Controversy Over Perkins Resignation and Wallace Nomination
The President resists replacing Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins while Henry Wallace’s nomination as Secretary of Commerce triggers Senate clashes. Jones and Wallace clash over the RFC and lending program, risking friction and peacetime economic reconversion. Cedar Rapids council worries over further street lighting cuts during wartime brownouts. A columnist notes excessive emphasis on synthetic exercise and questions practical benefits.
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Frances Perkins
Jesse Jones
Henry Wallace
Commerce
Labor Department
Madam Perkins
Commerce Department
Wallace
Jones
R.F.C
Soviets Break Oder Line Move On Breslau Front
Soviet field dispatches say Red forces breached the Oder river line in southeast Germany and push toward Breslau while northern action appears to cut off East Prussia. Stalin announced Gleiwitz and Chrzanow fall as Konev drives west and encircles Breslau.
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London
Red
Oder River
Germany
East Prussia
Moscow
Berlin
Konigsberg
Gleiwitz
Silesia
Stalin
Chrzanow
Dombrowa
Krakow
Poland
Breslau
Elbing
Gulf of Danzig
Reich
Ivan Konev
Oder
Konev
New U S Landing Below Luzon Reported
Tokyo radio quoted by the United Press said American troops landed on Mindoro in the Philippines and were moving toward Calapan the provincial capital about 75 miles south of Manila.
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United Press
Tokyo Radio
Mindoro Island
Philippines
Calapan
Manila
Death of Soviet Envoy Oumansky and 11 aboard in Mexico City crash
Soviet Ambassador to Mexico Constantine Oumansky his wife and seven others died when a Mexican air force plane crashed near the Mexico City airport while preparing to fly to Costa Rica to present credentials. Officials said 11 were aboard, only two survived, both injured.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Constantine Oumansky
Costa Rica
W. L. Garnett
Resistance to street light cuts debated by Cedar Rapids council
Cedar Rapids officials weigh resisting a Feb 1 nationwide brown out urging no changes to local lighting. Police Chief Tom Condon urges keeping current lighting to prevent crime and pedestrian hazards as public safety commissioner Wes Benesh notes existing lights are already reduced. The council appears to align with Condon’s stance amid criticism of the city’s lighting.
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HSE
Cedar Rapids
Council
Public Safety
Wes Benesh
Tom Condon
Condon
U S Moves to Stop Swiss Shipments to Nazis
Washington reports Lauchlin Currie will travel to Switzerland to press for halting war material shipments to Germany. The move follows a Foreign Economic administration review urging tough action on Switzerland as a last neutral supplier to Berlin.
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Washington
State Department
Lauchlin Currie
Switzerland
Germany
Foreign Economic Administration
United States
Stilwell Named Chief of American Ground Forces
Washington AP Secretary of War Stimson announces Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell as commander of United States army ground forces. He replaces Lt. Gen. Ben Lear as Stilwell moves to a top post alongside Gen. Henry H. Arnold and Lt. Gen. Brehon Somervell, with headquarters in Washington. Stilwell’s recall followed discord with Chiang Kai-shek over use of war materials.
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Washington
Stimson
Joseph W. Stilwell
India
United States Army
Stilwell
Ben Lear
Vinegar Joe
Orient
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Dan I. Sultan
Burma
Ledo Road
China
Army
Army Air Forces
Henry H. Arnold
Army Service Forces
Brehon B. Somervell
Babecka Charged With Reckless Driving After Collision
Anton S Babecka 28 of 1022 Sixth Street SE arraigned on a reckless driving charge after a head on crash Tuesday on Highway 151 near Marion. He posted 500 bond and is jailed. Rabbi Herman Schaalman 28 his wife and Mrs Frances Bendon were injured and hospitalized in fair condition. Witnesses remain in hospital. date of hearing not yet fixed.
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Anton S. Babecka
Sixth Street
H. R. Churchill
Carl Hendrickson
Highway 151
Marion
Linn
Herman Schaalman
Temple Judah
Schaalman
Frances Bendon
Olin
Bendon
Babecka
St. Luke's Hospital
Rabbi Schaalman
Hendrickson
Plane Factory at Columbus Reopens
Officials at the Curtiss-Wright war plane plant in Columbus Ohio reopen after a water famine forced a shutdown. Mayor James Rhodes warned the situation remains critical despite the return of workers thanks to auxiliary supplies and widespread water curtailment.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
James Rhodes
Weather Remains Moderate in Cedar Rapids Area
Partly cloudy Thursday night and Friday with no decisive temperature change. Cedar Rapids reported 34 degrees at 2 30 p m and 3 30 p m on Wednesday with a low of 13 at midnight. Statewide high 42 at Council Bluffs and lows of seven at Ames and Iowa City.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mercury
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company
Council Bluffs
Ames
Iowa City
Roosevelt Nominates Son Elliott for Brigadier General
President Roosevelt nominates Col. Elliott Roosevelt, 34, to brigadier general in the Army Air Forces. The Senate sends the nomination to the military committee amid controversy over the air priority system after a dog owned by Roosevelt was given precedence over three servicemen. If confirmed, he would not be the youngest general.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Elliott Roosevelt
Army Air Forces
Senate
Army
Col. Roosevelt
Senate Military Committee
Chamber backs housing center proposal for returning servicemen
Cedac Ranlds News reports Don Hines president of the Chamber of Commerce announced the executive board approved a central housing agency chiefly for returning servicemen. Miss Caryl F. Austin proposed the idea at the Veterans Service and Information center. The Cedar Rapids Real Estate board also approved. A central registry or housing bureau would be set up at the information center with plans to expand if listings rise.
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Cedac Ranlds
Don Hines
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Caryl F. Austin
Veterans Service and Information Center
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Hines
Walker Renamed as Postmaster General
WASHINGTON AP Frank C Walker was nominated by President Roosevelt for a second term as postmaster general. The nomination extends his leadership in the postal service amid ongoing reforms and modernization efforts.
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Walker
Washington
Frank C. Walker
Roosevelt
Boeiee
Wallace proposes probe of Jones in RFC lending powers
Wallace urged a congressional investigation into the Reconstruction Finance Corp loaning by Jesse Jones, arguing the real issue is big versus little business control of federal banking authority. He pledged to use RFC powers for all American business if confirmed, while Jones warned Wallace is not qualified.
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Senate
Jones
George Bill
Commerce ‘Department
R.F.C
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
RFC
Jesse Jones
Commerce
America
Roosevelt
Senate Commerce Committee
Congress
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Commerce Department
Texan
Nazis Press Drive Against Seventh Army Front
German forces opened a major attack on the U S Seventh Army along a 20 mile front from Haguenau to the Lower Vosges with heavy artillery and mortars. Allied air power bombarded troop trains as Balck led the assault and American losses were said heavy with tanks and armored vehicles destroyed. The British and Canadian forces also pressed advances toward the Rhine and, in the Ardennes region, Patton’s Third Army and others widened the breach into German lines.
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Paris
United States
Seventh Army
Haguenot
Vosges
Moder River
France
Hermann Balck
Ardennes Salient
Haguenau
Alsace
Robert C. Wilson
Karlsruhe
Strasbourg
Wilson
First Army
Siegfried Line
Nijmegen
Boxmeer
Venlo
Roer River
Butterath
Heinsberg
Schlieden
Weerd
Clark Field Reclaimed by American Forces in Luzon
American armor reached Clark airfield in Luzon as U S troops advance toward Manila. The push follows two weeks of fighting that left Japanese casualties far higher than American losses and saw the capture of Bamban and nearby fortifications while Corregidor was bombed from Philippines based aircraft.
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HDQ
Luzon
Clark Field
United States Philippines
Clark
China Coast
Japan
Yamashita
Bamban
Mabalacate
Clarkfield
Fort Stotsenburg
Manila
Corregidor
Manila Bay
Royal Arch Gunnison
Mutual
Bataan
Missing in Action Tech. Sgt. Richard F. Sorel
Tech. Sgt. Richard F. Sorel 24 is listed as missing in action in Luxembourg since December 20. His wife and son of Douglas R. reside at 923 N Street SW and have been advised by the War Department. His mother Mrs. Charles Welty lives in Mundelein Illinois and a sister Rosanna Sorel, a Wave petty officer, is stationed in Washington D C. Canadian born Sorel has served five years in the army as an infantryman.
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Tech
Richard F. Sorel
Luxembourg
Douglas R
N Street
War Department
Charles Welty
Monmouth
Rosanna Sorel
Washington, D. C
Sorel
Army
Deaths and features in an unruly index page
A fragmented newspaper index lists deaths and staff features with scattered names including David Lawrence and Walter Winchell. The page also mentions sports and women’s features amid garbled OCR text.
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Marquis Gs Avesevsesion
Serer
Marion
Paver En Ss He Sports
American troop ship sunk. 248 dead 517 missing 1,400 saved
Secretary of War Stimson announced that a U S troop transport carrying over 2,200 soldiers was sunk in European waters by enemy action with 248 dead and 517 missing. More than 1,400 were saved. The loss is the third such enemy sinking reported by the War Department. The combined armed forces casualties since Pearl Harbor now total 701,950 with renewed weekly increases.
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Washington
Stimson
War Department
Army
Mediterranean
President Coolidge
South Pacific
Navy
Alan-a-Dale
United States
Pearl Harbor
Department
Russians Report Prague Uprising Seized by Strikes and Gestapo Clash
Moscow radio claimed mass unrest in Prague with a state of siege across Czechoslovakia. Russian forces moved to within 170 miles of Prague as workers struck and residents resisted German evacuation and fought Gestapo in several districts.
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London
Moscow Radio
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Oder River
Moscow
Gestapo
Attempt Reported On Himmler Life
Moscow radio says an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Heinrich Himmler occurred during his tour of eastern provinces. It reports he escaped, but mass arrests among volkssturm followed and he has strengthened his bodyguard and avoids public appearances.
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London
Moscow
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Volkssturm
Home Army
Himmler
Dave McCreery Recovering After Ice Fall
Dave R. McCreery of Alburnett, 63, was resting comfortably at Iowa Methodist hospital after a Wednesday ice fall that broke his hip as he tried to enter his car for a trip to the statehouse. The same leg had a prior fracture.
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Des Moines
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Dave R. McCreery
Alburnett
McCreery
Statehouse
Roosevelt declines Ickes resignation offer
Interior Secretary Ickes said President Roosevelt asked him to stay in the cabinet after offering his resignation was rejected.
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Roosevelt
Ickes
Washington
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