Iowa Democrats Replace Two Members On National Committee
In a caucus of the Iowa delegation to the national convention G. G. Jeck of Atlantic was elected committeeman to succeed Frank J. Comfort of Des Moines on the third ballot. Florence Lynch of Le Mars was elected committee woman to replace Mary S. Kelleher of Fort Dodge on a third ballot, after a sudden move by Lynch and other Iowa women to retire Kelleher.
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Chicago
Iowa
G. G., Jeck
Atlantic
Democratic State Central Committee
Frank J. Comfort
Des Moines
Florence Lynch
le Mars
State Central Servace
Mary S. Kelleher
Fort Dodge
Comfort
Kelleher
Lynch
Iowa aid to dependent children under million dollar goal
Iowa's aid to dependent children payments for July totaled 89 740 dollars, projecting an annual 968 000 dollars. Payments went to 7 412 children averaging just under 11 dollars each. Aged assistance averaged 28 65 dollars for July for 51 111 recipients. Pension rolls declined by 2 666 since July 1943. Aid to the blind averaged 32 15 dollars for 3 349 persons.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Social Welfare Board
Humber
Red Army Near East Prussia Frontier Eight Miles Away
London dispatches report heavy fighting eight miles from East Prussia and near the German frontier. Soviet forces push to Augustow, threaten Lwow and advance toward Kaunas as the war broadens across Poland and Lithuania.
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East Prussia
London
Berlin
Lwow
Lower Poland
Augustow
Grodno
Suwalki Triangle
Germany
Red Immy
Ivan
Konev
Ukraine
Bug
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Moscow
Lower East Prussia
Kaunas
War makes rural mail carriers heroes in Des Moines
Claude Phillips, veteran rural carrier from Far-Fagut Fremont County, attends the Town Rural Letter Carriers convention at Hotel Fort Des Moines. He notes mothers frequently meet carriers at the mailbox hoping for letters from sons overseas, and carriers signal good news with a horn when mail arrives.
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Des Moines
Claude Phillips
Phillips
Far- Fagut
Fremont County
Town Rural Letter Carriers Association
Fort Des Moines
Civilian Pilot Training Expands At State College
The Civil Aeronautics Administration shifts Iowa State College from military to civilian pilot training. The V-5 naval program ends August 1 after 18 months on campus. Since 1939 about 1,200 students in primary and secondary courses have trained here, with Army Navy and civilian trainees receiving flight and ground instruction. The Aeronautical Engineering Department will run two new civilian pilot training ground courses enabling private license study without government commitments.
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Ames
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Iowa State College
W. KE. Nelson
Naval Aviation Cadet Training Program
Iowa State
Navy
Aeronautical Engineering Department
Moderates to Form Japanese Cabinet After Tojo Resigns
United Press reports Emperor Hirohito commissioned Gen. Kuniaki Koiso and former premier Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai to form a new cabinet, signaling a shift away from the extremist military clique. Analysts see this as a step toward a civilian government and possible peace moves, with a return to negotiation after continued war effort.
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United Press
Hirohito
Kuniaka Koiso
Mitsumasa Yonai
United States
Pearl Harbor
Gen
Hideki Tojo
Domei
Tojo
Japan
Pacific
Yonal
Yonai
Germany
Italy
Koiso
Korea
Autumnlike Weather Returns With Cool Early Fall Feel
A thermometer sketch shows morning air cool and pleasant as autumn arrives. The report contrasts the current temperatures with the usual July heat for this region, noting mild, refreshing conditions throughout the day.
Wallace Boosts Candidacy Amid Democratic Nomination Fight
In Chicago on July 20 UP reports the credentials committee favors seating Texas Delegations. Wallace erodes Truman's position as Illinois shifts support, Kelly withdraws amid boss charges, leaving Truman open to pressure while Lewis and Lucas influence minors.
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Chicago
Texas
Henry A. Wallace
Illinois
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
Roosevelt
Edward J. Kelly
Chisago
Ilinois
Wallace
Scott Lucas
Kelly
Truman
Missourian
Robert Hannegan
United Press
WAVES Recruitment Visit Planned at Local Post Office
Four WAVES will be at the post office Friday and Saturday July 21 and 22 to provide information about naval service without obligation. An information center will operate all day and evening with Navy staff including Norette Franssens Rita Marsden Jan Larkin and Marvin Johns available. Physical exams will be conducted at the Naval Air Station Ottumwa and applications processed locally.
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Navy
Couty
Norette Franssens
Yeoman
Rita Marsden
Jan Larkin
Marvin Johns
Stalin Announces Third Red Army Offensive In Poland Sweep
London report states Premier Stalin announced a third Red army offensive in three days. The move drives northwest from the Kowel area in former Poland, breaking a 93 mile front and advancing up to 81 miles through more than 400 communities.
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London
Josef Stalin
Red Army
Kowel
Old Poland
Germans Falling Back Near Pisa
Allied forces pushed to the Arno as German units retreated across the river before Pisa. Clark's 5th Army established a 25 mile front along the Arno south bank nine miles north of Livorno. Ancona fell to advancing troops and Polish forces entered the port, while Livorno was secured by elements of the 34th Division and garrisoned by the 100th Hawaiian American Battalion.
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Rome
Arno
Pisa
Mark Clark
Livorno
Adriatic
8Th
Ancona
Walker at Great Lakes Naval Yeomen School Graduate
Jean M. Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dell Walker of Washington Iowa, recently graduated from the Naval Training School for yeomen on the Oklahoma A. night. Meanwhile temperatures reached a July low of 57 degrees and a high of 89 degrees yesterday.
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Jr. Walker
Great Lakes
Jean M. Walker
Dell Walker
A.R
Washington
Iowa
Naval Training School For Yeomen
Oklahoma
Counter-claim Filed In Damages Suit Over 1944 Auto Collision
R. L. Richards sues Liggett & Meyers Tobacco in a personal injury case arising from an auto crash at Ainsworth on January 18 1944. The defense alleges plaintiff negligence and seeks 558.87 dollars for panel truck damage and repair time. Attorneys 8 W Livingston Washington and Halligan Cress Des Moines for defendant.
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R. L. Richards
Liggett & Meyers Tobacco Company
Ainsworth
W. Livingston
Washington
Halligan & Cress
Des Moines
Naval District reports campus yeoman sailing to Great Lakes
M university campus in Stillwater Oklahoma reports for active duty as yeoman third class to the commandant of the 9th Naval District based at Great Lakes Florida.
Hitler and aides wounded in failed bombing at headquarters
German news agency reports Adolf Hitler and twelve top military and naval collaborators injured by a bomb during a conference at the Führer’s headquarters. Others include seven generals and two admirals. Mussolini and Goering were reported to have arrived after the blast.
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London
DNB
Adolf Hitler
Fuehrer
Hitler
Alfred Jodl
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Schuundt
Whrmacht
Munich
de Fuehrer
Goering
Slight Rise in Bond Sales Faces Quota Gap in Washington County
The federal report shows Washington County with a small rise in Fifth War Loan bond sales but still $95,000 short of its $1,243,000 quota. County sales total $1,148,159, with $14,820 allocated to service members' purchases. If service members’ E bonds are added, the county would still be about $80,000 short.
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Federal Reserve
Washington County
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