Army Releases Trucks for Civilian Use
The War Department told the House committee it has shifted about 52,000 light trucks to civilian use in recent months. Non standard types unsuited for overseas service were sent to Treasury for disposal, Maj. Gen. Lucius D. Clay testified. He also noted 7,000 new passenger cars and 70,000 off site tires have been released, while heavy trucks remain scarce for active war theaters. The committee faulted the Palm Beach Breakers hotel deal as high handed and arbitrary, with abandonment to be completed by December 24 and the property returned to owners.
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War Department
House
Treasury Procurement Division
Lucius BD. Clay
Army
Clay
Senate War Investigating Committee
Palm Beach
Fin
Ron Geigy
Ream General Hospital
Gestapo Reports May Have Petain Arrested in Vichy
Reports from Vichy claim Marshal Philippe Petain was seized by the Gestapo on Sunday and taken to an unknown destination. Bernard Menetzel and several other top aides were reportedly detained, as Vichy officials moved their government seat to an alternate city. The German radio in Vichy spoke of a transfer in progress but gave no new location.
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Geneva
Marshal Philippe Petain
Bem
Vichy
Petaizn
Bernard Menetzel
Ea London
Vichy Goveermnant
Vichy Radio
Postwar civilian retraining provision stripped from bill
Ways and means committee on Tuesday removed from the demobilization and reconversion bill all postwar civilian retraining and reemployment provisions. The action eliminates the senate plan to cover transportation costs up to 200 for returning migrated civilian workers and their families to their bona fide residences, subject to future House action.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Davenport Leaders Honor Rohiman at Farewell
Davenport prominent business and civic leaders bid farewell to Most Rev Henry P Rohiman who was named co adjutor archbishop of Dubuque. He will be installed on September 12 in Dubuque and a Davenport ceremony marked the honor. The piece notes war production board urging corn picker and binder output to meet fall harvest needs.
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Davenport
Henry P. Rohiman
Dubuque
Izhoo Rotiman
Papal Secretary Massione Dies at 67 in Rome
Cardinal Massione, 67, papal secretary of state and a key figure at the Vatican since 1929, died last night after a illness lasting several weeks. He served as a trusted ally to the papacy and played a major role in church diplomacy during and after 1945.
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Cardinal Massione
Willkie Urges Dulles GOP to Back Postwar Confab
Willkie urged John Foster Dulles to rally Republican support for the Washington postwar security conference. Dewey opposes a permanent four power alliance and favors small nations in the new world body. Dulles to meet Senators Vanderberg and Austin before briefing Hull, while Willkie stresses avoiding moves that threaten the conference.
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Albany
Wendell L. Wilkie
John Foster Dulles
Thomas E. Dewey
Dulles
Wilkie
New York
Arthur Vanderberg
Michigan
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
Washington
Dewey
Hull
International Security Organization
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Great Britain
Russia
China
Dumbarton Oaks
Willkie
Strie
Senate Probe on Nelson Continues Amid War Policy Debate
Senate investigation into Nelson proceeds with plans to question WEB Chairman Donald M. Nelson as President Roosevelt defends that his China mission does not alter war production board policy. The dispute centers on reconversion and claims of shifts in stance amid ongoing labor and production debates.
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Senate War Investigating Committee
Donald M. N
Roosevelt
China
Save Your Kisses on the Factory Line
In Baraboo Wisconsin workers faced a wartime mystery at the ordnance plant where red stains appeared on pages rumored to be lipstick. Investigators concluded women filled the pages to seal them for their boyfriends at the front, while plant officials offered limited action.
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Baraboo
Wis
Eadser Ordnance
He- Chase
Murmir
Olered
Maverick outlines peace production plan in San Antonio
Maury Maverick, chair of the War Production Board, outlined a peace time production plan in San Antonio aimed at aiding small businesses. The proposal includes prioritizing nonmilitary production, distributing surplus properties in small lots to curb speculation, offering incentives via taxation, and a multiple rental plan allowing large plants to be rented to smaller groups instead of selling to outside interests.
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San Antonio
Tex
All
Burned Doll Turns Out to Be Baby in New York Tenement
Firefighters on Tuesday in a five story New York tenement found the charred object they first took for a doll was the three month old Edward John Whitman Jr. wrapped in a blanket and slumped in an armchair. Nearby at Jerome Idaho Virgil Verton, injuried tearing waste paper, died forty nine minutes after being stung on the neck by warp sting while working the wall of his van.
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New York
Edward John Whitman, Jr
Birdie
Jerome
Idaho
UPA
Virgil Verton
Hiz Vanen
Verton
Con
Jcbse
Prepare for Registration at The Nonpareil fall garden show
Mrs Laura McMillen of Grand View announces she can use help at the Saturday Sunday registration desk. Her committee includes Mrs Gus Edson Mrs Charles Enrig Mrs Harry Goecker Mrs J M Mayer and Suzanne Backnam. Note clarifies that entries in the processed food division must be processed by the exhibitor at home or with a community group.
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Laura McMillen
Grand View
Frank Street
Suzanne Backnam
Fair
Mount Avenue
Faba Ca
Weather Outlook for Bnuffs Residents Remains Humid
Moderate temperatures persist through Tuesday and Wednesday with no relief from humidity. Cloudy skies keep a chance of a thundershower Tuesday night and Wednesday. Temperatures rise to around 88 degrees on Tuesday afternoon.
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Bnuffs
Bomb bay opens in Adelaide showering residents with champagne
A U S plane door accident in Adelaide sent champagne, eggs, oranges and debris cascading over the city Tuesday. Residents reported shattered fruit and fence damage but no injuries. A man salvaged two bottles of Burgundy amid the mess.
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Australia
U. S
Adelaide
Weather Forecast for Iowa and Nebraska Regions
The Weather Bureau notes Tuesday unsettled with thunderstorms in western Iowa and scattered in Nebraska. Temperatures near normal, with little change. General showers expected by Friday in Iowa, and widespread showers earlier in the period, with some thunderstorm activity and light to moderate precipitation across the district.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Gowieil
Nebraska
Ae Tao
Red Troops Storm Over Bug River Near Warsaw
Moscow reports Russian forces crossed the Bug River northeast of Warsaw amid a prolonged siege of the Polish capital. German reserves on the west bank and heavy counterattacks by Berlin were noted as Soviet columns pressed toward the confluence of the Bug and Vistula. The action threatened a wider impact on the Balkans and the lower Danube region as the war in eastern Europe intensified.
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Bug
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Tasi
Romania
Bucovina
Ploesti
Galati
Danube
Balkans
Vistula
Konstanti Rokossovsky
Nadi
Five Blue Stamps Valid on Sept and Sept
The Office of Price Administration announced on Tuesday that five more blue stamps for processing foods will be issued and become valid Sept 1. The stamps will remain valid indefinitely, according to the bulletin.
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Washington
Office of Price Administation
Funeral Set Thursday for Grote Former Fire Chief
Paneri soroiess Sir Willan F. Grote longtime Council Bluffs fire chief died Monday evening after a hospital stay. funeral services will be held at 8 p m Thursday at Woodranig funeral home with burial at Parrvasy cemetery. Grote served 28 years with the department, retiring as chief in 1935 He helped set world record in hose cart test at Maquokets tournament and was a member of veterans groups including the American Legion and Cooties.
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Paneri Soroiess
Willan F. Grote
East Pie Street
Council Bhuffs Fire Department
Woodranig
Parrvasy Cemetevy
Grote
Fire Department
Council Bluffs
Maquokets
Ina
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Evert
Togek
Grate
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Veterans of Foreign American Legion
Mother Keeps Children in Pig Shed in Des Moines
Des Moines police and Polk County humane officer report Alvene Holiday kept her two young children in a pig shed for about two days. The 10 and 12 month old slept on a dirt floor under a barricade with pigs nearby. Child welfare arrangements were being pursued as officials investigated.
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Pig
Alvene
C. A. Dunagan
O. 5
Devine
Polk County Humane
du Bonerge
Orig Foot
Adverse Weather Grounds Fliers
Britain based airmen were largely grounded by adverse weather overnight with no indication when raids would resume. German radio claimed allied bomber formations over Hungary and some daylight raiders over Silesia while German planners bombed Vienna.
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London
VPI
Allien
Japs Call War Battle of Life or Death
The Japanese foreign minister Mamoru Shigemitsu framed the war as life or death to rally support as Allied forces close in. He claimed Japan fights for existence and independence while warning of Asia under permanent bondage if defeated.
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East Asia
Marianas
New Guinea
Mamoru Shigemitsu
Shagemitay
Asia
Break Off Contact With Japs in Burma
Allied forces advance along the Tiddim Road in western Burma penetrate five miles deeper as Japanese retreat from India appears to widen. Allied headquarters say pursuit continues but contact has broken after stubborn rear-guard actions through Saturday.
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Burma
Kandy
Ceylon
India
Japs Launch New Drives Near Canton Hankow Area
Japanese troops began an enveloping movement against Chinese forces near the Canton Hankow railway junction at Hensyang and were engaged 13 and 25 miles northwest of the city. Chinese forces recaptured outlying areas south of Hangyang and held the approaches to Leiyang, a Japanese rail town, as they countered the Japanese drive along the line.
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Canton-Hankew
Hensyang
Hangyang
Rat Paints
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Cabourg
Lisi
Chambois
Geran 7Th Army
Seine
Paris
Policy Cases Grow in Iowa Polio Monitoring Updates
Iowa health officials report polio cases rising with 33 confirmed so far this year. The department warns the eight month total could exceed last year’s official figure if the current trend continues into August. The surge continues into August with 72 cases noted earlier this month and 13 in the prior week. One case was reported on Monday.
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Iowa
State Department of Health
Awarded DFC Washington PI War Department
The War Department on Tuesday announced that Captain Richard J. was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for exemplary air service and heroism during operations. Details on mission and date of action were not disclosed in the brief notice.
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Washington, PI
War Department
Richard J
Mop Up Operations in France Keep Allied Units Busy
Allied reports say the Seine front and western pincers bagged large German forces as 1,200 tanks were destroyed or damaged since D-Day. The Argentan-Falaise pocket yielded at least 109,000 Germans captured or killed. Toulon fell to French troops encircling the garrison, with Marseille and other southern ports near isolation as Patton’s forces push toward the Seine and Brittany.
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Cannes
Aix-en-Provence
Alexander M. Patch
Fie Ig
Pases
Aubagne
Italy
Balkans
Condon
Cherbourg
St. Malo
Ammunition to Be Made for Hunters
Washington reports the war production board will lift its temporary ban on gun sales to allow ammunition production again. The advisory committee urges using available brass to manufacture 126,000,000 shotgun shells 240,009,000 rimfire cartridges and 1,000,000 centerfire cartridges to curb crop and livestock damage.
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Washington
This Druggist We Presume Was Also Out of His Store
Havana druggist posted a sign on his door listing items sold as out of stock including ice cream sherbet cigarets gum and stamps and noting he is out of town. His customers know his soldier son is home on furlough as the notice ends with Save Waste Panes.
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Havana
Pia
Literacy Campaign Launched in Mexico
President Avila Cama issued a decree launching a nationwide literacy drive in Mexico City. Adults aged 18 to 60 who can read and write Spanish must teach reading and writing to those between six and 40 unable to do so. The education ministry will publish 10,904,004 prime or WS.
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Mexico City
Avila Cama
Education Ministry
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