Allied drive rollers toward Livorno in Italian coast offensive
U S armored forces broke through strong German resistance along the west coast highway and advanced more than seven miles to 25 miles from Livorno. Allied columns moved north across a 100 mile front, shelling rear guards near Siena and Perugia as prisoners exceed 32 000 since May 11 with 25 000 captured by the 8th army.
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Siena
Perugia
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Castagneto
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Stores Close for July Fourth Holiday in Washington
Most Washington businesses will close Monday July 3 and Tuesday July 4 to create a three day Independence Day break. Groceries stay open Monday, drugstores open mornings. banks, department stores, and most shops shut. No Journal will publish July 4, with Monday issue printed early and office closed until Wednesday.
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Washington
Claude Tucker
Washington Chamber of Commerce
No Journal
Allies Shred Columns in Last Stand near Caen
Allied armored forces broke German counterattacks southwest of Caen in violent tank battles along the Odon. British gains widen the salient, seize high ground southwest of Caen, reach the Evrecy area, and secure a bridge across the Odon at Gavrus as heavy fighting continues toward Caen.
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London
Caen
Odon River
Nazis Orne
Orne and
Vaontte
Supreme
Maiy
Odon
Evrecy
Villers-Bocage
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la Bijude
Iowa births show one seventh have fathers in armed forces
The Iowa State health department reports 6,610 children born in 1943 had fathers in the military, representing about 66 per county. Iowa recorded 48,209 births that year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Health Department
Tragic Accident Claims 18 Month Old Child in Sioux Rapids
Eleanor Maye Smith the infant daughter of Lieut Warren Smith and wife died at a Sioux Rapids hospital from injuries after a car backed over her near Rembrandt. The child was injured 45 minutes after the automobile accident and was taken to the hospital by the driver.
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Sioux Rapids
Eleanor Maye Smith
Warren Smith
Smiths
Rembrandt
Iowa to resume state supervision of teachers placement division
Des Moines reports Chairman Claude M. Stanley of the Iowa employment security commission says the commission will resume supervision on July 1 of the teachers placement division of the United States employment service. About five employees will transfer from federal to state supervision as the service is returned per war manpower commission orders.
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Des Moines
Claude M. Stanley
Iowa Employment Security Commission
United States Employment Service
Farm Bureau names officers and acting secretary
Roger W. Fleming of Dinsdale is named secretary and Donald Groves of Ames treasurer of the Tonga Farm Bureau federation Allan Kline is president Groves will act as secretary until Fleming returns from the navy
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DHS
Roger W.fleming
Dinsdale
Donald &. Groves
Ames
Tonga Farm Bureau Federation
Allan Kline
Groves
Fleming
Navy
Judy Flynn Wins Pee Wee Pin Up at Indian Depot
Des Moines reports Judy Flynn age 3, daughter of Pvt John P Flynn, won one of two top spots in a Pee Wee Pin Up contest with 67 entrants at an India air service depot. She will receive an engraved silver loving cup and lives with her mother at 2849 Forest Drive. Her father previously patrolled the state highways at Onawa.
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Des Moines
Air Service Command
India
Judy Flynn
F.e
John P. Flynn
Judy
July
Forest Drive
Onawa
Carroll
Urges War Employees To Be Holiday Workers
DES MOINES area war manpower director E Lee Keyser urged Des Moines war workers to stay on the job July 3 and 4. He said workers would help fighters by keeping production going and avoiding absenteeism during the long weekend to prevent prolonging the war and casualties.
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Des Moines
E. Lee Keyser
Hitler
Tojo
Red Cross Rooms Will Close July 4
The Red Cross rooms will not be open on Tuesday July 4 in observance of the holiday. Nearby facilities may remain available for assistance as announced today.
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Red Cross
Hope to Pass Theater Quota at War Bond Premiere
The Pratt brothers sponsored a war bond premiere at the State theater with the film There’s Something About a Soldier plus news reels comics and patriotic songs. Admission was by war bond purchase and early word says the $63,000 theater quota was surpassed with roughly $100 per seat. Ralph Clyde Pratt and Tom Duncan backed five drives, the latter recently entering the Navy.
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Pratt Brothers
State Theater
Clyde Pratt
Pratt
Ralph
Tom Duncan
United States Navy
Sewing recom in charge of Eve lyn Hoxworth
The sewing room is under Eve lyn Hoxworth supervision with Mrs. R A Frink overseeing the surgical dressings area.
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Evelyn Hoxworth
R. A. Frink
Republicans to Convene Friday Convention in court room planned at 10
The Republican county convention will be held in the court room at Washington Friday morning June 30 at 10 o'clock. Vice chairman Mrs Willa Weldin will call the meeting in the absence of county chairman T B Bailey. Delegates and committees will be named for rules credentials resolutions and nominations with delegates to state and judicial conventions in Des Moines.
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Washington
T. B. Bailey
Willa Weldin
Des Moines
Skyscrapers of the 400: Half Located in New York City
A historical note shows that among 400 American skyscrapers, about half are in New York City, reflecting the concentration of tall buildings in the city during the period.
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New York City
Notable crowd at Republican convention heats up Chicago
Bruce Ouwen reports sweltering crowds at the Republican National Convention in Chicago. Alf Landon chairs, Gov Earl Warren delivers a strong keynote, Hoover and the nominee’s speeches loom as thousands, including Mrs Farley, fill the hotels. Policemen patrol, photographers swarm, and delegates shed coats while attendees stay focused on the political action.
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Herbert Hoover
Earl Warren
California
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
Convention Delayed by Credentials and Resolutions Committees
Slow start as credentials committee finishes hearings on contests in southern states. After the chairman's address a two to four o'clock recess was taken because the resolutions committee wasn't ready.
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Credentials
Resolutions Committee
Airmen Blast Nazi Industry Across Western Europe
More than 4,500 Allied war planes attacked deep into Germany led by a 2,000-ship American raiding fleet bombing four aircraft factories an oil refinery and other targets. In support, 2,500 planes hit gun positions along the Norman front bomb installations in Pas de Calais and rail yards near Paris. The Luftwaffe offered little resistance as Allied air power dominated the missions.
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Europe
Germany
The
Reich
Pas de Calais
Paris
France
Iowa Delegation to the Republican National Convention
Iowa's delegation lineup shows Spangler as national chairman potential and undirected votes at Chicago convention. The piece notes past chair terms, listed instructing history, and profiles Dewey Hanley Hickenlooper figures while promising coverage of platform debates.
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Iowa
Chicago
Ill
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
John D. M. Hamilton
Kansas
Spangler
Joe Martin
New York State
Roosevelt
Wallace
Girl Quartered In Local Jail
A female occupant of Washington county jail was taken at Ainsworth by deputy Walter Kiesey after a Hazlett station call. She claims three men in army uniforms and two young women traveled in a possibly stolen car from Portland to Iowa, with robberies occurring along the way. The party split when the two girls drew with money in dispute. one girl remained with the men. A gun was brandished but put away. the other revolvers and a shotgun were reportedly owned by the men, who rode in a 1942 Pontiac with a Texas plate changing plates as needed.
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Ainsworth
Walter Kiesey
Hazlett
Washington
Portland
Ore
Iowa
Hugh Hazlett
Harry
Texas
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