Iowa Liquor Laws and Local Enforcement Debate
Des Moines mayor John MacVicar dismisses state liquor law reforms as unworkable, urging legislature and county boards to take responsibility. The column argues current lax enforcement harms local government and notes broader concerns about postwar law enforcement and social changes in taverns. A reader suggests funding a war bond for nonvoting citizens, while war coverage notes U S troops in Europe and a lighthearted French language aside from La Meauffe.
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John MacVicar
Des Moines
Iowa
County Boards of Supervisors
MacVicar
Iowa City
U. S
la Meauffe
Murphy
la Belle France
Raoul
Russians Reach Eight Miles From Suwalki Gap In Poland Front
Soviet communique reports sweeping gains along the Niemen line with outflanking of Grodno and advances toward the Suwalki border. Russian forces also claim to have crossed the Niemen and extended operations near Alytus and Kaunas as German reports warn of a major new Polish front offensive.
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London
Niemen River
Grodno
Suwalki
East Prussia
Old Poland
Opochka
Moscow
Lithuania
Daugavpils
Onikshty
Pichany
Wilno
Red
Kaunas
Kaisiadorys
Alytus
Suwalki Triangle
Bialystok
Rosa River
Wolkowysk
Slonim
Pripyat
Pinsk
Lwow
Luck
Tarnopol
Trapped Japs Fail to Push Escape Fight
Allied forces report continued fighting in the Driniumor river valley 21 miles east of Aitape as the 18th Japanese Army fails to break Allied encirclement. Japanese regroup for another attempt to escape, while Allied ships bombard positions and air power harasses enemy columns. One bomber is listed as lost.
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Europe
Herbert Pell
U. S
Allied War Crimes Commission
New Guinea
Driniumor River
Aitape
British New Guinea
Driniumor
Vally
Boston
Boela
Ceram
Noemfoor Island
F R Names Four Alternates To Wallace In 1944 Ticket
President Roosevelt lists four potential vice presidential running mates for 1944 including Alben Barkley Sherman Minton William O. Douglas and James Byrnes while reaffirming preference for Wallace in a letter to convention chair Samuel Jackson. Byrnes surprise listing stems from personal religious shift and long reluctance to seek the ticket.
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William K. Hutchinson
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Sherman Minton
Indiana
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Connecticut
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Robert E. Hannegan
Chicago
Sen
Samuel D. Jackson
Wallace
Jackson
White House
Byrnes
Jap Atrocities Highlight Failure to Enforce War Rules
AP report notes Japan may execute captured American airmen, undermining Geneva rules on prisoners of war. Analysis compares Japanese conduct with Nazi and Allied practices, citing failures to apply international law and noting Eisenhower’s stance on Maquis as part of the Allied force.
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United States
Japan
Philippines
War Department
North
Africa
Italy
France
Eisenhower
Bombers Ferry Beer Barrels to Normandy
Airmen in Normandy await regular beer barrel deliveries. Pilots of non operational fighter bombers sling full beer barrels onto bomb racks and fly them across the channel to replenish front line supplies. Barrels from brewers feature a streamlined nose to reduce wind resistance.
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Supreme Allied
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Normandy
Court Upholds Mail Ban Against Esquire Magazine
Justice T Whitfield Davidson upheld the Postmaster General decision revoking Esquire magazine’s second class mailing permit. He said the case concerns legality of the action not free speech or obscenity, and that the action was authorized by law.
Allied Delay Aids Rommel In Defense
Allied delay in a major Normandy offensive risks leaving Rommel strengthened along the bridgehead. Montgomery’s eastern wing holds less land than after D-Day, while Rommel has boosted forces despite weather and air attack. German divisions oppose the Allies with heavier armored units as the campaign drags.
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Rommel
Allied Supreme Hdq
Normandy
Caen
Bernard L. Montgomery
Villers- Bocage
Erwin Rommel
Cherbourg
Measure St. Lo Gains In Hedgerows
Reporter James McGlincy in Outside St. Lo describes daily close combat near St. Lo where gains of hedgerows mark steady progress. The push lacks spectacular breakthroughs but shows high morale amid heavy shelling and casualties as troops advance from dawn to late afternoon.
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St. Lo
James
McGlincy
Paul W. Krznarich
Mesa
Ariz
Henry H. Noonan
Santa Ana
Calif
Lessay
Periers
Martinville
Allies Close on Caen in Major Normandy Battle
Allied forces pushed toward Caen as American troops breach the Ay river line near Lessay and press on St. Lo. U S. and German forces clash amid heavy shelling while airmen strike German positions around St. Lo and Caen region.
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Allied Supreme Hdq
U. S
Lessay
Caen
Normandy
Colombelles
St. Lo
St.Lo
Periers
Hinge City
Underground labs for Germany's flying bombs located on Baltic islands
AP reports on Saturday that the largest laboratories for Germany's flying bombs lie underground on the guarded Baltic islands of Rugen Wollin and Usedom in the Baltic Sea, according to reliable informants.
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Stockholm
Germany
Rugen
Wollin
Usedom
Baltic Sea
Memory returns four decades after vanishing professor
John A. Commons, a 53 year old former University of Wisconsin professor who disappeared from Madison 14 years ago, reappeared as a New England laundry truck driver. He said amnesia erased years of his life and memory gradually returned starting about eight to ten years ago.
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Hartford, Conn
University of Wisconsin
John A. Commons
Madison
Wis
New England
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Commons
W. H. Hickhofer
University of Wisconsin Economics Department
Little Compton
R. I
Poughkeepsie
Cedar Rapids War Casualty Totals
Casualty figures for Linn county show 11 killed in action, one killed in training, 11 missing in action, and six prisoners outside Cedar Rapids. Within Cedar Rapids there are 48 killed in action, 18 killed in training, and 0 died in service with no missing or prisoner counts.
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Ceeses
Veces Eee
Linn
Cedar Rapids
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