War Moves Today by Louis F Keemle
United Press war analysis suggests Germany may launch a brief, decisive campaign in or near Moscow rather than a long summer offensive. If forced to fight, Germany risks disaster against a strengthened Soviet force and potential allied operations in the west and Mediterranean. Russia proposes a joint offensive with the Allies to crush Germany this year.
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Louis F. Keemle
United Press
Germany
Moscow
Russia
Red Army
Europe
Mediterranean
Reichswehr
Gen Giraud To Visit Washington
The White House announced that Gen Henri Giraud, head of the French forces in North Africa, has accepted an invitation from President Roosevelt to visit Washington for conferences. Giraud’s trip is expected to bolster his leadership among French forces. Gen Charles De Gaulle will be nominal leader in his absence, under Gen Dwight Eisenhower’s overall command of allied forces there.
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Washington
Whte House
Henri Giraud
North Africa
Roosevelt
Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Dwight Eisenhower
Mrs Ness Iowa art leader dies at 58
Mrs Henry Ness, superintendent of Iowa art sales at the Iowa state fair and a teacher at Iowa State College, died in Iowa Methodist hospital after an operation. She coauthored Iowa Artists of the First Hundred Years with Louis Orwig and directed Homemakers Half Hour on WOI radio. She survived by her husband.
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Des Moines
Henry Ness
Iowa
Iowa State College
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Louis Orwig
Ames
Flooding Hurts Potato and Onion Crops in Hollendale
Hollendale Minnesota reports substantial crop losses from recent floods. About 30 percent of onion acreage and 40 percent of potato land damaged, per Hollendale Marketing Association manager Ben Pirhha. Damage impacts local farmers and market supply.
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Hollendale
Minn
Ben Pirhha
Hollendale Marketing Association
Allied air onslaughts intensify raids over Greece and France
Allied Air Forces report heavy bombings expanding across the Aegean corridor. American four engine Liberators strike Eleusis and Hassani near Athens, with Naples raids hitting Eleusis hangars. British squadrons bomb Dutch coast targets as RAF supports operations in occupied France.
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Allied
North Africa
Balkans
Athens
Greece
Aegean Sea
Eleusis
Hassani
Naples
Italy
Sicily
Sardinia
Cairo
Hassam
London
France
Trans-Channel
Son
England
Channel
Boulogne
Wilbur Duffy POW in the Philippine Islands
Mr and Mrs Robert Duffy report their son Wilbur J Duffy a prisoner of war of Japan in the Philippine Islands. Duffy enlisted in the Air Corps at Fort McArthur Calif in 1941 and has been missing since the surrender of Corregidor.
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Robert Duffy
Pfe
Wilbur J. Dufy
Philippine Islands
Pfe. Duffy
Air Corps
Fort McArthur
Calif
Corrigedor
Battered Leningrad Saved By Workers
Henry Shapiro profiles how workers at a major tank plant and city residents organized the defense of Leningrad during the 1941 siege. The mayor and veterans recount frontline mobilization, women producers, and daily life under bombardment as the city rebuilt and fought on.
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Leningrad
Ingrad
People's Army of Workers
Davis Resigns as War Food Chief
Davis resigns as head of wartime food relief after clash over authority and opposition to breed general subsidies. President Roosevelt accepts the resignation in a letter exchange. Marvin Jones, longtime House Agricultural Committee chairman, is named to succeed Davis.
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Davis
Washington
Che
Roosevelt
Marvin Jones
House Agricultural Committee
Indict Three Firms in Cartel Conspiracy
Attorney General Francis Biddle announced the federal grand jury indictment of three major chemical companies and four officers on charges of cartel conspiracy with axis and other foreign firms to divide world markets for Titanium compounds. National Lead Co Fletcher W. Rockwell Claude K. Garesche EK L du Pont de Nemours & Co Carl H. Rupprecht Titan Co Inc Gustav Jebsen named in three Sherman counts. antitrust head Chak said cartels aided Germany’s Europe and South America goodwill. no American acts since Pearl Harbor cited.
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Washington
Francis Biddle
New York
Axis
National Lead Co
Fletcher W. Rockwell
Claude K. Garesche
Ws Titanium
L du Pont de Nemours & Co
Carl H. Ru
Trading with the Enemy Violations Challenge Half of Pact
Report notes alleged trading with the enemy violations while domestic aspects of the agreement continue. Authorities examine whether U S commitments and internal provisions align amid ongoing negotiations. No further details on parties or dates are provided in the fragment.
Find Cause Of Train Explosion
GRAND JUNCTION Colo UP Railroad officials said sparks from a brakeshoe touched off fires in two munitions laden freight cars yesterday. The blaze started in floor timbers of a wooden car as the train reached yards. Ammunition in two cars exploded at a rate of a shell per second, triggering a dawn barrage that injured eight people. One steel freight car overturned by chance, discharging cargo away from residences, possibly averting greater loss.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Colorado
Rio Grande Railroad
Italian Fleet Moving to Mediterranean Amid Invasion Fears
Berlin reports Italian battleships steam into the Mediterranean to reinforce British squadrons for possible support of allied landing forces in southern Europe. London and Madrid mix rumors of offensive aims with safer-port movements, while Sicily suffers water shortages and disrupted public services amid intensified Anglo American bombing raids.
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London
Mediterranean
Europe
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
STB
Berlin
Rome
Madrid
Stockholm
Adriatic Sea
Spezia
Italy
Daily Mail
Sicily
Drivers License Deadline Near In Iowa This Week
Des Moines Iowa motorists are warned that the deadline for obtaining drivers licenses is July 4. Clarence Shirer head of the license bureau says applications are way off and statewide reports are incomplete. The division in the state house will stay open until 9 PM daily this week to accept applications.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Clarence Shirer
Drivers License Bureau
State House
Kee
Dewey Named Top Possibility for 1944 GOP Nomination
Washington dispatch notes Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York is counted among the foremost possibilities for the 1944 Republican presidential nomination. Aides say he will not seek the nomination but 1944 planning centers on Dewey, Wendell Willkie, Gov. John Bricker, and Gen. Douglas MacArthur. Some strategists see a Bricker campaign, while a few favor a MacArthur bid despite weak signs. Willkie emerges as the most spectacular figure in these early discussions.
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Washington
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Wendell L. Willkie
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R. Mich
Bricker
Willkie
The
National
Page Six
Nile Kinnick Flight Crash Mentioned By Veteran In Cedar Rapids
Aviation Chief Machinist's Mate Leo Hendrickson, a Cedar Rapids navy veteran, recalled Nile Kinnick's fatal June 2 takeoff from an aircraft carrier. He said Kinnick was about 300 yards from the carrier when the crash occurred. Hendrickson noted a near-fatal landing two days earlier and questioned what went wrong as the nation ponders the crash.
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IDPA
Leo Hendrickson
Cedar Rapids
Nile Kinnick
Iowa University
Kinnick
Hendrickson
Coal Stoppage Seen Test for New Strike Law
Washington reports that Harold L. Ickes warns no near return of coal mines to owners as Congress debates extending the stabilization act. UMW revolt and enforcement questions loom as the anti strike law faces its first real test in the coal crisis amid Justice Department analysis and War Labor Board sessions.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
House
Ways and Means
Ickes
United Mine Workers
Justice Department
War Labor Board
General Board
John L. Lewis
Anseing
WLB
James F. Byrnes
German spy Lehmitz pleads guilty in espionage case
Ernest Frederick Lehmitz a 57 year old naturalized citizen and air raid warden pleaded guilty before U S Commission Martin C Ep stein to transmitting war information to Germany He faced a 60000 bail and possible death or 30 year imprisonment He gathered data on troop movements armament civilian defense and shipbuilding using invisible ink and letters to friends in neutral Europe He reported convoy routes ship types counts and factory output from locations including Brooklyn Navy Yard Newport News and an aircraft plant with details on ships and cargoes He frequented taverns with armed forces and defense workers to obtain information.
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New York
Ernest Frederick Lehmitz
U. S. Commission
Martin C. Epstein
United States
Germany
Federal Grand Jury
Lehmatz
Conrey
Conroy
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Newport News
Lehmitz
Australia
England
Africa
Russia
Douglas
Fire destroys Newton War Plant
Newton suffers a major blaze at the Newton Manufacturing Company with an estimated $260,000 loss. Fire crews from Kellogg Colfax and Monroe aided Newton firefighters. the fire was discovered around 2 p.m. by plant watchman Laula Bobzin as flames spread rapidly, leaving only one wall standing by evening. About 250 gallons of blaze through est ca were saved.
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Newton
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