Des Moines debate over school code boosts future aid plan
Harry Boyd notes a strong belief among ten of twelve surveyed lawmakers that the state school code commission’s recommendations, including a four to five million dollar aid package, will pass with appropriations. He warns about political neglect of expert advice and discusses evolving public policy ideas from social planners and emphasis on full employment. He also reflects on vacancies in federal court and personal jury duty ambitions.
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Des Moines
State
School Code Commission
Code Commission
Aple
Red Planes Hit Berlin Outskirts
Soviet forces pushed toward Dresden and Breslau as Moscow reported 10 000 sorties daily and a wide east front advance. Breslau fell encircled. Poznan neared completion of capture. upper Silesian, Pomeranian and East Prussian gains expanded while German counterattacks and dam sabotage near Stettin and along the Oder were reported.
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Queis
Dresden
Saxony
Berlin
Sagan
Moscow
Red Army
Lower Silesian
Breslau
Pomerania
Vistula
Grudziadz
Oder
Fiddichow
Stettin
Zehden
Hungary
Komarno
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Vienna
Rauscha
Goerlitz
Queis River
Neisse
Poland
Poznan
Schneidemuehl
Pravda
Konev
Cottbus
Spree
Guben Annd
Allies Smash New Breaches In West Wall
Paris AP says the Canadian First Army advanced two miles outflanking Goch while the U S Third Army opened a new breach in the West Wall capturing Rohrbach in the Esternach area. British-Canadian forces cut the Goch Calar highway, reached Uedem, Asperden, and Hassum, with over 1,300 prisoners taken and a push toward the Rhine as floods slow river movement.
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Paris
First Army
Siegfried Line
Goch
U. S
Third Army
Rohbach
Esternach Secor
Ruhr
Uedem
Rohrbach
Kleve
Pruem
Aachen-Monschau
Goch-Calar
Montgomery
Calear
Asperden
Hassam
Maas River
Afferden
Gennep
Venlo
Rhine
Allies Plan Terror Bombing of German Cities
Allied air leaders approve deliberate terror bombing of major German population centers to hasten Hitler's defeat. More daylight raids on Berlin Dresden Chemnitz and Cottbus target civilian areas to disrupt traffic and morale, with evacuation and road bottlenecks cited as strategic aims.
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Paris
Hitler
Berlin
Dresden
Chemnitz
Cottbus
Reich
Germany
Lt Owen Barry II Receives Flying Cross in Burma
Cedar Rapids reports that First Lt. Owen T. Barry II, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Barry of 2217 Ridgeway SE, earned the Distinguished Flying Cross in Burma on January 21. He has served nearly four years, spent almost a year overseas, and is a McKinley graduate and former Ames student who entered Yale as a cadet then trained in radar at Boca Raton.
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Cedar Rapids
News
Owen T, Barry II
O.T. Barry
Ridgeway Drive
Burma
Barry
McKinley
Ames
Yale
Boca Raton
Fla
Case
David
German Lines Reformed as Allies Delay
Wes Gallagher reports that Allied hesitancy to strike while German west front was disorganized allowed the Nazis to stabilize and reorganize. Germans use terrain and the Roer flood to delay, shifting reserves like a backfield in football, while preparing for a renewed Allied smash.
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U. S. Ninth Army
Germany
Belgian Bulge
Penick and Ford Work Stoppage Still Unsettled
A three hour AFL local 18619 mass meeting in Cedar Rapids left the Penick and Ford plant stoppage unresolved. The talks with management aimed to resolve an unexplained grievance centering on unsatisfactory working conditions not tied to wages or hours. The plant, shuttered Thursday through Saturday, produces corn products for the war effort.
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Grain Processors Union
Local 18619
Penick and Ford
Labor Temple
Leonard B. Stastny
Labor Relation Committee
Management’s
Joint Management-Union Labor Relations Committee
Joint Committee
J. Max Widmer
Stastny
Cedar Rapids War Casualty Totals Reported
Casualties in Linn County outside Cedar Rapids include 25 killed in action three killed in training 24 missing in action one died in service and eight prisoners.
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Linn
Cedar Rapids
Start Survey Of Dwellings Here Monday
The census bureau and National Housing agency will begin a dwelling survey in Cedar Rapids and Marion next Monday. A targeted sample will determine occupancy, rental vacancies, room counts, conditions, and monthly rents to aid national housing plans. Enumerators will visit selected units and finish field work within 10 days.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Bureau of the Census
Department of Commerce
National Housing Agency
Joyce E. Rankin
Washington
William K. Divers
Office of the Administrator
North Well Building
Chicago
Stettinius Arrives In Rio After Yalta Conference
United States Secretary of State Edward Stettinius Jr arrives at Santos Dumont airport in Rio de Janeiro after attending the Yalta Big Three conference in Crimea. He is greeted by Foreign Minister Leno Veloso, Charged Affairs Paul Daniels, and Brazilian officials. He proceeds to the American embassy and is to meet President Getulio Vargas at Petropolis palace.
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Rio DE Janeiro
United States
Edward Stettinius
Crimea
Yalta
Santos Dumont Airport
Leno Veloso
Paul Daniels
Army
Navy
Stettinius
Getulio Vargas
Petropolis Summer Palace
City
Nimitz silent on report of two landings at Iwo Jima
AP dispatch from GUAM notes Fifth Fleet ships continue bombardment of Iwo Jima 750 miles south of Tokyo amid Japanese claims of a first landing. The communiqué mentions carrier raids on Tokyo with no results disclosed and no confirmation of a landing. An unidentified bombardment ship was damaged by shore fire as anti aircraft fire intensifies.
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Nimitz
Guam
Fifth Fleet
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Chester W. Nimitz
Japan
Iwo
America
Paratroopers and infantry land on Corregidor in bold assault
American forces landed on Corregidor on Friday using paratroopers and infantry to seize the western rock. Brig. Gen. Chase praised the operation as dawned with swift air and sea maneuvers, supported by destroyers and heavy shelling, while resistance from Japanese forces in caves persisted.
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Corregidor
Seventh Fleet
William C. Chase
Arthur Struble
Jonathan) Wainwright
Wainwright
Manchukuo
Manila Bay Opened to U. S. Fleet
American paratroopers and waterborne infantry seized Corregidor in Manila Bay, clearing the way for the U S fleet. Paratroopers dropped on the rock took batteries in the rear, supported by the 24th Division from Bataan. The capture opened Manila Bay to U S naval forces and followed bombardment by Seventh Fleet ships and Far Eastern air force strikes.
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Corregidor
Leyte
Manila
Corregidor Fortress
Rock
Manila Bay
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
U. S. Seventh Fleet
Cair
Luzon Island
503Rd Parachute Regiment
Lae
MacArthur
Luzon
Bataan
Pasig River
Fort McKinley
Neilson Airfield
Zambales Mountains
Clark Air Center
Rapp
George C.’ Kenney
Far Eastern Air Force
Philippines
Negros
Cebu
Mindanao
Mitchell
Formosa
Sakishima Islands
Greek Troops Advance in Areas Formerly Held by Elas
Athens AP reports that the Greek national guard with modern weapons is advancing into territories previously controlled by Elas forces. Elas fighters are surrendering their arms at designated collection points, with weapons to be transferred to the British under the peace settlement terms.
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Athens
Greece
Elas
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