Local option beer bill and mental health reform discussed
The article notes a surprise ease in passing the local option beer bill with unclear opposition and hints at future election stakes. It reports senators seeking improved methods for handling mental illness, proposing a state receiving center to screen and refer patients, reducing improper commitments and expanding trained staff.
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Byers
Elshon
Berg
Iowa
Elthan
Town City
Russians Reach 39 Miles From Berlin On Oder Front
Allied dispatches report Soviet forces near the Oder northwest of Berlin driving toward the capital. Moscow says troops breached near Kustrin and Frankfurt while forging toward Breslau and the Silesian region as German defenses collapse.
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London
Oder
Austria
Berlin
Kuslrin
Kustrin
Reich
Poland
Stalin
Torun
Vistula
Gregory Zhukov
Frankfurt
Warthe
Moscow
Associated Press
Kustria
DNB
Zhukov
Landsberg
Beyersdorf
Breslau
Silesia
Konigsberg
East Prussia
Danzig
Polish government in exile breaks with Czechs in London
London AP reports the Polish government in exile announces a complete break with the Czechoslovak government in London after the latter recognizes the provisional Polish government formed at Lublin.
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London
Lublin
Living Costs Survey to Resume in Cedar Rapids
The Bureau of Labor Statistics will resume the nationwide cost of living survey in Cedar Rapids this week. Earlier data showed Cedar Rapids families spent about 12.59 weekly on food, with 11.79 for home meals and 0.80 for meals outside home. Clothing costs varied by gender and age, and 1,700 local families participated previously.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
Cedar Rapids
Cedar: Rapids
Bureau
Janet
W. .Edwards
Helen M.”Huffman
Chicago
Bureau ‘of Labor Statistics
Two Worlds Bridged for Captives by Rescue Lane
AP dispatch from Luzon recounts the rescue of 513 Allied prisoners of war by American Rangers and Filipino guerrillas near a death camp. Ambulances ferried captives to safety while a four mile post rescue march followed. Two prisoners died en route.
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Russell Brines
Sixth Ranger Battalion
Luzon
Brownout in Effect Today Across Cedar Rapids Shops
Cedar Rapids stores and theaters prepared to dim lights under the WPB order that took effect at 12:01 AM. Downtown windows dimmed Wednesday night and theater marquees went partly dark as fronts shift to 60 watt display lighting or less. The Iowa theater group adopts six 10 watt bulbs, while Paramount and State share four 15 watt bulbs for their fronts.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Paramount
State
Yanks Push On as Nazis Oddly Silent
American First Army shock troops penetrated deep into the central Siegfried line erasing the Ardennes bulge as German resistance varied from scant to heavy. French forces struck toward Strasbourg with Himmler’s Strasbourg drive collapsing under hammer blows, killing 5,000 and taking 2,500 as the front along the Rhine widened. Units reached four miles into Germany with village after village falling and towns seized as the big guns held an eerie silence.
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Paris
First Army
Siegfried Line
Ardennes Bulge
Siegfried
Strasbourg
Alsace
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
First
Rhine
Colmar
Germany
Monschau
Third Army
Yanks Take Subic Bay as Japanese Weakness Puzzles Allies
American forces reclaim Subic Bay and Olongapo after diverting from a clear path to Manila. Grande Island and Olongapo base were found abandoned with Japanese dugouts empty, while Sixth and Eighth Army units push toward Calumpit and Malolos, creating a strategic link near Manila.
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MacArthur
HDQ
Luzon
Subic Bay
Olongapo
Manila
Grande Island
United ‘States Seventh
Robert Eichelberger
S .Eighth’ Army
Subic "Bay
Olongapo Naval Base
Anericanepo
Douglas
Associated Press
James ‘Hutcheson
Senate Votes Split of Dept Lending Units
The Senate passed the George bill to separate the commerce department from its lending agencies. The chamber then delayed Henry Wallace's cabinet nomination until March 1 with a 43 to 41 vote after a tie was broken by Sen. Taft. The committee warned of vast control over lending agencies by a cabinet officer.
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Senate
Washington
Commerce Department
Barkley
Roosevelt
Henry Wallace
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Bailey
D-N.c
Commerce Committee
Wallace nomination fuels RFC power concerns in Senate debate
Washington AP reports that Sen Hickenlooper voted for immediate action on the Wallace nomination while Sen Wilson opposed. In the original tie vote Republicans carried 26 to 10 and Democrats 32 to 15 against. The RFC’s powers are described as enormous with borrowing authority over 14 billion dollars and wide revolving fund lending, capable of shaping the economy and broader society. Wallace sought to bolster support by denying anti business views and elaborating on prior positions.
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Washington
Sen. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
Wallace
Sen. Wilson
RFC
Senate
Cedar Rapids Weather Hits Ten Below Zero Record
Cedar Rapids began February with a 10 degree below zero low from 7 to 9 am. By afternoon the reading rose to 17 degrees with 35 percent humidity, while skies clouded and light snow moved in. Other Iowa cities reported subzero lows, and the forecast called for rising temperatures with continued cold and light snow.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Chambers
Mason City
Iowa
Charles City
Ames
Fort Dodge
Burlington
Atlantic
Iowa City
Davenport
Cedar
Rapids
Yanks Stage Daring Coup In Jap Camp
A 400 strong force of Sixth Ranger battalion and Filipino guerillas freed 486 Americans 23 Britons 3 Dutch and 1 Norwegian from a Nueva Ecija prison camp in eastern Luzon. The raid, led by Lt Col Henry Mucci, killed 27 enemy and saved all but two prisoners. Several Iowa natives among the rescued were listed, with Lt Col Paul Wing among the captives' rescuer and praise.
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MacArthur
Luzon
Bataan
Corregidor
Singapore
Sixth Ranger Battalion
Philippines
Douglas MackArthur
Nueva Ecija
Japan
Sixth Ranger
Henry Mucci
Bridgeport
Conn
Clinton Goodbin
West Bend
George Gwin
Dubuque
Ralph Hibbs
Oskaloosa
Paul Wing
Toby Wing
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Malolos
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