Allies Push Through Italy as Nazis Resist on Front
Allied Fifth and Eighth army units advance up to six miles along a 100 mile central Italian front from Perugia to the Tyrrhenian coast amid heavy German rear guard actions. American forces reach near Livorno and Siena approaches. British and French troops gain ground near Chiusi and Gioella while air and sea forces pound targets including Sestri Levante shipyards.
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Travale
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Orcia
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Chiusi
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Sestri Levante
Adriatic Sea
Cedar Rapids Gazette Established 1883 by The Gazette Co
Cedar Rapids Iowa paper notes its founding in 1883 by The Gazette Company and daily publication from 103rd Ave SE. It describes second class matter status under June 18 1932 and lists wire services AP UPI with republication rights and pricing for subscriptions across editions and states.
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Gazette Company
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103Rd Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Orville L Kolsto Wounded in England During War Service
Orville L Kolsto is hospitalized in England after being wounded while serving his country. Telegram from the War Department informs his parents Mr and Mrs Norman Kolsto of 316 Twelfth Street SE that he enlisted June 2 1943 and trained at Farragut Idaho San Diego Pensacola and New York before leaving the United States on March 5.
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War Department
Norman Kolsto
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Farragut
Idaho
San Diego
Calif
Pensacola
Fla
New York
United States
Roosevelt jokes about possible Normandy visit during news conference
President Roosevelt teased reporters by saying he might visit the Normandy beach-head in France, then clarified he was not making plans and had not yet been to Normandy. He emphasized he could be unpredictable and refused to confirm any trip.
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Ins
Roosevelt
Normandy
France
Independent Offices Bill Signed by F. R.
President Roosevelt signed an appropriation bill totaling 8.485 billion dollars for federal office operations in the coming fiscal year. The measure, called the independent offices appropriation bill, includes a requirement that the Tennessee Valley Authority report periodically to Congress, a compromise after House rejection of two McKellar amendments.
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Roosevelt
Independent Offices
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
House
McKellar
D-Tenn
TVA Funding Battle Shapes Senate Showdown
The ill proposal shifts TVA and other agencies from self generated revenues to dependence on congressional funding. It would require senate approval for all employees earning over 4500 yearly and directs allocations among TVA, the FCC, ICC, the National Housing Agency and the Civil Service Commission.
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Congress
Senate
Federal Communications Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Housing Agency
Civil Service Commission
Convention Ticket Scalp ers Scalp ed CHICAGO AP
In Chicago at the Republican convention the heat kept attendance near 3,500 as doors opened to all comers. Ticket brokers waited outside Madison Street while inside, scalped ticket seekers moved in with little demand for resale. Charley Neider, a veteran broker, said he sold a few tickets at a dollar but saw no buyers Tuesday. at past conventions some tickets have fetched up to 100 dollars.
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Chicago
Madison Street
Charley Neider
Neider
F R Sends Memorial Scroll to Josef Stalin
President Roosevelt announced at a news conference that he sent a memorial scroll to Marshal Josef Stalin praising the Russian defense of Leningrad and Stalingrad. Ambassador Averell Harriman delivered the scroll Tuesday, and Stalin sent a cordial reply to the president.
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Roosevelt
Josef Stalin
Leningrad
Stalingrad
Marshal Stalin
U. S
Averell W. Harriman
Notice of Executor Appointment in Linn County Iowa 1944
The undersigned on June 20 1944 was duly appointed and qualified as Executor of the estate of John J Fiich late of Linn County Iowa deceased. All persons indebted to said estate should pay promptly and those having claims must file them authenticated with the Clerk of Linn County District Court.
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State of Iowa
Linn County
John J. Fiich
Iowa
Phillips Butadiene Plant Drives War Effort
The Butadiene Plant in the Plains, owned by Defense Plant Corporation and built by Phillips, targets 90 million pounds annual output. The facility shows how petroleum processing now yields major chemical products for weapons and postwar use, expanding Phillips refineries beyond gasoline and fuels.
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Plains
Defense Plant Corporation
Phillips
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