Kwajalein Atoll Falls Near Complete Japanese Surrender
U S forces pace advance across Kwajalein in the Marshalls with Roi and Namur airstrips threatened. Seventh Infantry division reports capture of at least one third of Kwajalein while bombardment and tanks smash remaining defenses. Allied press correspondent notes Japanese collapse and anticipated Namur liquidation. Casualties to Americans minimal. several dozen Japanese prisoners taken.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshalls
Kwajalein
Roi
Namur
Tanetsugu Sosa
Tokyo
Japan
America
Percy Finch
Joint Expeditionary Force
Kwajalein Island
Finch
Roi Island
Eepleneiliania Finch
Navy
Truk
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Willkie Urges Wartime Tax Hike Beyond All Bounds
In a New York speech, Wendell Willkie calls for an additional multi billion dollar wartime tax program to prevent a looming national debt. Republican lawmakers criticize the plan as unrealistic while Willkie argues for raising taxes now and lowering postwar rates to foster growth and jobs.
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Washington
Wendell L. Willkie
Capitol Hill
Willkie
New York
Rep
Knutson
Minnesota
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Treasury
1100 U S Planes Hit Reich Base
Allied air forces concentrated on Wilhelms haven Germany with more than 1100 American bombers and fighters in a daylight raid. The attack targeted the North Sea naval base with heavy bomber tonnage and long range escorts while RAF Mosquito sorties and British mine laying supplemented the assault.
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London
Ins
Bbig
Wilhelmshaven
Germany
Europe
Eighth American Air Force
English
Reich
Dominion
France
North Sea Naval Command
Folkestone
Calais
Boulogne
Leonard Stastny Seeks Cedar Rapids Parks Commissioner Seat
Leonard B Stastny 31 of 1310 First street SW filed to run in the March 14 primaries for Cedar Rapids parks commissioner. A former recording secretary of the Penick and Ford labor union, he serves on the war bond committee and cites postwar planning and labor insight. He is a Grant High School graduate, and belongs to the Eagles lodge and St Ludmila's church.
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Leonard B Stastny
First Street
Parks
Stastny
Cedar Rapids
Penick and Ford Company Labor Union
AFL
Grant High School
Eagles Lodge
St. Ludmila's Ichurch
Gas Gangrene Case Cured by Penicillin
Doctors report penicillin cured a severe gas gangrene in a 7 year old California girl after other treatments failed. The infection followed a fractured forearm and a puncture wound from a fall. Gas gangrene, though rare in civilians, has been a military menace.
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Chicago
California
Raymond Clapper Killed In Pacific Plane Crash
Washington columnist Raymond Clapper died in a Pacific air crash while covering the Marshalls invasion. A navy statement said his plane collided with another during formation. both planes crashed in a lagoon with no survivors. Clapper, 51, had joined the Pacific Fleet after leaving Scripps-Howard and had long been a Washington commentator.
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Washington
Marshalls
Central Pacific
Navy
the Pacific
Nect
Clapper
The
Gazette
Gazette Today
Drew Pearson
Scripps-Howard
Honolulu
Australia
Pacific Eet
Linn County
Kansas
University of Kansas
Kansas City Star
United Press
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New York
Washington Post
Scripps- Howard
Sigma Delta Chi
National Journalistic Fraternity
Capital
Gridiron Club
Pacific
William Raymond
Hunt Clement
New Guinea
Hollywood
Shirley Temple
Hunt
F. C. Robinson
Tacoma
Wash
Robinson
Grinnell OC S Closed Amid Army Training Cuts
The Army tightens officer candidate schools from 26 to seven closed and four not accepting applicants. Grinnell College OC S is among those discontinued. Peak OC S output reached 23 000 in 1942 with 15 000 enlisted men trained for combat theaters. Overseas schools yield about 2 500 graduates. Australia remains the sole active site. Additional direct commissions total thousands of enlisted men warrant officers flight officers and civilians.
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Washington
Army
Robert P Patterson
Grinnell College
Australia
Oc.s
United States
Doughboys closing in on Cassino stronghold
Allied forces break into Cassino streets as Fifth Army and French troops push through Gustav line. American and British units advance to within 500 yards from Cassino northward, while German counterattacks seek to hold the Rome front. Bombing raids hit Durazzo. air forces down 4 Nazis, lose 1 plane.
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Allied
Italy
Cassino
Gustav Line
Anzio
Rome
Mark W. Clark
Terelle
Cassino-Terelle
Stalingrad
Mt. Manna
Monte Villa
Federal Vote Bloc Accepts Modification
A coalition in the Senate backs a revised amendment to absentee voting legislation. The Taft proposal would give states until June 1 1944 to set up ballots while a federal ballot would serve military voters in states without adequate absentee options. Senator Lucas and other administration allies support limited federal use for overseas and eligible servicemen.
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Washington
Senate Administration
Lucas
D-Iii
Len Danaher
R-Conn
Danaher
House
Sen Lucas
Dill
Senate
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Pincers of Ukrainian Fronts Drive Ring on German Force
Stalin announced the first and second Ukrainian fronts joined to trap about 150,000 Germans, capturing Smela and pushing 45 miles in a 100 mile breakthrough. The ring closed north of this line as Va tutin and Konev advances disrupted German defenses.
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London
Stalin
Smela
Dnieper
Nikolai Vatutin
Ivan
Konev
Zvenigorodka
Shpola
Moscow
Lutsk
Rovno
Narova
Estonia
Russia
Stalingrad
Massed Jap bodies mark the Roi Namur assault
On Roi and Namur islands in the Marshalls US Marines mop up scattered Japanese resistance after a heavy naval bombardment. Pillboxes and blockhouses lie destroyed as formations press the final push with aid from air and sea power. A prisoner says the Japanese no longer have a chance to win.
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Namur Island
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshalls
INS
United States
Roi
Namur
Coconut Grove
Clark Kaney
Chicago
Leonard C. Riley
Boston
Calif
Charles D. Roberts
Kansas City
Alton Thomas
Alton
Navy
Hart
War Loan Progress Report in Linn County Series E Drive
Linn County reports slow progress in the Series E war loan drive as $50,175 is invested, bringing county total to $1,023,600.25, with $1,943,399.75 remaining to reach the $2,967,000 Series E quota. The overall county goal for all bonds stands at $8,500,000, with the drive ending February 16.
Seven Cedar Rapids Theaters Offer War Bond Free Tickets
The Paramount Palace Rialto Times State and Strand cinemas invite movie lovers to buy a Series E war bond Monday and receive a free theater ticket. Linn County totals show $89,679 in investments Wednesday, part of a countywide push to boost individual war bond ownership, with Series E bonds restricted to individuals only.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Paramount
Palace
Rialto
Times
State
Strand
Williams Speaks on Council Delay Over Sunday Grocery Ordinance
Public Improvements Commissioner Dave Williams criticized alleged political maneuvering as Cedar Rapids clerg? grocers pressed the council to decide on Sunday closing. Williams urged a clear vote and deadline ahead of March primaries.
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Cedar Rapids
Public Improvements
Dave Williams
William T. Shipe
O Mahoney Named Head of Democratic Senate Campaign
Senate Democratic Leader Barkley selected Sen. Joseph C. O Mahoney of Wyoming to chair the Democratic senatorial campaign committee replacing Sen. Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania in Washington.
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Washington
Senate
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Joseph C. O’mahoney
Wyoming
Joseph If. Guffey
Pennsylvania
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