Jap Tells of Sub Blows to Indianapolis
Japanese submarine officer Omar Iko Hashimoto testified at a naval court martial that his sub 1 58 scored at least three direct torpedo hits on the cruiser Indianapolis on July 30. He said the ship was sighted 10 000 meters away an hour before sinking, and that torpedoes fired at 1 500 meters produced three hits with subsequent explosions.
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Washington
Omar
Iko Hashimoto
Indianapolis
Hashimoto
Charles McVay III
Navy
McVay
John P. Cady
Cady
Tokyo
Thomas J. Ryan, Jr
Marshall Flares At Senate Hearings On Pearl Harbor
Gen George C Marshall testified over seven days that Lt Gen Walter Short in Hawaii received a definite alert before the December 7 1941 attack and that he expected it to be carried out. He said the final retirement decision rested with Secretaries Stimson and Knox, not him, and he defended his responsibility for the general staff actions.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
Hawaii
Marshall
Senate - House
Walter C. Short
Stimson
Knox
Husband E. Kimmel
China
Truman
Barkley
D-Ky
Army
Pearl Harbor
Short
General Staff
Rep
Keefe
R-Wis
Secretary of War
Tokyo
United States
Another Freight Breather Asked
Cedar Rapids traffic bureau asks member companies to hold back outbound less than carload shipments this Saturday and next Monday to ease rail cargo backlog. About 100 rail cars sit on sidings awaiting unloading as railroads anticipate more by week’s end.
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Cedar Ravida
Chamber of Commerce
Harry Sundberg
Cedar Rapids
Sundberg
Express
Railroads Seek Mediation Over Union Wage Demands
Chicago reports railroad spokesmen said mediation would be sought as negotiations with 20 unions stall over wage demands from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen for around 50 rule changes.
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Chicago
Tthey
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
National Mediation Board
Death of Col. Rolf O. Wulfsberg Reported in India
Mrs. E. Wulfsberg of Cedar Rapids received notice from the war department of Lt. Col. Rolf O. Wulfsberg's death in India. He was commanding officer of the 49th Ordnance battalion in Calcutta. Born in Duluth Minn in 1913, he was a West Point graduate of 1938. Surviving are his wife in Massapequa N Y, his mother and four brothers and a sister in Cedar Rapids Minneapolis and Chicago and Fort Logan Colorado.
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Cedar Rapids
E. Wulfsberg
Third Avenue SE
War Department
Rolf O. Wulfsberg
India
Einar Wulfsberg
Wulfsberg
Duluth
Minn
Park Region 1
Luther College
Fergus Falls
Decorah
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Fred Biermann
49Th Ordnance Battalion
Calcutta
Massapequa
N. Y
Job Outlook Brightens as Unemployment Forecasts Adjust
Washington experts cut the projected unemployed by spring to about 5 million from 8 million, with November job seekers at 1.58 million and the trend driven by fewer layoffs in reconversion, rising consumer demand, and wartime veterans reentering the labor market.
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Washington
War Manpower Commission
Office of Reconversion
Census Bureau
Soeme
Officials Say Veterans Get Little Aid From New Housing Plan
Washington officials say the presidents housing control plan offers little relief for veterans. They warn price ceilings and material priorities will push new homes above what most veterans can afford, with costs rising 35 to 40 percent over 1939 levels due to higher materials and labor costs.
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Washington
War Department
Truman
R. J. Thomas
CIO
House Banking Committee
Congress
Bond Sales Fall to New Low in Linn County
Linn County reports E bond sales of 15 966 dollars on Wednesday lowering progress toward the 2 007 000 quota by year end. Total sales reach 1 377 436 with 15 reporting days left and 629 564 still needed as Iowa counties average 89.34 percent of goals though Linn is at 68.6 percent.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Victory Loan
Linn
The
Eagles
Iowa
American and Italian MPs Jail 80 GIs in Italy Desertion Case
A joint force of over 200 American and Italian military police jailed 80 American soldiers in Viareggio on Thursday for desertion, being absent without leave, and black market activities. Fifteen civilians were arrested on black market charges.
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Viareggio
Italy
Bomb Threat Quelled After 4000 Pound Bomb Threatens Croydon
In Croydon England a 4000 pound live bomb buried in a crowded district triggered a mass evacuation. Workers drag two young bomb experts from a crater as fuse wedges into 3000 pound crystallized TNT. Police warn residents to leave as crews work to extract the explosive. The device had been buried for five years since the blitz.
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Croydon
England
Brown on Stand At Klatt Trial
Darrell T. Brown testifies for the defense in the Klatt murder case in Fort Dodge saying the disciplinary officer's duty was to handle emergencies and punishments. He admits hitting Ronald Miller with a blackjack during a night of punishment, claiming no written duties were provided by officials.
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Fort Dodge
Darrell T. Brown
Eldora State Training School For
Carl Klatt
Brown
Klatt
Ronald Miller
G I Lashes Brass Hats At Hearing
Pvt George L Mark of Cleveland testifies before a House committee opposing universal military training. He clashes with generals and calls the Pentagon “brass hats” while urging reliance on voluntary enlistment and warning of threats to democratic choice. He seeks protection for his testimony and discharges for age and fatherhood.
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Washington
Army G.I
House Committee
George L. Mark
Cleveland
Army
Marks
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Thomason
Texas
Pentagon
Mark
Navy
Boy Scouts
Congress
Proposed to Free Million at Two Dollars Apiece
The 1944 Gestapo offered to sell 1,000,000 Hungarian Jews for two dollars each or be exterminated in camps, an affidavit from Rezso Kastner revealed. Adolf Aichmann reportedly demanded two million dollars to halt deportations, threatening mass gassing if not paid. Details include plans to ship Jews to Auchwitz and notes on concentration camps and wartime executions.
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Aichmann
Germany
Kastner
Eugen Brand
Istanbul
Auchwitz
Flossenburg
Gestapo
High Command
Mauthausen
Supreme Command
International Red Cross
Joseph Morton
Slovakia
Snow in Cedar Rapids Tops 3 Inches
Snow in Cedar Rapids tops 3 inches with more than 3.25 inches reported Wednesday night and today on a Christmas priority. Des Moines saw four inches, highways were slippery though no drifting, and at least two deaths occurred in a Dubuque car train collision. Cold, flurries, and freezing drizzle affected southeast Iowa as storms lingered.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Des Moines
Dubuque
Sioux City
Chambers- Inskeep
Mercury
Perry
Atlantic
Clinton
Ottumwa
Burlington
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Marshalltown
Creston
Iowa City
Ames
Charles City
Davenport
Muscatine
Waterloo
Inaugural ceremonies planned at Coe College
Final preparations for the inaugural events for President Byron S Hollinshead are under way at Coe College led by Dr C Ward Macy. Delegates register at Stewart Memorial Library at 9 30 Friday with formal services at 11 o clock in T M Sinclair Memorial chapel and a 2 30 symposium on The Liberal College.
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Cedar Rapids
Byron S. Hollinshead
Coe College
C. Ward Macy
Division of Social Science
Stewart Memorial Library
T. M. Sinclair
Liberal College
Macy
Hollinshead
Eric Clitheroe
C. Harve Geiger
Grace E. Lambert
A. We Meyer
Alice B. Salter
Wareren Keck
Leo Thomas
Elizabeth Windsor
Paul S. Ray
Ethel R. Outland
Irving L. Churchsill
A. W. Meyer
B. H. Peterson
H. W. Robbins
Bucknell University
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