Turkey Fears Germans May Enter Thrace
Turkish advices Friday said German reinforcements rushed to Black Sea coasts of Romania and Bulgaria. London said Germans controlled Romanian and Bulgarian Black Sea cities under nazi officers, moving troops by Danube boats. Ankara reported 25 German divisions redeployed to occupy Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria as Turkey reexamines invasion of Thrace and Dardanelles risk.
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London
Black Sea
Autania
Hitler
Turkey
Europe
Istanbul
Danube
Ankara
Germany
Hungary
Rumania
Bulgaria
Danubian
Balkans
Thrace
Turkish Thrace
Dardanelles
Associated Press
Bucharest
Sofia
Bessarabia
Cyril of
Bogdan Philoy
Quisling
Gestano
Nicholas Kallay
Kallay
Liquor Seized in Dubuque by Iowa Agents
Iowa state agents seized 296 cases of liquor valued near 20000 in a Dubuque warehouse on Thursday and took possession Friday. The liquor, stored since last November by out of state owners, was claimed to have permission from the liquor commission. Sheriff Leo J. Bisbech stated he was advised on the matter.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Leo J. Bisbech
Iowa State Liquor Commission
Iowa Fails to Form Draft Pool Amid War Strain
Des Moines reports the draft pool failed to materialize as 1-A eligible men fell short of needed numbers. Brig. Gen. Chayley H. Grahl said Iowa will meet upcoming calls but emphasized selective boards must choose which workers from industry and farm sectors to defer. He noted few under 26 will receive deferments and warned boards to balance essential production with military needs. In Chungking, a Chinese arrival from Shanghai notes Japanese civilians marry Chinese women and register property in wives names amid looming defeat.
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Des Moines
Selective Services
Iowa
Chayley H. Grahl
Selective Service
Grahl
Towa
John Davis Guilty in Petticoat Robbery Case
The Shenandoah jury found John Davis guilty of grand larceny in the Petticoat Robbery of Miss Jennie Maxwell yesterday. The court will withhold sentence for 10 days, and Davis is expected to file a motion for a new trial.
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Ecial
Glarinda
John Davis
Shenandoah
Nelson Favors Limited National Service Act
Donald M. Nelson told the House military committee that a limited national service act would better address manpower needs than broad national service. He said the time has passed for general service and favored a narrower approach previously.
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Nelson
Washington
Donald M. Nelson
House Military Committee
Wide Open GOP Keynoter Name Sparks Contention
National party leaders consider a business oriented keynote for the Republican convention opening June 28 in Chicago. The arrangements committee will pick temporary and permanent chairs and the keynote. names include governors and prominent officeholders, with debate over ideological stance and potential presidential contenders.
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Jack Bell
Washington
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Harrizon E. Spangler
Chicago
Philadelphia
Dwight H. Grean
Hinda
Wendell
Willkie
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
Charles A. Eaton
Epublican
New Jersey
Clare Booth Luce
Connecticut
Chapman Révercomb
West Virginia
Clarence 3B. Kelland
Maj. Geh
Patrick J. Hurley
Rongeyvelt
Bushfield accuses UNRRA of stripping U S farm machinery
Sen. Bushfield charged UNRRA planning to ship vast farm equipment to Europe including 238,955 plows 000 mowers 40 400 harrows and 30 000 tractors in a relief program. He cited a Midwest survey showing urgent needs for tractors combines corn pickers and other machinery in Iowa South Dakota Nebraska amid wartime shortages.
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Sen
Bushfield
UNRRA
U.S
Proram
Europe
Yowa
South Dakota
Nebraska
Bombers strike Germany amid heavy Allied air assault
American heavy bombers and RAF forces conducted widespread raids across western Germany and northeastern France. The Friday attacks followed strong earlier strikes, boosting the month’s total to a new high and targeting rail yards, airfields, and industrial sites.
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London
Germany
United States
France
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Thunderbolt
Muntang
Raf Navide
Baideas
Rhineland
Dortmund
Handorf
Hamm
Mucnster
Brunswick
Wer
Achmer
Reich
RAF
Laon
Pas de-Calais
Alles
Creil
Paris
Haine-St. Pierre
Charleroi
Belgium
Save Your Tin Cane Jesse Samuel Cottrell Dies in Washington
Jesse Samuel Cottrell 65 longtime special correspondent in Washington died unexpectedly Friday at his Arlington Virginia home. A World War I captain of military intelligence, he helped arrest Grover Cleveland Bergdoll triggering the famed draft evasion case.
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Jesse Samuel Cottrell
Washington
Arlington
Cottrell
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
Philadelphia
Red Cross drive may extend into April in county
The Red Cross war fund drive faced delays as auditors reported the county lagging with 61 percent of its $71,000 quota after 24 days. With seven days left in the month, 85 percent of early donations must be raised next week to meet the $20 million national target. Avoca Walnut Treynor and Bentley reported over the top. Colonell Bluffs needed $7,000. Weather hampered canvassing, but workers vow to push on and possibly continue into April.
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Red Cross War Fund Committee
C.L.’ Crawford
Pottawattamie
Avoca
Walnut
Treynor
Bentley
Oakland
Colonell Bluffs
Crawford
Snow Forecast Across Iowa With Cooler Weekend Ahead
Frigid winds ease tonight as light snowfall is forecast Friday night in the region. Temperatures will dip, with low readings near 28 on Saturday, after Thursday's Iowa highs reaching the 57 degree range in Des Moines and Cornell Bluffs. In Europe, Tito's Yugoslav partisans claim victory, reporting 500 enemy troops killed in battles across Eastern Bosnia and near Rebinje, plus railway stations destroyed in Slovenia.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffy
Iowa
Nebraska
Bis
Cornell Bluffs
Des Moines
London
Marshal Tito
Josip Broz
Vater
Bosnia
Broadcast Comunique
Rebinje
Hercegovina
Slovenia
Draft Deferment Exempts Few Younger Men
Washington reports that most civilians aged 18 to 25 are likely headed for combat unless farming can spare them. Officials estimate 30 to 40 percent of under 28 called will fail to meet physical standards, with at least 100,000 of 248,000 non-fathers deferred already likely to be rejected.
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Max Hall
Washington
War Production Board
WPB
War Manpower Commission
WMC
Army and Navy
Bhan
CIO Drives to Smash the Little Steel Formula
The CIO United Steel Workers launch a wartime campaign to overhaul the Little Steel wage formula. Philip Murray outlines demands including a 17 cent hourly rise, guaranteed annual pay, vacations, severance, and a workers fund for those in service. The drive targets 84 companies covering over 80 percent of steel wage earners.
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Joseph A. Loftus
Washington
UPI
CIO
United Steel
Workers of America
Ateel
Philip Murray
War Labor-Board
Armed Services
Soviets Push Into Poland and Rumania Front Line Advance Feeds Breakthroughs
Soviet forces pressed toward the Prut river from Besarabia and advanced through the first Carpathian passes. Red Army units breached the Dniester front as German and Rumanian troops fled, with Zhukov’s drive reaching Tarnopol region and threatening Kovel, Nikolaev, and Odessa as German defenses collapse along the lower Bug and Dniester.
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Henry C. Cannidy
Moscow
Prut
Beszarabia
Ruemania-proper
Dniester
Tellkoaa
Rumania
van A Koders
Tarnopol
Provkurov
Kavel
The
Curgor
Old Poland
Red Army
of. Vitebsk
White Russia
Boris Polevoy
Bessarabia
Pravda
Horgea
Bese
Arabia
Zhukov
Lwow
Ukraina
Proakarov
von Mannstein
Berlin
Kovel
Warsaw
Hukov
Rathosy
Tarnopo
Kopchintse
Prut River
Nikolaev
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Vognesensk
Bug River
Odessa
Konstantinovia
Vornesenak
Galvoran
Come Munique
Lower Bug
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Shanghai
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Los Angeles
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