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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1945
Page
2
London AP reports a secret WWII method to clear fog on airfields. Oil burners along runways melted fog within minutes enabling planes to land with visibility up to several miles. The system named Operation Fido let a single controller trigger arrivals then reimpose fog for security.
A Paris report says 70 German officers complained to their Ludwigs hafen camp commandant that they slept in tents dug latrines and did kitchen detail while food and comforts fell short. Lt. Col. S. E. Iverson then showed 36 army photos of American POWs and camp scenes, and the Germans left silently.
The CIO on the War Labor Board urged President Truman to revise or discard the Roosevelt wage freezes without greatly impacting the cost of living. Van A. Bittner moved that the Oct 2 1942 stabilization order and April 1943 hold-the-line directives be updated and allow the board to adjust wages as needed yet not raise living costs.
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