U S Colonel's Spies Capture 2000 Germans In Normandy
In Normandy a colonel nicknamed Mac used a loudspeaker propaganda broadcast to force a large German force to surrender. A convoy of 10 American men and four British technicians plus the sound truck coaxed roughly 2,000 Germans, including a monocled lieutenant colonel, to lay down arms after a televised surround and conditional negotiations.
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U. S
Normandy
Ins
Mac
Cherbourg
Davis S. Page
New York
Page
Rudy Garcia
San Antonio
Texas
Garcia
Col
79Th Division
11 Percent Rise in Traffic Fatalities
Chicago reports 9400 traffic deaths in first five months of 1944. The National Safety Council says this is up 11 percent, about 1000 more lives than the same period in 1943.
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Chicago
INS
America
National Safety Council
One in three steel workers in 1940 now in armed services
Report notes that in August 1940 about one third of steel industry workers had joined or been drafted into the armed services. The statistic reflects broader wartime mobilization affecting manufacturing and employment patterns as the nation prepared for subsequent military needs.
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Armed Services
Yanks Lead Japs in Bay of Aircraft Destruction
Navy report shows Army Navy and Marine flyers destroying at least 12 086 Japanese planes since Pearl Harbor. American losses total 2 726. Ratio about five to one. Coverage spans Dec 7 1941 to May 15 1944. Navy notes 65 percent of airmen shot down rescued.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Pearl Harbor
Marine
United States
Saturday Last Day To File Homestead Tax Credit Claims
DES MOINES AP Home owners are reminded that Saturday is the deadline for filing homestead credit applications on 1944 taxes payable in 1945. Ben H. Hall of the state tax commission warns that those who have not renewed this year and new eligible homesteads must file before Saturday night.
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Des Moines
Ben H. Hall
State Tax Commission
Men and Women in the Service Of Their Country
Fay Erwin Briney, honor man in Farragut Idaho storekeepers' school, earned seaman (1/c). Leonard Simanek, petty officer (1/c), serves in the South Pacific. Pfc. William E. Farr and family remain in Cedar Rapids after his Arlington Texas posting. Pfc. Edwin Marx spent a 12 day furlough. his wife accompanied him to Pagefield Fort Myers. Don J. Holub attends parachute rigger school in Corpus Christi. Martyn E. Sevening, pharmacist's mate (3/c), saw European invasion, twin Marvin is hospital apprentice (1/c) at Chelsea MA. Pvt. James W. McLaughlin returned to Camp Grant IL with wife and daughter Patricia Ann in Rockford IL. Pvt. L. E. (Punk) Bingham arrived overseas. his family in Walker. Loyal Ewoldt promoted to staff sergeant, transferred to Camp Crowder MO. Leonard Martinek en route to Greensboro NC. he is in the Army Air Corps. Rev. Lloyd D. DeJong, navy aviator, to train at William and Mary College VA. Mrs. Bernice Hammon De Jong is daughter of Seth Hammond. Lt. Robert B. Martin named co-pilot on Flying Fortress, stationed at Avon Park FL.
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Fay Erwin Briney
W. J. Briney
Ninth Street
Farragut
Idaho
Leonard Simanek
South Pacific
Seventh Avenue SE
William E. Farr
Farr
A. B. Farr
C Avenue
Arlington
Texas
William Farr
Cedar Rapids
Edwin Marx
Marx
Pagefield
Fort Meyers
Florida
Marvin
Naval Hospital
Chelsea
Mass
Martyn
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company
Navy
James W. McLaughlin
John McLaughlin
Vinton
Camp Grant
Patricia Ann
Rockford
Ill
McLaughlin
Albert E. Clark
John C. Keneeny
Fifteenth Street
Public Debt Surpasses 200 Billion Mark
Washington AP The U S public debt climbed past 200 billion dollars with the Treasury daily statement showing a gross debt of 200 230 958 523 06 as of Wednesday close. Rapid growth reflects Fifth War Loan bond sales since June 12, adding over 11 billion dollars.
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Washington
Treasury
Freedom Bill for Philippines Signed
President Roosevelt signed legislation pledging U S aid to drive Japan from the Philippines and grant full independence as soon as normal government functions can be restored. The act commits the United States to support Philippine independence and stable governance after the war.
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Washington
United States
Philippines
Islands
Roosevelt
Payroll Savings Rise In Iowa’s 20 Largest Counties
The Iowa war finance committee announced that a study of the 20 largest counties shows a 25.06 percent increase in payroll savings deductions for the first four months of 1944 versus the same period last year.
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Des Moines
Iowa War Finance Committee
Independence flyer McCalley named flight officer at Douglas field
Alva J. McCalley son of Mr and Mrs Alva C McCalley received his wings and appointment as flight officer at the Douglas Arizona army air field. He entered service February 23 1943.
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Alva J. McCalley
Alva C. McCalley
Douglas, Ariz., Army Air Field
Argentine War Minister Urges Total Defense Amid Peace Mirage
The State Department released a 19 day old speech by Col Juan D Peron, Argentine minister of war, urging full national defense as lasting peace looks unlikely. An authoritative analysis said Peron argued for no real axis-United Nations difference and that only strong diplomacy backed by military power could fulfill Argentina’s aims, with totalitarian control as the needed system. Argentina also announced expulsion of former German diplomats as part of its break with the Axis.
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Washington
State Department
Juan D. Peron
Argentina
Peron
Buenos Aires
Department
Hull
Adrian Escobar
United States
Axis
Drowning at Davenport Claims Life of 12-Year-Old
Davenport AP reports Ervin Blocker aged 12 drowned Thursday evening while playing in a park flooded by overflow from the swollen Mississippi River.
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Davenport
Ervin Blocker
Parisians Try to Kill Yanks Nazis Claim
Berlin radio aired a Paris dispatch alleging that residents of Paris attempted to lynch American prisoners during a march, reporting the incident as alleged by Nazi propaganda.
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London
Berlin
Paris
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