Allied Trap Fails as Germans Evacuate Normandy
Allied planes dropped two million safe conduct leaflets over the Falaise gap as German forces retreated. French interior troops seized about a dozen towns, mostly in Brittany, and encircled 1500 Germans near Paimpol. Field dispatches say von Kluge pulled most armor from the Normandy front and stepped up the retreat through the Falaise gap.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Falaise
Brittany
Paimpol
Eisenhower
Guenther von Kluge
Normandy
German Losses Heavy as Allies Press Toward Paris
FORCE Lt Col Robert F Evans of Davenport Iowa witnessed German troops trying to escape a death trap in Normandy. He said the German army has lost most equipment and organization. The German high command claimed Americans struck eastward about 40 miles from Paris and 60 miles from Alencon toward Chartres Dreux with bitter fighting along a 20 mile front.
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Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Jpi
Robert F. Evans
Davenport
Normandy
Paris
Alencon
Chartres-Dreux
7Th Army
Allies Expected Victory Amid German Breakup And Retreat
Hal Boyle reports Allied forces believe Germany is breaking into guerrilla bands as Patton's Third Army advances toward Le Mans Argentan and Paris while German armor retreats from the Normandy pocket under heavy air and artillery bombardment. The Vatican paper Casa L Osservatore Romano voices hope the Atlantic Charter principles will guide postwar life.
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Hal Boyle
Third Army
Pont
Seine River
Paris
L’osservatore
World security group to shape postwar peace plan
United States Britain and Russia plan to form a postwar world security organization at four power talks this month. The goal is to assign peace tasks to a UN style body rather than a general peace conference or Versailles style treaty. Discussions at Dumbarton Oaks will cover a world assembly and council to handle boundary disputes population shifts and other factors that spark wars. Presidents officials say the mere presence of force should deter trouble in most cases.
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M. Bightower
Washington
World Security Organization
United Nations
Hull
Russia
Poland
Dumbarton Oaks
United States
Britain
China
World Assembly
of All Nations
Council of the Big Four
Mrs Baird Names Her Committee For Garden Show
Mrs John W Baird announces the processed vegetables and fruits committee for The Nonparen fall garden show on August 26 27. Members include Mrs J Cole Mrs Kenneth Sherman Mrs W A Helfstein Mrs Clyde Cavitt and Miss Marie Williare. The event offers 72 classes with a 25 maturity war bond as sweepstake prize per sectional winner and 8350 in war stamps across six sections. Grand sweepstake prize is a 50 maturity value war bond.
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John W. Baird
J. &. Cole
Oakland Avenue
Kenneth Sherman
Avenue F
W. A. Helfenstein
Sherman Avenue
Clyde Cavitt
Sixth Avenue
Marie Williare
North Second Street
Weather Notes Bring Mixed Temp Picture Across Midwest
Cloudy skies kept southwestern Iowa cooler while eastern Iowa faced heat. The weather bureau warned more thundershowers likely, with Tuesday’s snowers yielding 0.8 inch locally and Burlington recording 2.03 inches in a thunderstorm. Des Moines and Charles City logged notable rain, while forecasts pointed to relief in the west by Friday. heat lingered in New York and New England amidst a week of high temperatures.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Burlington
Charles City
Ottumwa
Sioux 1
Des Moines
Middle West
Minnsota
Dakotas
Chicago
New York
New England
Boston
Maine
Benjamin Parry
Midwest
Warte
Flying Bombs Struck London Again In Night Attacks
German flying bombs hit London shortly before midnight Tuesday and again before dawn on Wednesday, causing casualties and damage. Robots also fell on southern England during the two raids. Tokyo radio claimed allied invasion of southern France was caused by slow offensive in northern France and pressure on the eastern front.
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London
England
London. U
Tokyo Radio
France
Outline on Labor Day Message From Dewey Declined
Albany reports Gov Thomas E. Dewey will outline his views on workers problems in a regular New York State Labor Day proclamation. James Hagerty said Dewey adheres to a rule against issuing special messages, declining AFL publicist Philip Pearl's request to publish a separate Labor Day reply alongside any Roosevelt message. The governor returned to state business after a news conference, having called Roosevelt's West Coast trip a holiday.
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Jack Bell
Albany
N.Y
UPL
Thomas E. Dewey
American Federation of Labour
Neation
New York
James C. Hagerty
Philip Pearl
AFL
Labor
Stats of
Hagerty
Pearl
Dewey
Roosevelt
Devey
Rorosevelt
West Coast
Hawaii
Alen ‘Tians
Weather summary from US Weather Bureau notes
The bulletin reports partly cloudy to cloudy conditions across Council Bluffs and region with a chance of thunder showers Wednesday afternoon and night. Temperatures range around 70s to low 80s, with warmer west Nebraska and cooler west and south areas. Forecast calls for cooler near Thursday, with a mix of fair and scattered thunder showers through Wednesday night and into Friday.
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Weather Bureau
Tawa
Nebraska
Reds Move Up for Big Drive Upon Warsaw
The Red Army massed for an all out drive on Warsaw with Rokossovsky’s army group near Praga across the Vistula. Soviet forces pressed toward the east side of the river aiming to break German defenses, while Konev’s units reported large German losses and captures in the campaign west of the Vistula.
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Daniel de Luce
Scow
Red Army
Warsaw
Praga
Vistula
East Prussia
Prusian Masurian
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Rokossovsky
Ivan S. Konev
Karkow
Ary Low
Earle Hogemian
Broadway
Thirteenth Street
Thomas Jefferson High
Bevington and Johnson Company
Park Board
Roy A. Scaffield
Liberators Bomb Pescadores Base in Pacific Action
U S Liberators bombed the Japanese naval base at Mak o Islands in a first strike on those is lands between Formosa and China. Night raids targeted Formosa harbor Takao with aircraft from Gen Chen nault's 14th Air Force. The Pocailores would be returned for Nipponese losses after relief efforts, as announced by Roosevelt and Churchill.
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Mako
Pescadores Islands
Formosa
China
Takao
Msj
L. Chennault
14Th Air Forc
Makoies
Tokai
Eleven German Fighters Downed by U S Mustangs
In a 20 minute air battle over England the 16 United States Mustangs forced down eleven German fighter planes. The action began around treetop level and climbed to above three miles as MR-109s near Magdeburg prepared to attack heavy bombers before the American dive. Lt Harold Spearer of Chicago said the squadron finally found the pear fight they’d sought for weeks.
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England
Trestop
Magdeburg
Harold Spearer
Chicago
State Property Tax Again to Be Omitted
Fred Porter state comptroller said Iowa will forgo a general state property tax for 1945 and has notified the tax commission. He cited a last year balance around 12 million dollars, enough to sustain the general fund another year without a property tax, marking a third consecutive year without levy.
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Des Untilnes
vPi
C. Fred Porter
Towa Tax Commission
Towa
Renew Fight for Paper Drive Picks Up Steam
Washington and regional labor groups push for unemployment compensation reform with federal state funding. House liberals plan a Thursday meeting to decide if they back the federal aid measure, while the CIO supports the Senate bill. Local paper drive success prompts continued mobilization as volunteers prepare for Thursday collections.
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Washington
House
George
D-Ga
T Were
Senate
Cellar
D.-N. Yu
Celler
PAC Endorsed Candidates Lose In Wisconsin Primaries
In Milwaukee and surrounding districts, incumbents and a former state senator lead in the GOP primary under a guiding PAC. Early returns from 12 of 278 precincts show Thad Wasielewski 14 645 to 5 540 for Anthony Gawronski with Raymond Cannon at 3 346 in the Fourth district. In the Fifth Andrew Biemiller leads Clemi Kalveldge Velage 6 981 to 3 397 as votes continue.
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Milwaukee
Raymond J. Cannon
Andrew J. Biemiller
Sevral
Clemi Kal- Velage
PAC
Biemiller
Kal- Veldge
Waele Paper
Trains Run Late Even for Rail Presidents
In Chicago at LaSalle Street Station reporters awaited the arrival of Gustave Metzman, new president of the New York Central railroad, as wartime delays disrupted schedules. Metzman noted delays are inevitable in the current era while stepping off the late train.
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Chicago
LaSalle Street
New York Central Railroad
Gustave Metzman
Meigman
Show Goes on Despite Two Lightning Bolts
Two lightning bolts struck the People's Theater building in Chicago within minutes but the show continued. The damage was limited to displaced bricks and minor structural looseness, with no injuries reported. Local responders inspected the site and cleared the venue to resume performances.
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Swie
People’s Theater
Senators urge holdoff on cotton market to raise parity
Senator Bankhead and cotton manufacturers push stoppage of cotton sales until parity with farm prices is achieved. Telegrams go to governors and farm officials seeking support, with War Mobilization Director Byrnes pledging full cooperation in lifting prices to parity.
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Washington
Bankhead
D-Ala
Bankstead
Farmers urged to bundle papers in rural Pottawattamie
Rural residents in Pottawattamie County are asked to bundle old magazines catalogs and salvage paper. Tie bundles and place by mail boxes for royal carriers to collect and haul to the salvage depot amid a serious paper shortage.
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Pottawattamie
Ruyal Cerriers
Allied Invasion Push Into Southern France Expands Front
Allied forces crossed into southern France expanding the bridgehead beyond Toulon to San Remo with eight mile inland advances. American and British airborne troops secured lines behind defenses while tank battles raged between Toulon and Cannes as French and U S troops landed at multiple points including Nice and St Tropez.
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Edward Kennedy
Rome
France
U. S
Berlin
Stockholm
Toulon
San Remo
Genoa
Cannes
St. Raphael
Transocean
Nice
St Tropez
NBC
CBS
Ene Sevareid
St. Tropez
Gulf
Ihatches
Bombers Smash German Targets In Major Allied Raid
London dispatch says about 2000 waves of bombers hit Germany core in Leipzig Magdeburg area with heavy bombers and 2 ton blockbusters. RAF Mosquitos disrupted Berlin at night while Allied planes attacked air plants oil depots and air fields. Russian French and Italian fronts reported 71 German planes down and 56 Allied losses.
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Austin Bealiete
London
Germany
Leipzig
Magdeburg
Berlin
Italy
Alps
Tyrol
Bavaria
8Th Air Force
Delitasch
Schkeuditx
Halle
Dessau
Kothen
Zeitz
Boden
Rositz
Halberstadt
Delitzsch
Schkeuditz
Rosita
Fronta
Sas
Negro Soldiers and Italian Prisoners Clash at Fort Lawton
Seattle authorities report a rock raid by Negro soldiers on an Italian service unit’s barracks at Fort Lawton. Italian prisoners were found hanged in a tree after the melee. Official dispatch lists 24 Italians injured and attackers fewer in number. The incident is seen as possibly the first mob violence case against former Axis prisoners in the United States.
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Seattle
Fort Lawton
Seattle Port of Embarkation
United States
Iowa Corn Crop Needs Cool Weather Relief
Des Moines report states heat and dryness risk continuing for Iowa corn. Meteorologist Charles D. Reed notes average weekly temps about eight degrees above normal and sunshine well above average. Corn advanced from roasting ear to hard dough thanks to deep soil moisture despite light recent rains that fail to avert damage.
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Des Moines
Charles D. Reed
Weather Bureau
Two Burned To Death In Train Truck Crash
Two men burned to death and a third critically injured when a Great Northern Empire Builder section crashed into a gas truck at the Main Street crossing in Towner North Dakota. The collision enveloped the truck and locomotive in flames on Tuesday night.
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Burr
Towner, N. D. West Pi
Great Northern Empire Builder
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