Yanks Smash Jap Reinforcement Bid Off Indo China
Carrier planes of the Third fleet pounded a 250 mile stretch of Indo China coast after wrecking 38 Japanese ships in the first phase. Hundreds of dive bombers torpedo planes and fighters hit shipping airfields and installations from Saigon to Guinhon as Tokyo claimed large air strikes with uncertain confirmation. The dispatch notes ships sunk damaged and losses on both sides, including the Musashi sinking in earlier action and Nimitz reporting decisive results against Japanese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Indo-China
Luzon
Saigon
Guinhon
Tokyo
Pacific Fleet
Chester W. Nimitz
William F. Halsey
South China Sea
Tohe
Indo- China
Ryukyus
Japan
Nimitz
Formosa
Thanh Son Nhut Air Base
Port Nhabe
Guinhon Harbor
Halsey
France
Philippine Sea
U S Coastal Push Bolsters Luzon Front
Sixth army forces broke into the eastern Lingayen gulf flank driving the beachhead to at least 26 miles with naval support. American troops pressed from San Fabian toward Rabon and Rosario air field, while Japanese ships and reinforcements faced heavy U S naval action in Lingayen gulf.
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MacArthur
HDQ
Luzon
Sixth Army
Lingayen Gulf
San Fabian
Rabon
Rosario Airfield
Baguio
San Fernando
Radio Tokyo
Philippines
Gulf
Tokyo
Batangas
Manila
Lamon Bay
Capital
Transocean Agency
Malasiqui
Agno River
Walter Krueger
San Carlos
Lingayen
Malasi‘qui
Douglas MacArthur
Krueger
Manaoag
Pozorrubio
Icy Streets Spark Cedar Rapids Minor Accidents
An evening spate of icy road crashes in Cedar Rapids involved multiple drivers. Ed Hidder faced a charge for losing control at Sixth Street and Fifth Avenue SE after colliding with Joe Schultz. Robert Cook wrecked a truck after skidding into a pole on Sixteenth Avenue and Hamilton Street SW. David Miller, on Ellis Boulevard, collided with John Ament and C A Huska after running a stop sign at F Avenue NW. James Newman, 19, hit two cars on A Avenue NE and left the scene, paying a $5 fine plus costs. Kenneth Bolz reported a hit and run damaging his parked car on First Avenue SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Joe Schultz
Fourth Street
Ed Hidder
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Sixth Street
Fifth Avenue SE
Hidder
Robert Cook
Oxford Junction
Sixteenth Avenue
Hamilton Street
David Miller
B Avenue NW
Ellis Boulevard
F Avenue NW
John Ament
First Avenue
Miller
C A. Huska
James Newman
Fourth Avenue
A Avenue
Kenneth Bolz
First Avenue SE
Four held in auto theft ring as Bouck gets ten years
Detectives say they broke up a petty crime venture with two couples and a man’s auto theft sentence. George Bouck, 24, Marion, received an indeterminate term up to 10 years after pleading guilty to motor vehicle theft. Beckwith, Kohl, and Nelson face related charges as investigators uncover connections to an armed-weapon case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bouck
Marion
Fort Madison
G. K. Thompson
Hanna
Stanley Davis
Bouck
al Decker
Decker
Beckwith
Kohl
John Beck Sporting Goods
Local Index Reads Mixed Bets and Names in Fragments
Fragmentary index page lists names and figures such as Marquises daitighe, David Lawrence, Marion, Moyles, Shane, Drew Pearson, and a radio sports section. The readable items include scattered monetary amounts and partial entries without full context or clear events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marquises Daitighe Tees
David Lawrence
Marion
Shane Ee Moyles
Drew Pearson
Survivors Relate Ship Losses in Typhoon Near Caroline Islands
Survivors and rescuers describe the sinking of three US destroyers in a typhoon off Ulithi Lagoon. The Spence and Monaghan went down with most hands missing or dead. Hull's captain urged life jackets as 55 crew were saved from that ship, with 91 rescued overall and 709 feared dead.
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Rembert James
Ulithi Lagoon
Caroline Islands
United States
Pacific Sea
U.S.S
James Paul Andrea
Alexandria
Uss.s. Hull
James Alexander Marks
Chevy Chase
U.S.S. Monaghan
Floyd Bryce Garrett, Jr
Little Rock
Ark
Spence
Monaghan
Hull
William F. Halsey
Third Fleet
Western Pacific
Henry John Deeters
New Orleans
Minor Honshu quake causes limited damage
A slight earthquake struck central Honshu with minor house damage but no impact on transportation. Weston College seismograph logged a severe quake toward Japan about three hours Friday, per Rev Daniel J Linehan.
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Associated Press
Honshu
Domei Agency
Dispatch
Weston (Mass
Japan
Daniel J. Linehan
First Army-Axis Clash Rages Along 30 Mile Front
US First Army infantry and tanks push into the Belgian border bulge near Houffalize and Stavelot, advancing across a 30 mile front. Third Army and British Second Army join in driving Germans east from the corridor, with rail bridges Hit by 900 heavy bombers along the Rhine.
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Belgium
30Th
Stavelot
Malmedy
Third Armored
83Rd
Houffalize
Second Armored
84Th
Laroche
Fraiture
Roger D. Greene
R.A.F
St. Vith
United States
Rhine
Bingen
Karlsruhe
Champlon
Laroche-Champlon
Third Army
St. Hubert
Kaleidoscope of Emotions as Veterans Land in U S
New York carries 1 368 returning veterans from Europe who span Germany Belgium France Italy and beyond. They include decorated non casualties from the 12th army group and First Third Ninth armies facing furloughs new assignments or reentry to duty. Their homecoming mixes awe shock and relief as they step onto American soil.
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New York
Europe
Germany
Belgium
France
Italy
Sicily
Pennsylvania
Texas
Utah
New York Harbor
Camp
Jesus Christ
12Th
United States
Outbreak of Trichinosis Hits Lowden Community
AP reports 43 Lowden residents in Cedar County ill from trichinosis after eating uncooked smoked pork sausage from London. No deaths. many serious cases treated at home. Officials urge thorough cooking, warn earlier symptoms include fever headaches and swelling. recovery varies.
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Des Moines
Lowden
Cedar County
C. F. Jordan
State Health Department
London
Jordan
University of Iowa
Fred Montz
Explosion at Iowa Steel Injures Two Workers
August Pearson of Anamosa and Edward Benhart of 1533 Second Avenue SE suffered second degree burns in an 8 42 a m explosion at the Iowa Steel and Iron Works yards Twelfth avenue and Fourth street SE. They were taken to Mercy Hospital in good condition. Firemen said a leak in an acetylene tank in a small shed ignited by a spark. Pearson and Benhart were in the shed. flames were extinguished and the leak stopped.
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Cedar Rapids
August Pearson
Anamosa
Edward Benhart
Second Avenue SE
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
Twelfth Avenue
Fourth Street
Mercy Hospital
Pearson
Benhart
Brisk Snowfall In Loop Briefly Dusts Cedar Rapids
Partly cloudy tonight into Sunday with a mild weekend forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity. Snow briefly brushed the loop area, leaving under an inch, with heavier spots in outlying districts. Temperatures ranged from mid 20s to 30. Atlantic marked 22 as the state's low today.
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Cedar Rapids
Loop
Chambers
Atlantic
Council Bluffs
Roosevelt Visit To France Hinted
Stephen Early, secretary to President Roosevelt, will travel to Europe early next month at the request of supreme headquarters public relations officials for several weeks. He is expected to arrange a visit by President Roosevelt to France, a move generally anticipated in Paris. The White House declined to comment.
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Paris
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
Europe
Supreme Headquarters
France
Washington
White House
37 Mile Gap Town in Nazi Polish Wall
The Soviet drive from the Sandomierz bridgehead west of the Vistula breached German lines and advanced up to 25 miles, reaching within 37 miles of Krakow. Stalin issued a day of praise for artillery and announced the offensive led by Marshal Ivan S. Konеv. Berlin reported two more winter offensives in East Prussia and along the Hungarian border as fighting raged near Pilkallen and Koenigsberg Kaunas railway.
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Karl von Rundstedt
Ourthe
Houffalize
von Rundstedt
London
Sandomierz
Vistula
Poland
Krakow
German Silesia
Stalin
Ivan S. Konev
Kielce
Warsaw
Red Air Force
Moscow
Berlin
Red Army
East Prussia
Budapest
Pilikallen
Isterburg
Lithuania
Bydtkau
Koenigsberg-Kaunas
Memel
Baltic
Pillkallen
Transocean Agency
Losone
Kassa
Czechoslovakia
Attendant Shoots Self at Filling Station
H B Bill Garrison about 55 of 710 Eighth Ave SE shot himself in the head with a .22 rifle in the rear supply room of Furnace Standard Service station at First and Seventh SE. Coroner Dr T Frank Hersch ruled self-inflicted death. he had been despondent for weeks.
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Cedar Rapids
H. B
Bill” Garrison
Eighth Avenue
Furnace Standard
First Avenue
Seventh Street
Frank Hersch
Linn County
Garrison
Dan Rupe
Central City
A. L. Nase
Seventh Avenue SE
Lloyd Furnace
Larry
Rupe
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U.S
U. S
P.O.W
Isle of
le Magouer
Etel
United States Army Signal Corps
Cedar Rapids News
Addison+Buckwith
Brooklyn
N. Y
A.W. O.L
Fort Lewis
Wash
Iowa Men’s Reformatory
B. J. Herring
Eighth Street NE
Caroll Kohl
Caroll Rice
E Avenue
Iva
Mae Nelson
Thirty-eighth Street
Armstrong Sporting Boods Department
Taw
John Hanna
D. E
Marks
Ikapok
Salient
First Army
Rundstedt
Helen Camp
Iowa Steel
Lubtin
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