Patch's Army Near Rhone Valley in Southern France
Allied forces led by Gen Patch push 1000 square miles along the southern France beachhead, driving toward Toulon and the Rhone Valley. American and French units advance to within 6 miles of Toulon, storming towns north and northeast of the port while pursuing routes toward Avignon and the Rhone.
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London
Joseph Pierre Koenig
Rhone and
Loire
Troyes
Paris
Chartres
Thonon
Evian
Lefayet
Chamonix
Evia
Limoges
Vichy
Plounez
Paimpol
Brittany
Edward Kennedy
Rome
Alexender M. Patch
7Th Army
France
Marseille
Toulon
Wales
Strasbourg
Rhone
Solli¢s‘Pont
Garcoult
Vins
Brigades
Bormes
la Roquerbrus- Sanne
Saven
Anone
Avignon
Aix-en-Provence
Brignoles
Argens
Carces
Salernes
7Th
Rhone Valley
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Argens Valley
Maritime Alps
Islernes
Draguignan
Cannes
Cap Benet
Port Crag
Levant
Special Service
United States
Italy
Sainte Marguerite
Saint Honorat
Patton Praised as New British Hero in War Commentary
London papers hail General George S. Patton Jr as a legendary leader of daring tactics and relentless drive. Eisenhower backs his swift mobile offensives, calling Patton a Superman of fire and movement and praising his tank forces as the turning edge of liberation in France.
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Richard Kasischke
London
George 5. Patton, Jr
Patton
France
Londont News Chronicle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
News Chronicle
London Evening Standard
Opr
America
Reds on Way to German Silesia
Soviet armies pressed toward German Silesia from Warsaw to East Prussia in a coordinated drive. Marshal Konev’s and Rokossovsky’s forces attacked with armored columns along the Vistula and east of Warsaw as German defenses buckled after days of heavy fighting.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
War Isaw
Lyso
Silesia
Stalin
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
East Prussia
Warsaw
Germany
Poland
Ivan &. Koney
Sandomierz
Vistula
Radom-Kielce
Krakow
Soviet Union
Red Star
Hitler
Konev
Kontantin K. Rokossovsky
Praga
Ossow
Siauliai
Red Army
Junker
London
Cooler Weather With Weekend Warmth and Showers
The weather bureau said cooler conditions will persist through the weekend with comfortable temperatures. Highs Friday reached 81 degrees locally, with Saturday likely in the upper 80s and Sunday turning cloudy with scattered thundershowers. Iowa highs Friday were 72 at Onawa and Clarinda, and 63 at Marshalltown compared with 62 in Council Bluffs.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Onawa
Clarinda
Marshalltown
Council Bluffs
LA. S. Weather Bureau
Town
Nebraska
Farmers Urged to Bundle Papers for Salvage Drive
Farmers and others on rural routes in Pottawattamie county are asked to bundle old magazines papers catalogues and salvage paper products. Tie bundles securely and place by mail boxes for rural carriers to collect and deliver to the salvage depot during the campaign. The call stresses urgent need to avert a serious shortage.
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Pottawettamie County
Goos Elected Boys 4-H Leader
Delmar Goos of Treynor, member of the Silver Keg 4-H boys club, was elected county 4-H club president succeeding Duane Olsen after livestock judging. Other officers named include Floyd Fischer, Lewis Lucky Producers vice president, Joe Grate Jr, NEM club secretary-treasurer, and Robert Goos, Silver Keg club reporter.
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Delmar Goos
Treynor
Duane Olsen
Floyd Fischer
Lewis Lucky Producers
Joe Grate, Jr
NEM Club
Robert
Goos
Baby Reeves
Jack Schnitker
Neola
Jack’ Grote
Clifford Hurd
Council Bluffs
Jolly Larks
Elaine Fahrenkrug
Joanne Strohbehn
Alvina Larsen
Hazel Delphinsium Club
Norma Hutchinson
Dolores Sorensen
Manawa Jolly Wren
Dulles to Meet Hull on Postwar World Security Plan
John Foster Dulles, 56, Republican foreign relations adviser, is expected to meet with Secretary Cordell Hull in Washington to discuss a postwar world security organization. The talks follow U S Russia and Britain conferring on function. The goal is bipartisan unity on foreign policy ahead of Dewey’s potential presidency.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Cordell Hull
Thomas x. Dewey
World Security Organization
United States
Russia
Britain
Hull
John Foster Dulles
Pals
Albany
Dewey
Dulles
World Organization
Abassador Andrei Gromyko
Kremlin
Allies Advance Despite Monsoon Stiff Burma Push toward Mogaung
Southeast Asia command says allied drive southwestward against Japanese along the Mogaung Mandalay railway is making daily progress despite heavy monsoon. The British 6th Division, first under Gen Joseph Stilwell, reports 200 Japanese killed in the first 12 days of the Mogame push. Vanguards fight in waist deep water and mud, with close air support as artillery is diverted.
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Southeast Asia Command
Kandy
Ceylon
Mogaung-Mandalay
Burma
S6th
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mogame
Petain government abandons Vichy for unknown capital
Berlin radio said Marshal Petain’s government would move from Vichy to a new capital. A report also claimed American tanks were fighting German troops south of Paris. German officials said Pierre Laval had fled Paris, with no timing given for the tanks’ arrival.
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London
Marshal Petain
Vichy
Berlin
Paris
Foreign Office
Pierre Laval
George S. Patton
Bruior
Supreme Headquarters
J Potain
Caupreme
Ger
Nantes
Vernon
Jess Seine
Tih
15Th Army
Normandy
Guenther von Kluge
Seine River
Caen
Seine
Patton
Dreux
Chartres
Orleans
Parig
von Kinge
Mantes
Ecre River
Laval
Otto Abetz
Petain
Progresa
Wilhelmstrasse
2Nd Army
1St Army
Cabourg
Dives-aur- Mer
le Havre
Supreme Command
Argentan
7Th Army
von Kluge
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Secretary Forrestal Arrives in London
Secretary of Navy James V. Forrestal has arrived in London. Censorship prevents speculation on the purpose of his visit. He will visit France and inspect shells shelled on D-day by British and American forces.
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London
James V. Forrestal
France
Legion Presents Postwar Program for America
The American Legion released a Saturday postwar plan urging employment focus and enterprise to boost jobs, a fair shared approach to management and labor, and minimal public spending. It favors federal tax reform, eliminates tax overlap, and opposes further sales tax encroachment while backing postwar credit for veterans and firms resuming civilian production. The report calls for winding down controls, keeping bases for security, expanding home and foreign markets, and universal military training, aiming for a decisive victory as the path to enduring peace. Chairman Louis Johnson prepared a fuller version for the Legion’s national executive committee before the Chattan Beat convention.
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Indianapolis
American Legion
Commi
America
United States
Commission
Legion
Teheran
Moscow
Cairo
Connally
Pulbright
Rovernment
Baruch-Hancock
Louis Johnson
Clarksburg
W. Va
Chien
Waslé
Japanese Air Blows Hit Wide Japan Supply Lines
General Headquarters reported Allied air power struck 1,000 miles of Japan's supply areas from the Philippines to Timor, destroying at least 14 aircraft, cratered airfields, bombed an oilfield, sank a laden vessel and damaged two others. Additional raids were noted toward Truk and around the Volcano Islands near Tokyo.
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General Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Japan
Philippines
Timor
Volcano Islands
Tokyo
Truk
Pearl Harbor
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Flying bombs resume attacks on southern England
After a 20 hour lull the German campaign resumes with a flock of flying bombs aimed at southern England. Some bombs fell in the London area as the two month long vengeance campaign continues against targets in the UK.
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London
England
Quaker City Shaken by Magnesium Blast at Iron Works
A sequence of magnesium drum explosions sparked a fire at Quaker City Iron Works injuring about thirty people and prompting a large emergency response. The blaze damaged a five block area while buildings nearby appeared to melt as flames grew. Fire crews later said the fire was under control with damage estimates not yet available.
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Philadelphia
Phia
Quaker City Iron Works
EWT
Woote Pape
Steamer Hinge de la Plata Explodes Off Acapulco
The Argentine steamer Hinge la Plata with 250 aboard including 83 Americans from Los Angeles to Latin America burned and exploded near Acapulco after a small oil tank detonated. One sailor died from gas and smoke. most passengers were ashore. Destinations included Callao Peru. Names on board include Laura Kessel of Jewell Iowa and Manel Lund of Story City Virginia.
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Acapulco
Mexico
Hinge
Manel S. Lund
Story City
Callao
Peru
Little Activity on Italian Front
The Italian front remained quiet with snipers cleaned up in Florence and sporadic fire along the Arno. Allied patrols carried out deep reconnaissance in the upper Arno valley and the Adriatic sector. Heavy rains hampered operations while material to crack the Gothic Line was being prepared. Field Marshal Albert Kesselring, once commanding 24 divisions, now has about a dozen.
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Rome
Florence
Arna
Arno
Adriatic
Italy
Maratal
Albert Kesselring
Battle for France Escalates Toward Paris Fall
Allied spearheads push toward the Seine as German resistance blunts behind Paris. U S columns near Nantes Vernon and Dreux, while Patton’s drives surround the Seine gap. German holds crumble under air bombardment and retreating formations flee toward the north and east.
Airmen Destroy German Vehicles Beyond Seine Front
Allied air forces reported 3,400 German vehicles destroyed in 24 hours as German forces fled north toward the Seine. British estimates praised large troop losses, with 18 German divisions captured and a vast retreat toward the Seine while pockets of Germans remained hidden in woods and caves.
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Tran Friday
el Alamein
Marschal Erwin Rommel
Africa
Tondon
France
Seine
Falaige- Argentan
Ronai
Pittances
Ecouche
Briouze
Géntan
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Patch
German Silesia
Forrestal
Tours
CNEBA
Prussia
Sowe
Nyck
LITH
Etre Pialystok
Szeszuppe
Konigsberg
Quaker City
Reuters
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Frun
Falaise
Bon London
U. S
Roger D. Green
Guenther von Klige
Sir Miler
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