Eben Emael Falls to Yanks Without a Shot
The famed Belgian fortress Eben Emael, key to Germany’s 1940 conquest, was occupied by American troops with no combat. Reporters describe paratroopers dropped on the fort, guide accounts of its tunnels, galleries, and the German retreat.
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Eben Emael
H. R. Knickerbocker
Chicago Sun Foreign Service
United Press
Belgium
Low Countries
Amvier
Maginot Line
Albert Canal
Leon de Grelle
Edward J. McArdle
Hollis
L. I
McArdle
First Unemployment Check to Veteran in Iowa
Ray George a 23 year old Des Moines veteran and Bougainville concussion survivor received the first weekly Iowa unemployment compensation check under the G I bill of rights. He also draws a 50 percent monthly disability allowance and said he is out of work because local manufacturers lack materials for construction jobs.
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DES Moines
Ray George
Iowa
Bougainville
Claude M. Stanley
Commission
Iowa Employment Security Commission
George
Large Gain in Student Nurses in 30 States
Des Moines reports that enrollment in 30 state approved nursing schools rose 74 percent from 1,694 on June 30, 1940 to 2,947 on June 30, 1944. Vera M. Sage of the board notes continuous growth since 1940, with 1,950 cadet nurses among the total and 23 schools in the cadet program.
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Des Moines
State Board of Nurses Examiners
Vera M. Sage
Farmersburg Minister Takes Regional Lutheran Post
The Rev. H. M Adix of St. John's Lutheran church Farmersburg receives a 10 week leave to become regional director of Educational Appeal for the American Lutheran church based at Wartburg college Waverly. The role covers 11 states in the north central U S including Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Illinois Indiana Missouri Kansas Colorado Nebraska North and South Dakota. National director is the Rev. H C Osterman and the assistant director is the Rev. R Salzmann.
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Waverly
H. M Adix
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Farmersburg
American Lutheran Church
Wartburg College
United States
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Nebraska
North and
South Dakota
Best Bet Now Is That It Will Be Close Race
Washington dispatch reports a tight presidential contest with Maine Texas and Ohio giving mixed signals. Maine shows a large Republican margin in the governorship but low turnout, suggesting caution for campaign managers. Roosevelt supporters push Texas electoral votes while John L Lewis criticizes Roosevelt in Cincinnati.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Maine
Texas
Ohio
Thomas E. Dewey
CIO Political Action Committee
Pac-Democratic
PAC
Roosevelt
White House
Cincinnati
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Lewis
Window Peeper Is Assessed $50 Fine
Leavitt C. Burdoin of 519 Thirtieth Street NE was fined $50 and costs by Police Judge Harry S. Johnson after pleading guilty to a charge of peeping in a window.
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Leavitt C. Burdoin
Thirtieth Street
Harry S. Johnson
Peeping Suspect Arrested After Window Watch
Bur was arrested Tuesday night by Patrolmen Henry Overman and George Rubey at the rear of 316 Twelfth street SE after officers saw his car pull into an alley and follow a lighted window. He claimed he sought a friend, a resident denied any acquaintance.
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Henry Overman
George Rubey
Twelfth Street
Burdoin
Veterans Praise WAC Women At Des Moines Parade
Snowy haired Civil War veterans tour Fort Des Moines and praise the WACs as fine. Louis Quint and Ira Stormes join others noting women’s vital role in the war effort while G A R leaders attend a governor’s reception with 1,200 attendees.
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Des Moines
INL
VAC
Fort Des Moines
Louis E. Quint
Minneapolis
Utah
Ira Stormes
Theodore A. Penland
Portland
Ore
George A. Gay
Nashua
N. H
WAC
United States
George H. Jones
Oxford
Maine
G.A.R
Czech Troops Prepared To Invade Reich
Czechoslovak ambassador to the United States Vladimir Hurban said fully equipped Czech forces were prepared to invade Germany alongside Allied armies. He claimed Czech Interior Army had already imprisoned German forces in Slovakia and pledged to march into Saxony with Allied help, establishing a Dresden headquarters.
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Washington
INS
Vladimir Hurban
United States
Germany
Saxony
Prussia
Hurban
Slovakia
Army of the Interior
Dresden
Hull
Robert D. Murphy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germania
Eduard Benes
London
Benes
Czechoslovakia
Bavaria
Record Raid on Celebes Marks Far East Air Sweep
Gen. Douglas MacArthur announced a record raid by the American Far Eastern air forces against the Celebes with Liberator aircraft dropping 202 tons of explosives. Ground forces mopped up in New Guinea adding 504 Japanese killed. Attacks extended to Ceram and Halmahera with several ships sunk or damaged and airfields cratered.
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MacArthur
HDQ
New Guinea
INS
Southwest Pacific
Celebes
Douglas MacArthur
Far Eastern
George C. Kenney
Ceram
Halmahera
Menado
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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Reich
Life Magazine
LIFE
Dallas
Cedar Rapids
Armstrong
Uncle Sam
Pacific
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