Comment on Allied War Casualties and Pacific Strategy
The piece cites an AP attribution that American battle casualties could triple to about 400 000 in the next 90 days, a grim forecast for morale. It argues Allied pressure will intensify and urges restraint from outside commentators while praising Marshall MacArthur Nimitz for coordinating efforts and stressing informed leadership over amateur speculation.
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George C. Marshall
MacArthur
Adm. Nimitz
Pacific
Marshall
Gen
Germans Launch Heaviest 400 Mile Front Tank Drive
Soviet and German forces clash along a 400 mile front from White Russia to the Dnieper bend as Red artillery and tanks blunt a massive German assault. Reports say 148 German tanks were destroyed and Soviet forces held firm near Vitebsk Polisy and Gorodolk while Bagramian’s First Baltic army advances north of the front.
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White Russia
Dnieper
Vitebsk-Polisy
Ivan Bagramian
Korosten
Kiev
Fritz von Mannstein
Nikolai Vatutin
First Ukraine
Zhlobin
Vitebsk
Gomel
Constantine Bolossovsky
Bagramian
Pievine
Gorodolk
Nevel Vitebsk
Polotsk
Moscow
London
Sergeant Sinnott Late, Praised for Stopping Seaman Attacker
New York police report Sergeant John Sinnott was late for duty for the first time in 15 years. He earned praise after catching a thug attempting to attack a merchant seaman on his way to work.
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New York
John Sinnott
Cedar Rapids to Have Milk Market Office
A federal milk marketing office will be established in Cedar Rapids to regulate fluid milk sales via dealer quotas. E. H. McGuire announced the office will serve Cedar Rapids Waterloo and Iowa areas as a clearing point for quota information. June 1943 sales will determine each dealer quota. Milk consumption in 1943 runs 41 billion pounds annually, up from 37.7 in 1942, with prewar averages around 32.6.
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Cedar Rapids
E. H. Mce-Guire
Waterloo
Gee Citeca
Thursay
McGuire
Roosevelt Offers Immediate Arbitration On Rail Wage Dispute
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen accepted President Roosevelt bid to arbitrate the wage dispute with carriers. Four other operating brotherhoods held off a decision. After brief talks the parties reported to the White House unable to reach agreement. Early read the president statement stressing urgency and his right to decide within the law.
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Washington
Brotherhood of Railway
Roosevelt
White House
Stephen Early
Churchill Makes Steady Recovery From Pneumonia
London AP report says Prime Minister Churchill continues to make steady progress in recovering from pneumonia while stationed in the Middle East. The statement from 10 Downing Street notes ongoing improvement and no complications.
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London
Downing Street
Churchill
Middle East
Roosevelt says New Deal is now out of date
President Roosevelt’s secretary says the New Deal label is outmoded and suggests a slogan like win the war. The remark came at a press conference after a Cleveland representative left the event and noted the 1943 shift as Pearl Harbor’s aftermath heightened the war mobilization.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Stephen Early
Early
Cleveland Press
Harrison E. Spangler
Republican National Committee
New Deal
Pearl Harbor
New U S Bomber Reported As Superior To B 29
Rep John J Sparkman chairman of a House subcommittee said aviation industry is producing a giant new bomber thought to exceed the B 29 super bomber. He noted combat crews are training for the weapon and that production quotas will rise toward 10 000 planes per month in 1944. The trip spanned 10 000 miles visiting over two dozen plants with morale described as high.
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Washington
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Sparkman
House
Atlanta
San Francisco
Allied Air
Pacific
Reps
Thomason
Kilday
Texas
Clason
Mass
Martin
Elston
Ohio
Six Below in Cedar Rapids Weather Surges Across Iowa
Cold wave grips Iowa with Cedar Rapids reporting a six to eight below zero morning as Des Moines notes statewide averages about 15 degrees colder than Wednesday. Temperatures dipped to six below in Cedar Rapids with forecast for continued cold and a slight warmup Friday. No precipitation accompanies the cold, and readings across the state vary from 22 below at Roseau to 15 above in Council Bluffs.
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Towa
Des Moines Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Mississippi Valley
Maine
North Dakota-Montana Line
Roseau
Minn
Mason City
Spirit Lake
Sioux City
Waterloo
Spencer
Carroll
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Perry
Red Oak
Charles City
Council Bluffs
1944 Hog Crop Outlook Signals 16 Percent Decline
Agriculture department reports 1943 fall pig crop exceeded prior records with 47.831 million head, while 1944 spring farrowings are projected 16 percent lower due to tight feed supplies. This would reduce fall and winter pork supplies in 1944 and aligns with War Food Administration requests to cut spring farrowings by about 20 percent.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Department
War Food Administration
Allies Press Advance in Ortona and Cassino Fronts
Allied forces drive Germans from Ortona's outer streets in a house to house push as Canadian units break near the Adriatic port. American troops seize Mt Cavallo and hills near Venafro while Fifth Army advances north of Venafro amid rain and shelling.
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Algiers
Ortona
Adriatic
Italy
Rome
Cassino
Fifth Army
Venafro
Orsogna
Tollo
Arielli
Mt. Cavallo
Venaffo
Monna Casale
Vilicuso
Zara
Tortoreto
Civitanova
High official warns U.S. war losses may spike soon
A senior war council figure cautions that American casualties could reach 394000 in the next three months, over three times the 131385 already suffered. He urges stark public candor, citing Tarawa footage and calls for full color newsreel coverage to convey grim war realities.
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Washington
War Council
Roosevelt
Europe
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Army
Tazawa
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Navy
Navy Department
Japan Lowers Draft Age to Nineteen
The Tokyo radio reported Japan will lower its conscription age from twenty to nineteen to bolster fighting power and insure complete victory. The AP article notes this change was announced in Tokyo and cited official intent.
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New York
Japan
Tokyo Radio
War Bonds Stolen From Home in Northwest Lincoln
Paul S. Newcomb reported the theft of twenty six twenty five dollar war bonds and one fifty dollar bond from a dresser in his bedroom. The bonds were payable to Paul S. Newcomb and Margaret Newcomb and he notified the treasury department of the missing bonds.
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Paul S. Newcomb
K Avenue NW
Newcomb
Margaret Newcomb
Treasury Department
Aircrew Raises $1100 For Cedar Rapids Christmas Cheer
Aircrew detachment on the Coe campus collected 1100 to fund a Christmas party for 200 Cedar Rapids children. Aviation Student Samuel R. Kaufman started the drive, with squadrons competing to donate, the largest being Squadron 14 with 375 dollars. The event, to be held from 9 to 11 a.m. in the gym, will feature a decorated tree and gifts arranged through the Christmas Exchange and the Children’s Home.
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Hey
Coe
Cedar Rapids
Samuel R. Kaufman
Lansing
Mich
Kaufman
Ron
Squadron 14
Allied bombers hammer Pas de Calais with heavy strikes
Allied and American air forces conducted the heaviest French invasion coast bombardment since 1940, targeting the Pas de Calais region as Germany reportedly prepares rocket gun batteries. RAF and US bombers hit western Germany and northern France, with thousands of planes in action and heavy losses reported on both sides.
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London
Pas de Calais
Britain
R.A.F
Berlin
France
England
Sweden
Switzerland
Germany
United States
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