Collins Radio to Build Hangar and Lab at Cedar Rapids Airport
After weeks of study Cedar Rapids plans an agreement with Collins Radio to construct a permanent hangar and experimental laboratory at the new municipal airport. The project aims to make the airport a revenue producer by facility use, boosting local industry and the city’s postwar growth outlook. The piece also notes fuel oil shortages looming for winter and comments on wartime rationing and broader aviation developments.
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Ars
Collins Radio Company
Topnotch
Cedar Rapids
U S Invasion Fleet Off Manila and Tokyo Air Raids
Reports from Tokyo and Pearl Harbor describe a second American task force reaching Lingayen gulf and a large invasion armada off Manila. B-29s and carrier planes hit Formosa and Honshu while Japanese claims claim limited damage amid heavy air attacks.
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Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Lingayen Gulf Combat Zone
Formosa
Manila
Radio Tokyo
Luzon
Lingayen Gulf
Philippines
Transocean Agency
Ryukyu Islands
China
War Department
Washington
Marianas
Honshu
Kante
Kinki
Tokaido
Yokohama
Comet Agency
Domei
McCain
Tank Battle Near Laroche Amid Blizzard in Belgium
In a brutal Ardennes snowstorm three miles northeast of Laroche American forces including the "Hell on Wheels" division fought a major clash for Samree on the cratering main road. German attacks pressed along the northern flank while Patton’s Third Army faced counter moves west of Bastogne. The fight occurred under four to five foot drifts as Montgomery’s staff noted German defensive pressure to block the last escape route from the bulge.
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Paris
Laroche
Samree
Belgian Bulge
Ardennes Salient
Montgomery
Bulge
Houffalize-St. Vith
First Army
George S. Patton
Third Army
Bastogne
von Rundstedt
Laroche-St. Vith
France
Strasbourg
Colmar
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Ross~feld
Herbsheim
Rhine
United States Second Armored
North Africa
Sicily
Normandy
Ernest N. Harmon
United States First
Ninth Army
United States Third Army
Cold Wave Grips Midwest With Record Iowa Low
The Cedar Rapids area fell to 17 degrees below zero while Decorah logged 24 below, setting Iowa’s season record. Decorah tied International Falls, Minnesota for coldest spot in the nation as readings continued this month. The Cedar Rapids figure was Chambers Inskeep’s coldest of the month despite a 22 below reading on Dec 26. The Weather Bureau forecast warmer conditions ahead.
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Cedar Rapids
State Highway Commission
Iowa
Mason City
Charles City
Washington
Dubuque
Burlington
Fort Dodge
Spencer
Ames
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Atlantic
Canada
Gulf of Mexico
Midwest
Mercury
Decorah
International Falls
Minn
Chambers
Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapids Weather Forecast Tonight and Wednesday
Partly cloudy with rising temperatures tonight and Wednesday. Light snow tonight and early Wednesday. Low tonight around five above.
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Cedar Rapids
U S Division Leader in August Drive Is Demoted
Maj. Gen. Lindsay McDonald Silvester, who led the Seventh armored division in France, was relieved of command and demoted to colonel before returning to Washington. The Seventh Armored is now commanded by Maj. Gen. Robert Hasbrouck. The War Department gave no public reason beyond noting the demotion if any. Silvester, 55, was cited for lack of aggressiveness in attack and had conflicts with Gen. Patton. He previously earned the DSC, Silver Star, and Purple Heart.
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Washington
INS
Lindsay McDonald Silvester
Seventh Armored Division
France
Silvester
War Department
Robert Hasbrouck
Seventh Armored
Patton
Virginia
Infantry School
Command and General Staff School
Army War College
Reynolds Dead Former Wrestler Jack Reynolds Dies at 51
Former world welterweight champion Jack Reynolds died Tuesday in a Cincinnati hospital at age 51 after a stroke last fall. Born Center Point and raised Cedar Rapids, he earned fame in the Middle West with matches promoted by his brother Art Reynolds and Johnny Fryrear. He coached at the University of Indiana and wrestled nationally, internationally in Australia and Hawaii.
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Jack Reynolds
Pound
Cincinnati
Ohio
Reynolds
Cedar Rapids
Middle West
Center Point
Majestic Theater
Eagles Club
Greene
Johnny Fryrear
Memorial Coliseum
Art Reynolds
Third Street
Indiana
University of Indiana
Australia
Hawaii
Sgt Daniel Bickel Killed in Germany
Sgt Daniel M. Bickel 22 Cedar Rapids area nephew of Bob and Earl Bickel was killed Dec 18 in action in Germany. Word came from his mother Mrs Willis F. Bickel Hollywood California formerly of Cedar Rapids. His father a World War I captain and engineer helped lay out nine holes of Cedar Rapids Country Club and the river front project.
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Cedar Rapids
Daniel M. Bickel
Bob
Earl Bickel
Germany
Willis F. Bickel
Hollywood
Calif
Bickel
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Cedar Rapids River Front
Death Toll in Clipper Crash Believed 23
Pan American Airways reported 23 dead after the Africa bound China Clipper crashed near Port of Spain Trinidad Monday night. Seven of 30 aboard were safe. two survivors from one family and Captain C A Goyette were among the crew.
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Miami, Fla
Pan American Airways
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Miami-to- Leopoldville
Paul J. Whitlock
New York
Charles Williams
Rio de Janeiro
Nancy Lou
Judith Carol
Patricia Emily
Margaret Elizabeth
Belgian Congo
C. A. Goyette
Miami
Scribes knock BBC claim on credit for Ardennes victory effort
correspondents with Allied forces in Belgium questioned a BBC report that credited Montgomery with stopping the German drive. The piece notes American forces at Bastogne and Luxembourg, Patton’s offensive, and air power that helped break the Germans, arguing the BBC scoop oversimplifies the narrative.
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Montgomery
Dwight D. Eisenhower
First Army
Omar Bradley
BBC
Bastogne
Luxembourg
Patton
Two Youths Sentenced Ten Years Each for Car Larceny
Marion youths Earl W. Burns and Lyle Wells pled guilty to larceny of a motor vehicle and were sentenced to up to 10 years in the Iowa men's reformatory at Anamosa. The pair, ages 18 and 19, confessed to two weeks of bootlegging and break ins in eastern Iowa and Illinois after stealing a car Dec 29 from Cedar Rapids. Burns, an army private, was reported as AWOL from Camp Hood Texas.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Iowa Men’s Reformatory
Anamosa
Earl W. Burns
Lyle Wells
G. K. Thompson
Carl Holstrom
Meadowbrook Drive
Iowa
Illinois
Wellman
Joliet
Ill
Burns
Camp Hood
Texas
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