Political World Peace Ideas Split In Roosevelts View
In a pause between campaigns and war news the writer weighs foreign policy debate. Roosevelt favors a limited top group approach to peace while Dewey backs broader dialogue among nations. A global police force is rejected by both. Nations must pledge power and cooperation to survive. A gardener line closes with tomatoes versus weeds debate.
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Minsk Falls to Surging Red Troops
London reports the Red Army captured Minsk and pressed a frontal assault from less than 12 miles away. Moscow said a pincers approach threatened encirclement of hundreds of thousands of German troops as Soviet forces advanced toward the invasion route to War saw and Berlin.
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Linn County Bond Quota Reach Date As Sales Totals
A report shows Linn County bond quota of 2 860 800 dollars with sales to date. The figures reflect ongoing fundraising progress and countywide sales activity toward the target.
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Marines Press Saipan Advance Through Garapan Fire
UPI dispatch reports Second and Fourth Marine divisions pushing through Garapan as Japanese lines crumble on Saipan. Air and naval guns pound the city while Marines and 27th Army division press across the island for gains up to a mile in a day.
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Sgt Leo E Phelps Wounded in France
Cedar Rapids News reports Sgt Leo E Phelps has been wounded in action in France. He is in a hospital in England, per Red Cross letters to his Iowa City parents Mr and Mrs H F Phelps. A St Patrick’s high graduate, he worked at LaPlant Choate before enlisting April 2 1942. Training at Camp Parkley Texas and Fort Dix followed.
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Captured Nazi Soldier Is 78 Noted At Allied HQ
Allied Headquarters in Normandy disclosed the capture of a German soldier destined for a unique place in history. He is 78 years old.
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Germans Drive on Patriot France with Tanks and Bombers
Berlin fronts report German units clash with French patriots in Dordogne as they press a large scale drive aided by tanks and air power. Madrid dispatches add 50,000 escaped foreign prisoners roam Europe, including about 30,000 Russians, raising alarm at home and abroad.
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German robot bomb attacks rise in southern England
London reports German forces increased daylight robot bomb assaults on southern England taking advantage of poor weather. RAF night fighters and anti aircraft guns had previously damaged the weapons at night. Germany reportedly used piloted planes in night sorties and some newspapers urged reprisal bombing of undefended German towns. A German radio offer to halt robot attacks if Allied bombing stopped met defiance.
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War Secretary Stimson in Italy
Rome dispatch says War Secretary Henry L. Stimson arrived in Italy to inspect troops hospitals and frontline installations with plans to visit key military sites and meet allied leaders during World War II.
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Allies Break German Lines Across Italy Seize Siena and Cecina
Allied forces breach the German front along a 160 mile Italian belt capturing Siena on the Florence road and advancing toward Livorno and Ancona. American and French troops push along the Cecina river with Cecina falling after brutal fighting. German losses include heavy air and ground casualties as 57 enemy aircraft are shot down. Italy’s offensive also targets roads and rail yards while raids extend to Budapest and beyond.
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Doughboys Break South Across Cherbourg Peninsula Front
Allied First Army swept 40 miles along the Cherbourg peninsula advancing up to 2.5 miles. American troops captured St Jores and pushed toward Granville while British forces widened the Odon bridgehead near Caen. Rommel regroups as RAF reported heavy weather and high Allied prisoner totals climb past 55,000 since D day.
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Boy Fatally Struck at Boathouse Accident
Henry Shimek 16 of 1605 Zika avenue NW died on his first day of work at Paul Miller's boathouse when a 2000 pound boat broke loose above him and struck him. Harold Rich saw the incident and found Shimek dead. He was a Roosevelt junior high student with surviving mother Hattie and father Paul Shimek. Services at Turner chapel to be announced.
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British Ambassadors Return to England for Short Visit
London reported Lord Halifax the British ambassador to the United States and Lady Halifax have returned to England for a short visit.
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American Troops Attack German Lines on Cherbourg Coast
American forces assaulted at dawn in heavy rain along the Cherbourg peninsula northwest of La Haye du Puits after a nightlong artillery bombardment. Details continued on page 2.
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Deaths and features populate the pages of today's index
The index lists columns and departments including Marquis Childs and David Lawrence with bylines, Drew Pearson, and Paul Malion. It notes sections for Comics, Courts, Marion, Movies, Radio, Sports, and Women’s Features along with a row for Deaths and a farm item.
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