Reformatory reforms weighed amid manpower shortages
The state board of control backs most recommendations from the Anamosa reformatory inquiry but cites shortages of money materials and qualified workers delaying action. It defends keeping out camps and a sizable inmate population at Anamosa while prioritizing rehabilitation and practical operations amid wartime constraints.
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State Board of Control
Anamosa
R. W. Nebergall
State Bureau of Investigation
Reformatory
Cherokee
Independence
Oakdale
Fort Madison
Yanks Close On Toulon Base As Drive Advances
American medium bombers hit the French battleship Strasbourg in Toulon harbor as field guns shell outer defenses. Forces push from east and northeast within seven miles, with Cannes and La Napoule captured or near capture. More than 7,000 prisoners taken as Allied columns cut German lines of communication and threaten key naval assets.
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Rome
Strasbourg
Toulon
France
Cannes
Riviera
la Napoule
Henry Maitland Wilson
Patch
Cuers
Hyeres
Maures
Dragiugnan
Frejus
Grasse
Nice
Siauliai
Ivan I. Maslennikov
Third Baltic Army
Warsaw
Ivan
Konev
Vistula
Sandomierz
Postwar Youth Training Backed by Roosevelt
President Roosevelt urged forming an opinion on one year of postwar training for youths 17 to 23, blending military and civilian instruction. He proposed using strong camp facilities, housing in U S and abroad, including Alaska and the Aleutians, stressing long lasting construction and potential housing surplus. He said training would teach discipline, law and order, and cohabitation skills for a peaceful postwar society.
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Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Alaska
Aleutians
Fair Weekend Seen for Eastern Iowa
Cedar Rapids experienced mild temperatures with clear skies as a warm spell continued. Readings showed 80 degrees at noon and 76 degrees at 2:30 p.m. with humidity around 25 percent, while statewide highs reached 81 degrees in several cities.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Spencer
Ames
Clarinda
Onawa
Dick Sheehy Safe After Missing Since May 18 Raid
Lt Richard Sheehy 21 a bomb partner missing in action over Romania since May 18 is alive and safe. Family received a direct wire message with no location. His plane was forced down during a raid on the Ploesti oil fields. Maj. Gen. Twining reported operational trouble after a successful run.
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Cedar Raunds
Richard Sheehy
Romania
Wireless
Western Union
Calif
Edward J. Sheehy
Garden Drive
Sheehy
Ploesti
N. F. Twining
Fifteenth Air Force
Detroit Strike Hits Mahon Steel Employees
Four hundred workers at R. C. Mahon Steel walked off the job Friday amid ongoing labor action. Union leaders say the walkout will halt production until wage and benefit demands are met.
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Detroit
INS
R. C. Mahon Steel Company
Roosevelt Denies Inviting Willkie to White House Talk
President Franklin D Roosevelt rejected reports of inviting Wendell L Willkie the 1940 Republican candidate to a White House conference on postwar security questions. He said such matters are personal and offered no further comment. Hull's statement that the rumors were unfounded was reiterated.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
White House
Willkie
Hull
Thomas Ek
Dewey
Reds Drive Into East Prussia Along Szeszuppe River Frontier
Moscow reports Russian forces breach German defenses east of the frontier crossing the Szeszuppe river. Cherniakhovsky orders forward as tanks and infantry advance toward Insterburg and Konigsberg, with heavy German counterattacks and significant losses on both sides.
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Moscow
Szeszuppe
East Prussia
Holy Land
Reich
Red
Ivan D. Cherniakhovsky
Insterburg
Konigsberg
Germany
Masurian
Cherniakhovsky
Kaunas- Konigsberg
Mariampole
Baltic
Alzmude
Staskai
Eastern Frontier
Siauliai
Lithuania
Estonia
Allied Drive Seals New Trap on Remnants of Seventh Army
American tanks push toward Paris as Patton and Montgomery trap German forces retreating toward Rouen. Reports say Allies crossing the Seine region with Britons and Canadians closing a ring on remnants of the Seventh Army while Berlin acknowledges heavy losses and ongoing street fighting near Chartres and Orleans.
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Paris
France
Dreux
Chartres
Chateaudun
Orleans
Troarn
Seventh Army
North
George S.S. Patton
Bernard L. Montgomery
Rouen
Seine
Caen
Falaise- Argentan
Etampes
St. Calaise
Associated Press
Edward D. Ball
St. Arnoult
Versailles
Rambouillet
Charres
DNB
Patton
Berlin
Transocean
Argentan-Falaise Bay
Laigle
Gace
Argentan
Falaise
Brittany
St. Malo
Col
von Aulock
Reported Missing, He's Back on Duty
First Sgt. Donald T. Prochaska, 27, who had been listed as missing since July 13, has returned to duty in France. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Prochaska, 87 Sixteenth Avenue SW, received both a report from the War Department and a letter from their son, one confirming the other.
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H. D. G Grergar
United Press
Henry T. Gorrell
Paris
Seine
Morocco
Pius XII
Rome
France
Rouen
Seventh
Cedar Rapids
Donald T. Prochaska
J. L. Prochaska
Sixteenth Avenue SW
War Department
Dewey Proposes Dulles Confer With Hull on Postwar Security
Gov Thomas E Dewey wrote to Secretary of State Hull proposing that John Foster Dulles, a New York attorney, confer with Hull on a postwar security organization. Dewey said Dulles has a lifetime of constructive action in foreign affairs and would serve nonpolitically if invited.
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Albany
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Hull
John Foster Dulles
New York
Dewey
Dulles
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