Economic reform debate and prison contract case
Western Iowa readers see push to repeal the 1944 state income tax amid wartime surplus. Editorial notes need for careful reform, not hasty action, and supports thorough investigation of the Anamosa prison while warning against scapegoating. Also reports on Cedar Rapids housing delays and a federal court verdict fining Anaconda Wire and Cable for war contract violations.
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Acme
Gazette
Anamosa
Des Moines
Foss Davis
Iowa
Ahorough
Cedar Rapids
Anaconda Wire and Cable Company
Peace talk rumors in war news provoke denials across Europe
NBC reporter in Stockholm cites Stockholm papers claiming Hitler sent semi official envoys to Ankara to seek separate peace with Russia. Moscow radio relays Britain and U S denial, noting Pravda rumor as a Moscow ploy to draw Allied loyalty while the Polish issue looms.
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New York
David Anderson
NBC
Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Ankara
Russia
London
Pravda
Moscow Radio
Moscow
London Daily Mail
Communist Party
News Chronicle
Britain
London Sunday Times
Times of London
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Reuters
Tass
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Cairo
Ribbentrop
Hitler
Turkey
Lisbon
Government Ends Railroads Control in Wartime Reversal
Washington The United States returns railroads to private management as Roosevelt bans wage disputes, resolving 16 month non operating labor row with nine to 11 cent raises for non operating employees and signaling steady war effort with War Department cooperation. United States Steel requests War Labor Board review of steel workers demands as CIO drives to revise the Little Steel formula.
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Washington
United Steel Workers
CSO
Roosevelt
United States Steel Corporation
Frances Perkins
War Labor Board
USW
CIO
Fred M Vinson
Vinson
Little Steel
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
President Roosevelt Denies Pravda Rumor At News Conference
President Roosevelt told reporters he was as mystified as anyone by the Pravda rumor, addressing the question at the White House news conference.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Bombers Hit Germany With 136000 Tons In 1943
London (UP) Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair told the Commons that British bombers dropped 136000 tons of bombs on Germany during 1943 and about 6000 tons from January 1 to 18. He added German raids on Britain totaled 2400 tons last year.
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London
Germany
Archibald Sinclair
Britain
Ace Who Tackled Fighter Swarm Once Flying Tiger
Major James H. Howard of Missouri, a 6 foot 4 Flying Tiger alumnus, was identified as the Mustang pilot who dived into a 30-ship Nazi fighter swarm over Oschersleben. He reportedly downed six aircraft in 30 minutes, with two definite kills, two probables, and one damaged as crews witnessed a lone, daring dogfight over Germany.
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London
James H. Howard
Germany
Oschersleben
Eighth U. S. Airforce Command
Major Howard
Howard
Nurseries Get New Lease on Life to May
Cedar Rapids nurseries will stay open at least until May 1 under an emergency appropriation from the Cedar Rapids Community Chest funds. The decision, made by the child welfare board, provides sufficient funds to operate two nurseries through April, likely a little over $1,000 based on prior allocations.
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Davis
Cedar Rapids
Public Welfare Bureau
Motorist Fined for Drunk Driving After City Accident
Victor Usher, 36, of 1327 Tenth Street NW, was fined 300 dollars plus costs for operating a vehicle while intoxicated. His license was suspended 60 days. He paid 25 dollars upfront with 25-dollar installments and was arrested Tuesday night after a crash at First Avenue and Thirty seventh Street East involving a westbound car driven by George M. Secor.
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Victor Usher
Tenth Street NW
Usher
Murphy Davis
Henry Overman
First Avenue
Thirtyseventh Street
George M. Secor
Second Avenue SE
Draft MacArthur group forms to urge Republican bid
Ormsby McHarg former GOP legal adviser says Gen Douglas MacArthur would accept the Republican nomination if offered and that he is satisfied the general would run. McHarg notes his information came from unnamed sources and would not be disclosed.
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NEW York
Ormsby McHarg
Republican National Committee
MacArthur Organization
Douglas MacArthur
McHarg
Allies Span River Near Appian Way
Allied troops of the Fifth Army under Lt Gen Mark W Clark crossed the Garigliano River at three points near Suia Capua Arrento as they pressed toward the Appian Way toward Rome. Heavy German resistance and air strikes accompanied the river crossings and ongoing offensive along the Gustav line near Cassino.
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Allied
Algiers
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Garigliano
Rome
Suia
Tyrrhenian
Capua
Arrento
Italy
Gulf of Gaeta
Cassino
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Haly
Five U.S. Flyers Escape Tibet in Ill-Fated B24 Flight
Aboard a straying B-24 from China to India five Americans bailed out over Tibet. They reached Lhasa by way of Tsetang and Bhutanese monks, then were guided to India with Tibetan officials and guides. The escape shortened a 300 day trek into a fast return.
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Forbidden
Tibet
AIR Transport Command
Calcutta
Shangri-La
Forbidden Land
United States
Lhasa
Tsetang
Col
K. C. McGregor
China-Burma-India
China
India
R. E. Crozier
West Texas
Harold J. McCallum
Quincy
Mass
Kenneth B. Spencer
Rockville Center
N. Y
William Perram
Tulsa
Okla
Pfc
John Huffman
Straughn
Ind
Spencer
Crozier
McCallum
Perram
Jmonk
Rangang
Linn County Launches Fourth War Loan Drive With Strong Start
Linn county opens the fourth war loan drive with $661,342 in pledges toward an $8.5 million goal. Cedar Rapids leads with $206,129 in Series E bonds toward a county target of $2,967,040, while McGregor and Marquette beat their quotas. CSC workers report enthusiastic public reception and expect to surpass prior drive totals.
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Linn
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Citizens Service Corps
Marquette
McGregor
Cedar Rapids Band
George Hearn
CSC
Tucson Ace Lance Wade Killed in Italy Crash
Lance C. Wade a Royal Air Force squadron leader from Tucson Arizona and top ace in the theater died in a flying accident in Italy on January 12 He had shot down 25 enemy planes in combat and was regarded by many as the war s greatest fighter pilot
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Allied
Algiers
Lance C. Wade
R.A.F
Tucson
Ariz
Italy
Wade
Temperature Drops in Forenoon with 58 Degree High
Cedar Rapids and vicinity saw a forenoon drop after a Tuesday high of 58 degrees the state record for the day. Readings at 3 45 p m placed the temperature as the highest in Iowa. Morning lows included 29 in Cedar Rapids and 38 at 11 am in Chambers Inskeep readings.
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Cedar Rapids
Bureau
Chambers
Iowa City
Tear Gap in Enemy Lines In Far North
Stalin announced on Wednesday night that Russian forces on the Leningrad front advanced seven to 12 miles and captured Krasnoye Selo, 15 miles southwest of Leningrad, and seized Roksha. The drive widened the breakthrough on multiple sectors and marked the seventh winter offensive along a 550 mile front ending near the Mozyr Kalinkovichi area. In Poland, Vatutin’s First Ukrainian army captured Slavuta rail town.
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London
Naal
Leningrad
Krasnoye Selo
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Moscow
Roksha
Berlin
Red Army
Oranienbaum
Gulf of Finland
Novgorod
Lake Ilmen
Leonid A. Govorov
Kyril A. Meretskov
Volkhov River
Volkhov Front
Lake
Ilmen
Lagoda
Schluesselberg
Vitebsk
Red
Mozyr-Kalinkovichi
Poland
Nikolai F. Vatutin
Rovno
Slavuta
Senate unit backs Bankhead anti subsidy bill in Senate
The Senate Banking Committee approved Sen Bankhead’s plan to end government food price subsidies by June 30, voting 10 to 9 to send the measure to the Senate floor. The bill mirrors the House version passed in November, with Taft of Ohio and Tobey of New Hampshire breaking ranks to support it.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Sen
Bankhead
D-Ala
Senate
House
Taft
Ohio
Tobey
New Hampshire
Bridge Collapse in Rio Grande Do Sul Kills and Injures Many
Reports from Porto Alegre indicate the giant Rio das Antas bridge in Rio Grande do Sul has collapsed. Casualties include multiple dead and injuries to a number of people. Authorities investigate causes as rescue and recovery efforts proceed.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Porto Alegre
Rio Das Antas
Rio Grande Do Sul
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