Shipping bottleneck limits wartime ship production progress
The piece notes a lag in shipbuilding as a major wartime bottleneck despite strong gains in tanks and planes. Admiral Land cites potential 50 percent ahead production, urges labor stabilization, steel plate shortages blamed, and Senate inquiry urged to unveil facts and speed remedies before public. It also covers local blast reports, postal workers seeking raises, urban squalor, and anti urban essays.
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Emory
Land
Maritime Commission
Senate
RAF Bomb Rostock Destroyed German Plane Center
The RAF used giant four engine bombers to raid Rostock, a key Heinkel factory hub 120 miles from Berlin. The clash produced widespread fires and hundreds of tons of bombs on a 950 mile round trip, with Britain suffering four planes down and Germany reporting Berlin raid claims.
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Royal Air Force
Baltic
Rostock
Air Ministry
R.A.F
Lubeck
Luftwaffe
Coventry
Berlin
Russia
Hanover
England
Wales
Tortured Odyssey Of 1 800 Czech Exiles Told
In Durban South Africa the leader of 85 Czechoslovak Jews recounts the voyage of 1 800 refugees fleeing German occupation to Palestine. Packed in a freighter with two feet per person the ship suffered typhus with 12 deaths. They reached Palestine then Mauritius where they were interned 14 months amid typhoid and malaria before being allowed to fight with the Allies.
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Durban
South Africa
United Nations
Palestine
Tulcea
Munich
Poland
Crete
Rumania
Mauritus
Indian Ocean
Madagascar
Churchill Backed Marshall Conclusions in Roosevelt Message
London AP report says Prime Minister Churchill received a message from President Roosevelt confirming agreement with all conclusions reached by U.S. Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall after his Britain visit.
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London
Churchill
Roosevelt
United States
George C. Marshall
Britain
Reds Plane Forced Down in Siberia After Attacks on Japan
United States bomber that raided Japan and lost orientation was interned with its crew in the Russian Maritime province on Siberia's coast. Embassy officials said Standley sought instructions. Tass described the forced landing as a test of neutrality pacts. The five crew included a captain.
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Russia
United States
Japan
Siberian
Kuibyshev
William H. Standley
Washington
Tass
China
Khabarovsk
Tokio
Vladivostok
Angus Ward
S. A Lozovsky
Lozovsky
Moscow
Vyacheslav Molotov
Tomokazu Hori
Japanese Information Bureau
Domei
Hori
Trapped German Army Escapes Reds Report
AP and INS dispatches say the German 16th army, trapped for weeks in the Staraya Russa sector, burst through Soviet lines to rejoin main forces. Soviet reports claim Finnish troops fought with reinforced Nazis near Staraya Russa, but counterattacks failed. Red army bulletins cite heavy German losses on Leningrad front and near Kharkov while Russians advance near Bryansk southwest of Moscow after breaking German lines.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Staraya Russa
Leningrad
Red Army
Kharkov
Ukraine
Russia
Bryansk
Moscow
Puerto Rican nurse amputates rail worker under train
Marina Diez-Rivas, a nurse on night ambulance duty at the Medical College of Virginia, crawled under a locomotive to amputate a yard worker's mangled leg with a pocketknife after a scalpel failed. The patient is reported to be recovering.
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Richmond
Marina Diez-Rivas
Puerto Rico
Medical College of Virginia Hospital
Psychological Blow Shocks Japan War Effort
H. H. J. Lovink of the Netherlands East Indies said on Thursday that bombing Japan is clearly a major psychological blow to the Japanese, asserting their soil is sacred and the impact is profound on morale.
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Washington
H. H. J. Lovink
Netherlands East Indies
Japan
May Tire Quota Lets Recaps Break Ground for List A
The Office of Price Administration announced 633 665 new and recapped tires for May for passenger car owners, up from April. For the first time since rationing began recapping certificates are available to List A vehicles and motorcycles. List A covers essential services. List B includes those eligible for recapped tires only. Only 55 573 new tires are allotted to List A, with 578 092 recaps to List A and the rest to List B.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Clan of Clarks Is Well Represented at Corregidor
CORREGIDOR P I Army Dispatch reports three captains named Clark serving with the army on Corregidor. The Clark, Clark and Clark firm in the garrison attracts attention. The three Clarks are not related but form a useful team on and off duty.
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Corregidor
P. I
Army
Hundred Miles Front Near Mandalay In Burma War
British communique says Japanese forces are within about 100 miles of Mandalay and advancing in the Taunggyi area. Renewed attacks near Yenangguang and reinforcements along the Irrawaddy front are reported as British withdrawals west of Taungwingyi to safeguard the Chinese flank.
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Burma
Mandalay
Taunggyi
Fallen Saikaw
Loikaw
Thailand
Irrawaddy River
War Work Saves Levine from Jail
Charles A. Levine, famed first transatlantic passenger, avoided a five month jail term for conspiracy to smuggle an alien into the United States after a federal judge suspended the sentence. Levine’s war work of a confidential nature, including a system to save scrap metal, was cited as the reason. He reportedly saved the government at least ten million dollars during World War I.
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Los Angeles
INS
Charles A. Levine
United States
J F. T. O'Connor
Levine
Hitler Purges Arms Chiefs Over Production Shortfall
London reports say Adolf Hitler ordered arrests of German armament leaders for failing to boost output to meet rising American war production. Heinrich Koppenberg of Junkers Dessau faces Dachau detention as Hitler demands 80 percent production gains and long 12 hour shifts, citing worn-out Dessau plants and Todt’s death impact.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Heinrich Koppenberg
Junkers Aircraft Works
Dessau
Koppenberg
Dachau
Junkers Flugzeug and Motorenwerke
Junkers
Russia
Red Army
Five New War-Era Restrictions Hit Daily Life
The government ordered five civilian curb measures as the nation moves toward full war footing. Local truck deliveries tighten after May 15 with mileage cuts and capacity rules. new telephone installations restricted to war and essential welfare work. elastic in underwear cut by about half. fishing tackle banned with hooks produced at half last year. price ceilings set on china, pottery and many cotton goods.
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Washington
Armed Services
Bell System
Conspiracy Charged in Dubuque Milk Prices Case
An indictment charges three corporations and five individuals with conspiring to fix milk prices in the Dubuque area in violation of federal antitrust laws. Defendants include the Dubuque Co-operative Dairy Marketing Association Beatrice Creamery and Sanitary Milk Company. Wright is a former Cedar Rapids man. The case alleges uniform premiums above minimum prices and uniform retail prices set by all Dubuque handlers.
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Dubuque
George C. Scott
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Dubuque Co-operative Dairy Marketing Association
Beatrice Creamery
Sanitary Milk Company
John Banworth
Andrew Fluetsch, Jr
Beatrice Creamery Company
Charles C. Kauffmann
August Thill
Thomas H. Wright
Wright
Fluetsch
Cedar Rapids Thermometer Nears Season High
Cedar Rapids observed a climb toward the season high as temperatures rose to near 82 degrees by mid afternoon. A south wind and readings from Chambers Inskeep showed a steady increase after a cool 51 at 7 am, with Thursday reaching 80 by late afternoon and a late evening drop.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Thurgfay
Salvage Drive For Metals and Rubber Begins
An all out salvage drive to gather discarded metal and rubber for war conversion starts in Linn County with Cedar Rapids leading efforts. The campaign runs Saturday through May 10, is organized by the Linn County Civilian Defense salvage committee headed by E. W. Wickham. Oak sites on Second Avenue and Seventh Street SE are loaned for collection with policing by Ambulance Service staff, while East Side space is provided by A. C. Stewart and A. and P Super Market. Donors are asked to bring metals and rubber to designated lots and avoid waste paper or loose rubbish.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Civilian Defense Council
E. W. Wickham
Second Avenue
Eleventh Street
Theodore Stark
Ambulance Service Company
A. C. Stewart
A. and Pp
Third Avenue
Seventh Street
Son of Al Capone Enters Aviation School
Albert Francis Capone, 23 year old son of former Gang Chief Al Capone, enrolled Thursday at the Embryville aviation school to study airplane engines. He was rejected for army service due to a physical defect and listed his occupation as retired on his application.
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Miami
Fla
Albert Francis Capone
al Capone
Embry-ville School of Aviation
Young Capone
National Want Ad Week Ends Saturday Offer Ends
National Want Ad Week runs a last chance sale with reduced rates. Start by Sunday to get eight days for six or four days for three. Eight-day ads are distributed over 360000 times for as little as $1.60. Cancel anytime and pay only for ran days at earned rate. Dial 2-1121 to place.
Set Outlay In Next Year At 70 Billion
Washington report shows the administration raising its 1943 fiscal year war outlay from 56 billion to 70 billion and total expenditures to 77.5 billion beginning July 1. Budget Director Harold D. Smith warns inflation risk rises, cites a 49 billion deficit, and notes receipts will cover less than a third of federal spending despite new tax measures.
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Washington
Harold D. Smith
Pearl Harbor
Smith
Roosevelt says war production program strong and expandable
President Roosevelt reported war production is working well and hinted at adding a second program. He outlined 1942 1943 goals: 185000 planes 120000 tanks 55000 anti aircraft guns and 18000000 tons of shipping. He noted possible capacity limits from steel shortages and discussed shipbuilding and labor management friction.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
United Nations
War Production Board
Emory 8. Land
Defense Shipping
Capitol Hill
Cedar Rapids Teachers to Discuss AFL Union Ties
Cedar Rapids Classroom Teachers plan a meeting at the YWCA Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. to discuss joining the American Federation of Teachers. President Glen Darling says the move would unite teachers against opposing groups, a development he believes is new to the area.
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AFL
Cedar Rapids Classroom Teachers Association
American Federation of Teachers
Y.W.C.A
Glen Darling
Darling
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