Postwar policy split and Japan quake loom in reader letters
The column contrasts U S and British views on postwar European governance after liberation. It weighs whether to shepherd or permit self rule, and cautions that a single correct approach may not exist. A Tokyo quake prompt raises doubts about luck in war against Japan and stresses continued industrial effort. Readers critique Kenwood school site plans in Cedar Rapids, urging five acre minimums and better planning.
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Eck
Europe
Board of Education
Kenwood
Greene's Square
Cedar Rapids
Japanquake Triggers Widespread Tidal Waves Across Honshu
Japanese admit Thursday quake caused massive tidal waves and landslides across a 150 mile belt centering on Tokyo area. Domei reports Shizuoka Hamamatsu Nagano districts hardest hit with inland destruction and damaged coastal towns. Seismologists say shock was among the era’s most violent and may surpass 1923 Yokohama devastation.
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Yokohama
Japan
Tokyo
Domei
Sea of Enshu
Shizuoka
Tokyo-Yokohama
Hamamatsu
Nagano
West Bromwich Observatory
England
Pearl Harbor
West Bromwich Instruments
Tuscarora
Honshu
J. S. Shaw
West
Williams Killed in Action in Germany at 23
Blair Williams a tank battalion member was killed in action Nov 22 in Germany, aged 23. Born Cedar Rapids he earned a presidential citation for D-Day bravery and the Purple Heart after being wounded July 25. Survived by mother Mrs. Carrie Williams and siblings. Churchill wins confidence vote in Greece Italy and Belgium amid war policy debate.
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Set
Blair Williams
Germany
War Department
Carrie Williams
Sixth Avenue
Set. Williams
Normandy
Cedar Rapids
Sgt
Williams
Lincoln, Wilson
Roosevelt
Army
Camp Funston
Kan
Tucson
Ariz
Fort Riley
England
France
Belgium
Holland
Harold Note
Lyle
Clyde
Seattle
Wash
Verle Gnagy
Cedar, Rapids
Roy Gnagy
Wilmington
Calif
E. F. Cheek
Woodward
Lee Russell
Ray Clift
Peoria
Spanish Government Resignation Report Quoted by Telegraph
London report claims Liberation quotes say the Spanish government has resigned and that censorship hides details. The Telegraph service notes censorship veils information about the move.
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London
Paris
Liberation
Hearings Set on Roosevelt State Department Noms
Washington AP reports the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold open hearings on President Roosevelt's four state department appointments including Joseph C. Grew as undersecretary. The committee will question the remaining seven nominees.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
State Department
Joseph C. Grew
Linn County Tops Sixth War Loan on Pearl Harbor Day
Linn County surpassed its 9 256 000 quota in the sixth war loan drive with Pearl Harbor day sales of 951 880 25, totaling 9 287 770 50. Cedar Rapids exceeded its 8 006 000 portion with 693 880 25 in city sales, reaching 8 401 092 50. Countywide outside Cedar Rapids totaled 300 000 to reach 886 678 toward 1 250 000. Pearl Harbor day included 53 943 75 in series E bonds, boosting that total to 1 351 946 25. The drive continues with December end deadlines.
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War Finance Committee
Pearl Harbor
Cedar Rapids
Wilmington
Calif
Yank Forces Land and Split Leyte Jap Lines at Ormoc
U S forces of the 77th division landed at Ormoc on Leyte and pushed inland, severing the Yamashita line. A Japanese convoy of 13 ships was destroyed at Ormoc and another convoy of six ships near Leyte, with about 4 000 enemy troops killed. Paratroopers attacked Tacloban but were largely eliminated.
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HDQ
Philippines
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Ormoc
Leyte
Tacloban
Friay
U. S
Douglas MacArthur
Yamashita
77Th
Imperial Command
Sky
Royal Arch Gunnison
Guam
Palanas River
Snow Flurries Expected In Cedar Rapids Afternoon And Night
Weather forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for mostly cloudy skies with possible snow flurries this afternoon and tonight. Saturday will be fair with little temperature change. High Thursday reached 38 degrees at 3 PM, with 29 at 7 PM and 24 by midnight. the low after midnight was 22.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Council Bluffs
Ames
Iowa City
Reds Shun Comment On Greek Civil War
In Moscow Russian papers omit any comment on the Greek civil war while continuing to quote British dispatches about Maj. Gen. Ronald M. Scobie's efforts to crush the ELAS revolt. No Russian paper has commented since fighting began in Athens.
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Moscow
Ronald M. Scobie
ELAS
Athens
Allies Smash Across Saarbruckin As Patton Presses Siegfried Line
Allied troops under General Patton pushed into Germany’s Saar valley fracturing the Siegfried line. Eight miles deep in Saar and Saarbrucken, Third Army guns blasted the city while infantry widened bridgeheads at Saarlautern and Dillingen. German industry including Dillingen and Saarbrucken’s furnaces faced heavy bombardment as forces advanced amid signs of withdrawal.
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George S. Patton
Siegfried Line
Germany
Saar Valley
Saarbrucken
Saar
Saarlautern
Dillingen
Forbach
Hitler
Harry L. Twaddle
95Th
Volklingen
Neunkirchen
Lorraine
Brebach
Burbach
Upper Rhine
Middle Roer
Cologne
Roer
B 29s Bomb Iwo Jima In Record Load Raid
A sizable force of B 29s bombed Iwo Jima with the heaviest tonnage per plane yet in a raid from Saipan. No fighter opposition observed and all aircraft returned safely. Liberators joined the attack while Pearl Harbor day marked with two nuisance raids on Tokyo.
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Washington
Saipan
Iwo Jima
War Department
Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Japan
21St Bomber Command
London
Bridgehead in Italy Expanded by Allies
British and Polish troops beat back German resistance to widen the Lamone river bridgehead southwest of Faenza. A lull on the Fifth army front appeared as Indian troops on the right flank advanced through mountains to seize several positions.
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INS
Lamone River
Faenza
Fifth Army
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