Navy Plans Aviator Dominance in Top Naval Posts
Secretary Forrestal outlined a reorganization to elevate aviators within the Navy. Three of six top jobs under the chief of naval operations will go to flying officers, including the deputy chief for air now held by Marc Mitscher. Admirals Towers Mitscher Ramsey and Conolly are among those affected.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
Chief of Naval Operations
John H. Towers
Fifth Fleet
Raymond A. Spruance
Pacific Fleet
Marc A. Mitscher
Air
Eighth Fleet
Atlantic
Naval Operations
Frederick C. Horne
D. C. Ramsey
Nimitz
Richard L. Conolly
Mitscher
Louis E. Denfeld
Bernhard H. Bieri
William S. Farber
Tidal Wave Kills 4000 in Karachi Coastal Area
Reports from Karachi say a tsunami along a 100 mile coast west of the city killed about 4,000 villagers and left 40,000 homeless after last week's disaster. Two villages were wiped out and several more flooded. in one village only three of 300 residents survived.
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Bombay
Karachi
Medics Claim Army Holds Them Captive At Truax
Brig. Gen. Vincent Meloy expressed surprise at a Wisconsin State Journal report that about 50 Truax Field doctors protested being kept in service as political prisoners of war. The piece notes orders to transfer medical officers and Truax inactivation as of midweek, while doctors protest via letter to Sen Taft.
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Madison
Wis
Vincent Meloy
Truax Field
Truax
Wisconsin State Journal
Sen
Taft
Rohio
Military Affairs Committee
Trulax
Meloy
1 550 Calories Daily Sought for Germans
The United States plans to supply Germany with enough food to guarantee an average daily ration of 1 550 calories per person Lt Gen Lucius C Clay American military governor for Germany said on Tuesday The food will be paid for when Germany can pay Clay declared
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Stuttgart
Germany
United States
Lucius C. Clay
Clay
Russia vetoes American plan for Iran withdrawal deadline
The United States presses for a January 2 pullout from Iran to quell the Azerbaijan revolt as Russia rejects the proposal. Britain also refused the deadline. Tehran reports Iran seeks Soviet withdrawal and entry of security troops to restore order. Mundt accuses two U S officers of aiding Iranian forces in suppressing the rebellion.
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Washington
Russia
Iran
London
Foreign Office
Azerbaijan
United States
Tehran
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
U. S
State Department
Moscow
Karl Mundt
Lindbergh
Missing Sailor Listed as Dead
Cedar Rapids news confirms Ralph Smoyer, 39, now listed by the Navy as killed in action. Gunner on destroyer Johnston, he had been missing since October 23, 1944 when the ship sunk in the Philippine Sea. Smoyer entered service in October 1942 and was overseas since January 1944. His wife resided in Waterford.
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Cedar Rapids
Ralph Smoyer
Navy Department
Marie Ann Beck
First Avenue
Philippine Sea
Smoyer
Great Lakes
Ill
San Diego
Calif
Miller Collapsed Eight or Nine Times in Coal Pile Death
Corrack B. McKinley testified that Ronald Miller collapsed eight or nine times on the Eldora state training school coal pile before dying on August 29. Carl Klatt, a former guard, stands trial for second degree murder. a pickaxe handle was entered as an exhibit.
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Fort Dodge
Corrack B. McKinley
Eldora State Training School
Ronald Miller
McKinley
Carl Klatt
Miller
Klatt
Earl Stewart
Stewart
Warnings on Pearl Harbor delayed four hours in 1941
Washington disclosed that final Japanese warnings reached U S war department four hours before Pearl Harbor attack. Testimony outlined intercepts, Roosevelt's 26 November 1941 warning to the Philippines, and the delay in delivering a Hawaii alert as military leaders debated response.
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If.r
Pearl Harbor
Washington
War Department
Roosevelt
Philippines
United States
Japan
Far East
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
Walter C. Short
Thailand
Burma Road
Death Ends Long Business Career of E. W. LaPlant
E. W. LaPlant of Cedar Rapids died at Mercy hospital at 9:10 am age 73 after a long illness. He built one of the era’s most colorful business careers as a mover of entire towns and founder of LaPlant Choate Manufacturing. Starting in 1889 he moved cities like Youngstown and Toledo and later expanded to a worldwide trade with patents on house moving trucks and related gear. His nephew Roy E. Choate joined in 1912 to aid manufacturing. the firm grew into a global operation.
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E. Wi LaPlant
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
LaPlant- Choate Manufacturing Company
LaPlant
Marshalltown
Youngstown
Ohio
Coldwater
Miss
Shawneetown
Ill
Osborne
Roy E. Choate
Weather shift and cold snap in Cedar Rapids area
Overcast skies and light snow slow the day with a low around 14 degrees tonight. Wednesday looks partly cloudy and warmer, while earlier highs reached 28 at 2 30 pm. Statewide readings include 81 at Missouri Valley and 5 above zero at several towns.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Iowa Weather Bureau
Iowa
Spencer
Davenport
Chambers-Inskeep
Missouri Valley
Sanborn
Sibley
West Bend
U. S
Adolfs Car Helps Linn E Bond Sales Pass Million
Linn County tops $1,024,106 toward a $2,007,000 war loan goal as Monday sales of E bonds reach $62,450 and Cedar Rapids accounts for $40,475 within the county total. Des Moines declares Victory Week as 50 counties lag behind the state average and a $16,000,000 shortfall remains to reach the $46,000,000 E bond target by December 31.
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Cedar Rapids
Adolf
Linn
Des Moines
Iowa War Finance Committee
Pearl Harbor
Iowa
Mts
Linn County
George Hearn
Cedar, Rapids
Hearn
Liberty Ship Beecher in Atlantic Rescue Efforts
A seagoing tug and possibly other ships rushed from Bermuda to aid the Henry Ward Beecher after the Liberty ship lost its propeller about 340 miles northeast of Bermuda. The Restorer was en route to assist within two hours of the 1:20 a.m. distress call. The Beecher carries 541 homeward bound troops and is near a well traveled sea lane. Weather is moderate. Army rosters list the 302nd MP Escort Guard Company and the 542nd and 544th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Companies aboard.
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NEW York
Bermuda
Henry Ward Beecher
Third Naval District
Navy
Restorer
Newport News
Marseilles
France
Beecher
302Nd Military Police
Iowa Soldiers Named Aboard Henry Ward Beecher
New York dispatch lists five enlisted men and one private as aboard the Henry Ward Beecher, names include Sgt Albert D. Mehaffey of Burlington and Pfc Leo D. Agard of Juston with others from Fort Dodge Des Moines and Burlington.
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New York
Iowa
Henry Ward Beecher
Albert D. Mehaffey
Burlington
Pfe
Francis L. Kaufman
Fort Dodge
Donald Hood
Des Moines
Frank A. Hellenthal
Joseph R. Beauchamp
Bernard
Leo D. Agard
Juston
Stoppage Called In Cudahy Plants Nationwide
The CIO United Packinghouse Workers union called a one day stoppage at 12 Cudahy meat packing plants. About 10 000 workers across the East Midwest West and South will pause work to press for a 25 cent hour wage increase. A national strike conference was set for 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
Wichita
East Chicago
el Sioux City
Salt Lakeity
High Employment Plan Approved by House Panel
The House expenditures committee approved a substitute for full employment legislation, replacing the term with a target for a high level of employment and a program of sound public works within a financially sound fiscal policy. The Patman bill’s promise to assure jobs for all willing workers was rejected.
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Washington
House Expenditures Committee
Trusman
Patman
Texas
Houseboat Solves Veterans Problem
Mr and Mrs Albert Peterssen rent their Cedar River houseboat near Ellis Park to veteran Mr and Mrs Edward Pyle. They installed an oil stove and are converting a gasoline stove to propane. The Petersens prepare the cabin as new tenants move in next week.
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Cedar Rapids
Albert Petersen
Maplewood Drive
Cedar River
Ellis Park
Edward Pyle
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Adolf Hitler
George Dye
Charles Dye
Fourteenth Street
Bob Smith
Harold Smith
C Avenue
Victory E Bonds
Hearn-Stevenson Motor Company
American Legion
Hardin County
D. W Dickinson
Jens Grothe
Dickinson
John M. Rankin
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Rankin
Tokyo
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Toledo
E. W. Laplant
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