Red Cross drive appeals for aid as war pain spreads
Cedar Rapids residents are urged to support the Red Cross with donations to assist war relief at home and abroad. The piece praises Red Cross service and urges pride in supporting the organization amid war’s hardships. It also notes OPA investigations in Cedar Rapids and the need for cooperation to curb price violations. Roosevelt returns from Yalta with guarded optimism as mixed evaluations of the conference surface across political lines.
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Red Cross
Linn
Ib Gngroy
OPA
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt returns from Yalta with hope for lasting peace
President Roosevelt arrives in Washington after a five week, 14,000 mile journey from Yalta. He outlines plans for a congressional report, a United Nations conference opening in San Francisco, and further talks with Churchill. He described the occupation zones and suggested France may influence the Reich. He stressed armament reduction and a path for Germany and Japan to join the UN after proving peaceable.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Russia
San Francisco
Churchill
London
Yalta
Malta
Egypt
Algiers
France
Reich
Germany
United Nations Organization
Japan
America
Britain
China
Health trend beats old time habits in modern era
The piece argues progress toward world peace despite bickering and notes the Crimean conference as showing a real willingness to improve relations. It counters nostalgia for ancient routines with a report from the Iowa health department that average lifespans now exceed those of 1910 by about 24 years, despite widespread auto fatalities.
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Rees Tgs Ae
Ter Hally
Iowa Department of Health
F D R Feeling Fine on Return
President Roosevelt returned from his Crimea trip in good health and described as tip top by his physician Vice Admiral Ross T McIntire in a brief Capitol report noting his strong physical condition.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Crimea
Ross T. McIintire
Rochester Patient Hopkins Treats at St Marys Hospital
The Rochester Post-Bulletin reports Hopkins, a patient at St. Mary's hospital here, was brought in late by army transport from Yalta. He previously received treatment in 1944 for a stomach ailment at this facility.
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Yalta
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester Post-Bulletin
House Votes Ban of Farm Labor Draft
Washington AP report on the House vote to reaffirm a prohibition against drafting necessary and irreplaceable farmers. The measure, now sent to the Senate, targets about 360,000 farmers in the 1825 age range and strengthens the Tydings amendment to safeguard food production. Opponents call it class legislation while backers argue it ensures essential agriculture continues.
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Washington
House
Senate
Tydings
Flannagan
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Rep
Russell
Texas
Balmy Cedar Rapids Weather With Clear Skies
Cedar Rapids records warm spell with 38 degrees at 2 30 pm and clear skies. Temperature peaked at 30 above Tuesday and ranged from 26 to 38 through Wednesday. Forecasters predicted light rain or snow for western areas while Atlantic hit 37 and Spencer reported 10 degrees.
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Cedar Rapids
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company
Mercury
Western
Own
Atlantic
Spencer
Move by Jap Diet Reported by Nazis
London dispatch reports a German broadcast stating that Japan plans a diet move, with Nazi commentary attached. No further details are provided in the fragment.
Marines Advance in Iwo Jima Central Plateau Battles
U S Marines push across Iwo Jima central plateau in no quarter fighting toward the north coast. Third division reports 800 pillboxes and heavy defenses as Admiral Nimitz notes limited gains after Tuesday’s artillery and air support.
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Guam
United States
Iwo
United Press
Lisle Shoemaker
Third Marine Division
Shoemaker
Chester W. Nimitz
Infiich
Saipan
Sgt King Wins Silver Star for Fear Under Fire
Sgt Cloyce R King of Gen Patch Seventh Army earns the Silver Star for courage under German fire in Alsatian underbrush. He connected a telephone line to direct mortar fire while pinned down, enabling his unit to silence the enemy position. He has four campaign stars and an infantry combat badge. He lives with Mrs King and their daughter Ginger. parents reside at 1513 E avenue NE. His brother Sgt Floyd King serves in England's medical corps.
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Cloyce R. King
King
Patch
Seventh Army
Ms. King
Ginger
W. F. King
Second Avenue
Sgt
Floyd King
Medical Corps
England
Tokyo Raid Burns 240 Blocks Across City
GUAM AP reports a massive B-29 raid on Tokyo, burning about 67 acres in the city’s dense industrial core. Over 200 bombers conducted the operation, with reconnaissance photos showing a northeast to southwest blaze near key palace districts and the waterfront.
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Guam
Tokyo
Grai
Emperor Hirohito
Radio Tokyo
Apa
21St Bomber Command
Stassen Rejects Ball Endorsement in 1944 Campaign
Albany AP report says former presidential contender Harold E. Stassen held a late press conference to state he did not approve Senator Ball of Minnesota's support for Roosevelt in the 1944 race. Ball backed Roosevelt for aim of uniting anti-Roosevelt factions.
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N. Y
Harold E. Stassen
Sen. Ball
R-Minn
Ball
Roosevelt
Marines Protest Editorial At San Francisco Examiner
A Tuesday riot call drew police and navy to the San Francisco Examiner as 60 to 75 Marines protested an editorial claiming the Marine Corps pays too dearly in casualties at Iwo Jima. No violence or arrests occurred. Wren called the incident unnecessary and said talks with two marines were peaceful.
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San Francisco Examiner
United States
Marine Corps
Iwo Jima
Examiner
Douglas MacArthur
Marine
Navy
William Wren
William Randolph Hearst
Wren
Arne
Wes Wren
55 Cent Wages Minimum Approved by War Labor Board
The War Labor Board authorized a provisional minimum wage of 55 cents an hour in all American industries if it does not raise prices. The ruling would affect thousands of workers by raising the substandard pay threshold from 50 to 55 cents, with regional boards empowered to approve increases up to 55 cents when employers voluntarily seek the change in response to joint union and employee requests.
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Washington
War Labor Board
Reds Race 30 Miles Farther In Baltic Push
London reports the Second White Russian army has captured Neustettin as Berlin says advances push 30 miles north to Polinow near the Baltic coast. Polinow lies 26 miles from the Baltic and 15 miles from the Danzig Stettin railway. A Berlin spokesman calls the breakthrough dramatic as fronts near Breslau see renewed action.
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Neustettin
Stalin
Berlin
Polinow
Pomerania
Danzig
Stettin
Moscow
Breslau
Commons Backs Plans on Poland
London AP The House of Commons defeated a protest motion 396 to 25 on Britain’s stance toward Poland after Foreign Secretary Eden said the Big Three plans would leave Poland strong or stronger than in 1939. He defended Churchill’s coalition and denied any guaranteed frontier.
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House of Commons
Poland
Eden
Britain
Churchill
Judge Philbrick Injured in Lisbon Crash.
Judge Floyd Philbrick and his court reporter John W. Kintzinger suffered knee injuries when their car collided with a truck driven by 41 year old James H. Danly of Mechanicsville. The wreck occurred at the west limits of Lisbon on an icy road as Philbrick headed to Tipton for district court.
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John W. Kintzinger
James H. Danly
Mechanicsville
Lisbon
Philbrick
Kintzinger
Tipton
Dead End Kid Jimmy Butler Dies in France Action
Pvt. James Jimmy Butler 24 original Dead End Kids was killed in action in France February 18 as an artilleryman. Wife Jean Fahrney, living with her parents in Washington, received the telegram Tuesday. Butler acted in films nine years including Tough as They Come Naval Academy Nurse Edith Cavell Military Academy and Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. He served since June 23 1944 training at Fort McClellan Alabama before shipping overseas in January. Mrs. Butler a former soloist with Horace Heidt's bands met him in the entertainment world. Their two young sons Jimmy 3 and Jerry 6 months are with Mrs. Butler. He has a brother Fred a sergeant in Mississippi.
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Jimmy” Butler
France
Butler
Jean Fahrney
C. R. Fahrney
Thirty-second Street
A Department
Naval Academy
Edith Cavell
Military Academy
Wiggs
Cabbage Patch
Fort McClellan
Ala
Horace Heidt
Jimmy
Jerry
Yanks Press Across Erft Near Cologne In Major Breakthrough
Allied forces push across the Erft river with three bridgeheads as Ninth army sweeps toward Duesseldorf and Cologne. Third army advances from Bitburg while Ninth and First armies tally towns captured and prisoners taken, signaling a massive Rhine breakthrough and looming danger to German defenses.
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Bitburg
Trier
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Germany
Berlin
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Erft
AP Co
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First Army
Roer
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