Government Orders Troops Quit Ward Plant Seizure Ends
Chicago dispatch reports the government ordered the army to withdraw from Montgomery Ward and Company plants after a court order limited Ward interference. Undersecretary Taylor said troops were unnecessary with the seizure in effect and a federal order restraining Ward officers remains in force. McCarran announced a judiciary committee probe into executive orders dating to 1933, with an investigator to Chicago to gather facts.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Commerce Taylor
Commerce Department
Taylor
Ward
Sewell L. Avery
Washington
McCarran
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
Judiciary Committee
House
Rules Committee
Sabath
D-Inl
U S Grants Tariff Request by Turkey
Washington says two days after Turkey halted chrome shipments to the Axis the United States granted a Turkish request to revise tariffs on Turkish imports of heavy mineral oils and kerosene. State Department noted no link to Western pressure over chrome and steel shipments.
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Washington
Turkey
United States
State Department
Great Britain
Germany
Two Men Pay Fines for Drunk Driving in Cedar Rapids
William A Murphy 37 of 411 Second Street SW and Verle Harris 27 of Cedar Rapids pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in Judge G K Thompsons court Saturday. Murphy paid $50 of a $300 fine with the balance due in $25 installments beginning June 1 Harris paid $100 and may pay $25 monthly starting June 4. Harris was arrested by the sheriff's office December 5.
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Cedar Rapids
William A. Murphy
Second Street
Verle Harris
G. K. Thompson
Murphy
Harris
Sheriff's
Yanks Strike Guam First Land Raid From Air Base
American Liberator bombers launched the first land based attack on Guam to strike at Japan’s southeast approaches in a daylight high altitude raid. Seventh Army Air Force and Fleet Air Wing Two crews crossed about 1100 miles, reached Guam at the southern end of the Marianas, and returned without losses as ground defenses observed many enemy aircraft. The operation followed carrier strikes on the Marianas and used far extended range from newly captured bases at Ujelang and Admiralty Islands, both roughly 1100 miles away.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Guam
Japan
Emperor Hirohito
Seventh Army Air Force
Fleet Airwing Two
Pacific
Mariana Islands
Philippines
Ujelang Atoll
Marshalls
Admiralty Islands
Bismarck Archipelago
Marianas
London
Berlin
Italy
Toulon
France
Hitler
Britain
Allied Air Rift Destroys Wewak Air Dromes in New Guinea
U S bombers pounded the Wewak area in northern New Guinea for two days destroying air bases to halt enemy landings. Heavy raids totaling 188 tons hit four airstrips while other strikes extended along the coast from Han sa Bay to Sorong. In Hollandia area, U S troops pushed inland eight miles and began perimeter defense around captured airfields as divisions from San Ananda and Salamaua campaigns engaged. The Tanahmerah Bay landing marked a baptism of fire for the Twenty fourth Division under Maj Gen Irving.
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New Guinea
United States
Wewak
Fifth Air Force
Wewake
Boston
Mitchell
Douglass MacArthur
Hansa Bay
Wewal
Sorong
Dutch New Guinea
Hollandia
Rabaul
Bismarck Archipelago
New Britain
United State
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
Saidor
Fuller
Archibald B. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
General Coxey Returns to Capitol Without Army
Jacob Sechler Coxey, famed for Coxey’s Army, returns to Washington for the fiftieth anniversary of the 1894 march and to protest federal taxes. He seeks Capitol photo permission from architect David Lynn, who says speeches require wider approval from Vice President Wallace or Speaker Rayburn, who is away.
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Washington
Jacob Sechler Coxey
America
Coxey
Capitol
David Lynn
No Wonder They Ration Gasoline
Geoffrey Lloyd oil control board chairman said Allied air forces in Britain now use in 12 days as much aviation gasoline as the RAF did in all of 1940 including the Battle of Britain. He spoke at the Birmingham Unionist association meeting noting UN output exceeds Germany's oil supply.
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Birmingham
England
Britain
Royal Air Force
Geoffrey Lloyd
Oil Control Board
Birmingham Unionist Association
Lloyd
United Nations
Germany
U S Priest Meets Stalin Over Polish Situation
Premier Stalin hosted Rev Stanislaus Orlemanski of Springfield Mass for a Kremlin conference on the Polish problem in which the priest called results excellent Moscow papers ran front page photos of Stalin with a Roman Catholic clergyman The Kosciusko League leader opposes the exiled Polish government and backs the Union of Polish Patriots in Russia The meeting with Molotov signaled Soviet interest in a breakthrough in Poland affairs despite London factional disputes
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Moscow
Josef Stalin
Stanislaus Orlemanski
Springfield
Mass
Stalin
Orlemanski
Kosciuosko League
Union of
Russia
Kremlin
VM. Molotov
London
Priest Orlemanski Traveled to Moscow Without Approval
Springfield church leader Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanski left for Moscow on his own initiative without permission from Bishop Thomas M. OLeary. The chancery stated the trip was undertaken entirely on his own responsibility. Rev. John F Lesniak warned he could be used for propaganda as Russia invades Poland.
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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
LA PAZ Bolivia state of siege declared after Friday communique disclosed a vast revolutionary plot to overthrow President Gualberto Villarroel. The government said July elections unaffected and political campaigns may continue with interior minister approval for meetings. Villarroel, appointed by a junta after Penaranda’s overthrow in 1943.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Gualberto Villarroel
Interior
Villarroel
Enrique Penaranda
Sunshine Today With Showers And Cooler Outlook
Cedar Rapids forecast calls for mostly cloudy conditions Saturday night and Sunday with occasional showers on Sunday. Warmer Saturday night, cooler Sunday afternoon. Six Iowa cities tied Friday's high at 66. Decorah, Charles City, Cherokee, Estherville, Spencer and Sioux City shared the top mark, with Decorah recording a low of 34 earlier.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Decorah
Charles City
Cherokee
Estherville
Spencer
Sioux City
Chambers
Denial Japs Delay Allies In S E Asia
SEAC headqu arter at Kandy Ceylon reports Admiral Mountbatten rejects claims of Japanese disruption to Allied schedule or Ledo road delays. He notes stronger Japanese land forces in Burma and warns hard fighting ahead, while affirming continued Allied air superiority and secure supply lines behind Japanese- held fronts.
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Southeast Asia
Kandy
Ceylon
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Associated Press
India
Ledo Road
China
America
Burma
SEAC
Assam
Invasion Opens as Allies Move in Western Europe
Reports from Helsinki and Berlin indicate the Allied invasion of western Europe is underway or imminent. Landings are said to be in progress at several locations as American and British air forces reinforce the assault. German and Danish actions signal high alert as rumors of Rommel altering command circulate.
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Stockholm
Helsinki
Sanomat
Europe
Stockholm Aftonbladet
London
Berlin
Tidningens Berlin
Denmark
Copenhagen
Tass
Erwin Rommel
Karl Rundstedt
Hitler
West Wall
Dwight Dinenhower
England
Sweden
Dagens Nyheter
Copenhagen-Stockholm
English
Alfred Saalwaechter
Madrid
Arriba
Mats Arriba
Atlantic
Northwest
Africa
Sicily
Nettuno
Rome
Salerno
Italy
Iona
Biggest of Day Raids Hit Toulon and Berlin Invasion Tone
Allied air forces conducted a massive daylight strike, smashing Berlin with approximately 1,000 heavy bombers and numerous fighters. Simultaneous attacks hit Toulon’s port and submarine pens as part of the broader invasion onslaught.
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Toulon
Bombs drive Yanks to foxholes at Hollandia Beach
Reporter Peter Hemery details the chaos at Hollandia New Guinea as Japanese bombs hit the beach during the landing. Allied journalists and natives flee the blasts while a foxhole conference and frantic rescues unfold amid burning ammunition and a magnesium glare.
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Hollandia
Congress Medal to Farm Youth Killed In Tunisian Battle
Pvt. Bob Booker, 22, of Callaway Nebraska, was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for gallantry in Tunisia on April 9 1943. He carried a light machine gun and ammunition under heavy fire, directing his squad before dying. Presentation was made by Maj Gen John B Anderson to Booker’s widow Marie Dickerson in the Little Morning Star Church near Callaway.
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Callaway
Neb
Callaway Farm
Bob Booker
John B. Anderson
Sixteenth Corps
Fort Riley
Kan
Little Morning Star Evangelical Church
Here
Young People’s Christian Endeavor League
Booker
Fondouk
Tunisia
Stimson
Anderson
Marie
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Wilson Co
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Jake Hess
Tenth Street
Wilson and Company
T Frank Hersch
J. T McMillan
Hess
McMillan
Fred Bammert
Tenth Street SE
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Sixteenth ‘Avenue SE
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U. S Navy
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Empress Augusta Bay
S.E. Asia
Manipur
China Road
Imphal
Ledo
Myitkyina
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Continent
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Oslo
Norway
Kjeller
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Hamburg
Eighth Air Force
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