Stampede to Dewey Camp Gains Steam
CHICAGO The twenty third Republican convention opened with a Dewey bandwagon mood as 1,057 delegates cast unofficial rolls. Dewey led with 681 votes followed by Bricker 90 and Stassen 36 while unpledged and unclaimed totaled 227. Delegates from New York, Pennsylvania, California and Iowa announced support for Dewey, with Griswold slated to nominate Dewey Wednesday. Bricker fighters pressed on as Warren delivered the keynote and Dewey prepared for an acceptance speech amid earnest strategy and war-time gravity.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Simeon S. Willis
Kentucky
Douglas MacArthur
Harrison E. Spangler
Dwsight Green
Illinois
Earl Warren
California
Bricker
Dewey
Pennsylvania
Kansas
Massachusetts
Iowa
New Yorker
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Griswold
Warren
Green
Roosevelt
Sen
Joseph Ball
Stassen
Soviets Capture Vitebsk Amid East Front Breakthrough
London AP reports Stalin announced the capture of Vitebsk, a major German base east of the pre war Polish border, as four Soviet armies push a 250 mile front across White Russia. Russian forces encircle five German divisions in Vitebsk while advances push toward Orsha Mogilev and Bobruisk with several towns and rail centers liberated.
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London
Josef Stalin
Vitebsk
White Russia
Moscow
Ivan Bagramian
Dvina
Lepel
Orsha
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Skxhlustino
Mogilev
Matvei Zakharov
Pronya
Chausi
Khaikhovichi
Bobruisk
IX. K. Rokossovsky
Pripyat
Stalingrad
Zhlobin
Black Sunday Darkens Nazi calendar after Cherbourg defeat
STOCKHOLM AP reports German reaction to a ruinous day as Cherbourg falls and Soviet forces breakthrough. Aftonbladet Berlin correspondent notes Germans call it their Black Sunday, reflecting military reverses and morale hit.
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Stockholm
Cherbourg
Aftonbladet
Berlin
United Air Lines seeks Cedar Rapids stop on transcontinental route
United Air Lines filed with the Civil Aeronautics Board to make Cedar Rapids an intermediate stop between Moline and Des Moines. If approved the city would gain air passenger mail and express service to 53 cities coast to coast. Cedar Rapids Municipal Field would host the traffic, with the runways expected to be completed that summer. The move aligns with United’s policy to extend air service to economically important areas.
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United Air Lines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Chicago
United
Moline
Des Moines
United’s
Civil Aeronautics Association
W. A. Patterson
Omaha
Denver
Pacific Coast
Cleveland
New York
Iowa
Post Office Department
Salt Lake City
San Diego
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Portland
Seattle
Vancouver
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East Iowa hit by historic cloudburst and flood damage
A severe rainstorm swept Cedar and Jones counties causing major property and farm damage. Bridges and tracks were washed out along the North Western line from Lowden to Wheatland, with water over bridges and lines. City of Los Angeles derailment detour forced by washouts. crews deployed to the flood area.
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Cedar
Jones Counties
North Western
Lowden
Wheatland
Cedar County
Gazette
Tipton
Jake Klima
Mt. Vernon
Lowdon
Los Angeles
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Klima
Wyoming flood wrecks homes and floods town
Special to The Gazette reports waist deep water sweeping through Wyoming business district after all night rains and a cloudburst. Bridge failures and washed out abutments halted traffic while a janitor George McCalimant escaped drowning clinging to bridge supports. Oxford Junction and Monmouth area cut off as floods closed most lines of communication and evacuated homes. In Stanwood a severe wind and rainstorm caused seven inches of rain in three hours with many farm buildings damaged, a windmill razed, and losses of poultry.
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Rex Conn
Gazette Farm
Cedar County
the Gazette
Wyoming
George McCalimant
Henry Johnson
Oxford Junction
Monmouth
Stanwood
E. C. Heyman
C. H. Haesemeyer
Bank
E. H. Ropa
William Sander
Homer Burgess
R. C. Workman
Marianas Campaign Deepens as Japanese Losses Grow
Allied reports show June 10 to 23 losses for Japan include 747 planes and six carriers, with American carrier battles and air actions near Saipan and Guam. Nimitz confirms six Japanese carriers damaged west of the Marianas and 402 enemy planes destroyed in a single engagement. Saipan, Hengyang, and key rail junctions in China feature in ongoing assaults as Burma and China fronts tighten.
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Orient
Marianas
Chester W. Nimitz
Amercans
Nimitz
Guam
Kazan
Saipan
United States
Mt. Tapotchau
Hengyang
Hankow-Canton
Changsha
Chungking
Japan
China
Hongkong
Peiping
Burma
Mogaung
Myitkyina
India
Assam-Bengal
Robots Busy Again Allies Hit Budapest
Bombers from Allied bases in Italy struck Budapest on Sunday night while heavy and medium planes raided targets along the French coast and in the Ruhr valley. Germany claimed new robot attacks over southern England as RAF Mosquito strikes hit Hamborn and rail and supply dumps behind Normandy. Allied losses were reported at 43 planes with 59 German aircraft downed.
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London
French
Ruhr Valley
France
England
Italy
Budapest
Hungary
DNB
Vienna
Danube
R.A.F. Mosquito
Germany
Hamborn
Duisburg
Lee Watches Germans Blow Up Cherbourg Docks After Doughboys Smash into City
Reporter Clark Lee recounts observing German demolition of Cherbourg waterfront as American forces breach the city. He describes battlefield sounds, smoke, ruined factories and homes, and the relentless assault through forts at Du Roule and Equeardreville with U.S. troops driving the final push.
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Lee
Cherbourg
Clark Lee
INS
du Roule i
Equeardreville
Pyis
John T. Sagrao
Jersey City
N. J
Walter S. Przepiera
Detroit
Cherbourg Falls Ahead as Allies Dig Out Remaining Nazis
Allied troops reach the Cherbourg waterfront and fight house to house to clear the last Nazi holdouts while German artillery shelling continues from Cap de la Hague. In another thrust, British forces advance east of Caen with tank and plane support, taking Fontenay Lepresnel, Tessel, and Bretteville. 3,400 prisoners in 24 hours, and at least 20,000 Nazis captured in 20 days of fighting. The siege stays fierce with Fort du Roule collapsing and urban pockets resisting. Allied ultimata demand unconditional surrender as analysts note the break in southwest Cherbourg signaling nearing end of German defense.
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HDQ
A.E.F
Cherbourg
Cape
Associated Press
Don Whitehead
Cap de la Hague
Whitehead
Normandy
Caen
Tilly-sur-Seulles
Fontenay Lepresnel
Tilly
Tessel
Bretteville
Bernard L. Montgomery
Barfleur
United States
Walke
Forrest
Supreme Headquarters
Gorrell
Arsenal
Fort St. Sauveur
Brenaville
Beaumont-Hague
Ste. Croix-Hague
Wilhelm von Schlieben
Berlin
Omar N. Bradley
Bond Quota Reaches 2.86 Million in Linn County Sales to Date
The Linn County sales total shows an E TM bond quota of 2,860,800. The figure reflects current to date performance in bond issuance.
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Linn County
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