Yankees on Guam Make Swift Gains
U S Pacific Fleet reports rapid Guam invasion progress as Marine and Army units push inland from beachheads toward Port Apra. Massive bombardments by warships and planes precede inland advances with light casualties and strong American air superiority.
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U.S. Pacific
Pearl Harbor
United States
Port Apra
Fine Harbor
Tokyo Radio
Asan
Agat
Expansionist Heads Japs New Cabinet
Gen Kuniaki Koiso named premier of Japan in a new cabinet as Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai becomes navy minister and temporary deputy prime minister. Koiso, longtime expansionist, succeeds Gen Hideki Tojo whose government resigned after Japan acknowledged losses at Saipan. New lineup includes Mamoru Shigemitsu as foreign and Greater East Asia minister, Marshal Sugiyama as war minister, and Ginjiro Fujiwara as munitions minister.
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Navy
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Pearl Harbor
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Manchuria
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Mamoru Shigemitsu
Orton Wounded in South Pacific Marine Pvt William R Orton
Cedar Rapids Gazette reports Marine Pvt. William R. Orton 28 son of Mr and Mrs James R Orton of 625 Twenty first Ave SW wounded in action in the South Pacific. Official notice says he is confined to a hospital in the South Pacific area. He graduated Wilson High School last June, enlisted nine months ago, trained at San Diego, and has been in the South Pacific since January.
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Ie -Marine
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James R. Orton
Twenty-first Avenue
South Pacific
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Wilson High School
San Diego
Nazis Increase Robot Bomb Attacks on Southern England
London reports indicate the Germans fired an increasing number of robot bombs into southern England and greater London on Saturday, mirroring Friday’s pace. The launches suggest Nazi efforts to show homefront strain did not weaken their air campaign, with nearly as many bombs as the opening day more than five weeks prior.
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London
England
Sleepers Shiver Again Weekend Outlook Warmer
Cedar Rapids and vicinity expect fair and warmer tonight with increasing cloudiness on Sunday as the weather bureau forecasts a break in Iowa's unseasonably cool spell. A low of 46 was reported at Decorah, while Cedar Rapids saw a 82 degree high Friday and 52 this morning amid shivering residents.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Decorah
Sioux City
Chambers
Farley to Back Roosevelt in November Election
Former Democratic chairman James A. Farley, who opposed a fourth term for President Roosevelt, announced on Friday his support for Roosevelt in the upcoming November election.
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Chicago Stadium
James A. Farley
National Democratic
Roosevelt
Rename Hannegan To Chairmanship Renamed Hannegan To Chairmanship
CHICAGO RP Robert E Hannegan was reelected chair man of the Democratic national committee Saturday. He was un opposed. The other officers of the old committee were renamed by the group of national committeemen and women. Treasurer Edwin W Pauley of California reported a cash balance on hand of 116000 and noted it was a small amount to start the campaign. He also said contributions received this year totaled 331318.
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Robert E. Hannegan
Democratic National Committee
Edwin W. Pauley
California
Henry Wallace Shows No Bitterness In His Defeat
Henry Agard Wallace, the only Iowan to serve as vice president, displays no bitterness after losing renomination to Harry S. Truman. In a Sherman hotel suite he praises the President as the voice of western liberalism and aims to keep that liberal line in 1945. He greets reporters, receives well-wishers, and urges supporters to stay hopeful and active for the future.
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Henry Agard Wallace
United States
Sherman
Wallace
Hawkeye
Harry S. Truman
Today’s Index Index and Comics Column Review
A fragmented index page listing columns and features by Marquis Childs David Lawrence Drew Pearson Marion State Walter Winchell and others. Reads like a radio and sports cross section with sparse readable fragments from the era.
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Index Marquis Childs Comics
David
Lawrence Movies
Drew Pearson Sports State
Marion
Walter Winchell
Truman Named Second Ballot Democratic VP Nominee
CHICAGO Democratic delegates chose Harry S. Truman of Missouri as their running mate for Roosevelt on a second ballot, after a tight race with Wallace. Truman won 1,031 votes to Wallace 105 with other candidates sharing the rest. Escalating preference shifts and regional dissent marked the final roll call as Truman edged ahead and Wallace faded.
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Harry S. Truman
Missouri
White House
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Senate
War Investigating Committee
Truman
Wallace
Prentice Cooper
Tennessee
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Paul W McNutt
Delaware
Maryland
Herbert R. O’conor
Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
Virginia
John H. Bankhead
Alabama
Missourian
Len Burnet Maybank
South Carolina
Maybank
Sec
Russians Near Warsaw 90 Miles As Battle Advances
Soviet forces push toward Warsaw as Red tanks and infantry threaten the Polish capital from the east. Mosow reports capture of Ostrov and advances along the Brest Litovsk corridor while German positions in the Baltic area deteriorate. Casualties and prisoner counts rise as the Soviet attack expands from Lwow to nearby towns and rail hubs.
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Tishina
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Tarnopol
Buczacz
Hungary
Tottering Lwow
Brody
Lwow
General Mud Halts Allied Drive in Normandy
Allied HQ reports no major advances in 24 hours as heavy rain and mud bog the Normandy front. Esquay falls, few German counterattacks cost 14 tanks. Maltot Noyers and Berigny remain contested with no clear breakthrough. Air forces grounded. Montgomery unable to push deep despite numerical superiority.
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Montgomery
Sgt Philip Murillo Killed in Action in Europe
Sgt Philip Murillo 21 top turret gunner and engineer on a Flying Fortress was killed in action somewhere in Europe July 7. Born July 31 1922 in Cedar Rapids he graduated from McKinley High School and went to service January 1942. He earned the Air Medal for bombing missions over Germany and enemy occupied Europe. Survived by brother Pvt Fedell Murillo at Camp Patrick Henry and sister Mrs Carmen Maestre of 614 B avenue NE.
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C Avenue NE
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Pete) Murillo
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Newport News
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Avenue NE
Mehegan Missing Second Lt William D Mehegan Bombardier
Second Lt William D Mehegan a 23 year old B 24 Liberator bombardier is missing since July 17 on a mission over Germany His wife Bette Holloway of 1700 Center Point Road NE was advised Friday in a War Department message Mehegan went overseas April 22 recently earned the Air Medal He completed 13 missions Entered service June 1942 and received wings and commission last December at Midland Field Texas His mother Mrs J J Mehegan formerly Cedar Rapids now resides in Texas.
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Germany
Bette Holloway
Center Point Road
War Department
Mehegan
Midland Field
Texas
J J. Mehegan
Cedar Rapids
Loss of Two US Submarines Trout and Tullibee Reported
The Navy announced the loss of two submarines, the Trout and the Tullibee, both overdue from patrol with crews about 65. The Trout, famed for carrying Philippine treasury gold and delivering aircraft ammo to Corregidor, was commanded by Lt. Comdr. Albert Clark. The Tullibee, commissioned 1943, was under Comdr. Charles F. Brindapke.
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Corregidor
Frank Ferno, Jr
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Tullibee
Charles F. Brindapke
Philippine Commonwealth
Archbishop Spellman Arrives in Vatican City
Vatican City reports the arrival of Most Rev Francis J Spellman the Catholic archbishop of New York on Friday night in a move seen as strengthening ties with the Holy See.
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Francis J. Spellman
New York
Rumors of Uprising by Naval Units
Reports from London and other capitals describe Hitler claiming the army crushed a plot by a small circle of officers. Despite apparent revolts at Kiel and Stettin, Nazi control remains firm as thousands of officers are arrested and executions cited. Berlin reportedly quiet with SS in streets and possible purges in Prussia.
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