Yanks Save 1 700 German Civilians from Nazi Doom
American troops of the 90th Division uncovers a cave hideout on the Saar front where about 1 700 civilians had fled to escape Volkssturm threats and dynamite. Villagers, led by a priest, describe dire conditions and lingering Nazi control amid wartime fear.
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U.S. Third Army
Saar Front
INS
Saar River
Nazi Volkssturm
Franz von Papen
Turkey
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Volkssturm
von Papen
Himmler
Germany
Hitler
Reich
Hitler Youth Organization
Wehrmacht
Norway
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Goering
Cigaret Shortage Probed By Senate War Committee
Washington AP reports the Senate War Investigating Committee will open a full inquiry into nationwide cigarette shortages. Chairman Mead says troops have adequate supplies, while civilians face ongoing scarcity due to distribution delays and rising demand. Public hearing set for next Wednesday with tobacco distributors and manufacturers.
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Washington
Mead
D-N.y
Senate War Investigating Committee
War Department
National Association of Tobacco Distributors
Cigaret Manufacturers
War Minpower Commission
War Food Administration
Chinese rout 4000 Japanese in Kweichow theater
Chinese army claims 4000 Japanese troops entering Kweichow province were routed and forced back toward Kwangsi. Chinese forces recaptured Pachai Hanho Chupanchai and Tushan and lifted the immediate threat to Kweiyang, while warning the situation remains serious.
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Chungking
Kweichow
Kweiyang
China
Pachai
Hanho
Chupanchai
Tushan
Kwangsi
Tuyan
Kwangsi-Kweichow
Cedar Rapids Red Cross honors fifth staff assistants class
In a Brucemore ceremony the Linn county chapter awarded certificates to its fifth class of Red Cross staff assistants. Miss Dorothy Anderson of St. Louis gave the principal address highlighting staff assistance training as a leading Red Cross program. Names of graduates include Ray Bramsen Marvin Cone E E Fisher J C Kennedy E Langhurst H W Leichsenrin C D Morrison and others.
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Pearl Harbor
Cedar Rapids
Red Cross
Brucemore
Linn County
E. Harold Skinner
Howard Hall
Wells C. Peck
Dorothy Anderson
St. Louis
Mmes
Skinner
A. H. Boileau
P. A. Stover
John Fortune
W. E. Peschau
M. J. Theisen
Ray Bramsen
R. F. Bruch
Marvin Cone
R. B. Figge
E. E. Fisher
J. C. Kennedy
E. Langhurst
H. W. Leichsenrin
C. D. Morrison
D. D. Offeringa
F. K. Powers
J. V. Prouty
M. E. Rowley
M. Sapovsek
H. Spratt
C. D. Thomas
Emily Morrison
Elizabeth Thompson
Service Members in Focus as War Efforts Continue
Reports from Marion area list soldiers sailors and airmen in action or on leave. Highlights include Robert George Hampton a bomber pilot stationed in Yuma and awaiting Lincoln transport, Sgt. Delbert F. Pollet wounded in France, Pvt. Joe Mead Jr. on furlough in Dell Texas, and Elmer Larsen returning from 50 European missions with the Fifteenth Air Force.
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Robert George Hampton
Ida Hampton
Second Avenue SE
Deann
Yuma Field
Ariz
Marion High School
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Lincoln
Neb
H. J. Whitehead
Fifth Avenue SE
Delbert F. Pollet
France
War Department
Delbert
Darrell
Diane
Route 3
Pollet
William Glen Albaugh
Fort Riley
Kan
Joe Mead, Jr
Joe Mead
McKinley Street
Mead
Dell
Texas
Donald R. Andrew
Navy
Memphis
Tenn
Everett D
Navy Yard
Beyonne
N. J
Guy Andrew
Fourteenth Avenue SW
Leland
Gosnell
E. B. Gosnell
D Avenue
Motor Torpedo Boat Training Center
Melville
R. I
Robert
Edward
Newport
Elmer Larsen
Fifteenth Air Force
Italy
Former Serviceman Opens Fire in Custody Battle
In Carteret New Jersey a former serviceman opened fire during a child custody dispute fatally wounding four people including his father in law and two police officers and injuring two others. He held his daughter Barbara hostage from a barricaded house then surrendered at a police station hours later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carteret
N. J
Daniel Molnar
Molnar
Adam Roszanski
NAM proposes half income tax and 60 year debt payoff plan
New York AP reports H. E. Humphreys Jr of the National Association of Manufacturers outlines a postwar tax program to cut individual and corporate taxes, eliminate excess profits tax, and aim to raise 8 to 9 billion from individuals to balance a 20 billion budget while retiring the national debt in 60 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Association of Manufacturers
H. E. Humphreys, Jr
NAM
Humphreys
Misplaced Drake Legend Sparks Potato Statue Tale
A misread belief places Sir Francis Drake as the introducer of the potato to Europe in 1580 and claims a Drake statue stands in Offenberg Germany. The note reflects historical inaccuracies about early potato dissemination and commemorative monuments.
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Sir Francis Drake
Europe
Offenberg
Germany
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Ia. Rapids
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United Press International News
Gagette
S. Territories
Allen-Klapp Corp
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Fth
New Center
Detroit
Medcis Cua
Hampton
John H. Rieniers
Navy Medical Corps
Upland Drive
South Pacific
Charleston, S. C., Naval Hospital
Marion
Herman W.mollenhauer
Paxton
Third Army
Center Point
Pvt
Mollenhauer
England
Charles Rhoda
Hotel Breslin
New York City
Fifth Street
Jack Butler
Camp Chaffee, Ark
Mrs
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Viola
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Coronado
Calif
Elmhurst Drive
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Eleventh Street
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Camp Robinson
Arkansas
B Avenue NW
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Lariont
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Tory
Silver Leaf
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