Rails Named by Biddle in Anti-trust Suit
The Justice Department filed a Sherman act case in Nebraska against the Association of American Railroads the Western Association of Railway Executives J P Morgan and company Kuhn Loeb and company 47 railroads and 32 other individuals and officers. The suit seeks dissolution of the two associations and an injunction to prevent continued alleged collusion blocking lower western rates and delaying technology including radio air conditioning and spur construction. The 38 page complaint alleges price discrimination impacting western states and links with pipelines motor and water carriers to raise transportation costs.
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Justice Department
Lincoln
Neb
Association of American Railroads
Western Association of Railway Executives
J. P. Morgan and Company
Kuhn, Loeb and Company
Francis Biddle
United States
Western Systems
Western Commissioner
Committee of Directors
Atty
Wendell L. Berge
Anti-Trust Dlvision
War and Navy Departments
Service
Berge
Trig
Council Bluffs
Poultry Leader Calls Cut or Federal Control
Charles H. Price Jr of Toledo Pennsylvania newly elected president of the International Baby Chick Association argues the poultry industry must reduce egg production or accept government control due to surplus supply.
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Kansas City
Charles H. Price, Jr
Telford
Denison Man to Head Iowa Legion
Hugo P. Saggan of Denison was elected Iowa department commander of the American Legion at the convention in Sioux City. He has served as vice commander and led various district and county posts. Other officers include Butter, Halden, Sunkey as vier commanders and Keating, Laird, Boyce, Collins, Braith in supporting roles.
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John G. Butter
Council Brufts
Iowa
American Legion
Iowa Legion
Sioux City
Hugo P. Saggan
Denison
Wedsday
Lend-lease Aid Should Continue as War Ends
President Roosevelt urged Congress to keep lend-lease aid through June 30, 1945, at 28.27 billion dollars, until the unconditional surrender of Japan and Germany. He warned against curtailing the program and stressed unity to secure victory and a just peace, noting its vital role in Allied offensives toward Berlin and Tokyo.
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Roosevelt
Congress
Japan
Germany
Amerdean Boy
United Nations
Tend-Lease
Berlin
Tokyo
National Association of Manufacturers
Lend-Lease
State Department
Showers Cool City as Temperatures Dip in Council Bluffs
Showers fell in Council Bluffs and much of the town Tuesday and Tuesday night lowering temperatures to the shivering point. The Wednesday forecast called for more of the same with only a cloudy day expected Thursday. A high around the time noted and a low of 64 at 3 30 a.m. Wednesday morning.
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Council Bluffs
Thursonee
Reds Bold Drive to Knock Balkans and Split German Lines
Moscow reports a major Soviet offensive along a 150 mile front from Iasi toward Bucharest advancing near Danube mouths and toward Ploesti. Moscow claimed gains across Bessarabia toward Galați, trapping Chisinau and threatening German lines as Romanian resistance weakened and Soviet air raids hit Constanța.
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Moscow
Romania
Hitler
Balkans
Iasi
Bucharest
Ploesti Oit
Riga
Baltic States
Danube
Warsaw
Late Corn Tassels as Weather Favors Maturing Crop
Des Moines reports corn in tassel stage with some denting and glaze. Federal meteorologist Charles D Reed says warm late frosts and favorable weather could push tasseling corn toward maturity. Borers are present but complaints are surprisingly few after rains moistening soil. Farmers plan deeper plowing to ease spring congestion and weed control.
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Des Moines
Charles D Heed
Iowa
Reed
American bomber crash kills dozens at Freckleton church school
A Liberator bomber crashed in Freckleton Lancashire on a Wednesday afternoon. At least 40 people are dead, including 34 children, with many more injured. American airmen assisted in rescue as the burning wreckage burned near the church school.
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London 4
Lancashire
Freckleton
The
Press Association
Exglane
Paris Liberated as French Forces Take City
Paris is freed four years after German occupation as 50,000 French interior forces and thousands more battle through the streets. Public buildings seized, Vichy officials captured, De Gaulle in London announces the liberation after four days of fighting. Colonies light up in celebration with flags and bells as Algiers plans salvos and sirens.
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James M. Long
London
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
de Gaulle
Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
DNB
Federal Communications Commission
Algiers
Georges Catroux
Algeria
Weather summary for Council Bluffs and Nebraska region
The Weather Bureau reports mostly cloudy skies in Council Bluffs Wednesday afternoon and night with likely showers or thunderstorms. Thursday will be partly cloudy with no major temperature change. Nebraska sees scattered showers and storms in the south, with little temperature shift. highs range around mid 80s. Hourly readings show varied temps from the upper 60s to mid 80s, humidity around 73 percent, and wind near 41 mph gusts.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
Lest
Wednesda
Taasch Wins at Pott. Co. Fair
Early judging at the Pottawattamie county fair awarded grand and reserve championships across 4 H competitions. Ronald Taasch exhibited Angus cattle to win grand and reserve titles in baby beef and Angus purebred beef heifer. Russell Wiescup and Max Ratashak led dairy divisions with top cows and heifers. John Cones and Tommy Wilson took specialty purebreds in swine and gilt events.
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Pottawattame
Ronald Taasch
Max Ratashak
Russell Wiescup
Ronald Tanach
John Cones
Tommy Wilson
Gillette Seeks River Navigation Agency Plan
A Senate bill by Democrat Gillette of Iowa proposes creating a government agency to develop the Missouri River basin and promote navigation ahead of flood control. The measure echoes elements in a prior Murray bill and follows an earlier Clark proposal for a Missouri Valley authority within the War Department.
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Washington
Gillette
Lowa
Murray
Montana
Senate Commerce Committee
Clark
Missouri
Missouri Valley Authority
War Department
Allied Air Forces Renew Offense as Weather Clears
Allied forces resumed assaults in northern France as clearing weather allowed heavy air and ground operations. Reports say 400 enemy tanks locomotives railway cars and other vehicles were destroyed in sweeps from the Seine mouth to south of Paris in the last 24 hours. German crossings of the Seine reportedly attempted at 80 places west of Paris using collapsible boats.
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London
Arml
France
Switzerland Breaks Relations With Vichy Government
London report notes Switzerland severed diplomatic ties with Vichy on Wednesday. The move cites concerns over collaboration with Marshal Henri Philippe Petain’s regime and aims to protect Swiss interests and neutrality amid wartime pressures.
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London
Switzerland
Henri Philippe
Paris Falls as Allied Armies Reach 160 Miles From Germany
Allied forces drive toward the German border as Paris falls under French control with de Gaulle headquarters reporting a rout of the 7th army. British Canadian troops push along the Seine while American flanks close in from the left bank. 40,000 to 50,000 prisoners taken in the Argentan pocket. Le Havre and Trouville fall to Dutch Belgian units. French resistance seizes public buildings in Paris.
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Allied Expeditionary Force
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Charles de Gaulle
Seine
Argentan
Normandy
France
Sens
Saar
Neunkirchen
le Havre
Trouville
Villers sur-Mer
Deauville
Alles
Pont-l'yeque
Raves
Lisieux
Wolfeldt
Pierre Roenig
Paris 13
Rambouillet
Etampes
Chateau-Thierry
Meaux
Chateau Thierry
Guenther von Kluge
Troops Reach Grenoble as 7th Army Advances Deep in France
American forces of the 7th Army pushed into Grenoble, 140 miles from the Mediterranean, driving through German defenses with French Interior forces assisting. The breakout tightens the southern France pocket, with Marseille encirclement ongoing and prisoners surpassing 17,000.
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7Th Army
France
Grenoble
Mediterranean
Alexander Bl.f Patch
Paris
Lyon
Rhone Valley
Italy
Decorah Attorney Indicted for Embezzling Bonds
Winnebagosh county grand jury returned an indictment against attorney J. A. Nelson of Decorah charging embezzlement of five $1,000 bonds belonging to Nicolai Wilhelm Johnson of Decorah. The case stems from the theft of A T T company bonds amid a waste paper drive report.
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Decorah
Winneshiek County
J. A. Nelson
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Nicolai Wilhelm Johnson
Farmers Urged to Bundle Salvage Paper in Rural County
Rural route residents in Pottawattamie county are asked to tie old magazines catalogs and salvage papers into bundles and leave them by mail boxes. Rural carriers will collect and transport bundles to the salvage depot during the campaign to avert a serious paper shortage.
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Pottawattamie County
Allied Landing Report Near Bordeaux Sparks Conflicting Claims
An apparent Allied landing near Bordeaux on the southwestern French coast was reported from the Spanish frontier with authorities quoted in Madrid. Supreme Allied Headquarters refused to confirm, citing it as outside their purview, while Washington said no information on a new landing.
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London
Bordeaux
France
Supreme Allied
Hendaye
Charles S. Foitz
Associated Press
Madrid
Allied Supreme Headquarters
War Department
Washington
Gironde
Atlantic
Naziv
Cty
Reynaud
Germany
Halmahera Bombers Strike Deep Into Japanese Base
Liberators and Mitchells target Halmahera Island, the last barrier before the Philippines. A 135-ton bombing destroyed eight parked planes, supply dumps and defense positions, sank a freighter, following a 110-ton strike announced earlier. The campaign aims to deny replenishments and disrupt garrisons along a 1000 mile arc from Davao to the Flores Sea.
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Gmneral
Southwest Pacific
Halmahera
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
MacArthur
Davao
Flores Sea
Two Japanese Generals Die in Line of Duty
New York report says Japan's Ministry of War announced in Tokyo that Maj Gen Genkichi Shima died August 6 and Maj Gen Genzo Minakami died August 8 in line of duty abroad. Posthumous promotions to lieutenant general were announced.
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New York
Ministry of War
Tokyo
Office of War Information
Genkichi Shima
Genzo Minakami
Wacle
Woodworking Employees to Return to Jobs in Dubuque
Carr Adams and Collier company union members in Dubuque voted to return to work Thursday at 7 am. Similar action was expected in two other mill plants as workers ended an August 11 strike over delays by the war labor board. Teaching decisions on several issues between the companies and the unions remain unresolved.
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Dubuque
Carr, Adams and Collier Company
Inen
Jen
Fire destroys Hearst estate main building at McCloud
A fire Tuesday razed the Gables, the main building at Wyntoon, William Randolph Hearst estate near McCloud, destroying a number of rare art items. Damage is estimated between $200,000 and $200,000.
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San Francisco
Wyntoon
William Randolph Hearst
McCloud
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