Russians Reach Vistula River and Narva Stronghold Fall
The Red Army reached the east bank of the Vistula in the Pulawy area as Cossacks moved toward Warsaw and Lwow garrison was surrounded. German lines near Narva and Bialystok were reported at risk while Rostov groups pressed toward Przemysl and East Prussia.
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Daniel DeLuce
Moscow
Vistula
United States
Lwow
Pulawy
Warsaw
Berlin
Silesia
Kiev
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Stanislawow
Carpathians
Bialystok
Brest
Litovsk
Ivan Bagramian
Dvinsk
Largst
Latvia
Riga
Baltic
Red
East Prussia
Lipsk
Suwalki Triangle
Eastrussia
Poland
Junkers
Prussia
Europe
Visula
Bug River
Ivan I . Konev
Przemysl
Red Star
San River
Krakow
Russia
Tanks Break German Front In Normandy Breakthrough
Allied armored forces punched through near St. Lo on Wednesday with tanks and bulldozers breaking hedgerows and routing German positions. Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley directed a camouflaged push that moved in as infantry pressed forward, seizing Marigny and St Gilles and creating a four to five mile deep penetration that outflanked defenses and threatened coastward German units.
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U. S
Normandy
St. Lo
Marigny
Coutances
Omar N. Bradley
Hd.q
A.E.F
St. Gilles
Coutances Marigny
Carentan
Lessay
St. Lo-Periers
la Chapelle-en-Juger
St. Lowest
Erwin Rommel
Verrieres
Caen
Tilly-la-Campagne
Maysur-Orne
Bernard L. Montgomery
Orne
Penick and Ord Reports Six Month Profit
Penick and Ord Ltd Inc reports net profit for the six months ended June 30 of 530,350 equal to 1.44 a share, down from 532,890 or similar per share for the prior period.
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New York
Penick and Ord, Ltd., Inc
Wednesay
Wilkes to Command Our Ports in France
Supreme headquarters announced Rear Admiral John Wilkes has been appointed command United States ports and bases in France. This marks a key stage in consolidating the Ormandy beach-head and allied advance.
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Wilkes
France
Lonndon
Supreme Headquarters
John Wilkes
U.S.N
United States
Ormandy
Beach-Head
U. S. Flyers Strike Germans on Eastern Front
American F fifteenth Air Force fighters from bases in Russia destroyed 38 German aircraft in an offensive sweep around Lwow. The Lightnings and Mustangs shot down 29 planes and destroyed nine on the ground, plus strafing emplacements and transports. No American planes were lost.
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Moscow
United States
Russia
Lwow
Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
Soviet Union
Goebbels Claims Front Move For All Reservists Proclaimed
Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels told Germans that Himmler would shift all home front reserves to the front as Germany mobilizes for war. He defended the July 20 plot, blamed Washington London Moscow, and asserted Hitler’s work would be finished despite the assassination attempt. He spoke of the conspirators and noted casualties from the failed attack.
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New York
Joseph Goebbels
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Germany
Hitler
Washington
London
Moscow
Goebbels
Count Stauffenberg
Berlin
Fuehrer
Remer
Stauffenberg
Cotton Ed Smith trails in South Carolina and Arkansas primaries
In South Carolina Governor Olin D. Johnston leads over Sen. James E. Smith in the Democratic primary with more than half the precincts reporting. Arkansas shows Rep. J. W. Fulbright leading over Hattie Caraway as runoff talk grows, while Caraway lags behind in a renomination bid.
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Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Olin D. Johnston
Roosevelt
Arkansas
Hattie Caraway
Rep
J. W. Fulbright
Congress
Fulbright
Ozark Mountain
Johnston
John M. Daniel
Carl B. Epps
A. S. Merriman
Homer Adkins
Col
T. H. Barton
Caraway
J. Rosser Venable
Agriculture Committee
St Lo Air Blitz Biggest Ever Captured Nazis Say
German prisoners west of St Lo describe the Normandy air assault in which 3,000 Allied planes dropped 6,000 tons of bombs. They report officers abandoning troops and morale deteriorating under the bombardment while heavy bombers and fighter-bombers pounded the front.
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St. Lo
Normandy
Hitler
Berlin
Heavy rains soak Iowa statewide with up to 3.15 inches
Rains drenched virtually the entire state with the heaviest totals in Waterloo and Ames. Des Moines observed nearly half an inch while other stations logged amounts from .49 to 2.78 inches. Forecaster Reed said southern areas benefited as corn made fair progress but still needs rain and warm nights.
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Des Moines
Waterloo
Charles D. Reed
Weather Bureau
Inwood
Ames
Atlantic
Decorah
Boone
Guthrie Center
Perry
Marshalltown
Sioux City
Alta
Lamont
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Keokuk
Creston
Davenport
Onawa
Reed
Weather Update for Cedar Rapids Cool Front Moving In
Partly cloudy skies disperse over Cedar Rapids with cooler air after Tuesday showers. Rain totaled .35 inches, highs reached 82 degrees and 83 degrees late afternoon, morning low 67, post shower temps 71 at 7 pm and 70 at midnight, humidity around 50 percent.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Dentists to Hold A D A Meeting in Chicago
The American Dental Association house of delegates will stage its annual meeting in Chicago from October 16 to 18, replacing the original Omaha venue. Capt. C Raymond Wells, president, announced the change on Wednesday.
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Chicago
House of Delegates
The
American Dental Association
Omaha
C. Raymond Wells
Association
Tokyo reports Allied task force attacks Palau and Sabang
Japanese radio said powerful Allied naval task forces 3000 miles apart struck Palau in the western Pacific and Sabang in the Dutch East Indies. Palau assault reportedly involved US carriers with minimal damage. Sabang raid hit harbor and city with two Allied ships sunk.
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Palau
Pacific
Sabang
Dutch East Indies
United States
Tokyo
Sumatra
Guam
Tinian
Marianas
Japan
Philippines
Mindanao
Hollandia
MacArthur
New Guinea
Western
Carolines
Saipan
War Bond Planned By Nebraska Farmwife
Opal coach of Orchard Nebraska planned to buy a 1000 war bond using prize money she won for a soup recipe in a nationwide contest.
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Omaha
INS
Opal
Orchard
Neb
Basement full of unlicensed bikes held by police
Cedar Rapids police report about 50 unlicensed bicycles seized from a basement near the station. Owners may license and reclaim them after five days. a young boy faced a fine for altering a license tag. Additional fines were issued for riding two abreast.
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Cedar Rapids
Tom Condon
Harry S. Johnson
Condon
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