Debates Over Tax Revenue and War Financing
A column discusses the new tax bill aiming for 2.315 billion in revenue, with critics Walters and Willkie urging higher totals. It questions attaining fiscal balance, wartime costs, and pay-as-you-go plans while noting political risks for office seekers and proposals to tax, cut, or subsidize as needed. The piece also notes Henry Lodge's resignation and GOP-Democratic tensions over army service and legislative control, with La Follette proposing a third path for production and living standards amid inflation fears. The weather section forecasts continued cold and shifting conditions, challenging claims of a mild winter.
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White House
Treasury
Wendell Willkie
Congress
Henry Lodge
the . S. Senate
Pitol Hill
Goppers
Lodge
U S Heavyweights Strike Kwajalein Atoll in Marshalls Invasion
U S forces report 286 Japanese killed against 8 1224 Americans killed or missing 82 in action with 264 Japanese prisoners taken after a massive air and sea bombardment pounded Kwajalein atoll in the Marshalls The invasion routed Japanese defenses as Nat Namur Roi were used as staging points for supplies and the ground campaign mopped up with extensive destruction and losses on both sides.
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Marshalls
Kwajalein Atoll
Chester W. Nimitz
Comdr
Anthony Kimmins
Kimmins
Roi
Namur
Kwajalein Island
William L. D
Thememoth
Worden
Holland Smith
Kwajalein
Leif Erickson
Atoll Lagoon
Marshall Islands
Dr. W. G. Murray Named Economics Department Head
Dr. William G. Murray formerly of Cedar Rapids was named head of the economics and sociology department at Iowa State College to succeed Dr. T. W. Schultz who resigned October 1 1943 after the butter oleomargarine controversy. Murray has served as acting head since October 1 and joined the college in 1925. The state board of education approved the appointment Tuesday. Schultz had charged pressure groups suppress academic freedom. the board found the charges ungrounded.
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Murray
State Board of Education
Iowa City
Federal Bureau of Agricultural
University of Minnesota
Social Science Research Council
Farm Credit Administration
Washington
Dr. Murray
Coe College
Harvard University
F. G. Murray
Cedar Rapids
Schultz
Board of Education
Iowa
U. S. Air Force Raids Bangkok Plant and Ships
The 14th United States air force raided the Japanese ordnance plant at Bangkok Thailand and destroyed or probably destroyed 23 700 tons of enemy shipping in raids off the southeast China coast Two Allied planes failed to return from the attacks.
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Chungking
United States Air Force
Bangkok
Thailand
China
Eleanor Considers Caribbean Trip
Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt said she is considering a Caribbean visit to inspect army and navy bases, as announced in Washington.
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Eleanor
Caribbean
Washington
Franklin Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Hickenlooper Pushes Candidacy for U S Senate Nomination
Des Moines AP reports Gov. B B Hickenlooper announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for United States senator in the June 5 primaries. The 47 year old Cedar Rapids native and World War I veteran outlined plans to push for stable government, strong defense, agricultural reform, and reduced federal centralization. He noted Iowa’s wartime cooperation and highlighted a 12 state war food and farm machinery meeting as a key administration achievement.
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Des Moines
B. B. Hickenlooper
United States
iGuy M. Gillette
Cherokee
Gillette
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Linn County
Cedar R.is
U S Announces Loss of Two Submarines in War
The navy reports the loss of two American submarines the Cisco and the S-44 bringing total American undersea losses to 19 since the war began. Commander James W. Coe of the Cisco is listed as missing in action. Lt. Commander Francis E. Brown commanded the S-44. Next of kin notifications have been sent.
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Washington
Navy
James W. Coe
Richmond
Ind
Francis E. Brown
Reno
Nev
Safety Commission Moves To Push Trailer Fire Protection
Linn County safety commission in Cedar Rapids forms a fire safety committee after a Marion trailer fire killed three Yanda children and injured their mother. The inquiry cites single exits and flammable construction. the panel to push ordinances similar to those for houses goes to Des Moines on Feb. 14, with city leaders and safety representatives aboard.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Highway Safety Commission
John Strohm
Des Moines
Marion
Joyce
Robert
Marilyn Yanda
William Yanda
Linn
Jim Smith
T. Frank Hersch
Ed Carter
W. D. Johnston
State Highway Commission
James T. Taylor
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
E. P. Kohout
John Mullin
Bernard Lundy
Chicago
National Safety Council
Lundy
Kohout
Carter
Johnston
Taylor
Fred Henson
Clarence Beeson
Mullin
Sailor’s message on Cedar Rapids 4th War Loan
A Cedar Rapids sailor aboard a destroyer in the Pacific writes from sea to express faith in Linn County residents to exceed their 4th War Loan quota. He says Cedar Rapids and Linn County can be counted on to top their band quota and shares pride in the effort. Ample support from over 7,000 locals and service members is noted.
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Cedar Rapids
Pacific Ocean
Linn County
Sam Hedges
Horace G. Hedges
Bonaparte Wins War Bond Honor With Strong Sales
Bonaparte in Van Buren county population 533 was cited by the Iowa War Finance committee for outstanding war bond selling with a quota of 18000 and bonds totaling more than 59499 sold to date.
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Des Moines
INS
Bonaparte
van Buren County
Iowa War Finance Committee
Letter praises war bond support from home front
Sam writes to City War Bond Chairman George Hearn praising local morale and sacrifice for Series E bond sales. He notes communities backing the defense effort and mentions the forthcoming fourth war loan, urging stronger participation.
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Teenth Street
Sam
George Hearn
France Hit Again in Dual Allied Air Attacks
American heavy bombers pounded Frankfort and the French coast city in a third two week raid. Marauder and Fortress groups supported by Spitfires and Typhoons struck targets along the Pas de Calais as Mosquitos resumed night nuisance raids.
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London
Frankfort
United States
G. N. Eubank
Throckmorton
Texas
Pas de Calais
Germany
Tax Refunds Delayed After 1943 Returns Filed
Cedar Rapids internal revenue deputy collectors warned that refunds for 1943 income taxes will not be issued at filing. Audits and comparisons with 1942 returns require six to eight months before checks are mailed directly to recipients. No interest will be paid on refunds.
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Cedar Rapids
Internal Revenue Office
Treasury Department
Denver man returns watch. reward is bourbon whiskey
Chester E. Prince found a watch and returned it to its owner. He received a reward described as a pretty lasting memorial to his honesty. The reward was a case of Bourbon whisky, a beverage he seldom imbibes.
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Denver
Chester E. Prince
Prince
U S Hospital Targeted by German Dive Bomber at Anzio Beach
The Anzio evacuation hospital was hit at 3 30 PM Monday by a German dive bomber. Twenty six killed and 43 wounded including many nurses and doctors. Eight anti personnel bombs caused shrapnel damage to tents and ambulances. The head doctor wounded. The incident marked the first American nurses killed by direct enemy action in this war.
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Anzio Beach-Head
John Lardner
Lardner
War Department
Washington
Snow Forecast For Iowa With Flurries Reported
Snow is predicted across Iowa with snow tonight and Wednesday and light snow in Des Moines. Cedar Rapids saw flurries on Tuesday while Mason City recorded 21 degrees and Council Bluffs 52 as the state anticipates more snow and light rain through today and Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Mason City
Chambers
Vichy Radio Claims U S Invasion of Kuriles
London AP report states Vichy radio quoted a Japanese message saying American forces landed in the Kurile islands. The station offered no details and other sources had no confirmation.
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London
Vichy Radio
Kurile Islands
Japan
Kamchatka Peninsula
Nazi Bridgehead East of Dnieper Liquidated
Moscow reports the Red Army trapping and reducing German forces east of the Dnieper. Soviet units near Nikopol and Cherkasy press the last pockets, while Vatutin Kojev and Malinovsky push from the north to seize fortified towns and threaten the Pskov Warsaw railway.
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Dnieper
Moscow
Red Army
Nikopol
Cherkasy
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Nikolai Vatutin
Ivan S. Kojiev
M. M. Popov
Second Baltic
Novoscsaid
Pskov
Pskov-Warsaw Trunk Railway. As the Battles In the Dnieper
Nikopol-Krivoi Rog
Germany
Leonid
Nazis Lose 19 Aircraft In Hot Fight
Allied dispatches from Algiers report a heavy Luftwaffe attack on the Rome beach-head and Cassino fighting. Germany sent at least 120 fighters and fighter-bombers against American and British forces. 19 German planes were shot down and 12 were damaged, with four more claimed earlier. American and British fighters fought from tree-top height to high altitudes as Allied bombers hit targets north of Rome and at Leghorn. The Cassino battle continued with American tanks and infantry contesting Cassino and Abbey hill amid heavy shelling and cross-fire, aiming to cut the Via Casilina and encircle the town.
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Allied
Algiers
Rome
Anzio
Fifth Army
Luftwaffe
Reynolds Packard
Washington
Cassino
Abbey Hill
Vichy
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Italy
Viterbo
Leghorn
Cisterna
Daniel de Luce
Ross Muro
London
Nettuno
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W. G. Murray
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Raymond
David Lawrence
Paul Mallen Marion
Drew Pearson
Tom Treanor
Walter Winchell
Washingon
GOV. Hickenlocper
Safety Commission
South Side Civic Club
The
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Cedar Rapids News
U. S. Hospital
Combined American Press
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