Linn County Budget Faces Postwar Strain and Tax Hike
The Linn County Board of Supervisors and Auditor outline a proposed 1945 budget totaling 1,498,000, with a 218,000 tax increase and a 3.28 per thousand rise for Cedar Rapids homeowners. Major boosts cover the poor fund, secondary road construction, and state hospital care, offset by expected unspent balances and other revenue. Public hearing on Aug. 22 will decide final levies as officials weigh postwar needs against taxpayer burden.
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orRway
Jack Illian
Board of Supervisors
Linn
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Philadelphia Strike Leaders Order Return to Work
Five day Philadelphia transit strike leaders ordered followers back to work after a radio broadcast said to be by James H. McMenamin. McMenamin was arrested on Smith Connally act charges as troops moved in and the army prepared to run transit vehicles.
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James H. McMenamin
General Emergency Committee
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Philadelphia Transportation Company
William C. Dixey
Frank P. Carney
PRT
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Frank Thompson
Transport Workers Union
CIO
Fhr
U. S
Norman J. Griffin
Philadelphia Naval Hospital
Army
National Selective Service
Washington
Philip Hayes
Roosevelt
Hayes
Robert Abodeely Wounded in Italy
Cedar Rapids brief reports technician fifth grade Robert Abodeely son of Mrs. Joseph Abodeely 1116 Sixth street SE wounded in action in Italy June 5 his wife at 407 Eighth street SE. Abodeely enlisted in the army as a member of a medical battalion.
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Robert Abodeely
Joseph Abodeely
Sixth Street SE
Italy
Eighth Street SE
Cedar Rapids
Salt Lake City
Utah Fair
North Africa
Guam civilians safe as Yanks push on island
U S forces back gains up to three miles on Guam as 22 000 civilians find refuge within lines. Nimitz reports enemy dead at 8129 and troops compress remaining Japanese into the island’s northern quarter. Seventy seventh division advances to Lumuna point. Marines reach Amantes point.
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Pearl Harbor
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
U. S
Saipan
Tinian
Polish Coalition Rule Said to Have Stalin's Approval
Washington dispatch reports Prime Minister Mikolajczyk has Stalin's go ahead to form a coalition cabinet in exile with members of the government in exile, the Polish underground, and the Soviet supported National Liberation Committee. Observers call the plan a hopeful solution and a diplomatic triumph for Mikolajczyk.
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Washington
INS
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Poland
Josef Stalin
Warsaw
Mikolajczyk
Moscow
Stalin
Government
Underground
Committee of National Liberation
Nazi Losses 900000 In Recent Allied Campaigns
London report states German forces have suffered 900000 casualties since the new Allied campaigns began in France Italy and Russia. About 300000 are Allied prisoners of war, according to Robert E. Sherwood overseas director of the U S Office of War Information.
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London
France
Italy
Russia
Robert E. Sherwood
U. S. Office of War Information
Reds Drive Toward East Prussia as Carpathians Battle
Soviet forces push toward the East Prussian border amid heavy fighting with German troops. Red army units under Cherniakhovsky capture Didvyziai and advance near Sakiai and Vilkaviskis, while Konev’s bridgehead on the Vistula expands and other formations close on Silesian targets.
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Carpathian
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Stoszki
Schwirwindt
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Reich
Vistula
Moscow
Cherniakhovsky
Tilsit
Ilguva
Niemen River
Matvei Zakharov
Siedlce
Postwar price rise eyed for cars and appliances
Washington AP reports that new cars refrigerators and washing machines may cost 20 to 35 percent more than prewar models. Radio sets rise less, but better quality receivers with wartime improvements are expected. Wage hikes higher material costs and taxes drive most increases. OPA doubts full rise but will avoid harsh clamps as reconversion nears.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Reid Plan on School Labor Backed by Cedar Rapids Firms
A Cedar Rapids poll of 276 firms supported John C. Reid's proposal to ask the school board to postpone high school reopening to ease the labor shortage. Reid, president of the National Oats Co, will present the results and a 24 member committee to the board at its Monday meeting.
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Cedar Rapids
John C. Reid
Board of Education
Reid
National Oats Company
Chicago
Squeeze on New Guinea Trapped Japs
Allied forces in northern New Guinea pushed the 18th Japanese Army remnants south and east from the Driniumor line. MacArthur reported 441 more Japanese dead, totaling 4 311 since July 12 as 45 000 isolated troops faced encirclement. Elsewhere on Vogelkop, isolated Japanese retreated from Geelvink Bay bases while Biak was used in an amphibious operation toward Korim Bay to trap stragglers.
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Matapan
Marubian
Yakamul
MacArthur
Vogelkop
Dutch New Guinea
Geelvink Bay
Biak
Korim Bay
Nazis Strike France Bomb Installations. RAF Aids Raid
A three day rain of bombs on northern France targets Pas de Calais to Dieppe reduced casualties in London and southern England. RAF and American bombers again attacked the launch sites, with reconnaissance reporting the Germans abandoning these positions.
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London
France
England
Royal Air Force
Pas de Calais
Dieppe
Calais
Belgium
Cedar Rapids War Casualty Totals Revealed
In Cedar Rapids new casualty totals from ongoing conflict are reported with updated figures. Local officials compile losses, reflecting shifts in military deployments and strategic engagements affecting the community.
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Cedar Rapids
States rights clash over unemployment benefits plan
A bipartisan bloc of Republicans and southern Democrats oppose a federal system of unemployment benefits for dismissed war workers. Senator Kilgore argues benefits up to 85 dollars weekly would not disturb state administration, with states determining eligibility and funding supplemented by federal funds.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
Vandenberg
Michigan
G.O.P
George
Kilgore
D-W. Va
Germans in Turkey refuse to return home amid threats
In Ankara AP reports a mass German revolt against repatriation as Gestapo warnings of family reprisals spread. Franz von Papen, German ambassador to Turkey, rumored not to return to the Reich though his family remains in Germany. Only a fraction of the 3000 Germans in Turkey seek train reservations to depart.
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Turkey
Gestapo
Germany
Franz von Papen
Reich
von Papen
Danish Explosion Kills About Ten At Aalborg
AP reports a large explosion at Aalborg Denmark the site of a German naval air station killed about ten people and injured several. German soldiers accounted for five of the dead and ten of the injured with cause not stated.
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New York
Aalborg
Denmark
Yanks Seal Off All of Brittany in Major Allied Breakthrough
American tank forces swept into Brest after a five day 140 mile advance to the Breton tip and reached the Loire mouth near Nantes sealing off the cape. British troops seized Bocage positions near Caen as German withdrawals continued. American units crossed the Mayenne River advancing toward Paris while Brest and Nantes were invested.
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Mayenne
Paris
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Orne
Loire River
Redon
Atlantic
Robert C. Miller
United Press
France
Rennes
Fourgeres
Avranches
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