Margarine debates and war duty shift spark national notices
The piece critiques national magazine arguments alleging academic freedom suppression at Iowa State College over margarine. It notes no proof yet, argues for innocence until proven guilty, and warns of broader farm economy impacts if restrictions end. It also covers army officer surpluses, wartime conduct, and a Cedar Rapids housing issue for a migrant war worker. It ends with a prison-era entrepreneur story of Claude Newton planning a Arizona venture.
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Iowa State College
Iowa State
Nazis Spurn Oslo Protest By Sweden
Stockholm reports Germany rejects Sweden's urgent request to cancel deportation of 1,000 Oslo University students. Ribbentrop rejects Swedish protest and demands Stockholm stop interfering in Norway. Protests erupt nationwide as Upsala and Oslo students rally against deportations.
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Arvid G Richert
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United States
Russia
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Upsala University
Temperature Plunges in Cedar Rapids Tonight
Cedar Rapids recorded a high of 61 degrees at 3 30 p.m. Saturday then plunged to 38 by 8 30 p.m. and 33 by 11 15 p.m. The rapid fall marked a sharp late evening cooling trend in the city.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Fire devastates Atlantic City boardwalk area
A major blaze on the Atlantic City boardwalk destroyed 16 business houses and displaced 40 families. The flames swept south toward a firewall near the Virginia theater, with the city’s fire crews fighting the fire to halt its spread.
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Atlantic City Boardwalk
Virginia Theater
Fathers Go to War Pearl Harbor Sunday
Fathers depart for battle as households brace for wartime strain and duty. The Pearl Harbor Sunday edition highlights the impact on families with a feature on service and sacrifice across communities.
English Bride Returns to Cedar Rapids War Work
Richard D. McIntyre, an 18 year old English bride, returns with her Cedar Rapids soldier husband after marriage in London. She adjusts to American life, works in a Cedar Rapids war plant, and recalls wartime London, air raids, and a hunter's memory of the blitz.
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Cedar Rapids
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Watford
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Wealdstone
Middlesex
McIntyre
British Land Army
Land Army
Nab Spaniard as Alien Agent
Carlos Vejarano y Cassina known as Count Nava de Tajo was arrested in New York on a charge of acting as an unregistered foreign agent. FBI agent E. E. Conroy said he was assigned by German intelligence to sound out U.S. congress members on foreign policy and had ties to Franco era officers. He received 1000 dollars for his services and planned to send information to his father in Spain.
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Carlos Vejarano Y Cassina
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Swiss firms eye expansive trade with Russia via Soviet ties
Axis radio reports on Saturday that Switzerland seeks to establish diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and that many Swiss firms are preparing to expand trade with Russia.
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Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Switzerland
Soviet Union
Russia
OPA Eases Gift Parcel Fruit Price Rules
The Office of Price Administration exempted gift parcels with limited mixed fruits from price controls. Packages are free of control if limited to five containers per consignee and not more than 26 pounds total. Other items like dried fruit and nuts must total no more than 15 percent of weight.
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Office of Price Administration
Byrnes Speech on Subsidies Tuesday
James F. Byrnes war mobilization director will deliver a radio address Tuesday at 7 p.m. CWT over the Columbia Broadcasting system. The talk, titled Unity Abroad Should Inspire Unity at Home, addresses the subsidy issue now before Congress and the effort to hold the lines against inflation.
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James F. Byrnes
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Columbia Broadcasting System
Bomber Returns on Piece Of Baling Wire and Song
The Pacific Tramp from the Seventh RAF raid on Tarawa returned to base after taking heavy fire. Captain Oliver Franklin and Colonel C F Hegg led a low altitude run with damaged controls and a jammed bomb bay, landing safely despite critical damage.
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Oliver R. Franklin
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Weck
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Fontanelle
Japanese Charge Fails on Makin Island Assault
Major General Ralph C. Smith reports the last 100 Japanese on Makin Island led a deathly charge in full regalia with samurai swords but were repelled by recently tested American troops. He notes civilians aided by forming blocking lines while native islanders expressed desire to fight. The operation unfolded as planned with air and naval bombardment preceding the assault.
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Ile
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Schenectady
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Makin
Prentiss M. Brown Forms New Law Firm Partnership
Former Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown will resume law practice with offices in Washington and Detroit. He becomes partner with Edward H. Fenlon of Mackinac County Michigan and Wendell Lund, recently leaving WPB roles, in the firm Brown Fenlon and Lund.
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Soviets Near Rail Center of Zhlobin
Soviet forces closed to within eight miles of Zhlobin as they pressed toward the big rail crossing while German retreat from Gomel continued. In Ukraine, Rokossovsky and others drove toward Kremenchug and Cherkasy bridge heads despite bad weather.
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Bolivia Declares War on Axis Nations
The Bolivian cabinet announces that Bolivia has declared war on the Axis powers. The move comes a week after Colombia’s belligerency against Germany.
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LA Paz
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Germany
More U.S. Troops Arrive in Britain
The United Press reports a new contingent of American troops has landed in Britain, broadcast by British radio heard by CBS on Saturday. The arrival expands Allied manpower ahead of further operations.
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Guns Aid 5th Army in Drive Toward Rome
Allied forces smash into the German winter line with a massive air and artillery barrage. Lt Gen Mark W Clark’s Fifth Army drives two miles toward Rome amid heavy combat near Monte Camino and Mignano as Montgomery’s Eighth Army advances along the Adriatic flank reaching San Vito and Orsogna, with German losses mounting in the Fossacesia area.
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New Wage-Price Rule for Canada Sealed
Prime Minister Mackenzie King outlined a wartime labor policy to lock wage ceilings and curb auto inflation. The plan requires compulsory collective bargaining within government rules and merges cost of living bonuses with wages. A national labor board will enforce the code and broaden wage reviews if living costs rise.
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W .L. Mackenzie King
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Allied Bombers Plaster Jap Base on New Britain
Allied forces dropped 179 tons of explosives on the Cape Gloucester air base on New Britain as Libera tors Mitchells and Marauders intensified raids. The attack left the base in flames and caused heavy damage, with nearby Bergen Bay and Gasmata also targeted in ongoing offensives.
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May Avert Invasion Says Paper
Washington dispatch notes the Teheran conference decisions may avert a western European invasion. The Army and Navy Register cites Tass reports of allied military and political accords aiming to destroy Germany and prevent future war, with Marshall possibly needed for occupation leadership. A fuller communique from Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin was promised at noon Monday.
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