Strike Ties Up Over road Truck Firms
Omaha and surrounding states face a statewide over the road trucking strike as 2,000 to 2,500 drivers idle. Nebraka operators say 2,000 to 2,500 workers will be out by Monday as firms including Watson Brothers and Merchants Motor Freight halt intercity routes. Union officials unavailable for comment.
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Onisha
Irmy
Dow
AFL
Alinneapolis
Omaha
Watson Brothers
Merchant Motor Freight
M. M. Krupinsky
Nebraska Operators Association
Sam Winsky
Watson Brothers and Merchants Motor Freight
Krupinsky
Hardcroft Transportation Co
Sioux City
Wilson Forwarding Company
Sioux Falls
S. D
Nielson Peterson
Grand Island
Neb
Des Moines Transportation
Des Moines
Brown Transfer
Kearney
Dariing Transfer
Auburn
Red, Ball, Gaiety Terminal
Franx H. Prika
Union Freightways
Nebraska
Usag
Hwy
War Labor Board
Dravers
Minneapolis
Akey Wee
WLB
Iowa
AWL
Dovers. Comcil
Toll
Wien
Opeaters
Lincoln
Paul Hal! Pine
Nebraska Commercial ‘Truckers Association
Office of Defense Transportation
Army
ODT
Surrey
W. J. Hans
Offices of Defense Transportation
Halpine
WOB
Stilwell Units Advance on Waingmaw in Burma Drive
Stilwell's Chinese forces push rapidly across the Irrawaddy from Myitkying and seize two thirds of Waingmaw in a Burma operation. Lt Gen Joseph W Stilwell reports no Japanese left between major Burma battles and Chinese westward moves toward Yunnan.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Irrawaddy River
Myitkying
Joseph W. Stilwell
Waingmaw
Stilwell
Summers
Burma
Yunnan
Strike Leaders to Obey Army Ultimatum in Philadelphia
Five day strike that crippled Philadelphia transportation ends as leaders order followers back to work Saturday night. The back to work directive comes in a broadcast authorized by James H. McMenamin, chair.
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Philadelphia
James H. McMenamin
Striking Philadelphia Workers Back to Work by Army Edict
The city faced a swift federal response as McMenamin and three others were arrested on Smith Connally act violations. Troops and army orders halted labor strife, resuming only essential transit work by 12:01 a.m. Monday. National selective service cancelled deferments. Maj. Gen. Hayes warned 6,000 strikers to return or face immediate action.
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McMenamin
Philadelphia Transportation Company
EWT
William C. Dixey
Frank P. Carney
PRT
Company
Franke Thompson
Transport Workers Union
CIO
U.S
Norman J. Griffin
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
McMenemin
Army
Hayes
Scouts Plan for New Paper Drive in Council Bluffs
Boy Scouts plan a city wide residential paper drive Aug 16 to 18 in Council Bluffs. District districts map with Broadway Thirteenth street as lines. Residents urged to place paper bundles at curb or porch. door to door collection not possible.
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Council Bluffs
Boy Scouts
Robert O'Brien
Earle Hegeman
Broadway
Thirteenth Street
Hageman
First Refrigerators New Cars Washing Machines to Cost More
Washington report from government and trade sources indicates postwar consumer goods will rise 20 to 25 percent above prewar prices. Railcar sets will not rise as sharply, but households face higher costs due to wage gains and increased materials and taxes. Industry spokesmen cite wartime improvements as a feature of newer models.
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Washington
Railto
Wreck Claims Dozens As Train Hits Freight Sidetrack
In Stockton Georgia a passenger train struck a broken rail on a sidetrack, killing at least 45 and injuring 32, with four more believed trapped. Authorities and crews worked through the weekend to extricate victims and count missing. A hospital car carrying wounded soldiers was among the derailed cars bound for Finney General Hospital in Thomasville.
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Stockton
Pall
Atlantic Coast Line
Finney General Hospitals
Thomasville
Wat
High School Boys to Army Hershey Comments on Service
National selective service director Major General Lewis B. Hershey said Saturday that eligible high school boys across the nation would eventually serve in the armed forces regardless of war with Germany. He noted many soldiers will want to return home but demobilization will be slow, citing the 30 months to build 11.9 million strong force and limited release rates.
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Hrhlena
Olont
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Nef
Germany
General Hershey
America
Europe
Germans Lose 900000 Men in Allied Advances War Claim
Robert E. Sherwood announced that German forces have suffered about 900000 casualties since Allied campaigns began in France Italy and Russia. The figure includes prisoners of war and reflects the overall cost of the war effort per wartime briefing.
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London
France
Italy
Russia
Robert E. Sherwood
U.S. Office of War Information
Tin
Enormous Explosion Reported in Aalborg Denmark
A Swedish radio reported on Saturday an enormous explosion at Aalborg Denmark the site of a German naval air station. It said about ten persons were killed and several injured including five Germans among the dead and ten the injured. The cause was not stated.
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WELW
York
Aalborg
DenMark
Reds Push on as Fires Rage in East Prussia
Soviet forces advanced toward the German border across the Carpathians and near Sandomierz while pushing along the Vistula toward Krakow. In East Prussia fires rage as infantry attacks press toward the frontier. Warsaw holds amid rail station losses and ammo shortages.
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East Prussia
London
UPI
Stryj
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Pravda
Dati
Lyon
Czech
Wyszkow
Beskid
Krakow
Mizyun Stary
Vistula River
Sandomierz
German Silesia
Nida
Vistula
San
Ivan Koney
Sandomires
Rozniaty
Cryanka
Miwiec
Konev
Poland
Silesia
Warsaw
Siedlce
Berlin
Germans in Turkey Want to Stay There
In Ankara a mass German revolt in Turkey grows as Gestapo threats of family reprisals surface. Diplomat Frang von Papen cannot return to the Reich, and reports say he left by air for Germany. Only a portion of the 3000 Germans in Turkey have sought returning reservations, with estimates that about half would prefer internment or opport controlled freedom to avoid returning.
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Turkey
Ankara
WPI
Gestapo
Germany
Frang von Papen
Reich
Big Family
von Papen
Red Oak Man Wounded In France
Pfr Carl L Peterson was slightly wounded in France as notified by the War Department to his uncle Axel Falk of 504 Prospect Street Red Oak. The report confirms the injury occurred in July during active duty with allied forces.
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Axel Falk
Prospect Street
War Department
Pfr
Carl
L. Peterson
France
County Doubles War Bond Quota in Iowa Drive
Pottawattamie county finished the fifth war loan drive with 7.37 million dollars in bonds, over 200 percent of its 3.513 million quota. County chairman Hiner Juel praised volunteers and urged continued purchases as a list of regional sales totals shows varied performance across southwest Iowa. Roscoe Mann announced a cantata We Can We Will We Must for August 15 at the city auditorium, admission in war stamps.
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Pottawattamie
Hiner Juel
Federal Reserve Bank
Juel
Treasury
Iowa
Adair
Adams
Audubon
Carroll
Cass
Crawford
Fremont
Harrison
Mills
Monona
Montgomery
Page
Ring~ Buld
Taylor
Union
Joel
Pottawattamie County
Roscoe Mann
Menn
Dewey Home After Governor Conference News Note
Governor Thomas E. Dewey, resting after a western trip, said the new plan lacks required competence for a smooth shift from war to civilian production once Germany collapses. About 100 townspeople greeted him at the station before he left for his farm. He forecast a substantial war production cut when European hostilities end. Save Your Tin Cans.
Cooler Here Sunday Showers Expected for Council Bluffs
A Council Bluffs resident reads of cooler weather with showers forecast for Sunday after a 87 degree Saturday afternoon reading. The brief notes possible showers extending into Monday as the week begins with a dip in temperatures.
Second crash in Nebraska kills 17 airmen
Laurel Nebraska report says 17 Sioux City air base volunteers died in a collision of two Flying Fortresses two miles east of Laurel near noon Saturday. Col. Wallace S Dawson announced that one man survived with minor injuries and all small craft accompanying the formation had returned to base.
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Qawson
Sioux City
Strawn
Army
Nebraska
Bombers Strike Nazi Targets Across Front in Daylight Assault
Large American and British heavy bomber forces, about 1400 aircraft, attacked German industrial targets from Brest to Germany in clear weather. Escort fighters claimed 29 German planes down and bomber gunners 3. 13 US heavies and 6 fighters were lost. A separate Fort Tail unit, escorted by Mustangs, struck six flying bomb sites in Pas de Calais with all planes returning. London faced sporadic flying bomb attacks as rescue teams cleared debris from a daytime blast site.
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Brest
Germany
Thundershowers and cool Sunday in region forecast
Weather summary from the Weather Bureau notes thundershowers in Nebraska and nearby areas with cooler conditions Sunday. Maximum temperatures reach the upper 70s in the north to lower 70s in the south, with humidity around 55 percent and winds near 10 mph. Data includes past 24 hours: high 87 at 3:30 p.m. and low 67 at 6:30 a.m. Saturday, total precipitation 23.15 inches, excess 3.26 inches.
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U. S
Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Nebraska
Towa
U S Armored Troops Push to Brest and Paris Front
Allied armored units drive into the Brittany port of Brest after a 75 mile advance while other columns wheel toward Paris. Dispatches show advances toward Nantes St Nazaire and Pontivy as British bombers hit the Brest submarine pens and Spitfires escort. United action signals the start of the push to Europe’s showdown battle.
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Breton
Brest
Loire River
St. Nazaire
Nantes
St. Malo
Lorient
U. S
Paris
Ares
Supreme Headquarters
Loire
Pontivy
Pena
Morlaix
Europe
Allied Troops Advance Surround Florence Across Arno
Allied forces pressed from the southern suburbs toward a 25 mile front along the Arno outside Florence amid signals the Germans would resist the crossing. Parachute troops sat on the north bank while Italy’s liberation groups claimed German evacuations along the river.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Arno
Harold Alexander
Korea
Orebic
Yugoslavia
Americans Press Jap Defenders Back in Guam Offensive
American forces extended jungle fighting gains on Guam as they pressed Japanese defenders from multiple flanks into a northern sector covering about a quarter of the island. Adm. Nimitz reported 22,000 civilians had sought refuge behind American lines and warned Chamorro residents were scarce in the northern area still held by Japan.
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Perrl Harbor
U.i
Guam
Barkley Renomination Seen Certain After Kentucky Primary
Barkley appears certain to win renomination as U S senate majority leader. Early returns from 3066 of 4282 precincts show Barkley with 71 781 votes, L Roone Hamilton of Frankfort second with 2 046, while James Park leads the Republican primary for the senatorial nomination in Kentucky.
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Loulsville
UPI
United States Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Barkley
L. Roone Hamlison
Frankfort
James Park
Lexington
Invasion Casualties and Normandy Drive Report
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force released figures showing Allied casualties in France from the invasion total 115,665, with U.S. losses at 89,525 and British and Canadian totals. The press notes a rapid German retreat as American forces push toward Paris and Brest bombers target U-boat pens to hinder German defenses.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Suf
France
United States
Brest
Brittany
Guenther von Kluge
Mayenne
Orme
Normandy
Villers-Bocage
Odon-Orne
Caen
Villers
Bocage
Noyers
Esquay
Evreay
Aunayard
Ailla No
Abbornly
Paris
Seine
Loire
Anlee
Frances
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Oakland Acorn
R. R. O’brien
Cove
Hig
Walnut
Avoca
Hancock
Oakland
Carson
Macedonia
Hershey
Are
Red Oak Man
Bourg
Lorie
Guernsey
Jensey Ess
S— Mauron
Dewey
Louler
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Newmanta
Art City
Radio Tokyo
Japan
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