No Monkey Business for This Legislature
The Iowa legislature pushes ahead with tax and local option beer debates under Republican floor leaders G R Hill and X T Prentis. Speedy passage of the 50 percent income tax extension avoids lobby pressure, while local option beer faces uncertain fate in the Senate amid dry sentiment and timing questions.
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Iowa
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G. R. Hill
Clarion
Senate
X. T. Prentis
House
Robert D. Blue
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Iowa State Teachers Association
Nother
Rep. Prentis
Anna Roosevelt Seen Attending Big Three Conference
Capital staff reports Anna May Be in on the historic Big Three gathering with Anna Roosevelt Boet tiger among the images. A forecast of military reforms includes drafting nurses with commissioned ranks and peacetime training plans. Navy procurement calls for tens of thousands of ships and planes as wariness grows over potential combat near Tokyo. A proposed veterans discharge button prompts debates amid old stockpile concerns.
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Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Anna
Congress
Tokyo
Prospects for Postwar Arms Surplus and German Authority
Commentary notes large U S military stores in Europe may be sold to liberated nations to aid stabilization. It questions how arms will be used in the Pacific shift and discusses German civilian versus officer leadership under Soviet occupation and the evolving postwar tire production outlook affecting passenger car tires later this year.
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Europe
Pacific Theater
Mans
Cember
Japan
Philippines
France
Out of the Past Haliburton Quote on Social Blame
A quip notes that people should not mock others unless they have reason to blush themselves, attributed to Haliburton. It emphasizes social judgment and personal accountability in public conduct.
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Senate
One-Man Dynasty Fears Fifth Term Ambition
By Arthur Bugs Beer. The writer argues against Franklin Roosevelt securing a fifth term, warning against crowding a fifth term into the current one. He riffs on royal aphorisms and notes the absurdity of numbering Roosevelt variants like kings.
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Mr. Roosevelt
Hitler Will Fight to the End to Drag Germany Down
William L. Shirer argues Hitler seeks mass self destruction to pull Germany and its people into ruin. He notes cautious Hindenburg contrasts with Nazi rhetoric urging resistance as refugees flood Europe and Allied nations weigh how to respond to a collapsing Reich.
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Kaiser
Hindenburg
Luderdorff
Germany
Thefuehrer
Reich
Hans Fritsche
Goebbels
Guderian
East
Europe
We Must Bridge Civilian and Soldier War Frictions
The editorial in Stars and Stripes is faulted for widening a civilian military rift. It argues civilians face luxuries while soldiers endure cold and risk, and critics say commanders share blame for shortages rather than the home front.
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Stars and Stripes
America
Cedar Rapids civic groups organize clubs and elect officers
Cedar Rapids college men formed a University club on Thursday and chose C. G. Greene as president J. J. McConnell as vice president Cc W Bingham as secretary and C B Robins as treasurer The executive committee includes Rev J Percival Huggett and A C Blake The Cedar Rapids Commercial Travelers club also announced officers Louis Roth president J W McDaniels vice president H G Eastman secretary and C H Aussicker treasurer.
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Cedar Rapids
C. G. Greene
J. J. McConnell
Cc. W. Bingham
C. B. Robins
J. Percival Huggett
A. C. Blake
Cedar Rapids Commercial Travelers Club
Louis Roth
J. W. McDaniels
H. G. Eastman
C. H. Aussicker
Reconversion Delays Foreshadow Harder Postwar Transition
An analysis warns that delaying the European war’s end will leave the US poorly prepared for reconversion. It notes renewed mobilization, broader drafts, and shifts in labor from factories to war production. The piece discusses Russian advances, potential spring offensives, and Japan’s tightening blockade amid uncertain timelines for peace.
Ship built in four days still runs after welders trapped
A cargo ship assembled in four days in 1942 has never halted service except to release welders who were trapped inside. The report cites ongoing operation decades later and notes copyright attribution to the New York Tribune.
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Omaha World-Herald
N.Y. Tribune. Inc
Prisoner meals spark protest as Germany feeds better in U S
Parents of German prisoners in the United States complain of better rations for prisoners than for American civilians. The article catalogs a week of meals at MacDill Field Florida and notes Red Cross aid keeps prisoners from hunger. It also covers the stalled lend lease debate with France and fears about British influence in U S policy.
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Germany
U. S
Florida
MacDillfield
Pw’s
Tea brewing raid shocks London amid explosives seizure
Three men were arrested in London after brewing tea during a large seizure of 49 tons of high explosives. Police described the gathering as a social affair possibly mistaken for an afternoon tea.
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St. Louis
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