World War II era United Nations plan gains cautious support
In San Francisco the United Nations conference nears completion. It endorses a practical framework for a new league and international cooperation, with ratification likely but tempered by questions of trust, public sentiment, and the need for governments to keep pledges. Civilian housing wars back home prompt servicemen to plead for fair treatment of families. Carnival regulation raises concerns over gambling and drug sales amid a needy local safety stance.
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U. S. Senate
Department of Publicafety
Shive Tells Battle with Stuck Chute
Lt. Tom Shive a 21 year old bombardier with the 15th air force in Italy describes his Nov 25 1944 crash near Linz Austria. He was knocked unconscious as the Fortress broke apart and escaped the wreck with a half opened parachute after a night fighter strike. He hid in a pig pen then walked to a barn before being captured by a civilian and taken to a village west of Linz.
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Thomas Shive
Barth
Germany
Philip Shive
Avenue NE
Shive
Linz
Austria
Maj
Chanute Field
Ill
Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Tom Shive
15Th Air Force
Italy
Chanutefield
Eel Loe
Lt. Shive
Senator Scrugham Dies After Prolonged Illness at 65
U S Senator James Graves Scrugham of Nevada died in San Diego Naval Hospital after a heart ailment. He served in the Senate since 1942 to fill the Pittman vacancy and spent a decade in the House. He is survived by his wife and two children.
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San Diego
Calif
U. S
James Graves Scrugham
D-Nev
San Diego Naval Hospital
Senate
Key Pittman
Japanese Casualties In Okinawa Reach 105496
Japanese losses on Okinawa rise to 105,496 killed and captured as American forces mop up the island. Suzuki government of Japan takes dictatorial power to confront the final Allied onslaught. Nimitz reports 98,564 killed and 6,932 prisoners, including 2,433 labor troops. Allied air and naval actions continue to press the enemy on land and at sea.
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Guam
Okinawa
Japan
U.S
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific
Medeera
Nimitz
Kyushu
Tenth Army
Edward Zbanek Dead at 64 in Cedar Rapids
Edward B. Zbanek 64 of 2404-0 Avenue NE Cedar Rapids died at 3 15 p m Saturday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness He was born in Cedar Rapids November 15 1880 and lived here all his life He served Merchants National Bank since 1900 rising from messenger boy to vice president Surviving are his wife a son George in Los Angeles a daughter Mrs Arthur Zeimer in Springfield MA his mother Mrs Josephine Bartos a brother Fred in Kenosha Wis a granddaughter and a sister in law Mrs Frances Zbanek of Redlands CA The body was taken to the Moon chapel Funeral announcements will be made later.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward B. Zbanek
Merchants National Bank
Merchants National
Citizens National Bank
Zbanek
Z.C.B.J
George
Los Angeles
Arthur Zeimer
Springfield
Mass
Josephine Bartos
Fred
Kenosha
Wis
Frances Zbanek
Redlands
Calif
Moon Chapel
Ike Turns Down Fortune Offered For Life Story
Abilene Kansas INS reports General Dwight D Eisenhower, top Allied commander, rejected massive money offers for memoirs autobiography and film rights. He told a longtime friend he refuses to commercialize his achievements, citing his poverty background and army salary. Offers cited exceed a total of over a million dollars, including 270000 for a film rights deal and 250000 for memoirs.
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Abilene
Kan
Ins
Dwight D- Eisenhower
Hohs
Kansas
Army
Delegation Heads Approve Charter for United Nations
San Francisco AP delegates heading 50 nations approved the charter to form a basis for permanent world peace. Formal acceptance needed at Monday plenary, then signing of a new United Nations charter. Secretary of State Stettinius beamed as he announced the charter approval at the steering committee meeting.
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San Francisco
United Nations
Stettinus
Schermerhorn Forms New Dutch Cabinet
The Hague reports Willem Schermerhorn, president of Delft University, heads a new Netherlands cabinet formed largely of university professors and technical experts to rebuild a nation shattered by war.
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Schermerhorn
the Hague
Atueen Wilhelmina
Netherlands
Willem Schermerhorn
Delft University
Government Insurance Death Claims Reach Billions
Washington reports the Veterans Administration has approved death claims for government insurance totaling 7,005,695,861 since October 8, 1940. A VA statement notes approved death claims rose in the past nine months from 87,340 to 307,264, marking a sharp increase.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Thirteen Governors Call Ration System Overhaul
Thirteen governors warned of a breakdown in rationing and price controls due to the black market and urged a major overhaul of the ration point system. They called for a single federal food agency, red points for meat, seasonal meat quotas, tighter enforcement, and local quota adjustments to fit regional needs.
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New York
Bay 128 Jap Warplanes In 2 Days
A Pacific front briefing reports 59 Japanese planes downed in 48 hours at Okinawa with 8,000 ground casualties and total Japanese losses reaching 105,496, while prisoner numbers rise to 6,932. Allied air, naval, and ground forces claim success across raids and interceptions as the Okinawa operation continues.
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Guam
Okinawa
Iwo
Tokyo
Government mission in South America liquidated
John W. Snyder announced Saturday night that a government mission in South America is being liquidated after successfully countering German and Italian threats to the Panama Canal under the Federal Loan Administration.
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Washington
South America
Panama Canal
Federal
John W. Snyder
Bastogne Heroes Smash Werewolf Network Across Berchtesgaden
U S 101st Airborne divisions captured werewolf caches and supplies at Berchtesgaden and dismantled the underground threat. Allied forces seized food, ammunition, and equipment while rooting out werewolf cells and subversive plans. Rumored links to Labor Leader Robert Ley appear collapsed as remaining members disperse.
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U.S
101St Airborne
Berchtesgaden
INS
Germany
Bastogne
Hitler
Aqist
Austria
Reich
Robert Ley
Death Penalty Of Two Spies Is Commuted
President Truman commuted the death sentences of German spies William C. Colepaugh and Erich Gimpel to life imprisonment. The war department said the act reflected international law recognizing spying as wartime conduct, not a crime. The decision follows World War I precedent and notes examples in the Japanese theater.
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Washington
Truman
William C. Colepaugh
Erich Gimpel
War Department
Henry L. Stimson
Judge Advocate General
Army
Colepaugh
Gimpel
Frenchmen’s Bay
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Wilson
Elliott Roosevelt Retains Randolph Paul in Tax Case
Elliott Roosevelt hires Randolph Paul to represent him in an internal revenue investigation. The case centers on a $228,500 bad debt deduction claimed in 1942 by John A. Hartford, president of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co., a matter the treasury is examining.
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Washington
INS
Randollph E. Paul
General Counsel
the Treasury
Elliott Roosevelt
Internal Revenue Bureau
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Paul
Congress
The
Treasury
Roosevelt
John A. Hartford
New York
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
More Beef for East Predicted by Bowles
Price Administrator Chester Bowles said beef shipments to eastern cities would rise in the next 30 days due to an army cutback in beef purchases. He cited New York Cleveland Baltimore Philadelphia Pittsburgh and Washington as beneficiaries, but warned supply will still not satisfy demand or cover costs.
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Washington
LLP
Chester Bowles
Marvin Jones
Bowles
New York
Cleveland
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Mobs Kill Fascists In Northern Italy
In northern Italy mobs killed sixteen alleged Fascists over the last 24 hours, including some women, according to Italian government sources reported in Rome.
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Italy
Rome
Sdid
Simon Lake Dies Father of the Submarine at 79
Simon Lake, lifelong inventor credited with shaping the modern submarine, died Saturday night at St. Vincent's hospital in Bridgeport after a brief illness. He was 79. Lake, whose early designs influenced submarine development, leaves a legacy in naval engineering and maritime technology.
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Simon Lake
Bridgeport, Conn
St. Vincent's Hospital
Des Moines Man Drowns In Abandoned Coal Mine Nearby
Frank Holmes aged 31 from Des Moines drowned while swimming in an abandoned strip coal mine six miles north of Indianola. Sheriff Lewis Johnson reported the body was recovered from about 30 feet of water.
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Indianola
Frank Holmes
Des Moines
Here
Lewis Johnson
House Trims OPA Power Drastically
Washington AP The House voted to transfer absolute food controls to the cabinet and extended the price control act for one year. The measure passed 356 to 12 after adopting amendments to subject government food orders to agriculture secretary approval and to shift authority over agricultural products to the secretary of agriculture. The plan also allows court challenges to OPA orders and permits non federally inspected meat to move interstate. The bill remains to Senate action and a conference is expected.
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Washington
House
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of
Senate
Rep
Andresen
R-Minn
Towa
Martin
Patman
D-Tex
Dirksen
Iowa
LeCompte
Cedar Rapids War Casualty Totals
War casualty totals for Linn County outside Cedar Rapids list 36 killed in action, three killed in training, 23 missing in action, two died in service, two prisoners and 40 wounded in action for the period reported. The figures reflect local military losses and ongoing commitments from regional communities.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
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