U S Forces Win 3 More Palau Isles
American invasion forces extended their Palau conquests to eight islands as Marines seized Ngesebus and other isles near Peleliu amid heavy naval bombardment. Nimitz said Babelthaap airfield was hit and Peleliu and Angaur showed Japanese casualties, while MacArthur’s planes attacked Mindanao shipping and Dutch East Indies targets.
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Pearl Harbor
Palau Islands
Southwest Pacific
Philippines
East Indies
Babelhuap
Palau
First Marine Division
Peleliu
Chester W. Nimitz
Ngesebus Island
Kongaura
Nimitz
Ngesebus
Palaus
Corsair
Second Marine Aircraft Wing
Babelthaap
Amurbrogol
Angaur
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Mindanao
Dutch East Indies
Morotai Island
North Pacific
Kuriles
Bonins
Volcanoes
Truk
Carolines
Japan Defeat Seen By Pravda Says Pacific War
Pravda states Japan faces serious difficulties in the Pacific and cannot be saved from crushing defeat as American industrial power expands. It parallels Churchill and American observers, aiming to shape Soviet public opinion for Pacific developments while Russia remains neutral.
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Moscow
Pravda
Japan
Churchill
Soviet Union
Pacific
Handler
Russia
Chicago Stockyards Strike Threatened
Washington United Packinghouse Workers vow strike at Chicago stockyards over War Labor Board directives. Tilford E Dudley says local may vote Oct 14 to enforce the order by no strike, with yards likely to stay closed Oct 16.
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Washington
Chicago
United Packinghouse Workers
CSO
War Labor Board
Tilford E. Dudley
Pre Election Debate Over War Wage Controls Grows
Washington observers report a split view on delaying wage curbs before the November election. The glass industry argues for keeping ceilings, while Labor Advisory Committee members doubt any relaxation prior to the vote. President Roosevelt met AFL CIO leaders and discussed the Little Steel formula but offered no timetable. Hazard cites rising worker spending power since 1941, while wage formulas limit price changes. War Labor Board data show payroll declines and hours worked dropping through mid 1944.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Labor Advisory Committee
Labor Committee
AFL
CIO
Leland Hazard
Glass
War Labor Board
Hazard
WLB
Senate
Germans Report Petain in Reich
A German broadcast claimed Marshal Petain had been moved from Belfort to Germany to safeguard France's true interests against De Gaulle and alleged British and American exploiters.
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London
Marshal Petain
Belfort
Germany
France
Index page blurbs and bylines from the coast to coast
A chaotic OCR fragment lists columnists Marquis Childs David Lawrence Marion Lee Drew Pearson and others with scattered mentions of comics, deaths, movies, radio and sports. The readable items show bylines and section markers rather than coherent news.
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Index Marquis Childs
Cs Ceca Reeenees
Rdewseeta Gare
David Lawrence
Marion
Lee Donee Serene
Easidieee
Drew Pearson
Aeareee
Erties Reid
Aris
Reds Have Navy Base on U.S. Soil
Seattle reports that a Post-Intelligencer article alleges the Soviet government operates a naval base on American soil for trans shipment and refueling. Rep. Magnuson says he learned of 15 months of Russian operations under lend-lease terms, with a harbor leased to an American firm and paid by an American agency.
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Seattle
Gencer
Mel Meadows
Rep
Magnuson
Dash
Dash.) Magnuson, Ranking Pacific Coast
House
Naval Affairs Committee
Forrestal
Son Missing, And If So, When? O Briens Wonder
A letter from Maj. Gen. N F Twining to the O Brien family suggests their son Sgt Edward C O Brien is missing since July 26 after his Liberator failed to return from a daylight mission over Graz. Nine parachutes were seen. the craft believed down near Split Yugoslavia. Ed was a tail gunner, 19, who had just completed his junior year at Franklin School before enlisting Sept 6 1943 and serving overseas since June.
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Cedar Raptus
N. F. Twining
Fifteenth Air Force
Ted O'Brien
Weing Road
Edward C. O’brien
Twining
O'Briens
Italy
O'Brien
Graz
Australia
Split
Yugoslavia
O’brien
Franklin School
Sheppard Field
Texas
Salt Lake City
Utah
Tucson
Ariz
Nelson Quits WPB as Krug Takes Over
President Roosevelt accepted the resignation of Donald M. Nelson as War Production Board chairman and named Julius A. Krug as successor. Nelson will remain in government in a high post of major importance. Krug has been acting WPB chairman and will lead the board through reconversion plans.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Nelson
Julius A
Krug Nelson
Krug
WPB
White House
Stephen Early
Patrick Hurley
China
Europe
Sears Roebuck
Yanks Bomb Three West Reich Cities
London AP reports between 750 and 1,000 Fortresses and Liberators attacked Munster, Wamm and Bielsfeld in western Germany on Saturday. Friday night RAF Mosquitoes bombed Karlsruhe. All bombers returned and other RAF planes laid mines in enemy waters.
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London
Munster
Wamm
Bielsfeld
Germany
R.A.F
Karlsruhe
Marion Supt Elected Head of Teachers
Delegates to the forty sixth convention of the Northeast division of the Iowa State Teachers association elected Marion Superintendent C B Vernon as president for 1946. Nellie Morey Anamosa was named vice president and Mary Walker Tipton secretary. R D Noble Oelwein became executive committee chair, P C Lapham Charles City re elected treasurer, and Charles Hoffman Waterloo was named division delegate. Discussions noted a growing surplus after Treasurer Lapham reported 2590.05 on Sept 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Teachers Association
C. B. Vernon
Marion
Vernon
Ralph W. Johnson
Independence
Jones County
Nellie Morey
Anamosa
Charles Hoffman
East High
Waterloo
Mary Walker
Tipton
Ruth Griffith
Cedar Rapids
McKinley High
R. D. Noble
Oelwein
P. C. Lapham
Charles City
Hoffman
State Association
Legislating for Vets Children Highlighted by Iowa Educators
Gladys Skelley and Agnes Samuelson of the Iowa State Teachers association urged the next Iowa Legislature to protect veterans children as it considers laws for veterans. Samuelson reviewed progress since 1939 and called for modernization of Iowa school laws, noting Iowa’s low state aid and the need to reconsider local districts. Eight organizations support code revision and will influence lawmakers as teacher qualifications and standards are raised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Samuelson
Iowa State Teachers Association
Iowa
Saipan
Normandy
Miss Samuelson
Iowa Code Commission
Board of Education
Frosts and Colder Weekend Forecast for Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids area faces showers and colder temperatures tonight through Sunday with light to heavy frosts expected Monday morning. Winds will be fresh to strong before diminishing late Sunday. Monday morning temps forecast from 30 to 34 in Cedar Rapids with earlier readings ranging from mid 40s to mid 70s during the past day.
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Cedar Rapids
Snow hits western half of nation in first-season storm
The first snow of the season fell in the western half of the country with subfreezing readings reported by the weather bureau. Snow was seen in Great Falls Livingston and Havre Montana and the cold front was moving south into Wyoming and east into the Dakotas. Predictions said snow would reach Minnesota Iowa and Wisconsin by tonight and area snow covered the Dakotas and extreme northern Minnesota.
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Chicago
Weather Bureau
Montana
Great Falls
Livingston
Havre
Wyoming
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Dover Celebrates End of Four Year Gunfire Ordeal
Dover, England residents sang and danced after officials announced the long range guns on the far side of the Channel were captured ending four years of bombardment. Flags flew from homes as grateful crowds cheered in the battered town. Arch Bishop of Canterbury to lead thanksgiving services on the beaches. Many had sheltered in caves amid the siege.
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Dover
England
Dover Strait
Hellfire Corner
WPB probes slow woolen jacket deliveries
The War Production Board will investigate delayed woolen field jacket deliveries for soldiers headed for cold weather duty. M. S. Verner, head of the compliance division, warned that swift and stringent measures may follow if WPB rules were violated and delays were found.
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Washington
War Production Board
M. S. Verner
Divion
Loveless 17-year-old executes for killing officer
Carson City Nevada Floyd Burton Loveless aged 17 was executed in the gas chamber at the state prison on Friday night, the youngest person ever put to death for slaying a policeman.
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Carson City
Nev
Floyd Burton Loveless
Gerald Smith ejects Carlson at press conference
Gerald L. K. Smith, America First nominee, bodily ejected John Roy Carlson after Carlson's remarks about Smith's book Under Cover. Carlson claimed he was not combative. Smith accused him of being a faker. Smith cited support from 400 New York state leaders for Dewey Bricker. Bricker denied contact. Dewey/B fixer aides unnamed. National GOP chair Brownell denied authorization for Smith’s help.
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NEW York
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First Party
John Roy Carlson
United States
Smith
New York State
Thomas E. Dewey
Carlson
Buffalo
Columbus
Ohio
John W. Bricker
G.O.P
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Gov
Dewey
Gov. Bricker
Michigan
British Submarines Sink 37 Ships in Recent Operations
London AP reports British submarines have sunk 37 German and German-controlled ships and damaged ten others in operations ranging from the Arctic circle to the Aegean. The admiralty communique lists a large supply ship an R-boat and six medium supply ships among those sunk. It notes no British losses.
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London
Arctic Circle
Aegean
Admiralty
Alfred E. Smith Ill After Heat Exhaustion
Former Governor Alfred E. Smith, 70, is seriously ill at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York. Dr. Raymond P. Sullivan said Saturday the condition is "still hopeful." Smith was admitted August 10 for heat exhaustion and has not been in good health since his wife’s death months ago.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Raymond P. Sullivan
Smith
St. Vincent's Hospital
Kennedy Denies Rent Gouging in New York Hearing
Former ambassador and landlord Joseph P. Kennedy rejected charges of rent gouging at a Midtown building hearing. He said he had no involvement in rental increases, noting the building is owned by a trust representing his children and learned of the allegations by telephone at his Hyannis home.
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New York
INS
Joseph P. Kennedy
Great Britain
Hyannis
Mass
Allied offensives cross Vosges and push into Siegfried Line
Allied forces surged through rocket and mortar fire into Vosges passes toward the Rhine, while Ninth and First Armies penetrated eight Siegfried Line forts near Prum and Aachen. British and Canadian actions along the Calais coast and Nijmegen corridor continued amid heavy fighting and air support as German defenses focus on stemming the advance.
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London
Seventh Army
Vosges
Rhine
United States Third Army
United States First Army
Siegfried Line
Prum
Aachen
Holland
Nijmegen
Arnhem
Belfort
Calais
Hertogenbosch
Meuse
Courtney H. Hodges
Luxembourg
Sittard
Hurtgen
Trier
Seventh
Alexander M. Patch
Gorgon
Rambervillers
Bouvellieurs
Epinal
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Vosges Gaps
U.S
Palau Isles
M. S. Handler
Eli Associated Press
Joe Foss
Maj
Chevy June
Mrs. Foss
Petain
Navy
O’briens
West Reich
Acme
Dumbarton Oaks
Wellington Koo
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Marion Supt
Cedar Rapids News
Kluss
Fred J. Kluss
Roosevelt High
Lapham
Johnson
Division Executive Committee
Gladys Skelley
The
Iowa School Code Commission
Gov. Hickenlooper
American Association of University Women
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Congress of Parent-Teachers
Chambers
Gerald Smith
Kennedy
Cape Griz Nez
Folkestone
U. S
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