill
Heinrich Himmler
Emil Jannings and Roosevelt loan linked to 1942 affair
The report ties German actor Emil Jannings to a 1942 case in which John Hartford of Great Atlantic & Pacific loaned $900000 to Elliott Roosevelt, later written off as a bad debt. The tale, by Westbrook Pegler, sparks calls for a congressional inquiry into Roosevelt's finances and actions.
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Wolfgang
Austria
Jannings
Brooklyn
N. Y
Germany
Nasie
U. S
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Great Atlantic & Pacific Company
Elliott Roosevelt
Westbrook Pegler
Congress
Texas
Omaha Area Firms Hit With Injunction Suits Over Price and Records
Acting Omaha District OPA Director Loren N. Mills announced injunction suits against three Nebraska and three Iowa firms for failure to keep proper records. Plaintiffs include Avoca Cold Storage partners H D Schilling and Elmer Rock, Bowman of Fullerton, Cummins of Hamburg, and Epstein Bern stein of Omaha. South Omaha Packing and Sauer Dahlberg of Atlantic also face charges for over quota and over ceiling prices respectively.
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Iowa
Omaha
OPA
Loren N. Mills
George R. Bowman
Fullerton
Neb
H. D. Schilling
Elmer Rock
Avoca
Leonard Cummins
Hamburg
Reuben Epstein
Abe Bernstein
Merchants Packing Company of
South Omaha Packing Company
Henry Sauer
Oscar Dahlberg
Atlantic
Sailor Killed in Auto Crash Near Sand Springs
Henry D. Slauston 24 a navy man on leave died from a fractured skull when the car struck a guard rail on a Sand Springs bridge. Companion Phyllis DeShaw escaped with minor injuries after she went for aid following the Worthington dance. The incident occurred early today in Manchester Iowa. Girl Scout Hike set for Tuesday at 1 pm at the city park. scouts to bring lunch.
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Henry D. Slauston
Navy
Phyllis DeShaw
Sand Springs
Slauson
R. A. Slauson
Delaware County
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Worthington
Atlantic Girl Scouts
Unclear Foreign Policy Exchange Reported
Text fragments suggest a tense moment as a foreign minister resists further entanglement or bold moves amid cautious diplomatic mood and avoidance of a confrontational path. No decisive actions or names are provided in the readable portion.
Fatally Burned Atlantic Stock Buyer H. W. Andrews
H W Andrews age 57 of 922 Walnut street Atlantic was fatally burned when the semi trailer he rode in jackknifed and caught fire after overturning near Tola Kansas about 3 30 yesterday afternoon He died at 11 30 last night at Iola hospital The driver of the truck escaped injury A son Charles left for Tola upon word of the accident Funeral services will be held 1 30 Sunday at the Roland Peacock Baxter funeral home Rev A Howard LIndquist officiating Interment in Atlantic cemetery Surviving are the widow Irene and two sons Wayne in Germany and Charles of Atlantic A grandson Richard Wayne Andrews of Norfolk VA two brothers Lester L and Lloyd and two sisters Lena Halbert and Emery Shwalter all of Red Oak The deceased was born October 14 1887 in Nebraska and moved with his parents to Red Oak as a boy.
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A. Howard Lind
First Presbyterian Church
Atlantic Cemetery
Mr. Andrews
Nebraska
Charles M. Andrews
Red Oak
Avoca
Irene Johnson
Montgomery County
Atlantic
Abe Aha
Pfc
Wayne Andrews
Ninth Army
Germany
Charles Andrews
Richard Wayne Andrews
Norfolk
Lester L
Lloyd Andrews
Lena Halbert
Emery Showalter
Attlee Says Big Three to Meet in Berlin
London June 15 AP Maj Clement R Attlee announced the big three meeting will be held in Berlin. Attlee the labor opposition leader sent a letter to Churchill accepting the invitation to attend the prospective conference in Berlin.
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Clement R. Attlee
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Attlee
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Bus operator in Nebraska crash listed in serious condition
Wayne Norris, driver of the bus on the O Neill Nebraska to Sioux City route, remained in serious condition at a Sioux City hospital after a collision with a truck near Inman Nebraska. He suffered a compound thigh fracture and scalp and hand lacerations. The accident occurred Wednesday.
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Wayne Norris
Inman
Neb
Norris
O'Neill
Japan War Stirs Uproar As Leaders Brace For Escalation
A dispatch from Guam reports Premier Suzuki mocking critics while acknowledging a harsh US response. Generals Arnold and LeMay plan mass bombings, with Japan urged to countersea and ground advances. Okinawa battles intensify as American forces press toward Yachotake and surrounding defenses amid rising Japanese casualties.
American Troops Withdraw by June 21
Acting Secretary of State Joseph C. Grew said American troops will withdraw by June 21 from German zones of occupation assigned to Russia. He declined details, noting it is a military matter, and said final lines of the four power borders were still being negotiated with an announcement possible soon.
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Washington
Joseph C. Grew
Russia
Grew
Grew Gald
War Board Allows Boys Shoes From Men’s Work Demand
The War Production Board announced a plan to let makers of men’s work shoes use unused quotas to produce boys’ shoes in sizes one to six. The move aims to ease a shortage by expanding production where demand exists.
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Washington
War Production Board
Eight Killed by Train Near Amsterdam New York
Eight members of a New York Central railroad section gang were killed when struck by a Chicago to New York Water Level limited passenger train just east of the Amsterdam station in New York on June 15. The workers were employed on the railroad line and their names were not disclosed in the report.
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