Navy Grants Aviators Key Roles in Navy Leadership
Secretary Forrestal announces reorganized Navy leadership to elevate aviators. Three of six top positions under the chief of naval operations will be filled by flying officers, with Admiral Towers slated for Pacific command, Mitscher moving to fleet air leadership, and Ramsey slated as vice chief. The move signals airpower evolution and places aviators in strategic deputy roles.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Chief of Naval Operations
John H. Towers
Fifth Fleet
Raymond A. Spruance
Pacific
Marc A. Mitscher
Air
Eighth Fleet
Atlantic
Naval Operations
Ernest J. King
Chester Nimitz
King
Naval Tions
Frederick C. Horne
D. C. Ramsey
Pacific Fleet
Nimitz
Richard L. Conolly
Mitscher
Louis E. Denfeld
Bernhard H. Bieri
William S. Farber
Missing Sailor Listed as Dead
Cedar Rapids sailor Ralph Smoyer aged 39 is listed by the navy department as killed in action. He was a gunner on the destroyer Johnston and had been missing since October 23, 1944 when the ship was sunk in the second battle of the Philippine Sea. Smoyer entered service in October 1942 with training at Great Lakes and San Diego and had been overseas since January 1944. His wife lives in Waterbury.
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Cedar Rapids
Ralph Smoyer
Navy Department
Marie Ann Beck
Philippine Sea
Smoyer
Great Lakes
Ill
San Diego
Calif
Miller Inmate Miller Collapse Testimony at Trial
Corric B. McKinley told a district court jury he saw Ronald Miller collapse eight or nine times on the school coal pile before dying on August 29 at Eldora state training school for boys. Klatt, a former guard, faces second degree murder charges.
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Fort Dodge
Corric B. McKinley
Eldora State Training School For
Ronald Miller
McKinley
Carl Klatt
Miller
Klatt
Earl Stewart
Stewart
Warnings on Pearl Harbor Delay Revealed by Inquiry
Congressional hearings disclose that final Japanese warnings reached war department hands four hours before Pearl Harbor attack. Intercepts and messages show Roosevelt warned Philippines rep on Nov 28 1941 of possible hostilities. General Miles testified warning delays stemmed from assembling high command and confirming actions.
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Washington
War Department
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Philippines
United States
Japan
Erest
Sherman Miles
War Department High Command
Hawaiian
West Coast
Panama Canal
Miles
Honolulu
Hawaii
High Command
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Stark
Bratton
Sen. Wiraubon
R-Mich
Burma Road
Death Ends Long Business Career
E. We LaPlant 73 died at Mercy hospital after a long illness. A Cedar Rapids pioneer in house moving since 1889, he moved entire cities and patented house moving trucks and stump pullers. He started operations in 1903 and later partnered with nephew Roy E. Choate to build a worldwide trade in LaPlant Choate Manufacturing products.
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E. We LaPlant
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
LaPlant- Choate Manufacturing Company
LaPlant
Marshalltown
Youngstown
Ohio
Coldwater
Miss
Shawneetown
Ill
Osborne
Roy E. Choate
Liberty Ship Henry Ward Beecher Hobbled at Sea 340 Miles Northeast Bermuda
A Liberty ship carrying 541 homeward bound troops reported loss of its propeller about 340 miles northeast of Bermuda. The tug Restorer and possibly other vessels sped from Bermuda to aid. The ship bound for Newport News from Marseilles was in a busy sea lane and not in serious danger. Units aboard include the 302nd military police escort guard company and the 542nd and 544th ordnance maintenance companies.
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NEW York
Bermuda
Henry Ward Beech
Third Naval District
Navy
Restorer
Henry Ward Beecher
Newport News
Marseilles
France
The
Beecher
302Nd Military Police Escort Guard
Tidal Wave Kills 4000 in Coastal India Pakistan Zone
Reports from Karachi say 4000 villagers died and 40000 homeless along a 100 mile coast west of Karachi after last week's tidal wave triggered by an offshore earthquake. Two villages wiped out and several flooded as a tower of water struck while most residents slept.
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Bombay
Karachi
Medics Claim Army Holding Them Captive at Truax
Brig. Gen. Vincent Meloy voiced surprise at a Wisconsin State Journal report that 50 Truax doctors protested being held as political prisoners of war. The letter urged Taft to hear reasons for unrest as Truax faced inactivation and transfers.
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Madison
Wis
Vincent Meloy
Truax Field
Truax
Wisconsin State Journal
Taft
Rohio
Military Affairs Committee
Meloy
Triax
1 550 Calories Daily Sought for Germans
Lt. Gen. Lucius C. Clay the American military governor for Germany said the United States plans to move enough food into Germany to assure an average ration of 1 550 calories for everyone. He added the food will be paid for when Germany is able to pay.
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Stuttgart
Germany
United States
Lucius C. Clay
Clay
Russia Vetoes US Plan for Iran Pullout by Jan 2
Washington reports Russia rejected an American proposal to withdraw all Allied troops from Iran by January 2 to assist with quelling the Azerbaijan rebellion. Britain and the United States plan to keep the pledge to evacuate Iran completely by March 2, 1946.
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Washington
Russia
Iran
London
Foreign Office
Azerbaijan
United States
Tehran
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
U. S
State Department
Moscow
Cedar Rapids Weather Report Shows Snow and Cold Outlook
Overcast skies and light snow slowed the mercury with a morning low near 18 and a 2:30 p.m. reading of 28. Tonight will dip to about 14 as skies clear then cloud again tomorrow. Spencer hits 11, Davenport tops 35, statewide precipitation averages 1.22 inches, Missouri Valley records 81, Sanborn Sibley West Bend log 5 below zero.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Iowa Weather Bureau
Iowa
Spencer
Davenport
Chambers Inskeep
Missouri Valley
Sanborn
Sibley
West Bend
U. S
Adolf Car Pushes Linn County E Bond Sales Past Million
Linn County moved past the $1,000,000 mark in E bond sales as Adolf’s car aided daily totals of $62,450 to push the county’s total to $1,024,106, 51 percent of its $2,007,000 quota. Des Moines declares Victory Week as 50 counties, including Linn, lag behind state averages and faces a $16,000,000 shortfall by December 31.
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Cedar Rapids
Adolf
Linn County
Des Moines
Iowa War Finance Committee
Pearl Harbor
Linn
Audubon
George Hearn
Iowa Soldiers Reported Aboard Henry Ward Beecher
New York dispatch reports several Iowa soldiers aboard the Henry Ward Beecher without confirmation. Names include Sgt. Albert D. Mehaffey Burlington Pfc. Francis L. Kaufman Fort Dodge T C Donald Hood Des Moines T Frank A. Hellenthal Burlington Sgt. Joseph R. Beauchamp Bernard and Pfc Leo D. Agard Juston.
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New York
Iowa
Henry Ward Beecher
Albert D. Mehaffey
Burlinngton
Francis L. Kaufman
Fort Dodge
Donald Hood
Des Moines
Frank A. Hellenthal
Burlington
Joseph R. Beauchamp
Bernard
Leo D. Agard
Juston
Stoppage in Cudahy Plants Led by CIO Union
A one day work stoppage in 12 Cudahy meat packing plants was called by CIO United Packinghouse Workers president Louis J. Clark to push a 25 cent an hour wage increase. About 10,000 employees across East Midwest West and South were to participate in Jersey City Kansas City St Paul Denver Omaha Los Angeles Atlanta Albany Sioux City Salt Lake City and more as union members recently voted for a strike. Clark also convened a national strike conference in Chicago to consider further action if demands are not met.
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Associated Press
Cudahy and Company
Louis J. Clark
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Midwest
Clark
Chicago
Cudahy
Jersey City
Kansas City
St. Paul
Denver
Omaha
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Albany, Ga
Wichita
East Chicago
Rm Sioux City
Salt Lakeity
High Employment Plan Approved by House Expenditures Panel
The House Expenditures Committee backed a new policy goal to maintain a high level of employment. The substitute bill drops full employment language and directs a program of sound public works within a financially sound policy. The original Patman measure promising jobs for all able-bodied Americans was rejected.
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Washington
House Expenditures Committee
Trueman
Patman
Texas
Houseboat Solves Veteran's Problem
Mr and Mrs Albert Petersens rent their houseboat now resting on concrete blocks along Pyle Street The vessel was pictured in Sunday's Gazette The Petersens bought an oil...
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Cedar Rapids
Albert Petersen
Maplewood Drive
Pyle
Petersens
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