Three Anamosa Guards Fired After Prison Break
DES MOINES AP Gov Hickenlooper announced three guards were dismissed and two others reduced in rank after four convicts escaped from the Anamosa state reformatory on New Year’s. Warden Foss Davis cited gross negligence and rule violations in the disciplinary actions.
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Des Moines
B. B. Hickenlooper
Board of Control
Anamosa State Reformatory
W. J. McNamara
Donald O Swanson
K. E. Millsap
Foss Davis
Dan E. Beam
C. H Poorbaugh
McNamara, Swanson
Millsap
Roosevelt to Address Congress by Noon and Radio Night
President Roosevelt will send the annual state of the union message to congress at noon Tuesday read by clerks, after which a 30 minute radio resume will be broadcast at 8 p.m. Central War Time. The budget for the year ending June 30 1945 will be submitted Thursday. Congress opens its new session with party standings shown for Senate and House.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
White House
Ross T. McIntire
State of the Union
Senate
HOUSE
Progressive Revere
Ciano Reported Doomed to Die
London AP report says Count Galeazzo Ciano shot and likely killed while attempting escape. German agency cites a treason trial finding Ciano and 18 Fascist officials condemned to death. six defendants remained in Nazi custody. Marshal Emilio de Bono among those tried.
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London
Galeazzo Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Italy
Germany
DNB
Grand Council
Mussolini
Tullio Cianetti
Corporations
Ciano
Emilio de Bono
Ethiopia
Temperatures Rise in Eastern Iowa Weekend
Temperatures warmed across eastern Iowa this weekend with Cedar Rapids reaching 27 degrees at 3 PM and a 14 degree low earlier. Forecast shows little change for the next 24 hours as statewide highs reached 37 and lows varied from 8 to 20 above zero at several cities.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chambers
Council Bluffs
Spencer and Dubuque
Wastepaper No 1 Critical Material in War Effort
The U S victory wastepaper campaign says wastepaper is now the No 1 critical material. Mills are crying for paper and operating at 60 to 75 percent capacity. Recent collections totaled 114000 tons. 155000 tons weekly are needed for packaging war items.
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New York
United States Victory
Funeral services for Mrs Herbert Hoover held at St Bartholomew
Funeral services were held Monday at St Bartholomew's Protestant Episcopal church for Mrs. Herbert Hoover wife of the former President.
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New York
St. Bartholomew’s Protestant Episcopal Church
Herbert Hoovler
Congressmen Barred from U.S. Forces
President Roosevelt ordered that members of Congress may not serve in active military components. He cited constitutional and constitutional reasons, noting some lawmakers already joined the military but that serving in both branches is prohibited. The move ends a long-debated matter as some representatives have donned uniforms.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Secretaries of War and Navy
Congress
Biddle
Stephen Early
War Stimson
Navy Knox
Metal baby carriages return to market after prewar quality
The War Production Board announced metal baby carriages will replace wooden victory models within six weeks. All metal restrictions on carriages push carts strollers and walkers are lifted as steel supply improves. WPB expects 1944 production at capacity with 750 000 to 800 000 metal carriages and a 20 percent savings in man hours.
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Washington
War Production Board
WPB
U S Fifteenth Air Force Moves to Italy In Coordinated Shift
The Fifteenth Air Force moved from Africa to bases in Italy near the enemy, flying heavy bombers from new Italian fields and maintaining operations against the Germans. Allied forces hit Cassino front, securing Mt Chiaia and Mt Porchia as fighting continued around San Vittore and Cervaro.
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15Th Air Force
Italy
Sofia
Bulgaria
15Th
Africa
Mediterranean
Allied
Algiers
Fifth Army
Cassino
Peccia River
Mt. Maio
Catena Vecchio
Fallen San Vittore
Cervaro
San Vittore
Mi. Chiaia
Cerraro
Eighth Army
Huston Funeral Wednesday at 2
Services for Charles D. Huston 82 Cedar Rapids politician and four time mayor will be held in Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Wednesday He died Saturday at his son's home Burial will be in Linwood cemetery Masonic rites led by Mt Hermon lodge No 263 Master Masons to meet at 1 30 p.m. Wednesday in Masonic hall to attend the services
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Charles D. Huston
Iowa
Democratic Party
Cedar Rapids
Turner Chapel
Huston
Paul Huston
Twelfth Street
Linwood Cemetery
Mt. Hermon
Masonic Hall
Republican Chief Blasts Roosevelt Policies At 1944 Meet
Cedar Rapids chairman Harri son E. Spangler opened the 1944 Republican national committee session in Chicago to charge Roosevelt era missteps in Pearl Harbor preparedness and home front economy. He claimed a public shift toward honesty and economy and cited public fear of an expanding WPA style policy. He praised Mackinac declaration and criticized the New Deal while urging a united front against Democratic leaders.
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Chicago
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
Spangler
GO. P
Mackinac
United States
Hull
Doughboy Billy Miller hero of surrounding ruse on Italian front
Pvt. Billy Miller of Peoria enlisted in the attack near San Vittore punched 19 German troops into surprise surrender. He led the captors across no man’s land with seven German automatics, nine binoculars, and a machine pistol, then turned them over to Capt. Russell E. Law. Miller later reassured his parents and a young Macon girl as the tale spread.
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Kenneth L. Dixon
A.E.F
Italian Front
Billy Miller
Peoria
Man’s Land
Miller
San Vittore
Billy
Peoria Army Biscuit
No Man’s Land
Russell E. Law
Des Moines
Silver Star for Ensign Stephens In Salerno Fight
Ensign Norman E. Stephens 23 of the naval reserve received the Silver Star for gallantry in action at Salerno. A gunfire support officer, he landed on enemy territory early in the invasion, writing from Gela and Paestum about close calls and street fighting with Italian forces. He trained at Cornell, Norfolk, and with U.S. Army personnel in Africa before Sicily, and is now stationed in England with Mrs. Stephens, formerly Marjorie Weart of Brandon Iowa.
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Norman E. Stephens
Naval Reserve
Salerno
Stephens
Sixteenth Street SE
Paestum
Cornell University
Ithaca
Norfolk
Africa
Sicily
Gela
Ensign Stephens
Loup City
Neb
England
Marjorie Weart
Brandon
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
The
Gazette
Himmler accuses Papen of aiding enemy powers
Turkish diplomatic sources report Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler has charged German ambassador Franz von Papen with exchanging views with enemy powers. Papen, a noted Reich diplomat, is to be recalled to Germany soon based on these charges.
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Zurich
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmler
Franz von Papen
Turkey
von Papen
Reich
Germany
Himmler
Hopkins in Hospital with Flu
Harry L. Hopkins, adviser to President Roosevelt, is in Naval hospital with influenza. White House officials say he entered last week with a severe cold and has developed fever and chills, likely keeping him there for some time.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Naval Hospital
White House
Sweden and Reich sign reduced trade and shipping accord
Stockholm AP reports Sweden and Germany reached a trade agreement calling for exchanges on a considerably reduced scale and for resumption of safe conduct privileges for Swedish shipping, announced by the government on Monday.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
Russian Push Drives Deep Into Ukraine As German Retreat Falters
Soviet forces under Vatutin and Konev advance toward Vinnitsa and Kirovograd, closing on Bug river positions and threatening Schmidt German rail links. Berlin reports chaotic escape and Russian gains include 110 towns and heavy material captures.
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Moscow
Nikolai Vatutin
Bug
Vinnitsa
Dnieper
Vatutin
Smela Gap
Ivan S. Konev
Alexandrovka
Kirovograd
Old Rumania
Sarny
Old Poland
Berlin
Wilno-Rovno
Brest-Litovsk
Stockholm
Zhornishche
Odessa-Warsaw
Transnistria
Rumania
Schastlivaya
Ukraine
Ochakov
Black Sea
Odessa
Berdichev
Kone
Marengo Man Gets 10 Years Forgery Case
Edward Everett Gorsch, 32, of Marengo, pled guilty to two forgery charges in Judge G P Linville's court. He received concurrent sentences of up to 10 years at Fort Madison state penitentiary. Gorsch was arrested Saturday night in a Cedar Rapids tavern by Detectives Harley Simon and Leonard Stusak for forging his brother George Gorsch's name on two checks cashed at Western Fate Supply in December.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward Everett Gorsch
Marengo
Tenth Street
G. P. Linville
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Gorsch
Harley Simon
Leonard Stusak
George “Gorsch
Western Fate Supply Company
Decemer
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Pola
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Ancona
Aquila
Cedar Rapids News
Yank
Roy Miner
Peggy Mitchem
Macon
Mitchem
Athens
Delver
Norman
Papen
Harry Hopkins
Raymond Clapper
David Lawrence
Paul Mallon
Marion
Ee State
Tom Treanor
Walter Winchell
Konev
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