Allied Occupation Reshapes German Zones After War
The Third and Seventh Armies will remain in occupied southwest and eastern Germany as the Fifteenth Army hands over to British and French control. The American Ninth Army will end its Germany mission around June 15 and likely shift to the Pacific. Western allies enforce a work or fight policy while civilians face ration-card penalties. Zhukov orders revival of anti-fascist parties and free trade unions in the Soviet zone.
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London
Geotge S. Patton
Alexander “MM. Patch
Germany
Army New Paper
Stars and Stripes
15Th Army
Keonard Gerow
15Th
Ruhr
Rhineland
Seventh Army
Ninth Army
Pacific
North Africa
Sicily
Patton
France
Austria
Wiesbaden
Bernard L. Montgomery
Berlin
Marshall Gregory Kk. Zhukov
Petain Reveals Hidden Underground Role During Occupation
Paris report states Marshal Petain asserted he led a double life during the German occupation, heading the Vichy regime publicly while secretly supporting the resistance. He denied efforts to stamp out resistance and claimed to be a member of the resistance in metropolitan France. He said no original copies exist of a secret treaty with Churchill, to be defended via photo static copies.
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Paris
Henri Philippe Petain
France
Vichy
Petain
Ings Court of Justice
Churchill
Weekly Oelwein Weather Report for June Week
Oelwein weekly weather summary for the cool week ending June 10 reports daily highs and lows with partial figures. Monday shows a low around 60 and high near 76, while Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday show mid sixties with cool nights. Friday reaches about 70 while Saturday and Sunday readings vary in the low to mid fifties.
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Oelwein
Seay Aie Pn
Fayette Wesleyan Youth Rally Draws District Group
A large gathering of young people from Independence West Union Dundee Manchester Waterloo and Fayette attended a Wesleyan Young People Rally and District meeting at Fayette Wesleyan church. Morning praise service picnic dinner at Fayette Park and afternoon and evening services featured Rev Paul Kinchie on Holiness for Young People. Betty Cass showcased back drawings. the evening drawing theme was Jesus Saviour Pilot Me. Mr and Mrs Harry Tiff hosted supper at their country home.
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Fayette
Independence
West Union
Dundee
Manchester
Waterloo
Fayette Park
Paul Kinchie
Peope
Betty Cass
Harry Tiff
Hitler’s alleged children spark postwar manhunt tale
A Stockholm dispatch quoted by the Daily Express claimed Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun had two children born during their Whit Jove affair. The boy, now five, and the girl, four, were said to be pursued by Allied forces while Hitler’s marriage to Braun was an apparent bid to legitimize them.
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London
Stockholm
Disnatch
Adolp Hitler
Eva Braun
Hitler
Eva
Berlin
Gregory K. Zhukov
London Daily Express
Erik Wesslen
Wessen
Bavaria
Madrid
Spain
Bern
Daly Express
Switzerland
Car Shortage Halts '44 Wheat Shipment
Altus Oklahoma reports a critical railroad box car shortage disrupting harvest plans for 1945 wheat. Last year’s bumper crop partly remains grounded as Eldorado, Kansas, and nearby shipping points pause purchases, leaving about 40 carloads stored in vacant structures. Farmers must haul to Texas or wait for rail movement after Eldorado’s elevators halted intake. Only 31 carloads shipped this year versus 1895 prior year and 400 two years ago.
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Altus
Okla
Kansas
Oklahoma
Eldorado
Klainoma
Briggs Memorial Service Held at Sumner Sunday
Memorial services for First Lt. Robert Briggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Briggs of Sumner, officially killed in action in Germany on April 29, were held at 2:30 p.m. in the Sumner Methodist Church. The Rev. Richard Prescott officiated with representatives from Gen. Edwin V. Sumner Post, VFW, and the Legion Auxiliary participating. Solo numbers were performed by G. E. Farnum, the Rev. David Thompson, and Darlene Stahihut, with piano by Mrs. Edwin Boehm.
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Sumner
Robert Briggs
John Briggs
Germany
Sundar
Richard Prescott
Edwin
American Legion
the Legion Auxiliary
G. E. Farnum
David Thompson
United Brethern Church
Darlene Stahihut
Edwin Boehm
Gleason Killed on Okinawa in Battle
Word received by his wife and daughter yesterday confirms Dale Gleason was killed in the Okinawa battle on May 2. He was 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Gleason of Edgewood, born and raised there, and employed by Wilson Produce Co. before enlisting in 1943. Survived by his parents wife and daughter Sharon Lee two brothers Earl in Bagwood and Preston in the Army in the Southwest Pacific.
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Pic
Dale Gleason
Okinawa
Jesse Gleason
Edgewood
That
Wilson Produce Co
Service
Sharon Lee
Earl
Bagewood
Preston
Southwest Pacific
Soil Loss Sermon Warns Iowa May Become Desert
Local news report profiles Rev. E J OHagen's Sacred Heart talk during Soil Conservation week. He warned that continuing soil loss at current rates could turn Iowa into a desert in about 73 years, urging parishioners to study the problem and work to rebuild the soil. He cited Iowa as rich agriculturally and blamed land mining and erosion for decades of fertility loss.
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E. J. Ohagen
Sacred Heart Tehurch
Iowa
Father O'Hagen
Iowers
Garden of Eden
Tigris
Euphrates
Asia “Minor
King, Combat Vet At Texas Air Base
Capt Bers King, 22 year old aerial navigator and son of Mr and Mrs A R King, has been assigned to Ellington Field Texas after overseas service in the European theater. He earned the D flying cross the Jur medal with three oak leaves the Distinguished Service cross and the European Theater ribbon. He served as a flight officer and graduated in 1942. He is nephew of Mr and Mrs Earl Sivere ofiters.
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Bers
L. King
A. R. King
Hazieicn
Elminston Field
Texas
King
Ellington Frelsing
Comba
Earl Sivere
Iters
Shippy of Oran Plans Locker Installation at General Store
Oran, Earl Snippur, owner and operator of a local general store, has secured a permit for a two locker plant installation. Repair work is underway to install the new lockers at the store, with completion expected soon.
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Shippy
Oran
Earl Snippur
Hax
Tre
Fuel Forms No Longer Available at OPA Erom Local News Desk
After June 5 retail coal dealers must obtain SFA-380 forms from the Solid Fuels Avi mnitraven office as announced by the local ration board. The blank form, a consumer dollar form, has been distributed to dealers through the OPA here.
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OPA
Erom
Menarest Solid Fuels Avimnitraven
Deaiers
Highest Soviet Medal for Ike and Berlin gathering
In Berlin a Soviet diamond medal for Dwight Eisenhower is presented by Marshal Zhukov, with Montgomery and other Allied leaders in attendance. Eisenhower calls it an honor, while Zhukov toasts the American and British peoples. A joint Allied luncheon follows with cocktails as Stalin, Churchill, and Truman are toasted.
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L. Qjoday
Gregory Montgore i
Ee Lgt Aa
Regaay
Feansturt
Berlin
Eisenhown
Reece
Charles Kiley
Eisenhower
Montgomery
Zhnukee
Stalin
Churchill
Truman Land Zhukov
Aindrei Vishinsky
Kasi
Four NE Iowans Free One Wounded
Four Northeast Iowans were reported liberated from German prison camps. Sgt Clarence W. Carter of this city, and James P. Beard of Decorah area were named among the freed. Also listed: Sgt Edwin J. Olson and Lt John J. Hall. Wounded in action was Sgt Mirron H. Rude of Decorah serving in the Pacific.
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Clarence W. Carter
Ira L. Carter
Office of War Information
S Vitini
James P. Beard
Whiam Beard
Decorah
Idvin J. Olson
L. Olson
Possville
John J. Hall
Judson
Holmes
Independence
Mirron H. Rude
Minnie Rude
Pacific
Veteran Drowns 5 Children and Himself in Pit
Bryan O. up, Alfree Stoner, 33, a discharged war veteran, drowned five of his children and himself while near a water-filled gravel pit. Coroner C. Paul Peta tod Ward's ruling confirmed the recovery of seven bodies, including four other children, from the pit where a 1932 model car remained submerged.
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Bryan. O
Alfree Stoner
C. Paul Peta Tod Ward
Stoner
Alice
Seuna
Whith
4-H Girls Rally Day Tomorrow Held at Upper GAT Grey
Fayette highlights the morning with speeches and parading for candidates. An 4-H revue follows with games and installation per hour. County extense economist urges all friends of the 4-H movement to attend the annual event.
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Fayette
Vaubel
Plot to Blow Up Canal Revealed by Irish Soldier
Irish National Army veteran Joan Cushing testified that Nuns plotted to blow up the Panama Canal by sabotaging the Guian locks after being moved from camps near Berlin. Captured at Lille in 1940, he claimed Germans promised special treatment for work and said his ruse to reach England led to a near execution before sentence was commuted.
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Dublin
Panama Canal
Joan Cushing
Guian
Cushing
Lille
Berl
Sugar Embargo Proposed by House Republicans
The House Republican food committee urged a six month embargo on military sugar. They argue a sugar famine will worsen domestic use, and the United States planned to ship about 2,000,000 tons to Europe while Britain held ample stocks. Rep. Barter J. Jonkman of Michigan voiced the committee’s views in a prepared speech.
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Washington
House Republican Food Committee
Barter
J. Jonkman
House
Jonkman
Informaien Ag
United States
Great Bryviain
Vreseres
Bloody Battle for Okinawa in Last Stages
World War II dispatches report Okinawa in the final phase with Marine footholds held at Weeru-Dake as Japanese defenses thin. Allied forces push through multiple hills, while Tokyo warns of air strikes and Japanese losses rise, including ships and aircraft. General Stilwell warns invasion may extend to Manchuria with 300,000 troops needed.
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Okinawa
Weeru-Dake
Dipan
Atieai Emi
Joseph W. Stillwell
Stilwell
Japan
Manchuria
Stillwell
U.S. Army
Rees
Wood Tick Victim Taken to Iowa City
A four year old child, described as a son of James, was taken to Iowa City for treatment after a wood tick bite. The page notes a suspected cause linked to the insect and mentions a special report by Jammy Davis.
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Iowa City
SEITE
Jammy Davis
James
Classified ad urges readers to use the classifieds
An ad urging readers to call Richard Gage at 758-W to place a wanted to buy notice for an electric tanio, noting the small 42 cent price and a three day run. The message promotes using the Classifieds section when items are hard to find and suggests calling 28 for an ad-taker.
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Elec
Tanio
Richard Gage
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