Upper Silesian Industry Knocked Out
Federal Judge Philip L Sullivan ruled Roosevelt had no authority to seize Montgomery Ward plants, denying the government injunctions and a declaratory judgment. The decision limits wartime powers, stating only Congress can compel compliance with advisory War Labor Board orders. The ruling allows the army to continue control pending appeal, with spectators and leaders of business and labor present.
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Chicago
Philip L. Sullivan
Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward and Company
Sullivan
Ward
War Labor Board
Congress
United States
J. Albert Woll
Woll
Army
Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Business
Industry
Labor
Nct
Montgomery Ward
Montgomery
Reds push toward Berlin as factories shut in Upper Silesia
German announce Red army blotted out key upper Silesian war industries, forcing evacuations and signaling loss of a major Nazi fortress. Soviet front reports claim five Red armies have killed 295,000 Germans and captured thousands amid a widening advance toward Konigsberg and Breslau as the Oder crossings multiply.
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London
Red Army
Hitler
Upper Silesia
Obra
Berlin
Oppeln
Sudeten Mountains
Nazi Transocean Agency
Reich
Ruhr
Soviet Information Bureau
Oder
Germany
Moscow
East Prussia
Baltic
Konigsberg
Danzig
Breslau
Poznan
$30 000 Loss At Marion In Sigfred Fire
A fire at Sigfred Clothing, 1048 Seventh avenue, Marion, caused $30 000 in damage across stock, fixtures, and building. No injuries. Owner Ed Sigfred valued stock at $20 000 and fixtures at $5 000. Building owned by Michael Cira, $5 000. Fire under control before Cedar Rapids arriving. believed to start from an overheated furnace. Del Adkins and Dean Feigh hold interests. insurance partially covered. Two apartments above suffered only smoke damage.
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Marion
Sigfred
Sigfred Clothing Company
Seventh Avenue
Michael Cira
Cedar Rapids
Marion Department
del Adkins
Dean Feigh
U S Submarines Sink 21 Japanese Vessels in New Report
Washington reported that American submarines have sunk 21 Japanese ships, including a light cruiser. The tally lists 13 cargo ships four cargo transports two tankers and one auxiliary vessel.
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Washington
Navy
Madden One Time Coe Athlete Missing in Luxembourg
Kenneth L Madden a 1932 Coe graduate and former athlete has been missing in action in Luxembourg since December 20. He served in the infantry with the First Army and is married to Polly Price former Coe Cosmos editor. They have three children. He previously worked for the state conservation department.
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Cedar Rapids News
Pfe
Kenneth L. Madden
Coe
Luxembourg
Glenwood
Madden
Infantry
First Army
Polly Price
Coe Cosmos
Pfc
State Conservation Department
Army
Harry Averill Killed in Action Seaman 1/c
Seaman Harry L. Averill, 20, was killed in action, per a telegram to his Cedar Rapids grandmother. Born here, he attended Cedar Rapids schools and Roosevelt High, and had served since November 1942 after boat training. He worked as a welder before service and is survived by two siblings and several aunts and uncles.
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Cedar Rapids
Seaman
Harry L. Averill
A. L. Dare
Ninth Street
Harry Averill
Rooseveltigh
Seaman Averill
Johnson Appliance Company
Charles Robert Averill
Eighth Avenue SE
Betty Jane Averill
Seventh Avenue SE
Helen Wood
Clifford D. van Zandt
Japs Start Opposition to Manila Drive
MACARTHUR'S HQ Luzon AP reports Japanese forces on Luzon began fighting in the central plains south of the Bamban river as Nipponese artillery opened on Clark field. The 14th corps, near Angeles about 40 miles from Manila, met organized opposition. gains were limited, with American ships aiding in Lingayen gulf and First army corps pushing on from the left flank through Rosario and San Miguel.
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MacArthur
HDQ
Luzon
Tomoyuki Yama‘Shita
Central Plains
Bamban River
Clark Field Air Center
U. S. First Army
14Th Corps
Angeles
Manila
Agno
Bamban
Rosario
Lingayen Gulf
First Corps
San Miguel
Pendergast Dies Behind Truman Backer Era Ends
Thomas J. Pendergast aged 72 former Kansas City political boss who backed Harry S. Truman in 1936 died Friday night. He faced a five year probation ending after prison for income tax evasion and had been ill for weeks. Born July 27 1872 in St Joseph Missouri he rose from street commissioner to power broker shaping Missouri politics and cementing Truman’s rise.
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Kansas City
Thomas J. Pendergast
Harry S. Truman
United States Senate
Pendergast
Menorah Hospital
James
Truman
Jackson County
Senate
St. Joseph
Streets
James A. Reed
United States
Pell Blames Recall on Views on Nazi Penalties
Washington. Herbert C. Pell, American representative on the United Nations War Crimes commission, says his recall stemmed from dissatisfaction with his stance that Nazis should be punished for crimes against German Jews. He notes money shortages blocked his return, and cites State Department disagreement with his Jewish-question views. Pell asserts broad American support exists for pursuing Nazi crimes.
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Washington
Herbert C. Pell
United Nations War Crimes Commission
London
Pell
State Department
Commission
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
Germany
House Committee
Man 62 Injured When Hit by Car in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids report details Charles Van Antwerp aged 62 of 122 First Avenue NW who suffered a dislocated left shoulder a fractured left leg and facial cuts after being struck by a car driven by Forrest Sharp 19 of 1500 East Avenue NE at Second Avenue and First Street SW. Sharp was cited for failure to yield to a pedestrian and fined five dollars plus costs in police court. Elizabeth Spaulding 68 of 719 Ninth Avenue SE also injured when struck by a backing truck at Eighth Avenue and Sixth Street SE. She and Van Antwerp were taken to Mercy hospital.
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Charles van Antwerp
First Avenue NW
Forrest Sharp
E Avenue NE
Second Avenue
First Street
Sharp
van Antwerp
Elizabeth Spaulding
Ninth Avenue SE
Bob Sailor
H Avenue NW
Eighth Avenue
Sixth Street
Sailor
Mercy Hospital
Colder Readings Forecast with Snow Across Cedar Rapids
Weather bulletin notes considerable cloudiness and colder temperatures for Cedar Rapids and nearby areas with snow flurries tonight. Low temperature expected near 10 degrees. Reported daytime high in Cedar Rapids 32 degrees and state low 13 degrees at Davenport.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Neway
Weather Bureau
Davenport
Ames
Senate rejects Wallace for commerce secretary in double veto
Roosevelt's choice Henry A. Wallace to head the Commerce Department is defeated by the Senate Commerce Committee by 14 to 5. The panel also approves Sen. George's bill to separate lending agencies from the commerce department by a 4 to 1 vote. The actions mark a setback with the full Senate yet to vote.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
Senate Commerce Committee
George
Commerce Department
Wallace
Walter F. George
D-Ga
George Bill
Senate
Wallace defers comment on senate panel's commerce secretary nod
Henry A. Wallace arrived in New York to confer with Mayor LaGuardia on postwar jobs and to attend a reception and pose for Jo Davidson bust. He offered no remarks Friday about the adverse committee decision concerning his nomination for secretary of commerce.
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New York
INS
Henry A. Wallace
Senate
Wallace
F. H. LaGuardia
Jo Davidson
Wallace Nomination Divides Senate Committee Vote
President Roosevelt's nomination of Wallace for commerce secretary faced an 11 to 6 committee vote against reporting without recommendation. Chairman Josiah Bailey announced an unfavorable report as the panel prepared to reconvene. Senator Overton led a minority coalition of New Deal supporters in a failed bid to push a favorable report.
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Roosevelt
Wallace
Commerce
Josiah Bailey
D-N. C
Bailey
Senate
New Deal
John H. Overton
D-La
New Dealer
Aye
Radcliffe
O’daniel
Tex
McCarran
Nev
Chandler
McClellan
Ark
N. C
Johnson
Calif
Vandenberg
Mich
Brewster
Burton
Ohio
Wiley
Wis
Robertson
Wyo
Brooks
Cordon
Ore
George Bill Overton
Overton
Iowa
Farmer
Rooser
Hereford Breeders to Hear Governor Blue at Banquet
J C Holbert secretary of the Iowa Hereford association announced that Gov Robert D Blue will be the chief speaker at the annual Hereford banquet at the Montrose hotel Cedar Rapids Sunday at 6 pm Other speakers include Don Hines Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce Harry Linn state agriculture secretary B M Anderson of Kansas City Hereford association secretary and C H Everett Chicago National Livestock and Meat board representative Andy Woolfries of WMT will be toastmaster
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Cedar Rapids
Newa
Robert D. Blue
Iowa Hereford Association
Montrose Hotel
J. C. Holbert
Don Hines
Andy Woolfries
WMT
Missing in Action Sergeant Archibald Believed Lost in Belgium
Sergeant Sam Archibald 27 an infantryman has been missing in action in Belgium since December 19. He lived with his cousin Mrs Archie Torson at 311 Thirty-sixth Street NE and worked for IOA Foods in recent years. Born to Mr and Mrs Percy Archibald of Alton Indiana, he enlisted in 1941, trained at Fort Riley and Shreveport, went overseas in late summer 1944, with two brothers Charles and Elmer also in service.
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Sam Archibald
Belgium
Archie Torson
Thirty-sixth Street
War Department
Torson
IOA Foods
Percy Archibald
Alton
Ind
Archibald
Fort Riley
Kan
Shreveport
Charles
Elmer
Last of Nazi Bulge Erased By U S Third Army
Paris AP United States Third Army troops on a 20 mile Luxembourg Belgium front advanced up to three miles reaching the Our river frontier erasing the Ardennes bulge. Ninth and British Second armies held Roer bank and widened the Siegfried line breach. Allied air forces hit rail roads and bridges amid snowdrifts and fog as German positions weakened across the western front.
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Paris
Third Army
Luxembourg
Belgium
Our
Germany
Ardennes Bulge
Roer
Dusseldorf
Alsace
Clervaux
17Th Airborne Division
St. Vith
Siegfried Line
Reich
Wiltz
Third
United States
Ninth
Roer Bank
Roermond
Monschu
Aachen
Russia
Ruhr
R.A.F. Tactical Air Force
79Th
Seventh Army
Moder
Haguenau
Italian Front Patrols Limited by Rain Slush
Allied headquarters said action along the Italian front was limited to patrols on Saturday as rain turned deep snow to slush. In the last 24 hours only spasmodic clashes were reported on both the Fifth Army sector below Bologna and the Eighth Army front above the Bologna Rimini highway.
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Rome
Allied
Fifth Army
Bologna
Bologna-Rimini
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Judge Sullivan
Reds
Gregory V. Zhukov
Brandenburg
DNB
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Zbazsyn
Benin
Marshal Stalin
Masurian Lakes
Rastenburg
Prussian
Lakes
Stalin
Carpathians
Free Germany National Committee
Martin Lattman
Hitler Or Saving Their Nation ,By Turning Against Him. ‘Lattman
Stockholm
Reds On’ the West Bank of the ‘Oder
Lattman
Emmanate
Marion News
Ed Sigfred
C. R. Department
U.S
Kenneth Madden
Marquis Childs
S 4
David Lawrence
Marton
Seeveverees
Drew Carson
Eneeneevers
Serssssone
Acme
Verle
Virgil Lubberden
Oskaloosa
Raphaela Picucci
Leominster
Mass
Yank
Service Magazine
France
Virgil
Long Idon
Frederic Tuttle
Sgt
Nazi Bulge
U. S
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