Nazis Leave Kherson Bridgehead As Soviet Drive Rages North
Berlin radio reports German forces evacuated the Kherson bridgehead on the Dnieper as Soviet offensives push north from Nevel toward Polotsk. Moscow dispatches claim 20,000 Germans killed and 2,000 captured, with the Red Army nearing Riga and threatening main rail arteries.
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Berlin
Kherson
Dnieper
Nevel
Moscow
Eddy Gilmore
Polotsk
Vitebsk
Gilmore
Riga
Leningrad
News policy shifts push war updates to earliest possible release
The President mandates immediate publication of news affecting military security, barring no longer hold-for-release delays. The move aligns war coverage with other breaking events and aims to keep the public well informed. Henry Kaiser proposes canvassing front-line troops about postwar plans.
New Print Paper Cuts Announced By WPB
Washington AP chairman Donald M Nelson of the War Production board formally announced further reductions in paper use for newspapers magazines books and commercial printing. The cuts take effect January 1 and follow industry advisory committee recommendations.
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Donald M. Nelson
The
War Production Board
WPB
Drivers Lead 4 Ply Walkout Against City
City truck drivers from Truck Drivers local No. 238 walked off Monday, joining laborers from the streets, board of health and parks departments in a 57-man action. Pickets lined city hall, city barns and health offices as unions seek 44 hour weeks and 8 am to 5 pm hours with seniority rights. The city cites a 48 hour week and time and a half for overtime, while Stark argues no raise is sought, only changes in schedule and weekend time off. The union plans joint negotiations with laborers through their own committee.
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Health Department
Streets Department
Parks Department
Earl Stark
Drivers Union
Dive Williams
Public Improvements
Stark
Cedar Rapids Food Costs Rise Slightly in Mid-November
Special to The Gazette Cedar Rapids saw a 7 percent rise in overall retail food costs from mid-October to mid-November based on six foods. Meats were up 0.2 percent. eggs 5.3 percent. carrots 9.9 percent. lettuce 23 percent. potatoes 5.1 percent. oranges fell 69 percent. flour up 0.8 percent. The year over year index was 10.7 percent higher, with Cedar Rapids 44.9 percent above January 1941 levels.
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the Gazette
Kansas City
Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States Department of Labor
Churchill's Temperature Normal as He Recovers
Reports from physicians say Prime Minister Winston Churchill's temperature remains normal and he is making satisfactory progress. The pneumonia that sent him to bed in the Middle East appears to be clearing with no mention of a pulse irregularity, though a heart specialist is caring for the 69 year old leader.
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Harehill
London
Winston Churchill
Middle East
War criminals hanged in Kharkov crowd roars in triumph
In Kharkov, about 50 000 Russians watched as four men including Gestapo Captain William Langheld and storm troop commander Hans Ritz were hanged on market square. Mikhail Bulanov, a Russian traitor, nearly collapsed as guards prepared the noose. Maj. Gen. A N Myasnikov announced the sentence after a midnight trial that drew 1000 residents.
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Red
Gestapo
Storm
Mikhail
Second Front Preparations In Full Swing
London reports preparations for a western Europe invasion are in full swing. Admiral Harold R Stark leaves for Washington to discuss naval matters while Gen Dwight D Eisenhower is said to have arrived in Britain to command invasion forces. Reports say massive troop and equipment movements are underway across Britain as railways move forces to base points.
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Europe
Harold R. Stark
United States
Washington
Vichy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Britain
CBS
Henri Giraud
Army of Liberation
England
Algiers
U.S. Vessel Sunk in Gulf by German Submarine
The Navy disclosed that a medium sized United States merchant vessel was torpedoed and sunk in the Gulf of Mexico early in December marking the fortieth ship sunk in the war.
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Washington
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
United States
Yanks Press On in Fierce Hill Fighting
Allied forces in Italy push from San Pietro toward San Vittore and advance in the northeast mountains, while Montgomery's Eighth Army overmatches an Adriatic coast position. German losses include five Mark IV tanks and fifty parachutists captured as Axis troops retreat in a hurried departure.
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Algiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
San Pietro
San Vittore
Cassino
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Adriatic
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Orsogna
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Venafro
San Pietro battle seals grim World War II milestone
American doughboys declare victory after a brutal 48 hour struggle in San Pietro Italy, a key fight in the Fifth Army invasion. Soldiers traverse rubble and minefields to find the enemy pulled back toward Cassino, amid heavy casualties and a town left in ruins.
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Italy
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Salerno
Garigliano
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Cassino
Fondouk
Bizerte
Tunis
Gela
Troina
Naples
Bolivian Government Ousted In Four Hour Revolution
In La Paz a four hour coup toppled President Enrique Penaranda. Victor Paz Estenssoro emerged as leader of the Nationalist committee and promised continued support for the United Nations. Casualties were reported as fighting raged, and the new regime pledged to end oppression and pursue Bolivian economic redemption.
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Bolivia
Enrique Penaranda
United Nations
Penaranda
Central Revolutionary Command
Axis
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Revolutionary Committee
Liquor Rush Delivers Heavy Morning in Cedar Rapids Stores
Cedar Rapids liquor store employees report a Christmas rush as customers flock to buy early in whisky weeks. Lorence Anthony of the west side store says many followed the habit of paying early, though rationing will ensure whisky for later buyers. At the east side store lines formed after opening and buying remained strong through the morning. Each permit holder is entitled to one bottle of liquor or wine this week.
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Cedar Rapids
Lorence Anthony
West
East Side
OPA Plans Stricter Food Quotas For Cafes Restaurants
Washington AP The Office of Price Administration will impose new rationing rules March 1 that base commercial eating place quotas on the number of persons served rather than total customers. Operators must keep separate accounts and report by January 15, and drinks quotas will align with actual service counts. Bowles called the plan practical and fair, rejecting standardized meals or coupon systems.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Price
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Allied Bombers Strike Germany and Innsbruck Rail Targets
British and American air forces joined in large scale daylight raids over northwestern Germany and Austria, with Mediterranean based planes targeting Augsburg and rail hubs including Innsbruck Brenner route. Allied losses included 16 Mediterranean planes with 37 enemy aircraft downed. several Allied crews missing.
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RAF
Germany
France
Augsburg
Messerschmitt
Innsbruck
Mediterranean Command
British Isles
Dominion
Algiers
Brenner
Foligno
Peruoia
Arezzo
Italy
Terni
Adriatic
Civitavecchia
Northwesf
Rome
Pasmanishind
Split
Munich
Grocery Deliveries Moved to Thursday Over Holiday Weeks
The Office of Defense Transportation allows Cedar Rapids grocers to deliver on Thursday instead of Friday for two holiday weeks. The regular Tuesday deliveries stay on schedule. W T Shipe notes that retailers expect approval from the change and households welcome提前 meals.
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Cedar Rapids
Office of Defense Transportation
W. T. Shipe
Linn County Retail Food Dealers Association
Shipe
Ford Estate Valued at 64.98 Million in Ellsworth Probate
Edsel B Ford, head of the Ford Motor Co and son of Henry Ford, left a personal estate valued at 64 980 000 dollars according to an inventory filed in the probate court at Ellsworth Maine.
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Edsel B. Ford
Ford Motor Company
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