Taxing principle sparks long-term debate on hobby losses
The discussion centers on closing loopholes in the tax code through a proposed rule targeting hobby enterprises. The piece argues against blindly allowing deductible losses from nonprofitable ventures and notes potential political clout from returning service members shaping postwar policy. It also covers wartime mail reforms and Eisenhower’s strategic movements, reflecting broader anxiety about national direction after the war.
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Senate Finance Committee
British Deny Separate Peace Talks With Germany
London reports the British foreign office rejects rumors of talks on a separate peace with Germany. Pravda in Moscow published a Cairo dispatch claiming two British figures met Ribbentrop to discuss terms. Officials in Britain and Washington questioned the rumor while emphasizing no peace without Allied consent.
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Moscow
Pravda
Cairo
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Germany
Britain
Pyrenees
Spain
France
Washington
Communist Party
Tass
United Nations
Teheran
Gloria Vanderbilt di Cicco Fund Drive Sparks Army Aid
Stars and Stripes reports sympathy for New York heiress Gloria Vanderbilt di Cicco. Five enlisted men of the Eighth Air Force send $2.05 to aid her after a court settlement left her on a $135,000 allotment and husband Lt. Pat di Cicco’s pay, highlighting her court troubles.
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London
Army
Stars and Stripes
New York
Gloria
Vanderbilt di Cicco
United States
Air. Force
Pat di Cicco
Yanks Foil Fascist Plotters in Italy Trial Sends Death Sentence
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS Algiers AP reports a military tribunal imposed the death sentence on an Italian convicted of reviving fascism in Italy and ordered a woman colleague imprisoned for a year. Eleven others involved received sentences from one to ten years.
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Allied Headquarters
Algiers
Italy
Counter - Intelligence Corps
D F C s for Dick Reed and John Russell
Washington AP The War Department announced the Distinguished Flying Cross awards to Capt. William R. Reed of Marion Iowa and Capt. John J. Russell of Cedar Rapids Iowa both Twelfth Air Force North Africa. Reed led a P-40 squadron turning in a balanced record and Reed was decorated by Maj. Gen. James Doolittle. Russell flew a Douglas A 20 bomber on about 50 missions over North Africa Sicily and Italy. Reed’s citation notes his actions July 10 1943 protecting B 25 bombers by holding off 25 MB 109s after escorting the rear flight, his plane being shot down and later returning uninjured. He has destroyed two enemy fighters.
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Washington
War Department
William R. Reed
Marion
John J. Russell
Cedar Rapids
Twelfth Air Force
North Africa
Reed
Africa
L. N. Martin
James Doolittle
Russell
Sicily
Italy
Ey Russell
Bever Avenue
Capt. Reed
United States
Nazis Intern Copenhagen Police Force
Stockholm reports Danish press service says German occupation forces have interned Copenhagen’s about 5,000 police. Germans expected to put their own force in charge of all Copenhagen stations. Unclear if action extended to other Danish areas.
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Stockholm
Copenhagen
Denmark
Allied Declaration Signed by Colombia Joins Axis Pact Lineup
President Alfonzo Lopez of Colombia signed the United Nations declaration on Monday, making Colombia the thirty fourth nation to join the alliance against the Axis powers.
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Washington
Alfonzo Lopez
Colombia
Reds Spurn Polish Talks Amid Severed Relations
Washington reports Hull offers to help restore good Soviet Poland relations. Moscow says Polish note of January 14 rejects negotiating a Curzon line frontier, cites Katyn graves claim, and notes no formal talks with the London exile government. Moscow names a state commission led by Burdenko to probe Polish prisoners’ deaths.
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Russia
Poland
Hull
London
Curzon Line
Moscow
Katyn Forest
Goebbels
Katyn-Smolensk
Nikolai N. Burdenko
People’s Commissariat of Health
Alexei Tolstoi
Stalino
Nikolai
Russians Launch New Offensive Toward Latvia Front
Soviet forces push from Nevel toward the Latvian border as German positions retreat along a 9 mile front. Moscow reports say First Ukraine army kills 100000 Germans, captures 7000, and destroys hundreds of tanks and guns in three weeks.
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London
Old Poland
Rovno
Néves
Novosokolniki
Lake Ilmen
Moscow
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Ukraine
White Russia
Ippa
Novoselki
Kalinkovichi
Pripet Marshes
Pinsk
Russia
Pripet
Vinnitsa
Uman
Stockholm
Berlin
Bug River
Warsaw-Odessa
Dnieper
Nevel
Baltic States
Noisy Opening For War Bond Drive In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids begins the nations fourth war loan drive with a noon Tuesday sale featuring bombs and booms staged by the Office of Civilian Defense. A nationwide broadcast at 8 p m Iowa time will include Gen Eisenhower Admiral Nimitz Morgenthau Crosby Garland Miller Reagan and four governors. A pilot in a jet plane will describe the craft from radio contact.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar ‘Rapids
Office of Civilian Defense
Iowa
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
United States
Bing Crosby
Judy Garland
Glenn Miller
Army Air Force Band
Ronald
Dutch) Reagan
Armed Services
Yanks Pound Rome's Main Defense Line
Allied forces along a 30 mile front reached the Rapido river near Cassino and attacked the Gustav line defending Rome. American and French troops pressed toward Cassino while French units advanced in the Apennines. air raids hit Klagenfurt and other targets as weather hampered operations.
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Algiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth
Rapido
Cassino
United States
Mt. Trocchio
Alphonse
Apennines
Cardito
Mt. Croces
Thousands Die as Argentine Quakes Level San Juan
In San Juan Argentina thousands killed by a series of earthquakes. Eyewitness reports describe widespread devastation with 400 theaters filled with patrons destroyed and buildings leveled across a 50 mile radius. Rescue teams and medical staff rush in as death tolls climb.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
San Juan
David Uriburu
Andes
Pedro P. Ramirez
Cesar Luis Perlinger
James I. Miller
Jumbo Wilson Hints Blow at South France
Algiers AP Gen Henry Maitland Wilson, Allied commander in the Mediterranean, suggested a possible strike into southern France as Eisenhower's forces prepare to invade. He said the war is entering a decisive period and noted Germany’s weak links in southeast and central Europe. Wilson expressed optimism about capturing Rome this spring and did not rule out southern France operations.
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Algiers
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wilson
Bulgaria
Rumania
Hungary
Europe
Germany
Eisenhower
Britain
Rome
Greece
Aegean
Sharpe Transferred To St Louis Post
Capt William L Sharpe professor of military science at Coe college ROTC will be transferred to Christien Brothers school in St Louis Missouri to assume the same post. He arrived November 19 1942. He will be succeeded by Capt Leo A Hoffman assistant professor at Creighton university in Omaha Nebraska.
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Cedar Rapids News
William L. Sharpe
Coe College
R.O.T.C
Christien Brothers School
Sharpe
Leo A. Hoffman
Creighton University
Omaha
Neb
Robert J. Swanson
Creighton
Hoffman
Unclear OCR Item Focuses on Local Media and Events
Fragmentary OCR lists various local sections including Comics, Courthouse, Movies, Radio, Sports, and a Walter Winchell reference. No coherent event or names form a complete report. reads as a page index or incomplete summary of multiple features.
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Raymond
Walter
Winchell - Veebeeeteeee
Rene Vase
Eisenhower names Bradley senior US ground commander in Britain
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower announced Lt Gen Omar N Bradley as the senior American ground commander in the United Kingdom. Bradley, 50, is praised as a top infantry leader with key Tunisian and Sicilian commands and will be the American counterpart to Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery in the planned invasion of continental Europe. The forecast invasion date toward spring is discussed amid preparations and public outreach efforts.
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London
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar N. Bradley
United Kingdom
Allied Expeditionary Force
England
Mediterranean
Eisenhower
Bradley
Europe
British Press Association
Bernard L. Montgomery
United States Army
George S. Patton
Tunisia
Bizerte
Patton
Seventh Army
Sicily
Continuance of Mild Weather Forecast for Cedar Rapids Area
Forecast calls for fair and mild weather in Cedar Rapids and vicinity tonight and Tuesday with a low of 18 degrees. Weekend mild spell continues across eastern Iowa with Sunday high of 36 at 12:30 PM and state low 11 degrees.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chambers
Council Bluffs
Mason City
Iowa City
Reddings
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