Government Orders Troops Out of Ward Plant
The federal government ordered the army to withdraw from seized Montgomery Ward plants in Chicago after a federal court order blocked Ward officers from interfering with operations. Ward chairman Sewell Avery reported a shareholder vote of full confidence. United States bombers then struck New Guinea targets, expanding Allied pressure on Japanese positions as forces secured Hollandia and Tanahmerah Bay.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Commerce Taylor
Commerce Department
Taylor
Ward
Sewell L. Avery
Rabaul
Bismarck Archipelago
New Britain
New Guinea
United State
Hollandia
Twenty-fourth Division
Frederick A. Irving
Staunton
Mass
Tanahmerah Bay
Sanananda
Salamaua
Horace A. Fuller
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Aitape
Jens A. Doe
Carmel
Calif
Buna
Saidur
Fuller
Archibald B. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Steam Kills Wilson Co. Employee in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids reports the death of Jake Hess 54 from uncontrollable steam in a plant tank accident at Wilson and Company. Valve mix up caused Hess to be sprayed by steam and hurled about 20 feet, two co workers failed to reach him in time. Hess a World War I veteran and longtime employee is survived by his wife Martha Sei bert a stepson a daughter a granddaughter five brothers and a sister. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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J. T. McMillan
Hess
McMillan
Fred Bammert
Tenth Street SE
Tony Stantone
Sixteenth Avenue SE
Supt
Fryton, Ia
Martha G. Seibert
Cedar Rapids
Dean Seivert
U. S. Navy
San Francisco
LaVera Duros
Sandra Lee Duros
Cedar
Sunshine Today With Showers And Cooler In Offing
Cedar Rapids area forecast calls for sun and showers with a cooler spell expected Sunday. Saturday will be mostly cloudy with occasional showers, warmer by Saturday night and cooler Sunday afternoon. Highs around 66 across six cities. Decorah leads with 66 while Cedar Rapids tops at 63 on Saturday before dropping later.
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Cedar Rapids
Shinity
Decorah
Charles City
Cherokee
Estherville
Spencer
Sioux City
Chambers
Denial Japs Delay Allies In Southeast Asia
SEAC at Ceylon released an official statement saying Allied strategic schedule and the Ledo road progress are not seriously affected by Japanese moves in Burma. It notes strong Japanese land forces, interior lines, and ongoing potential offensives, with no justification for American unease.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Associated Press
India
China
America
Burma
SEAC
Assam
Manipur
China Road
Imphal
Ledo
Ledo Front
Fourth Corps
Myitkyin A
Myitkyina
Attacks Seen As Invasion's True Opening
Reports from Helsinki and Berlin claim the Allied invasion of western Europe has begun or is imminent. Allied air crews operate from English fields as Germany counters with anti invasion commands. Danes rally in Sweden and Copenhagen Stockholm communications falter amid invasion rumors.
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London
Berlin
Stockholm
Europe
Denmark
Copenhagen
Congress Medal to Farm Youth Killed In Tunisian Battle
Callaway Neb AP In belated recognition of gallantry and devotion in the Tunisian battle which cost his life Pvt Bob Booker 22 farm youth was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously The award presented by Maj Gen John B Anderson was given at Morning Star church southwest of Callaway where Booker led the Young People's Christian Endeavor league He died at Fondouk Tunisia April 9 1943 after carrying a light machine gun and ammunition over 200 yards under enemy fire The Distinguished Service Cross had already been awarded and War Secretary Stimson ordered the Medal of Honor after reviewing his actions
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Callaway. Neb. (Ap
Callaway Farm Youth
Bob Booker
John B. Anderson
Sixteenth Corps
Fort Riley
Kan
Little Morning Starvangelical
Here
Young People’s Christian Endeavor League
Booker
Fondouk
Tunisia
Stimson
Massive Allied Air Raids Target Berlin and Toulon
Allied forces mounted a sweeping daylight strike against Berlin with nearly 1,000 heavy bombers and extensive Italian and French targets. Bombers hit Toulon’s port and submarine pens while other waves struck northern France and Hamburg, marking a major upsurge in the pre invasion air campaign and signaling potential invasion timing clues.
McCarran Opens Probe On Presidential Orders Seizure
Senator McCarran chairing the judiciary panel said the government's Montgomery Ward seizure will headline a probe into the legal authority for more than 3,000 executive orders since 1933. He dispatched a Chicago investigator and expects a report next Wednesday. The effort follows House moves to study executive order authority.
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Washington
McCarran
Senate Judiciary Committee
Montgomery Ward and Company
Roosevelt
Chicago
Senate
Judiciary Committee
House
Rules Committee
Sabath
D-Inl
U S Grants Tariff Request by Turkey
Washington officials said two days after Turkey halted chrome shipments to the Axis the United States granted a Turkish request to revise tariffs on imports of heavy mineral oils and kerosene. The action was stated to have no connection with Western pressure on Turkey over chrome supply to Germany.
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Washington
Turkey
United States
State Department
Great Britain
Germany
Two Men Fined for Drunk Driving in Cedar Rapids
William A. Murphy, 37, of 411 Second Street SW, and Verne Harris, 27, of Cedar Rapids, were fined $300 each after pleading guilty in Judge G. K. Thompson's court. Murphy paid $50, with $25 monthly installments starting June 1. Harris paid $100, with $25 monthly installments starting June 4. Harris was arrested by the sheriff's office December 5.
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William A. Murphy
Second Street
Verne Harris
Cedar Rapids
G. K. Thompson
Murphy
Harris
Sheriff's Office
Yanks First Land Based Guam Attack
American Liberator bombers of the Seventh Army Air Force and Fleet Air Wing Two launched the first land based attack on Guam. They flew about 1,100 miles across the Pacific, striking the southern Mariana island to honor Emperor Hirohito's forty third birthday. Ground anti aircraft fire was observed but no Japanese fighters intercepted the raid, which ended with a return to base. The nearest Allied bases are Ujelang atoll and the Admiralty islands, about 1,100 miles away.
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London
United States
Berlin
Italy
Toulon
France
Hitler
Britain
Pearl Harbor
Guam
Japan
Hirohito
Seventh Army Air Force
Fleet Airwing Two
Pacific
Mariana Islands
Philippines
Ujelang Atoll
Marshalls
Admiralty Islands
Bismarck Archipelago
Marianas
General Coxey Returns to Capitol Protesting Taxes
Jacob Sechler Coxey, infamous for leading an unemployed army in 1894, returned to Washington for the fiftieth anniversary march, this time without an army, to protest federal taxes. Capitol steps were denied for a speech unless permissions were granted by Vice President Wallace or Speaker Rayburn, and Coxey spoke briefly outside the senate chamber.
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Washington
Jacob Sechler Coxey
America
Coney
Capitol
Coxey
Capitol Steps
Lyon
Wallace
Rayburn
Senate Chamber
No Wonder They Ration Gasoline
Geoffrey Lloyd, oil control board chairman, told the Birmingham Unionist association that Allied air forces in Britain now use in 12 days as much aviation gasoline as the RAF used in all of 1940 including the Battle of Britain. He said UN output of aviation gasoline greatly exceeds Germany's total oil supply from all sources.
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Birmingham
England
Britain
Royal Air Force
Geoffrey Lloyd
Oil Control Board
Birmingham Unionist Association
Lloyd
United Nations
Germany
US Priest Meets Stalin Over Polish Issue at Kremlin
In Moscow Premier Stalin hosts Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanski of Springfield Massachusetts for a landmark talk on the Polish situation. Orlemanski calls the talks excellent and Moscow papers publish front page pictures of the meeting. The Kosciuszko League leader opposes the Polish government in exile and backs Polish patriots in Russia. Foreign Commissar Molotov attends. the talks signal Soviet interest in resolving the Polish problem amid London exile disputes.
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Moscow
Josef Stalin
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Springfield
Mass
Stalin
Orlemanski
Kosciuosko League
Union of
Russia
Kremlin
V M. Molotov
London
Priest Orlemanski Trips to Moscow Without Approval
Springfield Diocese says Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanski undertook his Moscow mission without permission from Bishop Thomas M. O Leary. The statement notes he acted on his own responsibility. Rev. John F. Lesniak warns the priest could be used to propagate during Poland invasion fears.
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Springfield
Mass
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary
Moscow
Thomas M. O'Leary
Father Orlemanski
John F. Lesniak
St. Joseph's
Russia
Poland
Bolivian Rebel Plot Unearthed Sparks Siege
In La Paz Bolivia a state of siege was proclaimed after the discovery of a vast revolutionary plot to overthrow President Gualberto Villarroel. The communique said plotters would face law courts and that July elections would not be affected. Political parties may campaign with minister of interior approval for meetings. Villarroel, installed by a junta after Penaranda's overthrow on December 20 1943.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Gualberto Villarroel
Villarroel
Enrique Penaranda
Hollandia Beach Bombing Chaos Delivers Foxhole Deeds
On Hollandia New Guinea April 24 American assault troops endure Japanese bombs that flatten a beachhead area. Amid chaos native stampede, nameable war correspondents dive into foxholes while medics and litter bearers rush the wounded. The scene, illuminated by incendiaries and a petrol dump blast, ends with evacuation efforts continuing along the shoreline.
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Peter Hemery
Hollandia
New Guinea
INS
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Empress Augusta Bay
Cedar Rapids News
S.E. Asia
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Helsinki
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Tass
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West Wall
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Vichy
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Hamburg
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Nettuno
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U. S
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