Churchill backs Curzon line Poland border plan early in war analysis
A seasoned column argues Churchill’s support for a Curzon line Polish Russian border risks breaching the Atlantic Charter. The piece notes the line, its origins, and the 1919 approval by Allied powers while Poland rejected it, and warns of future disputes over 10 million people affected and potential minority issues. It also covers Cedar Rapids weather, a Christmas electricity rate cut, and a brief aside on why military families smoke more cigars.
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Churchill
Curzon Line
Poland
German East Prussia
Lord Curzon
Foreign Office
State Department
Germany
Russia
TS Supreme Council
Riga
Europe
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Lwow
Ukraine
East Prussia
Danzig
Roosevelt
Stalin
United Nations
United States
Britain
Ell Pest
Prussia
Konigsberg
Seventh Army Invades Germany Across Bavarian Palatinate
U S Seventh Army pushes into German soil driving two spearheads into the Bavarian Palatinate near Wissembourg and Scheibenhard. The crossing near Scheibenhard lies close to France marking the easternmost reach of Allied forces in northwest Europe.
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Paris
United States
Seventh Army
Germany
Bavarian Palatinate
Wissembourg
Scheibenhard
France
Europe
Karlsruhe
Trannheim
Ludwigshafen
Rhineland
French Riviera
Roer River
Aachen
Frontline clashes mount as German towns fall near Rhine
In a sequence of advances within two miles of Wissenbourg and near the Roer, German forces face pressure from Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers as American and French divisions hold 105 miles of Rhine frontage from Switzerland to Lauterbourg. Balck rushes reinforcements to Colmar while space tightens near the Eifel and Bienwald forests.
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Wissenbourg
Palatinate
Eifel
Bienwald Forest
Wissembourg
Asure
Hermann Balck
Amander
Colmar
Strasbourg
Jacob L. Devers
Saarland
Devers
Rhine
Switzerland
Lauterbourg
First
Roer
Duren
Birgel
104Th
Mariaweiler
Shephaven
Cologne
Seventh Army
Alexander M. Patch
Sixth Army
Meat Scarcity Domination Forces OPA Debate in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids grocers and meat dealers met to discuss the unrationed meat shortage. They blamed the Office of Price Administration for pushing unre- rated meat while demand exceeds supply. Dealers note heavy wartime use and limited backlogs while consumers face dwindling ration-free options.
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Linn County Retail Food Dealers Association
W. T. Shipe
Office of Price Administration
Cedar Rapids
OPA
Des Moines
War Food Administration
Clarence Turner
Barney McPartland
Wilson and Company
Churchill urges wartime unity as Poland dispute grows
In a waning wartime Commons address Prime Minister Churchill signals Britain may back Russian frontier demands on Poland. He proposes compensating Poland with East Prussia and Danzig while warning that Allied unity must hold despite U.S. hesitations.
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London
Britain
Churchill
Old
Poland
Big Three to Meet After F R Inauguration
Washington reports no Roosevelt Churchill Stalin conference before end of January with February viewed as earliest. Roosevelt must deliver budget messages and attend fourth term inauguration on Jan 20. Britain and US push for careful coordination to avoid giving impression of forming a bloc before Stalin. Richards Law travels London to Washington to discuss aid and policy for Europe.
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Washington
Churchill
Stalin
Roosevelt
United Nations
State Department
London
Congress
Britain
United States
Rome
Count Carlo Sforza
Sforza
Richard K. Law
Law
Colder Weekend Forecast For Cedar Rapids Area
The Cedar Rapids vicinity expects partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with light snow flurries. Stronger winds develop as temperatures dip, with lows near 15 and colder highs. Eastern Iowa will see colder air and brisk winds with fading humidity around 53 percent in the afternoon.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mercury
Matey
Lupe Velez Dies By Own Action In Hollywood
Beverly Hills coroner urges immediate probe into actress Lupe Velez death after notes imply she planned to bear a child out of wedlock. Police handling criticized as Ramond says he could not confirm pregnancy and notes he found lingered before delivery.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Frank Nance
Lupe Velez
Nance
Hollywood
Miss Beuis
Harald Ramond
Ramond
Lupe
Four Generals and Three Admirals Given Five-Star Ranks
President Roosevelt signed a bill creating fleet admiral and general of the army ranks and nominated William D. Leahy, Ernest J. King, and Chester W. Nimitz as admirals, with George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Henry H. Arnold as generals. Pershing retains the unique general of the armies title, and one more fleet admiral may be named. The new five-star ranks grant wear of five stars and match Allied equivalents, with pay unchanged at 8000 dollars and allowances rising to 5000 dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
William D. Leahy
Ernest J. King
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Pacific Ocean
George C. Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
John J. Pershing
United States
Congress
Eisenhower
Britain
Sir Bernard Law Montgomery
Pershing
George Dewey
The
Manila Y
Philippine Move By Large Allied Convoy
Japanese broadcasts report a powerful Allied convoy sailed west through the central Philippines into the Sulu sea and disrupted plans as the war broadens. They noted B-29 nuisance attacks on Tokyo and 400 carrier-based American planes striking Luzon with 100 hitting Clark Field near Manila.
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Philippines
Sulu
Leyte
Philippine
Sulu Sea
Mindanao
Mindoro
Luzon
Tokyo
Kobe-Osaka
Japan
Clark Fields
Manila
Poles Protest Concession to Reds Over Poland's East Share
The Polish American Congress claiming six million Polish descent Americans sent a Friday message to Anthony Eden protesting any agreement to yield the eastern part of Poland to Russia.
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Chicago
INS
Polish- American Congress
Anthony Eden
Russia
Poland
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