Baruch Byrnes announce wartime contract termination clause
Washington action unveils a uniform government fixed price contract termination article and cost deferral principles aimed at demobilization. Byrnes and Baruch stress quick payment to mobilize remaining capacity, while denying any early war end implication. The move precedes selective service curbs on under 22 occupational deferments to boost manpower.
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Washington
Baruch
War Mobilization
James F. Byrnes
Bernard M. Baruch
War Mobilization Office
John Hancock
New York
Joint Contract Termination Board
Willkie debate, Roosevelt era politics and local rink notes
Current Comment discusses Willkie as a Republican rival to Roosevelt and warns against a stop Willkie movement. It also critiques a parliamentary government idea and Postmaster Walker’s Esquire mailing rule. Local skating rink issues at Roosevelt, Arthur, Bever and Riverside parks are reported with maintenance notes and budget gaps.
Black Widow fighter enters U S Army Air Forces production
The War Department announced a new night fighter the P-61 code named Black Widow. It is a twin engined, heavily armed fighter by Northrop in California with two Pratt and Whitney motors, designed for night bomber interception and long range.
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Washington
U. S. Army Air Forces
War Department
Pratt and Whitney
Air Forces Technicians
Northrop Aircraft," Inc
California
Northrop
Reds Smash Near Border of Rumania
Soviet forces under Generals Konev and Vatutin broke through southern Ukrainian lines, capturing Kirovograd and pushing toward the Romanian border. Stalin hailed Konev’s four day drive as they sever the last Nazi escape routes from the Dnieper bend, with heavy German losses reported.
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Kirovograd
Dnieper
Black Sea
Ivan
Konev
Josef Stalin
Ikonev
Nikolai Vatutin
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Rumania
Ilyintsi
Zhmerinka
Dnieper Bend
Poland
Smela
Vinnitsa
Old Poland
Germany
DNB
Martin Hallensleben
Berlin
Stalin
Nazi Radios Shut Down as Allied Raids Resume
Nazi radio stations began shutting down across Europe in a fast spreading wave. Allied daylight patrols over northern France reported no major attacks beyond escort missions, with one German plane and one Allied fighter downed. A Canadian pilot claimed a German craft was shot down near Paris.
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Vermont’s Wills warns GOP against Stop Willkie at convention
Vermont Governor William E. Wills in a nationwide CBS address urges Republicans to give Wendell Willkie a fair chance at the 1944 nomination. He warns that stopping Willkie through party bosses could mean the GOP’s death by its own actions and attacks four year locusts in Republican politics. He names Alf Landon, John Hamilton, Joseph Pew, Senator Nye, Gerald L. K. Smith, and the McCormick Patterson press as part of the problematic influence.
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William E. Wills
Vermont
Wendell Willkie
CBS
Wills
Willkie
Alf Landon
John Hamilton
Joseph Pew
Senator Nye
Gerald L. K. Smith
McCormick - Patterson
Axis
Silver Star Awarded Medic Garian Wetzel in Italy
Pfc. Garlan L. Wetzel 21 receives the Silver Star for gallantry in action near the front lines in Italy. He marked an evacuation route for litter casualties under heavy fire and continued guiding litters through the night. Wetzel, son of Mr and Mrs George A Wetzel of Cedar Rapids, enlisted Feb 23 1941 and served in campaigns from Ireland to Tunisia and Salerno.
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Wetzel
George A. Wetzel
Grande Avenue SE
Italy
Cedar Rapids mourns longtime mayor Charles Huston dies at 82
Charles D. Huston a four time Cedar Rapids mayor and former chair of Iowa Democratic Central Committee died Saturday evening at 6 20 at his son Paul Huston’s home after a long illness. He was 82 on December 18. Huston served as federal tax collector for Iowa from 1933 to 1941 and held posts in newspapers job printing post office welfare and banking. He helped found the Tama County Democrat and later edited The Evening Gazette before entering municipal politics where he served as mayor and city official for decades.
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Cedar Rapids
Paul Huston
Twelfth Street
Huston
State
Democratic Central Committee
Internal Revenue
Iowa
Joseph Herron
Smithsonian Institute
Grant
Tama Jim
Evening Gazette
The
Gazette
Wilson
May's Island
Navy to Quit Cornell Flight Preparatory School
The Navy Department confirmed it will abandon its flight preparatory school at Cornell College in Mt Vernon Iowa after June 30 as part of the flight training program reorganization. Trainee input will continue through March 16, per Capt Leland P Lovette director of navy public relations.
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Navy Department
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Leland P. Lovette
Navy Public Relations
Truman Group Assails Continuance of Canal
The Truman committee condemned the war department oil project in Canada as a mistake from the start and unpardonable to continue. Gen Somervell faced sharp criticism for persisting amid repeated warnings, while Under-secretary Patterson defended his leadership and the project’s wartime aims against Japanese threats in the Pacific. Senators Hatch and Connally backed the decision as essential for oil and gasoline supplies and urged renegotiation terms with Imperial.
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Truman Committee
War Department
Canada
Brehon
Somervell
Army S Service Forces
Senate
Ferguson
Rmich
Kilgore
W Va
Robert P. Patterson
Patterson
Pacific
United States
Aleutians
Alaska
Sens
Carl A Hatch
D-Nm
Tom Connally
D-Texas
Hatch
Connally
Imperial
Gen. Somervell
Marines Push On Toward Borgen Bay
U S marines on New Britain Island pushed 1.75 miles south of Silimati point on Thursday as fighting for Borgen Bay continued. The advance, from Cape Gloucester, left about 200 Japanese soldiers dead and reached Hill 660 observation point with heavy clashes on the hill and surrounding slopes. Allied air forces supported the drive, while Solomons-based fighters raided Rabaul and Borpop air drome on New Ireland, shooting down several enemy aircraft with two Allied planes missing.
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U. S
New Britain Island
Silimati Point
Borgen Bay
Cape Gloucester
MacArthur
Silimati
Southwest Pacific
Rabaul
New Britain
Borpop
New Ireland
Cedar Rapids Cold Holds Overnight In Bite of Winter
Cedar Rapids residents bore another night of near zero temperatures as the day peaked at 20 degrees, fell to 2 by 11 p.m., then recovered to 4 degrees at midnight according to Chambers Inskeep readings.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
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