Opinion Column Letters Prompt Debate On Anonymity
Readers letters criticize our politics and president in wartime debates. Mussolini's risky alliance era is recalled as the UN contemplates moves. OPA price rollbacks hint at a farewell to wartime controls while juvenile delinquency concerns grow. Gardening season proves difficult amid rain yet radishes push through, and intellectual notes recount Ruml on Four Freedoms and the Atlantic Charter as guiding principles.
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National Resources Planning Board
Congress
Ruml Urges Dignity Doctrine at Cedar Rapids College
Cedar Rapids born economist Beardsley Ruml addresses 82 graduates at the college’s sixty second commencement. He cites the Declaration of Independence energy across the fight against the Axis, stressing that governments derive power from consent of the governed and that the Axis diminishes individual rights.
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Beardsley Ruml
Cee College
Beardsley Rum to Speak at Rotary Dinner Tonight
Beardsley Rum will address Cedar Rapids Rotary Club at 6 15 PM tonight in the Roosevelt hotel. He is named principal speaker for a Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday at 6 30 PM in the Montrose hotel.
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Beardsley Rum
Cedar Rapids
Marion’s Reed Leads Lighthouse Boys in North Africa Skies
Captain William A. Reed of Marion, nephew of Maj. Bill Reed, commands a U S A A F P-40 squadron nicknamed The Lighthouse Boys. They have a strong war record in Tunisia Sardinia and Sicily and boast a motto that downplays heroism while pursuing balance in aerial combat. The unit, led by Lieut Col Gordon H. Austin, has shot down 35 enemy aircraft to date.
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Dick) Reed
Marion
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Sardinia
Sicily
Gordon H. Austin
Scranton
Invasion Talk Intensifies as U S Air Contingent Arrives
London reports a new large U S air contingent arriving to bolster the Eighth Army air forces. Churchill governments and Washington strategists discuss Mediterranean invasion plans with Gen Marshall, Eisenhower, and Alexander named as possible leaders. German alerts rise with Bergen and coast patrols tightened as mass arrests are reported along the French coast.
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First air raid alarm in Wilmington hailed as friendly planes
Wilmington, NC. The first air raid alarm of the war in this section was sounded Sunday but the aircraft identified later as friendly.
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N. C
Yanks Bombard Sicilian Italian Ports in North Africa Raid
Allied bombers from the Middle East targeted Sicily and the Italian mainland with a 1400 mile raid on Spezia, bomb bursts near battleships of the Littorio class, tanks and drydock fires reported. Ferry terminals at Messina San Giovanni Reggio damaged, eight enemy planes shot down in Pantelleria strikes.
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New Restrictions On Gasoline Seen
Washington report says a Petroleum Administration spokesman told a special House committee action can be expected very soon on national gasoline restrictions. A plan is being worked on to extend the pleasure driving ban now in 12 northeastern states nationwide.
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Winston E. Lowe Missing in Europe AAF
Staff Sergt. Winston E. Lowe an aerial gunner and bombardier with the army air forces is missing in the European area since May 29. He is the son of Mrs. Irma Lowe of 429 Eighteenth Street NE and had been stationed at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, then Colorado and Kansas before being sent to England two months ago.
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Germany
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Cedar Rapids
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High Court Reverses Draft Registrant Conviction
The Supreme Court voided the conviction of Homer Bartley of Houston Texas a former Texas Communist party secretary and past governor candidate for failing to keep the local draft board informed of current mailing addresses The court ruled the regulation is met when a registrant in good faith provides forwarding addresses so mail can reach him in time for compliance Justice Reed writing for a 7 to 2 majority emphasized reasonable expectation of receipt of mail through a forwarding chain.
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Iowa weighs Kinnick memorial as stadium name option
Iowa City plans to honor Nile Kinnick on the Iowa campus. Athletic Director E G Dad Schroeder said discussions followed reports that the Cedar Rapids Gazette proposed naming the stadium Kinnick Field. He noted alumni letters and multiple ideas will be considered to create a fitting memorial after Nile's death in a navy fighter plane.
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Dad” Schroeder
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American Doughboys Epic of Courage in Tunisia
A New York Times style tribute notes American doughboys endured hard blows and played a pivotal role in defeating Axis forces in North Africa. It centers on the First Division under Major General Terry Allen, heroic actions at El Guetar and Djebel Lessouda, and the resolve of soldiers like Bob Moore, with praise from Eisenhower, Alexander, and Patton for their leadership and tenacity amid field setbacks.
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Ramirez Takes Reins as Argentina Forms New Government
Gen Pedro Ramirez assumes presidency after Gen Arturo Rawson resigns following a failed cabinet battle. Dispatches suggest Ramirez favors democracies, but censorship clouds the trend amid rapid, factional shifts. Controversial nominees Rosa and Calderon realigned toward figures seen as pro Axis or pro US.
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Prominent Dutch Nazi Posthuma Shot Dead in Amsterdam
London AP reports Elkert Posthuma, one of the Netherlands' most prominent Nazis, was shot and killed in Amsterdam. The killing raises questions about postwar far right activity in the country and may prompt renewed security concerns for extremist groups.
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