Hitler Sends Reserves to Soviet Front
German preparations for a spring offensive stall amid setbacks on the Russian front. About 65,000 fresh troops from occupied Europe were rushed to support Kharkov and Staraya Russa areas as Soviet forces push toward Leningrad and other fronts. Dispatches note tank battles, supply trains reaching Leningrad, and reinforcements merging with depleted units as both sides endure heavy losses in Belarus, Smolensk, and the Bryansk region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Hitler
Leningrad
Europe
Kharkov
Staraya Russa
Kalinin
Crimean
Donets
London News Chronicle
Stockholm
White Russia
Vitebsk
Moscow
Nevel
Smolensk
Baltic
New York
CBS
Gorki
Bryansk Front
Russia
Fate of Bataan Defenders May Take Months
Washington officials said many months may pass before the fate of more than 33,000 American-Filipino troops who surrendered on Bataan is known. The total count of prisoners taken by Japan since Pearl Harbor remains unknown, though estimated near 40,000 including Wake Island and Guam construction workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bataan
Japan
Pearl Harbor
International Red Cross
Wake Island
Guam
Pacific
Survivor spent 8 weeks at sea after Pearl Harbor attack
Murray Chambers, sole survivor of a freighter sunk near Pearl Harbor, recounted two months adrift in an open lifeboat. After being torpedoed and shelled, the crew dwindled to one survivor who drifted toward the Gilbert Islands, evaded capture, and was rescued by a motorboat before reaching Fiji and Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
INS
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Murray Chambers
Australia
Gilbert Islands
Chambers
Honolulu
Gilberts
Fiji
Hermit of six years vows treason trial stance
WEST CHESTERFIELD MASS INS A 29 year old Lehigh alumnus Gregory Carrhart refuses the draft saying he has no faith in future peace. He declares readiness to stand trial for treason and vows to resist arrest from his isolated cabin. Easthampton board threatens jail. Attorney Brandon says government will handle cases businesslike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Chesterfield
Mass
INS
Lehigh
Gregory Carrhart
Easthampton
Feder
Edmund J. Brandon
Pearl Harbor
Bright Sun Boosts Cedar Rapids Mercury Readings
Cedar Rapids residents hope spring is near as recent mild spells gave way to wind and chill before Saturday sun broke through. The mercury rose to 55 degrees at 4 30 p m and stood at 47 degrees by 6 45 p m as the day warmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Cebu Troops Still Resist Jap Invaders
Washington dispatch reports a heavily outnumbered American Filipino garrison on Cebu fighting 12,000 Japanese troops at multiple beachheads while Corregidor and Manila Bay fortifications endure air raids and long-range shelling. Japanese aim to seal a pincer across Cebu City Toledo Argao Pinamungan Naga and Talisay as missionaries on Cebu lose radio contact with headquarters. Corregidor reports only minor casualties as air attacks continue and Mindanao missionaries are isolated. Communications with Corregidor and Bataan remain cut off with no update on trapped forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Cebu
Luzon
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Bataan
Cavite
War Department
Cebu City
Toledo
Argao
Pinamungayan
Naga
Tailsay
Philippines
Catholic College of San Carlos
Mindanao
Jonathan Wainwright
Flying Cross to Major Rothrock Former C R Man
Major James H. Rothrock ITI 36 formerly of Cedar Rapids Ia senior pilot of the First air force was awarded the distinguished flying cross for a round trip flight last July between Bollingfield Washington and Prestwick Scotland The ceremony included a full review and the citation cited extraordinary achievement by the crew despite weather and war zone dangers Rothrock has not lived in Cedar Rapids for years his father was a former law partner and judge in Iowa and his grandfather served on the Iowa supreme court His Cedar Rapids roots are noted with family members in Washington
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchel Field
N. Y
James H. Rothrock
ITI
Cedar Rapids
First Air Force
Bollingfield
D. C
Prestwick
Scotland
Follett Bradley
Air Forces
Eastern Defense Command
Rothrock
War Department
Major Rothrock
James H. Rothrock, Jr
John M. Grimm
Superior Court
Washington, D. C
Iowa Supreme Court
Washington
Federal Labor Leader Strausser On War Production And Wages
In an interview Mr. Strausser, president of the Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor, discusses his tenure, federation size at 5,500 to 6,000 members, and views on war production. He criticizes empty talk on democracy, outlines attitudes toward the 40 hour week, wage and price ceilings, and suggests bonds as a alternative to overtime pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Mr. Strausser
Federation
Federation of Labor
AFL
Donald Nelson
Penick and Ford
Cedar Rapids
Pearl Harbor Hero Receives Navy Citations At Pearl Harbor
Jay W. Torrence son of Mr and Mrs Jay Torrence 2031 Sylvia avenue NE earned a Navy citation at Pearl Harbor for outstanding loyalty and action during the December 7 attack He helped fight fires in dry docks despite danger from explosions and enemy fire Admiral C C Block presented the citation Torrence who married Ardis Stinger works as a sheet metal worker at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard since last September He praises America for recognition of merit not politics in a letter to his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Jay W. Torrence
Jay Torrence
Syvia Avenue
United States Navy
Pearl Harbor
C. C. Block
Torrence
Ardis Stinger
Arlo Stinger
Mt. Vernon
Navy Yard
Jay
German Bund Seized in Ellis Island Roundup
The FBI announced that sixty four veterans of the German army, all Kyffhaeuser Bund members pledged to aid Germany in war times, were rounded up and interned on Ellis Island in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Kyffhaeuser Bund
Germany
Ellis Island
FBI
Much Optimism Over Synthetic Rubber Future
Washington reports rising confidence that a large synthetic rubber industry could replace natural rubber from trees or guayule in coming years. Senators and officials cite possibly very low costs, with butyl at around three cents per pound being feasible, but caution remains that widespread affordable tires are not immediate due to several obstacles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
United States
Sen. Truman
D-Mo
Special
Senate Defense Committee
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Anti Plane Defenses Grow Stronger in Australia
One of the remarkable developments of the Pacific war is the improvement in American and Australian anti aircraft tactics. The enhanced defenses now present a real threat to marauding Japanese planes, whereas previously the Japanese treated ack ack fire with disdain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
Ins
Sub Sinks 2 Ships Hits A Freighter In Pacific War
A lone U S submarine in western Pacific reports sinking a 7 000 ton merchant ship and a small submarine chaser vessel and scoring a hit on a 4 000 ton freighter. The same patrol possibly sank another ship as part of broader Far East submarine actions that netted multiple vessels sunk or damaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Western Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Indian Ocean
Lombok Island
Perch
Java Sea
Far Pacific
Evacuation Plans Planned for Mombassa Civilians
Nairobi reports that plans have been drawn up to evacuate the civilian population of Mombassa a British East African port. The announcement was made Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nairobi
INS
Mombassa
Architects Pool Their Services in All-Out War Effort
A large group of architects voluntarily pool their services to speed wartime construction. Nearly 40 skilled men have joined a single firm, working overtime-free, with lunches sent in, to produce urgent war blueprints. They have put aside firm names and prestige to support the nation and defeat the Axis powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Cancel Plans For Seizure Of Clergymen
STOCKHOLM UP The Quisling puppet government of Norway reportedly cancelled orders for the Sunday mass arrest of 1,100 Lutheran clergy who signed resignations over the arrest of Bishop Ejvind Berggrav and three other church leaders. Quisling delayed arrest, citing illegality of resignations, while Germans advised eliminating critical ministers individually. Berggrav and others reportedly to be sent to Dachau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Quisling
Norway
Berlin
Ejiv and Berggrav
Vidkun Quisling
Berggrav
Dachau
Germany
Wapello Pilot among 75 awarded D F C for ferry flight
Washington AP report lists twenty nine Army officers and 46 enlisted men honored with the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement in ferrying bombers from Honolulu to the Philippines before World War II. Four awards were posthumous, including Captain Colin P. Kelly and Staff Sergeant William J. Delehanty, both killed when fighters attacked the returning bomber. Recipients include Gordon A. Blake, Ernest Moore, John F. Clark, Robert G. McIntyre, and John A. Ress, with home towns shown beside their names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Honolulu
Philippines
Japan
War Department
Colin P. Kelly
William J. Delehanty
Brooklyn
Kelly
Gordon A. Blake
Charles City
Ernest Moore
Vienna
John F. Clark
Remington
Ind
Robert G. McIntyre
Wapello
John A Ress
Fort Wayne
Welles Signals Broad Allied Offensive This Year
Acting Secretary of State Welles in Washington strongly hinted that General Marshall's London mission will yield surprise offensives this year. He stressed United action to crush Axis and Japanese forces across land sea and air fronts and on economic and diplomatic fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Welles
George C. Marshall
London
United Nations
United Action
Atlantic
Pacific
Gen. Marshall
Harry Hopkins
Britain
Malta Hit Twice in Axis Raids Over Weekend
Britain says Malta endured two major Axis air raids on Saturday with lunchtime and afternoon attacks. German bombers attacked La Valetta harbor and airfields from multiple directions, machine gunning and bombing targets as the island faced renewed bombardment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INL
Britain
Revolt Fires Stir Gestapo Into Action
London reports a new wave of Nazi terror spreading across occupied Europe as the Gestapo and troops seek to crush an underground revolt from Norway to Yugoslavia. Decrees threaten mass reprisals, depopulation, and town destruction unless resistance ends, with Allied leaders watching potential impact on the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Norway
Jugoslavia
Hitler
Gauleiters
Poland
Heinrich Himmler
France
Vichy Radio
Germany
Bombers Drop Over 1000 Tons on Western Germany
London dispatch reports Britain's spring air offensive against Germany dropped more than 1,000 tons of bombs in the last week. The RAF released over two million pounds of high explosives in four large assaults on industrial targets across the Rhineland Ruhr and western Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Germany
London
Ins
Britain
Germany
Air Ministry
Western Reich
R.A.F
Rhineland
Ruhr
Also Mentioned on This Page
United Areas
Bryansk
Hermit
Mercury
C. R. Man
Bob Estabrook
G. K. Strausser
USS
South Pacific
Netherlands East Indies
Java
Far East
Naomi Docbel
Sunday Index
Tate News Ee
Bane
Frederick Palmer
Esas
Een
Carl Sandburg
Beeeatees
Walter ‘Winehelt
Marlon
Keene Nee Waren
Eedeere
Benee
Asee Financial Pest
Eeenan
D.F.C
Malta
Holland
Marshall
Nolding
Brest
Draja Mikhailovitch
Bulgaria
Boris
Bogdan Filov
Filov
Belgium
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!