Manila Free by Allies as MacArthur Forces Enter City
American and British prisoners were freed as Gen. Douglas MacArthur's columns moved into Manila. First cavalry and 37th Infantry Division seized northern Manila while paratroopers and Rangers advanced from the south. Santo Tomas camp was liberated after a room to room fight. Cabanuatuan stockade freed 513 POWs. The Pasig River and urban resistance posed challenges as forces converged toward the city core.
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MacArthur
HDQ
Luzon
Stars and Stripes
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
First Cavalry
37Th Infantry Division
Pasig
Santo Tomas
Cabanatuan
Malacanan Palace
Philippine Commonwealth
Grace Park
Tokyo
United States
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Chase
Navaliches
Connor
Wallace aide risk in postwar job plan sparks Senate concern
The editorial argues that the President supports limiting RF C lending to Wallace and warns against assuming one man can generate 60 million jobs after the war. It stresses Congress must chart the national policy, control purse strings, and oversee military research for postwar preparedness.
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Senate Commerce Committee
New Deal
Henry Wallace
Congress
Senate
Wallace
Future weapons drive will rely on integrated research and command
The article argues that 1940 German forces would be outmatched by modern heavy artillery rockets bombers fast planes and tanks now in use and that future winners will be teams armed with advanced weapons from ongoing science and engineering. It endorses Vannevar Bush's call for a continuous program tied to top military leadership.
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Europe
Vannevar Bush
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Walkie Talkie Dream From Postwar Letters
A reader suggests walkie talkies will transform daily life and law enforcement. The piece imagines constant police radio chatter replacing family conversations and notes the kitchen table links to the outside world could stay open for less essential messages.
Man Held on Disorderly Conduct Charge in New York
Daniel Tierney, 37, was held on a $500 bond pending a hearing after his wife accused him of striking her during a dispute over buying something she did not want. The incident occurred in New York and the charge filed is disorderly conduct.
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New York
Daniel Tierney
Alsace Pocket Caves In Nazi Units Trapped
Allied forces push deep into Germany after breaking Siegfried line at multiple points. American troops near Schleiden and Gemund advance within miles of the Rhine and Bonn while Alsace detachment traps pockets near Colmar Bouffage and Neuf-Brisach. Third army penetrates Siegfried line near Prum and Brandscheid with rail bridges under fire.
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Alsace
Paris
Germany
Gemund
Schleiden
Courtney H. Hodges
Rhine
Bonn
Urft Lake
Cologne
Blue
Monschau
Colmar
Bouffage
Colar
Neuf- Brisach
United States 21St
Cernay
United States Third Army
Hodges
Prum
Third Army
Brandscheid
Fire guts Blatz Parkway tavern on Center Point Road
Fire of undetermined origin gutted the interior of the Blatz Parkway tavern at 626 Center Point Road NE Sunday at 4 15 p m. The tavern owned by Stanley Holden. Cedar Rapids police collected 463 18 in change from the juke box and pinball machines to Holden, who was in Central City caring for horse barns.
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Blatz Parkway
Center Point Road
Stanley Holden
Cedar Rapids
Holden
Central City
Betty Soboda Honored for USO Service in Cedar Rapids
Betty Soboda, longtime Cedar Rapids USO volunteer known as the organization’s spark plug, received a bracelet at a ceremony marking the USO’s fourth anniversary. Twenty others, each with 500 plus hours, were recognized for meritorious service.
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E. M
Betty) Soboda, Jr
National United Service Organizations
Cedar Rapids
USO
Betty
J. W. Albright
Russians Advance Toward Oder as Berlin Front Threatens
Soviet troops pushed toward the Oder river northeast of Berlin after an 18 mile fast move over Austrian lines and a barrier at Barwalde. Moscow claimed Barwalde captured and reported street fighting near Frankfurt and gains near Konigsberg, with large German surrenders in East Prussia amid a 360 mile front despite boggy fields.
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Oder River
Berlin
Austria
Barwailde
Moscow
Barwalde
Kustria
Oder
Gregory K. Zhukov
Frankfurt
Ziebingen
Konigsberg
East Prussia
Samland
Baltic
Ivan S. Konev
Breig
Breslau
Oppeln
Konev
Zhukov
Red Army
Germany
Karban Missing In Mediterranean War Zone
Staff Sgt. Charles W. Karban Jr., 27, engineer gunner with the 1st Army Air Force, is listed missing in action in the Mediterranean since January 20. He left a wartime job at Colonial Baking in 1943 after training in Texas Nebraska and Colorado. his family resides in Minnesota. His sister, Lt. Anna Karban, serves with the Army Nurse Corps at Douglas air base.
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Charles W. Karban
1&Th Army Air Force
Italy
Mediterranean
Billy
Karban
A. H. Hallgren
Nineteenth Street
Colonial Baking Company
Plan Bond Issue On New Airport Plan
City council moves to issue 125000 in airport bonds to fund improvements at the new field south of town. Bids for sanitary drainage were opened, with four firms bidding and bids referred to the city for review. The 1942 vote had approved 325000 for the airport and 150000 bonds were issued earlier. February 26 is the hearing deadline for objections.
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Cedar Rapids
Claire Morrow
Charlies Nolan
Cedar
Lowe Constuction
Marion
Gisellefaldonstruction Company
Forest City
Snow and Ice Alert for Cedar Rapids Area
The weekend snow and sleet left icy highways across much of the state while Cedar Rapids near normal conditions were reported by the highway commission. Overnight lows ranged from below zero in many cities to eight degrees in Cedar Rapids, with statewide readings near 12 below in the north and 10 below in Spencer and Mason City.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Highway Commission
Mercury
Decoreh
Spencer
Mason City
Legion of Merit Award for Lt Col Peter Topic
Lt Col Peter L Topic assistant chief of staff with the 88th Blue Devil infantry division received the Legion of Merit for meritorious service on the Fifth Army front in Italy. Presentation was by Brig Gen Paul W Kendall. Topic has served from the Garigliano to the Po Valley and already held the Bronze Star.
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Peter L. Topic
88Th
Blue Devil
Italy
Virginia
Twentysixth Street
Topic
Paul W. Kendall
Garigliano
Po Valley
University of Iowa
34Th Infantry
Camp Claiborne
Two Families From Cedar Rapids Held at Santo Tomas
Mrs. James Sigmund of Linn County Red Cross reports two Cedar Rapids families believed imprisoned at Santo Tomas university camp in the Philippines may be liberated by MacArthur’s troops. Internees include Harold George Lyman his wife Ella Louise and daughter Ella Louise. Lyman was a Pennzoil engineer in the Philippines.
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Cedar Rapids
James Sigmund
Home Service
Linn County Red Cross
Santo Tomas University
Philippines
MacArthur
Harold George Lyman
Ella Louise
Lyman
Kenneth Lindsay
Nineteenth Street
Robert E. Kelly
Kelly
Rose Beman
Oakland Road
Santo Tomas Camp
Willard Rice
Yanks Liberate Santo Tomas In Manila Camp Rescue
Allied troops enter the Santo Tomas internment camp in Manila and free about 2,500 American prisoners among 3,700 civilians. They report malnutrition, with nurses and doctors awaiting to restore health as troops secure the area and prepare to move in more aid and medical supplies.
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Manila
Santo Tomas University
Tankers Collide Wreck Claims 12 Lives in New York Harbor
A collision between the tanker Spring Carter and the tanker Divi sparked a fire in New York harbor. All 12 crewmen were killed or missing and about 80 were wounded as flames engulfed both tankers and a Liberty ship. Fire crews controlled the blaze 90 minutes after it began.
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New York
New York Harbor
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