Truman Sees Food Outlook Improve As Administrators Take Post
President Truman forecast a material improvement in the national food situation once the new food administrator, Rep. Clinton Anderson, takes over July 1. He praised Congress for renewing the trade agreements act and noted progress at the San Francisco United Nations conference. He outlined travel plans to Portland and San Francisco and commented on Hoover’s remarks about meat controls. He also discussed Alaska commission revival, the Alaska road project, Eisenhower’s return to Europe, and potential cabinet changes.
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Truman
Mon Wallgren
Clinton Anderson
N. M
Congress
United States
San Francisco
Portland
Ore
Hoover
Ben
Washington
Food Administration
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Warren Magnuson
Northwest
Fairbanks
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Germany
Eisenhower
Harold L. Lickees
Governor Studies Prison Industries
Governor Robert D. Blue announced he will remain at Madison penitentiary to study potential procedural improvements in prison industries. During his state tour, he visited Fort Madison and did not disclose conclusions, but the inquiry is expected to review compensation for Floyd G. Cooper, Woodward sales representative for state prison industries, who drew $70,329 from July 1, 1939, to June 14, 1944, offset by his own expenses.
Furlough Delayed by Illness and Prison Camp Tale
Cpl. Arion Pruckett recounts five and a half months in German POW camps after the Battle of the Bulge. He describes the brutal escape route 125 miles on foot to Allied lines, the Russian advance, and a harrowing hospital stay. After liberation he toured homeward via France, shouting Ike Eisenhower’s address, then faced a new delay for his furlough due to surgery in Oelwein, Iowa.
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Russia
Cpl
Arion Pruckett
Mercy Hospital
Pelican Rapids
Minn
Oelwe
Col
Pruckett
Luxemburg
Corjheral
Berlin
Alar
Erbcan
Brackett
Jerrie
F.nely
San Valerie
France
L. A. Pruckett
Alma
Spl
Des Moines
Ft. Snelling
Prackett
Poles seek British help over Moscow terrorism trial
A Polish exile source said Britain will likely be asked to intervene for 12 Poles sentenced in Moscow to four months to 15 years for anti Red Army activities. Britain and the United States still back the exile government, with Moscow trials threatening to strain ties.
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London
Britain
Moscow
Russia
United States
Warsaw
Stanislaw Mikolaiccyk
Mikolajeczyk
Yalta
Germany
Radio Moscow
Okulicki
Radio Transmitters Behind Red Army Lines Trial
Jan Jankowski vice premier of the London government and its delegate inside Poland was sentenced to eight years for operating clandestine radio transmitters behind the Red Army lines.
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Red Army
Jan Jankowski
London
Poland
Leverington on Bond Tour Lands in San Francisco
Marine Corporal Kenneth Leverington of Oelwein arrived in San Francisco after seven months on Okinawa to begin a war bond tour with four Marines. He will visit war plants and urge workers in back thenz ship repair program, delivering a Buckner message praising workers and urging continued effort. Leverington is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wil Leverington. his wife and children stay with her parents and Mrs. Bruce Mullins.
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Oelwein
Okinawa
San Francisco
Cpi
Leverington
United Press
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Ikis
Army
jeVys
Marine Corps
Leveringtion
Wil Leverington
Bruce Mullins
Ave
Lt Knos Returns on 60 Day Leave from War
Lt Dwaine Knos will soon be home on a 60 day leave after landing in Virginia and being forced down over Germany. He will go to Jefferson Barracks before reaching Fayette. He had been reported missing briefly during the flight.
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Fayette Special
Dwaine Knos
C. H. Knos
Virginia
Jefferson Barracks
Fayette
Knos
Germany
Germans Flee Russian Zone in Weimar Outbreak
Thousands of Germans flee eastward as Soviet forces advance, crowding highways on trucks carts and on foot toward the west. Refugees swarm the Wemar autobahn near Frankfurt and Weimar checkpoint with reports of mass movement, scarce rail tickets, and military efforts to limit the exodus.
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Weimar
Frankfurt
Wemar
German industrialists plotted third war rearmament plan
Senate charges allege German industrialists formed secret plans to rearm and fund Nazi underground activities. Kilgore cites secret documents from a Strasbourg meeting on August 10, 1944, involving Krupp Rochling Messerschmitt Rheinmetall Bussing and VW. Hearings to probe foreign-entity ties and postwar funding schemes begin with Baruch testifying.
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Germany
Harley M. Kilgore
D W. Va
Germi
Kilgore
Senate Military Affairs Subcommittee
Bernard M. Baruch
State and Justice Department
Strasbourg
Rotes Haus
France
Krupp
Rochling
Messerschmitt
Merchandising Expert Speaks at Civic Dinner in Des Moines
Trimitabie Arthur Bratton, merchandising expert, addressed a large Des Moines Chamber of Commerce audience at a civic dinner. He emphasized adjusting to new conditions and ingenuity, urged positive customer relations, and said selling must be ongoing as audiences are dynamic. He defined public relations as being favorably known beyond one’s normal sphere.
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Arthur Bratton
Convention Bureau
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Legion @ L
Brayton
Two Oelwein Women Earn M D Degrees at Iowa U
Two Oelwein women recently completed medical training at the University of Iowa College of Medicine. Dr Edith I Trepiow daughter of Mr and Mrs Ed C Trepiow of Oelwein will report for internship on the East Coast at Baltimore General Hospital July first. The other graduate, Kennedy of this area, awaits her internship at Queen s Hospital in Honolulu Hawaii.
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Ed C. Trepiow
Oelwein
Baltimore General Hospital
Baltimore
College of Medicine
University of Iowa
Treptow
Maynard High School
University of Iowe
Children’s Memorial Hospital
Chicago
University Hospital
Town City
Hawaiian Islands
A Kennedy
Queen's Hospital
Tionolulu
Hawaii
Stephen’s College
Columbia
Towa
Oeiweim Hish? School
Iowa Chamber hears on fiscal year shift and veterans plans
President Dudley Hale urged a change of the Chamber of Commerce fiscal year from June to January. C. A. Stoddard noted a new card index of Oelwein residents aiding the War Bond pledge drive. Veterans Service Center development was outlined, with letters to newcomers and rehabilitative efforts highlighted. New members Dr. M. G. Beddoes and Don Kline were welcomed.
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C. A. Stoddard
Chamber of Commerce
Stoddard
The
Legion Auxiliary
Oelwein
Fie
Ana Wie
Ean Tomes
Veterans Service Center Committee
Ea 1 Wecome
Intomn
Oshven
Emestiona Re
Will Reid
M. G. Beddoes
Don Kline
Goodyear
Victory gives U S best base for invasion
The Okinawa campaign ends after 82 days as Admiral Nimitz in Guam and General MacArthur in Manila announce Japan’s resistance collapsed and Stilwell named to command the 10th Army. The push frees forces for further operations, with Liberators striking Keelung and Wake Island seeing a first strong yearly air raid.
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Chester W. Nimitz
Guam
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
Joseph W._ Stil 11
10Th Army
Ssa
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Tokyo
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Kerama Islands
Western Pacific
Philippines
Luzon
Dagan
Tlagan River
Aparth
Liuchow
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Kwantung
Hainan Island
Formosa
Far Eastern
Keelung
Orth
mid-Pacific
Wake Island
Tokro
Wake
Baka Bomb Sinks U S Destroyer off Okinawa
The Navy disclosed details of a Japanese death by own action attack on the destroyer Abele near Okinawa last April 12. The ship suffered 433 casualties with 113 dead and 32 wounded aboard. despite the damage, one ship remained afloat though not repaired.
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Navy
Maner
L. Abele
Okinawa
Delivery Notice for OEL WEEN DAILY REGISTER
A notice urges readers to receive the OEL WEEN DAILY REGISTER by 6 30 PM and to call their carrier or the De Luxe News Stand at 136. A special carrier will begin city delivery at 7 15 PM. The Daily Register promises all of today’s news today.
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