No Proof of Crossing of Nazi Border
Berlin reports on Saturday claimed the Red Army moved toward German soil in East Prussia but offered no solid evidence of a cross. Soviets appeared patient while threatening to sever Nazi forces in Lithuania and Latvia, with Red troops massing on East Prussia's eastern edge. German broadcasts noted a breakthrough near Virbalis but later said the push was halted as fires raged in East Prussian towns targeted by infantry assaults.
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London
Berlin
Red Army
East ‘Prussia
Baltic Seas
Lithuania
Latvia
Red
East Prussia
Virbalis
Moscow
Vistula
Krakow
Rokossovsky
Warsaw
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Germany
Kaunas
Konigsberg
Red Army closes on Krakow in renewed offensive push
Soviet forces breach two Vistula tributaries and push toward Krakow while linking up near Szczucin. Rokossovsky and Konev armies converge to threaten southern Krakow and East Prussia, with Tarnow outflanked and Nowa Wies near Suwalki advancing toward Konigsberg.
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Moscow
Red
Krakow
Silesia
Vistula
Nida
Wigtoria
German Silesia
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Ivan S. Konev
Szczucin
Hitler
Reich
Tarnow
Czechoslovakia
Weather to Be Fair and Cool Over Weekend
Cedar Rapids forecast calls for fair and cool conditions Saturday night and Sunday. Friday rainfall in Cedar Rapids was 1.08 inches, low among state reports. Lamont 1.81, Winterset 1.75, Ottumwa 1.39, Ames 1.37, and Dubuque 1.08. Temperatures rose from 66 at 7 am to 88 by 2:30 pm Saturday, humidity dropped from 70 percent to 33 percent, easing Thursday’s heat with a calmer weekend outlook.
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Cedar Rapids
Lamont
Winterset
Ottumwa
Ames
Dubuque
Last of the Cherry Sisters Dies in Nursing Home
Effie Cherry, last of the famed Cherry Sisters troupe once famous in gaslit Floradora days, died in her sleep at Shields nursing home after a broken hip and a fall in Iowa City. Her sister Addie had died in October 1942, leaving Effie lonely and remembered for a raucous, beloved act.
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Cedar Ranlds
Effie Cherry
Shields Nursing Home
Fourth Street
Effie
Iowa City
Addie
Cherry Sisters
Cherry sisters' theater career recalled in Gazette feature
Sun day Cedar Rapids Gazette preview details the Cherry sisters Ada Ellen Effie Addie and the gypsy skit at Hammerstein's Olympic theater New York. Effie survives hospital stay and returns to rooming house at 508 Fifth avenue SE. Four sisters remained active in later years with a 1938 Strand Cedar Rapids appearance. Services set for Beatty chapel at 11 a.m. Monday burial Linwood cemetery.
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Addie
Effie
Mercy Hospital
Fifth Avenue SE
Cherry
Ada
Ellen
Elizabeth
Hammerstein
Olympic Theater
New York
Cherry Sisters
Strand Theater
Cedar Rapids
Beatty Chapel
Linwood Cemetery
Beatty's
Tokyo reorganizes war staff to direct national effort
The Japanese government created a supreme war council and abolished its liaison council to unify military and civil services. An Associated Press report notes U S P 38 Lightnings raided southern Manchuria and bombed Bonin and Kazan islands while a large enemy task force gathered in the Chichi Jima area.
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Associated Press
Japan
Supreme War Council
Manchuria
Bonin
Kazan
Chichi Jima
Mukden
Iwo Jima
Marianas
Tokyo
Imperial
Gravest Threat in West Quoted by Berlin Circles
London dispatch says Berlin military circles view the Anglo American breakthrough in western France as a danger greater than the Red advances in the East. The comment comes from Exchange Telegraph on Saturday citing German perceptions.
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West
London
INL
Berlin
France
East
Exchange Telegraph Agency
Marauders repatriated after faulty care near Myitkyina siege
Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill's Marauders faced an almost complete morale breakdown during the Myitkyina operation in Burma. An inspector general report found several hundred convalescents were taken back to active duty due to manpower needs and misinterpretation of orders. Stilwell ordered the inquiry. the report did not blame doctors or leaders. By June 1 the force was malaria sick, exhausted, and malnourished after about three months in combat.
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Stilwell
HDQ
India
Frank Merrill
Myitkyina
Burma
Inspector General
Joseph W. Stilwell
Merrill
Solomons
South Seas
War Production Board pledge snowplows for next winter
Washington AP reports the War Production Board said there will be enough snowplows next winter to meet essential civilian needs amid hot weather notes and supply concerns.
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Washington
War Production Board
1940 Blitz Reversed on Mortain Front By Richard Tregaskis
Richard Tregaskis reports from Mortain on a swift American drive that routs German forces, shatters their pockets and railroads, and leaves enemy units fleeing south and east. He describes American armor and infantry tearing through defenses, a chaotic German retreat, and the rapid movement of headquarters as air and ground forces hammer the battlefield.
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Mortain
Ins
Vira
Normandy
47 Die as Dixie Train Crash Kills Negro Workers
In Georgia a westbound Atlantic Coast Line passenger train from Waycross to Montgomery derailed after colliding with a freight train at Stockton. Forty seven workers, all Negro laborers, were killed and 32 injured. a broken rail caused the wreck. A hospital car with wounded soldiers was derailed but none seriously hurt.
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Wilmington
G. Sibley
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Atlantic Coast Line
Waycross
Montgomery
Ala
Stockton
H. L. Tomlinson
Doctortown
Tomlinson
Finney General Hospital
Thomasville
Noree
Moodfield
Florence Touched by Battle as Allies Reach Arno Banks
The Eighth Army has captured Florence south of the Arno and German paratroopers guard the north bank. Nazis claim to spare the city yet defend occupied sections. Residents evacuated as five of six Arno bridges are blown or blocked. Fifth Army patrols the Tyrrhenian area and shells German movements north of the river.
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Rome
Eighth
Florence
Arno
Tuscan Art Center
Albert Kesselring
Tyrrhenian
Fifth Army
US and Allied Deaths in France Reach 116,148 Through July 20
Allied HQ in France releases totals from D-Day to July 20 showing 116,148 Allied casualties including 70,009 Americans. US losses tally 11,156 killed, 52,710 wounded, 6,148 missing. British 5,646 killed, 27,766 wounded, 6,182 missing. Canadian 919 killed, 4,354 wounded, 1,272 missing.
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AEF
France
United States
Wounds Suffered In Italy Fatal
Pfc. Perry M. Paullin died May 28 from wounds received in action in Italy. The adjutant general notified his wife Mildred Paullin of Cedar Rapids. Born in Cedar Rapids he attended Franklin high school and joined the national guard in 1940. He trained with the Thirty-fourth division at Camp Claiborne and served in Ireland England and North Africa. He married Mildred in February 1940. Surviving relatives include his father Tracy M. Paullin mother Mrs. Sarah Paullin a sister Mrs. Isabelle Schroeder and his wife living with her parents.
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Perry M. Paullin
Italy
Adjutant General
Mildred Paullin
Second Street
Cedar Rapids
Paullin
Franklin High School
National Guard
Thirty-fourth Division
Camp Claiborne
Ireland
England
North Africa
John Dill
Tracy M. Paullin
First Avenue E
Sarah Paullin
Thirty-second Street
Isabelle Schroeder
Center Point Road
State Guards Mobilized in Transit Troop
Army and Pennsylvania guards mobilize to restore Philadelphia transit service during a five day strike. 6,000 workers walk out amid racial tensions as troops prepare to operate rolling stock and maintain order. Man hours lost across ordnance, ammunition, equipment, and radar production rise sharply.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State Guard
Philadelphia Transit
United States Army
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Army
Market Street
War Manpower Commission
Navy
Philadelphia Ordnance District
Paris
United States Signal Corps
Brooklyn
Nazi Lines Toppling in Orne Sector
Allied advances across Brittany push toward St Nazaire and Nantes as American armor and infantry move into Brest area. British and Canadian forces seize key points around Caen and Vire pocket dents. Front reporting shows rapid progress, with Britons advancing from Amage sur Orne to Vil lers-Bocage and Barenton as Americans widen a Brittany Normandy corridor toward Paris.
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HDQ
Brittany
St. Nazaire
Nantes
Brest
France
Vichy
Pontigny
Supreme Headquarters
United States First Army
Paris
Caen
Orne
Odon River
United Press
Henry T. Gorrell
Vire
United States
St. Sever Forest
St. Malo
R.A.F. Halifax
Derval
Rennes
Chateaubriant
Mauron
Vannes
Loudeac
Red Army
Miles C. Dempsey
Amage-sur-Orne
Esquay
Evrecy
Vieux,Landes
le Mont
Villers-Bocage
Ondefontaine
Normandy
Barenton
Avranches
Fougeres
German commander ousted over Hitler plot links in France
AP report from France cites a German corps commander on the western front having been relieved of his command due to connections with the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler. The disclosure appears in a briefing to American officers with the U S Army.
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U. S. First Army
France
Western Front
Adolf Hitler
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