Allies to Restore Italian Control Soon Amid Occupation Changes
Washington reports Major shifts in Allied administration of Italy as General McNarney indicates occupation will be led by the supreme allied command in the Mediterranean with Italian armed forces. Italy to regain government control as quickly as possible, with limited provinces kept under occupation until conditions permit.
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Washington
Haly
Toay
Joseph T. MecNarn
Germany
Austria
Ausaria
Italy
Supreme Allied Command
Mediterranean
Harold R. Alexander
McNarney
U.S
U. S
Bi McNarney
Venezia Giulia
United States
RicNarney
Bolzano
Governors Meet at Mackinac to Forge Postwar Policy
Harmony to Mark Governors Meeting reports 39 state leaders speeding toward the 37th annual conference on Mackinac Island. Key debates focus on postwar aviation funding and the shift of unemployment services from federal to state control, with no consensus on timing. Several governors prefer retaining funds with states, others advocate broad federal programs directing funds to municipalities or states.
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Mackinac Island
Tennessee
Texas
Arizona
Delaware
Louisiana
Washington
Hazleton Soldier Sez. Snoble Honored for WWII Service
Sezt Snoble of Hazleton enlisted November 25 1940 at Ceine Ra Ss and discharged June 2 1945 at Ft Dix New Jersey. He served as Quartermaster supply technician and participated in campaigns in Naples Po Valley Rome North Africa and Tunisia. He received the American Defense Service Medal the European African Middle Eastern Medal and the Good Conduct Medal.
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Hazleton
Ssr
Jerry I. Snoble
Ceine Ra
Ss. Tawa
Ft. Dix. N. J
Naples
Togsia
Rome
Arno
Tunisia
Local Boys Held At Davenport Admit Theft Here
Two 16-year-old youths from Oelwein told Davenport Police Chief Reed Phillips they obtained 300 dollars in cash, cameras, and cigarettes in a Davenport burglary and as loot from the Smoke Shop robbery in Davenport a week ago. They were arrested in Rock Island after fleeing Davenport and are held in the Davenport county jail juvenile ward. If not prosecuted in Davenport they will be tried in Oebyin-.
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Oelwein
Reed Phillips
Davenport
Rock Island
Jark
Leo Moment
Mississippi River
Oebyein
Truman Aides Take Office
Four new cabinet members assume duties in a major White House reshuffle aimed at reorganizing executive agencies to better manage food supply and labor issues. Lewis Schwellenbach becomes labor secretary, Robert Hannegan postmaster general, Tom Clark attorney general, Clinton Anderson agriculture secretary, with Marvin Jones joining as wartime food administrator merged into agriculture. Byrnes nomination for secretary of state expected soon.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Frances Perkins
New York
Robert E. Hannegan
Missouri
Frank C. Walker
Pennsylvania
Tom C. Clark
Texas
Francis Biddle
Clinton P.anderson
New Mexico
Claude R. Wickard
Indiana
Sinderson
Marvin Jones
Agriculture Department
Truman
James F. Byrnes
Senate
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
U. S
New World Security Teague
Schwellenbach
Walker
Comerford Theatres, Inc
New Jersey
Scott Takes Liquor Board Post Sunday
Five new members of state boards and commissions, appointed by Gov. Poebert D Blue, begin terms tomorrow. Former Sen H S Love of Bridgeweier will start a full six year term on the board of jar welfare after serving since April to fill an unexpired term. Love hails from West Union and will receive a 34500 salary. George L Scott of West Union also begins a six year term on the war commission, succeeding L Curtis of Knoxville.
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Des Moines
Poebert D. Blue
H. S. Love
Bridgeweier
Jar Welfare
King Almer
West Union
Love
George L. Scott
War Commission
Scott
L. Curtis
Knoxville
Polish Exiles in Vain Appeal to Pope
A Vatican official said the Polish exile government in London sent a protest to the Vatican and other powers over Poland’s planned unity government. The informant denied claims the London Poles sought intervention to flee to exile or Canada, and said the Vatican has no mandate to intervene.
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Rome
Vatican
Iexile
London
Poland
F Cie
Canada
Auada
ODT imposes five day limit on train reservations
Washington experts report the Office for Defense Transportation now requires a five day advance limit for civilian railroad reservations. The rule, aimed at prioritizing military transport, does not cancel existing 30 day reservations and should ease space for troops returning from Europe.
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Washington
Office For Defense
ODT
J. Monroe Johnson
Europe
Pacific
CDT
Ex POW Vaughn Ends Visit Here From Local News
Lt. R. E. Dick Vaughn recently returned to the United States after eleven months as a prisoner of war with the German forces. He left Mason City after visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. R. V Vaughn and earlier spent time with friends in this city. Vaughn, a former Army Air Corps flyer who joined in 1941, was shot down over Vienna on May 10, 1944, and endured confinement in German prison camps until his release on April 29.
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R. E
Dick) Vaughn
Ger- Taan
R. V Vaughn
Mason City
Army Air Corps
Vaughn
Chicago
Vienna
Austria
Germany
States
Oelwein
Henry Bartels
Parents Learn Sgt Ohls Wounded in South Pacific
FAIRBANK Special Sgt Donald Ohls writes to his parents Mr and Mrs John Ohls that he was wounded in action in the South Pacific. He enlisted January 30, 1940 and was at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked.
Shangri-La Trio Rescued After 47 Days in New Guinea
Cpl. Margaret Hastings and Lieuts John McCollum and Kenneth Decker survived 47 days in a hidden Shangri-La valley in New Guinea. They were rescued by a glider airlift to Hollandia, after a CAT transport crash forced an emergency landing in the valley. Natives, puzzled by clothed visitors, mistook the trio and paratroopers for women, prompting curious behavior before clarification. The valley, 20 miles long with two aerial entrances, lies behind a 15,000 foot wall and features terraced fields and drainage canals.
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Manila
New Guinea
Shangri-La
Hollandia
Margaret J. Hastings
Owego
John S. McCollum
Trenton
Kenneth W. Decker
Kelso
Wash
Cpl. Hastings
Hidden Valley
Decker
McCollom
McCollum
17 Years in Prison For Small Theft
William Bolds, 47, freed by Federal Judge John P. Barnes after a habeas corpus ruling. Bolds had been shuttled between prison and asylum since his 1923 arrest for theft including SLE7 and a ring. The judge called prior confinement cruel and ruled charges of assault on guards were disproved.
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Chicago
Bolds
OPA Bill Approved 255-94 in House Vote
The House passed final approval of a one year extension of price controls and broadened food control powers for the new agriculture secretary. The 255 to 9 roll call clears congressional action and sends the measure to President Truman for signature before midnight.
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Washington, D. C
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Tomani
Kansas City
Clinton P. Anderson
D. M
Sec
War Bond Quota Still Not Met as Drive Closes
Washington reports seventh war loan ends today with total sales at 22.21 billion dollars, 153.6 percent of the national goal. E bonds lag with 3.726 billion, need boosting. state totals show uneven progress in final campaign days.
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Washington
Joan
W. L. Clark
Yanks to Enter Berlin Tomorrow
African and British occupation forces may move into Berlin tomorrow per two London Daily Express dispatches from Brunswick. Reconnaissance groups from the two armies have already entered the former German capital seeking accommodations for the main forces.
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Berlin
London Daily Express
Brunswick
21 Yanks Block 900000 Nazis In Norway Invasion
Twenty one U S Army ski battalion men, including eleven from Brooklyn, conducted a covert operation in Norway code named Operation Norway. Maj William Colby led eight planes from Scotland. six reached the jump point and 16 men linked with Norwegian underground to destroy rail lines and disrupt German positions, then endured long forced marches before marching through Steinkjer after the surrender.
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Brooklyn
Dodgertown
Norway
Scotland
William Colby
Lincoln Ave
St. Paul
Minn
U. S. Office of Strategic Services
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Trondheim
Colby
Tager
Colbys Force
Wilds
Steinkjer
Christensen with Occupation Forces in Germany
Local desk reports Christensen serves with the 14th Armored Division 68th Armored Infantry Battalion of the 3rd Army in the occupation of Germany. He earned the Combat Infantry Badge ETO Ribbon with two stars and the Good Conduct Medal after enlisting in December 1942 and going overseas in October 1944. He fought in Vosges Alsace Siegfried Line operations and Germany’s final defeat. A Oelwein High School graduate, he previously worked for Chicago Great Western Railway Co.
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Germany
14Th Armored Division
3Rd Army Kristensen
5Th Sein. Towa
Vosges
Alsace
Siegfried Line
Oelwein High School
Chicago Great Western Railway Co
Fayette Rites For Mrs Chapman
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A Chapman are planned Sunday at 2 30 PM at Betles Funeral Home The deceased died Thursday evening in Independence Hospital outlines indicate a local funeral notice with standard rites and location details
Steffen Aids In Rescue By Whale Boat
Lyle Melbourne Steffen, 22, a pharmas mate first class, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Steffen of Oehwein Iowa, served on a motor whaleboat crew aboard a U.S. destroyer off Luzon in the Philippines. After a Liberator crash and a night search for survivors, daylight revealed a life raft, and the whale boat was sent to rescue the fliers who were scattered over a four mile square area.
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U. S
Pacific
Lyle Melbourne Steffen
Pharma
Mir. l
Leo Steffen
Oth Ave
S&s W
Oehwein
Steffens
Luzon
Philippines
John N. Renfro
USN
Bunker Hill Survivor James A Spensley Featured
Pictured is James A Spensley of the Bluejackets, one of the few to survive the Bunker Hill airstrike incidents. He helped defend the carrier as explosions rocked the ship, with about a hundred men skrilied as bombs fell within thirty seconds. Spensley later visited relatives in Aurora while the crew enjoyed leave during repairs on the West Coast.
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James A.spensley 2Fe
Uss
Bunker Run
Spensley
Bunker Hill
Spentley
Alrs
Harriett Spensley
Aurora
Chiff Clark
Her Johnsen
Upper Iowa
Uni
Airs
L. L. Jenkins
Mate Spensi
Jacquelyn
iLevisiana
Czechoslovakia Cedes Carpatho Ukraine to Soviets
London reports Russia gains 4600 square miles as Carpatho Ukraine is ceded to the Ukrainian Soviet Republic. The pact, signed by Zdenek Fierlinger and Vyacheslav Molotov, marks a shift in postwar boundaries with a Ukrainian majority population. Molotov calls it a brotherly solution, Fierlinger notes the union with Carpatho Ukraine was temporary.
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London
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Jenia
Carpatho-Ukraine
Molotov
Tokyo Hints Of Allied Landings On Two Islands
Reports from Tokyo and allied broadcasts indicate possible invasions imminent at Balikpapan and across the China coast near Shanghai. Japanese claims say 41 Allied vessels patrol the area as bombing raids and mine-laying continue, with operations in Borneo and the Philippines amid shattering wartime disruptions.
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Liuchow
Linkai
China
Shanghai
London
Balikpapan
Borneo
Tokyo
Manila
Okinawa
China Coast
Pacific Fleet
Kome
Manchuria
Niigata
Sakata
Japan
Nippon Oil Company
Audamatsu
Konshi
Philippees
Luzon
Mankayan
Baguio
Highway Four
Rankin Says Hollywood Is Subversive Hotbed
Washington reports House Un American Activities Committee chair John Rankin of Mississippi announced an investigation into anti American activities on the West Coast, focusing on Hollywood as a suspected center of subversive plots against the government. He said investigators would leave for Hollywood immediately and warned of the film capital’s alleged dangerous influence.
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Washington
Actting
John E. Rankin
D.miss
Wyantee
West Coast
Hollywood
Calif
Rankin
United States
He Rankin
Ito
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Fayette
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Steffen
Om Local News Desk
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