Bombers Over Tokyo Again Reported By Japanese
Tokyo radio claims two B 29 Super Fortresses flew over Honshu including Tokyo for about an hour before fleeing south. Manila area damage and Leyte actions are cited, with U S carrier planes destroying enemy aircraft and ships near Manila and bombings on Leyte islands. British Indian forces advance in Burma toward Fort White near Tiddim.
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Honshu
Manila
Leyte
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Honohu
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Philippines
Liberators
Negroes
Cebu Islands
Lahup
Burma
14Th Army
Kennedy's Peak
Fort White
Tiddim
Stalin Calls Japan Aggressor in Public Speech
In Moscow on the eve of the Bolshevik anniversary Marshal Stalin labeled Japan an aggressor nation, placing it with Germany. He noted Japanese successes at Pearl Harbor and Singapore as comparable to Nazi advances in the early war in Ukraine and other occupied regions.
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Germany
Pearl Harbor
Singapore
Pacific
Soviet
Ukraine
Westinghouse creates long lasting light signal shutters
Engineers faced a clash between durability and light weight for navy shutter mechanisms. Westinghouse developed a venetian blind style shutter that endures at least a couple of million operations while staying light, solving a persistent design challenge.
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Navy
Westinghouse
Man Dies on Farm During Chores
Mike Beukema aged 53 and father of ten was found dead in a barn on his farm after failing to return from milking. Lights were left burning and the coroner ruled death due to a heart attack.
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Sexton
Mike Beukema
Here
Lynn Gabrielson
Former Judge Pays Auto Traffic Fine
DES MOINES Former Municipal Court Judge Ralph L Powers father of the three way traffic summons on overtime parking sent in his first traffic fine. He enclosed the customary 1 dollar fine and explained his car was fine and he was not delayed by officials or medical people in a humorous letter to the police department.
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Des Moines
Ralph L. Powers
Fowers
Marriage License Issued to Roshart and Maco
A marriage license was issued at the courthouse yesterday to Capt. William Omer Roshart of Wayland and Martha Anne Maco of Washington.
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William Omer Roshart
Wayland
Martha Anne Maco
Washington
State Labor Men on Regional War Labor Board
Kansas City Mo expansion of the regional war labor board by appointment of four new public and six new labor members was announced by Paul Nachtmen, chairman. Industry representation was already at full strength. New labor members include Ben A. Henry Des Moines C I O regional director and Leo Quinn Des Moines IBT Chauffeurs and Warehouse union A F L rep, Leroy Jones Clinton secretary of Clinton labor congress representing the A F L.
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Regional War Labor Board
Paul Nachtmen
Ben A. Henry
Des Moines
Leo Quinn
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Warehouse Men’s Union
A F. of L
Leroy Jones
Clinton
Clinton Labor Congress
A,fp of L
Fire truck key missing at Council Bluffs No. 5 station
Firemen at Council Bluffs No. 5 station reported the key to their fire truck missing during a routine Sunday night equipment check. Without the key the south part of the city would be without a fire company, but another unit was assigned to respond to No. 5 alarms temporarily.
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Council Bluffs
Germans Suffer Big Casualties During Month
Paris reports brutal day of fighting in Vossenack as German 15th army loses an estimated 43 000 to 46 000 men this month. Allies seize Walcheren towns Middleburg Vere Willemstadt and push toward Antwerp as U S forces hold key ground near Kommerschiedt in the Hurtgen corridor.
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U. S
Walcheren
Middleburg
Vere
Sealane
Antwerp
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Rotter
Stalin claims 8.59 million Germans killed or captured on eastern front
Moscow reports Stalin states Soviet and allied forces killed or captured 8,590,000 German troops on the eastern front. He cites gains toward Budapest, pushes into East Prussia, and a planned decisive offensive to crush Hitlerite Germany as frontline battles rage around Budapest and the Danube crossings.
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Warsaw
Romania
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American Forces Break German Hold in Southwest Holland Pocket
American units storm Moerdijk near the Maas as they close the last German pocket. A bridge across the Maas is blasted. Allied casualty figures list 17 000 to 20 000 killed and wounded with 13 000 prisoners taken in Schelde pocket and 7 600 on Beveland Walcheren and 6 000 on the mainland south of the Maas.
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Moerdijk
Holland
Schelde
Beveland
Walcheren
Cerman
Skeleton Found in Missouri River Near Plattsmouth
Missouri River skeleton found five miles south of Plattsmouth Nebraska by hunter Ervin Mather. Sheriff Robert I. Moore asked for help identifying a roughly six foot eight inch male skeleton recovered Sunday.
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Glenwood
Mills County
Robert I. Moore
Missouri River
Plattsmouth
Neb
Ervin Mather
Moore
Naval Air Station Ottumwa Sees 60 Percent Vote Absentee
About 60 percent of the 2,600 naval personnel at the Ottumwa station plan or have voted absentee in the presidential election. Lieut. D. H. Donohoe, the voting officer, calls the figure conservative and notes that many are casting their first presidential ballot.
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Ottumwa
Naval Air Station
D. H. Dono
Skeleton in river found with clothes intact after months
A skeletal remains discovery described by investigators notes that the body weighed around 160 pounds and wore clothes still largely intact after being in the water for about six months.
Soviet Press Highlights Stalin Speech on Anniversary
Soviet press focuses on Stalin's anniversary speech and related commemorations as the day marks the regime's leadership and historical milestones. Officials emphasize unity and party achievements amid broader coverage of anniversary events.
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