Allied progress in Normandy boosts war effort optimism
The article notes rapid Allied advances in Normandy surpassing early Italian fronts, urging steady momentum from a captured port to move heavy equipment. It also discusses local politics for county auditor, elm tree defoliation from a fungus, and editorial cautions on planners forecasting the future. The piece ends praising free speech and criticizes unwarranted optimism.
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Europe
Normandy
Anzio
Italy
Hitler
Richard Aiman
Petroleum Industry War Council
Nazi Troops Hit Back at Fifth Army in Italy
Allied reports from Naples say fresh German divisions from the north and remnants of the Fourteenth army have halted the Allied advance in the hills north of Rome. Clark cites 70 000 Germans killed captured or wounded as the offensive continues, with main enemy forces retreating toward Rimini and Pisa while Allied armor closes in from Rome.
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Rome
Mark W. Clark
Italy
Naples
Fourteenth Army
Fifth Army
Tyrrhenian
Orbetelio
Rimini
Pisa
Sweden to Cut Bearings Exports to Nazi War Effort
Washington AP report says Sweden has agreed to sharply reduce shipments of bearings vital to the Nazi war effort. The move comes as Allied pressure mounts and Sweden seeks to avoid direct confrontation while limiting support to Germany.
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Washington
Sweden
Big RAF Raid: Allies Hit France and Germany in Major Assaults
Allied air forces launched a two day barrage against France and Germany with over 1,000 RAF bombers and Eighth Air Force fortresses targeting Evreux Fauville Dreux Illieres Lebeque and rail and oil facilities in Germany. Mustangs Thunderbolts and Lightnings protected heavy bombers while Marauders and Harpoons struck targets along the front. Luftwaffe offered limited resistance. losses included 23 RAF heavies, 17 German aircraft, and several bombers and fighters on both sides.
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Illieres-Lebeque
Paris
Normandy
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Cologne
Britain
Soviet Offensive Reported in Far North Near Murmansk
Aftonbladet dispatch says the Red Army opened an offensive in the far north, attacking German positions along a river flowing into the Barents Sea about 35 miles west of Murmansk. The report notes the action is part of the Russian Karelia campaign with coverage continued on page 9.
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Aftonbladet
Red Army
Barents Sea
Murmansk
A Little Child Shall Lead Them in Fifth War Loan
Frank Nye profiles two young boys in the Fifth War Loan feature. Sun-tanned Jimmy Murdock and tow-headed Denny Sulek, both five, reflect on wartime roles. Jimmy’s father is a lieutenant pushing an Italian theater ship, after Anzio. Denny’s father is a major physician serving in the South Pacific jungle network.
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Jimmy Murdock
Denny Sulek
Jimmy
Denny
Anzio
South Pacific
Boys Invest In War Bonds To Bring Dads Home
Jimmy and Denny, youths longing for their fathers, join Camp Dodge soldiers in Cedar Rapids to kick off the nations fifth war loan drive. Residents pledge funds totaling over 385 thousand dollars in a day, with GI units and a two hour Coliseum show boosting sales and optimism.
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Denny
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Ed Moorman
B. T. Perrine
George Hearn
County War Finance Committee
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Camp Dodge
Coliseum
Moorman
Soldier Band
Nazi Ouster Of Rommel Is Reported
London dispatch says Rommel likely removed from command of German forces facing the Allies in France. Front reports indicate Rommel’s coastal defense moves near Normandy, his plan to delay the invasion, and Montgomery’s expected response.
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Twenty-first Army Group
Erwin Rommel
France
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Hitler
Europe
Normandy
Gerd von Rundstedt
Bernard L. Montgomery
Churchill Tours Beaches With Ike And Montgomery Invasion Tour
Prime Minister Churchill toured American held sectors of the battlefront in France along with General Eisenhower and top U S commanders including George C Marshall Henry H Arnold Omar Bradley Alan Kirk and John Hall aboard an American destroyer and motor torpedo boats. They visited Isigny and the Cherbourg peninsula after crossing the channel amid heavy gun fire and a Luftwaffe dogfight. Churchill called the war very dangerous as he observed the advancing Allied units and Allied naval forces in action.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Churchill
Nora
Dwight Eisenhower
United States
Eisenhower
George C
Ernest King
Henry H. Arnold
Omar N. Bradley
France
Alan G. Kirk
John Leslie Hall
Union of South Africa
Alan Brooke
Supreme General Staff
Bay of the Seine
Cherbourg
Godfrey
la Grange
England
British Outflank Caen in Power Drive in France
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE reports Allied forces advancing on multiple fronts in Normandy. Americans broke Cherbourg defenses by capturing three towns and pushing patrols within 10 miles of the port. British units outflanked Caen, seizing Troarn nine miles east of the city as part of a broad offensive involving six U.S. divisions in France.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
Normandy
Cherbourg
Caen
Troarn
United States
Balleroy
Bayeux
Montebourg
Ste. Mere Eglise
Pont l’Abbe
France
Democrats Write in Auditor Votes Case Shocks Linn County
In Cedar Rapids a county canvass revealed 22 write in votes for Linn County Auditor with 12 cast by Democrats. Vernon Brockman attracted both Republican and Democratic write ins while former Auditor Robert Vesely appeared on ballots but received no votes. Meanwhile Allied and American forces advanced in France near Cherbourg with significant gains as the invasion campaign continued.
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Linn County
Bertram Township
Vernon Brockman
V. Brockman
Marion
Brockman
Robert M. Vesely
Bertram
Yanks Sink 13 Jap Ships Thirteen Sunken In Marianas Action
The navy said American carrier task forces last weekend sank 13 Japanese ships and destroyed 141 planes. Enemy losses included one destroyer and three corvettes, with several escorts and cargo vessels damaged. American losses were 15 planes and 15 crew.
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Washington
INS
Marianas
Navy
Man Dies After Window Breakage Accident
Loren Elmore 41 of Cedar Rapids died at Mercy hospital at 3 45 am Tuesday from shock and hemorrhage after sticking his hand through his car window and severing the main artery. He was a Rock Island railroad locomotive fireman born April 20 1903 in Hillsboro Iowa and had lived in Cedar Rapids 16 years. Surviving wife Amy and five brothers. Friends may call at Beatty funeral home.
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Loren Elmore
Fifth Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
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Rock Island Railroad
Hillsboro
Amy
Frank
Hillscoro
Ira
Beech
Beatty
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