Current Comment on Waste and Bureaucracy in War Efforts
In Cedar Rapids and beyond, readers rail against government waste and mismanagement. The piece cites an aircraft plant with 2,400 workers producing one acceptable plane in two years at 13.4 million dollars, milk rationing issues at Mercy Hospital, oatmeal price ceilings, misaligned tire approvals, NYA wage disputes, and the broader impact on public morale and war effort.
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North Carolina
House
Mercy Hospital
WFA
Cedar Rapids
United States
Washington
United States Warns Bulgaria Hungary Romania to Split From Axis
Secretary of State Cordell Hull on the second anniversary of their war declaration urged Bulgaria Hungary and Romania to sever ties with Nazi Germany or face consequences. He asserted their governments shared responsibility for aiding the Nazi war machine and hinted at public pressure from their own masses. The warning followed Allied bombing of Sofia and signals of a domestic clash over pro Nazi regimes.
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Washington
United States
Hitler
Balkan
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
United Nations
Nazi Germany
Cordell Hull
Hull
Sofia
Secretary of State
Connally
D-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Germany
Gonn
Bulgarian Premier Bosilov resigns amid Leftist pressure
Bulgarian Premier Dobri Bosilov and two ministers Georgi Shishmanov and Mikhailov resign under Leftist pressure as Bulgaria weighs withdrawal from the war. Turkish reports note Axis claims of U.S. bomber damage to Sofia rail yards and service suspensions on major lines. A UPI dispatch cites Sofia confirms the resignations after Leftist demonstrations.
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London
Dobri Bosilov
Bulgaria
U. S
Sofia
United Press
Istanbul
Bosilov
Georgi Shishmanov
Mikhailov
Britain
Russia
OPA Sets Price Rule for New Year Eve Nightclubs
Washington report states the OPA rules that drinks meals and special foods in night clubs may not exceed last year’s prices for New Year’s Eve celebrations. The guidance aims to keep costs stable for revelers and prevent price gouging during the holiday period.
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Washington
OPA
Legion of Merit Awarded to Col Myers for Buna Campaign
Col Collin S. Myers former executive officer of Cedar Rapids military district received the Legion of Merit for meritorious conduct in the Buna campaign in New Guinea. General MacArthur approved the award and Maj Gen J L Frink presented it. Myers helped establish and operate an advance base near the front and coordinated U S and Australian supply and service units in the New Guinea north coast area.
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Collin S. Myers
Cedar Rapids Military District
Cedar Rapids
Pfc
Robert Myers
Coe College
Army
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Col. Myers
J. L. Frink
Arkansas
New Guinea
United States
Kilgore Proposes Nationwide Liquor Rationing
Senator Kilgore of West Virginia urged nationwide liquor rationing to address a whisky shortage. He cited government control over supplies and proposed an inventory of liquor stocks before any rationing move, noting alcohol’s war material importance and potential need to override voluntary state quotas.
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Washington
Kilgore
D-W.va
Judiciary
Breuth
West
Thirteen Australian Schoolboys Die in River Tragedy
A schooner of 13 boys aged 8 to 18 drowned when their boat capsized in a sudden Clarence River storm near Grafton, 306 miles north of Sydney. Eighteen other boys were rescued. Police and rescuers hurried to the scene as locals mourn the loss.
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Sydney
Australia
Clarence River
Grafton
Pork Ration Values Cut To Meet Heavy Hog Runs
The Office of Price Administration reduced ration point values on pork effective Monday as hogs flood markets. One point per pound cut across sausages, pork steaks, roasts, smoked hams, bacon, and ready to eat meats. fresh ham down two points. Variety meats and canned pork largely spared. OPA says move more pork to consumers to ease packed facilities and boost total meat consumption.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Chester Bowles
War Food Administration
Soviets Repel Massed German Armor Near Kiev
Soviet forces absorbed the German offensive west of Kiev, wrecked 103 tanks, and killed about 1,500. In the Dnieper bend the Second Ukrainian Army seized 12 towns, including Novgorodka and Sakharnoye, and killed 1,300 Germans as fighting raged from Cherkasy to Kremenchug and Malin.
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London
Kiev
Moscow
Dnieper
Novgorodka
Kirovograd
Sakharnoye
Berlin
Dnieper Bend
Chigrin
Cherkasy
Kremenchug
Malin
Soviet Monitor
Eddy Gilmore
Associated Press
Kiev Bulge
Rommel Leaves Copenhagen After Fortifications Tour
The Axis radio reported that German Marshal Erwin Rommel departed Copenhagen on Friday after inspecting four German fortifications in Danish Jutland on orders from Adolf Hitler.
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United Press
Erwin Rommel
Copenhagen
Danish Jutland
Adolf Hitler
Map Program to Cut Occupational Draft Deferments
Washington AP reports selective service toward delaying fathers as Pearl Harbor nears while seeking more single men and possibly 4-Fs. Lt. Col. Keesling says under study a rule ending deferments for registrants under 22 for jobs, except mandatory cases, to reduce occupational deferrals.
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Washington
Selective Service
Francis V. Keesling
May
D-Ky
House Military Committee
Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Pep
Keesling
Allies Seize Gateway to Rome Road
Allied forces report Mignano captured or in Allied hands as Fifth Army drives toward Rome. MT Sampuero taken, German rear guards hold San Pietro and San Vittore while Italian outflanking drive failed. Canadian units reach San Leonardo near Ortona. bridgehead across the Moro river created.
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C. R. Cunningham
Algiers
Mignano
Liri
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Rome
Mignano Pass
Naples
Mt. Sampuero
San Pietro
San Vittore
Hermann Ring Grenadiers
Filignano
Adriatic
San Leonardo
Moro
Ortona
B. L. Montgomery
Jury Again Finds Robinson Guilty in Kidnapping
A Louisville jury of one woman and 11 men convicted Thomas H. Robinson Jr., 36, of kidnapping Mrs. Alice Speed Stoll and recommended the death penalty. The jury deliberated 2 hours 25 minutes, verdict at 11:11 p.m. Federal Judge Shackelford Miller scheduled the sentencing for 10:30 a.m. Monday. Robinson showed no emotion.
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Louisville
INS
Thomas H. Robinson, Jr
Alice Speed Stoll
Shackelford Miller
Robinson
Time of Germany's Fall Depends On Second Front
Moscow interview with Eduard Benes, president of the Czechoslovak government in exile, argues Germany may fall by next April if a second front opens in Western Europe. He predicts a new Russian line from Riga to Odessa won’t endure, and Germany will collapse with quick recovery possible for Czechoslovakia within three months after the end. He also calls for a new international war crimes convention to cover both prewar and wartime crimes.
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Cedar Rapids
NYA
WMC
Moscow
Eduard Benes
Germany
Europe
Benes
Teheran
Neans
Hitler
All-Out Blitz Soon to Beat Nazis Arnold Says
General Henry H. Arnold predicts American air power will soon blanket Nazi Europe with coordinated Allied bombing. He credits U. S. Army Air Forces, RAF, and Soviet air support and lauds Warhawk groups the Seventy-ninth and Fifty-seventh for heavy losses to German planes. He awarded Distinguished Flying Crosses to Lt. Michael Yarnell and Lt. Robert Weismueller after base visits in Italy.
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James E.roper
U. S
Italy
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
R.A.F
Europe
Germany
Middle East
Arnold
Col
Earl Bates, Jr
Winnetka
Arthur Salisbury
Sedalia
Naples
Michael Yarnell
Summit
N. J
Robert Weismueller
Cincinnati
John Ainley
Santa Monica
Calif
Grath Jarred
Burlingame
Duane Blumenstock
Hillsdale
Mich
Harry Barr
el Dorado
Texas
U S Air Forces Down Large German Fleet at Emden
U S Eighth Air Force heavy bombers and fighters raided Emden, Germany, downing 138 German fighters in a major clash. Seventeen Flying Fortresses and Liberators and three escort fighters were missing. The raid, among the largest by the Eighth, targeted ships and docks at Emden, a key inland port hub near Holland.
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London
Gereman Luftwaffe
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Emden
Ira C. Baker
Eighth
Germany
Regensburg
Schweinfurt
Eighth Air Force
Bremen
Holland
Scandinavia
Otf
Willkie Weighs Third Party Run After St Louis Report
The St Louis Post Dispatch quoted an authoritative source saying Wendell Willkie has thoroughly explored forming a third party and studied the eligibility hurdles in all 48 states. The report notes Willkie would lead an independent movement if the Republican convention compromises on the foreign issue.
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ST. Louis
the Post- Dispatch
Wendell Willkie
Marquis W. Childs
Washington
Willkie
Pec
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