Poland's industrial power rises from wartime ruins
Silesia emerges as Poland's chief asset as United Press reports from Kattowice. The region, one of the world’s most industrialized, survives the war with coal and iron mines, steel works, and modern mills intact. Vast undertakings line the Oder and Neisse fronts, with dense housing and integrated plants promising a strong postwar economy if transport improves. The survey notes wheat and rye farming surrounding factories, giving the impression factories sit amid large farms. The piece highlights US potential to supply 100,000 trucks within a year to restart Poland’s economy.
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M. S
Kattowice
Polish Silesia
Poland
Russia
Atlantic
United States
Siesia
Neisse
Oder
Europe
Upper
Ilesia
Silesia
Casualties Up 10 000 in Week Across US Forces
Total U S combat casualties reach 1 047 680 with an increase of 10 743 over the prior week. Army losses total 915 718 with 587 674 wounded. 346 171 have returned to duty. Navy Marine and Coast Guard at 131 962 combined. Prisoners of war total 117 213 with 94 020 liberated. Patterson cites 3 031 Japanese killed and 275 captured in the Borneo campaign through July 7. Allied and Australian totals noted.
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Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Robert P. Patterson
Borneo
New Guinea
Bougainville
New Britain
More Work Clothes Promised in August
Washington reports the War Production Board will release more work clothing in about six weeks. The army paused purchases of herringbone twill to reduce stocks and help WPB ease the current shortage of men’s work clothing.
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Washington
War Production Board
Army
WPB
Rural Teacher Shortage Threatens 8 Schools In Fayette County
County Superintendent A.S. Morse says rural teacher hiring is slow but notes fewer schools lack teachers than last July. He reports 8 or 6 rural schools will close next year for lack of instructors, and 10 more face threat of closure.
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Fayette County
A.S. Morse
Polish Army in Italy Swears Loyalty to London Government
Lt General Wladyslaw Anders ordered about 50 000 Polish soldiers in Italy to stay loyal to the London exile government and resist any lure to return to Poland. He denounced Western recognitions of a Warsaw provisional government and warned of attacks from enemies inside, calling the army an eyesore to foes. Maj Gen Rudnicki also opposed Warsaw and said his division would return to Poland armed, though British officials doubt disciplinary action.
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London
Wladyslaw Anders
Italy
Poland
Anders
Britain
United States
Warsaw
Sinders
Frey
Klemens Rudnicki
Rudnicki
Germany
War Office
Mitscher Visits Wisconsin Home
Hillsboro Wisconsin reports Vice Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, a hometown boy, returning to his mother and local friends. He downplays Washington talk of deputy chief of naval operations for air, noting he will learn more in Washington, and stresses that airpower alone cannot defeat Japan, insisting an invasion will be required.
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Hillsboro
Wis
Marc A. Mitscher
Washington
Naval Operations
Mitscher
Tealm
California
Japan
Buchanan Woman Dies in Ohio Crash
In Lisbon Ohio a car carrying Hazel Hamilton 43 Independence Iowa was struck by a Pennsylvania railroad troop train and dragged 1000 yards. Also killed were driver Pearl Crist 67 Negley Ohio and passenger Mary L Holden 60 New Brighton Pennsylvania. Hamilton was en route to Salem Ohio to return home.
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Lisbon
Hazel Hamilton
Independence
Pennsylvania Railroad
Duces Widow Speaks on Mussolini Loyalty and Infidelity
In a rare interview from a British internment camp in Terni Italy Donna Rachele Mussolini describes her long marriage to Benito Mussolini saying he trusted her and that she believed he was sincere. She accuses Clara Petacci of collaborating with the Germans and reveals plans to emigrate to America before the war. She details their last telephone contact six hours before his death and contemplates future lectures to support her family.
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Benito Mussollini
Terni
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Duce
Donna Rachele
Milan
Donna Kachele
Clara Petacci
Clara
Mussolini
Benito
Clera
United States
America
Badoglio
Pietro Badoglio
House votes to fund FEPC as war agencies bill advances
The House approved a 250000 dollar appropriation for the Fair Employment Practice Committee by voice vote. A motion to restrict the funds to liquidation failed 118 to 116 after heated debate. Senate had earlier set 250000 to continue FEPC, while the House had delayed action on the war agencies bill. Clarence Cannon urged passage as essential to wartime operations.
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Seth bin
Washington
Gap
House
Fair Employment Practice Committee
Senate
FEPC
Clarence Cannon
Appropriations Committee
Cannon
House Appropriations Committee
Hitler Nest Egg in Swiss Banks
A Bern dispatch to the Evening Standard reports Adolf Hitler is believed to have hoarded about 80,000 in three Swiss accounts under curious names. The three accounts are thought to be Hitler’s, but the Swiss federal treasury has not confirmed the claim.
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London
Bern
Evening Standard
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Airplane Stamp No 4 Good for Shoes Beginning Aug 1
The Office of Price Administration said Airplane Stamp No 4 in War Ration Book 3 becomes good for one pair of shoes starting August 1. Stamps Nos 1 2 and 3 remain valid indefinitely.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Senate speed hearings on United Nations charter begin
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee pushed to finish hearings on the UN charter with a fast schedule aimed at closing tomorrow afternoon. Witnesses urged speedy ratification or condemned the charter as unconstitutional while advocates pressed for reservations and international cooperation to preserve peace.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Tom Connally
Tex
Senate
Air Board Names Lisk Vice Chairman
Des Moines Iowa plane owners may not pay registration fees until January 1, 1946. Guy C Richardson, Jefferson attorney, named permanent chairman for one year, announced at the first meeting of the State Aeronautics Commission. The commission elected Harry Lisk of Independence as vice chairman and F. C. Eighmy of Mason City as secretary. Lisk opposed charging the registration fee until next year. A salaried director may be appointed at the next meeting on July 29.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Guy C. Richardson
Jefferson
State Aeronautics Commission
51St
General Assembly
Harry Lisk
Independence
Aviation Supplies
F. C. Eighmy
KGLO
Mason City
Lisk
CIO Gives Truman Qualified Support
Washington reports President Truman won qualified backing from the CIO political action committee. The group pledged support to Roosevelts objectives while reserving future judgments on men and measures, saying it would operate as an independent nonpartisan force and not as an adjunct of any party.
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Washington
Truman
CIO
PAC
Roosevelt
Phill
Combat Infantryman badge awarded to Rifleman Walker
Pfc. Harry V. Walker has received the Combat Infantryman badge while serving with the 357th Infantry Regiment of the 90th Infantry Division currently in Germany. Before the armistice he took part in actions in Normandy France and Germany. He is listed as missing-in-action.
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Harry V. Walker
Walker
357Th Inf. Regt
90Th Inf
Germany
Normandy
France
Mies
Geary Robbery Sends Youths to Reformatory
Two 16 year old Delorein boys confessed to robbing the Geary Smoke Shop of about $555 on June 22. Judge T. Hooheen of the juvenile court in West Enion ordered an indeterminate sentence at Edora reformatory. The youths were arrested by Rock Island plainclothesmen on June 29 after leaving the Louisiana Cafe in Davenport with $18.65, then sent to Fayette county custody July 2.
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Delorein
Geary
Edora
T. Hooheen
West Enion
Rock Island
Davenport
Fayette County
Leo Momeni
Army to Stop Feeding Europe in Coming Months
Washington reports the U S army will halt supplying food to civilians in liberated Europe on August 31 to save taxpayers money. Distribution and purchase will shift to liberated governments. meat shipments to Russia continue for July to September, including 25 million pounds of meat, with other Russian items totaling millions of pounds. The army has handled roughly half of European civilian relief, distributing over 700 million dollars in goods, while Germans face minimal aid and no improved rations in liberated areas.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Russia
U. S
Agricultural Department
U.S. Army
Germany
Hunt Green Gold Find Nets $6,000 Haul
Amateurs MIXNESPOLIS and son Darel hunted jade and stones near the Sweet Water region in central Wyoming after camping along the Oregon Trail. They recovered a 700-pound jade chunk valued around 34,000, a first-size white sapphire dubbed a Wyoming diamond, plus many moss agates and smaller jade pieces.
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Mixnespolis
Tira
L. E. Leipoic
Nokomis
Darel
Swpetwater Westelands
Wyoming
Sweet Waller River
Lander
Leopold
Hawkeye Buys Land From U S A In 40 Acre Purchase
Hawkeye acquires 40 acres east of town from Upper Iowa University for 1000 dollars. Mayor Patrick Kangle notes part of the land is being used as a city dump with the remainder to be pasture.
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Hawkeye
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Patrick Kangtle
Tokyo fears new strike by lurking fleet
Tokyo reports a fresh B-29 raid across Shikoku to Tokyo region, with 500 to 350 planes dropping over 2,200 tons of incendiaries and high explosives on Kawasaki petroleum center. Allied carrier plans and possible landings in the Carnicobar Islands are discussed amid Japanese counterattacks in Borneo and Indochina, with Gates noting continued heavy Allied air superiority.
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Guam
Kawasaki Petroleum Center
Tokyo
U. S
Shikoku
Honshu
Japan
Carnicobar Islands
Indian Ocean
Sumatra
Sabank
Yesterdy
Domet Agency
Carnicobar
Malaya
Tanah Wasa
Domei
Tanah Masa
Sabang
Washington
Artemus TL. Gates
Navy
Air
Gates
Borneo
East Borneo
Balikpapan
Seppinggan-Ketjil Oiber Aussie
Manggar
Mount Batochampar
Indo- China
Dang Dong
Lang Son
Chennankwan
Tinpak
Canton
Kwantung Province
Miuiluk
Luichow
Tthe Town
Rebel Plot Against Eire Chief Smashed
Dublin reports a plot to oust Premier Eamon De Valera’s government by force was smashed. Police say 40 IRA members among about 400 released from Curragh internment were targeted for a planned assassination campaign against government and police officials. Security forces rounded up leaders amid the probe.
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Dublin
Eamon de Velema
Eire
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Curragh
Irish Terminal Investigation Department
Britain
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