Warn of Food Surplus After War Says Jones
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones told a House committee that the nation will face a food surplus at war’s end and will need authority to dispose of excess supplies. He urged funds to support price commitments and to promote maximum postwar production tied to full industrial output. He noted government stocks may be used for relief abroad and to clear surpluses at competitive prices.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Congressional
House
Jones
Congress
Surplus War Goods Sale Aims to Cut National Debt
Senate approves by voice vote an amendment directing revenues from surplus war goods to a special debt retirement fund in the treasury rather than the general fund. The measure follows a brief debate and is designed to reduce the national debt through proceeds from surplus material sales.
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Washington
Senate
Wherry
R-Neb
Treasury
Pope and Churchill Hold Private War Talk in Rome
Churchill met Pope Pius XII in a 48 minute private audience in Rome. A Vatican announcement said they discussed many essential questions relating to present hour problems. The visit was observed with papal court splendor and described as a pleasant conversation.
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Rome
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Thainberlain
Cape
Sword
Nazi air ace claims 301 victories in Russian front
London reports German high command says 1st Lt Hanmann, a fighter wing commander, has reached 301 victories after downing 11 planes in a single day on the Russian front. The German communique released Friday gives the tally but few specifics.
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London
Hanmann
Students Buy War Bonds and Stamps Averages $22 Per Pupil
The nation’s 30 million public private and parochial school students purchased 3 662 301 086 in war bonds and stamps in the last school year. Director Ted R Gamble of the treasury war finance division reported the average per pupil was 22.07 dollars. Bare Waste Paper Engineer Dies at University of Michigan. Nortimer E Cooley who led the college of engineering from 1904 to 1928 died today in Ann Arbor.
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The
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War Finance Aviaion
Ann Arbor
Nortimer E. Cooley
University of Michigan College of Engineering
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Nelson Heads WPB as He Leaves for China on Special Mission
President Franklin D Roosevelt says Donald M Nelson remains chairman of the War Production Board but cannot confirm his future role on return from a China mission. J A Krug will act as chairman in Nelsons absence while Nelson and General Patrick Hurley were chosen for a mission to Chiang Kai-shek.
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Roosevelt
Donald M Nelson
War Production Board
China
Nelson
WPA
Executive View
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J. A. Krug
Donald M. Nelson
WPB
Patrick J. Hurley
Chiang Kai-shek
Garden Show Plans Fueled by Local Volunteers
The Nonpareil Tali garden show committee organized final preparations at the city auditorium on Friday. Decorations led by Mrs Carl Gernets and Mrs Daniel Sullivan and a large registration team worked to ready displays for judging Saturday afternoon. Scouts and volunteers will guide attendees, with judges’ comments shared to help exhibitors improve in future shows.
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Daniel Sullivan
Claude Nichols
McMichen Hanchett
Andrew Hensing
Edward Evans
Marian Turner
Mary Ann Sullivan
O P. Trautwein
R O. Williams
A. N. Kolb
R FP Robinson
Nellie Torrey
May Fanshier
Ben Asquith
Sayde Neely
Arthur Rapp
Dana A. Stewart
May Miller
J. M. Mayer
E. Hy Sylvester
R. P. Robinson
B. Prouty
Walter Hansen
Allied Bombing Cuts German Oil Output in Summer
Allied air campaign reduced Germany’s finished oil product production by an estimated 9 percent during May, June, and July. The report cites reductions attributed to Allied bombardments affecting Nazi war industry.
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Allied Expeditionary Forces
Germany
Cap Shafer, Former Council Bluffs Police Captain, Dies
Former Council Bluffs police captain Cap Shafer, 83, died at his daughter's home after a long battle with heart trouble. He served 22 years, including as night captain, joining in 1903 and retiring in 1927. He declined carrying a gun in early years, later adopting the practice during the rise of eastern gunmen. He was widely liked, survived by his wife, two daughters, eight grandchildren, a sister, and a great grandchild. services set for Monday at Woodring chapel.
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Lean Hills
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United States Or Corps
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United States Navy
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Army Indicates War May End in October
House Postwar policy chairman Woodrum said the army tentatively targets October 1, 1944, as the German war’s end. Admiral Irish later testified that the navy expects to fight in the Pacific through 1948 due to ship shortages.
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House
Germany
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Navy
Pacific
Irish
The
Air Force Bombs Nazi Targets In Germany And Brest
More than 1,500 American heavy bombers escorted by fighters hit fourteen north German objectives including the Peenemunde rocket station and four aircraft factories. Simultaneously, about 300 planes attacked Brest fortifications for an hour as Allied leaders note German V-2 development.
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Berlin
Brittany
Brest
Hisenhower
Baltic
Mountbatten Returns to Southeast Asia Command
Lord Louis Mountbatten resumes leadership of the allied Southeast Asia command after London talks with British and American leaders. He cites Burma 1944 losses for Japan and notes Allied material gains, while predicting Japanese morale and equipment trends and addressing enemy depictions in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal theaters.
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Southeast Asia
Japan
Mountbatten
James V. Forrestal
U. S. Navy
Lord Mountbatten
Burma
Indian Ocean
Bay of
Benga
Pacific
Japs Claim Allied Landing Is Repulsed Off Mapia
A radio report asserted Japanese troops tried to land on Mapia Island off New Guinea's northwest coast but were repulsed. No Allied confirmation yet. Mapias lie about 150 miles northwest of Schouten Islands and 300 miles east of Halmahera, near recent Allied air attacks.
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Fontainbleau
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Srort
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Supreme Headquarters
Mantes
FDR Reports Private Contact With Willkie
President Roosevelt said he had been in private contact with Wendell L. Willkie but knows of no plan for an immediate meeting. He added there is no prospect of a private session he knows of, though he may see his former rival in other settings.
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Werdell L. Wilkie
Wallkie
Butt
Reds Nearing Galati Gap in Romania
Soviet forces drive deeper into Romania within 35 miles of the Galati Gap defending the Danube gateway to Bucharest and Ploesti after taking 47 000 prisoners in five days. They seize 550 towns and push toward Bucharest while promising Romania’s independence.
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Suati
Romania Must Fight to Earn Armistice
London reports Germany declares Romanian troops halted fighting while Moscow says local engagements persist between nazi rear guards and King Mihai's forces after Romania's capitulation. Cairo radio broadcasts Romania has declared war on Germany and German planes bomb Bucharest. The Soviet Union says an armistice requires Romania to fight with the Red Army.
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Boilermakers Return to Work in Walsh Kaiser Shipyard
The walkout of 7 650 boilermakers at the Walsh Kaiser shipyard ended Friday after an order to return was issued by Paul M. Hovey international representative of the Boilermakers union. John S Macdonald, yard general manager, said the strike began when four erectors members of the union were discharged for attempting to finish a job started by welders.
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Paris is Taken as German Forces Surrender
German commander in Paris surrenders to Brig Gen Jacques le Clerc and French interior forces. Paris troops hoist White flag. weapons to be collected and surrendered intact. De Gaulle reportedly in southwestern Paris as allied forces enter. city streets show allied flags and a Hotel de Ville radio broadcast confirms liberation mood.
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Yanks Seize Cannes as Allied Drive Reaches Italian Front
Allied HQ reported American forces captured Cannes on the French Riviera and Grasse inland, extending southern France gains toward the Italian frontier. A U.S. column neared Arles while Marseille area operations continued with heavy air and artillery actions and mass prisoner movements.
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Germany
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War Department Starts National Guard Study for Verran
The War Department began a study to revamp the national guard in the postwar military structure. A six man committee will tackle issues including political control of appointments of high ranking officers in peacetime National Guard, a matter of concern to army command.
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National Guard
United States
Army
Army Advances New Influenza Vaccine for Epidemic Defense
The Army plans to procure a new vaccine developed to treat influenza and keep in readiness for epidemic spread. It reportedly reduces disease incidence by 75 percent and shortens and lightens illness in those who still contract influenza, according to Love Werthe paper.
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Washington
Army Priday
Bobby Jones Seeks Army Discharge After Overseas Service
Lt. Col. Robert T. Jones Jr. returned to Atlanta after nearly two years overseas as an intelligence officer with the U.S. Ninth Air Force. At 42, Jones has applied for discharge under the over 28-year-old regulation.
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UPI
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U. S. 9Th Air Force
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