Siege of Warsaw Sparks German Evacuation and Soviet Advance
Izvestia reports Warsaw engulfed in smoke as German retreat appears underway amid Soviet assault. Moscow tacitly backs claims of a last big barrier broken in Silesia while front dispatches detail furious fighting around the Vistula and in eastern suburbs. Underground Polish sources say 25,090 soldiers shelter with the Soviets near Kielce as art from Luzienki and Belvedere is moved to Berlin.
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London
Izvestia
Warsaw
Berlin
Red Army
Vistula
Theoutheast
Moscow
Silesia
United Press
Toscow
Russian & Star
Adolf Hitler
Thurbs
Seveska
Erman
Tank Battle Near Florence Hills
British and German forces fought a tense tank and infantry engagement on the outskirts of Florence as the 8th Army advanced against about 50 000 German troops defending the last hills. London reports said Gen. Sir Harold Alexander urged civilians to stop German destruction and prevent bridge blows while the German agency claimed Florence remained an open city with no house-to-house resistance planned.
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Rome
Florence
8Th Army
London
Impraa
Harold R. &. G. Alexander
Hal
Patrinis
Fonb News Agrency
Lamilar
Extra Whisky for Iowans in August
Des Moines reports that liquor stores will sell whisky during August weeks of August 7 22 and August 21 24. Permit holders may buy one fifth and one pint in either week or a fifth one week and a pint the next. Individual permits may be purchased anytime in August.
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Des Moines
Tmva
Ex Wes
I Lane
State Line Control Commission
Lane
Soviet staffed air bases in U S revealed
Seattle report quotes Rep. Magnuson alleging long secret Soviet manned bases in the northwestern United States Canada and Alaska. He cites Russian crews operating American planes from Fairbanks and Great Falls while ferry pilots handle routes and replacements move to Siberia. He claims low operational losses and ongoing lend lease activity.
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Seattle
Luip
Warren G. Magnuson
D. Wash
United States
Canada
Alaska
Magnuson
Fairbanks
Ferry Command
Great Falls
Mons
Siberia
Postwar Plans Face Congress as Reconversion Moves Forward
Washington Congress ends its five week summer recess under pressure from Republican and Democratic leaders to act on reconversion bills. Key debates focus on disposal of surplus war property and demobilization of about 20 million war workers, with Kilgore and Murray-George proposals shaping unemployment benefits and plant retention rules. Congressional leaders urge quick action amid signs of potential rapid German victory.
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WASHINGTON, D_ C
Congress
Pease Military Affairs Committee
Senate
Abiben W. Barkler
Kentucky
Robert R
House
Reynolds
Ronny He
Shand
Warren R. Austin
R. W. Va
Harley MM. Kilgore
D. W. V. Barkley
Senate Committee
Railway Labor Execcutives Association
Kilzore
Mont
Talle Offers Assistance in Mercy Hospital Expansion Plan
Congressman Henry O. Talle met with Oelwein citizens at the Chamber of Commerce to discuss adding forty to fifty beds to Mercy Hospital. He urged action with the Federal Works Agency and WPB priority to expand facilities for isolation wards and accommodate returning service members and a growing regional demand.
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Talle
Mercy
Henry O. Talle
Oebkvein
Chamber of Commerce
Addi
Contac
Federal Works Agency
WPB
The
Medical Association
Chamacter of
Commeres
Congressman Talle
Kline Named OPA District Director
Walter D. Kline longtime acting director of the Des Moines OPA district for six months was named director by R. E. Walters regional OPA administrator announced in Chicago. Kline has served since February after Walters' appointment and previously held roles as district board operations officer and assistant director.
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Des Moines
Walter D. Kine
R. E. Walters
Chicaco
Kline
Walters
Finnish President Ryti Retires From Office
STOCKHOLM-OP The Swedish Telegraph Agency reports from Helsinki that President Ryti of Finland has resigned. Baron Karl Von Mannerheim is selected as president by two special parliamentary proceedings.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Riste Ryti
Finland
Karl von Mannerheim
Deere
Open Aug 14 Talks on World Peace Security
Washington announces that the United States Great Britain and the Soviet Union will begin discussions on an international organization for peace and security on August 14. Acting Secretary of State Edward R Stettinius Jr will lead the American delegation and China will join after the conference. Hull will brief Congress and personnel announcements from the other governments are expected soon. The talks aim to cover ground in two to three weeks with no set time.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Washigton
International Organization For Peace and Security
Edward R. Stettinnis, Jr
China
Stettinis
Cordell Hull
Congressional
Stets
Stellinius
Nazis Offer Huge Reward for Plotter Goerdeler
The DNB reports a reward of 1,000,000 reichsmarks for Dr Karl Goerdeler former Leipzig mayor linked to the July 1944 assassination bid on Hitler. Individuals with information were asked to contact Nazi police. Goerdeler was last seen in Leipzig and reportedly escaped.
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London
DNB
Karl Goerdeler
Leipzig
Hitler
Goerdeler
Navy Steps Up Rocket Program
The Navy announces a major expansion of its rocket program toward peak production to meet rising demand for all ammunition types including bombardment rounds rockets and 40 mm guns. It notes current monthly ammo expenditure about 100 600 000 and projects rockets at an added 100 000 000 monthly at peak.
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Washington
Navy
Yanks Land on Rota and New Guinea Fronts Reported
United Press dispatches say American forces landed on Rota in the southern Marianas and, in a separate operation, a leapfrog assault by Allied forces under General Douglas MacArthur secured a beachhead at Sansapor on New Guinea. Advances inland crossed the Wewe river toward Sansapor as air and naval forces pressed a rapid, lightly opposed phase of the campaign to return to the Philippines.
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Nee
United Press
Hola Land
Marianas
Japan
Philippines
Rota
Saipan
Iy Tinian
Guam
Tokyo
San Francisco
Southwest Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Dutch We
Guinea
Sansapor
Sorong
MacArthur
Wewe Rive
Cape Sansapor
Aeri
Halmanera
New Guinea
Australia
Des Moines AAA appoints new state committeeman
A new AAA committeeman took over duties in Des Moines after local leaders failed to reinstate H Laurel Dieterich. The regional director Leroy K. Smith and North Central Director Brook lyn Smith faced protesters and cited Dieterich’s lack of initiative and constructive ideas for the program.
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Des Moines
j_ MecLaughlin
Winterset
AAA
Feeman
H. Laurel Dieterich
Brooklyn
Leroy K. Smith
North Central Region
Sesierdar
Svith
Dieterich
Smith
M Sd
Hervey Haven
Youth Center Council Plans New Activities
Oelwein Recreational Center committee chaired by Russell Liewine discusses new activities and an entertainment committee. They address age group nights, location adequacy, programming and finances, seeking $175 monthly overhead and noting donations lag. A September membership drive is planned as summer attendance dips.
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Oelwein
Chamber of Commerciast
Russell Liewine
Margaret Deig
Cari
Coletta Stover
Fdast
Kathleen Knapp
Dan Gelxer
Tommy Clemons
Dewey Attacks Smith as Race-Baiter in Illinois Speech
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey charged Gerald L. Smith of America First with race baiting and smear tactics in Illinois as Bricker campaigns toward St. Louis. Dewey called Smith a table rouser like Adolf Hitler and criticized attempts to link Bricker to Smith. The remarks followed Smith’s nomination move and came during a campaign swing through Pennsylvania and toward Missouri.
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Springfield
Thomas E. di
Publican
Ilinois
iGerald L. KR. Smith
America First Jeader
Adelig Hitler l
John W. Bricker
Ohio
GOP
Dewey Assesed
Smith
America First Party
Fang Bricker
Dewey
Pennsylnia
St. Louis
Dewer
Republican National Committee
Herbert Brownell
Gerald Smith
Adolf Hiller
Himor
Bricker
Brain
de Nardiyread Smith
Citywide Merchants Observe Special Appreciation Week
Oelwein shops host Appreciation Week with summer clearances and fair merchandise shipments arriving from nearby and distant points. Register reporters contact subscribers about ads as circulation efforts continue. The event runs through Saturday with an invitation from the Chamber of Commerce for all to visit.
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Denver
Ocelwein
Register
Additien
Oelwein
Mindy
Gelwein
Chamber of Commerce
Oel- Wein
Americans Break Through On Normandy Front At Brecey
Allied forces struck east from the Avranches area hitting the Brecrey transport hub ten miles east, while a second spearhead crossed the Selune river and pressed toward Brittany. Reports claim seven German divisions destroyed and 18,589 Allied prisoners since the breakout began, as Canadi anc troops attack south of Caen and British forces extend gains in the Caumont region.
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Paris
Brecer
Avranches
France
Selune
Brittany
Tessy-Sur-Vire
United Press
James McGlacy
Omar N Bradley
Panzer Lehr
McGlinch
Normandy
MicGliney
Brecey
Viliedieu
See River
Du.s
Selmne River
Werell
Caen
Supreme Headquarters
Caumont
Tilly la iCampaigne
Wilson
Hubert-Polie
Tilly la Campag
Caendurin
German Citizens Flee Turkey
Hundreds of nationals fled from Turkey as embassy staff prepared to follow. Allied sources predicted reprisals, with Germans crowding aboard items at Istanbul to cross into Bulgaria before the break. The Republican People’s Party group was to meet in Angora, while Bulgarian sources expected Turkey to grant bases to the Allies and expel German agents. If rupture occurs, Bulgaria planned neutrality.
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Turkey
Germany
Ankara
Germai
Franz von ‘Papen
Sukru Saracoglu
Russia
Loxdon
Turndiayv
Te- Tre Ellers
Sofa
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