Senators Shy From Willkie Charges Probe
Willkie calls charges of buying the 1940 nomination ridiculous and offers to testify before a senate committee. Republican and Democratic lawmakers debate the probe as a subcommittee weighs hearings and potential conflicts with broader anti corruption measures.
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Willkie
Washington
INS
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate
Styles Bridges
R-N. H
William D. Langer
R-N. D
Bridges
G.O.P
Harley M. Kilgore
D-W. Va
The
Vicomco
Remodeling Underway For Cedar Rapids Youth Center
The ChamBer of Commerce youth bureau reports remodeling begins this week on the second floor at 119 Third Avenue SE for a teen age center, with the third floor also to be used. The pledges committee continues soliciting gifts, with checks payable to the City of Cedar Rapids and mailed to Van Vechten Shaffer at the Guaranty Bank and Trust.
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Third Avenue SE
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids
van Vechten Shaffer
Guaranty Bank and Trust Company
Prediction of ADC fund surplus in Iowa
DES MOINES AP reports the Iowa state board says the 3,000,000 ADC fund will not be fully used in the 1943-45 biennium due to current application levels. Board chairman Clay Beard expects a surplus at period end, with full use likely in postwar days as economic conditions improve. First ADC checks under the new law will go out between January 1 and January 10.
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Willkie
Senate
Congress
James M. Tunnel
D-Del
Langer
Theodore Greer
D-R.1
Privileges and Election Committee
C. Nelson Sparks
Akron
Ohio
Green
Kilgore
Flo
Bridges
Philadelphia
DES Moines
State Board of Social Welfare
Clay Beard
Housewives to Get Fats Ration Points
Washington AP reports under the price administration plan housewives will receive ration points for turning in waste kitchen fat. The butcher will collect stamps starting Monday, paying one brown point plus two cents per half pound, with a pound yielding two points and four cents.
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Washington
Price Administration
Emden Raid Report Details Fierce Luftwaffe Opposition
Allied bombers carried out a night raid on Emden as the first RAF assault in six nights on Germany. Americans accompanied by Lightning and Thunderbolt fighters faced heavy Luftwaffe defense from Messerschmitt 210s Junkers 88s and other twin engines. Fortresses reportedly pressed through smoke and heavy flak with veterans noting intense fighter opposition during the Schweinfurt era memory.
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R.A.F
Germany
Western Reich
Leipzig
Berlin
Solingen
Luftwaffe Intense Battle Over Britain With Losses
British reports describe a heavy Luftwaffe assault involving multiple German aircraft including rocket planes. Navigator Second Lt. Carl Podlasky notes twin and single engined fighters in a fierce wave from below. Four planes were shot down, about 20 percent of the force, as air ministry notes increased German fighter strength in western Europe since 1943 while bomber losses decline since November.
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Jock Wulf
Carl Podlasky
Los Angeles
Britain
Air Ministry
Europe
Newsreel Showing Sinatra in Song Enjoined by Court
Federal Judge Knox issued an injunction to restrain Time Inc from publicly showing a March of Time film segment of Frank Sinatra singing before Waves. RKO Pictures seeks to limit damages and hopes to preempt the new reel by delaying its release, asserting potential losses if the film is shown.
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New York
John C. Knox
Time, Inc
Frank Sinatra
Knox
RKO Pictures, Inc
Oes
Sinatra
U. S
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Small Businesses Seek OPA Shakeup in War Contract Talks
The Conference of small business organizations called for reorganizing the Office of Price Administration. They urged exemption for contractors and subcontractors with annual sales under 500000 from renegotiation of war contracts. The group accused the OPA of destroying normal production and distribution and eroding profits to stifle production.
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Chicago
Conference of Small Business Organizations
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Deferment Pushes by Hershey Highlight Draft Changes
Colonel Keesling stressed deferments during Hershey's testimony. Officials say army physical test changes could cut father induction rates, but changes depend on army decisions. A new draft law creates a five doctor commission to reassess standards, with May confirming telegraphed board deferrals to meet quotas.
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Keesling
Hershey
Army
Selective Service
May
Mrs Lela Lapham rests in Cedar Rapids circle
Mrs. Lela L. Lapham aged 68 of 1120 Ellis boulevard NW died Saturday at her home after a Cedar Rapids life of 45 years. She leaves two sons a daughter a brother two sisters and two granddaughters. Her husband died three years ago. She was a Royal Neighbors member and Rebekah Order noble grand. Services 2 p.m. Monday Beatty mortuary with call after 5 p.m. Sunday.
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Lela L. Lapham
Ellis Boulevard
Lamont
Cedar Rapids
Meet
Fred
Otta
Oesaine Palms
Calif
Edith Paulson
Beulah Haynes
Royal Neighbors
Noble
Rebekah Order
Beatty Mortuary
Mrs Mary Bailey Dies After Sudden Heart Attack
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bailey widow of Thomas A. Bailey resident about 50 years died suddenly at 12:30 p.m. Saturday after a heart attack. She lived with her son in law and daughter S. K. Weir at 617 Thirty-third Street NE. Born October 13, 1859 in Rock Island County Illinois she is survived by her daughter Mrs W J Grother of Omaha Neb three sisters and four grandchildren seven great grandchildren. She was a Sinclair Memorial church member. Services at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Tuesday burial Cedar Memorial Park. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Mary Elizabeth Bailey
Thomas A. Bailey
Bailey
S. K. Weir
Thirty-third Street
Rock Island County
Illinois
Weir
W. J. Grother
Omaha
Neb
Frank Adams
Phillips, Wis
Anna Cox
Kansas City
Jane King
Rock Island, Ill
Sinclair Memorial Church
Turner Chapel
Cedar Memorial Park
Services for Martin G. Riedel in Turner chapel
Cedar Rapids resident for 44 years moved to Shellsburg in 1941 died at home in Shellsburg Tuesday. Turner chapel services conducted by Rev. Cline Halsey at 2 p.m. Monday with burial in Bohemian National cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
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Martin G. Riedel
Cedar Rapids
Shellsburg
Turner Chapel
Cline Halsey
Bohemian National Cemetery
Funeral for Norton Litts in Lisbon this afternoon
The Methodist church in Lisbon hosts a funeral service this afternoon for Norton Walter Litts 18 formerly of Cedar Rapids who died Thursday at his parents home Mr and Mrs N C Litts south of Lisbon Burial is set in Campbell cemetery Survivors include his grandmother Mrs W R Gammon and uncle Walter Gammon both of Cedar Rapids
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Lisbon
Norton Walter Litts
Cedar Rapids
N. C. Litts
Campbell Cemetery
W. R. Gammon
Walter Gammon
Mrs. Charles D. Wood Dies in Cedar Rapids After Illness
Mrs. Charles D. Wood, 18, died at 7 10 p.m. Saturday at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Lyle B Lynn 726 L Street SW after a four month illness She was born July 9 1922 at Vinton and married July 22 1941 in Lancaster Mo Surviving are her husband a daughter Linda Kay her parents and three grandparents Services are pending Friends may call at Beatty chapel after noon Monday
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Charles D. Wood
Lyle B. Lynn
L Street
Wood
Belle Plaine
Vinton
Lancaster
Cedar Rapids
First Reformed Church
Linda Kay
Elmer Downing
John Lynn
LaPorte Ity
Beatty Chapel
Widow of Railroad Conductor Dies in Los Angeles
Mrs. Fred H. Williams aged 74 widow of a veteran railroad conductor died at her Los Angeles home after having lived in Marion and Cedar Rapids. Survived by son Manley Ousley of Omaha and four sisters Mrs. Lent of Los Angeles Mrs. Coward of Alhambra California Mrs. Glass of Mason City and Mrs. Doan of Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Doan awaiting funeral details.
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Fred H. Williams
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Los Angeles
Calif
Manley Ousley
Omaha
W. B. Lent
Emma Coward
Alhambra
C. M. Glass
Mason City
Frank Doan
Doan
Wolcott Family Welcomes Triplet Granddaughters
Sioux City AP report notes Mr and Mrs S P Wolcott are grandparents to three girls born within a week to their three daughters. All three fathers serve in the armed forces.
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Sioux City
S. P. Wolcott
Wolcotts
Glass Backs U S Rule in Soldier Vote
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia endorses the Green Lucas soldier voting bill after Senate amendments. He disputes rights issues and notes a split with Senator Harry Byrd over the measure. Senator Guffey condemns the Eastland Kellar plan and urges House passage to protect servicemen’s voting rights.
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Washington
INS
Carter Glass
D-Va
Senate
Scott Lucas
D-Ill
Joseph F. Guffey
D-Pa
House
Guffey
Lucas
Glass
Harry Flood Byrd
Byrd
Guffy
Senaté
Virginia
Eight Indicted in Textbook Price Conspiracy
Tulsa county grand jury indicted eight Oklahomans on charges they conspired to defraud textbook buyers by fixing prices and controlling adoptions. Indicted are A. L. Crabb and others including Henry G. Fennett J. T. Daniel Willis Smith Ed Morrison J. E. Peery O E Shaw and Howard Brake. Shaw Perry and Morrison are former state textbook commission members.
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Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa County
A. L. Crabb
Waterloo Boy Drowns After Ice Breakthrough
Harold Lewis Gustafson 12 son of Mr and Mrs Elmer Gustafson of Waterloo drowned Saturday when he fell through thin ice on a pond at the southeast city limits. Companion Melvin Sweerin 12 was rescued by firefighters after clinging to the ice for a long time. Gustafson body recovered after a 30 minute search.
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Waterloo
Harold Lewis Gustafson
Elmer Gustafson
Melvin Sweerin
Gustafson
Reporter Carries Out His Assignment
A weather report notes the high Saturday reached 41 degrees at 3 30 p m. Instruments show a drop to 34 by 9 30 p m and a 32 degree reading later the same night from Chambers Inskeep equipment.
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Chambers
Western Republican Leaders Urge Veteran Affairs Cabinet
SALT LAKE CITY AP Western Republican leaders from 11 states urged creating a secretary of veterans affairs in the national cabinet and assured every veteran a self respecting role in the economy. They pressed speedy elimination of federal bureaucratic rule and called for states rights and private ownership after the war with various fiscal and social reforms.
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Salt Lake City
Veterans’ Affairs
Alaska
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Suspect Arrested for Impersonating Federal Officer in Cedar Rapids
Seymour Sylvester Sage allegedly posed as a War Labor Board representative and U S officer. Federal agents arrested him in Cedar Rapids Saturday. He waived hearing, bond set at 3000 dollars, and he is held in Linn county jail awaiting federal grand jury arraignment.
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Seymour Sylvester Sage
Cedar Rapids
U. S
War Labor Board
R. L. Whelan
Linn County
Otto of Hapsburg Leaves U.S. Army
Otto of Hapsburg and his two younger brothers left the U S army as the Austrian battalion formed in 1942 was disbanded. Members chose transfer or honorable discharge and the three sons accepted discharges.
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Washington
Otto of
Mine Union and Operators Agree On Wage Basis
The United Mine Workers and soft coal operators representing 67 percent of national production agreed on contract fundamentals modeled on the current arrangement. Miners are paid a basic daily rate of 8.50 for an 8 3/4 hour day under government supervision. A document was transmitted to Coal Administrator Harold L Ickes.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Ezra van Horn
Harold L. Ickes
Influenza Nears Plague Proportions In Great Britain
London reports 709 influenza deaths across 126 towns in the week ending Dec 4 as Britain battles a severe winter outbreak. Though not as deadly as the 1918 flu, the rise signals a widespread, escalating health crisis with tens of thousands laid up and a sharp week to week increase.
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Great Britain
London
Britain
England
Wales
Veteran Regains Discharge Papers Lost in Coat Switch
Cedar Rapids man Howard W. Roberts recovered navy discharge papers and other documents after a coat switch with Ernest Le Roy Hagerman Friday night. A Gazette reporter and Cedar Rapids police traced Hagerman Saturday, returning the papers while Roberts kept his coat.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Howard W. Roberts
Fifth Street
Farragut
Idaho
Ernest Leroy Hagerman
Third Street
Roberts
Bricker Attacks New Deal Promoting National Socialism
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker campaigned in New York condemning New Deal policies as steps toward national socialism. He urged restraint on international bodies and warned against a centralized world authority, advocating peace through U.S. sovereignty and open discussion.
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Bricker
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