Heavy Bombers Hit Nazi Targets In Allied Air Sweep
Heavy Bombers and escorting fighters attacked multiple sites in Dollbergen Hanover and Magdeburg including an oil refinery oil storage plant and aircraft factory as part of a broad daylight raid. Strong U S air forces supported by Lightning and Mustang escorts reported good weather and effective blows on rail and airfield targets.
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London
Germany
Dollbergen
Hanover
Bruns
Ivick
Hitler
Europe
U.S
Romani
U. S
Moscow
Dellbergen
Nienburg
Madgeburg
Langerhangen
Halberstadt
U.S. Suh Air Force
Reds Fight on German Soil as War Pushes East
London reports confirm Soviet forces crossed into East Prussia, with battles in Sudauen and near Wirballen Virbalis as red infantry presses toward Krakow and along the Nieman corridor. Warsaw firefights persist while German defenses rally along Krakow and Silesia fronts.
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Lewis Hawkins
London
East Prussia
Berlin
Moscow
Rail Wreck Kills 47 Near Stockton Georgia
A westbound Atlantic Coast Line passenger train collided with a by passed freight near Stockton Georgia early Saturday, killing at least 47 mostly black railway laborers from a nearby work gang. More bodies were believed in wreckage as investigators noted a broken rail likely caused the derailment and two passenger cars plus a baggage car were demolished.
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Stockton
FIA
Passen
Here
Alabama
H 1
Tomlinson
Dectortown
Corlinson
Rockwell
Onr
Tomlinsor
Officials Report Those Killed Were Laborers
Wilmington dispatch says 47 laborers died and 32 were injured when a westbound Atlantic Coast Line passenger train from Waycross collided with a freight car on a siding at Stockton Georgia. UM-O.G. Sisley, Atlantic Coast Line general manager, announced the figures Saturday.
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Wilmington
N.C
O.G. SiSley
Atlantic Coast One Reroad
Waycross
Montgomery
Ala
Stockton
Weather Reflects Heat Break Then Warm Weekend Expected
Showers and thundershowers cooled the city Friday afternoon and again Saturday, breaking the heat wave briefly. Rain was general across towns with Lamori reporting 1.81 inches to lead the state, others: Winterset 1.54, Webster City 1.40, Ottumwa 1.87, Ames 1.35, Marshalltown 1.09. Carroll and Council Bluffs saw highs near 88 and 82, with a low around 67 in the area.
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Council Bluffs
Town
Sanly
Lamori
Winterset
Webster City
Osceola
Pochantas
Ottumwa
Ames
Marshalltown
U.S
Nebraska South Dakotan Among 25 Killed in C-47 Crash
Bruning Nebraska base released names of 25 victims in the state’s costliest air disaster. The C-47 ferry plane went down near the Nebraska South Dakota border southeast of Napper. Capt Stanley Meadows and Capt Robert Bohle were among identified pilots. All bodies found within 75 feet of the wreckage after a severe electrical storm.
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Eruning
Ned
South
South Dakota
Bruning
Stanley J. Meadows
Grimes
Ja.j
Robert K. Bohle
Delores E. Bohle
Claremont
Herbert
A. Balkeslee
Walter B. Blaie
Wali
Manville to Wed Eighth Wife Collette Francis
New York announces Tommy Manville will marry Collette Francis, 30, former Eat Carroll showgirl, on September 1. She becomes his eighth wife. Weather and local data mixed with scattered forecasts and temperature figures from Nebraska and Iowa are noted.
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Tommy Manville
New York
Tommmy Man- Ivillé
Collette Francis
Eat Carroll
Manvill
Farmers Urged to Bundle Papers in Rural Pottawattamie
Rural residents in Pottawattamie County are asked to bundle old magazines catalogs and salvage papers and place them by mail boxes. Rural carriers will collect and transport bundles to a salvage depot during a county wide campaign. The plea stresses urgent need to avoid a paper shortage.
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Pottawattamie County
Philadelphia Transport Strike Faces Army Showdown
The Evening Bulletin reports two U S regiments rush to Philadelphia to operate transit vehicles as state guard units are mobilized to keep order. Soldiers to aid bus trolley subway and elevated lines while strikers resist. Army aims to restore essential service amid calls for caution and footage restrictions on workers.
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Philadelphia, Evening Bulletin
United States Army
Pennsylvania State Guard
Philadelphia Army Public Relations Section
Washington
War Department
Tech
Fat
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Roosevelt
Philadelphia, Army
Altoona
Here
Army
Phiadelphia
CIO Transport Workers Union
Market Street
Plans for a county health unit discussed at city hall
Representatives from public, professional and philanthropic groups debated establishing a county unit health plan to address public health issues in Pottawatomie County. A special committee will study personnel, program and costs, with a report due in weeks. The plan envisions a cooperative system funded by state, county, city and contributions.
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Pottawattamie
J. J. Belding
Mermiershi
W. A. Byers
Arity Schoening
J. B. Katelmian
Homer
Margaret C. Colgan
The
VNA
Cpiy
Fight Develops in Congress Against Reconversion Agency
Senate Republicans seek southern support to block a bill creating a superrecovery agency and federal unemployment standards of 35 dollars weekly. The measure would run a Work administrator over production and manpower for two years postwar and offer six months of federally funded retraining with up to 33 dollars weekly for dependents, extending benefits to discharged service members. Lawmakers expect a senate showdown Tuesday as the plan clashes with George’s plan for state determined unemployment insurance.
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Washington
Senate
Military Committee
Austin
Vermont
Murray
Montana
Truman
Missouri
Kilgore
West Virginia
Office of Way Mobilization and Adjustment
Ional
George
Armed Services
Dewey Continues Work as Campaign Push Gathers Pace
Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey travels homeward on his first campaign trip stopping at Mattoon, Al, and Terre Haute to greet crowds. He linked party unity to steady policy, noting military progress and predicting an eventual victory in November despite war news.
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Jack Bell
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
St Louis
New York
Mattoon
Terre Haute
Ind
St. Louis
Ralph Gates
Indiana
Homer Capehart
U. S
John Lau
Truck Drivers Walk Off Job in Midwest Dispute
More than 1,000 over the road truck drivers and helpers walked off their jobs Friday night in a wage dispute with Midwest Operators Association members. About 1,500 trucks and 3,000 men were involved in St Paul and Minneapolis. The wage increase of seven cents an hour, retroactive to Nov. 17, 1943, had been granted but operators said they could not pay it. The dispute was referred to President Roosevelt after failed negotiations.
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Mim
Midwest Operators Association
Lou Bosking
Midwest Association
Tom
Grives
Nanaas City
Twin Cities
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Wisconsin
Hosking
Kansas City
Roosevelt
War Labor Board
Hessing
Iowa Drivers Not Expected to Go Out
DES MOINES Iowa Friday night the Merchants Motor Freight company said trucks would not be sent to Minneapolis and St Paul after word that over the road drivers there had been called off. Iowa Motor Trucks association secretary manager John H Gillespie doubted a Iowa strike as about 300 drivers in the south would stay at work while the dispute remained on the president s desk. Five trucks were affected by the decision to suspend shipments to Minneapolis and St Paul.
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Motor Freight Company
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Strike Spending to the Omaha Area
M. M. Krupinsky, spokesman for the Nebraska Truck Operators Association, said Saturday that a walkout of Omaha truck drivers was rapidly tying up routes. Two or three have already gone out, with expectations that all Omaha lines will be out by noon as unions push the WLB approved contract, which operators refuse to sign. He noted Minneapolis firms were out, ten were out in Kansas City, while Sioux City and Denver lines remained unaffected. He was awaiting word on Des Moines.
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M. M. Krupinsky
Nebraska Truck Operators Association
Omaha
Krupinsky
Minneapolis
Kangua City
Sioux City
Denver
Des Moines
Closer Relations With Spain Seen By U S Diplomats
Washington diplomats on Saturday noted two official statements on Spain's Foreign Minister Jordana's death hinting at a shift toward a more friendly U S stance toward Franco's regime. One condolence message. the other praised Jordana's actions, though some officials objected to signaling overly cooperative sentiment toward Madrid.
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Washington
United States
Francisco Franco
Jordana
Churchill
Spain
Franco
Madrid
State Department
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
U. S
Carlton , Hayes
Another Kelly Joins Up With the Army
In Pittsburgh a 19 year old Eddie Kelly brother of Charles Kelly left for an army camp at New Cumberland Pennsylvania after passing draft tests. He was formerly a merchant marine and is one of six Kelly brothers now in military service.
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Pittsburgh
Hitler
Kelly
Edward
Charles
Eddie
New Cumberland
Bricker to Open Campaign Sept 9 in Indiana
Gov. John W. Bricker and the Republican nominees will kick off their vice presidential speaking campaign at a meeting of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association in French Lick Indiana on September 9 Leo Kinman association president announced Saturday.
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Indianapolis
John W. Bricker
Indiana Republican Editorial Association
French Lick
Ind
Leo Kinman
Association
Allied casualties under 30 percent of expected invasion figure
Army medical chief Maj. Gen. A W Kener said casualties in the Normandy invasion were about 30 percent under initial forecasts. He noted very low mortality among the wounded and that about 3 percent of Normandy casualties were fatal. Surviving patients across the channel have strong odds of recovery.
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Supreme Headquarters Advanced Command Post
Wpi
A W. Kener
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Normandy
England
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