Army fears lowering standards would hurt wartime efficiency
A five member medical commission urged the President and Congress to avoid delaying the draft of fathers by relaxing physical or mental standards. They warn that reduced standards would weaken unit performance in modern warfare and stress that better mobilization methods are possible without disrupting families or war industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JVHE
Drew Pearson
Gillette Committee
Jate
War Production Board
Foreign Economic Administration
British Fourteenth Army routs Japanese in Arakan Burma front
In western Burma on the Arakan front Allied forces under the Fourteenth army and Southeast Asia command claim a decisive Japanese defeat. The memorandum cites 1,000+ Japanese dead and 2,000 wounded from an 8,000-strong task force, with lighter Allied casualties, as airlifted aid and sustained bombardment aided the victory. Brig. Gen. Olds led a key relief flight despite Japanese fire, while RAF carried the bulk of operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
Fourteenth Army
Eastern Air Command
Arekan
Burma
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia Command
Arakan
A. F. P Christison
William D. Olds
India
Olds
United States Tenth Air Force
Royal Air Force
R.A.F
Roosevelt Seeks Vets Preferential Federal Jobs
President Roosevelt urged Congress to pass a law giving returned veterans exclusive access to designated federal jobs and directed all agency heads and the Civil Service Commission to prioritize veterans in hiring. The policy aims to ensure reemployment for veterans already employed by the government and full opportunity for new federal positions if they wish them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Department
Civil Service Commission
Workers Return to Landing Boat Plant
About 6,000 steel workers at Great Lakes Steel ECORSE plant resumed work after a three day stoppage cutting armor plate production for Navy invasion craft. Union Local 1299 did not detail the conditions of the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Great Lakes Steel Corporation
Ecorse
United States Navy
United Steel Workers of America
CSO
Thomas Shane
Mack
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Briggs
United Automobile Workers (Cio
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Our Fleet to Equal All Others Combined
Cambridge Massachusetts AP report states Rear Admiral Edward L. Cochrane declared that the United States naval strength will match the combined fleets of all other nations by the war’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge, Mass
United States
Edward L. Cochrane
Resignation of Saunders County War Bond Plan Originator
Emil E Placek a Saunders county banker who proposed forcing bond purchases through ration and draft action resigned as county war finance committee chairman The move came after a Morgenthau warning that compulsory tactics were barred Placek cited Independence pledges and said his views conflicted with treasury policy He noted his county had oversubscribed its fourth war loan but bond workers were discouraged by slackers and disloyalty claims.
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Wahoo
Neb
Emil E. Placek
Nebraska
Secretary of Treasury
Morgenthau
Saunders County War Finance Committee
W. Dale Clark
Omaha
State War Finance Committee
Placek
Treasury Department
County Selective Service Board
Grive
Japan
U S Heavies Attack France In Allied Bombardment
London AP reports American heavy bombers joined Allied forces in a large bombardment of northern France. The United States Eighth Air Force led the strike against German targets, aided by American and British medium bombers with fighter escort as weather allowed.
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London
France
Great Britain
United States
Eighth Air Force
Germany
McDonough Listed A German Prisoner
Cpl. Albert Harry McDonough, Cedar Rapids, is reported prisoner in German hands via a telegram from the federal communications commission. He joined in 1941, served in Africa, Ireland, and Italy, with two brothers also in the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Albert Harry McDonough
Harry McDonough
N Street
Federal Communications Commission
Cedar Rapids National Guard
Ireland
Italy
Cpl. McDonough
Ben
Seattle
Wash
Edward
Clovis
N. M
San Quentin Escapees Caught After Cross Country Crime
Ralph Ward last of three inmates who escaped San Quentin December 26 and freed from Jackson jail after a spree terrorizing Mississippi towns was captured near Tchula. The trio, including Roy Drake and Lawrence Motari, had kidnapped a 16 year old girl and fled through Greenwood before Ward’s car overturned and police closed in. Drake surrendered on a Greenwood roof and Motari was captured after being spotted by a resident. All had previously been jailed for a Beverly Hills hotel robbery and used a prison break to resume crime across Mississippi
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
Miss
Ralph Ward
San Quentin
Jackson
Tchula
Ward
Winona
Grenada
Grand Forks
N. D
Lawrence Motari
Red Hawk
Mont
Roy Drake
Oklahoma City
Drake
Olline McKnight
Belzoni
Cleveland
Beverly Hills
Calif
Memphis
Robert E. Lee
Hinds County
Mississippi
Jackson, Miss
Ray Dranke
NEA
Big U S Convoy Reaches Britain
United States forces massing in Britain for invasion of western Europe arrive in one of the largest Atlantic convoys ever. The crossing avoided submarine attacks despite heavy seas and included mechanized units aircraft and highly trained sailors with minimal underwater contact and no life belts for most crew.
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London
United States
Britain
Europe
Atlantic
E John A Moroso
Ban Approved on Token Counterfeit
The Senate judiciary committee advanced a bill extending penalties for forging ration tokens and similar coins. The measure, amended from a House version, bans manufacture and sale of imitations of government tokens with penalties up to one year in prison or a $3000 fine or both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Soviets Reach Near Baltic Rail Hub of Pskov
London AP reports the Red Army advanced to within 15 miles of Pskov, cutting German reinforcements and liberating more than 210 towns and villages. Maslogotitsky station and nearby points were seized as Russians moved toward the rail gateway to the Baltics, while other units pushed closer to Pskov. Further south, near Apostolovo, Soviet forces broke through Nazi dugouts and trenches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Red ‘Army
Pskov
Baltics
Maslogotitsky
Dnieper
Apostolovo
Court Backs NLRB on Bargaining Power
The Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling, upheld the National Labor Relations Act requiring employers to bargain with a union despite existing individual contracts. Justice Jackson led the majority, rejecting the idea that individual contracts can survive collective ones. The decision reinforces that union bargaining benefits all represented employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Act
Jackson
Labor Board
J I. Case Company
Rock Island
Ill
United Automobile, Aircraft and Agricultural Implement Workers of America
CIO
Robert
Fetzer Heads Radio Censorship Division
Byron Price announced John E. Fetzer of Kalamazoo Mich as assistant director in charge of the radio division at the censorship agency. Fetzer, owner and GM of WKZO, will replace J H Ryan who organized the service and is resigning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Byron Price
John E. Fetzer
Kalamazoo
Mich
Fetzer
WKZO
J. H. Ryan
Broadcasting Service
Price
Nazis Pressure Finland to Stay in War Across Axis Ties
Stockholm reports Finland facing German pressure to continue fighting with the Axis as Helsinki endures a massive 600 plane raid. Moscow predicts tougher Soviet action and Estonia moves to expand bases against Finland. The attack caused extensive destruction in Helsinki, disrupting electricity, water, rail, and communications.
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Finland
Stockholm
Moscow
Helsinki
Tidningen
Italy
Pietro Badoglio
Russia
Estonia
Enemy planes bomb Oulu Finland in Gulf of Bothnia attack
A Beaufort communique reports enemy aircraft struck Oulu in central Finland along the Gulf of Bothnia on Sunday afternoon and night causing damage and fires.
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New York
Oulu
Finland
Gulf of Bothnia
Moniday
34th Division Heroic Cassino Fight Across Rapido and Cassino
The 34th Division fought into Cassino on February 2 and held under siege with grim resolve. The unit, joined by the 36th from Texas, endured days in the hills and reported heavy casualties amid brutal winter fighting. The narrative highlights cross of the Rapido, key hill battles, and sustained endurance.
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Fifth Army
Cassino
United States 36Th Division
Rapido River
34Th
National Guard
36Th
Texas
Towa
Minnesota
36Th Division
Rapido
Mt. Cassino
Salerno
Benevento
Volturno
San Pietro
Cervaro
San Vittore
Cairo
Mount Cassino
Washington
Valley Forge
Harmon Taylor enters Cedar Rapids school board race
Harmon R. Taylor 47 of 2338 Blake boulevard SE announced his candidacy for two three year terms on the Cedar Rapids school board. A consulting actuary and Cedar Rapids native with ties to Polk school Washington high Carleton College and local Franklin school, he cites finances and teacher pensions as key issues. He is a World War I marine veteran and this marks his first bid for public office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harmon R. Taylor
Blake Boulevard
Cedar Rapids
Taylor
Polk School
Washington High School
Carleton College
Northfield
Minn
Franklin School
Tom
Tig
Coe College
Cloudy and Slightly Colder Forecast for Iowa Tonight
Weather forecast for Cedar Rapids and nearby areas calls for mostly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with a low around 28 degrees. Cedar Rapids recorded 28 at 7 a.m. and 29 at 9 a.m. with a 2:30 p.m. temperature of 36 and humidity at 55 percent.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Dubuque
Spencer
Board Rules Out Setup in Dads' Draft
Roosevelt commission ends hopes to ease the 4-F pool by lowering standards or drafting more for limited service. 6 to 8 percent of 4-F could qualify on reexamination. plans for full reconsideration paused. Navy and Army say further lowering would impair efficiency. inductions need combat-ready men.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Ross _T.-.McIntire
Norman T. Kirk
Alan C. Woods
Johns Hopkins
Congress
House
Pearl Harbor
Notable pages tease Marquis Childs and columnists
A fragmented reader note lists Marquis Childs Comics Deaths and various columns by David Lawrence Drew Pearson Walter Winchell and Tom Treanor. It hints at radio sports and feature sections on page four and page sixty five with various bylines and sections.
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Marquis Childs
David Lawrence
Drew Pearson
Ate State
Ays Tom Treanor
Walter Winchell
Marion Sole
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Harry Boyd
Fiveeman
Georgia
ARQUA
Gillette
Senate Agriculture
INCE
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
F.D.R
U. S
McDonough
Baltic
NLRB
Justice Reed
Agriculture Department
High Court
Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Black
Frankfurter
Greater Boston
Delbert O. Stark
Fourother
Circuit Court of Appeals
Douglas
Hecht Company
Sian
Wynn Hemmerling
Harmon Taylor
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