War policy and veteran affairs loom in political clash
The piece surveys the soldier vote compromise and federal versus state control over voter qualifications. It notes McNutt's seven city job placement tests for veterans and warns of bureaucratic power grabs across agencies. It reflects on war strategy, weighing costs and outcomes beyond killed or captured, citing Schweinfurt as a turning point and noting tax form errors that embolden taxpayers.
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Washington
Ianpower
McNutt
Russians Break German Hold Near Leningrad and Novgorod
Soviet forces report capture of Novgorod and close encirclement of about 250000 Germans in the Leningrad sector. Govorov and Meretskov push toward Krasnogvardeyisk and the Gulf of Finland while claiming 40000 German dead and 265 guns captured. Vatutin’s First Ukrainian army repels attacks near Khristinovka with 32 tanks destroyed.
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London
Russia
Leningrad
Novgorod
Moscow
Stalingrad
K. A. Meretskov
Lake Peipus
Estonia
Red
Leonid A. Govorov
Strelna
Krasnoye Selo
Gulf of Finland
Govorov
Meretskov
Volkhov
Nikolai Vatutin
Khristinovka
Odessa-Warsaw
Rumania
Fair and Slightly Colder Weather With Diminishing Winds
Cedar Rapids area expected a fair and slightly colder 24 hour period with winds diminishing tonight. Des Moines reported clear skies and a 52 degree afternoon in Cedar Rapids, with Sioux City hitting 65 and Spencer 28 for the day.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Chambers
FCC Charged With Stifling Security Data
Washington reports reveal at a House hearing that the Federal Communications Commission refused for nearly two years a justice department request for finger prints of 110 000 licensed radio operators amid warnings surreptitious U S messages aided Japan. FBI Chief Hoover testified about delayed prints and presidential directives restricting national security disclosures.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Pearl Harbor
Justice Department
United States
Japan
House Committee
FCC
James L. Fly
Radio Union
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Fly
Hoover
Francis Biddle
Roosevelt
Hawaii
Eugene L. Garey
Navy
Lea
Dcalif
White House
Hopkins on Stand In Letter Inquiry
Harry L. Hopkins testified for ten minutes before a federal grand jury examining Washington letter mystery. He reiterated his letter to Dr. Umphrey Lee of Southern Methodist University is a forgery and hinted he knows the forger. Hopkins, recently ill with influenza, came from Naval Hospital to testify, though not subpoenaed.
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Washington
Harry L. Hopkins
Grand Jury
Hopkins
Umphrey Lee
Southern Methodist University
Naval Hospital
Hopkins letter mystery centers on Hopkins Willkie aim
C Nelson Sparks argues the real issue is whether Harry L. Hopkins is plotting to back Wendell Willkie against the American people. He claims the letter’s publication was instigated by Interior Secretary Ickes due to lingering resentment toward Hopkins and suggests forgery may have been done at Ickes' urging.
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Washington
C. Nelson Sparks
Hopkins
Harry L. Hopkins
Wendell Willkie
Interior Ickes
Sparks
Ickes
Hope You Survive Berlin Night Survival Phrase Emerges
AP reports Berlin residents now say Bleib uebrig meaning hope you survive as RAF air raids intensify. Travelers recount how evenings begin with cautious goodnights amid bombless nights now rare in wartime.
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Stockholm
Germany
Ra.f
Berlin
Bond Sales At Low Ebb
Cedar Ranids reports bond sales have slowed with limited bidders and reduced issuance. Officials noted cautious investors and shifting rates as contributing factors. Local districts weigh pacing new issues amid tighter credit conditions.
War bond sales lag in Cedar Rapids as drive opens
Cedar Rapids purchases total 838 265 with only 75 088 invested on Thursday toward an 8 500 000 county goal by February 16. Iowa figures show 12 300 000 sold statewide in two days with 10 500 000 to individuals and 7 600 000 in Series E bonds amid noted apathy across communities.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
W. L. Clark
Des Moines
Iowa War Finance Committee
Federal Reserve Bank
Chicago
Iowa
Clark
Captain David C Hanrahan dies of pneumonia at 68
Captain David C Hanrahan 68 longtime Iowa Preflight School commander died Thursday from pneumonia after a brief illness. A Pioneer Naval Aviator, he commanded bombing squadrons in World War I and served as naval observer in London. He was recalled to active duty in 1941 and led aviation efforts before his retirement in 1926 and recall for World War II duty.
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Iowa City
David C. Hanrahan
Iowa Navy
Hanrahan
Harvey Harman
London
Chicago
New York City
Navy
France
Artemus L. Gates
Robert A. Lovett
David Ingalls
England
Annapolis
Senate compromise on service voting wins committee approval
The Senate Elections Committee approved a Green Lucas compromise bill creating a uniform federal ballot while preserving state and local control over voter qualifications and service ballots. The measure, 12 to 2, moves to the Senate floor as Tydings and Lodge withdraw their rival plans. Local officials would decide ballot validity and voter eligibility. the bill omits universal poll tax and registration exemptions.
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Washington
Senate Elections Committee
Lucas
D-I
Green
D-R.i
Elections Committee
Senate
Tydings
D-Md
Lodge
R-Mass
Armed Services
Hull says Soviet not yet accepted US bid on Poland Russia diplomacy
Secretary of State Hull said the Soviet government has not yet accepted the U S offer to act as liaison for resuming diplomatic relations between Poland and Russia. He declined to say if Moscow has responded or if he still hopes the offer will be accepted.
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Vagy
Washington
Hull
Poland
Russia
Moscow
Chrysler Foremen End Week's Strike
Foremen at eight Chrysler plants resumed work after a seven day walkout. They returned at the request of the War Labor Board as the Independent Foremen's Association of America sought recognition.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Foremen’s Association of America
War Labor Board
Yanks Sink Two Ships Off China
Liberators of the 14th United States Army Air Force sank a 1700 ton passenger freighter and a 1500 ton tanker in a sea sweep off the southeast coast of China. All aircraft returned.
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Chungking
Liberators
United States Army Air Force
China
Joseph W. Stilwell
U S Submarines Sink 12 Japanese Vessels
Washington AP reports American submarines sunk 12 Japanese ships Friday. The tally includes seven medium freighters two small freighters a large tanker a medium cargo transport and a single small transport as part of ongoing naval operations.
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Washington
Navy
British sub sinks Japanese Kuma cruiser near Malacca
A British submarine penetrated toward Singapore and sunk the 5,100 ton Japanese Kuma class cruiser in the Bay of Bengal with two torpedoes. It also sank three Japanese supply ships. The action signals a shift of British naval power to the eastern theater under Admiral Mountbatten.
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London
Singapore
Malacca Strait
Admiralty
Bay of Bengal
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Asia
Malaya
Sumatra
L. W. A. Bennington
Royal Navy
Far East
Prince of Wales
James F. Somerville
India
Mediterranean
Scharnhorst
Arctic Ocean
Britain
Missing Scribe Is Prisoner in Reich
London report confirms Lowell Bennett an INS war correspondent aged 23 did not return from a December 3 RAF raid on Berlin. He has turned up the same day in Germany as a prisoner of war and a letter from him was received in London.
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Schweinfurt
London
INS
Lowell Bennett
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Germany
Fourth Term Approved By Midwest Democrats
President Roosevelt faces a crowded Midwest meeting as Democrats push for a fourth term. Despite flu delays and war strain, leaders seek to appoint Robert E. Hannegan as national chairman and choose Chicago for the convention. Iowa wants Henry Wallace renominated for vice president.
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Midwest Democrats
Washington
Roosevelt
Democratic National Committee
White House
Frank C. Walker
Robert E. Hannegan
Walker
Chicago
Culbert L. Olson
California
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Thomas R. King
Wisconsin
Elmer F. Kelm
Minnesota
Jake More
Iown
Kerr
United States Senate
James C. Quigley
Nebraska
Quigley
More
Iowa
Wendell L. Willkie
Warships Aid Fifth's Drive North in Italy
Allied forces push toward Cassino and Minturno as French and British units threaten the Gustav line. In drifting weather American and British patrols probe and seize towns while heavy air and naval bombardment targets airfields and communication hubs around central Italy.
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Fifth
Italy
Algiers
Rapido River
Mt. Il Lago
Cassino
Gustav Line
Fifth Army
Appian Way
Minturno
Rome
Leningrad
Mark W. Clark
Eighth Army
Sant’ Elia
Adolf Hitler
Gustav Belt
Ciampino
Cento[celle
Guidonia
Viterbo
Harold L. Busenbarger
Osborn
Ohio
Senate Rejects Postwar Tax Reserve Amendment
Washington AP reports the Senate rejected a Truman Hatch amendment to allow up to 20 percent of taxes to be set aside as a postwar reserve. The funds would be invested in non negotiable government bonds and taxed later after the war. Taft and Danaher backed the motive but said collections would fall too sharply. George warned tax rates must fall materially after the war or the country will be busted.
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Washington
Senate
Sens
Truman
D-Mo
Hatch
D-N.m
Finance Committee
George
D-Ga
Taft
Ohio
Danaher
R-Conn
Senate Rejects House Amendments on Mustering-Out Pay
In Washington on Thursday the Senate rejected House amendments that cut the mustering-out pay, sending the bill to conference. The House had approved a 100 to 300 dollar pay schedule replacing the Senate’s 200 to 500 dollar graduated plan.
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Washington
LLP
Senate
House
Reds Publish U S Aid
Moscow reports Leo T Crowley head of the Office of Economic Warfare said the United States shipped nearly four billion dollars in lend lease material to the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Leo T.crowley
United States
Office of Economic Warfare
Soviet Union
New RAF Blow Shatters Berlin. US Bombers Hit Pas de Calais
London AP reports the RAF Lancaster and Halifax raids on Berlin with about 2300 long tons of bombs in the largest single raid of the campaign. US Fortresses and Liberators struck Pas de Calais in dawn missions, while RAF fighter bombers roared across the channel.
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London
R A.F
Berlin
United States
Reich
Pas de Calais
France
Air Ministry
Knight
Brunswick
R.A.F
Watter
Germany
Steel Contract Talks Break Off In Cleveland
Republic Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers of America say contract negotiations have broken off. Company officials have requested certification of the case by the secretary of labor to the district director of the union. The Republic warns its 70 000 employees to stay on the job.
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Cleveland
Ins
Republic Steel Corporation
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
Secretary of Labor
War Labor Board
William F. Donovan
Reepublic
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