Postwar planning in Cedar Rapids noted for data rich surveys
The Cedar Rapids community analyses by Linn county Farm Bureau and Rotary Club, with D. D. Offringa and Frank Smith, reveal upcoming postwar market opportunities and skilled labor demand. A clash over leasing the old Bee High site for a veterans building highlights downtown parking and redevelopment questions. The First Lady’s remark on comic books is also reported.
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Cedar Rapids
Linnty
Linn County Farm Bureau
Cedar Rapids Rotary Club
Chamber of Commerce
D. D. Offringa
Linn
Old Bee High School
Veterans
Washington High School
Washington
San Francisco
Third Army Presses Across Saar River Toward Siegfried Line
American forces of Patton's Third Army drive through Saarlautern and beyond, crossing the Saar River bridge and advancing toward the Siegfried line. Units reach Roden and Fraulautern, push toward Forbach and Sarreguemines, while German resistance and artillery fire challenge progress along a 50 mile front from Merzig to Sarre Union.
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Paris
United States Third Army
Saarlautern
Siegfried Line
Roden
Fraulatern
Saar River
Volkssturm
Patton
Saar
Lorraine
Saarbrucken
Forbach
Sarreguemines
Merzig
Sarre Union
Germany
Third Army
Fraulautern
Sarregue Mines
Board Moves to Acquire Site for Kenwood School
Cedar Rapids independent school district eyes a new Kenwood school and playground as growth shifts northeast and districts may merge. Buildings and grounds chair Myron Koenig outlined eight possible tracts, with two favored sites: tract seven near Thirty sixth to Thirty seventh streets and E Avenue, and tract eight eastern five acres of a 27 acre plot east of E Avenue.
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Kenwood School
Cedar Rapids
Independent School District
Kenwood
Marion Independent
Myron Koenig
Koeniig
Thirty Sixth Street
Thirty-seventh Street
E Avenue
Koenig
Inch of Snow Falls in Cedar Rapids Delays Travel
Cedar Rapids saw an inch of snow Monday night causing slippery sidewalks and delayed buses though most runs were only minutes late. Statewide as much as three inches fell with wet, drizzly rain and icy highways across Iowa. Temperatures ranged from 27 to 43 degrees with continued cloudy skies and a new snowfall forecast for parts of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Spencer
Burlington
British Capture Ravenna Full Name of City in Italy
British Eighth Army has captured Ravenna, a German stronghold on the Adriatic, after a brilliant encircling movement by the Princess Louise's Dragoon Guards. The seizure marks the Allies’ northernmost advance in Italy, reducing the enemy to withdrawal to avoid encirclement.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Ravenna
Adriatic
Louise
Berlin
Har- R. L. G. Alexander
Italy
Bologna
Fifth Army
Ger
Linn County E Bond Sales Gather Steam
War bond sales in Linn County show strong progress with Monday purchases totaling 109 562 50 and Cedar Rapids area sales pushing county totals toward the drive’s quota. County grand total reaches 7 715 115 75 and Cedar Rapids 7 472 252 25 while Series E purchases in the county climb to 1 100 543 50.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar
Resignation offered by Greek Chief
Premier George Papandreou proposed his resignation and a coalition cabinet with center and right wing groups led by Themistokles Sophoulis. Disorders persisted in Athens as ELAS seized police HQs, mutiny charges followed, and relief supplies were disrupted amid talk of civil war.
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Athens
George Papandreou
Themistokles Sophoulis
ELAS
EAM
National Liberation Front
Piraeus
Greece
Churchill vows to use army to back Greek government
In a Commons session, Prime Minister Churchill pledged Britain will resist any violent move toward a Communist dictatorship in Greece. He backed George Papandreou's government and said the British army, reinforced, will help maintain order while noting uncertainty over who started the Athens fighting. The Greek premier indicated he would resign, and Churchill urged constitutional authority be upheld throughout the country.
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London
Britain
Greece
Churchill
House of Commons
George Papandreou
Athens
Pfc George Meyer Killed in Action on Leyte
Telegram from the secretary of war confirms Pfc George H Meyer 21 an infantryman was killed in action on Leyte Nov 3 He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs T Harry Meyer and four brothers in service He was a Roosevelt high school graduate and earlier an ASTP student before transferring to the infantry He was active in Olivet Presbyterian church Hi V and Camp Wapsie Y and served as first president of the Citywide Council of Christian Youth He spent a furlough with his parents last June and went overseas July 25
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George Harry Meyer
Leyte
Secretary of War
T. Harry Meyer
F Avenue NW
Roosevelt High School
Meyer
Medical Corps
Camp Grant
Rockford, Il
ASTP
Madison
Wis
Infantry
Camp White
Medford
Ore
California
Pfc
Olivet Presbyterian Church
Camp Wapsie-Y
Council
Fernow Dead Flight Officer Melvin L. Fernow KIA
Flight Officer Melvin L. Fernow 23 of Marion Ohio died on September 22 over Munich Germany while piloting a P-38 fighter with the 15th Air Force Based in Italy He entered service in 1940 earned his wings in 1944 and went overseas in July He is survived by his wife Magda daughter Suzanne two sisters Arline and Dorothy Jean and his parents Mrs Glennie E Fernow and Samuel B Fernow of Columbus Ohio
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Melvin L. Fernow
Glennie E. Fernow
Sixth Street
Samuel B. Fernow
First Avenue
Munich
Germany
Italy
15Th Air Force
Fernow
Victoria
Texas
Marion
Marion High School
Magda
Suzanne
Greenville
Arline
Dorothy Jean
Fifth Street
Sheronick Missing Since November in Germany
Mrs. Mary L. Sheronick of 803 Ellis boulevard NW reports her husband Edward Sheronick technician fourth grade has been missing in action since November 16 in Germany. He enlisted in 1941 at Cedar Rapids, trained at Fort Eustis and left in 1944 for the front. He worked for Sheronic and Sons grocery at 803 yard NW.
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Mary L. Sheronick
Ellis Boulevard
War Department
Edward Sheronick
Germany
Cedar Rapids
Fort Eustis
Heronic
I Sheronic and Sons Grocery
Loss of 5 U. S. Vessels Is Told
The report states five U. S. vessels were lost in the Central Pacific theater including the Mount Hood and four other ships. Next of kin of all casualties have been notified.
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U. S
INS
Mount Hood
Joint
Landinnouth
Central Pacific
Snowballer Hits Passing Cop and Is Jailed
William F. Ghoslin 33 of 1238 Maplewood Drive NE reportedly pelted several pedestrians on First Avenue between Second and Third Streets. Patrolman Eugene Morey intervened and was struck as Ghoslin allegedly boasted about his aim. Ghoslin was fined $10 on a drunkenness charge and jailed.
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William F. Ghoslin
Maplewood Drive
Ghoslin
First Avenue
Second
Eugene Morey
Morv Morey
Berlin raid by American bombers clears skies over capital
American heavy bombers and escort fighters raided Berlin with almost 2000 tons of bombs. The attack, first daylight raid in two months, targeted munitions and tank plants in Berlin and Tegel and hit Munster rail centers. Maj. William J. Howe and Lt. Arthur R. Alexander led elite air units in the battle against German fighters.
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London
Berlin
Britain
Tegel
Munster
Luftwaffe
Messerschmitts
Focke-Wulfs
Maj
William J. Howe
Crookston
Minn
Hove
Arthur R. Alexander
Hollywood
Belgium
France
Reich
Karlsruhe
Heilbronn
Rhineland
Ruhr
Germany
Gerd von Rundstedt
Condon thanks volunteers aiding Cedar River drowning search
Police Chief Tom Condon thanked volunteers for aiding in the Cedar River drowning search for Raymond and LeRoy Nippe and Frank Pesek. He singled out Joe Nemec and W. E. Wensel who located Pesek, and T. P. Caft who helped recover the Nippe boys.
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Tom Condon
Raymond
LeRoy Nippe
Frank Pesek
Cedar River
Twenty-first Avenue
Joe Nemec
W. E. Wensel
Pesek
T. P. Caft
Nippe
Condon
Nemec
Wensel
Twelfth Avenue
Felix Barta
John Hlavacek
Wense
Ruth Hanna Simms In Serious Condition
Mrs Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms a Republican national committee woman and congresswoman from Illinois was in serious condition Tuesday following an abdominal operation.
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Ruth Hanna Simms
Chicago
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms
Republican National Committee
Illinois
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Isruhe
Luttelhouse
Jack Illian
Linn County “E
Wilmington
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Leo, Jr
Ninth Army
Camp Walker
Leona Clarke
William J., Jr
Pearl Har
R. M. Scobie
Armed Forces of
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Lincoln MacVeigh
Naval College
Moncéay
Yanni Yan
George Meyer
Sheronick
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Drew Pearson
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