Night bomber blitz ends Germany air defenses in Europe
United States and British forces report a seven day air offensive against Augsburg Regensburg Stuttgart Furth delivering 16 500 to 17 000 tons of bombs. 142 German planes were shot down on Friday with 24 bombers missing. American and British losses totaled 48 aircraft.
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London
United States Strategic Air Forces In
Europe
Germany
United States
Augsburg
Adolf Hitler
Britain
Italy
Regensburg
Stuttgart
Furth
Eighth Air Force
Eighth
Ninth Air Forces
Wear
Low Countries
Messerschmitt
Continent
England
R.A.F
Pacific Fleet
Carolines
Marshalls
Seventh Army Air Force
Kusaie
Navy
Fleet
Rhineland
Pinkney Tuck
Vichy
Black Forest
Record Losses Mark New Bombing Day in World War II
London reports 69 US heavy bombers lost in Friday operations against Germany, setting a new single day record after 65 lost in Thursday’s two-way attack. The figures reflect a high cost for air operations by Allied forces.
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London
United States
Germany
Allied Beach-Head At Anzio Bottles German Forces
Allied HQ in Algiers reports the Anzio beach-head drawing in German divisions from western anti invasion forces and inflicting about 15 000 enemy casualties. German attacks near Orsogna and along the Pontine marshes were repelled while heavy shelling continued at Anzio and Cas
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Algiers
Anzio
Partisans Seize Rab and Pag Islands Off Croatian Coast
Marshal Tito announced that Yugoslav Partisans captured Rab and Pag islands off the Croatian coast south of Fiume. Communiques reported capture of Zlobin and Plas with strong pressure toward Kraljevica, 14 miles southeast of Fiume, as of Saturday.
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London
Rab
Pag
Fiume
Josip (Tito) Broz
Free Yugoslav Radio
Croatian Littoral
Zlobin
Plas
Kraljevica
Cloudy and Colder Weekend Weather in Iowa
Weather in Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa turns colder for the weekend with cloudy skies. Tonight low around 18, Sunday further cooling with decreasing clouds. Des Moines reports precipitation, Cedar Rapids area about .3 inch, Dubuque .49 inch, statewide highs around 62 and lows near 32.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Chambers
Towa
Marquis Childs and Drew Pearson Feature in Page Arts
A garbled index-like snippet references Marquis Childs and Drew Pearson with mentions of movies and sports. It hints at a newspaper page layout including sections for deaths, Marion, and a court-related or generic feature, but the legible elements are fragmentary. No clear events or names beyond Childs and Pearson are intact.
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Marquis Childs
Ceeeeseeis
David Lawrence
Marion
Alain Eees
Abeelaen
Ccs
Cece Ee
Drew Pearson
Ted
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Tom Treanor
U S Carrier Raid on Marianas Sinks 11 Ships
Reports from Pearl Harbor detail the February raid by U S carrier planes hitting Saipan and Tinian. The operation destroyed 135 enemy aircraft and damaged or sunk 11 ships while facing heavy anti-aircraft fire and aerial opposition.
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Pearl Harbor
Ins
Mariana Islands
Saipan
Tinian Islands
Mariana Group
Tokyo
U. S
Marc A. Mitscher
Hornet
Shangri-la
Marianas
Truk
Carolines
Tinian
Nimitz
McNary Death Creates Vacuum in Senate Leadership
Charles L. McNary of Oregon, longtime Senate Republican leader, died in Fort Lauderdale Florida at 69 after a brain tumor operation. His passing leaves a leadership gap with Sen White acting temporarily as leader and potential successors including Vandenberg Bridges or Taft discussed.
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Washington
Barkley
Roosevelt
Charles L. McNary
Ore
McNary
Fort Laudersdale
Fla
Senate
White House
Congress
Charlie McNary
O.K
Sens
Vandenberg
Mich
Bridges
N. H
Taft
Ohio
Wendell L. Willkie
Harry Lane
Oregon
Snell
Wallace
The
Oregonian
United States
Charles McNary
New York
Willkie
Penick and Ford Reports Year Profit of 3.39 a Share
New York AP reports Penick and Ford Ltd and subsidiaries earned 1,251,485 net for the year ended December 31, equal to 3.39 a share, vs 1,608,087 or 4.36 a share in 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Penick and Ford, Ltd., Inc
New Count Filed Against A and P in Sherman Case
A federal information charged the New York Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company and about 30 officers and subsidiaries with conspiring to control prices and injure food manufacturers processors canners wholesalers and independent retailers. The action followed by separate Dallas indictments and mirrors antitrust charges in the Sherman act.
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Danville, Ill
New York Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Department of Justice
Dallas
Texas
A, and P Group
Service Airmail Rate Unchanged For Armed Forces
Postmaster General Walker announced that the six-cent-a half-ounce airmail rate remains in effect for letters to and from service members stationed outside the continental United States despite the new tax law.
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Washington
Walker
Continental
United States
Strike Halts Armor Plate Plant At Great Lakes Detroit
CIO pickets returned 3,008 workers to gates of the Great Lakes Steel plant in Ecorse halting armor plate production for navy barges. About 6,000 idle, as walkout began Friday over discipline. management says workers violated rules and that the union refused to follow grievance procedures.
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Detroit
CIO
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Ecorse
United States Navy
United Steel Workers Union
United Automobile Workers
Mack Avenue
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Briggs
Navy
Rouge
Ford Motor Company
Pressed Steel Department
U S Aviator Talks It Over with Swiss
London report describes a radio Berlin broadcast of a dialogue between an American bomber commander and Swiss anti-aircraft personnel during a raid over Switzerland. The American warned of shooting if the plane did not turn back and claimed Swiss fire was too low.
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London
England
Radio
Berlin
United States
Switzerland
Fuehrer Aged Ten Years in Twelve Months Report
Ralph E. Heinzen describes Adolf Hitler as aging rapidly due to war losses on the eastern front. The piece notes Hitler’s sway shrinking outside the party, Himmler’s rise, and Rommel’s fading influence while recounting a daylight Rhineland raid and German propaganda misrepresentation.
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Fuehrer
Nazi
Hermann Goering
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Reich
Hitler
Germany
Himmler
Erwin Rommel
Tunisia
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Siegfried Walls
Russians Press West as Germans Reinforce Rogachev
Moscow said Soviet forces pushed toward Latvia and northern Poland along a 400 mile front from Pskov to Rogachev despite German stiffening. Rokossovsky’s army punched through gaps, recaptured localities, and pushed German losses past 6,000 with 14 counterattacks repelled. Road toward Dno and Dedovichi area saw small towns and rail centers fall within 80 miles of Latvia.
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London
Pskov
Rogachev
Russia
Latvia
Poland
Moscow
Constantine Rokossovsky
Lutovo
Kebska
Pork+hov
Dno
Nevel
Dedovichi
Barlayevo
Dorka
Kholm
Vitebsk
Berlin
Paris
Dnieper
Charges Against Chaplin Upheld
LOS ANGELES INS Charlie Chaplin loses the first round to escape federal white slave and conspiracy indictments involving his former protege Joan Barry. Judge J F T O Connor refuses to sustain two demurrers and Chaplin pleads not guilty to two counts. Trial set for March 21.
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Los Angeles
INS
Charlie Chaplin
Joan Barry
J F. T. O'Connor
Jerry Giesler
Chaplin
800 Club Seeks 800 Investors For War Bonds
Linn county war finance committee reports some response to the 800 club appeal for Series E war bonds but needs many more buyers. Each $1000 bond costs $750 cash and earns a certificate. Buyers urged to complete purchases Monday or Tuesday before Tuesday night deadline to lift Linn county toward its $2,967,000 quota despite Cedar Rapids Friday sales totaling 27,898 and a county shortfall of 778,596 with time extended to Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County War Finance Committee
Linn
War Finance Committee
Linn County
Bitter fight on Guam reported by Tokyo agency
Tokyo dispatch reports a bitter battle has raged for days between Japanese garrison on Guam and an attacking United States naval formation. Guam lies 111 miles southwest of Saipan, with the clash continuing as reported Saturday.
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London
INS
Tokyo
German Overseas Agency
Guam
Mariana
Saipan
United States
Roosevelt orders review of all occupational draft deferments
President Roosevelt announced a comprehensive review of occupational deferments due to a manpower shortfall. He said over 5 million men hold such deferments and urged faster mobilization of younger, physically able workers from agriculture and industry to boost the armed forces.
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Washington
LLP
White House
Roosevelt
Paul V McNutt
War Manpower Commission
Lewis B Hershey
Selective Service System
Paul Andersen Promoted to Captain of Cedar Rapids Guard Unit
Paul W. Andersen of 121 Twenty fourth street drive SE is promoted from first lieutenant to captain of Cedar Rapids Company L in the Iowa state guard succeeding Charles Penningroth who becomes lieutenant colonel and joins the judge advocate general department. Andersen works for Collins Radio. Rudolph T Termohlen of 358 Twenty first street SE advances to first lieutenant and Jack S. Farwell of 437 Thirty fifth street NE is promoted from first sergeant to second lieutenant.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul W. Andersen
Twentyfourth Street
Iowa State Guard
Charles Penningroth
Judge Advocate General's Department of the Guard
Andersen
Collins Radio Company
Rudolph T Termohlen
Twenty-first Street
Jack S. Farwell
Thirty- Fifth Street
Son of Churchill Confers with Tito in Yugoslavia
Capt Randolph Churchill, son of the prime minister, is reported to be conferring with Marshal Tito in Yugoslavia after apparently parachuting into the country. The AP report notes the meeting occurred Saturday.
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Churchill
Tito
London
Randolph Churchill
Josip Broz
Yugoslavia
Sugar for Civilian Industry to be Cut
The War Food Administration cuts civilian sugar allotments in 1944 by six percent from 1943 levels. Industrial civilian users face up to ten percent reductions while household rations are aimed to remain intact. To prevent a rush on sugar, the OPA will remove coupon expiration dates, keeping stamps 30 and 31 valid indefinitely despite their five pound value.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Office of Price, Administration
A Price
OPA
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