Canadians Fight Through Flood Waters Along Rhine Front
Canadian First Army presses south along the Rhine near Kleve and Emmerich as British Empire and American forces hammer German defenses. Air and artillery bombardments cripple enemy attempts to regain ground while patrols and amphibious tanks advance amid flooded fields and deep water. Prisoner counts climb as Allied units continue toward the Ruhr and Rhineland with heavy resistance in the West Wall defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Rhine
Emmerich
Rhine Ney
Ruhr
Kleve
Rman
Montmery
Rhineland
Walthern Model
Hardeich
Calais
Dover
Canadian First Army
Eisenhower
Erbcan
Bitburg
Ace
Germany
Wesel
Cofe
Splain
Isenhower
Woman Sues for 10000 Over Son Injuries
Mrs. M. Wilson of 308 Avenue files a district court personal injury suit on behalf of her 12 year old son Earl Wilson against S. Mott of 1307 Third Avenue. She seeks $10,000 alleging serious injuries from an accident January 27 as Earl crossed First Avenue at Sixth Street West and was struck by a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Wilson
Avenue
Earl Wilson
S.mott
Third Avenue
Wilson
First Avenue
Sixth
Mottcari
Gallows for 2 Convicted Nazi Agents
William C. Colepaugh and Eric Gimpel, alleged Nazi saboteurs, were found guilty by a seven member military commission at Governor's Island and sentenced to be hanged. The trial began Feb 5 after their shoreing from a German submarine off Maine.
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New York
William C. Colepaugh
Eric Gimpel
Maine
Governor’s Island
Gimpel
Colepaugh
Connecticut
War Department
Roosevelt
Army
Britain and United States to ease Italian armistice terms
A joint British American statement on relaxing Italian armistice terms was reported as Roosevelt aimed to visit Rome before Washington. The plan, despite easing some Allied control and increasing aid, keeps Italy in the conquered category with secret clauses of the 1943 Badoglio surrender likely intact. Roosevelt's Marseille stop and Stettinius’s Moscow travel were noted as part of diplomatic moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Roosevelt
Rome
Washington
Italy
Associated Press
Pietro Badoglio
Crimea
Marseille
United States
Stettinius
Moscow
Seven year old killed by truck on Highway 30
Cedar Rapids seven year old Lyle Parmer was struck and killed by a semi truck driven by Arthur Mix of Webster City at 4 15 p m on Highway 30 one mile east of Cedar Rapids city limits. Coroner Hersch said no inquest would be held. Parmer walked with siblings from Rosedale school toward home on Old Highway 30 near the scene. The cattle truck belonged to Rex Lee of Webster City bound for Chicago with 16 head of cattle. driver Mix and Walter Tapper were with him.
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Lyle Parmer
William Parmer
Cedar Rapids
Arthur V. Mix
Webster City
T. Frank Hersch
Charles Fels
Hersch
Barta Funeral Home
Palmer
Highway 30
Juanita
Leonard Stolba
Mary Ann Stolba
Geraldine Machovec
Rosedale No. 2
Accient
Rex Lee
Chicago
Mix
Walter Tapper
Collins Appointed Assistant Head of Catholic Charities
The Rev. Bernard G. Collins, assistant pastor at Immaculate Conception Cedar Rapids, is named assistant director of Catholic Charities for the Dubuque archdiocese. He will also serve as chaplain at Immaculate Conception Academy and St. Marys Orphan Home in Dubuque and reports February 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Thornton
St. John’s Church
Clarion
Collins
Ontario
Immaculate Conception
Cold Wave Expected Tonight Across Iowa
The forecast calls for a cold wave in Cedar Rapids and surrounding area tonight and Friday with temperatures around 10 degrees above zero. Snow flurries and strong winds are expected. relief may come later, though river ice in the Des Moines valley worsens with shifting conditions and a break near Eddyville creating a gorge downstream.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Chambers
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Eddyville
Prison Trusty Van Essen Recaptured After Escape
John Van Essen 28 a trusted inmate at Iowa men’s reformatory who fled Oakdale sanatorium Wednesday was recaptured Thursday night at the First Avenue tavern by Inspector Kudrna and detectives Stusak Simon. He had served 20 months of an embezzlement sentence and had spent his last two as a trusty at Oakdale. He attempted to cash a $35 check at J C Penney and wired his brother for funds from Grand Rapids Michigan before being arrested. He offered no resistance and was returned to the reformatory with charges of escape. B D Glover of Ponca City Oklahoma, hired to paint at Oakdale, was arrested with him on drunkenness charges.
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John van Essen
Iowa
van Essen
Grand Rapids
Mich
J. CG. Penney
Foss Davis
Reformatory
B. D. Glover
Ponca City
Okla
Oakdale
No Getting Around Fact He Is Tough
A Japanese soldier assessed by Tokyo radio calls the American fighter a tough opponent. He cannot judge if the foe is courageous or crazy, but deems him of a bad sort.
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Tokyo
Pin-up Magazine Rented by South Pacific Soldier
Wallace Idaho AP reports a South Pacific soldier wrote he rented his copy of a pin-up magazine for a nickel, noting it could have fetched a dime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace, Idaho
South Pacific
Cedar Rapids Faces OPA Scrutiny Over Local Prices
OPA officials visit Cedar Rapids to review alleged price violations amid small stores activity. Walter D. Kline and Floyd L. Whittington plan follow up conferences and deploy a price specialist, with penalties possible for violators. The inquiry centers on stores handling about 20 percent of city food sales and the ongoing Bureau of Labor Statistics survey.
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Cedar Rapids
OPA
Walter D. Kline
Des Moines
Floyd L. Whittington
Chester Bowles
Kline
Whittington
Bowles
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chicago
Forced Down in Pacific Beloved War Navigator Survives
Lt Robert A Titus 29 son of Marion Ohio crashed in a belly landing 900 miles off land in the Pacific at 3 am last Jan 18. He braced in the tail as the transport sank and survived with minor injuries after 12 hours afloat. Rescue efforts centered around a 30 mile square search area while Navy vessels and a Long Beach station coordinated survivor recovery.
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Fellows
Pacific
Robert A. Titus
Howard M
Titus
Marion
Australian Airlines
Long Beach
Calif
Hawaii
Alfred Kelph
600 Walk Out at Penick and Ford
More than 600 Penick and Ford plant employees left work before 8 a.m. Thursday amid a dispute with management. Union Grain Processors AFL Local 18619 members staged a morning mass meeting at the Labor Temple. Both sides planned talks after 3 p.m. with no press statements.
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Penick
Ford
Grain Processors Union
AFL
Labor Temple
J. Max Widmer
Big U S Raids Behind Eastern Front Shock Dresden and Chemnitz
American heavy bombers blasted Dresden and Cottbus while hitting the Magdeburg oil plant as part of a vast offensive. More than 1,100 bombers and 450 fighters supported raids, with thousands of Allied aircraft targeting rail hubs and industrial centers on the eastern front amid reports of Russian advances.
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London
Dresden
Cottbus
Magdeburg
Russians Pushing Toward Berlin and Prague Fronts
Russian forces across the Neisse River reached 65 miles from Berlin in a southeast drive as spearheads moved 22 miles west of Breslau toward Goerlitz. Soviet reports say Zhukov and Konev's wings attacked Oder defenses and aimed at Dresden and Prague, with bridgeheads across the Oder and extensive river ice aiding movement.
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London
Neisse River
Berlin
Moscow
Breslau
Goerlitz
Neisse
Dresden
Tass
Ivan Konev
Konev
Forst
the Neisse
Gregory Zhukov
Oder
Fuerstenberg
Storkow
Gruenberg
Sommerfeld
Zhukov
Freystadt
Sorau
Spree
Les
Frankfurt
Kuestrin
Gereman
Mand
Alry
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Czech
Vienna
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The
Frank Nye
East Front
Chemnitz
Bomber Command
France
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Saxony
Wit
Rositz
Leipzig
Cheminitz
Ninth Air Force
Tactical Air Force
Yugoslavia
Zagreb- Graz
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