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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1944
Page
9
New York AP report says nearly 200000 German soldiers have surrendered since the summer offensives began. British radio lists 35000 plus prisoners in Italy since May 1, over 54000 in Normandy since June 6, and over 110000 in Russia since June 53.
Liberator bombers of the Far Eastern air force dropped 30 tons of explosives on Yap island airdrome and township area, killing or damaging facilities. Five intercepting fighters were shot down in the eighth raid this month against the Caro island position.
Gen Douglas MacArthur's communiqué announces a new air strike on Yap impeded by adverse weather across the Southwest Pacific theater. Liberator bombers also attacked Palau Woleai Soro and the Sensoral islands in scattered Carolines operations.
The war department expanded its heavy artillery ammunition drive for strong new blows against Germany. Brig. General R E Hardy said the ordnance division aimed to boost output by several hundred percent, adding about 100 million dollars in machine tools presses and furnaces to the program, amid reports of Germany's material shortages.
An elegiac verse honors fallen lives with memory, tribute, and a call to remember their sacrifice. The text blends reflective lines on youth, aging, and the idea of giving all for a chosen way, concluding with a memorial refrain to remember those who died. A word puzzle follows listing numbered clues for a Dancer Horizontal crossword.
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