Political stalemate over tax plan and war bond drive
The New York World Telegram notes the paradox of a popular pay-as-you-go tax idea blocked by Congress and a rival House leader. It argues the plan could cost lawmakers their jobs and urges newspapers to promote the Treasury Second War Loan drive to raise eight billion dollars in bonds beyond payroll plan sales. Cedar Rapids communities are highlighted as showing strong bond program work.
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New York World-Telegram
Congress
Senate
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Oaly
Cedar Pids
British and Allied Push Toward Bizerte in Tunisia
Allied lines in northern Tunisia report the British First Army driving toward Mateur and Sedjenane while Rommel reinforces. American and British forces supposedly join near Mareth line as air raids strike El Maon and Sfax airfields. Casualties and exact gains remain unconfirmed as forces press east and north.
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Associated Press
First Army
Tunisia
Algiers
Mateur
Dunkirk
Bizerte
K. A. N. Anderson
Sedjenane
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Erwin Rommel
United States
Gafsa
Bernard L. Montgomery
Rommel
Marethne
Kairouan
Sousse
Gulf of Gabes
el Maon
Sfax
Western Desert Air Force
el Alamein
Community war bond drive hinges on local organizations
The article emphasizes that bonds cannot be sold by enthusiasm alone and requires trusted local wheelhorses and newspapers to join a unified community effort. It notes national publicity will stress newspapers to act as crusaders, while this paper prioritizes results and will align with the community-wide group that has proven its ability to complete essential war tasks.
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Ballyhoo
Navy interviews help place sailors in suited work
The navy now uses personnel experts to interview men for job placement alongside tests. The process reveals many sailors were not in civil life doing the work they preferred, and that natural aptitude and temperament do not always align with prior experience.
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Army
Navy
Channeling soldiers into suitable postwar roles
The Army and Navy aim to reassign personnel into their natural strengths to increase efficiency during and after the war. If done well, many soldiers who were mismatched will return to civilian life trained for work they enjoy and perform readily, boosting postwar economic efficiency and reducing dissatisfaction.
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ARMY
Navy
Tulsa restaurant proposes buttered bread trick on rationing
A Tulsa restaurateur suggests a novel method to ease butter shortages by serving daily bread with butter facing down to maximize flavor perception. He claims this clever approach makes butter taste stronger and lasts longer on the palate, offering a playful solution amid rationing.
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Tulsa Réstaurateur
Adult chiselers buy baby food for selves says OPA
The OPA reports a new low in adults who use ration points to buy canned baby foods for themselves. An OPA spokesman warned that unless the practice stops, measures may be taken to combat it.
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OPA
Washington
M. H. Collins, 64, Collins Radio Vice-President Dies
M H Collins aged 64, vice-president of Collins Radio, died at his home after a two week illness. Services set for 4 pm Saturday in Turner chapel with Dr Robert Little. burial in Oak Hill cemetery. He helped grow the firm from a 1933 pioneer shop to a major establishment awarded the Army Navy pennant. Survived by wife Faith Andrews, son Arthur, a sister Mrs Morgan Dake. Born Orion Illinois, Oct 5 1878.
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M. H. Collins
Collins Radio Company
Fairview Drive
Turner Chapel
Robert Little
First Presbyterian Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Collins
Arthur
Orion
Henry County
Illinois
J. Collins
Faith Andrews
Wassie Kan
Cedar Rapids
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Okla
Collins Mortgage Company
Morning Freeze Drops Cedar Rapids Temperature
Cedar Rapids and vicinity face a cold day with a low of 28 degrees and brisk winds. Morning temperatures fell to four degrees below freezing, with humidity around 10 percent. By afternoon the temperature rose only to 45 degrees as the forecast calls for more cold tonight and a gradual improvement by Saturday noon.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Coe Reserves Off For Camp Dodge
The exodus of men students from Coe college continued Friday as 35 Army enlisted reserves were to report to Camp Dodge for processing. A second group of 28 E R C men and 26 junior ROTC cadet officers will report Saturday. Some left by bus, others by train, with some heading to Des Moines from home. The Army pays 5 cents per mile by the shortest route from Cedar Rapids.
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Coe College
Army
Nember
Camp Dodge
E.R.C
R.O.T.C
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Four Hi Jackers Nab Truckload of Liquor
Four bandits hijacked a truck in Chicago stealing 200 cases of liquor worth 3000 dollars. They forced seven employees from a trucking firm to load the liquor, then locked them in another truck and fled.
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Chicago
United States Bombers Intercept Japanese Warships in Solomons
U S Navy says five destroyers and one cargo vessel attempting to land reinforcements in the Solomon Islands were intercepted southwest of Kolombangara. In the same action, 16 Japanese planes were shot down while six U S planes were lost. Air battles involved Wildcats Corsairs and lightning fighters near Guadalcanal and air attacks on Kiska in the Aleutians. Dauntless dive bombers hit Japanese positions at Rekata Bay in the southwest Solomons with unclear results.
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Washington
INS
Navy
United States
Solomons
Kolombangara Island
Munda
Guadalcanal
Kiska
Aleutians
South Pacific
Dauntless
Rekata Bay
Parks Bill, Cedar Rapids Parks Levy Upgraded by House
The Iowa House passed a bill increasing Cedar Rapids parks levy from five-eighths to one mill by a vote of 83 to 1. If the Senate approves, about $22,000 more would fund the parks department yearly, aiding its shift to a self contained budget.
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Iowa House of Representatives
Cedar Rapids Parks Department
Sound Business Foundation
Chuck Kosek
Senate
Kosek
House
Cedar Rapids
L. D. Burgus
Burgus
Flan and Map Cess
Slater Seeks Lighter Sentence in Whisky Swindle Case
A. A. Slater of Chicago petitions for sentence reduction after a Feb 2 five year term for his role in the Jake the Barber Factor whisky warehouse receipts swindle. Hearing set for 10 a.m. Monday in Sioux City, per U S District Clerk Lee McNeely. Slater already resentenced to serve five years and a $1,000 fine by Judge Robert C. Bell in Cedar Rapids. He was committed to Terre Haute February 6.
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Cedar Rapids
A. A. Slater
Chicago
Jake
Sioux City
U. S
Lee McNeely
Dubuque
the Gazette
Slater
Tve
Robert C. Bell
Terre Haute
Ind
Navy Air Medal Bravery Awards For Grubich And Fairman
Lee R. Grubich of Cedar Rapids and Hubert J. Fairman of Maquoketa received the Navy Air Medal from the President for meritorious aerial missions against Japanese forces in the Aleutian campaign. Grubich, 22, served two years with several brothers also in the Navy. Fairman enlisted in April and is the son of Frederick Fairman.
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Cedar Rapids
Lee R. Grubich
Hubert J. Fairman
Maquoketa
Alsatian Islands
Grubich
George Grubich
Eighth Street
Navy
Rudolph
California
Bill
George
Texas
Alaskan
Philippine Islands
Fairman
Frederick Fairman
Route 3
Aleutian Islands
Kiska Harbor
United States Naval Service
War Department Civil Functions Bill Approved by House
In Washington the House approved by unanimous vote a $63,032,683 appropriation for civil functions of the war department. The measure was sent to the Senate without debate.
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Washington
House
Senate
Nazi Move To Ukraine Signals New Front Flush
Moscow reports indicate immense German troop and equipment moves toward the Ukrainian front signaling a renewed offensive. Pravda notes rail and road networks in occupied Ukraine are active as Germany reinforces near the Donets line and Smolensk fronts with Red Army gains near Novorossisk and Kutcher. The fronts across Leningrad to the Black Sea resemble a slushy lake as supply lines struggle to keep pace. Soviet losses include six planes shot down and 460 German officers killed in the Smolensk defense belt.
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Stalingrad
Caucasus
Communist Party
Pravda
Ukraine
Donets
Red Army
Novorossisk
Black Sea
Kerch
Leningrad
Lake Ladoga
Lenad
Smolensk
Kharkov
Kursk
Sevsk
Drafting of Fathers by July 1 Appears Likely
Washington AP reports military leaders expect fathers to begin induction into service by July first amid 48 hour work week directives and non essential staffing shifts. Senate hearings on the Austin Wadsworth national service bill continue while White House weighs wartime labor moves and draft classifications.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate Military Committee
White House
Selective Service
Lewis Hershey
Hershey
Fath
Ers
Austin
R-Vt
Democratic Leaders Clash Over Tax Plan And Timetable
House Democratic Leader Mc Cormack urged prompt revival of a pay as you go payroll tax plan with partial 1942 tax cancellations, while Ways and Means Chairman Coughton rejected meetings before April 12. The split reflects broader Democratic and Republican tempers as the committee aims for May 1 consideration, with the administration seeking $16 billion in new revenues.
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Washington
House
John W. McCormack
Ways and Means
Robert L. Coughton
D-N.c
McCormack
Coughton
Roosevelt
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Senate Finance Committee
It Did Help in War Effort Says Inland Steel Head
Wilfred Sykes president of Inland Steel says the scrap campaign contributed to keeping furnaces running and preventing a shutdown. He praises public cooperation and newspapers for aiding the drive noting no furnace nationwide failed due to scrap shortages since September.
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Chicago
Wilfred Sykes
Inland Steel Company
Inland Steel
Sykes
Canned Fruit to Be Resold to Canners
Washington reports the Food Distribution Administration will release two million cases of canned fruits and vegetables for sale to the original canners who sold them to the FDA. Any leftovers will go to other distributors. Prices set near purchase cost plus storage. items include tomatoes pears plums apples and peaches from wartime reserves.
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Washington
Food Distribution Administration
FDA
Department of Agriculture
Millions of Fish Die in Midwest Lakes
A Chicago based report notes mass fish deaths across Midwest lakes. Officials investigate possible causes while environmental groups warn of ecological impact and potential fisheries losses. Local anglers report depleted catches and concern grows.
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Midwest
Roosevelt vetoes Bankhead bill to raise farm prices
President Franklin D. Roosevelt vetoed the Bankhead bill, calling it inflationary and dangerous as it would exclude benefit payments in farm parity formulas. He warned the measure would raise the cost of living and threaten stabilization and the war effort. Congress may attempt an override next week. Bankhead and supporters vow effort to overturn.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Barkley
Congress
Bankhead
D-Ala
Ipsa
Help Wanted Ad Guidance in Gazette Style
A historical notice advises using Gazette Help Wanted ads to reach competent workers. It emphasizes quick contact via phone before 11 15 AM and notes Sunday ad deadlines, with a 6 PM Saturday start time for want ads.
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Gazette Help
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