Allied drive advances on Catania and Augusta Sicily
Allied forces report swift gains in southeastern Sicily capturing Augusta naval base and moving 25 miles inland to Floridia Palazzolo and Ragusa. British assault troops push toward Catania as air and naval bombardment support the advance while Axis counter blows remain limited.
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Sicily
Augusta
Catania
Ragusa
Palazzolo
United Press
Floridia
Messina
Mediterranean
Maytag Contract Reaches Agreement with Union in Newton
Maytag Co officials and C.1.0 union officers signed a contract accepted by union members over the weekend. The pact runs until June 1, 1944 and includes wage increases and a paid one week vacation for long service employees, all subject to War Labor Board approval.
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Maytags
Newton
Maytag Co
Fred Maytag
War Labor Board
Nodaway farm woman dies from stove explosion burns
Mrs Bernard Gillette of Clarinda died at Municipal hospital from burns after a kerosene ignited stove explosion at her Nodaway area home Saturday night. Her husband, recovering from tractor explosion burns, rushed in and was injured as flames engulfed the room.
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Clarinda
Bernard Gillette
Nodaway
Gillette
Iowa reports large Midwest corn purchases to relieve shortage
Des Moines finds the crisis in the war industry corn shortage may be easing. By Saturday night county elevators had bought 2,033,871 bushels of corn, about 1200 carloads, under a special price guarantee to farmers begun July 1. To sustain eastern processing plants four million bushels must depart the Midwest within a week, with Iowa supplying the larger share. A further rise in moving figures is forecast for Monday.
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Des Moines
State Agricultural Adjustment Administration
East
Midwest
Collision of Omaha training planes in air near Honey Creek
An aviation collision near Honey Creek, Omaha, killed Walter Burris a 23 year old instructor from Gretna Neb and seriously injured a student cadet in the war training service program at Creighton University. The second plane piloted by Robert Fraberge r a 24 year old Omaha resident was unharmed. The student's name was withheld by army authorities awaiting next of kin notification.
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Honey Creek
Monay
Walter Burris
Gretna
Neb
War Training Service
Creighton University
Army
Burris
Robert Frankeberger
Omaha
Newton 11 year old in custody over car thefts
An 11 year old Newton boy who admitted stealing a car found abandoned in a dam is back with police after driving a car stolen from Maytag plant employee Norman Nicholson. He was released to juvenile court last week and will face charges for both offenses. the Maytag worker Omar Hummel owned the other vehicle.
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Newton
Norman Nicholson
Aytag Company
Maytag
Omar Hummel
Farm Program Aims High to Lift 1944 Crop Output
Food Administrator announces 1944 plan to raise production with a target of 16 million acres for crops and a 68 million acre wheat goal. He urges expanding dry beans peas soy potatoes and peanuts while preserving grasslands to avoid past mistakes. Emphasis on beef, dairy, eggs and milk expansion and maintaining livestock numbers through increased corn and alfalfa hay.
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Jones
Great Plains
War Food Administration
Erbe Becomes 23rd Rotary Club President in War Era
W A Erbe accepted the rotary gavel from KraukVos retiring president as the 23rd president leads a fiscally sound club with normal membership despite war losses. Ralph Thompson returned to duties after surgery while Karl Mohr described wartime telephone service challenges and emergency track plants for quick repair. Fred Stewart traced the paving history of Washington from 1903 to 1922, noting eight and a half miles paved by 1922 and an ongoing program.
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W. A. Erbe
Rotary
Krauk Vos
Pew
Ralph Thompson
Cedar Rapids
Karl Mohr
Fred Stewart
Washington
Lt Mahin and wife visit Ainsworth for third time
Lieutenant (jg) H P Mahin and his wife traveled from the St Louis naval training station to visit Dr. F M Mahin at Ainsworth. The couple plans to stay while Mahin’s ship operates in the south Pacific. He departed Saturday night from San Francisco.
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H. P. Mahin
St Louis Naval Training Station
F. M. Mahin
Alinsworth
San Francisco
South Pacific
Dr. Mahin
Aisworth
Davenport Approves Eighty Thousand Street Plan
Davenport city council approved an 80 000 program to pave seven streets and seven alleys in 1943 and improve fourteen more with curbs gravel oil and related work. The project expands total miles of improvement to about twenty point three four under the Lytle administration. Set John T Stewart attended as a guest and returns to military camp after a ten day furlough at his father W G Stewart’s home.
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Davenport
Lytle
Stewart
John T. Stewart
W. G. Stewart
Hospital Seeks Professional Blood Donors Despite Shortage
Washington county hospital announced it needs professional blood donors as the donor list has been depleted by servicemen and patients leaving. Donors will be paid comparable to University of Iowa City rates for typing services, with transfusions requiring matching blood types to save lives.
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Armed Services
University Hospital
Iowa City
15 Negro Soldiers Dead in Explosion at Elgin Field
Reports from Pensacola Florida dated July 13 state 15 negro soldiers were killed in an explosion at Elgin Field 65 miles east of Pensacola. Officials said the names of two white officers killed were not learned. Field officials reported 51 soldiers injured, some seriously.
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Pensacola
Florida
Elgin Field
National Legion Commander Roane Waring Tours U S Troops
National Commander Roane Waring of The American Legion returns from a 25 000 mile aerial tour visiting Army camps flying schools and Tunisian battlefield actions. He speaks at the Iowa Legion convention August 10 urging all Americans to sustain a hard total war effort and to face military realities without sugarcoating.
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American Legion
North Africa
Roane Waring
America
George C. Marshall
Army
United States
Africa
Waring
Iowa Legion
Des Moines
France
Berlin
Hitler
Europe
Train Detour to Milwaukee Route After Wreck
The Golden State Limited pulled into Washington yesterday afternoon with 138 cars. It was switched to Milwaukee tracks and sent to Seymour via the Hook Island route. The detour followed a wreck at Floris where twelve cars derailed, halting traffic until repairs were completed.
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Golden State Limited
Washington
Milwaukee Tracks
Seymour
Hook Island
Floris
Here
Youth Buys Freedom By Restitution For Burglary
Endicott New York reports a 17 year old youth released from jail finds a job with the store he helped burglarize four months earlier. He will repay $333.50 through weekly wages, fulfilling restitution.
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Endicott
N. Y
URP
Beef Shortage Nearing an End
Beef traders reported the shortage easing as farmers rushed cattle to major markets. Chicago stockyards received 18 000 head, the largest July delivery since 1938, while Omaha 12 000, Sioux City 12 000, St. Joseph 6 000, and Kansas City 5 000 were noted.
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S Darmers
Chicago
Omaha
Nebraska
Sioux City
Iowa
St. Joseph
Kansas City
Civilian Goods Stocks Seen Low by November
The War Production Board warns civilian inventories will reach a dangerously low point by November unless replenishment efforts begin now. Officials say Christmas may be lean this year as retail inventories are depleted or below danger levels and a program to boost civilian manufacture is being prepared.
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Washington, D.C
War Production Board Office of Civilian Requirements
Heatwave Dims Comfort as Thermometer Peeks at 93
Yesterday’s heat rose to 93 degrees with high humidity making it feel hotter. The overnight low dipped to 69 degrees as residents faced one of the season’s warmest days.
War Mobilization Program Faces Military Opposition
A spokesman for the OCR says the War Mobilization plan to stock essential civilian items aims to maintain morale and efficiency despite anticipated strong military opposition.
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James F. Byrnes
OCR
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