War Time Savings and Postwar Spending Dread
A columnist recounts Secretary of War Stimson urging compulsory labor in war industries and warns of looming shortages of weapons and manpower. The piece weighs postwar savings use, consumer spending, and job security as keys to a stable reconversion, with cites from Amos Taylor and Stanley Lebergett about future income and government guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos E. Taylor
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Stanley Lebergett
Harper's
Lebergott
Scots Drive Into German Road Center
Par is AP Scots fought into the center of the fortified road center of God as Canadian First Army advanced within 25 miles of Duisburg, near the Ruhr. British and Canadians pressed Calcar and Moyland woods front while heavy casualties occurred on both sides. Patton widened the Third Army front toward Bitburg and Aachen area with several towns captured. Seventh Army moved into the Saar basin capturing Auersmacher and 1 000 prisoners as Germans warned of a major decision battle ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
God Monday
First Army
Duisburg
Ruhr
Calcar
Goch
Moyland Woods
Montgomery
Meuse
Rhine
George S. Patton, Jr
United States
Third Army
Germany
Eifel Mountains
Bitburg
Siegfried Line
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Saar Basin
Auersmacher
Saarbrucken
Supreme Headquarters
Patch
Roer
Cologne
Bonn
Duesseldorf
Aachen
Hell
Niers
Kleve
Empire
Lt Jack Kazebeer to be sent home from service
Second Lt Jack D Kazebeer a prisoner in Germany since April 13 1944 has been repatriated and will soon return to the United States a telegram to his mother Mrs E D Kazebeer 121 Fifth street NE Cedar Rapids says He served with the national guardsman in Africa and Italy His wife and three children reside in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Jack D. Kazebeer
Germany
United States
E. D. Kazebeer
Fifth Street
Kazebeer
Africa
Italy
California
Japs Claim U S Raids on Formosa
The Comei news agency reported that hundreds of American planes bombed Formosa. It said 150 planes attacked Friday 170 Saturday and 350 Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Comei
Formosa
Iwo Jima Dives Into Battle Aboard Navy Liberator Bomber
On Iwo Jima a massive invasion unfolds with an 800 ship armada as Marines land within 45 minutes. The island is ablaze from end to end while battleships, cruisers, and destroyers shell fortifications. Air and ground forces press the assault amid heavy anti aircraft fire and fierce coastal defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwo Jima
Mt. Suribachi
Iwo
New York
Texas
Nevada
Arkansas
Idaho
Tennessee
Hot Rock
John,g. Schell, Jr
Asheville
N. C
Tokyo
Seven Thousand Civilians Freed In Manila Hospital Rescue
American troops stormed the ruins of the Manila General Hospital and freed about 7,000 civilians and 100 Americans as they approached Intramuros. The breakout followed intense fighting on Corregidor with Japanese forces in tunnels and caves, while 60 priests and civilians were killed at De La Salle college. American jets and PT boats aided the operation, and about 400 patients, including 50 Americans, were evacuated from the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Manila Bay
Intramuros
Corregidor
Philippine General Hospital
Oscar W. Griswold
14Th Corps
de la Salle College
Malate
Chute
34Th
Malinta Hill
Malinta Tunnel
United States
Manila Harbor
Bataan
Orion
Santo Tomas
Missing in Action Sgt Berchenbriter in France
Missing in action Sgt Gerald D Berchenbriter 22 infantryman Rainbow division has been missing in France since Jan 9 war department message via his wife Carol 1516 Hinkley Ave NW He enlisted May 8 1943 and went overseas last November His brother Sgt Harry Berchenbriter serves with the Seventh Army in France another brother Kenneth reported Feb 16 at Jefferson Barracks Mo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gerald D. Berchenbriter
Rainbow
Divi‘sion
France
War Department
Carol
Hinkley Avenue
H. C. Berchenbriter
Berchenbriter
Harry Berchenbriter
Seventh Army
Kenneth
Jefferson Barracks
Hitler Orders Italian Evacuation From Northern Italy
Der Bund reported Hitler ordered Marshal Kesselring to evacuate northern Italy with four divisions already moving through the Brenner pass. Italian Fascists were said to be panic stricken and seeking safety measures while heavy equipment heads toward Graz, Austria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
der Bund
Adolf Hitler
Albert Kesselring
Italy
Brenner Pass
Graz
Austria
Historic carrier raid on Tokyo hailed as decisive victory
Task Force 58 carrier fleet smashed at least 36 ships and 659 planes in two days of attacks on Tokyo and surrounding industries. 49 American planes were lost. no ships were sunk by enemy action. B-29s followed from the Marianas hitting Tokyo again. Nimitz praised the operation as historic and decisive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nimitz
HDQ
Guam
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
Marianas
War Department
Honshu
Kuala
Malay Peninsula
R. A. Spruance
Fifth Fleet
Marc A. Mitscher
Yokohama
Tokyo Bay
Radio Tokyo
Japan
Bonin Islands
Iwo Jima
Rescued Iowa Servicemen Named in Philippines Camp List
Seven Iowans appear on the first partial war department list of Americans rescued from Japanese camps in the Philippines. Master Sgt. Clifford E. Taylor of the army air corps and six others, including Pvt. Lester Peterson and Sgt. George A. Timm, are identified with home towns Modale Thornton Council Bluffs and Sioux City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford E. Taylor
Army Air Corps
W. B. Taylor
E Avenue NW
Philippines
War Department
Taylor
Lester Peterson
Modale
George A. Timm
Thornton
Pfc
George L. Wood
Council Bluffs
Bilibid
Manila
Ruth Jane
Ayres
Des Moines
Carl Henry van Hoven
Dickens
Jake
Bill
Manilla
Santo Tomas
Howard D Wilkinson
Sioux City
Stoppage at Penick Ends Ends
AFL Grain Processors Local 18619 members at the Penick and Ford plant end a stoppage that began last Thursday over unsatisfactory working conditions. A Sunday meeting with about 450 members at the Labor Temple approved resuming work at 7 a.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penick and Ford
Grain Processors Union
Local No. 18619
Labor Temple
Leonard B. Stastny
Labor Relations Committee
J. Max Widmer
Joint Management-Union Labor Relations Committee
Joint Labor Relations Committee
Joint Committee
Index Notes and Columns Outline for Today
A fragmented page lists Marquis topics and bylines for David Lawrence Paul Mallon Marion and Drew Pearson. It notes sections on Men Women in Service Movies Pets Radio Sports State and Walter Winchell with scattered filler text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tdivvaswsewird
Tesetoease
David Lawrence
Acovaceees
Paul Mailon
Marion
E Lees
Drew Pearson
Reeeetsoone
Walter Winchell
Marines Begin Iwo Jima Invasion From 800 Ship Armada
The United States launches a major assault on Iwo Jima with 30 000 Marines establishing a beach-head within two hours and pushing inland toward Suribachi Yama airfield. Nimitz reports sizable naval bombardment and heavy enemy fire as American forces advance from three coasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iwo Jima
Suribachi Yama Airfield
Chester W. Nimitz
Tokyo
Suribachi Yama
Futatsune
Iwo
Nimitz
Pearl Harbor
New York
Texas
Nevada
Arkansas
Idaho
Tennessee
Richmond Kelly Turner
Smith
Fifth Amphibious Corps
Harry Schmidt
Fourth Marine Division
Clifton B. Cates
Fifth Marine Division
Keller E. Rockey
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Harry Boyd
Stimson
Wen
German Road
U. S
Jack Kazebeer
Kazebefe
Moscow
Ivan S. Konev
Pavel. A. Rotmistrov
Red Tank
Frances J. Cosgrave
Sydney
Australia
Seventh Fleet
Cavite
Douglas MacArthur
503Rd Para
Gerald Berchenbriter
Hitler
Ota
Susashio
Tama
Tathigawa
Sgt. Taylor
Bilibid Camp
Cedar Rapids News
Penick
Jap Isle
Nimitz’ Hdq
Hell's Acre
Holland -M. Smith
Tarawa
Peleliu
Iwa
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