Initiative in India Fully in Allied Hands
Allied forces in Southeast Asia press their offensive northeast of Imphal as the Fourteenth Army gains the initiative after Kohima siege lift. Heavy infantry drives behind tank and artillery barrages force Japanese retreat, with Chinese detachments encircling a large Japanese division near Mgumgahtawng in Manipur region. The turn in Manipur improves prospects if the Japanese retreat through jungle terrain with monsoon near.
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Southeast Asia Headquarters
INS
Fourteenth Army
Imphal
Kohima
Burma
Mgumgahtawng
Manum Areea
Manipur
Sabang
Sumatra
Chinese fight flares in Henan to defend vital rail line
In northern Henan Province Japanese forces press to seize a 15-mile stretch of the Peiping Hankow railroad while another column reaches six miles of the Lunghai line. Chinese sources say 50 000 to 60 000 Nipponese troops, some moved from Manchuria, are engaged. Reports allege use of poison gas.
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Chungking
China
Henan
Peiping-Hankow
Manchuria
Lunghai
Patton Arrives in European Theater of Operations
London AP dispatch reports Lt. Gen. George S. Patton Jr. has arrived in the European theater for duty, following his command of the Seventh Army in Sicily. The official announcement confirms his transfer to active operations in Europe.
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London
George S. .Patton, Jr
Seventh Army
Sicily
Congressmans harsh quip on fellow lawmakers ends term
Los Angeles based report records Rep. Thomas F. Ford of California calling colleagues the least enlightened and dumbest bunch he ever interacted with. He announced retirement at term's end after 12 years backing the New Deal, criticizing Republican leadership aided by many Democrats as running the House.
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Los Angeles
INS
Thomas F. Ford
D-Calif
National House of Representatives
Ford
Former Linn County Treasurer Dies at 72 in Cedar Rapids
Frank Leslie Williams longtime Linn county treasurer 1928 to 1935 died in a Cedar Rapids hospital Thursday evening after a long illness. Born October 14 1892 near Center Point he lived in Iowa most of his life and was active in Republican circles. He served in World War I and held multiple civic roles including president of the County Treasurers Association of Iowa and chairman of its legislative committee. He is survived by his wife Freda Steinberg Navy a son and two brothers. Services will be held at Turner chapel Saturday at 4 p.m.
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Frank Leslie Williams
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Iowa
Marion
Williams
George Yuill
County Treasurers’ Association of
American Legion
Vienna Lodge No
A. F
A. M
el Kahir Shrine
Freda Steinberg
Herbert Williams
Hubert
Walter
Toddville
Turner Chapel
Australian War Bride Falls For Nebraska Fashion
Mrs. Luis Clement, an Australian war bride en route to Humboldt Nebraska, said she was shocked by the short dresses in the United States. She joked that Australian men would whistle with two fingers if such attire were worn at home. She noted Nebraska reminded her of Australia as flat and pretty. She also praised an FBI man from Nebraska who interviewed her in Australia. Her husband’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Clement, live in Humboldt.
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San Francisco
Luis Clement
William Clement
Humboldt
Neb
Nebraska
FBI
Australia
Jury declines indictment in Vesely embezzlement case
Linn county grand jury reconvened and finds no grounds for charging former auditor Robert M. Vesely with embezzlement after restitution of 3638.40. Jury forgives the loss, blames Vesely for mismanagement, says other county offices operate honestly, and keeps the case open for new facts.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Robert M. Vesely
Vesely
G. P. Linville
Iowa
Carl Hendrickson
Linville
M. C. Hamiel
James McCutcheon
Vernon
Hitler orders universal rifle drill for Germans at home
Supreme Allied Headquarters reports Adolf Hitler tightens control by mandating April rifle training for all able bodied Germans. The decree, carried out by the brown shirt SA, aims to show resolve against invasion and rally public morale, with diplomas awarded to marksmen.
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Supreme Allied Headquarters
England
INS
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
Prac
S&s A
Inside job? Eyewitness says Heydrich killed by Nazis
Los Angeles witness Harold Kirkpatrick told on March of Time he saw Heydrich’s assassination in Prague as an inside Nazi job. He described a rapid ambush in Kobylisy, a briefcase, a bicycle escape, and a blast that killed the SS leader without a formal escort.
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New York
Reinhard Heydrich
Prague
Heydrich
Lidice
Harold Kirkpatrick
Los Angeles
Secret State Police
Savas
Kirkpatrick
Bowling Alley Fire Destroys Chicago Playdium Grill
A spectacular blaze gutted the Playdium grill taproom and bowling alleys in Chicago causing heavy damage. The fire drew about a third of the city’s firefighting apparatus as crews battled the one story building, with estimated losses around $100,000.
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Chicago
INS
Playdium, Inc
Paper Commandos Rally Cedar Rapids For War Waste
Waste paper drives mobilize residents to donate newspapers magazines and scrap paper. Office of Civilian Defense trucks collect starting 8 am Saturday from the Hearn Stevenson lot east of The Gazette company with pickups at street corners. call 3 2601 to locate your pile.
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Office of Civilian Defense
Cedar Rapids
OCD
Civilian Defense Office
Hearn-Stevenson
The
Gazette Company
Wisconsin Sailor Claims Rescue Of Lt Commander Stassen
A Wisconsin sailor writes to his parents that a recent sea rescue included Lt Commander Harold E. Stassen, former Minnesota governor and GOP presidential prospect. Navy officials offered no confirmation. Mrs Stassen in South St Paul says she heard of it. The sailor describes Stassen as tall and strong and speculates the rescue may have saved the next president.
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Harold
Stassen
Soviet Troops Said Reaching Italy Via Vichy Radio
Vichy radio claimed a detachment of Soviet troops arrived in southern Italy to fight Italian Fascist forces. No independent confirmation was available from Allied sources.
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London
Vichy Radio
Italy
Reds Repel Baltic Front Attacks Amid trains and coastal actions
London AP reports a revived Baltic front with Soviet claims of repelling large German assaults northwest of Narva Estonia and heavy air strikes targeting German troop trains at Rezekne and Gulbene Latvia. Soviet planes attacked convoys fleeing Sevastopol while Sevastopol land fighting receives no update.
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London
Narva
Estonia
Rezekne
Gulbene
Old Poland
Stanislawow
Sevastopol
Crimea
Baltic States
Kiwhili
Daugavpils
Dvinsk
Riga
Latvia
Poland
Police Called to Pursue Prowler It’s Only a Horse
Patrolmen Morey and Barger responded to Mrs. Harold L. Vesper’s home at 906 Ellis Blvd NW after she reported a prowler in the yard. The animal fled toward railroad tracks and Hubbard Ice and Fuel Co. where Barger roped the intruder, identified as a horse.
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Eugene Morey
Harold Barger
Harold L. Vesper
Ellis Boulevard
North Western Railroad
John Hlavacek
Carl Badger
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company
Barger
Anton Tlusty Dies. Longtime Cedar Rapids Health Officer
Anton Tony Tlusty 74 longtime assistant city health officer died at 4 45 am Friday in University hospital Iowa City after October car crash. Born May 12 1869 in Vojtechoy Czechoslovakia he came at age five and lived in Cedar Rapids until 13 then Chicago 17 years. He served as city health officer from May 1902 and was a model for others. survived by wife Pearl son Edwin Cedar Rapids grandson Wilford and brother John. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Anton “Tony” Tlusty
University Hospital
Iowa City
Tlusty
Shueyville
Vojtechoy
Czechoslovakia
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Trusty
Mt Herman Lodge
A. F
M. el Kabir Shrine
Iowa
Karel IV
Z. C B
Bohemian Reading Society
Sokol Society
Pearl
Edwin
Wilford Tlusty
Seaman
San Francisco
Calif
John Tlusty
Lillian
Janeba Funeral Home
Invasion Flotillas Massing Warned By Berlin Radio
Berlin radio said American and British navies massing the greatest concentration since Dunkerque in British waters for the western invasion. Troops were reported leaving London en route to channel ports and southern and eastern coast ports as the Vichy radio linked a western strike with Allied actions in Italy and the Balkans.
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London
Berlin
Vichy
Italy
Balkans
Accord Reached on Fiscal Cooperation
Secretary Morgenthau announced that technical experts from 30 United Nations have agreed on basic principles for a program of international monetary cooperation, outlining a framework for future fiscal collaboration among member nations.
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Washington
United Nations
Louie's Fate Before Federal Court Jury in Cedar Rapids
Louis Roenig Jr. faced a federal trial jury in Cedar Rapids after admitting his love of beer yet denying starting the June 7 fire that destroyed the Middle Amana refrigeration plant. Judge Henry N. Graven instructed jurors on presumption of innocence as arguments closed.
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Dora Jane Hamblin
Louis Roeniig, Jr
Amana
Cedar Rapids
Henry N. Graven
Roemng
Roemig
Germans Report British Bombing Surge Deep into Europe
London AP says German radio claimed a major U S heavy bomber attack on southeastern Europe while the RAF released details of a Thursday night raid dropping more than 5,040 tons on four German and occupied country rail centers. Bomber losses: 16 RAF and nine American, with 2,500 tons dropped by Americans and 9,000 Allied planes in 72 hours aimed at forcing a path to the invasion coast.
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Sevastopol
Baltic
Moscow
Narova
Narva
London
Europe
Air Ministry
RAF
Germany
Bucharest
Italy
R.A.F
Cologne
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Atlantic Wall
Britain
Reich
Dwight D. Lisenhower
France
Dominion
Ottignies
Brussels
Lens
Pas de Calais
la Chapelle
Paris
Beaufighters
Coastal Command
Lonergan Counsel Gets 30 Day Term
Edward V. Broderick the defense counsel in the Wayne Lonergan murder trial was sentenced in New York to 30 days in jail for contempt of court after failing to appear at the original trial date. Judge John J. Freschi granted an immediate 30 day stay to allow an appeal.
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New York
INS
Edward V. Broderick
Wayne Lonergan
John J. Freschi
Broderick
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George
Kelly
Pittsburgh
Sailor
Havoc At
Cedar Rounds
Tony Trusty
Anton Tlusty
Louie
Roeniig
R. S. Milner
Milner
Little Louie
T. E. Diamond
Lonergan Counsel
Marquis Oats
David Lawrence
Paul Mallon
Svepeveesess
Drew
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