Postwar answers and political harmony questioned
Dr Robert R Sears warns teen workers faces a postwar headache as wartime wages and commissions create distorted values. Republicans at Des Moines showcase unity while critics doubt lasting peace hinges on calm leadership over noise. The FCC regrets a radio ban on Dont Change Horses until after the Democratic convention.
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Robert R. Sears
University of Iowa Child Welfare Research Station
Des Moines
Chicago
Federal Communications Commission
Pearl Harbor raid leader Nagumo dies in Saipan battle
Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, who directed the Pearl Harbor attack, perished on Saipan along with many Japanese as Marines seize the Tanapag area. Nimitz announced continued US attacks on Guam and Saipan, signaling a major breach in Japanese defenses.
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Pacific Fleet
HDQ
Pearl Harbor
Nippon
Western Pacific
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Chuichi Nagumo
Saipan
Nimitz
United States
Guam
Task Force 58
Washington
Isle
Tanapag Harbor
Tinian
Central Pacific
Tanapag
Yano
Nagumo
Midway
Sasebo Naval Base
Japan
South Seas
Tarawa
Maniagassa Island
Garapan
Central Pacific Area
Lenders Services Saturday for A W H Lenders
Services for A W H Lenders vice president of Penick and Ford and general manager at Cedar Rapids plant will be held at 11 am Saturday in Turner chapel. The Rev D A Loferski rector of St John s Episcopal church will officiate. Cremation will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. H. Lenders
Penick and Ford
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
D. A. Loferski
St. John's Episcopal Church
Kidnapped Infant Found Unharmed in West Side Rooming House
New York divorcee Mrs. Joan Schlutter, 29, confessed to kidnapping Barbara Anne Goggin from the New York Foundling Hospital nursery. The month-old baby was found unharmed in Schlutter’s rooming house room. detectives and a coast guard officer investigated.
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New York
Barbara Anne Goggin
New York Foundling Hospital
Joan Schlutter
Upper West Side
Atlantic Seaboard
Barbara Anne
Walter Goggin
Phumber
Sisters of Charity
Goggin
Roosevelt Hospital
Pathfinder Planes Aid U.S. Bombers
United States bomber formations use daylight Pathfinder planes to guide crews to German targets hidden by clouds or smoke screens. The tactic, used by the RAF for night work, helped U.S. bombers blaze a route for invasion troops in France on D-day through heavy clouds, described as an amazing display of scientific achievement.
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London
United States
France
Initial attack of Japs foiled in New Guinea
Advanced Allied HQ in New Guinea reported a preliminary Japanese assault by 45 000 troops near Aitape halted after heavy fighting. Casualties were heavy on both sides, with veterans among the Americans and a large-scale battle looming as Gen. Adachi planned a major breakthrough. The Japanese used jungle tactics and artillery support amid 53 tons of Allied airbursts.
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New Guinea
British New Guinea
Aitape
Watazo Adachi
Eighteenth Army
Two A W O L Soldiers And Two Racine Girls Arrested
Four individuals were stopped on highway 30 nine miles west of Cedar Rapids by Sgt. W R Eicher for speeding. Pvt Clyde White 23 of Salina army air base and Pvt Floyd D Jandl 22 of Salina air base both from Tennessee and Racine Wisconsin respectively faced charges with Jandl an escapee. Accompanying them were Racine girls Betty Woelfel 20 and Marie Oakes 18. They were found with over 1700 dollars a loaded 22 caliber rifle and a Japanese battle knife in a sheath plus clothing and fishing tackle. The pair claimed bootlegging profits at the Salina base. They were taken into military custody and the girls kept for further investigation.
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Cedar Rapids
A.W.O.L
Salina
Kan
Highway Patrol
W. R. Eicher
Clyde White
Salina Army Air Base
Tennessee
Floyd D. Jandl
Salina Air Base
Racine
Wis
Jandl
Salina Army Prison
Betty Woelfel
Marie Oakes
Eicher
Bill Kudina
Allied push in Normandy drives Germans to withdraw
American infantry and tanks advance on the Cherbourg peninsula as the supreme command reports an orderly German withdrawal southward. Front lines shrink as forces press toward St Lo and the west coast towns, with strategic gains near Lessay and La Barre de Semilly while noting no decisive breakthrough yet.
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HDQ
Cherbourg
Supreme Command
United States Army
St. Lo
Lessay
First Army
Normandy
Honorine
Omar N. Bradley
Carentan
St. Jean de Daye
Tribehou
Gournay
le Hommet d’Arthenay
Bois de Hommet
Les Champs d’Losque
la Barre de Semilly
Caen
Granville
Theodore Roosevelt Jr Dies Led D-Day Assault
Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr age 56 dies in France after heart attack linked to battle fatigue from continuous combat since D-Day. He led the first wave onto Normandy beaches wearing coveralls and a pistol, remained at the front despite illness, and was buried near the landing site per family wishes.
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France
Britain
Kenneth McPherson
Beckley
W. Va
Ben Lear Replaces McNair as Army Ground Forces Chief
Lt Gen Ben Lear is named commander of the army ground forces, relieving Lt Gen Lesley J McNair who moves to an overseas assignment. Lear, former Second Army commander, has long service including the Philippines Cuba and WWI staff work. McNair began command in 1942 and was wounded in North Africa in 1943.
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Washington
War Department
Ben Lear
Army Ground Forces
Lesley J. McNair
McNair
North Africa
Lear
Second Army
Army Group
Hamilton
Canada
First Colorado Infantry Volunteers
Philippines
Cuba
Memphis
Tenn
Little Rock
Ark
Sen. Clark
D-Mo
Senate
General Headquarters
Russians Push through Prussia Corridor as Pinsk Falls
London and New York reports say Russian troops captured Pinsk by storm while Rozanka in East Prussia is disputed. German chiefs admit evacuation of Pinsk as Rokossovsky’s White Army advances toward Brest Litovsk and Wilno falls, with heavy German losses and a looming push toward German soil.
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London
Pinsk
Josef Stalin
New York
NBC
Rozanka
East Prussia
Old Poland
Brest Litovsk
Grodno
Ernst von Hammer
Berlin
Pripyat
Baltics
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Germany
Poland
Suwalki Triangle
Moscow
Willkie Expected to Back Dewey in 1944 Ticket
Rep. Charles A. Halleck said Wendell Willkie will support the Dewey ticket though he has not spoken with Willkie. Willkie laughed at the claim, saying no conversation in two years. Halleck praised Dewey’s cooperative campaign approach.
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Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell I. Willkie
Willkie
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Congressional Campaign Committee
Dewey
New York
Halleck
Charlie
Bomb Explosions Rock Jerusalem Police HQ
Bomb blasts struck Jerusalem's district police headquarters causing casualties, according to officials cited by Reuters. The incident occurred Friday and drew international reporting from London.
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London
INS
Jerusalem
Reuter
Poletti Announces 25 Million Lire Rome Public Works Plan
Lt Col Charles Poletti AMG commissioner for Rome said a 25 million lire public works program would start immediately in the Rome region to ease unemployment. The project aims to spur relief projects and provide jobs in the local area.
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Rome
Charles Poletti
AMG
Farm and Media Notes Across 1940s Topics
Readable fragments mention David, Lawrence Marion, and Drew Pearson with references to Walter Winchell. Mentions of movies, radio features, sports state context, and numbers 45 116 2 14 appear as scattered items. The piece reads as a collage of media and farm life notes without a single clear event.
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David’ Lawrence Marion
Sports State
Drew Pearson
Walter Winchell
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