Red Armies Roll Across Lithuania in Baltic Drive
Moscow reports Russian flying columns on a 100 mile front moved toward Riga and the Baltic Sea as White Russian and Baltic armies encircle Wilno. Cavalry tanks and motorized infantry pushed up to 35 miles in 24 hours, reaching near Kaunas while advancing on Dvinsk and preparing for Poland.
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Baltic Sea
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Stockholm
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Wilno
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Kaunas-Dvinsk
Wilno-Kaunas
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Kaunas
Dvinsk
U S Pacific Fleet Presses Guam Saipan After Invasion
U S forces intensified air and sea attacks on Japanese garrisons in the southern Marianas after Saipan’s invasion. Admiral Nimitz reported a fifth day of campaign activity against Guam and Rota south of Saipan with Carrier Task Force A Mitscher hammering en subpositions and destroyer actions along the beach.
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Marianas
Saipan
U. S. Pacific Fleet
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Guam
Rota
Adpara Mare A
United States employment office to close Wednesdays this summer
Mrs. Albert Lay says the employment office will close all day on Wednesdays from July 12 through August 16. Six Wednesday meetings will be held in Fairfield, which Mrs. Lay will attend.
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United States
Albert Lay
Fairfield
Lay
Daryl Dayton to Give Piano Concert Here Thursday
Daryl Dayton former Washington county boy son of Mr and Mrs J D Dayton will present a piano concert at the high school auditorium Thursday evening July 20 Proceeds go to the Red Cross Dayton faculty of Pomona College California is on a concert tour including Chicago and Minneapolis A homecoming for a musician who began here and trained at Grinnell Oberlin Schnaebel Shure Dalies Frantz and Guy Maier his program features Franck Brahms Chopin and Debussy.
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Washington County
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Red Cross
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Pomona College
California
Chicago
Mindbeapolis
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Europe
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Southern
Washington State Teacher's College
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Chopin
Debussy
Keota Pilot Named Commander of B 17 Squadron in England
Major Gerald R. Carris of Keota Iowa is appointed commanding officer of an Eighth Air Force B 17 Flying Fortress squadron stationed in England. He emphasizes ground air cooperation, leading from the air and prioritizing wounded planes for landing. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John S Carris and has earned the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster.
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Gerald R. Carris
Keota
Iowa
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France
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John S. Carris
Washington Lumber Company
Washington
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Army Air Force
Senator Gillette quits as delegate to Chicago convention
Iowa senator Guy M. Gillette withdraws as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago saying he cannot conscientiously vote for Roosevelt's renomination. He opposed a third term and will support Roosevelt only if renominated, noting no personal grievance and predicting he may not run. He expects to back the chosen Democratic candidate if Roosevelt is renominated.
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Guy M. Gillette
Chicago
Roosevelt
Gillette
Democratic Party
Americans Near St Lo In New Drive
Allied forces push toward St Lo with Bradley’s assault north of the city. Canadians and British advance near Caen and Orne river as German resistance stiffens but yields ground along the Normandy front.
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London
Normandy
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Caen
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Omar N. Bradley
United States
Cherbourg
la Haye-DuPuits
U. S
Normandy Front
Sergeant Carl Adams Killed in England Airplane Crash
Staff Sergeant Carl R. Adams 21 son of Mr and Mrs Robert Adams 809 South Marion Avenue was killed in England June 27 according to a telegram from the war department He was a first engineer on a B 24 Liberator and arrived in England early May He lived in Washington County most of his life and graduated from Washington High School in 1942 He had one sister Frances Conrad of Cedar Rapids Iowa The telegram noted the loss occurred June 17 at Eaton Socon England in an airplane crash and a follow up letter would explain further
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Robert Adams
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England
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Ulio
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Adams
Army
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Texas
Mechanics School
Mississippi
Salt Lake City
Chass
Washington County
Army Air Force
Washington High School
Frances Conrad
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Yanks in Italy Make Advances
American troops advancing north toward Livorno bypassed Lajatico and captured Casale, with Fortified towns and positions near Castelina and Volterra reported. German coastal defenses held near Livorno as the 5th Army pushed northwest of Volterra and French forces seized a strategic hill near Kanza. Advance units moved through Castel Di Broglio and San Regolo in the upper Tibes Valley with Carpini threshold extended.
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la Suisse
Italy
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Siena
Castel di Broglio
San Regolo
Tibes Valley
Carpini
Huston Tells About Corn Uses in War
Basil Huston representing the AAA told the Rotary about corn in the war effort. He said 1944 left the U S with no corn reserve and many plants at risk, with the War Department freezing movement in 49 Iowa counties from April 25 to June 24, during which 29 074 339 bushels were delivered to processors. He noted corn's medical and industrial uses including penicillin sulfa drugs dextrose and fusel oils, and its role in cello phane and explosives.
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AAA
Iowa
Rotary Club
Huston
War Department
Middle West
Robert D. Morrow
Washington
Tucson
Arizona
John Lloyd Hughes
South Seas
Samuel C. McCleery
Dayton
Ohio
Warren Morgan
Wilbur Chandler
Congress Hotel
Deposits in Two Banks Near Six Million in State
Statements from the National Bank of Washington and the Washington State bank show total deposits of 5,928,158.80, the largest on record here. Deposits rose despite withdrawals for war bonds, surpassing April's figure, with county banks expected to report similar gains. Crawfordsville’s People's Savings Bank shows deposits at 990,731.78 and total footings of 1,064,765.04.
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National Bank of Washington
Washington State Bank
People's Savings Bank
Crawfordsville
Deposi
Faces Fifth Charge Of Drunken Driving
Cedar Rapids bound motorist Paul Stark 48 is held on $2000 bond after pleading innocent to a fifth drunken driving charge. Records show prior fines of 150 300 400 and 600 dollars. on the last offense he received a suspended penitentiary sentence.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul Stark
Linn County
Stark
Roosevelt says he will accept fourth term nomination
President Roosevelt announced at a White House news conference that he would accept a fourth term renomination by the Democratic National Convention. He indicated Wallace remains a possible vicepresident choice, with delegates to decide at the Chicago gathering.
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Roosevelt
Wallace
Thomas G. Corcoran
White House
Wm. Oo. Douglas
Hannegan
Robert E. Hannegan
The
Democrat
Get Recruits in State Guard 58 Names on Roster
Five recruits joined the IoWa State Guard Headquarters company last night bringing the roster to 68. All new members were from Keota. The unit plans to send 35 to 40 men to the annual camp. Camp Dodge begins July 23 with two weeks of training. Bayonet practice featured at drill and the company now operates two machine guns and one submachine gun.
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IoWa State Guard
Keota
Army
Navy
Iowa
Camp Dodge
Harvey Kauffman and Kathryn Moffitt Marriage License
Harvey C. Kauffman of Seattle and Kathryn Moffitt of Wellman obtained a marriage license yesterday at the courthouse.
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Harvey C. Kauffman
Seattle, Wash
Kathryn Moffitt
Wellman
Court House
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