Lincoln speech and national tickets noted at Nebraska event
Charles W. Bryan accepts the Democratic nomination for vice president in Lincoln with Judge Davis of West Virginia present. Chas G. Dawes accepts the Republican nomination for vice president in Chicago. A light frost was recorded in the northern state. Vance Sappenfield, Lyons city editor, seriously injured when a car swerved and struck a pole near the Lyons fair. Entrances to be filed with M Quade or Clyde V. Davis.
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N. EB
M@Quade
Clyde V. Davis
Charles W. Bryan
Nebraska
Lincoln
Davis
West Virginia
Chas. G. Dawes
Chicago
O. P
Vance Sappenfield
Lyons
Big Paper
Lyons Fair
Hogs and cattle prices steady in Indianapolis livestock report
Hogs 5,500 head steady with weights 120 to 400 pounds priced from 13.75 to 14.80 per hundredweight. Calves 400 to 500 pounds slaughter classes steady. 695 pound steers and heifers at 15.00. Beef cows mostly 11.50 to 12.50. canners and cutters 5.00 to 7.75. vealers steady with top 15.50.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Rationing at a Glance for 1944 Book 4 and 3 stamps
The bulletin lists wartime ration details: blue stamps A8 to Z8 and A-5 in Book 4 valid indefinitely for meat cheese and dairy items. sugar stamps 30 31 32 for five pounds and No 33 for five pounds starting Sept 1. airplane stamps No.1 and No.2 in Book 3 for one pair each. gasoline stamps A-12 for three gallons, others for five gallons, and T coupons for five gallons through Sept 30. A B C D T coupons require ink or registry endorsement. tire inspections optional but records needed for ration certificates. fuel oil Period 4 5 valid through Sept 30. period 1 immediate. stoves require local board certificates for rationing.
Paris Amid Breakout as Allied Push Waters Seine
Allied forces push from the pocket near Conches and close on Paris. American troops seal in Pa from north and west while the French 2nd Armored Division advances toward the capital. Montereau falls under American control and bridgeheads at Melun and Fontainebleau strengthen as German counterattacks falter.
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Conches
Seine
Great Pocket
2Nd Armored
Montereau
Paris
Melun
Fontainebleau
Tokyo Reports of Allied Landings
Tokyo radio announced Allied troops landed on Mapia island north of Manokwari but were repulsed with heavy losses. Raids on Sumatra and Halmahera continued, with Liberator bombers delivering large payloads. Allied aircraft also damaged a freighter off Celebes as attacks pressed Vogelkop and surrounding Dutch New Guinea sectors.
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Tokyo
Mapia
Manokwari
Dutch New Guinea
Sumatra
Halmahera
Japan
Sarong
New Guinea
Padang-Emma
Palembang
Philippines
Celebes
Vogelkop Peninsula
Corbin Completes Orientation Course At English Air Service Station
Cpl Roy E Corbin husband of Luaine Corbin of 369 10th St NE Linton Ind recently finished an orientation course at an England air service command station. Lectures by battle worn veterans covered chemical defense and health tips for combat in France. His next station will be one from which US fighters cover Europe. Before service he was a clerk at Paul Gambill Auto Store in Linton.
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AIR Service Command
England
Roy E. Corbin
Luaine Corbin
10Th Street
Linton
Ind
States
France
America
Europe
Army Air Forces
Paul Gambill Auto Store
Marion Dickerson Completes Navy Boat Training
Marion Dickerson A S of the United States Navy has completed his boat training at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station and is on leave visiting his mother Mrs Tom Dickerson and other relatives in Jasonville.
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Marion Dickerson A/S
United States Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Tom Dickerson
Jasonville
Bailey bridge used in North Africa Italy and Normandy
The British designed Bailey bridge can span a 240 foot gap without pontoons and carry 20 tons in a single span. It can be doubled or trebled to support the heaviest tanks with 17 parts per 10 foot section assembled like a jigsaw.
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North Africa
Italy
Normandy
Flexible buoyant rope floats for days in water
A new rope developed in Great Britain combines cotton flax manila and hemp to float on water from one to ten days. It can be used as a lifeline and luminescent materials may be added without affecting floatage.
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Great Britain
Donald Walser on fourteen day furlough visit
Sgt. Donald Walser of Camp Livingston Louisiana is spending a two week furlough with his wife and parents in this city.
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Donald Walser
Camp Livingston, la
Assault under heavy fire near German border reported
The headquarters communique offered no new details on progress of Allied columns led by Lt. Gen. George S Pattens AxjS. 3rd Army, as troops pushed toward Troyes and the German frontier amid heavy combat.
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George S. Patterns
3Rd’ Army
Sens
Troyes
Rj Nandoldmin Wak
Targis
KPA
Sesate
France
American forces enter Paris relief march begun
NBC dispatch from Eisenhower HQ reports French regulars advancing into Paris with American support. Canadians said in action inside the city. Smoke and fires rise as German troops retreat, signaling liberation progress with Paris in upheaval and guard reports continuing from key landmarks.
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Ree
Armored
Paris
NBC
Merrill Mueller
Eisenhower
France
Latin Quarter
Pont St. Michel
Ile de la Cite
Seine
Orleans
Boulevard du Montparmasse
Luxembourg
War Mothers Unit No 2 Sticker Sale Support
Help our boys win the war by supporting the War Mothers Unit No 2. A sale of patriotic stickers for cars and home windows will be at the former Sher-Ritz theatre building on Saturday Aug 26 from 2:00 to 8:30. Stamps show Army Navy Marine and Air Corps. price 10 cents each.
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War Mothers Unit No. 2
Sher-Ritz
Army
Navy
Marine
Air Corps
Linton
Felix Haffley
Omer
PTA presidents urged to send names for free pamphlets
City readers are asked by the Dunhill Company of New York to send the names and addresses of all PTA presidents. Recipients will receive a free instructional pamphlet series on postwar problems after sending their details to Dunhill Co. 565 5th St. New York 17 NY.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Dunhill Co
New York
5Th St
N. Y
Fort Devens golfer contest misprint sparks laughter
Soldiers at Fort Devens laugh over a notice misprint in a hole in one contest. The entry promised a golf bag as first prize and a half dozen as second prize, prompting jokes about the unclear reward.
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Fort Devens
Mass
U.P
Americans in Southern France capture Cannes and Grasse
Allied forces led by Lt. Gen. Alexander Patch advanced from Marseille toward Arles as Cannes and Grasse fell after a week siege. The Toulon area and coastal bridgehead expanded toward Nice as 20,000 prisoners were reported in Wilson’s Mediterranean command communique.
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Marseille
Cannes
Grasse
Nice
Monte Carlo
Riviera
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
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Linton Daily Citizen
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Joan Bennett
Franchot Tone
the Bat Man
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Tut
Enterprise
Inman and
Hixson
Humphreys Schloot & CO
South Main St
Linton, Ind
JT. L. Barrowman Dugger
Indiana
Mapia Island
United Press
Gniform
Cpl
Marion Dickerson
Trading Post
Kentucky
U.S
Dink Holden
A” Street
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Alexander M. Patch, Jr
7Th Army
Arles
Rhone
Lyon
Taylor's Drive
Ray Taylor
Market South
Ere
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MON
Gene Autry
Footlight Serenade
John Payne
Betty Grable
Victor Mature
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Midni
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Lee Ete
Irene Dunne
Clarence Brown
Alan Marshal Roddy
Frank McDowall
Morgan van Johnson
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Gladys Cooper
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