War talk on Nazi inner woes and Hoover price role
A newspaper weighs rumors of Nazi high command discord over Gestapo interference and naval reports while urging prudence. It also endorses Joe Martin’s suggestion that Hoover be appointed wartime price controller, praising his economic acumen and public credibility for the emergency role.
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Doenitz
Gestapo
Atlantic
Hairman
Joe Martin
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Roosevelt Eyes Willkie as Umpire on War Labor Board
President Roosevelt may appoint Wendell L. Willkie as an umpire on the new 12 member national war labor board created to settle labor disputes in war industries. The board, led by Chairman William H. Davis, can direct mediation arbitration to keep production moving and avoid strikes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
War Labor Board
Willkie
Stephen Early
Sonenanane
Labor Board
William H. Davis
Defense Mediation Board
Charles Evans Hughes
James A. Farley
Alfred E. Smith
National War Labor Board
America
Labor Department
Secretary of Labor
Davis
George W. Taylor
University of Pennsylvania
Frank P. Graham
University of North Carolina
Wayne L. Morse
University of Oregon
United Mine
Leaders urged unity across parties for war effort
In a Monday night speech Rep Martin praised several prominent Republicans and anti New Deal Democrats Wendell Willkie Alf Landon Thomas Dewey Al Smith Lewis Douglas and other former rivals as patriots capable of setting aside partisanship. He argued their involvement would strengthen wartime unity following Pearl Harbor. A second item notes Cedar Rapids auto production freezes push 72 percent of area salesmen from jobs and dealers face high overheads with little relief visible. Washington focus elsewhere leaves many communities vulnerable to broader economic hardship this year. A third item reports police charge a Cedar Rapids bus driver with reckless driving and driving without lights after a fatal Friday crash. evidence described as potentially strong but warrants further legal consideration beyond a petty offense to reduce automobile deaths.
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Martin
Wendell Willkie
Alf Landon
Thomas Dewey
al Smith
Lewis Douglas
Pearl Harbor
Arto
Cedar Rapids
Washington
LICE
Thaw Signals Spring Talk Stirs Weather News Debate
A January thaw unsettles talk of spring and prompts city editors to weigh censoring robin sightings and thermometer reports. The piece notes some regions stay warm enough to affect early signs, making the press cautious about spring forecasts.
Fair And Warmer Weather Forecast For Cedar Rapids
Forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions in Cedar Rapids and nearby areas this afternoon and tonight with a low near 78. Cold spell ends as temperatures rise above freezing. slush on streets from thawing and icicle hazards noted downtown.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
British subs strike Italian navy in Mediterranean
London AP reports the admiralty says a 5,222 ton Italian supply ship was torpedoed and badly damaged, another Axis supply ship was set afire by gunfire, and an Italian minesweeper sunk by British submarines in the Mediterranean.
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London
The
Admiralty
Mediterranean
Driver in Cedar Rapids Bus Crash Faces Two Police Charges
Floyd C. Hagan of Des Moines was charged with reckless driving and operating a vehicle without lights after a fatal bus collision at First avenue W and Sixth street. The crash killed Virginia Vanous and marked Cedar Rapids 1942’s first traffic death. John Cox Jr. was cleared of fault.
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First Avenue
Sixth Street
Cedar Rapids
Floyd C. Hagan
Hagan
Des Moines
John Cox, Jr
Virginia Vanous
Goreon Hughes
Cox
Hughes
Tenth Street
First Avenue W
First Avenue Hill
Fort Des Moines
Marshalltown
W. W. Crissman
Carl Hendrickson
Nazi Field Marshal von Bock Reported Arrested in Berlin Villa
A high German source in Scandinavia said Field Marshal Fedor von Bock, once in command of the Russian front middle sector, has been placed under house arrest at a villa in Dahlem a suburb of Berlin.
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Stockholm
Scandinavia
Fedor von Bock
Dahlem
Ilin
Sunk steamer off Nova Scotia by submarine in Battle of the Atlantic
A large steamship torpedoed and sunk 160 miles off the Nova Scotia coast. Survivors say 94 lives were lost and 89 saved, including 66 Chinese and 23 white. The sinking is the closest to North America in the Battle of the Atlantic. Survivors report a rapid two-torpedo hit sequence and many perished in near zero weather aboard rafts and small boats.
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Nova Scotia
North America
United States
Newfoundland
Atlantic
Dennis P. Carroll
Southampton
England
David Hughes
Vancouver
B. C
Congress OKs One Hour Daylight Savings Time Plan
Congressional leaders reach agreement to pass the house approved daylight saving bill. Clocks move forward one hour 20 days after the law takes effect. Administration drops senate proposal granting two hour advance. Final action expected by Wednesday night.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Allies Step Up Bombing In East Indies
Allied air reinforcements arrived in the East Indies intensifying attacks on Japanese forces in Tarakan Celebes and in the Western Pacific and Malaya. Dutch bombers moved from jungle airstrips to strike enemies as Allied action expands with American Dutch and Australian crews using established bases.
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East Indies
America
Tarakan
Celebes
Western Pacific
Malaya
Borneo
Britain
Washington
Mikeco
China
Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Burma
Cedar Rapids Auto Dealers Seek Relief From Freeze
Cedar Rapids 11 new car dealers report 72 percent of salesmen released and about 245000 dollars in idle autos. Stocks, fixed costs, and repair demand rise while new car sales freeze. Dealers urge Washington to preserve parts, maintenance, and service amid wartime regulation.
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Cedar Rapids
Tragedy I: Pilot Training Student Killed in Corpus Christi Crash
Bert P. Anderson Jr., 22, son of Bert P. Anderson of 2533 A Avenue NE, was killed Monday in an air crash at Corpus Christi Texas. He had just completed Marine pilot training and had enlisted about a year ago. He attended Drake University and Roosevelt High School Des Moines. His parents had lived here two years after moving from Des Moines. Mrs Anderson was in Dallas visiting her daughter.
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Bert P. Anderson, Jrr
Bert P. Anderson
Corpus Christi
Tex
Marine
Railway Express Company
Anderson
Des Moines
Drake University
Roosevelt High School
Des
Dallas
Donald Mackaman
Orel Falls and Hitler Move HQ Amid Russian Advances
Russian forces reportedly recaptured Orel as Germans faced encirclement near Smolensk. Hitler is said to have shifted headquarters southward while Moscow front gains press German line near Valdai hills and Novgorod. Stockholm notes Crimean landings amidst broader eastern front pressure.
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Russia
Orel
Moscow
Smolensk
British Exchange Telegraph Agency
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Valdai
Fuehrer
Napoleon
Mosalsk
Kuibyshev
France
Stockholm
Crimean
Kerch
Sevastopol
Yevpatoriya
Crimea
Leningrad
Novgorod
Cedar Rapids hosts priorities analyst for business advice
Cedar Rapids business men sought guidance from J. Dan Malone, a priorities analyst from the Office of Production Management. An office was set up in the Chamber of Commerce building. Malone, veteran of the Chicago office, met nine men by noon and planned further interviews during the day. He noted Cedar Rapids visits occur every other Tuesday with the next appearance on January 27.
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Cedar Rapids
J. Dan Maione
Priorities
Office of Production Management
Chamber of Commerce
Malone
Chicago
Rockford
Lll
Mondey
Philippines Defenders Halt Japanese Tank Assault at Batan
The war department said General MacArthur's forces shattered Japanese tank and infantry concentrations in the Battle of Batan. Eleven enemy batteries were knocked out and the Japanese were forced to withdraw, with an estimated 40 to 50 guns destroyed.
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Washington
War Department
Douglas MacArthur
Battle of
Batan
MacArthur
Batan Province
U S Plans Fivefold Synthetic Rubber Output For War Needs
Washington AP reports a $400 million program approved by President Roosevelt to boost synthetic rubber to 550000 tons yearly by mid 1943. Major producers like Firestone Goodyear and B F Goodrich, with RFC financing, will expand plants to supply tires tanks and aircraft.
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Washington
Germany
Italy
Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Jones
Defense Plants Corporation
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
B. F. Goodrich Company
United States Rubber Company
RFC
Cedar Rapids Men to Register for Draft at Coliseum
Cedar Rapids men must register for selective service at the Memorial Coliseum on February 6. Arthur Huntington, chairman of the east side draft board, announced that all Cedar Rapids men will register there, with men aged 29 to 44 who have not yet signed up doing so on February 16. A crew will sort and demes those registration cards to their local offices.
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Memorial Coliseum
Arthur Huntington
East Side
Huntington
Cedar Rapids
East
West Side
Coliseum
Verna Ballard Says Engine Trouble Led to Backing Crash
Mrs Verna V Ballard told police she suspected engine trouble after backing into another car while leaving a parking space. An officer followed her towed Barge Fa automobile four miles, but the report gives few further details.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Verna V. Ballard
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Small Business Committee
Wright Patman D-Tex
Rt Anderson, Jr
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