Two War Workers Die As Train Hits Coupe At Cedar Rapids Crossing
At 6 10 a m two Cedar Rapids war workers were killed when an eastbound Northwestern train struck their light coupe at the Sixth street and 6 avenue NW crossing. John Mishler 63 and Patrick Ragan 57 died instantly. Police said rain reduced visibility though wigwag signals functioned. Mishler employed by Iowa Manufacturing and Ragan by Wilson and Co. Both bodies at Teahen chapel with survivors listed.
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Cedar Rapids
North Western
Sixth Street
6 Avenue NW
John Frank Mishler
Patrick Orville Ragan
J Avenue
T. Frank Hersch
Linn County
Mishler
Ragan
G Avenue
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Jefferson
Carl E. Knight
Knight
Knights
Wilson and Company
East Coast Ports Reopened After Nazi Mine Attacks 1942 43
Navy reports show German submarines planted mines along the U S east coast during 1942 and 1943 causing temporary closures of major ports including New York Chesapeake Bay Norfolk Newport News Baltimore Charleston and Jacksonville. Mines hurt vessels and damaged ships like Bainbridge Santore and Esso Augusta with several key openings and closures noted.
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Washington
United States
New York City
Navy
New York Harbor
Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk
Newport News
Baltimore
Jacksonville
Fla
Charleston
S. C
Wilmington
Del
Bainbridge
Virginia Capes
Robert ©. Tuttle
Esso Augusta
Santore
Delaware Bay
John R. Williams
Panama Canal
Colon
Port Castries
Santa Lucia
British West Indies
Some Governments Try to Get U S Surplus Free
Robert A. Hurley of the Surplus Property board testified before a Senate investigation committee that unnamed foreign governments seek to block sales of American surplus goods to obtain them for free. He pledged the price would not be dictated by any foreign power and noted past failures with France, Australia and India in selling surplus property abroad.
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Washington
Robert A. Hurley
Surplus Property Board
Senate
United States
France
Australia
India
Eisenhower Heads Home After Paris Victory Tour
Paris AP reports General Dwight D. Eisenhower leaves for the United States after a hero's welcome in Paris. He will stop in Bermuda for several hours and arrive in Washington on Sunday and New York on Tuesday before returning to his Kansas hometown of Abilene.
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Eisenhower
United States
Washington
New York
Kansas
Abilene
Bermuda
Cholera Epidemic Strikes Chungking as Officials Fight Spread
Chungking faced a severe cholera outbreak on Saturday with authorities mobilizing efforts to contain the disease and prevent further transmission amid rising case counts.
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Chungking
French Resistance Clash With Pro Nazi Spaniards at Chambery
In Chambery France French resistance fighters battled troops from the Spanish Blue Division who had been returning to Spain from Switzerland. The fight left 12 Spaniards dead and about 100 Spaniards and several Frenchmen wounded as the train departed toward Aix les Bains. Resistance members had already damaged a rail line toward Grenoble where locals planned to lynch the Spaniards.
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France
Spanish Blues
Spain
Switzerland
Wehrmacht
Aixles-Bains
Grenoble
Red-faced pilot lands after Saratoga crash at Iwo Jima
Five planes, nearly out of fuel, circled the Saratoga after a double attack on February 21 off Iwo Jima. Smoke obscured the carrier as crew cleared a path for a safe landing. A sixth plane returned with a pilot who quipped about not being aboard the doomed ship.
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Bremerton
Wash
INS
Saratoga
Iwo Jima
Leopold Return to Belgium Reported
Reuters dispatch from Brussels says King Leopold will return to Belgium. The announcement prompt ed Premier van Acker to offer the government’s resignation to Regent Prince Charles.
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Leopold
Belgium
London
Reuters
Brussels
Achille van Acker
Prince Charles
Cafes Plan 2 Meatless Days Every Week
The Iowa Restaurant association urged a state wide policy of two meatless days and two butterless meals weekly starting next week. Des Moines operators proposed Wednesdays and Fridays at noon and evening as meatless days. John Doe, secretary, said cutting points under OPA rules spurs public pressure.
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DES + MOVIES
Iowa Restaurant Association
Y. R. R. McDougall
Waterloo
Des Moines
Des, Moines
Paul H. Martin
State Association
OPA
Poles Held by Reds Face Possible Death Penalties
London reports 16 Polish underground leaders including Vice-premier Jan Jankowski face possible death sentences in Moscow on charges of sabotage terrorism and illegal radio use. Trials to follow as two Polish delegates travel from London for a national unity conference.
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London
Jan Jankowski
Reds
Moscow
Red Army
Poland
Vistula
Germany
Stanislaw Mikolajczyk
Polish Peasant Party
Jan Stanczyk
Warsaw
Mikolajczyk
Jankowsky
Bronislaw Okulicki
Polish Home Army
Stanczyk
United States
Britain
Russia
Cedar Rapids restaurant chief weighs meatless plan
Mrs E Lee Winger president of the Cedar Rapids Restaurant association said no action has been taken locally on the state association recommendation for two meatless days a week and two butterless meals a day. She noted a meeting will discuss it with Paul H Martin present and doubted full local cooperation.
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E. Lee Winger
Cedar Rapids Restaurant Association
Martin
Paul H. Martin
State Association
Colonel May Killed on Okinawa Breakthrough
AP reports Col. Edwin T. May of the 383rd Regiment, 96th Army Division, credited with the breakthrough that opened the Japanese Shuri line on Okinawa, was killed by machine gun fire on June 5. The death was disclosed Friday night.
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Guam
Edwin T. May
96Th Army
Shuri
Okinawa
Enlisted Man Sees Wife Wed His Pal After Prison Return
Spokane released soldier appears in city with his wife and their three months old daughter. The wife had married a close friend while the prisoner was believed dead. The Fort Lewis man remains unnamed and is hospitalized at Madigan Army Hospital while military officials withhold identity.
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Spokane
Wash
Enoch Arden
Fie
D. A. Russell
Russell
Inter-Church Service Center
Madigan Army Hospital
Fort Lewis
Fort ‘Lewis
Plane Forced Landing Near Nebraska City Escapes Uninjured
Lincoln field Nebraska report: twenty four persons aboard a transport plane escaped injury after a forced landing east of Nebraska City on Saturday. The aircraft was en route from Laurinburg Maxton Army Air Base Maxton North Carolina.
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Lincoln Airfield
Neb
Nebraska City
Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base
Maxton
N. C
Chicago Truck Strike Defies War Time Seizure Order
About ten thousand truck drivers walked out in Chicago in defiance of President Truman’s order seizing control of city lines. Troops from Camp Custer and Camp Skokie moved in to enforce the seizure as private carriers returned to work while public lines remained limited. The strike, tied to a War Labor Board wage dispute, drew support from the independent Chicago Truck Drivers union and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters with no violence reported.
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Truman
Office of Defense Transportation
Camp Custer
Mich
Lake Michigan
Camp Skokie
ODT
War Labor Board
William Crawford
Cartage Exchange of Chicago
Chicago Truck Drivers Union
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFI2
AFL
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Iew
WLB
Fleet Action In 3 Areas Reported By Tokyo Radio
Tokyo radio reported three distant Allied fleet movements in a triangle near Japan involving Borneo bombardment Truk assault and increased Okinawa activity. The unconfirmed actions spanned 2500 miles with 20 plus warships including a carrier and three battleships possibly nearing Balikpapan.
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Truk Island
Okinawa
Japan
Dutch Indies
Pacific
Balikpapan
Brunei Bay
Tokyo
Truk
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Shanghai
United States
Kyushu
Cetlar Rapids Truck Lines Strive to Move Freight Amid Chicago Strike
Cetlar Rapids truck lines kept in close contact with Chicago headquarters seeking status of the strike to avoid vehicle tie ups. Several trucks reached Chicago with drivers reporting talks but no stoppages. some lines delayed departures awaiting government guidance while others said they had not been told to halt shipments.
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Cetlar Rapids Truck Lines
Chicago
City
Only 1 447 Men of Bataan And Corregidor Liberated
Manila AP reports Gen. MacArthur announced that only 1 447 of more than 18 000 American personnel captured by Japan at Bataan and Corregidor have been freed. Thousands survived in prison camps or died from malaria dysentery and war at sea while awaiting registration.
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Los Banos
Cedar Rapids Area Reports Rain and Warmth Sunday
Weather notes show Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas receiving rain with a high around 83 in Burlington and Davenport state wide. Reports from Keokuk Burlington and Ottumwa indicate varied rainfall amounts while temperatures peak near 73 in the afternoon and drop to the low sixties overnight.
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Ron
Towa
Rage
Ha’'T inc&Jorgain
Chambers
Wurster
Keokuk
Burlin T
Larton
Ottumwa
Council
Burlington
Davenport
Sterode
Wind storm hits central Illinois with high winds
A Friday night wind storm swept west to east through central Illinois destroying trees and damaging buildings. Power and phone lines were crippled and damage was expected to run into thousands of dollars. The U.S. Weather Bureau in Chicago reported winds from 75 to 80 miles per hour.
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Ill
Illinois
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
Quitcy
Heavy rains flood eastern Nebraska farms and towns
Wind driven rains up to four inches caused streams in eastern Nebraska to overflow their banks Friday night. By Saturday high water persisted in many areas, damaging crops and some property and livestock as it gradually declined.
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Omaha
Sterling
Nebraska
Okinawa battle nears end as Japanese forces face final onslaught
On Okinawa American forces report near victory with large Japanese casualties. Lt Gen Buckner says the island is essentially conquered though thousands more Japanese remain in a southern pocket. Flame-thrower tanks and heavy units press the last resistance as prisoners rise and bombardments continue along the plateau.
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Guam
Okinawa
Tenth Army
Simon Bolivar Buckner
10Th Army
Buckner
G. Valens
Yaeju-Dake
James’. Bradley
96Th
Two More Divisions Ordered Home From Europe
Paris AP reports the Fourth and Eighth divisions ordered home bringing to 11 the number redeployed from Europe to the United States. Other divisions headed to the Pacific include the 86th 97th en route plus the Second Fifth 45th 87th 95th 104th and 13th armored. It was not disclosed if the Fourth and Eighth would proceed to the Pacific.
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Toy
Europe
United States
Pacific
13Th Armored
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