Nelson Defends Armys Stock Report Amid Production Gaps
Editor Harry Boyd notes Don ald Nelson argues for releasing a WPB stock report to inform the public on war production while acknowledging shortfalls in some equipment. He warns against suppressing facts that could guide public cooperation and asks readers to consider Mothers groups and axis propaganda. The piece also covers garbage can coverage during rising infantile paralysis fears and Mussolini’s failed counsel to Hitler.
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Donald Nelson
WPB
Nelson
Allied Flyers Attack Davao In Philippines
Allied air patrols bombed Davao airdromes in the Philippines on three successive nights in the first strike since Japan occupied the islands in April 1942. MacArthur announced the action with no immediate results, noting Davao as Mindanao’s principal city and a Japanese base within easy range of Allied air power.
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8. W. Pacific
Davao
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Mindanao
Sansapor
Dutch New Guinea
MacArthur details three day aerial blitz against Davao airfields
MacArthur's latest communique notes a three day attack on Davao airfields, part of renewed long range strikes toward the Philippines after earlier shipping raids. Nearby, New Guinea forces reported crushing a retreating Japanese force in the Driniumor river valley, destroying General Adachi's 18th army combat effectiveness.
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Davao
Philippines
MacArthur
Halmahera
New Guinea
Driniumor River
Adachi
Rescued After 31 Months Dodging Japs on Guam
Chief Radioman George Ray Tweed 42 of Oregon survived 31 months hiding from Japanese forces on Guam after Dec 1941. He escaped capture 10 days before the July 20 invasion, was reinstated in the US Navy, and reunited with wife and two sons in San Diego.
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Pearl Harbor
George Ray Tweed
Guam
Navy
Tweed
Pacific
United States Navy
United States
San Diego
Calif
Ronald
Robert
Agana
Bush
Japan
Churchill's Arrival In Italy Disclosed
Allied headquarters announced that Winston Churchill, British premier, has arrived in Italy.
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Churchill
Italy
Rome
Allied Headquarters
Winston Churchill
Salvador Corsello Killed in France
Cpl Salvador Corsello 22 former Cedar Rapids resident reported killed in France July 10 by a war department message to his parents Mr and Mrs Sam Corsello of Youngstown Ohio He lived in Cedar Rapids 19 years and graduated St Patrick s high school 1940 He is survived by his parents two brothers Frank and John in service four aunts and several relatives in Iowa and Chicago
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Cpl
Salvador Corsello
Cedar Rapids
France
War Department
Sam Corsello
Youngstown
Ohio
Corsello
St. Patrick’s High School
First Avenue NW
Frank
John
Joel Corsello
Fifth Street
Anthony Pusateri
Anna Corsello
Fifth Avenue
Joseph Spallino
Chicago
U. S. Bombs Wound Canadian General Keller
In France Aug 8 Major General R F L Keller commander of the Canadian Third Division was wounded when U S heavy bombers released fragmentation bombs short of their mark into the Canadian troops area.
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France
United States
Trio of Yank Captives Die At Jap Hands
Three American prisoners of war executed by the Japanese were killed July 31, 1943 after escaping a camp and being recaptured. The victims were Seaman Frank Meringolo, Sgt. Joe B. Chastain, and Cpl. Victor Paliotti, held in Manchuria.
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Cranston
R. I
International Red Cross
Switzerland
State Department
Navy
Japanese Foreign Office
Manchuria
Red Cross
Foreign Office
Russia
Montgomery says German forces in northwest Europe in bad shape
Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery declared that the bulk of German troops in northwest Europe are in a bad way and may not escape. He added that Allied ground troops in France are moving eastward, with hundreds of towns and villages liberated.
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France
Europe
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eisenhower
Superfortresses Strike Nagasaki and Palembang in Long Range Raid
In two coordinated daylight strikes the B 29s hit Nagasaki and Palembang in Sumatra. Three aircraft were lost with one force making an emergency landing in China but reports say good results overall. Incendiaries used for first time on Japanese home soil.
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Saipan
Tweed
United States
Washington
Nagasaki
Japan
Palembang
Sumatra
War Department
China
Equator
America
Dutch East Indies
Southeast Asia
Twentieth Air Force
Kyushu
Singapore
Pladjoe
Amphibious Headquarters In Big Jump to Saipan
Vice-Admiral Turner announces established amphibious Pacific fleet headquarters at Saipan advancing toward Japan. He says the base is temporary and will move farther forward as operations progress. Turner praises Guam victory and notes command reorganization under Spruance.
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Big Jump
Saipan
Turner
Marianas
Navy
Richmond Kelly Turner
Pacific
Saipan Island
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Raymond A. Spruance
Fifth Fleet
United States
MacArthur
Ginza
Tokyo
Japan
Miami
Boston
Hawaiian Islands
San Francisco
John H. Hoover
Great Falls
Mont
Central Pacific
Parents Hear from Son Missing Since Battle of Java Sea
Mr and Mrs J M Johnson of 433 J Avenue NW report a letter from their son Harold 23 a Japanese prisoner of war believed from Camp Hakodate Japan. The letter dated December 25 1943 says he hopes to return home. Verification by the Red Cross is pending. Their other son Charles Robert pursues Navy V 12 training at the University of Dubuque.
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J. M. Johnson
J Avenue NW
Harold
Johnny
P.O W. Camp
Borneo
Third Street NW
Johnsons
Manila
Philippines
Navy Department
Houston
Java
International Red Cross
Washington
Red Cross
Camp Hakodate
Japan
Johnson
The
Charles Robert
University of Dubuque
Temperature hits near 95 as Cedar Rapids endures heat wave
Cedar Rapids and vicinity face fair and cooler conditions tonight and Saturday after a record heat burst. The day peaked at 95 at 3 p.m. and 93 by 2:30 p.m., with pre-dawn storms in a broad belt. Rain totals ranged from .03 to .42 inch across nearby towns.
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Cedar Rapids
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kansas
New Mexico
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Chicago
Chambers
Albia
Des Moines
Allies advance threaten German lines south of the Seine
Allied forces push north from Le Mans toward Alencon and Chartres as a wide offensive disrupts German lines south of the Seine. Reports claim Von Kluge ordered a retreat while British Canadian Polish units seal pockets near Caen and advance toward Falaise.
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HDQ
A.E.F
le Mans
Paris
Versailles
Seine
Caen
Guenther von Kluge
Thury-Harcourt
Orne
Europe
Rommel
Alencon
Fa~laise
English Channel
le Havre
Channel
Orleans
Loire
NBC
Chateaudun
Ver~esailles
Brazzaville
Chartres
Brittany
Nantes
Angers
St. Malo
France
Falaise
Dieppe
First Army
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