Iowan Rider Leads Cassino Tank Attack Cowboy Style
First Reporter in Cassino Treanor recalls riding atop tanks in the Cassino street fight. He describes heavy German fire, burning Sherman tanks, and Allied tanks pushing through town under a thunderous artillery barrage. He details encounters with officers Major Everett Thomas Captain Wayne Fraizer Major Welborn Colvin and Sgt. Van Steenberger as they reinforce and battle through rubble toward the center.
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Cassino
Treanor
Everett Thomas
Minneapolis
Pfc
Melvin Hollowell
Coloran
N. C
Warren Chapman
Nevada City
Calif
Jerry
John Kiely
Marshalltown
Major Colvin
Higgins
Ralph Brown
Pullman, Wash
Kamerad
van Steenberger
You Can Afford It Buy Extra War Bonds
Community urging to purchase Extra War Bonds during the fourth war loan drive emphasizes rising wages and incomes, urging every reader to invest now for national victory and personal security. It argues not buying bonds would worsen prices and harm service members, while promoting gilt-edged investment value.
Frankfurter Escalates Court Fight Over Constitutional Doctrine
Justice Felix Frankfurter intensified the intra court dispute by calling the majority's approach to constitutional law “gratuitously” novel. He agreed the bankruptcy court should set attorney fees for a corporation reorganizing under federal act but objected to the grounds the court used.
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Washington
Felix Frankfurter
Supreme Court
Black and Murphy
Frankfurter
Bankruptcy Court
Supreme Court rejects ICC motor carrier rate ruling
The Supreme Court declined to approve an ICC order applying rail rate rules to motor carriers. It said lower motor carrier rates for large shipments must consider operating costs and competition with railroads, sending the case back to the ICC for further explanation. The decision, 6 to 3, flags the ruling as of great importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
ICC
Justice Rutledge Sets Aside Carrier Rate Rejection
Justice Wiley B Rutledge overturns a commission ruling and sets aside its rejection of rates proposed by the Eastern Central Motor Carriers Association of New York for linehaul shipments between East and Midwest points.
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Wiley B. Rutledge
Commission
Eastern Central Motor Carriers Association of New York
East
Midwest
No Change in Shoe Supply Anticipated
AP reports shoe rationing remains steady after a year. The OPA projects about 25 million pairs rationed monthly, equating to roughly 244 pairs per person annually. Leather remains tight and army demand grows. airplane stamp No 1 will need to last six months.
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Washington
OPA
OPA reiterates timing for shoe stamps policy
The OPA states that the longer period does not imply two rationing rounds annually and that synthetic materials may boost civilian shoe supply. No time limit is planned for shoe stamp No. 18, valid since last June, with a 30 day advance notice now required for any stamp expiration.
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OPA
OFA
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Tom Treanor
Iowan
Hud
Bud
Adrian van Steenberger
Sheldon
G.i.’S
I” Company
Wayne Fraizer
Jamestown, N.Y
Welborn G. Colvin
Greensboro
Sgt
Bill Higgins
Wyoming
Capt
Golden Anal
Dr. Smith
Raven
Ayon
Newman
Newman’s
New
Bayon Prints
Cedar Rapids
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