Ninth Army Advances on Roer River Front
American Ninth and British Second armies cleared the west Roer bank for 40 miles from Holland to below Duren creating a springboard toward the Ruhr. Flame throwing units seized Brachelen and 97 Siegfried line pillboxes while Germans withdrew to the east bank. Allied forces report snowbound fighting, with minimal casualties and pockets of resistance around Haguenau and Brachelen.
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Paris
Roer River
Holland
Duren
Ruhr
Rhineland
Ninth Army
Brachelen
Dusseldorf
Roer
Wes Gallagher
Sittard
Alsace
Schillersdorf
Saverne Gap
Strasbourg
Wilson
Haguenau
Moder
Neuborg
Schwieghouse
Bischwiller
Ardennes Bulge
Frank A. Keating
Brachlelen
Cologne
Roermond
Rhine
Ninth
First
Ardennes
Germany
Siegfried Line
Wurm
Gallagher
Berlin
Silesia
Ivan S. Konev
Oder
Breslau
Konev
Upper
Hitler
Reich
Silesian
Steinau
Iowa Senate Extends 50 Percent Tax Forgiveness Three Years
After a day long debate the Iowa senate voted 32 to 17 to extend for three years the 50 percent forgiveness of state income taxes on 1944 45 and 46 earnings. Earlier a compromise to extend only one year failed 30 to 19. The measure moves to the house and then to Gov Blue for signing. The Farm Bureau faced a setback as it pressed for 100 percent payment to fund $12 million yearly school aid under the proposed code.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Iowa
Robert D. Blue
Senate
Chamber
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Jowans
Towans
Augustine Jacobson Bekman
Kirketererg Klein Byers - Long
Clem Love Cromwell Lucas Dewel Martin
Doud Mercer Dykhouse
Mowry Elthon Pine Paul Reilly Foster Ritchie Harte
Lillia Henningsen
Mittetoe
Vrba
Hultman Watson Nays
Barkley Lynes Benson Miller
Findiny Newsome Survey
Schluter Hawkins Sharp Jones Shawell
Whit Knudson
Patton Lee
Tax relief split looms as senate backs 50 percent payment
The state senate easily approves extending a 50 percent income tax waiver with house sentiment similar and the governor expected to sign. Experts warn full rate may eventually return to prewar revenue levels, impacting long term public services and school funding amid wartime economics.
U S Air Victory Blitz on Silesian Oil Plants
The 15th United States Air Force led 59 attacks against four Silesian synthetic plants producing Axis oil. Over 7,000 bomber and 2,500 fighter sorties dropped nearly 15,000 tons of bombs. Despite 300-400 flak guns, crews, flying Liberators and Fortresses, reduced output by at least 80 percent, ending mid December with plants inactive.
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15Th U. S. Air Force
HDQ
Italy
Russia
Silesia
Silesian
15Th
United States Air Force
Mediterranean
Ploesti
North Blechhammer
South Blechhammer
Odertal
Oswiecim
Alps
Europe
15Th Air Force
mid-De
Cember
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Labor Federation Opposes Draft Proposal in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor denounced labor conscription and 4-Fs, vowing to inform Iowa congressmen of their stance at a Labor temple meeting. They argued the move is undemocratic and unnecessary, suggesting manpower suffices to avoid shortages in labor and the army. Committee appointments for the next year were approved.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Iowa
Labor Temple
Cedar Rapids Federation
General Labor
Federation
Congress
George E Lucas Killed in Action in Belgium
Pfc. George E. Lucas of the infantry was killed in action in Belgium on January 13, according to a report received by his parents, Mr and Mrs Thomas Sotelo of Cedar Rapids. The 23 year old Cedar Rapids native attended local schools and worked for Wilson and Company before enlisting last April. He had been overseas about four months and is survived by a daughter Kathleena Mac Cedar Rapids two brothers Paul Lucas Cedar Rapids and John Lucas serving in the South Pacific two half sisters Marlene and Patsy Sotelo and a half brother Tommy Sotelo.
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George E. Lucas
Belgium
Thomas Sotelo
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Lucas
Cedar Rapids
Wilson and Company
Kathleena Mac
Paul Lucas F
John Lucas
South Pacific
Marlene
Patsy Sotelo
Tommy Sotelo
Death Notice of Cpl Jack C Simson Paratrooper
Cpl Jack C Simson age 27 paratrooper killed in action in Belgium January 7. Grandson of Mr and Mrs O B Clements of 435 Forest Drive SE. Son of Mrs Zona Simson of West Los Angeles California. Entered service July 1 1942. Trained at Fort Benning. Served eight months in South Pacific then North Africa and Italy. Participated in the D day invasion of France.
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Jack C. Simson
O. B. Clements
Forest Drive
Belgium
Zona Simson
West Los Angeles
Calif
Cpl
Simson
Fort Benning
South Pacific
North Africa
Italy
France
Two Soldiers Sentenced for Flynn Grocery Robbery
Two a w o l soldiers linked to the Thursday night Flynn Grocery heist on 629 Second Avenue SW were sentenced to up to ten years each in the men’s reformatory at Anamosa. They pled guilty in Cedar Rapids after arrest in Marshalltown, with Mary Jane Sayers facing three days to plead.
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A.w.o.l
Anamosa
Flynn
Second Avenue
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
J. E. Weiserman
Sheppardfield
Texas
Mary Jane Sayers
Red Lake
Minn
Miss Sayers
Linn County
Fixed Dates Restored on Food Stamps
Washington AP report: OPA restates definite invalidation dates for food stamps with monthly red and blue stamp series expiring after about 16 weeks. Sugar stamp No 34 ends Feb 28, No 35 runs Feb 1 through June 2. Red tokens unchanged.
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Washington
OPA
Soviet forces reach Baltic Sea as Berlin battles near Poznan
Stalin announced Red Army breached into East Prussia aiming for the Baltic Sea, trapping about 200,000 German troops. Russian columns push toward Berlin from Poznan area, with reports of large air units and major advances across Silesia toward Breslau and the Oder.
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London
Stalin
Red Army
East Prussia
Baltic Sea
Junker
Berlin
Transocean
Poznan
Germany
Brandenburg
Moscow
Frankfurt
Silesia
Oder
Benin
Carpathians
Baltic
Breslau
East Land
Two Cedar Rapids Men Added to Missing List
Two Cedar Rapids men were added Friday to the lists of missing in action. Raymond Farmer, 29, infantryman, missing in Luxembourg since December 20, is married to Martina and has a son. Frank J. Netolicky, 35, also missing in Luxembourg since December 20, is married with two daughters. Netolicky trained at Camp Hood and Fort Meade and served in England, France, Belgium, and Germany.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Raymond
Farmer
Frank O. Farmer
Second Avenue SE
Luxembourg
Martina
Louisville
Frank J. Netolicky
Frank Netolicky
Grant
Farimer
Home
Fort Knox
Camp Campbell
Sgt
Leslie Farmer
Guam
Netolicky
Camp Hood
Texas
Fort Meade
England
France
Belgium
Germany
Penick and Ford
Captain Breuer Wins Silver Star For Gallantry
Captain L K Breuer, wife’s father Ray Anderson of 1750 B avenue NE, has been awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. The P 47 pilot, serving with the Ninth Air Force in Belgium since Jan 1 1944, engaged three Focke-Wulf 190 fighters after his wing mate was badly shot up, shooting down one. He had previously earned the Air Medal six clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross.
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Cedar Rapids
L. K. Breuer
Ray Anderson
The
Gazette
Breuer
Doughboy Cigaret Ration Is Boosted
London AP reports the cigaret ration for all American soldiers in the European theater increases from five to seven packs per week, effective Monday, as announced by army headquarters in London.
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London
Army
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Clarence Knight
Detroit
Rowene C. Byers
Ed S. White
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John Kaczorowski
Jeremiah McCreery
Philadelphia
Associated Press
Harry Boyd
State Senate
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Henry Wallace
Senate Commerce Committee
Reconstruction Finance. Corporation
R.E.C
En Rapids
United States
Capitol Hill
U.S
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Labor Federation
Robert Coulter
Robert L. Phelps
Pvt
Phelps
Heiserman
Sheppard Field
Coulter
Sayers
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