Allied Bombardment hits Iwo Jima base and Tokyo threat rise
Washington reports a large force of B 29 Superfortresses bombed hidden Japanese installations on Iwo Jima after weeks of raids on Saipan, with no fighter opposition and all aircraft returning safely. Liberators attacked Okinawa region while Tokyo defense remains on alert as Chiang Kai-shek says 4,008 Japanese troops move toward Kweiyang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Saipan
Iwo No. Taday
War Department
Anliaircraft
Tire
Encounter Doo
Mies
Suner
Pacific
7Th Army Air Forcs
Fleet Air Wing
Voljena
Yokoo
Cove
Tapin
Campaign Costs Filing Report From 1945 Election
Partial OCR notes show 28 failed to file campaign costs in 1945. Mentions MN Giree, State central committee, and several candidates with expenditures: salaries 828.603, campaign expenses 4472, Democratic and Republican figures, and a $1100 item. Names include Jake More. Dates range Aug 1 to Nov 10 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LYS
Yesternat the
I Wes
Stmmis
Pac
State Central
Osipie Choompn
Jake More
STPAR
Perec
Jackie
Bresepublican
Senate Hears More Plans To Freeze Workers
The Senate war investigating committee heard manpower officials and war production leaders push for authority to enforce labor certificates and ceilings. J A Krug said a labor draft was not feasible but more teeth in manpower rules could cut shortages, while Patterson argued a draft remains best despite shortages and noted strikes did not curb ammunition gaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Senate War Investigating Committee
Charles M. Hay
War Manpower Commission
William Haber
WMC
War Production Board
J. A. Krug
Krug
Congress
Robert J .P. Patterson
War Department
Patterson
Americans Push Across Saarbrucken Front in Early Battle
American forces press the Saarbrucken front with Third Army storming the west bank and Siegfried Line pillboxes. Seventh Army drives toward Gambsheim and Mouterhouse crest while First Army advances near Duren and Roer river defenses. Hurtgen forest gains noted as Ninth Army fights near Julich Sportpalast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Saarbrucken
Cologne
Upper Rhine Valley
United States
Third Army
Saar River
Alexander M. Pateh
Seventh Army
Bitche
France
Mouterheuse
Haaré
Gambsheim
Upper Rhine
Strasbourg
First Army
Inchen
Pier
Duren
Roer
Courtney H. Hodges
Bergstein
Hurtgen Forest
Bad Meather
Ninth Army
Julich Sportspalast
Praised for Leyte action Kinsey singled out in radio broadcast
Thorne Kinsey, whose mother was a former Oelwein resident, received special mention in a radio dispatch for heroism in Leyte. He reportedly stormed a machine gun nest and crawled to a barricaded emplacement door, tossing grenades until enemy fire ceased. Kinsey is the son of Laura Briggs and Mark Kinsey, with ties to Oelwein.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorne Kinsey
Oelwein
Leyte
Dispatch
Kinsey
Laura Briggs
W. H. Bricer
J. E
Pete) Briggs
Mark Kinsey
National Office of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Kansas City
British envoy denies rift over allied policy in liberated territories
Lord Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, affirmed a substantial understanding with the United States on allied policy toward reborn European governments after a meeting with Secretary of State Stettinius. House debates followed, with Rep. Rankin protesting and Rep. Cellier praising the State Department, calling British actions in Greece a horrible spectacle and tied to the Atlantic Charter. The unresolved policy rift hints at a Roosevelt Churchill meeting, as it also touches Poland, Romania, and Bulgaria with Stalin era concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Lord Halifax
United States
Britain
Edward R. Siettinius, Jr
Halifax
John E. Rankin
D. Mis
Collings
Great Britain
Emanuel Cellier
D. N
State
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Poland
Romania
Bulgaria
Josef Stalin
Thie
Ferre
Electronic Brain Secret of B 29
The army revealed a central gunfire control system for the B 29 Superfortress. A mechanical and electronic brain directs all guns from a central position, enabling faster and more accurate fire against enemy aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tokyo
Asia
Army Air Corps
Greek Attacks Increase as Britons Report Civil War Struggle
General Ron Scobie said Greek attacks on British troops were increasing and Salonika had been shelled. Casualties rose in Athens with 600 Greek dead and 3,000 wounded or missing among the Greek force, while many Elas officers were captured and repurposed by British troops. Negotiations between Elas and Prime Minister George Papandreou's government remained in preliminary stages with little progress. British forces continued bombardment and air attacks on Elas positions around Athens and Piraeus, including a hospital area, as clashes persisted.
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Athens
Ronald Scobie
Sinke
Salonika
Elas
Aiy
Alas
Scobie
Sun
Piraeus
George Papandreou
EAM
Hells
Parthenon
T ‘Tre
Tokyo Quake Described Too Violent Yet Claimed “Slight” Damage
A vast Japanese earthquake centered in the Sea of Ensa n struck central Japan with tides, landslides, and heavy shocks. Tokyo radio reported only slight damage to the capital and its war plants, while seismologists warned the event ranked among the century’s most violent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokyo
Domei Newss
Sea
Ensan
Peter
Shizuoka
Tokyo-Yokonama
Comer
West Bromwich
England
Huxeer
Pearl Harbor
German Line In East Buckles Under Russian Drive
Soviet and German reports say the battle for Hungary intensified with new German reserves arriving from Italy and the western front. Tolbukhin and Malinovsky’s forces pushed along the Austrian gate near Lake Balaton, capturing towns and edging toward Budapest as German lines collapsed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hungary
Moscow
Budappest
Austrian
United Press
Italy
Budapest
Germany
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Lake Balaton
Malinovsky
Hatvan
Third Army
Drava
Nagrykanitsa
Nagyszakacs
Nagykanizsa-Szekesfehvavr
Balatonderent
Vors
Paper Collection Above State Quota in October
Des Moines reports Iowa waste paper collection for October at 13 329 657 pounds, 105 percent of the state quota. The four month total ended Oct 31 reached 378 090 8616 pounds, 114 4 percent of quota. Per capita averages run 5.02 in October and 5.7 for the period. Des Moines county led with 656 0090 pounds, followed by Dubuque with 314 percent of quota and Webster with 1 002 000 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Herbert Plagman
The
War Production Board
Des Moines County
Dubuane
Webster
Scott
Judges Named for Road Promotion Window Display Contest
Des Moines up for the Sixth War Loan drive announces judges from Ramsey Advertising Davenport W Karl Hall Globe Gazette Maser City W W Woods erection director WHG Des Moines Evron Benson Rath Printing Co Waterlon Rover Vance Maytag Co Newton They will judge Iowa entries from photos of window displays submitted to national headquarters Prizes include cash and war bonds across 11 retail classifications Town winners may advance to regional contest A total of 115000 in war bonds will be awarded nationally and at the state level
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
W. Ramsey
Ramsey Advertising Agency
Davenport
Karl Hall
Globe-Gazette
Maser City
W. W. Woods
WHG
Evron Benson
Rath Proking Co
Waterlon
Rover Vance
Maytag Co
Newton
Iown
Tudees
Lutheran Pastor Accepts Call to Seguin Texas Church
Dr Braulick a longtime Wartburg leader and former Oelwein educator has accepted a call to Emanuel Lutheran Church Seguin Texas. The church serves as the Texas Lutheran College church and boasts a 609 membership. Braulick earned an A B from Wartburg 1907 and Wartburg Seminary 1910, later teaching at Eureka Lutheran College and Texas Lutheran. He has led Wartburg as president since 1935 and previously held English Bible professorships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Eld. Braulick
Jartbure College
Lot of Zion Lutheran Chure
Emanuel Lutheran Church of
Oelwein
Texas Luitherjan
Wartburg
Canada backs draft order in two to one confidence vote
The House of Commons backed Prime Minister Mackenzie King 143 to 70 in a vote of confidence amid a two week debate on compulsory military conscription. King urged unity and cited the need for a vigorous war effort as the session adjourned near midnight, promising to have overseas units ready once Parliament acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
House of Commons
Mackenzie King
House
King
Liberal Party
Canada
Iteran
Commons
War Veteran Kills Four in Wild Battle CARTARET New Jersey
Daniel Motner, a former serviceman, killed four people and wounded others in a chaotic gun battle after attempting to coerce his estranged wife. Police intervened as Motner shot at officers and fled with his daughter Barbara. A 112 year-old girl and a father-in-law died. two officers were wounded. Motner surrendered after four miles walk to Woodbridge police.
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Cartaret
N. J
Prn
Daniel Motner
Hus
Anna Jlused
Police i
Adam Rozanski
Moiners
Rostani
Seeves
Barbara
Aree
Molmer
Woodbridge
Churchill wins confidence vote over Greece policy in Commons
Prime Minister Winston Churchill secured a decisive 279 to 30 vote in Parliament backing his government's Greece Italy and Belgium policy. He defended continued armed support for liberated European nations despite American objections and labeled Greek rebels and mutineers. The speech lasted 80 minutes amid heckling and protests in Westminster as Churchill pressed to clear Athens and the surrounding region of those opposing authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Winston Churchil
Greece
Italy
Belgium
Darlo Sforza
Churchill
Europe
Edward R. Stettinius
Stettinius
United States
Sforza
Steltinius
House of Commons
Uprot
Westminster
Tom Driberg
Supreme Command
Athens
Atthens
William Gallagher
Commons
Papandreon
Omaha Plane Crash Toll May Be 17
A Lockheed training plane crashed and burned after takeoff at Omaha municipal airport. Reports vary on deaths from 14 to 17 with 1 to 17 aboard all army personnel. Ferry pilots were en route to Tinker Field. Sgt. Forrest Forman survived. The crash is described as the airport’s greatest tragedy with no prior fatalities since 1932.
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Saha
Mithe Lincoln
Neb
Fieig
Lockheed Advances
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Omaha
Kansas City
Forrest Forman
New York City
Dick Martin
Tinker Field
Oklahoma City
Okla
Forman
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Shihpanchar
Tushan
Kwwangsi
Kweirang
Tieus
Spa
Senate
SRD
Wess
Chicago
Lucille Latza
Letcher
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Paul's Valley
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Redwood Falls
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West Bromwich Observatory
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