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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1944

Page

7

Allies Push Toward Paris as German 7th Army Evades

American forces drive toward Paris racing past Dreux Chartres and Orléans with Patton’s tanks closing on the Seine. German 7th army fragments flee eastward amid rapid Allied advances from Normandy threatening a final encirclement.

Mans Seine Patton 7Th Army Normandy Paris Dreux Chartres Eure Aunay Loire Chateaudun St. Calais Orleans

Chicago Markets: Hogs Steady with Clearances at Aug 17

Chicago markets report hogs 8,000 head fully steady with strong demand. Heavy hogs and sows around 14.00 to 14.75 while top cattle reach 18.00 and calves 15.00. Sheep market active with good lambs 14.25 to 14.35 and natives around 14.00. Estimates show hogs 6,000 cattle 1,500 sheep 2,000.

Chicago U.P

Chicago Cash Grain Report Aug 17

Chicago prices for cash grain list oats at 1 white 75 and soybeans at 2 yellow 198 with market notation from UP.

Chicago

Reds Press Sandmierz Stand as Ossow Falls in Siege

Moscow reports heavy fighting around Sandmierz 115 miles south of Warsaw as Russians abandon Ossow 644 miles east northeast of Praga amid German assaults. A broader offensive targets East Prussia with attempts to break a Soviet encirclement and free about 30 divisions trapped in Latvia and Estonia.

Moscow Sandmierz Warsaw Vistula Red Army Qssow Praga Stauliai East Prussia Latvia Esthenia Vilkaviskia

Mother Fined for Curfew Violation in Waterloo

Mrs. William Brenning was fined $10 and costs by Municipal Judge George J. Sager for allowing her 18-year-old daughter to violate the curfew ordinance. This marked the first case of a parent or juvenile tried for curfew noncompliance in the city.

Waterloo William Brenning George J. Sager

School District Officers Listed

A long roster lists School District officers by township and center. Names appear with towns such as Richland Keota Wellman Kalona and Washington, including multiple roles across Dutch Creek Tyrone Snake Hollow and other districts. The document catalogs officers for numerous districts and centers with each entry naming individuals and their locations.

Clay ‘Township Clay Independent Harley Carter Richland C. L. Stannard W. O. Morgan Brighton Dutch Creek Township A. A. Richardson Washington Mm. We Mangold Keota H. E. Wolfe Indian Creek Wellston Cloyce Hayes H. A. Engel Eugene Engel Raymond Gillaspie Matt Wehr Irene Grisham Tyrone W. C. Miller Ernest VanSickle Otto Sheetz White Oak Homer Mayer Carl Mayer Co. W. Leeper Enterprise Richard Scott Agnes Koening Winifred Stransky Wellman Middleburgh Guy H. Feldman Kalona Earl B. Grout Riverside Dorothy Grout Pleasant Hill Daniel Glick A. Small Edith M. Small Maple Grove

Cut Off Nazi Supplies from Orlean Region

Front dispatches describe the fall of Orleans as yielding control of the main trunk railway from Tours to the Spanish border, threatening to sever German north forces from supply bases in southwestern France. German troops reportedly blew up railcars and left suicide squads as they retreated, failing to halt the American advance.

Orleans Tours Bordeaux France Uges

Grain table updates from Chicago market report

Open high low and close figures for wheat oats and rye from Chicago on August 17. Wheat across contracts sits around 155 with minor changes. oats show around 71 to 72 percent. rye prices hover near 106 to 108 percent.

Chicago

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