Allies Give Final Chance to Satellites
The United States Britain and Russia issued a three power ultimatum to Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland urging them to decide now whether to quit the war with Germany. The declaration warned that remaining allied with Nazi Germany would bring harsher terms and disaster, while withdrawal could shorten the European struggle and aid victory.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Germany
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Nagisma
Nazi Germany
Axis planes shot down since war began
London broadcast reports that about 25,000 German and Italian aircraft have been shot down in air battles by Allied air forces since the war began, not counting losses on the Russian front. Sir Archibald Sinclair, secretary of state for air, disclosed the figure in a Commons Friday session.
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London
Sir Archibald Sinclair
Air
Tod Commons
Des Moines man with 100 aliases captured by FBI
Jack Meredith, 52, arrested by the FBI at Hammond Indiana, known as a con man operating in at least four Iowa cities. Des Moines indictments in 1943 cited violation of the national stolen property act. He posed as a purchasing agent for the governor of Nevada and the Nevada state penitentiary warden in Cedar Rapids and also operated in Sioux City and Davenport.
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Des Moines
Jack Meredith
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Hammond
Ind
Iowa
E. E. Kuhner
F Yan
Meredith
Kuhnel
Cedar Rapids
Nevada
Nevada State Penitentiary
FSI
Sioux City
Davenport
Stalin Friend of Church Echoes From Moscow Visit
Springfield priest Father Stanislaus Orlemanski recounts a Moscow meeting with Marshal Stalin. Stalin reportedly supports freedom of conscience and worship and says cooperation with Pope Pius VII against church persecution is possible. Orlemanski notes he traveled as a private citizen with government approval, not as church or state representative.
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Chicago
Joseph Staln
Russia
Stanislaus Orlemayeki
Springfield
Mass
Pius VII
Father Orlemanski
Marshal Stalin
Aly
Moscow
Amercan State Department
New York
Catholic Church
United States State Department
Lend Lease Bill Sent to White House for Signature
The House approved the Senate version of the lend lease extension by voice vote and sent the measure to President Roosevelt for signature. The bill ensures lend lease operations for another year beyond June 30, backing allied nations with war material valued at over 22 billion dollars. The final version bans postwar commitments without explicit congressional consent.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
Walnut Man Nominated for Brigadier General
President Roosevelt Friday nominated two colonels Arnold W. Jacobsen of Walnut Iowa and Leonard Brea of Auburn SY to be brigadier generals in the Marine Corps.
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Washington
Roosevelt Fridey
Arnold W. Jacobsen
Walnut
Leonard Brea
Auburn
Marine Corps
Air Battles Over Europe Escalate In April RAF and US Bombardment
Allied air forces hammer the invasion coast of France and western Germany in a large scale campaign. British RAF aircraft strike Cherbourg Boulogne and rail hubs while U S heavy bombers raid northern France and central Germany, with thousands of tons of explosives, calls from observers noting sky filled with aircraft and tremors felt in the towns.
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Gladwin Hill
London
Upi
The
Reich
Europe
RAF
Berlin
Germany
Wear
France
Channel Coast
Italy
Britain
West Wall
Channel
Brance
Boulogne
Chamber Board Protests Pick Plan
The board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce approved the waterways committee report protesting moving the Missouri river channel. The chamber aims to keep the current channel for the water intake serving Council Bluffs or seek $1,000,000 reimbursement for a new pumping station and connections. The plan was passed after a Tuesday waterways committee meeting with waterworks trustees, who will join in sending a representative to Washington to meet Iowa senators and representatives.
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O~tal Chamber of Commerce
Waterways Committee
Missouri River
Council Bluffs
Board of Directors
Council Bluffs Waterworks
Washington
Iowa
Save Your Tin Cane Decide Fatal Shot Was in Self Defense
CHICAGO LP The county grand jury declined to indict Edmund O'Dea of Chicago after investigating the fatal shooting on May 2 of Louis Heller a 42 year old New Yorker in the loop during a quarrel on State Street Police said O'Dea admitted the shooting but claimed self defense Witnesses reportedly corroborated his contention before the grand jury
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Chicago
Edmund O'Dea
Louis Heller
Loop
Pollice
O'Dea
Jones Predicts Early Lifting of Corn Freeze Order
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones told senators that the Midwest corn freeze on sales to government for industrial use could be lifted if weather stays favorable. He noted contracts for 45 million bushels and urged 65 to 80 million bushels needed to cure the situation, adding no price rise will spur more supply and that 100,000 fewer bushels exist than last year.
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Washington
Marvin Jones
Jones
To & Wo
Democrats Back Bricker If GOP Nominee Opposes Roosevelt
The American Democratic National Committee announced it is willing to support Ohio Governor John W. Bricker as the Republican nominee to oppose President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Chairman Gleason L. Archer cited the crisis of preserving national welfare over partisan greed and said the group could back a conservative Democrat or any Strjeader named by the GOP if needed. Arch er noted Dewey impressed regional groups but lacked sufficient experience.
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Washington
American Democratic National Committee
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Roosevelt
Gleason L. Archer
Archer
Jeader
Republican Party
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Bricker
Clark Vows We Can and Will Destroy German Armies
Gen Clark in a May 11 order to Fifth Army troops declares confidence in victory in Italy. He notes heavy enemy losses and 13,000 prisoners taken, says Germans face a hopeless hold as Allied push from two directions begins.
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Sir Feder
Fifth Army
Italy
Bark W. Clark
Sun Army
Sth
Spring Weather Outlook for Council Bluffs
The weather bureau forecast for Saturday in Council Bluffs calls for fair conditions and seasonal temperatures. Temperatures should be cooler than recent days after a high of 87 Thursday and a low of 66 Friday, with no rain mentioned in the forecast.
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Council Bluffs
Ree
Endowment Drive Aims To Offset Enrollment Decline
Upper Town University President Dr. W. T. Smith launches a campaign to raise a midton dollar endowment as wartime enrollment falls. News from Fowey, Cornwall reports Sir Arthur Quitler-Couch, 80, the British author known to readers as "Q," died at home after immobilizing Fowey in his story Troy Town.
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Fayele
W. T. Smith
Upper Town University
Yowey
Cornwall
Eng
Sir Arthur Quitler-Couch
Fowey
Troy Town
Nazi Radio Claims Rommel Seizes on Paratroop Attacks
London reports Nazi broadcasts claim Rommel will defend by attacking England with paratroop forces as invasion preparations and German civilian defense plans expand across France and the Low Countries. Eisenhower signals civil affairs expansion into Germany while Ottawa hints at further Eastern Mediterranean activity.
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Rommel
England
Symes Gallagher
London
Britain
Erwin Rommel
Jean Paquis
Paris
France
Onslaugt
Berlin
la Suisse
Geneva
Hitler
Europe
Low Countries
Mediterranean
Vichy
Germany
Marshal Petain
Foreign Office
J .Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preme
G-1i
Reich
Ottawa
Middle East
J. A. MacKinnon
Dominion
G-5
A. E. Grassett
Royal Engineers
Aulind C. Homes
Low
Demands Trials Within 6 Months By Tow Reedy
Rep Dewey Short proposes to extend the military statute of limitations to allow trials of Walter Short and Husband Kimmel for Pearl Harbor dereliction of duty. He says trials should occur within six months, potentially implicating state, war, and navy leaders or the president. If the armed forces oppose, he may seek impeachment proceedings.
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Reedy
Washington
Dewey Short
R.-Mo
Army
Navy
Pearl Harbor
Short
Walter
Husband &. Kimmel
Congress
The
Missourian
Secretaries of State, War and Navy
Hull
Bettendorf Strikers Return to Work After Settlement
Workers at the Bettendorf ordnance step foundry, including about half the welding force, returned Friday after management and the CIO union settled a dispute over castings grading for piecework. The stoppage, tied to wages, had halved the force on Wednesday, with a full shift expected later. the plant had been ordered closed Thursday by Plant Manager S. B. Withington.
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Davrurs Unl
UPH
Ordnance Step
Bettendorf
CIO
W. E. Jones
Helf
B. Withington
Ward Injunction Suit Dismissed Without Prejudice
Federal Judge William H. Holly dismissed the government's injunction against Montgomery Ward and Company from interfering with federal operation of Chicago plants. Action returns possession to the company. dismissal is without prejudice, leaving a future action possible. The Commerce Department had seized the plants April 26 with troop aid amid a strike and union representation changes. New talks between Ward and the CIO United Mail Order, Warehouse and Retail Employers union loom as the old contract extension or new agreement is discussed.
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Chicago
William H. Holly
Montgomery Ward and Company
Department of Commerce
Ward
Roosevelt
CIO United Mail Order, Warehouse and
War Labor Board
White House
National Labor Relations Board
Local Teachers Get Raised Pay by School Board Action
The school board approved a cost of living bonus increase from 300 to 350 dollars yearly for all public school system employees effective the upcoming September, with eligibility for those still employed at year end 1945. The move also boosts salaries for successful elementary teachers with a four year degree, up to a 935 dollar annual rise, within set maximums. A three year contract offer to Superintendent C. L. Crawford was approved at 6500 dollars annually, from August 1, 1944, to July 1, 1947.
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American Federation of Teachers
C. L. Crawford
Weather summary from Council Bluffs and Nebraska region
The U S Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy conditions in Council Bluffs and vicinity with a cooler trend Friday night and Saturday. Temperatures are above normal, with a rag ing trend Sunday and Monday and cooler again Tuesday. Precipitation is expected as heavy showers and thunderstorms late Sunday into Tuesday, with scattered showers in Nebraska later half of the period. Hourly readings show highs around 74 and lows near 66, total precipitation 11.46 inches, excess 4.84 inches.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffa
Nebraska
Flash Floods Inundate Norfolk and Region
A flash flood from cloudbursts struck Norfolk Nebraska on Friday, burying downtown in up to four feet of water and sweeping the main street. The Norfolk Daily News foresees possible publication delays while damage climbs toward four million dollars. Rainfalls across northeast Nebraska exceeded seven inches, threatening the Big Sioux and Floyd river valleys with rising waters and forcing Red Cross disaster assistance and emergency radio coordination as homes largely escape inundation.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Neb
Northwest Town
Big Sioux
Floyd River
Alton
James
Sioux City
le Mars
Onawa
Cherokee
Norfolk Daily News
Nebraska
Norfolk Avenue
Hotel Norfolk
North Fork
Elkhorn
American Legion Post
Red Cross
St. St. Louis
Neatleas Stern
Allies Start New Attack on Gustav Line
Allied headquarters Naples reports the Sth and 8th armies launched a major spring offensive along a 25 mile front from Cassino to the sea. They crossed the Rapido and Gari rivers and advanced to several objectives amid heavy artillery and air support. The German defenses, including Gustav and Adolf Hitler lines, were described as the strongest the Allies have faced.
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Edward Kennedy
Naples
Sth
Italy
Cassino
8Th Army
Rapido
Gari
Mark W. Clark
Fth
Tyrrhenian Sea
Adriatic
Lil
Fifth Army
Gerigiano
Anzia
5Th Army
Bernard Montgomery
Africa
Harold Alexander
Mediterranean
Achief
Oliver Leese
Montgomery
As &Th
8Th Arry
Gustav
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
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Missouri
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Norfolk, Neb
Gustav Line
Leale Mt. Carl
Iowa Crop and Ilventeck Reporting Service
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