Allied 2000-Sorter Air Attack Targets Italian Rail Lines
Allied bombing fleets led by American Fortresses and Liberators conducted a heavy bridge busting campaign against German rail lines in central and northern Italy. The operation focused on Ancona Venice Livorno and Rome sectors, with secondary strikes on Venice harbor and Ancona Fano rail yards.
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N4&ples
Italy
Anzio
Cassino
Ira C. Eaker
Balkans
Ancona
Venice
Livorno
Leghorn
Rome
Fano
Montalco
Trieste
Tagliamento
Casarsa
Cetaldo
Cecina
Arezzo
Bucine
RAF
Kittyhawks
Thunderbolts
Warhawks
Orvieto-Orte
Rieti
Medicated Powder Touts 40 Year Favorite Product
The ad promotes Mezsana medicated powder as a long standing favorite used by thousands of families to relieve itching and minor skin rashes from diaper rash. It claims soothing ingredients, easy sprinkling use, and low cost with high demand.
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Dbaby
Unified G O P Policy Charted
Washington AP Taft outlines plans for a coordinated Republican legislative program embracing postwar and current issues. George H E Smith named as special research consultant to assist crafting a unified policy on foreign affairs postwar aviation administrative reorganization and taxes. Taft says conference will meet late next week or in May to advance the party program.
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Washington
Congress
Sen. Taft
Ohio
Senate
G.O.P
Taft
George H. E. Smith
Yale University
Charles A. Beard
Republican Conference
Smith
McNary
Oregon
Children's Home Society Emblem Sale Saturday
The Iowa Children's Home Society calls for support this Saturday with emblem sales by its girls and boys in business and residential streets. Proceeds aid in finding homes for homeless children. the society does not employ solicitors and makes a single county appeal.
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Iowa Children’s Home Society
Iowa Society
Hash Marks Signal Years of Army Service
Hash marks on sleeves denote years of service. One hash mark rewards each two to three year hitch. Soldiers with many marks endured long careers and often wonder how they lasted. Master sergeants usually wear at least one hash mark, and draftees from the first wave expect to earn them as consolation for extended service.
Sales girls urged to meet at Montrose hotel for prizes
Statewide work article invites sales girls to compete for seven cash prizes and theater passes. They should meet Miss Annie Yule Smith in the Montrose hotel lobby between 4 and 5 p.m. today or Saturday at 9 a.m.
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Annie Yule Smith
Montrose
Yanks Pass Night In Enemy Town With Artillery Guidance
Two American soldiers Sgt. Walter Sabik and Pfc. Donald Stevens describe spending a day and night inside a German-occupied town in Italy with Fifth Army. They radioed artillery positions from a second floor stone house, spotting German mortars and observing nearby civilians, reporting hourly to conserve battery while remaining under German scrutiny.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Walter Sabik
Utica
N. Y
Donald Stevens
Rutland
Sabik
Stevens
Guardhouse Hero In Italy Detained For Helmet Slip
Cpl John Flores of Los Angeles, a Mexican citizen, recently captured 15 Germans alone and took part in a daylight patrol. For failing to wear his helmet, he was reprimanded and confined in the guardhouse, part of a wider disciplinary drive in the American sector. His detainment followed his remark that fighting the war mattered more than helmet use.
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Fifth Army
Garigliano
Italy
John Flores
Los Angeles
Flores
Mexico
Frank Kim
Albert Devoe
Bristol
Harold Freeda
Detroit
G.I
Enlisted fines list for road violations with officer penalties
A road fines list for enlisted men sets penalties for helmet, speeding, overcrowding, blackout violations, weapons readiness, and saluting. Officers face double or more fines, signaling a hierarchical enforcement scheme for road conduct and military decorum.
Recaptured: Three Escaped German POWs Traced to Marquette Kansas
The Omaha FBI reports three German prisoners of war who escaped from Camp Phillips Kansas were recaptured at 1:15 p.m. Thursday in Marquette Kansas about 30 miles from the camp. The group led by Walter Wernicke 23, previously escaped, was found hiding in an abandoned machine shop and returned to Camp Phillips. The other two escapees were Kurt Zerbe 23 and Herbert Mikes 32.
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Omaha
FBI
Camp Phillips
Kan
Marquette
Walter Wernicke
Wernicke
Kurt Zerbe
Herbert Mikes
Notice of Appointment of Executor in Iowa Probate
Probate in Linn County Iowa announces the appointment on April 13 1944 of Wills A Glasgow as executor of the Ezekiel Bawiings estate. Creditors are asked to settle debts and claimants to file their claims in the Linn County Clerk's office through the executor District Merchants National Bank Cedar Rapids Iowa is named as executor and attorney.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Ezekiel Bawiings
Merchants National, Bank
Cedar Rapids
Iown
Wills A. _Glossgow
Synthetic Tire Prices Cut Nationwide Under OPA Action
The Office of Price Administration announced a net 6 percent cut in prevailing prices for new synthetic passenger car tires, effective May 1. The move reduces the premium of synthetic over natural rubber tires since November 1941, before Pearl Harbor, while ceilings for synthetic tubes and truck tires remain largely unchanged.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Pearl Harbor
Rubber tire and tube ceilings kept in new schedule
The new schedule preserves the existing ceiling limits for the few natural rubber passenger car tires and tubes still in supply. The action signals continuity in policy while addressing ongoing market conditions and supply dynamics.
Old Age Pensioner Linked to Counterfeiting Case
Seattle report states an 81-year-old man, Henry R. Kline, died after collapsing in the street. Authorities found a large counterfeit operation at his home while he was drawing old-age aid from the government.
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Seattle
Henry R. Kline
Used Typewriters Off Rationing List
Washington AP reports rationing of all used typewriters and dealer stocks ends Saturday. New machines in manufacturers stocks remain controlled by the War Production Board. OPA chief Chester Bowles says abandonment aligns with relaxing rationing as the wartime situation warrants.
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Washington (Ap
Office of Price Administration
War Production Board
OPA
Chester Bowles
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