Invasion of Western Europe after years of prep
The article traces nearly four years of Allied planning from Dunkirk to the June 1944 invasion. It covers commandos, Dieppe, North Africa, Sicily, Italy, and Salerno, noting American, British, and French cooperation, air and naval dominance, and Britain’s wartime mobilization in preparation for a decisive assault on Western Europe.
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Western
Europe
Britain
France
Dunkerque
R.A.F
Germany
Pearl Harbor
Ireland
Rangers
Western Europe
Pantelleria
Lampedusa
Sicily
Walter B. Smith
Italy
Salerno
IR CHIEF MARSHAL SIR TRAFFORD LEIGH MAL LORY
Sir Trafford Leigh Mallory known as L M led Allied air forces during Dieppe and the Battle of Britain. He organized air cover from England bases and headed Fighter Command after Dieppe, praised for planning devotion and ruthless discipline.
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Trafford Leigh-Mallory
Dieppe
Luftwaffe
England
L-M
RAF
Air Force
Britain
Invasion Prep as Rommel Foes Readied Europe Defenses
The piece notes French Mediterranean defenses with 7700 guns and Marshal Rommel as inspector general. It cites Hiller seeking assurances from Vichy, the Fighting French asking Allied recognition of French guerrillas, and German hints of secret weapons. Allied forces in Britain train with new weapons as American paratroops and glider units move overseas. Convoys push east while supplies and troops swell, signaling the imminent invasion and the hoped liberation of Europe.
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Festung Europa
Europe
Atlantic
Britain
Erwin Rommel
Hiller
France
British Isles
Schools award coal contract to four companies in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids school board awarded a contract to four firms to supply 4,000 tons of coal and 40 tons of coke to city schools. Peabody Coal Co. will supply coal via three local distributors at 5.58 dollars per ton, while Haegg Coal Co. won the coke bid at 15.55 dollars per ton. The board renewed its lease with the federal government.
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Cedar Rapids School Board
Peabody Coal Company
Haegg Coal Company
Ives-Frana Fuel Company
Cedar Rapids Fuel Company
Haegg Company
Peabody Company
Musketeers Granted Weekly Practice At Wilson School Grounds
The board approved renting rooms for the No 2 draft board in the board of education building at 45 per month and approved extra bills totaling 14802 14 general bills 7748 73 and cafeteria bills 2574 46. It granted the drum and bugle corps the Musketeers permission to use Wilson school grounds once weekly for practice.
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No. 2 Draft Board
Board of Education
Musketeers Drum and Bugle Corps
Wilson School
Water Works Report Shows 5.7 Million Gallons Daily in May
City water department figures for May total 176,327,000 gallons pumped, averaging 5,687,968 gallons per day. The department used 1,247 tons of material.
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Water Works Department
Water Treatment Chemicals and Hardness Change Noted
A historical report lists chemicals used in river water purification including lime alum chlorine ammonia and various sulphates and carbon. It notes 12 grain average hardness before treatment and 415 grains after treatment indicating a significant change in water hardness through processing.
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Paul Kern Lee
Associated Press Foreign Staff
Commandos
North Africa
French
Berlin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Teheran
Air Ma Tereeon
Montgomery Ward
Dag Cevars Ie
Kimsul
C. R
Nare
Nad
Ewes
SUPER
Gardin Hose
America
China
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