Canad ian First Army Takes Kleve Amid Front Shifts
Kleve near the Rhine and 12 miles east of Nijmegen falls to the Canadian First Army as the Allied push tightens. U S Fourth Division clears key junction near Pruem while floods from the Roer disrupt operations. Belgian Dutch fronts see rapid advances and a prisoner haul of about 4,000.
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Paris
Kleve
First Army
Nijmegen
United States Fourth Division
Pruem
Germany
Rhine
Koblenz
United Press Front
Schwammenauer
United States Ninth
Roer
Henry Crerar
Reichswald
Spey
Gennep
Niere
Kessel
Goch
Wesel
Ruhr
Meuse
Aachen-Venice
Supreme Headquarters
Dueren
Lincoln’s humility and public temper in history
A nostalgic column notes Lincoln’s self awareness and humor kept him respected, arguing he balanced shortcomings with humility. It contrasts 19th century critique with modern politics, then shifts to Petrillo and school code debates, urging professional qualifications over party politics and suggesting beet plasma research could futurely aid blood supply.
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Lincoln
War Cost to U S Hits 238 Billions
Secretary Morgenthau disclosed that by this Sunday America's World War II cost since Pearl Harbor amounted to 238 billion dollars, about seven times the cost of World War I. The announcement came from Poughkeepsie, New York, as part of official wartime accounting.
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U. S
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
INS
Treasury
Morgenthau
America
Corregidor Targeted by Heaviest U S Bombing Yet
The fortress of Corregidor in Manila harbor endured the Pacific’s heaviest saturation bombing as American forces pressed a prelude to landings. U S First Cavalry and 37th Infantry broke enemy defenses across the Pasig river while South Manila battles continued with Japanese pockets shrinking despite heavy air and ground assaults.
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Manila
Corregidor
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
Bataan
United States First Cavalry Division
Pasig
Fort McKinley
37Th Infantry
Pandacan
Manila Bay
Roosevelt urges Congress to back Bretton Woods framework
President Roosevelt asked Congress for prompt action to authorize American participation in the proposed world bank and international monetary fund. He outlined capitals and shares for the bank and fund and listed additional measures including UN food and agriculture organization, trade liberalization, cartel control, export credit reform, oil accords, and aviation shipping and communications proposals.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Bretton Woods
Roosvelt
International Bank
International Monetary Fund
White House
United States
Monetary Fund
World Bank
Food and Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations
Belgian Unity Government Takes Oath Of Office
In Brussels the new national unity government led by Prime Minister Achille van Acker took the oath. The cabinet includes six Catholics, five Socialists, four Liberals, two Communists and one Independent after a four hour talks with the prime minister.
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Brussels
INS
Achille van Acker
Quiet Lincoln Birthday Observed with City Offices Open
Cedar Rapids reports a quiet birthday for Lincoln as the city council met but did no legal business. The pump house at the new airport was discussed informally while all city, county, and federal offices stayed open and banks observed the holiday.
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Cedar Rapids
Lincoln
Compromise Treaty Ends Greek Strife
In Athens a compromise peace treaty ended the Greek civil war after a 10 hour session. Representatives of the government and Eam Elas signed, granting elections and a plebiscite on King George’s return this year, while Eam Elas remains out of government until after the polls. Disarmament of Eam Elas is set for March 15 and trials will distinguish political offenses from common crimes. British ministers MacMillan and Leeper witnessed the signing.
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Athens
Eam-Elas
George
Greece
Eam- Elas
Eam
National Liberation Front
Elas
Harold MacMillan
Mediterranean
Reginald Leeper
Politis Given Ten Years for Car Theft
Cedar Rapids news reports Politis 21 of 619 Eighth Street SE was sentenced to up to ten years in a reformatory after pleading guilty to larceny of a motor vehicle. He allegedly stole a car owned by Everett Brown of Central City on First Street NW and struck another car, driven by Vernon Spohn, at 805 Third Avenue SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Constantin Nick Politis
Eighth Street
Anamosa
Politis
Everett Brown
Central City
First Street
Vernon Spohn
Twenty-fourth Street Drive
Third Avenue SE
Coed's Racial Equality Plea Sparks Tempest at William and Mary
William and Mary faculty consider disciplinary action against Marilyn Kaemmerle, editor of The Flat Hat, after a suspension triggered by an editorial calling for equal education and social rights for Negroes. The piece, titled Lincoln's Job Half Done, urged Negroes attend and join campus life while criticizing white supremacy and cautioning readiness for integration.
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Williamsburg
William and Mary College
Flat Hat
John E. Pomfret
Marilyn Kaemmerle
Jackson, Mich
Equal Rights
Lincoln
Cedar Rapids Area Encounter Light Snowfall or Rain
Weather forecast for Cedar Rapids and surrounding area calls for mostly cloudy skies with light rain or snow possible tonight into Tuesday. Warmer tonight, cooler Tuesday, with lows near 25 degrees. Springslike weather continues across much of Iowa, interrupted briefly by a Sunday morning snow flurry and a rapid melt in downtown Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chambers
Council Bluffs
Malson City
Stork Gets A-1 Cab Priority After Close Calls
Pittsburgh reports the county medical society asked a taxi company for top priority to rush expectant mothers to hospitals. The cab service granted the request, easing last minute delays in delivery days.
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Pittsburgh
County Medical Society
Big Three Agree on Plans After Eight Day Talks at Yalta
Washington report says Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin reached agreement on unconditional surrender terms for Germany and a United Nations conference on world security. They also formed Poland’s provisional government and outlined future joint secretaries meetings while planning occupation zones and a central control commission in Berlin. The San Francisco UN conference date is set for April 25.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
United Nations
World Security Organization
White House
Yalta
Crimea
World Organization
San Francisco
Berlin Says Reds Pierce Second Line in Silesia
Soviet forces under Konev reported encircling Breslau as they crossed the Bober and advanced beyond the Oder by 35 miles. Berlin described a broken Bober front and only two bridgeheads, with heavy fighting from Bunzlau to Sprottau while Deutsch Krone fell and Pomerania yielded in the drive toward Stettin.
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London
Moscow
Ivan S. Konev
Breslau
Berlin
Bober
Oder
Konev
Germany
Silesia
Bunzlau
Sprottau
Bunz~lau
Dresden
United Press
Henry Shapiro
Liegnitz
Pravda
Gregory Zhukov
Kuestrin
Frankfurt
Deutsch Krone
Pomerania
Stettin
Baltic
Steinau
Silesian
Glogau
Silver Star for Nicholas Habib
Pvt. Nicholas T. Habib 36 medical aid man in Gen. Patton's Third Army receives the Silver Star for bravery in France and Germany. Wounded in action during a Guebling France battle, he was treated in England later and now visits his Cedar Rapids wife on convalescent leave from Wakeman General Hospital. He also holds the Purple Heart Bronze Oak Leaf and a meritorious service certificate for evacuating wounded from a tank under fire.
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Cedar Rapids
Nicholas T. Habib
Patton
Third Army
Habib
Wakeman General Hospital
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Sixth Street
France
Germany
Guebling
England
F R Expected to Visit Italy France
Paris reports that President Roosevelt will visit Italy and France on his homeward journey from the Big Three conference. A conference with Gen de Gaulle is expected to occur to ease French disappointment over the Black Sea meeting exclusion.
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Paris
Italy
France
de Gaulle
Roosevelt
Black Sea
Yanks Hope Reds Win Race
Rolland J. Thomas, CIO vice-president, said in London that American troops in France favored Soviet forces reaching Berlin first to avoid a peace with the Nazis that was too soft from America and Britain.
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Yanks Hope Reds
Thomas
London
INS
Rolland J. Thomas
The
CIO
France
Berlin
America
Britain
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