Peace Talks Open With Pledge To Back Peace By Force
Secretary Hull opened postwar security talks at Dumbarton Oaks with a pledge that peace must be backed by force and action. Cadogan urged rapid creation of a world peace framework, as Dewey warned against coercion by great powers. The session marks the first major gathering since the League of Nations era.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Hull
Organization of Peace
United States
Alexander Cadogan
Cadogan
Dumbarton Oaks
Washington Estate
Roosevelt
League of Nations
Andrei Gromyke
Edward R. Stettinis
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
John Foster Dulles
Dumbarton
Dulles
Cadoun
Novine
United Nations
Sid
Hell
Dumberton Oaks
Organ Music for Garden Show at Nonpareil
E. A. Pennington known as Penny will headline the Nonpareil fall garden show in the city auditorium August 26 and 27. An organ program with afternoon and evening performances on both days will be interspersed with instrumental music and announcements over the sound system. Penny draws crowds in Council Bluffs and beyond for this popular feature, enhancing the display of fruits, flowers, vegetables and canned goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. ‘Pennington
Penny
City Auditorium
Council Bluffs
U S Subs Sink 19 More Japanese Vessels in Pacific Action
Navy reports submarines in the Pacific and Far East have sunk 19 more Japanese ships including a light cruiser and an escort vessel. Totals show 706 enemy vessels sunk by submarines since Pearl Harbor, with 56 combatant ships confirmed sunk and 11 probably sunk, plus 14 damaged.
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Washington
Pacific
Far East
Navy
United States
Pearl Harbor
Churchill Praises 5th Army After Parade
Prime Minister Churchill hailed the American 5th Army as a premier Allied force and paid tribute to U S troops of Japanese and Negro ancestry after observing a parade of the 34th 342nd infantry division noting the unit’s historic role in spreading freedom and justice. Weather and local temps reported for Council Bluffs and vicinity with cloud cover and regional highs in the mid to upper 80s.
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Churchill
U. S
United States
New World
Sase Wash Manor
1500 Legion Men TurnOut for Convention
Sioux City hosts the 26th annual American Legion Town department convention with about 1500 veterans, mostly World War I, and some from the present war. National Commander Warren Atherton urged four points including GI Bill administration and allowing service members to join to aid rehabilitation efforts. Officer elections via the 40 and 8, with names listed for chef de gare and other posts, followed by a memorial service.
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Sioux City
vPi
American Legion
Warren H. Atherton
Atherton
G.I
Legion
Frec
Toulouse Believed in Patriot Hands
Algiers radio reported Sunday that maquis captured Toulouse, France's sixth largest city with about 213,200 people, as German withdrawals continue. Another broadcast said French interior forces battled German troops in Marseille streets while American troops advance. Gen. Koenig said patriots now hold one third of France across eight departments, with week ending Aug 19 losses for Germans: 1,822 killed, 415 wounded, and 2,265 captured, while patriots suffered slight losses.
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London
Algiers
Toulouse
France
Marseille
Joseph Koenig
Interior
Koenig
Attorney Chauncey Holcomb Dies at 74 in New Castle
Chauncey F. Holcomb, 74, longtime counsel for the U.S. Senate special committee probing campaign expenditures, died Sunday night in New Castle Delaware. Holcomb previously served as U.S. district attorney for Shanghai from 1914 to 1923.
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New Castle
Del
Chauncey FP. Holcomb
U.&. Senate
U. S
Shanghai
China
Four B 29s Lost in Raid on Japanese Targets
Washington reports four B 29 bombers lost in the second wave of Sunday's daylight raid on Kyushu and Yawata in Japan. The 20th Air Force says 16 enemy fighters were shot down, with 13 probably destroyed and 12 damaged. Japanese broadcasts minimised damage, claiming 23 planes destroyed in the first raid.
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Washington
Japan
Kyushu
20Th Air Force
Yawate
20Th Fire Force
20Th Bomber Command
Yawata
Tokyo
Pukuoka
Moi
Kokura
S.te
Naval
Choguku
Office of War Information
Chaguku
Shikoku
Honshu
DNB
Japaneese
James Doolittle
Record demand tops 3500 for Iowa war loan drives
More than 3500 requests from service members for the Iowa war bond drive were received by the secretary of state's office Monday. The day set a record, surpassing the previous high of 2700.
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Des Molnes
Iowa
Secretary of State
Play by Play Broadcast Delights Panicked Papas in Delivery Ward
In a Los Angeles hospital a loudspeaker narrates a delivery scene to amused fathers. Rev. John L. Mixon and Fr. Dushanek react with disbelief as the box announces the birth of a son and praises the father of a future football player.
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Los Angeles
California, Hospital
John L. Mixon
Maxon
Fr. Dushanek
Airlines
Mr. Mixon
Victory Matinee Ends Campaign
The Boy Scout sponsored victory matinee will be held Wednesday August 23 at the Broadway theater from 1 PM to 6 PM. A large crowd of boys and girls under 18 is expected as the citywide summer paper collection effort nears its final stage. Scouts urge all youths to bring a 15 pound bundle of paper to gain admission and join the event. Afterward troops will resume the district based paper drives.
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Broadway
E Broadway
Reds Smash Three Nazi Divisions in Sandomierz Salient
Eddy Gilmore reports Soviet forces crushed three Nazi divisions in the Sandomierz salient south of Warsaw. Other Red Army units yielded slightly as German forces attempted to rescue up to 200,000 troops isolated on the Baltic front. In Warsaw's sector Russians moved toward Praga and captured key northeast positions.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Sandomierz
Warsaw
Baltic
Praga
Allied Warships Strike Anew on French Soil
Allied fleets bombarded two French coastal points as Gen. Patton’s troops were reported advancing into Toulon and surrounding areas. American forces captured Valensale near Toulon while French units pressed along the coast from Hyères toward Marseille, signaling possible new landings on the Atlantic coast.
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Paris
Patton
Rome
Valensale
Toulon
U. S
Unis
Marseille
Redon
Hotel du Gois
Hyeres
Associated Press
France
Bayoline
Atlantic
Transocean
la Cicat
Americans Shell Bayonne Front As French Welcome
Allied warships shelled the Bayonne coast for over half an hour as American cruisers patrolled south of Bordeaux. German coastal batteries offered brief counter fire with no hits observed, while German fortifications suffered destruction from retreating troops near Bayonne. American armor crossed the Seine at Nantes and projected Allied advances toward Paris with tanks forming a bridgehead and probing drives toward Corbeil Melun Fontainebleau.
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Bayonne
Atlantic Coast
la Ciotat
South Lion Gulf
Spanien Wesidents
Horder
Iran
Bordeaux
Hitler
Angouleme
Nantes
Loire River
TidSa
Wes Gallagher
Allied Expeditionary Force
U. S
Paris
Seine
Corbeil
Melun
Fontainebleau
City
Reims
Soissons
Marne
German tank formations breach Baltic corridor near Tukums
A German communique reported tanks advancing west of Tukums Latvia broke through the Soviet corridor west of Riga and reestablished temporarily lost contact with about 30 German divisions in Latvia and Estonia. It claimed naval flotilla aided the attack and noted local reverses but no corridor cut. The German force, up to 300000 strong, had been severed from land communications weeks earlier.
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London
Tukums
Latvia
Baltic
Riga
Estonia
Feassians
Waste Paper Cool Weather to Continue
Sunday rain swept the southwest Iowa, adding varying totals to towns including Council Bluffs at .19 inches, Creston .78, Clarinda .78, Lamont 2, Keokuk 48, Atlantic and Des Moines 15, Alma .12, with Burrington hitting 86 degrees and Decorah falling to 55. Cool, unsettled conditions expected through Monday night and Tuesday with intermittent cloudiness.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Towa
Burlington
Decorah
Nebraska
Southwest
Iowa
Creston
Clarinda
Lamont
Keokuk
Atlantic
Des Moines
Alma
Burstington
Stolen Gas Coupons Used as Bedding by Rats in Nest
In Tustin California a local ration board replaced 1,083 gasoline ration stamps reported stolen from Lew Betts’s filling station. When he returned, officials said twice was enough, but he later recovered the coupons. A rat mamaret used them as bedding for its youngsters, prompting a Save Waste Paper note.
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Tustin
Calif
Lew Betts
Mamarat
Soviet forces push west of Vistula toward Warsaw rail hub
Marshal Ivan Konev’s 1st Ukraine army drove along the west bank of the Vistula, overcoming trapped German units north of Sandomierz. The bulletin says most enemy troops refused to surrender and were killed, freeing Konev for a possible thrust toward Krakow or Warsaw. In the Baltic area, Maslennikov’s 3rd Baltic army neared Tartu after taking 150 places, while Yeremenko’s 2nd Baltic army moved within 35 miles of Riga, taking Erglin and advancing along the Tallinn Riga line.
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Ivan
Konev
Ukraine
Vistula
Sandomierz
Krakow
Warsaw
Jelgava
Gulf of Riga
Estonia
Ivan Maslenniksov
3Rd Baltic Army
Tartu
Tallinn-Riga
Laima
Andrei Yeremenko
2Nd Baltic Army
Riga
Erglin
Madona Riga
End of War in Sight, Montgomery States to British Forces
Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery told troops in France that the end of the war is in sight and urged urgency in finishing the job. He described the German forces in northwest France as decisively defeated and promised future surprises for the fleeing remnants. The message framed the victory as definite and complete.
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Montgomery
France
Bernard L. Montgomery
M Montgomery
Nazi's Fall May Release Soldiers
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, director of selective service, forecast a release of 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 service members after Germany falls. He supported gradual demobilization after Japan’s fleet ends hostilities, noting public desire to return home. He cautioned demobilization would not occur in a day and warned it could take months to reduce ranks to 2.5 million.
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Denver
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Armed Services
Germany
Japan
America
Toulon Is Virtually Encircled by Allies
Rome dispatch reports French troops near Toulon with American infantry advancing toward the Rhone and Aix en Provence as they cooperate with French patriots. Prisoner captures exceed 14 000 with Maj Gen Hans Schubert among recent detainees. German claims of naval hits lack verifiable strength.
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Rome
Toulon
Marseille
Durance
Rhone
Pertuis
Aix-en-Provence
Alexander M. Patoh
Aix
Eisenhower
France
Hans Schubert
Schubert
Halson
Toulouse
Patch
Fate of Paris and Allied Push Toward the Seine
German radio pledged to spare Paris again while Parisian maquis fought, as Patton's army neared Versailles. Allied sappers drove toward Cabourg and Trouville, with Argentan captured on the southern edge of the escape pocket. Paris fires burned as French patriots joined the rising, and Eisenhower aimed to crush the German 7th Army.
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Chateau Thierry
Marne
Paris
Soissons
Fontainebleau
Reims
Patton
Versailles
George &. Patton
Sra
Hall of Mirrors
DNB
Seine
Asantes
Falaise
Chambois
Germany
Supreme Headquarters
Argentan
Normandy
Fefe
Guenther von Kluge
Trouville
le Havre
Cabourg
von Kluge
Vernon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
7Th Army
15Th Army
Ord
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Waterloo
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Mason City
Charles C. Kretchmer
Dubuque
Burt Frommelt
Epworth
Aurmonier
Fred Cooper
Fort Dodge
Garde de la Porte
Andrew Cote
Newton
Roger William Ames
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