Observant columnist rewards rest and radio ails
By Harry Boyd a Cedar Rapids column discusses taking rest to fight a cold two mystery novels and the value of rest for wartime morale. It critiques war bond appeals questions civic matters and praises Mrs. Charles T. Hickok for her school board service. It also notes Cedar Rapids council debates grocery store operating days and blue laws amid wartime constraints.
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Charles T. Hickok
Cedar Rapids
Hickok
Court Orders Suspension of Ottumwa Police Chief
Ottumwa District Judge Elmer K. Daugherty issued a temporary suspension of Police Commissioner G. E. Rhoads after Wapello County Attorney John D. Moon filed a petition alleging Rhoads ordered raids to intimidate witnesses in a gambling and liquor payoff case. Moon seeks removal as part of a broader probe into city payoffs and tavern operations.
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Ottumwa
G. E. “Dusty” Rhoads
Elmer K. Daugherty
Wapello County
John D. Moon
Moon
Rhoads
Cherge
Herbert Bagg
Daugherty
David Nevin
Gat
Band Leader Harry James Drops Draft Class to 1A
Hollywood AP reports band leader Harry James has been reclassified from 3A to 1A by his Beaumont Texas draft board and will undergo a pre induction examination in Hollywood next week.
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Hollywood
Harry James
Beaumont
Texas
U S Plans Long Middle East Oil Pipeline Project
Secretary Harold L Ickes announced a government built 1200 mile crude oil pipeline from the Persian Gulf to an eastern Mediterranean port to ease U S dwindling reserves. A 1 000 000 000 barrel reserve for military use will be kept with a 25 percent price discount.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
United States
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
Ickes
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Petroleum Reserves Corporation
Senate Interstate Commerce Subcommittee
Petroleum Reserves Corp
Roosevelt
State Department
Army Navy Joint Chiefs of Staff
Federal judgeship race narrows to three in Iowa
Senator Gillette said the Justice Department is considering three candidates for the northern Iowa federal judgeship. The shortlist consists of Jesse E. Marshall of Sioux City Henry N. Graven of Mason City and Luke E. Linnan of Algona. He denied reports that former Justice Richard Mitchell of Fort Dodge has been decided upon or sent to the Senate or the President.
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Washington
Senator Gillette
D-Ia
Justice Department
Jesse[ E. Marshall
Sioux City
Henry N. Graven
Mason City
Luke E. Linnan
Algona
Iowa
Gillette
Richard Mitchell
Fort Dodge
Mitchell
Senate
Condition of Crash Victims Unchanged
Five survivors from a Friday night automobile-truck crash near Cedar Rapids remain in various conditions. James Smithson and his wife are in poor health, Marie Gaddis in fair condition, and Paul Kleinhammer with Ralph Clarkson moved to Schick General Hospital. Martha Crossett of Washington was killed. The group were army specialized training students returning from Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Draport Curve
Mercy Hospital
James Smithson
Iowa City
Marie Gaddis
Ft. Madison
Iowa University
Paul H. Kleinhammer
Ralph Clarkson
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
The
Martha Crossett
Washington, Ia
Iowa
Brereton Presence In London Revealed
Guests at a Lord Mayor dinner in London were revealed to include senior Allied commanders.
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Brereton
London
Sales of E Bonds Now in Critical Stage
Linn county war finance officials on Saturday aimed to spark a surge in Series E bond sales. They hoped for a mythical vitamin to drive buyers to invest $75 or more at once, reducing the shortfall in Linn county's $2,967,000 E bond quota of $8,500,000. By Friday night only a portion of the target had been reached.
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Cedar Rapids News
Linn County War Finance Committee
Linn County
People’s Series E bonds offer individual only investments
Series E bonds are limited to individuals not corporations and pay 2.9 percent interest if held to maturity after 10 years from issue. They may be redeemed after 60 days. Purchase options include $18.75, $37.50, $75, $375, or $750 with $25, $50, $100, $500, or $1,000 returned at maturity.
Tax drive progress hints at remaining quota
A fragment notes $84,176.25 realized toward the $8.5 million goal with $1,882,823.75 still needed. The text says the drive is in good shape and continues on page 4 of the section.
Tojo Says Hirohito Not Sleeping Well In Diet Address
Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo told the Japanese diet that Emperor Hirohito is not resting easily, urging a total effort to win against the United States and Britain. Tojo implied the emperor’s relief would come with victory and peace. He did not specify battlefield details.
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New York
INS
Hideki Tojo
Hirohito
Marshalls
Tojo
United States
Britain
Allies Dug In as Tigers Repel Beachhead Assault Near Rome
Allied forces entrenched north of Carroceto, 24 miles from Rome, repelled daylight attacks by at least 10 German Tiger tanks and other armor. American tank destroyers claimed four Tigers destroyed as German infantry infiltrated along the Carroceto road despite fierce countercharges. Poor weather and air support disruptions hampered Allied responses.
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FIFTH
Rome
Carroceto
Yanks Fight Stubbornly For Cassino
Allied troops driven through the Cassino mountains encircle the Nazi stronghold and enter its streets amid heavy house to house fighting. German reinforcements arrived as Rome front and Anzio area face tense counter blows.
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Igiers
Cassino
Rome
Allied Air Raids Hit Paris Region In Large Assault
American and British air forces launched a massive raid from the French invasion coast to beyond Paris with more than 700 heavy bombers and 500 fighters joining the assault. The operation damaged six German air bases near Paris and disrupted Reich communications while several Allied bombers and fighters went missing.
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London
Paris
British Air Ministry
France
Tokyo Radios Optimism To World Gloom at Home
Premier Hideki Tojo warned the diet that the war grows more ferocious and the fate of the Greater East Asia sphere will be decided. He urged total mobilization of Japan's 100 million people to win a decisive victory while homefront warnings heighten.
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New York
Hideki Tojo
Diet
Greater East Asia
Japan
Marshall Islands
New Britain
New Guinea
Tojo
U. S
Russians Nearing German Border in Poland Advance
Gen. Vatutin's First Ukrainian Army pushed deep into old Poland, seizing Rovno and Lutsk and closing to within about 290 miles of Germany. The Moscow bulletin said Soviet forces struck across Poland, took over 200 towns, and tightened the encirclement of about 100,000 Germans in the Ukraine pocket along the Dnieper.
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London
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Old Poland
Rovno
Lutsk
Stalin
Germany
Kiev
Vatutin
Russia
Poland
Tuchin
Berlin
Dnieper
Lwow
Warsaw-Odessa
Bug River
Warsaw
Moscow
Moscow Radio
Ostrog
Kolki
Kowel
Alexandrya
Ukraine
Ana
Stalingrad
Yanks Seize More Isles and Bomb Bases in Marshalls
U S Pacific Fleet headquarters reports Seventh Division and Fourth Division units have captured Kwajalein Ebeye and Loi in the Kwajalein atoll while Roi Namur northern gains are secured. Air strikes hit Eniwetok Wake Jaluit and Mili as Carrier planes patrol the Marshalls and Bomber efforts continue with little Japanese air opposition.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
America
Japan
Marshall Islands
Seventh Division
Kwajalein
Ebeye
Loi
Chester W. Nimitz
Kwajalein Island
Roi
Namur
Gugegwe
Nimitz
Eniwetok Atell
Marshalls
Eniwetok Atoll
Eniwetok
U. S
Gilberts
Carolines
Wake
Roosevelt asks Davis and Sherwood to settle OWI feud
President Roosevelt reportedly asked Elmer Davis head of the Office of War Information and Robert Sherwood overseas chief to attempt a direct settlement of their clash. He indicated the dispute should be worked out by the principals themselves.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Robert Sherwood
Davis
Sherwood
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