Allied push from beachhead reaches outskirts of Campoleone
Allied troops drive from the Anzio beachhead toward Campoleone and Cisterna near Rome and push on Cassino's approaches. American forces seize 250 prisoners from the German 44th division as German defenses crack in the Cassino corridor.
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Algiers
Campoleone
Rome
Cisterna
Navy
Austria
Aviano
Udine
Italy
Hal Boyle
Gustav Line
Cassino
Boyle
Don't Try to Fudge on Gas Tax for 1943
Frank Nye warns car owners not to fudge their 1943 gasoline tax deductions. He explains the government can verify payments via local gasoline rationing panels, using A card allocations and Iowa tax rates to determine allowable deductions and the need to prove amounts paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Sacrifices by Yanks In Fierce Rome Front
Eyewitness reports from south of Rome tell how American troops with light weapons halted enemy armor in the bloodiest fighting since the landings. Doughboys leaped tanks with live explosives and charged, sacrificing themselves to shield comrades as tanks were destroyed and hand to hand battles raged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
House Vetoes Federal Ballot Plan Roll Call
Washington AP The House rejected a roll call vote on uniform federal ballot machinery for the armed services by 233 to 160. The defeat marks a setback for federal ballot advocates as four hours of debate opened on the states rights bill with a likely decisive vote next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
House
New Month Brings Mild Cedar Rapids Weather Outlook
Cedar Rapids forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with Tuesday night and Wednesday rain. Warmer Wednesday expected. Tuesday night low near 20 degrees. Monday high reached 37 in Cedar Rapids with a 25 degree midnight low. readings varied across Lamoni Spencer Mason City. Chambers Inskeep instruments logged 32 degrees at 2 30 p.m. with 40 percent humidity.
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Cedar Rapids
Lamoni
Spencer
Mason City
Chambers
Deaths and Notices Highlighted in Today's Index
The page lists death notices and feature items under headings such as Deaths, Movies, Sports, and Women’s Features. It mentions individuals like David Lawrence and Paul Mallon with brief entries, plus sections on comics and radio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Clapper
David Lawrence
Paul Mallon
Marion
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Walter Winchell
County Bond Sales Exceed Four Million
Heavy artillery pounded Linn county in the nation’s fourth war loan drive as the county’s bond sales surpassed 4.88 million dollars. Cedar Rapids tallied 1.25 million in one day, with county totals buoyed by a second straight million-dollar day and a 527,500 dollar house to house campaign total, hinting at reaching the 8.5 million objective before February 16.
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Linn County
War Finance Committee
Cedar Rapids
Citizens Service Corps
Army
Linn County War Bond Credit Limited to Small Share
Linn County received only 1.46 million dollars of 21.02 million in war bonds from Fruehaut Farms hog sale credits. Home counties and operating counties will share the rest. Aviation students and noncoms bought bonds and stamps totaling about 10 292.50 in maturity value and 999.50 in stamps beyond payrolls. City Chairman George Hearn praised public investment in war bonds.
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Linn County
Hampshire
Coe College
George Hearn
Fuel Oil Coupons Authorized To Replace Lost Ration Tickets
The Office of Price Administration authorized issuing interim fuel oil ration coupons to households whose ration tickets were lost or stolen. Local boards previously could not issue substitute coupons while the loss was under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of ‘Price Administration
Fewer Wounded Die After Hospital Admission
Washington AP Major Gen Norman T Kirk army surgeon general reports that less than 30 percent of men wounded in battle die after hospital admission. He notes this is under half the 7.4 percent fatality rate seen in World War I.
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Washington
Norman T. Kirk
Nazi Government Shifts Operations to Breslau
London reports say major German departments evacuated from bombed Berlin to Breslau in east-central Germany. Berlin described as dying under Allied air raids with 5,600 tons of bombs dropped in three raids. Evacuations reach 2,000,000 of 5,000,000 inhabitants. factories operate at low capacity.
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Garigliano
Mt. Natale
Minturno
Mt. Purgaglorio
Castelforte
Cassino
Eighth Army
Orsogna
Italy
London
Berlin
Breslau
Germany
London Daily Mail
Bern
Stockholm
Morgen Tidningen
Dagens Nyheter
Ruth Streeter Promoted to Marine Corps Colonel
Washington dispatch reports Lt Col Ruth Cheney Streeter, director of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve, was elevated Tuesday to the rank of colonel marking a historic promotion for the service branch and its leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ruth Cheney Streeter
Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Bond Rally in Cedar Rapids Nets 27525 in Cash Sales
The Bond Battalion drew 2,500 to the Coliseum in Cedar Rapids for a 24 hour visit. About 80 attendees bought war bonds with cash totaling 27525, not counting pledges expected to raise the final figure. The event mixed local talent with Hollywood acts as the navy Preflight band entertained early crowds.
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Cedar Rapids
Coliseum
Hollywood Variety
Marjorie Woodworth
Paul Kelly
Navy
Iowa City
Frank Voelker
Ardis Goeken
Dempsy Jones
Doris Newman
Vera Voshell
Ray Pollock
Alyce Mary Chadima
Marilyn Morehouse
Butch Stober
LaVonne Holets
Rollie Raim
Shirley Ann Barker
The
Rhythm Aces
Inter-Ocean Chorus
Kay-Dees
McKinley High School
Floreen Lacy
Billy Cavanaugh
Massachusetts
Harold Barlow
Lincoln Day GOP campaigns open nationwide
The Republican party gears up for Lincoln birthday events with at least three potential presidential candidates speaking in 2,000 dinners and meetings. Willkie and Bricker headline tours while Dirksen, Landon and others appear in upcoming speeches, fund raising on small donations. Bricker to speak Feb 10 in Fairmont. Willkie Feb 11 in Tacoma. Bourke Hickenlooper to Omaha Feb 1. Baldwin to Boston Feb 12. The GOP reports liquidity of about 150000 in the bank and no large single contributions in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harrison E. Spangler
National Committee
Spangler
Fairmont
W. Va
Wendell L. Willkie
Ohio
Willkie
New York City
Will
Tacoma
Wash
House
Alf Landon
Pee
Kirksville
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Omaha
Raymond E. Baldwin
Connecticut
Boston
C. A. Bottolfsen
Idaho
Senate
Salt, Lake City
Utah
Washington Reports 89 Protests Over Japanese Prisoner Abuse
Secretary Hull announced that the United States has lodged 89 protests with Japan over treatment of American prisoners and internees, including failures to allow Red Cross visits, provide clothing, report deaths, or furnish proper medical care, with the latest dated January 27.
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United Press
Radio Tokyo
Washington
Cordell Hull
Japan
Tokyo
Gaeva
Hull
Philippines
Department
International Red Cross Committee
Policeman Recaptures Runaway Team in Busy City Block
Patrolman Felix Barta secured a runaway team hitched to a small wagon at First Avenue and Tenth Street. He drove the team to the station before owner Bill Holbrook appeared at First Avenue and Second Street seeking custody. Captain Walsh advised surrender to the owner to avoid harm to all.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Tenth Street
Felix Barta
Howard Walsh
Barta
First’ Avenue
Second Street
Bill Holbrook
Capt. Walsh
Red Star claims Spain aids Germany via Spain and Vatican criticized
The Red Star accuses Spain of funneling American and Latin American supplies to Germany through Spanish importers and says Franco’s regime prolongs the war. Izvestia attacks the Vatican for backing fascism in Italy Spain and France and urges anti clericalism warnings in Italy.
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Moscow
Red Star
Germany
United States
Latin America
Izvestia
Vatican
Italy
Spain
France
American Foreign Policy Association
Hitler
Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Europe
Franco
Army
Reich
Argentina
Straits of Gibraltar
Spanish Legion
Reds Drive Toward Estonia After Capturing Kingisepp
Soviet forces under Gen. Govorov seized Kingisepp, the last German barrier to Estonia, as Stalin announced. The Red Army pressed along the northern front crossing the Luga River and advancing toward Narva and the Estonian border with multiple gains north and south of Kingisepp.
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London
Red
Kingisepp
Estonia
Stalin
Red Army
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Baltic
Narva
Moscow
Front Line
Luga River
Lipa
Lake Ilmen
Gulf of Finland
Nikopol
Dnieper
Dnepropetrovsk
M. M. Popov
Latvia
Novosokolniki
Ukraine
Berlin
Vinnitsa
Fewer New Cars and Bicycles in February
Washington reports February quotas shrink for civilian autos and bicycles. Passenger cars are limited to 10,000, about two thirds of January, while bicycles drop to 7,500, half January. OPA cites policy to spread remaining new autos to meet essential needs.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Argentina Arrests Five German Agents
Buenos Aires police arrested five German agents in a move to halt Nazi spy activities in Argentina after the recent break in diplomatic relations with the Axis.
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Argentina
Buenos Aires
Axis
Footholds Won as Japs Fight Hard in Marshall Islands
U S forces land on Roi and Kwajalein in the Marshalls under Nimitz with Maj. Gen. Schmidt and Maj. Gen. Corlett. Preliminary reports say American casualties are moderate. Spruance commands central Pacific. Turner leads all Marshalls amphibious operations in the initial assault with heavy aerial support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
United States
Marshall Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Fourth Marine
Harry Schmidt
Roi Island
Seventh Infantry
Charles H. Corlett
Kwajalein Island
Kwajalein
Roi
Marshalls
R. A. Spruance
Central Pacific
Richmond Kelly Turner
Solomons
Gilberts
Wake island raid signals shift in Pacific offensive
US forces bomb Wake island with five Coronado squadrons extending 2000 miles north of the Marshalls. Nimitz reported all bombs hit targets with no planes lost, as massive joint air naval strikes on Maloelap Wotje Imiej I atoll Kwajalein and other Marshalls target installations.
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Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
mid-Pacific
Chester W. Nimitz
Wake
Marshalls
Nimitz
Jane
Coronado
Consolidated
Navy
Army
Maloelap
Wotje
Dauntless
Imieji Atoll
Jaluit
Kwajalein Atoll
Mili
Taroa
Alull
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anzio
Frank Nye
Reynolds Packard
Combined
U. S. Press
Today's Index
Wardle
John Homsey
Evelyn Messmer
Merchants National Bank
John
Norman Homsey
Sixth Street
Bond Battalion
Future of America
Cedar Rapids News
Nazi
Streeter
Louise Lux
American Legion
G.O.P
Lincoln Day
BBC
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