Current Comment: War Profiteers and Prisoner Treatment
Harry Boy relays complaints from American soldiers in Italy about leniency toward German prisoners. A Cedar Rapids Spy in England finds Stars and Stripes noting Japanese in Tule Lake sending cigarettes to Japanese soldiers. The piece contrasts American POWs here with those abroad and urges focus on frontline troops.
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Italy
IDPA
Frank Miles
States
Cedar Rapids
England
London
the Stars and Stripes
Tule Lake
Calif
United Kingdom
Cedar Rapids airport plans urge long range vision and pride
A Pasadena reader urges Cedar Rapids to fund and design its new municipal airport beyond immediate utility. The piece argues for a ground layout that advertises the city, promotes future business, and serves as a first impress to visitors in a postwar air age. It warns against penny wise mistakes and stresses lasting leadership and civic ambition.
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Pasadena
Calif
People’s Forum
Cedar Rapids
C@ear Rapids
ACE
the Gazette
Ralph H. Clements
Cedar
Churchill Policy Intervention Sparks Split in Britain
London reports show a brewing rift in the coalition as Labour MPs split over Prime Minister Churchill's interventionist policy in Europe and Greece. The Commons vote of confidence passed 279 to 30 amid mixed reactions from newspapers and political factions.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Churchill
Europe
Labor
Greece
Carlo Sforza
Italy
Athens
Richard Law
London Trades Council
Manchester Guardian
Sforza
Clement Attlee
Labor Party
London Daily Herald
Yanks Close In On Ormoc Pocket In Leyte Drive
American forces pressed the Ormoc pocket on Leyte as the Seventh Division advanced three miles and captured Albuera while the 32nd Division seized a field battery and munitions dumps. MacArthur said paratroopers had cleared two US air fields and were boxed into a narrow pocket with heavy enemy losses.
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MacArthur
Hd.q
Philippines
Ormoc
Douglas MacArthur
Communiqtie Today
77Th
Yamashita
U. S
Albuera
Leyte Island
Govt Acts To Step Up Man Hours In War Effort
Washington reports a joint campaign by government management and labor to boost war output. Byrnes announced thousands of men aged 26 to 37 will be drafted from non war work to replace those in service, with tire firms adopting a seven day work week for 120 days to increase heavy truck casings and tubes. Officials say shortages stem from enemy actions and changes in specs, not only labor friction.
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Washington
James T. Byrnes
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
Byrnes
Army
Navy
Selective Service
Brehon B. Somervell
Somervell
J. A. Krug
Lewis B. Hershey
U S Third Crashes Maginot Line in Saar Drive
US Third Army divisions broke the Maginot Line near Achen and pressed toward Saarbrucken as part of a larger winter offensive. The 26th and 35th divisions linked near the Saar east bank while the Sixth Armored and 90th moved to threaten Dillingen and Saarlautern. The Seventh and Ninth armies advanced toward Haguenau and the Roer, with the front absorbing heavy German losses and claiming 152 000 enemy killed or captured by end of November.
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Paris
Third Army
Maginot Line
Saar River
Saarland
Achen
Sarreguemines
35Th
Saar
Sarregue
Neunkirsch
Saarbrucken
Sixth Armored
90Th
Siegfried Line
Transocean
U. S
Seventh Army
Rhine
Haguenau
Germany
Alsace
U. S. Ninth Army
Roer
Julich
U. S. First Army
Bergstein
Supreme Command
Sforza denies Churchill charge on pledge to Badoglio
Count Carlo Sforza asserts he did not break any pledge to support Badoglio and says Churchill misinformed the House of Commons. He explains he agreed only to help fight Germany and to oppose fascism, while leaving Italy’s future political form to be decided after Allied victory.
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Carlo Sforza
Italy
Churchill
Sforza
Badoglio
Germany
State Department
Count Sforza
Mussolini
New York
American State Department
Churchill speech fails to quiet critics in London Times
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill’s Saturday address did not satisfy critics including the conservative London Times. A growing call urged a full dress conference among Churchill Stalin and Roosevelt to clarify Allied aims.
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London
Churchill
London Times
Josef Stalin
Roosevelt
War Dads to Give Party for Kids in Cedar Rapids
War Dads plan a children's party in Cedar Rapids with Santa Claus, gifts for all, and music directed by Orville Rennie. Parents are invited to attend this festive event.
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Santa Claus
Orville Rennie
Quitting Italian Political Scene
Count Carlo Sforza former Italian foreign minister said he is leaving Italy's political scene for the present. He will relinquish all official posts and will not take the ambassadorship to the United States for which he was slated in the cabinet reshuffle.
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Rome
INS
Carlo Sforza
Britain
United States
Italy
Supplying a Republic and Abdicating Italian King
A discussion over replacing the monarchy with a republic includes proposing abdication of King Victor Emmanuel and crowning his young grandson Victor Emmanuel, Prince of Naples. Badoglio supports abdication and a republic, while the speaker would accept the premiership only after the king steps aside for Italy’s sake. Continued details noted on Page 4.
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Victor Emmanuel
Naples
Umberto
Italy
Expres
Italian government formation under new coalition
Rome AP reports a new Italian cabinet is forming with three vice premiers including Palmiro Togliatti. Ivanhoe Bonomi to head the government with ministerial lists sent to Allied authorities for approval. Degaspei named foreign minister. Count Sforza appears sidelined.
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Rome
Palmiro Togliatti
Ivanie Bonomi
Togliatti
Bonomi
Giulio di Rodini
Christian Democrats
Liberal Party
Labor Democrats
Carlo Sforza
Sforza
Christian Democrat Degaspei
Notre Dame Professor Dr OBrien Speaks at Coliseum
Dr John A OBrien of Notre Dame known as the priest with the marvelous memory will give an address this afternoon at 3 30 in the Memorial coliseum on Winning the Peace The lecture follows his routine of greeting students by name and he has written 12 books on philosophy religion and political science He is a professor of graduate apologetics and political science at Notre Dame
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Cedar Rapids
John A. O’brien
University of Notre Dame
University of Ilinois
Memorial Coliseum
Father O’brien
O’brien
Notre Dame
Special Christmas Ration for Germans Authorized
A Berlin dispatch to Svenska Dagbladet says Germany has been authorized a special Christmas ration. It includes 250 grams of meat 18.8 ounces two eggs 25 grams of sweets nearly one ounce for children and half a bottle of spirits and half a bottle of wine for adults. The OWI reported the dispatch on Saturday.
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Berlin
Stockholm
Svenska Dagbladet
Germany
OWI
Navy to Build 30 New Carriers in 1945 Plan
Boston AP Walker Mason head of the New England War Production board says the navy plans to construct 30 new carriers in 1945 requiring about 3,000 planes. The statement was made Saturday.
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Boston
Navy
Walker Mason
New England War Production Board
Montgomery Ward Strike Spreads From Detroit
Four Detroit Montgomery Ward stores faced a Saturday strike amid the Christmas rush. Union officials said the action has broad authorization and could spread to other cities by Tuesday. Dearborn was hit hardest. Chicago discussions aimed to decide enforcing WLBE directives and contract renewal from December 1945 remains unresolved.
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Detroit
Montgomery Ward and Company
Ray Scoggins
United Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Employes
CSO
International Union
Lawrence Steinberg
Ohio
War Labor Board
Dearborn
Scoggins and Steinberg
Chicago
Leonard Levy
Sewell Avery
Laird Cregar Dies After Heart Attack
Los Angeles AP reports actor Laird Cregar aged 28 died after a heart attack following a recent abdominal operation. He had shed 100 pounds from 300 and had been under medical care including oxygen therapy before his death.
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Laird Cregar
Los Angeles
Laird Creger
Cedar Rapids War Casualty Totals
Linn county totals list twenty one killed in action two killed in training fifteen missing in action one died in service and seven prisoners as reported by local authorities.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
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Commons
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Puttelange
Alsace- Lorraine
Sarrequemines
Oscake
New Saar Drive
Count Carlo Sforza
Chinigo
Michael
Sunday Index
Drew Pearsen
Willem L. Shirer
Walter Winchell
Cedar Rapids News
John O’brien
Coliseum
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