Rent ceilings confusion and wartime outlook in Cedar Rapids
Local readers report confusion over rent ceiling enforcement without an OPA official clarification. The column notes American troop movements toward Europe, arguing Britain remains vital for Allied offensives and warns that delaying decisive action could risk invasion plans. Public sentiment shows voter indifference to congressional choices amid ongoing war.
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Convoy Reaches Malta After Mediterranean Battle Loss of Manchester
The British admiralty announced the cruiser Manchester was lost in extended Mediterranean operations that aided a vital convoy to Malta. Axis claims of great losses were countered by British reports of successful aircraft strikes on enemy cruisers and submarine actions, with several survivors reaching the Tunisian coast.
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Navy seizes Bayonne plant ends strike at General Cable
The navy seized the General Cable Bayonne New Jersey plant and planned to reopen it at 3 PM Central War Time. 800 strikers voted to end the unauthorized strike after leadership agreed to return to work under prior conditions. The action followed a War Labor Board ruling on wage increases and featured Army and Navy officers escorting the plant's reopening.
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Allies Pound Jap Ships in Pacific Area
Allied bombers blasted Japanese warships and transports in the Solomon Islands area and New Guinea waters as Marines pressed ashore in three coastal zones. The fighting continued into a second week with reports of footholds at Guadalcanal Tulagi and Florida. Tokyo said losses were heavier on the Allied side though weather limited mission observations.
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Attitude in government sparks debate at city council meeting
The piece notes a dangerous attitude toward preserving representative democracy. It urges Congress to stop rehashing pre Pearl Harbor views and focus on current issues like price levels manpower war minority groups and vital war resources. Burgus previews Thursday council session and voices differences in city affairs.
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Will Seek Big Boost in Tax Bill in Senate
Democratic Leader Barkley of Kentucky says he will push the Senate Finance Committee to find new revenue sources to cover the full 8.7 billion dollar increase in the House tax bill. He urges action this year and opposes delaying another tax measure. The panel resumes August 24 with floor consideration set for early September. Other lawmakers back a stable wartime tax structure with minor changes and a proposal for a breathing spell from major alterations.
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Fisher urges new tax on spending and tax relief on savings
Senatorial testimony from Prof Irving Fisher of Yale proposes a graduated tax on spending above a personal exemption and a plan to reduce or repeal taxes on savings. He details 7 percent on the first 5 000 for single individuals and 10 percent on the next bracket for married couples, with higher rates following.
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Safe Containing Old Gold Pieces Stolen from Home
Cedar Rapids police report burglars entered the home of A F Staab at 2243 B avenue NE between 9 and 10 pm. They took a small safe with about 60 dollars in old gold pieces and currency, a 28 caliber pistol with ammunition, several coin purse collars, a longhorn cheese, and the loot was taken from a bed room closet and storeroom. Detectives say entry likely occurred through a basement window.
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Fourth Year of Sleeping Sickness for 7-year-old
Albany reporters note Doreen Shook began her fourth year in hospital for sleeping sickness. Her condition is unchanged as attendants report eye contact only by day, no recognition of nurses, and normal sleep at night. Admitted August 13, 1939, her mother died last March. her father visits most.
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Albany Hospital For Incurables
Reds Block Smash for Stalingrad
The Associated Press reports Marshal Semeon Timoshenko’s Red Army halted the first Nazi assault on Stalingrad with a counter attack driving German tanks from a breached area near Kletskaya. Soviet dispatches say heavy fighting and aerial bombardment continued as Germans pressed other fronts, with attacks near Voronezh Vyazma Rzhev and Leningrad.
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Woman Who Cut Off Foot Dies After Pneumonia
Mrs. C. F. 32, a fisher woman from Jacksonville, died Friday from double pneumonia that developed after she had her foot amputated by a fishing knife when entangled in the drive shaft of her motor boat. The injury occurred earlier, and she was treated at a hospital.
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Interior of the five place Commando glider revealed
NEA telephoto image provides the first look inside the new five place Commando glider. A pilot and co-pilot sit at the controls while soldiers fill benches along the cabin. Official United States Army Air Force photo.
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Republic Signs Steel Pay Pact
Republic Steel in Cleveland announced a contract with the CIO United Steel Workers incorporating 44 cent daily pay raises ordered by the War Labor board. The deal follows a historic six week no steel strike that idle six weeks in seven states, caused 16 deaths, and ended after Tom Girdler refused a CIO agreement earlier.
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Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Mercury Struggles To 74 In Cooler Cedar Rapids Forecast
Weather forecast for Cedar Rapids calls for cooler conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Rain stabilized temperatures Friday with only a four degree swing over about 12 hours, from 70 at midnight to 66 around 6 7 am and back to 70 by noon, peaking at 74 at 2 30 pm per Chambers inline records. Thursday’s high reached 77 between 3 and 4 pm, and Friday’s rainfall totaled .20 inch.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Iowa township election ends with five voters only
The report to the secretary of state indicates the recent primary count in Iowa township Sherman county finished very quickly with only the five election board members voting.
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Secretary of State
Iowa Township
Sherman County
Faith in Atlantic Charter Voiced By Roosevelt on Its Anniversary
On the first anniversary of the Atlantic Charter Roosevelt reaffirmed faith in its eight principles as a basis for a better world after wartime unity with Churchill. He cited nonaggrandizement, self-determination, equal trade access, and international cooperation, noting the United Nations have embodied these aims. Freedom and independence are at risk worldwide.
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Iowa Girl Kidnappers Given Ten and Five Year Terms
Cedar Rapids news reports two men Elmer Kuske and Andrew Westman indicted on three federal counts including white slave act motor vehicle theft and Lindbergh kidnap law for abducting Marguerite Rollie in June. Kuske to serve ten years total Westman five years concurrent. both jailed after AWOL from Fort Sill.
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Kuske
Andrew Westman
Linn County
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Colorado
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Denver
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Federal Grand Jury
Army Ends Henry Aldrich Role On Radio
Washington AP Lieutenant Colonel Edward M Kirby head of the army public relations radio section said on Thursday Staff Sergeant Ezra Stone of New York is through playing the part of Henry Aldrich in The Aldrich Family radio serial. He cited a tightening of policy in the department.
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Public Relations Bureau
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New York
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Just dial an ad-taker at two one one two one
An instruction to call an advertising taker and request charging the expense. The phrase implies arranging a charge to an account by phone.
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