Britain Imposes Unprecedented Curbs on Neutral Diplomats
London orders neutral diplomats to remain in Britain and bans most foreign telegrams and diplomatic pouches after midnight to conceal invasion plans. Restrictions apply to Sweden Brazil and Eire. Russia and the US approve. Axis broadcasts warn invasion is near as Allied preparations accelerate.
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London
Britain
Russia
British Commonwealth
United States
Eire
Sweden
Brazil
London Radio
Deferment Gap Likely Before 26-30 Draft Rise
Cedar Rapids official John A. Sorpil of the employment service notes that deferments for men over 26 may be temporary and a fall draft of those aged 26 to 30 seems likely, while under 26 workers appear already allocated except for a limited deferred group. He spoke at Canopus club noon Tuesday.
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Wider Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
John A. Sorpil
United States
Canopus Club
Selective Service Boards
Navy details Kuriles invasion plan and secret weapons
Secretary Knox outlined an aerial offensive toward the Kuriles as a prelude to eventual landings. A navy spokesman announced new secret weapons in development and a rocket gun test station with top scientists. Rear Admiral Hussey noted several secret weapons in process and that rocket guns are used on landing craft.
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Washington
Knox
America
Kuriles
Navy
Japan
George F. Hussey, Jr
Bureau of Ordnance
Europe
Hussey
Fair Skies and Warmer Weather for Cedar Rapids Wednesday
Cedar Rapids and vicinity expect fair skies and much warmer temperatures Wednesday after a night of cloudiness. Rain totals across Iowa ranged up to .72 inch with Lamont and other western areas reporting measurable rainfall. Cedar Rapids saw a trace. Maximum Monday in Cedar Rapids reached 52 degrees, with 35 degrees the low, while Decorah and Estherville hit 30.
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Cedar Rapids
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Weather Man
Lamont
Creston
Albian
Clarinda
Des Moines
Atce
Ames
Iowa City
Missouri
Dubuque
Decorah
Estherville
Chambers
Jitterbug coal hoax traced to Wild Plum pupils
In Bismarck North Dakota special agents said the jitterbug coal mystery at Wild Plum school was a hoax by four to six of nine pupils. The plan relied on misseeing by teacher Pauline Rebel as the children created a series of pranks including smoke and a fake masked gunman.
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Bismarck
N.D
Wild Plum
James W. Austin
Pauline
Rebel
Austin
Restitution Accepted. Supervisor Rejects Vesely Letter
Linn county supervisors accepted a cashier's check for 3,638.40 to cover a county office shortage tied to ex auditor Robert M. Vesely. They returned Vesely's letter claiming a full accounting and ordered it mailed back with the resolution. The grand jury convened upstairs to probe office affairs as the case moved forward.
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Robert M. Vesely
Linn
Grand Jury
Vesely
Roy Radebaugh
Carl Hendrickson
Lynn Swaney
Willard Chadima
Hendrickson
Ray C. Coutts
Linn County
Merchants National Bank
Iowa
State of
Board of Supervisors
British Act to Bar Strike Instigation
London reports a new defense regulation authorizing penalties up to five years in prison and fines up to two thousand dollars to curb strike instigation. The rule takes effect immediately and targets workers who foment strikes outside proper union meetings while allowing open discussion at the meetings.
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London
Soviets Block Nazi Getaway At Sevastopol
Soviet forces close in on Sevastopol as two armies advance from south and north after breaking Baidar gate. Axis evacuation attempts hindered by heavy bombardment and mined streets. docks jammed with ships as Germans and Romanians fight barricades for survival.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Vichy
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Baidar Gate
Balaklava
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Fourth Ukraine
Interned Tokyo Raider Laban Returns to Action
A United Press dispatch from Britain reports Sgt. Theodore Laban, engineer-gunner from Kenosha Wisconsin, a Tokyo raider interned in Russia two years earlier, has left Russia and is now flying from England in the air war against Germany. The 1943 War Department record listed him among the five Tokyo crewmen interned in Russia. Details of his departure were not provided.
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Washington
United Press
Britain
Tokyo
Russia
Germany
United States
England
Theodore Laban
Kenosha
Wis
War Department
Laban
U. S. Subs Sink 15 Japanese Ships in Pacific Waters
United States submarines operating in the Pacific and Far East waters have sunk 15 more Japanese merchant ships the navy announced. The latest tally includes one large tanker two medium tankers one medium naval auxiliary seven medium cargo vessels two medium cargo passenger vessels one small cargo passenger vessel and one small cargo vessel.
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Washington
INS
United States
Pacific
Navy
Naval
British Navy’s Human Torpedoes Win Decorations for Palermo Raid
In a 1943 Palermo Sicily operation two man teams in diving suits used explosive torpedoes to hit Italian ships. Four crew members received Distinguished Service Orders and Conspicuous Gallantry medals. all are now prisoners of war.
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London
Mediterranean
Admiralty
Palermo
Sicily
Ulpio Traiano
Drop Plans for 4 F Legislation Abandoned by House Panel
Washington AP reports the House military committee abandoned plans to compel 4-F men into essential labor via induction. Chairman May said agencies like Selective Service and the War Manpower Commission already have authority to assign physically disqualified men to essential jobs.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Army
Navy
May
D-Ky
Selective Service
War Manpower Commission
Severe snowstorm batters Nebraska and Kansas in midwinter
A major early season blizzard blankets western Nebraska and northern Kansas with up to 19 inches of snow in McCook and heavy drifted streets in Kearney. Cold, subfreezing temps threaten cattle and sheep as Oklahoma dust winds reduce visibility. eastern Colorado losses mount with 10 to 12 inches elsewhere. The system extends into northeastern New Mexico as forecasters warn it will linger.
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McCook
Neb
Kearney
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma Panhandle
BE. C. Bray
Syracuse
Kansas City
Colorado
Boulder
New Mexico
Americans Bomb Andaman Islands
Four motor bomber raids by the Tenth United States Air Force struck the Japanese held Andaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal as announced by Admiral Mountbatten on Tuesday.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Ins
Tenth
United States Air Force
Andaman Islands
Bay of Bengal
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Salzbrenner Case Returns in Roenig Trial Proceedings
Andrew Swoboda of Middle Amana admitted that someone urged him to claim he heard explosions at 10 or 11 p.m. on June 7, 1943. The Salzbrenner case and the Roenig sabotage trial were discussed as witnesses, experts, and defense attorneys testified about the fire at the Amana refrigeration plant and Salzbrenner’s mental state.
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Middle Amana
Amana
Swoboda
U. S
T. E. Diamond
Foerstner
George Foerstner
August F. Salzbrenner
Firebug
Veterans Hospital
Knoxville
Louis*Roeniig, Jr
Dorothy McCune
Iowa County District Court
Edward von Hoene
Williamsburg
Salzbrenner
Wilbur R. Miller
University of Iowa
A. J. Kippenhan
Mid
McCune
von Hoene
Roeniig
Amana Society
Miller
Big Allied Assaults Hit Berlin and Balkan Targets
About 2,000 American heavy bombers and fighters attacked Berlin and northern France, with raids on Sofia Belgrade and Plovdiv. RAF forces bombed Cologne as Italian-based crews raided Sofia and Belgrade targets, while specific missions reached the Pas de Calais area and struck railway yards and aircraft factories amid cloudy skies and heavy aerial combat.
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Berlin
Hitler
Germany
Pas de Calais
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Belgrade
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Sava River
Chugalug
Reuben J. Weltha
Randall
Weltha
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