War and Navy Departments drop Pearl Harbor court martial plans
The war and navy departments say there isn’t enough evidence for court martial trials after the Pearl Harbor findings. The move clouds the matter further, leaving questions about who failed to defend the base. relatives of the fallen will seek answers as further inquiries or memoirs appear.
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Kimmel
Short
War and Navy Departments
Roberts
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Leyte Rains Halt Yanks Pincer Drive
Allied forces push stalled by heavy rains in northern Leyte as U S planes score hits on enemy ships and airfields across the Philippines and Netherlands East Indies. Mac Arthur reports limited ground action while 32nd Division nears a junction near Ormoc before fresh weather halts progress.
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HDQ
Philippines
Ormoc
Leyte
U. S
Netherlands East Indies
Douglas MacArthur
Limon
Talibaw
Bonbongon
Carigara Bay
Legaspi
Luzon
Seeks Owner of Overseas Parcel Found for Mrs. Bushnell
The Gazette asks readers to identify a parcel mailed from overseas to Mrs. Ec. Bushnell in Victor. Inside are liner, five snapshots with Vida May Vinduska and Grace Soyez names and an inspection sheet listing Sgt. Lloyd Soyez. Contact Mrs. Bushnell if you know any of these people or Sgt. Donald R. Paeper, now missing in Belgium.
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the Gazette
Ec. Bushnell
Victor
Vida May Vinduska
Grace Soyez
Lloyd Soyez
Sgt. Soyez
Yanks Down 28 Nazi Planes in Fierce Battles
London dispatch describes massive RAF and US air operations over the Rhineland and Ruhr. American heavy bombers and fighters attacked Koblenz and Dortmund with substantial losses and aerial engagements reported as Luftwaffe rearmament concerns rise.
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London
RAF
Britain
Germany
Rhineland
Koblenz
Dortmund
Ruhr
Reich
Josef Lhevinne, Noted Pianist, Dies at 69
New York AP reports Josef Lhevinne, 69, renowned concert pianist who performed across the United States, Europe, and Latin America as a soloist and with his wife Rosina, died Saturday at his home.
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New York
Josef Lhevinne
United States
Europe
Latin America
Rosina
Artist in Iowa Life of Grant Wood reviewed in Gazette
A Sunday Gazette social section review discusses Darrell Garwood’s Artist in Iowa a Life of Grant Wood on page 3. The piece notes a letter from Paul Engle criticizing Garwood’s timing while Park Rinard develops an official biography. The copyright dispute has sparked months of debate about rights and anecdotes of Cedar Rapids and Iowa City figures connected to Wood.
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Iowa
Grant Wood
Darrell Garwood
Sunday Gazette
Paul Engle
Iowa City
Garwood
Park Rinard
Wood
Cedar Rapids
Elliott Roosevelt to Wed Actress This Afternoon
Col Elliott Roosevelt son of the President and actress Faye Emerson were reported to be en route by private plane to Grand Canyon Arizona for a wedding at Valley Field near El Tovar hotel on the rim Sunday between noon and 2 pm. The best man is Jack Frye of Trans continental Airlines and Mrs J Livengood of Los Angeles is to be present.
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Elliott Roosevelt
Faye Emerson
Grand Canyon
Ariz
Valley Field
el Tovar
Jack Frye
Transit
Western Airlines
J Livengood
Los Angeles
Mme
June Ee
Allied Service
Africa
Elizabeth
Dubious Peace Feelers Met With Cold Reception
Washington reports that allied capitals are flooded with vague unauthenticated peace feelers. Diplomats say such whispers propose concessions to end the war, but the standard reply from the Allies is unconditional surrender. Feeler activity is traced to shadowy figures in neutral hubs like Madrid Ankara and Stockholm using rumor as currency.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Germany
Madrid
Ankara
Sholm
Mepenen
Cabie
Ocdadion
United States
Rou T
Neu- Seve
Eversharp Factory Closed as Fire Hazard in Chicago
Police closed the Eversharp Inc pencil plant after John L. Fenn chief of prevention Bureau filed 15 violations of the Chicago fire ordinance. Fenn cited large quantities of hazardous materials and unsafe storage conditions endangering workers and nearby properties.
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Chicago
Eversharp, Inc
John L. Fenn
Prevention Reau
Fenn
Russians Reach Close to Key Austrian Frontier in Hungary Drive
Soviet forces break through on a 110 mile front in western Hungary racing to 74 miles from Styria and push 30 miles up the Danube to within 47 miles of Budapest. They seize towns including Kaposvar and Paks, sever rail links, and press toward Lake Balaton as Col. Gen. Petro and Marshal Tolbukhin’s units advance from Slovakia into eastern Hungary.
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Koblenz
Third Army
Siegfried Line
Pa*ton
London
Hungary
Styria
Danube
Budapest
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Ukraine
Balaton
Austria
Berlin
Dunafeldvar
Czechoslovakia
Ivan Petro
Satoraljaujhely
Kassa
Kosice
Slovakia
Cemerne
Ondava
Kaposvar
Dembovar
Drava
Pees
Peilerd
Pecs
Harkany
Drava River
De Gaulle Welcomed in Moscow Amid Snowstorm
Gen. De Gaulle arrived in Moscow in a snowstorm and received a warm greeting at the flag decorated station from Foreign Commissar Molotov. He met Premier Stalin in the afternoon as the Red Army band played the Marseillaise and Soviet hymns on the scarlet carpeted platform.
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de Gaulle
Molotov
Moscow Radio
FCC
Stalin
Red Army
Bomber Crash in Sioux City Claims Nine Bodies
Nine bodies located after a B-17 from the Sioux City air base crashed in a residential district. The craft struck a vacant lot, with a wing hitting a house housing three people. another house on the opposite side held six residents but none were injured. Fire damage estimated at four thousand dollars. The cause remains undetermined, with witnesses hearing multiple explosions.
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Sioux City
Wallace S. Dawson
Charles E. Kuhl
Dawson
Grew Reported For Post In State Dept
Washington AP report says Joseph C. Grew, ex ambassador to Japan and veteran diplomat, is a leading candidate for undersecretary of state though no final decision has been made. Will Clayton is set for one of two new assistant secretary posts under the House bill, with Nelson Rockefeller possibly the other.
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Washington
Joseph C. Grew
Japan
Stettinius
Roosevelt
Grew
Will Clayton
Clayton
Senate
Nelson Rockefeller
Jack Benny Show Broadcast in Doubt Over Union Dispute
New York US NBC faced a stalemate as the Jack Benny program faced possible cancellation over alleged use of non union engineers. The AFL CNTU union threatened action if engineers were kept on the show and NBC and Benny offered little detail while insisting the broadcast would air at the scheduled time if possible.
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New York
Jack Benny
National Broadcasting Company
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
NBC
Memphis Long Line Operators Strike Vote Narrowly Passes
Memphis long line tel operators at Southern Bell voted 392 to 9 for a strike to demand a five dollar weekly wage increase. The strike decision was announced after a Saturday night election in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Memphis, Tenn
INS
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
Memphis
Eight Survivors Of Lost Sub Saved By Guerillas
Cmdr John D Crowley told reporters that the submarine Flier sank after a terrific explosion and that eight crew members survived two weeks in jungle areas aided by Filipino guerrillas. The rescue involved improvised boats and carts as survivors linked up.
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Washington
Cmdr
John D. Crowley
Concordia
Kan
Crowley
U. S
Mance
Navy
Evi
U S Ninth Army Advances in Rhineland Faces Julich Front
Paris dispatch reports Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson's Ninth Army captured Linnich Leiffarth Roerdorf and Flossdorf on the Roer front driving toward Julich and threatening a decisive engagement as German forces peel away to defend the west bank.
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U. S
Ninth Army
Linnich
Leiffarth
Roerdorf
Flossdorf
Roer
William H. Simpson
Julich
Rhine
Cologne
Dusseldorf
Simpson
Aachen
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