Reds Nearing Gil Derricks of Ploesti Fields
Soviet advances pour through Romania toward Ploesti and Bucharest as 75 miles of the Danube front and 15 miles in Transylvania push the way to Constanta and Bucharest. Russians seize Danube flotilla and reach Tulcea while Derricks north of Ploesti come into view as Red forces press a wide 200 mile front.
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Eddy Gilmore
Moscow
Upi
Romania
Ploesti
Bucharest
Danube
Transylvania
Romana
Hitler
Hungary
Carpathians
Red Army
Bretscu
Black Sea
Constanta
Carpathian
Sulina
Red Star
Monacled Geh
Makhai Boika
Boika
Count von Chulsen
Rodion
Malinovsky
Ukraine
Ostur
Poiana-Sarata
Breten
Transylvamia
Suluma
Tito Forces Capture Serbia Stronghold in Balkan Battle
London dispatch reports Marshal Tito announcing Yugoslav partisans seized the fortified Serb stronghold of Pali sad Zlaticor. The fighting left 850 Bulgarians dead and 120 captured from a 1,400-strong force.
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Tito
Serbia
London
Marshall Tito
Palisad Zlaticor
Paper Delivery Help Line Instructions
Notice explains the Norparet maintains a weekday office until seven p m and Sundays until one p m to handle complaints about missing papers. If you do not receive your paper, call 4061 before 7 p m on weekdays or 11 a m on Sunday and efforts will be made to deliver it.
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the Norparet
Visions of Future Radio on a New Scale
A. Craven of Iowa Broadcasting argues postwar radio will be reshaped by frequency modulation television and facsimile. He predicts a 19 year buildout before a nationwide, economically viable new broadcasting service emerges, with TV theater and home facsimile services among key developments.
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Visions Radio Broadcasting of
Chicago
A. Craven
Iowa Broadcasting Company
Gennet
Craven
National Association of Broadcast
Broula
British Eighth Near Gothic Line Advances in Italy
Allied reports say the British Eighth Army and Polish units push along the eastern Italian front within three miles of the Gothic Line. Forces reach Fang on the coast and crossed the Arzilla river while German defenses withdraw to fortified positions near Pesaro Monte Calvo Urbino and Rimini. East of Florence a bridgehead over the Arno nears the line as German air strikes hit west of Florence.
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Rome
Fang
Arzilla
United Nations Radio Im
Algiers
Mark Clark
Pesaro
Adriatic
Monte Calvo
Urbina
Rimini
Florence
Arno
Lepesant
5Th Army
Aged Senator Norris Suffers Cerebral Hemorrhage
McCook Nebraska telegram reports former Senator George W. Norris aged 83 is unconscious after a cerebral hemorrhage. The long time Nebraskan, once an independent, helped found the unicameral legislature and championed the Tennessee Valley Authority. He had been resting easily and expressed pride in public service and the TVA legacy.
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McCook
George W. Norris
Nebraska
Norris
United States
Roosevelt
Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley
Norns
Sandusky
National Political Action Committee
TVA
Senate
RongeVelt
Nazis Rushing Troops to Romania Report Skeptical
UP pilots scouting the Balkans found evidence that Germany regrouped a sizable force toward Bucharest as Russian forces advance on the capital. No sign of large German evacuations from the kingdom into Hungary or Yugoslavia. Rail traffic favored Romania, with increased air transport into Romania and Danube barge activity. Brent oil center near Ploesti showed no fires, countering reports of German demolition of remaining facilities.
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U.S. 14Th Air Force
Italy
Balkans
Bucharest
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Romania
Europe
Danube
Ploesti
Brent
US lawmakers reach London to study lend-lease
Representatives Karl Mundt of South Dakota and James P Richards of South Carolina, both on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, arrived in London on Tuesday to examine lend-lease operations and to discuss plans for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Kar E. Mundt
South Dakota
James P. Richards
South Caroina
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Ask Mikolajczyk to Head New Regime for the Polish Nation
In Lublin the Soviet sponsored Polish National Liberation Committee urged Stanislaw Mikolajczyk to lead a unified provisional Polish government. Mikolajczyk had not replied as of Monday. The committee offered roles to three other London regime figures and presented the plan during Mikolajczyk’s August Mosgow mission.
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Lublin
Poland
National Liberation
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
The
London
Edward Boleslaw Qsubka-Morawski
Mikolajczyk
Osubka-Morawski
Chamber of Lublin
National Committee
Mikolajcyk
Mikolajebyk
iCool Weather to Return Here
Cooler temperatures and wetter conditions are expected later Tuesday or Wednesday as the weather bureau indicates. Showers probable with Wednesday highs under 63 after a high of 79 on Monday. Rain totals reported in northwest Iowa include Inwood 0.27, Estherville 0.20, Fort Dodge 0.18, Spencer 0.17, and Alta 0.12 inches.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
Stimson denies claim of POW loyalty citizenship deal
Secretary of War Stimson told reporters on Tuesday there is no basis for any assertion that Australian prisoners of war in the United States are being promised citizenship in exchange for their loyalty. He stressed there is no such program or intention and dismissed the rumor as unfounded.
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Ee Stimson
Washington
LLP
Stimson
Tralian
United States
Bombers Smash Rails and Roads Across France and Germany
British Mosquito bombers pounded rail and road networks from the mouth of the Seine to the German border in a around the clock drive to sever Reich to western front movement. Other sorties hit Essen and a Seine crossing upstearm from Rouen as Allied air power, aided by American fighters, pressed a broad strike campaign amid spotty French weather. London reports flat conditions with Paris defenses preparing as German raids wane.
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London
France
Seine
Reich
Western Front
Rouen
Essen
Krupp Armament Works
Paris
Tiya Thunderbolt
Nest
Diight D Exsenhower
United States
Sane
Unethical conduct charges brought against police captain
Waste Eager reports the Board of Directors of the International Association for Identification at its annual convention in Deadwood South Dakota prepared to charge James Barker of Miami Florida with unethical conduct relating to the Sir Harry Oaks murder case in Nassau Bahamas. Alfred de Marigny, Oaks’s son-in-law, was arrested after Barker claimed to have found fingerprint evidence on a badge. He was acquitted later.
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Deadwood
S. D
Internation Association For Identification
James ©. Barker
Miami
Fla
Sir Harry Oaks
Nassau
Bahamas
Alfred de Marigny
Oakes
Baker
Sir Harry
Reach Accord on Form of a Security Pact
The Dun narto Oaks conferees announced general agreement on the form of an international security organization. The plan envisions an assembly of peace loving nations, a council with principal states plus others elected periodically, and effective dispute settlement including an international court of justice. Delegates said topics require careful consideration and governments will publish conclusions when ready. Edward Stettinius noted the statement closely mirrored Roosevelt aims, seen as an endorsement by Cadogan and Gromyko.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Dunnarto Oaks
Tal
International Organization For Peace and Security
International Court of Justice
Edward Stettinius
Dumbarton Oaks
Stettinius
American Peace Organization
Roosevelt
Aliexander Cadogan
Andrei Gromyko
Ase
Wasle Pane
Quads in Georgia Lose One Infant at Birth
One of the Lee quads died Monday night in Gaines vibux Georgia while the other three boys were in very good condition Tuesday with a good chance for survival. Doctors Wareles and Kareles said the infant weakened two hours after birth and died after an hour of efforts. The mother Mrs Charles E Lee, 24, and her Army private husband, 25, stationed at Camp Blanding, Fla, were mentioned in the report as the family awaits further news.
Belgians Plan Repatriation From England
In London, about 12 000 Belgians in England expect to go home. Hundreds are applying to the Belgian commission for repatriation passage on the first boat home.
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London
England
Ex Mayor Greene Dies in West
Sant A Greene 67 twice mayor of Council Bluffs died suddenly Monday night at home in Grand Junction Cal He served in Spanish American War and Philippines later commanded Company L 51st Iowa In Council Bluffs he worked for John Deere Union Pacific and farming He organized WWII service but Armistice prevented action Surviving wife Margaret four sons and a daughter. several siblings and grandchildren The family moved to Grand Junction years ago He organized local R O C units and was active in United Spanish War Veterans Burial planned at Grand Junction
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Sant A. Greene
Council Bluffs
Grand
Junction
Cal
Neola
Greene
Iowa
Philippines
Corncy Bluffs
John Deere
Union Pacific Railroad
Cir
Hig
P. A. Lainnon
Howard Greene
Atlantic
Robert Greene
South Pacific
Clarence Greene
Grand Junction
Kenneth Lett
Clarence
Bellingham Wash
George N
Glenwood
J. F. Bichel
Sight Brandchildren
R.O.C
United Spanish War Veterans
Japanese Appeal for More Aircraft
New York dispatch reports a Tokyo radio appeal urging increased aircraft production as the war nears the homeland. The Office of War Information notes the broadcast stressed that Japan can only defend its steel tight inner defense if planes are securely produced and deployed.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Ane Office of War Information
OWT
Japan
Federal Communications Commission
Kuniaki Korse
Imperial Diet
German Monopolies Seen as World Peace Menace
Attorney General Biddle told a Senate military subcommittee that allied powers should break German monopolies to reduce their threat to world peace. He said the aim is to reshape German industry, not destroy its economy, to enable independent European industry. Chairman Kilgore noted the inquiry reviews enemy economic penetration from World War I to guard against future international cartels.
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Washington,pl
Biddle
Senate
Europe
Germany
Charman Kilgore
D-Wvia
Inquory
Congress
Allied sweep nets 122000 Germans in southern France drive
French forces of the 7th army push west of the Rhone reaching Uzes and Nimes, forming a southern buffer as German 19th army is cut off. Other columns advance toward the Spanish border while Marseille Toulon coastal battles end with German surrender. Allied fleets report knockouts and port access restored for operations and relief.
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George Tucker
Rome
7Th Army
Aweeps
Rhone
Frerce
Uzes
Nimes
Avignon
Urea
Montelimar
Frederic Butler
Cagnes
Cannes
Vence
Nice
Marseille
Margeille
Toulon
Sb. Manariér
St. Man- Jdrier
Gulf of Genoa
France
ARTO Heepee Medal of Honor to Here Ute ores
A 21 year old soldier awarded the Medal of Honor after being wounded in the chest eyes and both legs he drove off German planes from his bomber repaired and manned the radio then waved the injured tail gunner to safety in a bold act of valor during combat.
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Arto Heepee
Washington
Weather forecast and Allied advance updates mix in one report
Mostly cloudy weather outlook for Council Bluffs with a chance of thundershowers through Wednesday and cooler temperatures. Separate dispatch details Allied troops occupying Chateau-Thierry and Soissons near Paris, with large German losses in Seine pocket operations and ongoing mop up across northwest France involving Allied forces.
American Armor Reaches Chateau Thierry In Ardennes Push
American armored forces moved toward Chateau Thierry crossing the Marne at two points. American units pierced toward Meaux and Cuvergnon while closing the German escape corridor across northern France. Spearheads reached near the forest of Compiegne, with positions within 10 miles of the pivotal area and Chateau Thierry in sight as the war fronts shift northward.
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Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Chateau- Thierry
Soissons
Aisne
Paris
Upper Marne
Chelong
Vitry
Verdun
James Long
Ardennes
Germany
Marne River
Tuesaday
Francs
Adolf Hitler
France
Marne
Meaux
la Ferte-Long-Joustre
Chateau-Thierry
Hoermey
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Gil Derricks
Ploesti Fields
Danube Delta
Georgia
Sam A. Greene
West
Lower Seine
U. S
Chateau
Wave Waale
John F. Chester
von Kluge
2Nd Army
Seine River
Vernon
Norway
Loeviers
Leviers
45Th
Pas de Calais
Nazia
Paria
Chambois
Chateau Thiery
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