Baruch plan and postwar reconversion moves
The Baruch plan prompts President Roosevelt to prepare postwar reconversion machinery while awaiting congressional action. Byrnes stresses it is not bypassing Congress. OPA enforcers target Cedar Rapids meat dealers for price ceilings violations amid mixed public support and tax questions.
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Harry
Roosevelt
Congress
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
OPA
Congress of the United States
United States
Treasury
OPA Cracks Down on Cedar Rapids Meat Dealers
Cedar Rapids hearings opened on 72 meat markets facing estimated overcharges totaling 25247.84. OPA enforcement attorney Holdoegel reported seven wholesalers and retailers overcharged, with three more retailers cited for posting issues but no overcharges. Settlements may erase some penalties if agreed. if not, the government may pursue suspension, criminal action, or injunctions.
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OPA
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids News
Office of Price Administration
Donald D Holdoegel
Des Moines
United States Supreme Court
Churchill Vows Unyielding Allied Strikes On Reich
In a Commons address Churchill pledges bombs beyond imagination to target Germany, vows unity of Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union, and forecasts a spring summer push by invasion forces. He cautions against premature triumphalism while detailing air offensive, retaliation, invasion, and Italy and Japan dynamics.
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London
Churchill
Germany
Moscow
Teheran
Commons
Cairo
Britain
United States
Russia
Adolf Hitler
Italy
Africa
Mediterranean
Japan
Stalin says Red Army captures Krivoi Rog in Ukraine
Soviet forces report storming and seizing the Ukrainian mining town of Krivoi Rog, anchor of the German salient on the Dnieper, as they continue offensives in the southeast. Moscow says more than 50 towns fallen near Krivoi Rog and on the northern front, with Kholm and Soltsy captured in operations toward Dno.
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London
Stalin
Red Army
Krivoi Rog
Dnieper
Russia
Leningrad
Moscow
Novy Krivoi Rog
Dolgintsevo
Ivanovka
Kholm
Staraya Russa
Dno
Soltsy
Rainy Workday in Cedar Rapids With Colder Forecast
Rain and fog affected Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas with .57 inch measured at 2:30 pm. Temperatures ranged from 36 degrees to 38 earlier and 35 at 6 to 7 am. Forecasters predict colder nights with lows near 20 in Cedar Rapids and 5 to 20 degree variations across Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chambers
Davenport
Iowa City
Burlington
Charles City
Fort Dodge
Des Moines
1944 Tax Estimate Deadline Extended
President Roosevelt veto leaves tax law unchanged and 1943 returns due by March 15. The Internal Revenue Bureau extends the 1944 income tax estimate deadline from March 15 to April 15 for victory tax liability on 1944 incomes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
House
Treasury
INS
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Vacancies for Cedar Rapids school board cited with no filings
With only ten days to file for the March 13 Cedar Rapids school board election no nomination papers have been posted. Board member Arthur Bye and appointee Herbert Hoadley said they will not run. Mrs. R F Taft may seek a one year or three year term. The terms of Penningroth, von Lackum, Blodgett and Koenig continue.
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Cedar Rapids
Ed Lundquist
Arthur Bye
Bye
Herbert Hoadley
Ernest Kosek
Navy
Kosek
Hoadley
Mrs. Hickok
Allied Air Assaults Hit German Factories From Med to UK Bases
Allied bombers from the Mediterranean and British basess struck Regensburg near Munich and Germany targets in a coordinated daylight raid. The U S Eighth and Fifteenth Air Forces led the attack with RAF support, aiming to destroy aircraft factories and defense capacity.
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Naples
Mediterranean
Messerschmitt
Regensburg
Germany
Munich
London
United Kingdom
Italy
United States Army
United States
Eighth
Fifteenth Air Forces
Ninth
R.A.F. Dominion
Spitfires
Britain
Yanks Pound Ruriles and Eniwetok Isle In Pacific Drive
Allied forces blasted Parry island and Rabaul as they push across a 3000 mile Pacific front. U S troops seized Eniwetok after six days of invasion while air and surface units pounded nearby targets and Takemaru gunboat.
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Para- Imushiro
Rabaul
Pacific
United States
Eniwetok Island
Parry Island
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshalls
Douglas MacArthur
New Britain
Wewak
New Guinea
Kuriles
Paramushiro
Shumushu
Marshalls Atolls
mid-Pacific
Coral Islands
Kwajalein
Eniwetok
William L. Worden
Gilberts
Amboina
Saidor
Arawe
Eniwetox Atoll
Rocks for Ammunition on Hill 593 at Cassino
Sgt Sylvester Hunter and seven men held Hill 593 near Monte Cassino for 48 hours under heavy fire. Lt Sylvester Hunter, Sgt Sylvester Singlestedt, and their unit repelled German counterattacks while shells and grenades rained, aided by teammates Bussey and others.
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Fifth Army
Cassino
INS
Hill 593
Monte Cassino Abbey
Army Finance Office
Judge Advocate General's Department
Sylvester Hunter
St. Louis
Sylvester Singlestedt
Waseca
Minn
Donald C. Landon
Albert Lea
Butch
George Combs
Jackson
Alden Lance
Fillmore
Ray J. Eriksen
Minneapolis
Hunter
Auto Strikes Man But Doesn't Stop Driver Fined
Cedar Rapids news reports fines of 50 dollars on each charge after Shep Williams pled guilty to reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident. He struck H E Dennis, 51, of 1130 Center Point road NE, at First avenue and Fourth street SE and fled, witnesses filed license number, Williams arrested at 1444 Second avenue SE. Dennis suffered a badly bruised back and was treated at St Luke's hospital.
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Williams
H E. Dennis
Center Point Road
First Avenue
Fourth Street
Kyle Mills
Eleventh Street
Second Avenue SE
Vaude Fellwock
Fifth Street SE
Dennis
St. Luke's Hospital
Willkie Returns From Cross-Country Tour
Wendell Willkie arrived back in New York from a cross-country trip. He declined to elaborate beyond saying he had an enjoyable trip as he left the train in Chicago.
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Wendell Willkie
Chicago
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