New World Security Org Proposed Amid War Crises
A handout notes consensus among U S British and Russian reps on an international security body with an assembly a powerful council and dispute settlement machinery. The piece warns the League lacked essential elements and urges concrete effectiveness before broad support. It also reports a U S British submarine study group in France and praises city efforts to send an arborist to a national shade free conference. The column then critiques campaign rhetoric and political actions by parties and figures, calling for wiser appeals to voters.
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League of Nations
Pittsburgh
Big Three Agree on Framework for World Peace Organization
Washington reports the American British and Soviet chairmen at Dumbarton Oaks announced general agreement on three core principles for a future world body. A sovereign equality based assembly, a council of major and elective members, and peaceful dispute settlement including a world court. Stettinius noted public discussion before binding commitments and warned against detailing talks. Senator Bridges criticized secrecy and alleged big power politics.
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Rom Dumbarton Oaks
U. S
Washington
Dumbarton Oaks
International Organization For Peace and Security
Dumbargon Oaks Estate
World Organization
International Court of Justice
Roosevelt
Alexander Cadogan
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Stetlinius
Sen. Bridges
R-N.h
Senate
Hull
Breakdown of Car Strands Governor Bourke Hickenlooper Rescue
Iowa highway patrol saved Gov and Mrs Bourke Hickenlooper and their family from being stranded after a tire blowout and a burned connecting rod near junctions 218 and 30. Sgt Wilbur R Eicher brought them in from the roadside and the governor’s car was towed to a Cedar Rapids garage for repairs. The party then proceeded to Des Moines after services for Mrs Studer.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Highway Patrol
Claude H. Dalton
Iowa State Guard
Des Moines
Sgt
Eicher
Joseph J. Studer
How Far in Berlin? Russian Front Distances
The Associated Press lists distances to Berlin from various fronts including 322 miles from Warsaw outskirts, 470 miles from a point near Soissons, 545 miles from Perly, and 600 miles from northern Florence outskirts.
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Berlin
Warsaw
France
Point
Soissons
Perly
Florence
Pockets Of Nazis Left In Rhone Trap
Allied forces report clear the Rhone valley south of Montelimar with isolated pockets of resistance near Sauret. American Seventh Army units press toward Montelimar while French forces push west of Avignon and toward the Spanish border. Toulon base destroyed and Marseille surrender ends coastal fighting as aid is rushed to the region.
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Rome
Montelimar
Rhone
Marseille
United States
Seventh Army
Sauret
Uzes
Nimes
Avignon
Air Force
Toulon
Cagnes
Cannes
Vence
Nice
St. Mandrier
Gulf of Genoa
France
Norris Stricken Brain Hemorrhage in McCook
George W. Norris former Independent senator, 83, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage Tuesday and is unconscious. He was reported resting easily in McCook Nebraska per AP update.
German feeler for compromise peace acknowledged by radio
London dispatch reports Lt. Gen. Kurt Dittmar, a Radio Berlin commentator, admitting Germany faces defeat and implying the Nazis might welcome a tacit compromise peace. The comment signals possible willingness to end hostilities amidst advancing Allied campaigns.
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London
Kurt Dittmar
Radio
Berlin
Germany
GOP inaugurates new radio wrinkle tonight
Republican governors will broadcast five minute radio speeches starting at 9 15 p m on the Blue network forming a nationwide trio series led by Gov Earl Warren of California and continuing with Governors Green Baldwin Martin Schoeppel Thye and Saltonstall Kelly Langlie as part of a wider campaign strategy ahead of Dewey Bricker nominations. The program includes future coast to coast broadcasts and additional talks by Dirksen and Dewey with dates yet to be set.
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Frank Nye
the Gazette
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Dewey
Bricker
Iowa
G.O.P
Earl Warren
California
State House
Sacramento
Dwight H. Green
Illinois
Springfield
Bridgeport
Conn
Raymond E. Baldwin
NBC
Harrisburg
Penn
Edward Martin
Andrew F. Schoeppel
Kansas
Kansas City
Edward J. Thye
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Harry F Kelly
Michigan
Arthur B. Langlie
Washington
Everett Dirksen
Mutual
Old Orchard Beach
CBS
Philadelphia
Louisville
Soviet Surge Drives Deep Into Hungary and Romania
Soviet forces thrust 15 miles into Hungarian held Transylvania and pressed toward Bucharest as part of a Danube to Black Sea advance. Red troops captured Buzau and the Danube delta, with Ploesti oil fields in sight, while Romanian and German units massed in Transylvania.
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Moscow
Romania
Bucharest
Ploesti
Danube
Transylvania
Hitler
Hungary
Carpathians
Bretscu
Buzau
Braila
Black Sea
Constanta
Red Army
Carpathian
Sulina
Red Star
Makhai Boiko
Boiko
Count von Chulsen
Oxman Loses Bid to Dodge 10-Year Term
Maxwell P. Oxman a Chicagoan tied to the John Factor warehouse receipts swindle was informed his 10 year sentence remains in effect after a judge recalled the original error. Oxman argued that Judge Bell had no authority after he left the courtroom, but testimony showed he was not confined or deprived of custody when the corrected sentence was entered.
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Maxwell P. Oxman
John
Jake the Barber
Oxman
Hollywood
Palm Springs
Robert C. Bell
Minneapolis
Bell
Leavenworth Federal Prison
United States
Fred Biermann
Decorah
Joe Petrus
Cedar Rapids
John Factor
Chicago
Card Sharp
Albert Slater
Slater
T. E. Diamond
Sheldon
Petrus
Lee McNeely
Diamond
Soissons Falls to United American Troops in Rapid Advance
American forces captured Chalons sur Marne and Vitry le Francois, crossed the Marne between the towns, and moved within 55 miles of Belgium and near the German frontier. Chateau Thierry and Soissons fell as Patton’s Third Army thrust north to near Rouen and Epernay, tightening a semicircle around Compiegne.
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Chateau-Thierry
Aisne
Seine
Rouen
Masurian Lakes
Ostrow-Mazowiecka
Warsaw
Chalons-sur Marne
Vitry-to Francois
Marne
HDQ
Chateau- Thierry
Soissons
Belgium
Belleau Wood
Pas de Calais
Seventharmy
Normandy
Fifteenth Army
Paris
Fismes
Upper
Chalons
Vitry
Mantes
Vernon
Rouen- Paris
Joan of Arc
Cathedral of
Reims
George S. Patton
Third Army
Sedan
Ardennes
France
Aisne- Somme
Germany
Albert Canal
Louviers
Pont de l’Arche
Compiegne
Epernay
Vitry-le Francois
United States
Fifth Army Corps
le Bourget
Lindbergh
Mont
Sgt Charles Vejda Missing in Action Over France
Tech Sgt Charles Vejda 21 radio gunner in the army air corps is missing in action over France as of Aug 13 per a War Department telegram to his parents Mr and Mrs Joe Vejda 1548 Seventh Ave SE. A McKinley high graduate he enlisted Jan 26 1943 and went overseas May 1944. He earned the Air Medal and three clusters. he has a sister Marie at home and worked for LaPlant Choate before service.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles Vejda
Army Air Corps
France
War Department
Joe Vejda
Seventh Avenue SE
McKinley High School
Vejda
England
Marie
LaPlant- Choate
Cedar Rapids Soldier Freed by German Government Prisoner Status
Pfc. Lumir T. Vavricek, 29, previously missing in France since July 7, is now listed by the War Department as a prisoner of war of Germany. The information was confirmed by the International Red Cross. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vavricek of route 3, Cedar Rapids.
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Lumir T. Vavricek
France
War Department
International Red Cross
Frank Vavricek
Cedar Rapids
Germans Draw Down Troops in Bulgaria Reports
London reports say German forces began withdrawing from peace-seeking Bulgaria. Istanbul dispatches indicate that Allied armistice terms have been received by diplomats to relay to Sofia.
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London
Bulgaria
Istanbul
Sofia
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