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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1941
Page
3
The article reviews battle reports and losses on both sides, noting German claims of 2,233 Russian tanks and 4,107 planes versus Russian admits 850 tanks and 800 planes. It discusses Minsk, Luck, Snow, Kiev, and the Ukraine as key contested areas, with both sides' tactics shaping the early phase of a fast mechanized war.
The House military affairs committee plans a retroactive July 1 deferment for 28 year olds reaching that age by July 1. A lottery to sequence new registrants is expected in about two weeks, with names merged into existing lists. Brigadier General Hershey ordered local boards to defer draft age married men with dependents and those supporting dependents.
Congress has approved 142,477 state justice commerce appropriation and 28,027,04,295 in annoytions this fiscal year. It surpasses the World War era record of 27,065,148,933 for 1919 and notes the massive 1842 army bill of 10,384,821,624 as a historic single cash appropriation. Advertising note from the Uelwein Daily Register highlights value in ads.
In 1917 18 General George C Marshall highlights the army moral and spiritual uplift program. He notes chaplains morale branches rest camps and hostess houses aiding soldiers. Civilian religious leaders partner with the War Department to foster wholesome off duty life near camps.
Vatican radio reported Pope Pius XII delivering a grim address urging reflection on leaders with shortsighted visions in wartime. He warned against atheism's predominance and said God guides events beyond human scope, promising that evil's triumph is temporary and God’s hour will come.
A lengthy obituary recalls Ignace Paderewski as a legendary pianist and Polish leader. Born 1860 in Podolia, he rose to fame with concert tours across Europe and America, earned vast wealth, and funded Poland’s cause. He served as premier in exile after World War I and remained a public voice for Poland amid 1930s turmoil.
A jittered crossword puzzle page lists many across and down clues with numbers and partial words, followed by fragmented wartime news: references to German planes shot down, RAF air activity over France, and a stray Want-Ad line. The text shows garbled OCR with misprints and incomplete phrases across multiple sections.
The Polish statesman and pianist Paderewski, though not a combatant, held the vice premiership of the Polish war council and may have his heart buried in Warsaw cathedral beside Chopin, following Polish artistic tradition. A friend noted the family request, with separate Polish burials likely after the war. Tentative plans spoke of a requiem high mass at Patrick's cathedral at 10 a.m. Thursday.
Hoover urged a new concept of human relations to gift the world lasting peace. He warned American involvement would risk dictatorial centralization and prolonged war, doubting that military force could defeat two thirds of world power for years, calling it another children’s crusade.
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