Paris celebrates surrender as German garrison nears 10 000
Paris woke to victory after the Paris garrison, estimated at 10 000, surrendered on Friday. Crowds filled streets as Allied troops secured the city, with defiant German pockets still opposing in Champigny and near the Maurice hotel.
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Supreme Hdq
A.ef
Paris
Champigny
School of Mines
Zaces Sus Tolevacd
Si Germain
sEmLiSeutsky
Nome Eecses
Appuusionr Losebeurg
Garfens Wolhme
Wiaciner
Uenwet
Chamber of Deputies
FFI
Maurice
Dietrich von Choltitz
Paris Garison
Jacques Leclerc
U. S
von Choltitz
Charles de Gaulle
Leclerc
Maurice Hotel
Cherbourg
William F. Rowden Wounded on Tinian in World War II
Marine Pvt. William F. Rowden, 19, has been wounded in action on Tinian in the South Pacific, per his parents Mr and Mrs Roy L Rowden of 511 C avenue NE. He served about a year overseas and also participated in the Saipan battle. two other sons, Pfc. Floyd Rowden and Pfc. Leo Rowden, are also in the Marine Corps serving in the Pacific.
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William F. Rowden
Tinian Island
South Pacific
Roy L. Rowden
C Avenue
Saipan
Rowden
Rowdens
Marine Corps
Pfc
Floyd Rowden
Leo Rowden
J. L. McGillicuddy
F. J. McGillicuddy
Third Street
Sgt. McGillicuddy
Fort Francis E. Warren
Cheyenne
Wyo
Belva Butters Rollins
Central City
Naval Reserve
Northampton
Mass
Norfolk, Va
C. E. Butters
George H. Rollins
Navy
Coe College
Central City High School
Cpl
William J. Bray, Jr
William J. Bray
Mt. Vernon Avenue
LeMoor
Laredo
Texas
Lincoln
Neb
Joseph Petska
J Street
James R. French
Dennis
Walter G. French
Meadowbrook Drive
French
Camp Hahn
Calif
Camp Halen
Robert A. Barta
Mary Barta
First Street
Arthur Dale Taylor
A. D. Taylor
E Avenue
Thirty-fourth Street
San Francisco
Joseph Walter Giffee, Jr
J. W. Giffee
Park Avenue
Fort Schuyler
Bronx
N. Y
Ensign Giffee
Town State College
Armour
Chemical Pharmaceutical Research Laboratories
Chicago
William M. Ward
Seaman
Southwest Pacific
Janella Taylor
Ward
Natalie Lupton Ellis
Dallas
J. L. Lupton
K. R. Ellis
First Avenue
Joe Pickart
Barksdale Field
Oscar Pickart
Sixteenth Street
Patrick Nf. Gallagher, Jr
Naval Air Base
Norfolk
Judith Ellen
Patrick HI
P. H. Gallagher
Fifth Street
George M. Driscoll
Camp Crowder
Driscoll
G. F. Driscoll
Sixth Street
August Lensch
William Lensch
L. W. Lensch
Ely
August
France
William
Italy
Infantry
Floyd R
Bud” Shaffer
A. L. Shaffer
Hinkley Avenue
James L. Ja
W. B. Taylor
Naval Air Training School
St. Mary
Navy Officer Training School
Asbury Park
Frank E. Dvorak
Philadelphia
Frank Sig Dvorak
Westwood Drive
The Gazette Company Cedar Rapids Publication Details
The Cedar Rapids Onyette established 1883 by The Gazette Company and published by Jt daily and Sunday at 500 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It is entered as second class matter June 18 1932 at the Cedar Rapids post office under the act of March 3 1879. Subscriptions and advertising policies are listed with Associated Press United Press International News Service.
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Gazette Company J
3Rd Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ais
Towa
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Service Pride Shines In Area Military Families
Citizens report a long list of service members stationed nationwide and overseas. Promotions, commissions, leaves, and transfers mark updates for the Cain, McGillicuddy, Rollins, Bray, Sorenson, Petska, French, Giffee, Ward, Jakubec, and Dvorak families among others.
Nazis Fall Back To Gothic Line on Italian Front
Allied reports say German forces retreat to the Gothic line in central Italy, with Polish Eighth Army probing north of the Metauro river. Eighth Army advances to Apecchio near the Adriatic as RAF Mustangs strike rail lines and airdromes in Yugoslavia and Greece. MAAF losses include three bombers. enemy aircraft losses total thirteen in Friday operations.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Metauro River
Apennine
Tiber River
Arno
Pontassleve
Apecchio
Adriatic
Republic of San Marino
Zagreb-Banova Jaruga
Yugo Slavia
Arta
Greece
Romania
Brno
Czechoslovakia
Prestejov
M.a.af
Linn Republicans Democrats to Open Party Headquarters
Linn county Republicans and Democrats announced September openings for party headquarters in Cedar Rapids. The GOP will use the Montrose hotel mezzanine, mid month, while the Democrats will occupy Roosevelt room 221. A Bever park picnic for 200 preceded the planning meeting led by Joseph Mekota with speakers including George Claassen and Charles Hobbie.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
G.O.P
David Elderkin
Montrose Hotel
Joseph Mekota
Roosevelt
Mekota
Bever Park
George Claassen
Allied fleet opens invasion of southern France
The battleship Nevada and the cruisers Quincy and Augusta led American warships in amphibious operations launching the southern France invasion. They also took part in the initial Normandy invasion as of Aug 15, announced Saturday.
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Rome
Nevada
Quincy
Augusta
France
Normandy
British Have Potent New Flame Thrower On Burma Road
The first Americans to fight on Chinese soil in this war are U.S. anti aircraft units on Mt Sungshan. They pour thousands of explosive shells daily into Japanese trenches and pillboxes to aid Chinese infantry attacking a Burma road block. They operate nearly 5000 feet above the Salween river and are close to enemy fortifications on a opposite peak. Last week they repelled a Japanese counter attack and shattered enemy columns trying to retake the slopes just captured by Chinese forces.
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Burma Road
Mt. Sungshan
Burma
G.I
American Bombers Collide Over Britain Near Hitchin
Two American heavy bombers collided Saturday near Hitchin Hertfordshire. One exploded in flight, the second crashed. Four crewmen escaped by parachute while the others are believed killed. A bomb from one aircraft struck a bungalow, killing two people and injuring two.
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London
Hitchin
Hertfordshire
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Twelfth Street
Madison, Wis
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Truafield
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Harley C. Ransom
Camp Campbell
Eighteenth Street
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