Man Killed After Moving Under Truck Wheels
Edward J. Harris 63 of 706 Fifth Ave SE Cedar Rapids died en route to St Luke's hospital after being run over by rear wheels of a stock truck at Third Ave SE and First St SE. Police cite death by own action theory supported by witnesses. Driver Lester Washburn 26 Troy Mills with passenger 8 W Boland 1722 First Ave E say Harris ducked under wheels as truck moved. Harris had a note naming his sister to be notified in case of accident. Surviving: sister and two brothers. Services set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Turner funeral home Linwood cemetery burial. Harris born May 1880 in Villiscala. Employed 30 years Cedar Rapids Pump Co. retirement seven years ago.
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Edward J. Harris
Fifth Avenue SE
Third Avenue
First Street SE
Harris
Ar Rapids
Lester Washburn
Troy Mills
W. Boland
First Avenue
Washburn
First Street
Boland
St. Luke's Hospital
Mulson
Ben Thompson
Charles
Robert
Delawar
Villiscala
Cedar Rapids Pump Company
Turner Funeral Home
Linwood Cemetery
Butter Point Value Cut to 12 Per Pound
Butter will be reduced to 12 red points a pound effective Sunday through June 3 as shortages ease. Margarine drops from 6 to 2 points. country butter drops to 8 points and prices adjust. Beef, lamb and other meat item points shift to manage May civilian supplies amid drought and production trends.
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Washington
Chester Bowles
Bowles
War Food Administration
Allied Drive Clears Hollandia Madang Front New Guinea
Allied forces report rapid collapse of Japanese defenses along a 430 mile New Guinea front. Four airfields and three coastal bases seized in four days, with Hollandia expected to fall soon. Australians invest Madang and by-passed positions, while Sixth Army pushes inland toward Hollandia and Aitape.
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Quaters, New Guinea
New Guinea
Hollandia
Madang
Douglas MacArthur
Dutch New Guinea
Ramu
Astrolable Bay
Aitape
Hollandis
Tadji
Fifth Air Force
Sixth Army
Tanahmerah
Humboldt Bays
Allies Rain 6 000 Tons On Europe
London says Allied air forces dropped about 6 000 tons of bombs on Nazi targets in a massive pre invasion offensive. Over 1 000 British bombers hit Essen Schweinfurt and rail yards near Paris, with 29 bombers lost. US bombers attacked northern France and Belgium targets as German raids hit southern England.
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London
United States
Atlantic Wall
Essen
Schweinfurt
Paris
France
Ninth Air Force
Belgium
Haine-St. Pierre
Germany
Italy
Pittsburgh
Villeneuve St. Georges
Hamburg
Berlin
Porstmouth
Krupp
Air Ministry
R.A.F
Congress Debates Montgomery Ward War Seizure Fallout
Senator Byrd calls for War Labor Board explanation on ordering Montgomery Ward to extend a expired contract with a CIO union. Rep Dewey accuses Attorney General Biddle of high handed conduct over wartime seizure claims, drafts resolution for a special committee to probe Gestapo like tactics. Other members question Roosevelt authority to seize the retailer and its assets.
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Washington
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
War Labor Board
Montgomery Ward and Company
CIO
Dewey
R-Ill
Biddle
House
Rep. Smith
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward
Smith
Con
Scott
R-Pa
Interstate Commerce Panel Approves Issuance Action
The interstate committee announced on Thursday the approval of an issuance action. No further details were provided in the accessible text.
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Washington
Interstate Commee Commission
Lindbergh Arrives in Hawaii as Civilian Technical Rep
HONOLULU AP Charles A Lindbergh has reached Hawaii as a civilian technical representative for an aircraft maker. He is on a mission to gather data on aircraft performance in the Pacific war theater.
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Honolulu
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hawaii
Lindbergh
Penick and Ford Profit 272040 in March Quarter
Penick and Ford Ltd. reported a consolidated net profit of 272040 for the March quarter, equal to 74 cents a share, compared with 274862 or 74 cents a share in the 1943 quarter.
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NEW York
Penick and Ford Ltd., Inc
Allied Counter Offensive Reported Near in India
Allied land and air forces launched a coordinated attack aimed at Japanese lines to Imphal and Kohima as a major counter blow toward Burma. Allied bombers roved roads to both cities while forces advanced from Kanglatongbi toward Ikhrul, signaling a push to clear routes and isolate Japanese units around Kohima and Imphal.
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Allied
Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Imphal
Kohima
Burma
Kochi
Kanglatongbi
Ikhrul
Pees
Alligator terrorizes Highland Park lawn scene in Dallas
A large alligator sunbathes on lakeside lawns in Highland Park, Dallas. Police officer Alvin Aly fires a shotgun at the creature but doubts the animal is dead after it plunges into a lake, while Dr. Morris reports the incident and neighbors recall seeing the beast roaming the area and feeding on local wildlife.
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Dallas
Texas
Highland Park
Lakeside
Alvin Aly
Aly
I. J. Morris
Morris
John William Rogers
Lakeside Drive
Army Casualties 148 425 Thus Far
Secretary of War stimulates report of American army casualties through April 15 totaling 148 425 since the war began. The tally includes 25 582 killed 60 166 wounded 32 727 missing and 29 950 prisoners of war with 1 679 reported to have died of disease.
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Washington
Secretary of War
Stimson
Frank Knox III Confined to Home in Illness
Navy announces Frank Knox III, 70, is confined to his home with a gastro intestinal upset that caused dizziness. Knox became ill while at Si business.
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Frank Knox III
Washington
Navy
Frank Knox
Knox
At- Si
Forecast For Friday Showers And Cool Weather
Cedar Rapids area expects fair but cool conditions with frost tonight. Showers are forecast by Friday afternoon or night as moisture from recent rains continues. Des Moines river is back in its banks except Eddyville where water should recede by Thursday night.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Eddyville
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Burlington
Keokuk
Albia
Lam
Weather snapshot from Cedar Rapids prompts mixed forecasts
The Cedar Rapids area saw sun today with a high of 48 degrees between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. By 7 p.m. it had fallen to 47 and midnight read 42. Precipitation measured 0.2 inches. Thursday mornings cooled to 39 with a 6 to 7 a.m. reading. By 9 a.m. instruments showed 48 degrees and at 2:30 p.m. 68 degrees with humidity at 10 percent.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Two Americans Arrive in Moscow on Exploratory Mission
Prof Oscar Lange of University of Chicago and Rev Stanislaus Orlemanski Catholic priest of Springfield Massachusetts arrived in Moscow on an exploratory mission. They were disclosed in Washington and traveled as private citizens not as U S government representatives.
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Moscow
Oscar Lange
University of Chicago
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Springfield
Mass
Kosciusko League of America
Washington
Poland
United Ations
State Department
United States
Ore Ships Sunk 19 Men Missing
Two ore carriers sank with ten missing and three injured after collision and fire near Cleveland. Coast Guard units launched search for the missing crewmen as salvage operations began.
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Cleveland
Newsprint Shortage Warns of Worsening Supplies in 1950s
Linwood I. Noyes, head of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, warned members that censorship must not be used for political ends and that the newsprint shortage will grow tougher. The Fifty-eighth convention report says rising production would likely push more paper into foreign markets rather than satisfy domestic needs.
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New York
Linwood I. Noyes
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Association
Tito Continues Island Offensive
Yugoslav Partisans land on Korcula near the Dalmatian coast and seize Blato and Vela Luka with the western end of the island. More than 800 Germans killed or captured as Allied naval units support the operation and ranger and commando units may have taken part.
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London
Korcula
Dalmatian
Balkans
Blato
Vela Luka
Adriatic
Josip (Tito) Broz
Ranger
Mijet Island
Peijesac
Split
Dubrovnik
Nazis Report New Red Drive in N E Romania
Berlin and Moscow reported new Red offensives in northeastern Romania and along the Dnestr valley with renewed siege activity at Sevastopol. German communiques said troops with tanks and planes attacked north of Iasi toward the Galati gap, while claiming local penetrations were sealed. Soviet dispatches indicated Sevastopol momentum but Moscow offered no confirmation of the southern operations.
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London
Romania
Berlin
Moscow
Sevastopol
Iasi
Galati
Dnestr
Las
Chisinau
Red Army
Cassino
Ward Head Is Carried From Plant
Montgomery Ward chief Sewell Avery, 69, was forcibly ejected from the Chicago offices by soldiers aiding the government seizure of Ward plants for noncompliance with a War Labor Board order. Avery resisted and was escorted past startled employees to the sidewalk. Attorney General Biddle said Avery refused to cooperate or surrender company books, prompting the eviction. Other Ward officers stayed inside.
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Ugo Carusi
Wayne C. Taylor
Chicago
Sewell Avery
Montgomery Ward and Company
Avery
Ward
Francis Biddle
Washington
Montgomery Ward
Commerce Department
War Lavor Board
Army
Biddle
Mr. Avery
United States
Stuart S. Ball
John A. Barr
Harold L. Pearson
Commerce
J. R. Weber
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