Roosevelt urges permanent Pacific defense after Pacific tour
President Roosevelt returns from the Pacific, calls for lasting readiness against Japanese aggression. He stresses NATOlike unity with the United Nations, praises Pearl Harbor and Alaska operations, and notes ongoing daily communications with Washington as he discusses future military and economic developments in the Pacific. He golfed? No.
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Bremerton, Wash
Roosevelt
United States
Pacific
Puget Sound Navy Yard
United Nations
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Alaska
Political hokum and beef shortages in Cedar Rapids
The essay argues that presidential decisions in military matters rest on statesmanship and public review, while noting beef ration changes in Cedar Rapids show most market meat is utility grade. It details worm pests in trees, recommends arsenate of lead spraying, and previews a streamlined OPA pricing rules service reducing 16 volumes to 12 with loose-leaf updates.
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Cedar Rapids
OPA
Michigan Men Convicted in 1939 Graft Case
An Ing ham circuit court jury convicted 20 of 22 defendants on charges of conspiring to bribe for influence in 1939 Michigan legislative action. All 17 legislators were convicted. most defendants were Democrats, with one Republican among the guilty.
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Mason, Mich
LLP
Ingham
Michigan
Samuel Hopkins
Detroit
Union Investment Co
Mark S. Young
National Discount Co
John Simpson
Jackson
Simpson
Florence Wilcox
Logie
Germans Left Him for Dead but Sonka Lives
Cedar Rapids Corp. Frank J. Sonka, 23, of the 15-paratrooper stick on D-Day, was wounded in Normandy but survived. He lay bleeding under fire as German youths debated his fate, then played possum until rescued hours later and is now convalescing at Schick General hospital.
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Trene Greene
Frank J. Sonka
Cedar Rapids
Normand
D-day
Terry
Rose Marie
Clinton
Schick General Hospital
Sonka
Normandy
Julia Sonka
Third Street
Cpl
England
Proclaim Martial Law in Slovakia Seals Border
The Czechoslovak puppet government proclaims martial law across Slovakia and seals the Slovakia Poland frontier to halt refugees as Polish patriots attack German troops retreating through the Carpathians. Rail traffic stops and a death penalty is alleged for sabotage or revolutionary acts.
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London
Slovakia
L East
Carpathian
Bratislava
Poland
Italy
Romania
Transocean
Army says no decision yet on Wilson film ban
Washington AP reports the army has not ruled on distributing Wilson or Heavenly Days to troops. An official Bureau of Public Relations inquiry found only informal talks and no official decision on availability for army showing. The prior press claim of a ban under the soldier vote act was deemed erroneous.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Bureau of Public Relations
War Department Bureau of Public Relations
Wilson
Twentieth Century-Fox
Woodrow Wilson
Fibber McGee and
Molly
Woodworker Strike Continues Across Wisconsin Plants
About 1,700 workers at five woodworking plants in three Wisconsin cities remained off the job on Saturday, extending a work stoppage that began Friday. The action involves multiple plants and reflects ongoing labor unrest in the industry.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Reds Drive To Chop Up Trapped Baltic Armies
Soviet forces massed on the Baltic front pushed toward East Prussia and Warsaw splitting German lines. Rokossovsky and Zakharov drove toward key rail hubs from Szepetowo to Lomza while advancing near Wy sokie Mazowickie and Lyck linking fronts and outflanking defenses as three armies pressed in Latvia and Estonia toward Riga and Leipaja.
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London
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Warsaw
Estonia
Latvia
Germany
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Matvei Zakharov
Bialystok
Rokossovsky
Bialystok-Warsaw
Bug River
Zakharov
Szepetowo
Mutaski
Wolka Dombrowicka
Wysokie Mazowickie
Wnory
Lomza
Kyrtuly
New Landing Hint Seen in Riviera Raids
Allied air and ground actions near the Riviera and southern France linked to a Loire crossing as American forces push into German defenses. The 1000 heavy bombers based in Italy hit coastal fortifications while raids targeted gun posts and radio installations, signaling a shift in the Mediterranean war effort.
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Allied Supreme Hdq
Churchill
Europe
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Jas Churchill
Italy
Mediterranean
London
Britain
Normandy
Russia
Toulouse
France
Americans Drive Deep Into German Retreat Near Argentan
Allied forces pressed the German retreat, with American air power and ground columns closing in within 15 miles of Argen tan junction. Reports say 100,000 Germans and five panzer divisions faced encirclement as US fighters and bombers struck west of Argentan and leaders pushed toward Caen and Le Mans.
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London
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Mortain
Lourdeval
Caen
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Forest of the
France
George S. Patton, Jr
Falaise
Seventh Army
Lost Battalion Aid Sent in Plasma and Drugs
In Mortain sector France American 155s fired shells packed with blood plasma morphine and sulfa to a surrounded battalion behind German lines. Despite heavy enemy assaults the unit held its position supported by air delivery and field artillery. Capt Druckenmiller Oak Harbor Ohio disabled a Panther tank and Lt Col Franklin Jackson Tennessee killed two Germans with a pistol as the defense held.
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Wes Gallagher
Mortain
France
Hitler
Artilery
W. W. Druckenmiller
Oakharbor
Ohio
Half Million Fire Destroys Luna Park at Coney Island
A five alarm blaze wrecked about half of Luna Park in Coney Island New York on Saturday. Damage exceeds 500000 dollars. Seventeen people injured, four firemen among them. Fire ruled accidental with origin undetermined. Fire fought by over 50 pieces of equipment and controlled by 5 07 p.m.
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New York
Coney Island
Jvas
Dragon’s Gorge
Destroyer Fiske Sunk by German Sub in the Atlantic
The US Navy reports the destroyer Fiske, a 1300 ton vessel with about 150 crew, was sunk in the Atlantic by a German torpedo submarine. Surviving officer Lt. John A. Comly of Merion Park Pa. was among the fleet lost, marking the 175th U. S. naval vessel lost since the war began.
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Washington
INS
Atlantic
Navy Department
John A. Comly
Merion Park
U. S
Tokyo Says Allied Planes Bomb Korea
Tokyo reports that Allied planes bombed the southern part of Korea and nearby islands off Japan, according to a Chungking exchange Telegraph dispatch quoted by Tokyo.
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Tokyo
Korea
London
INS
Chungking
Japan
Robots Hit By Anti Aircraft Fire Across Channel
London AP reports German robots fired a volley across the channel late Saturday night provoking a coastal anti aircraft barrage. The sky glowed red as gunners opened fire and explosions indicated some missiles were shot down.
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London
Cedar Rapids War Casualty Totals Reported
In Linn county outside Cedar Rapids the casualties include 14 killed in action, one killed in training, 12 missing in action, and six prisoners. The figures enumerate actions and statuses among local service members.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
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