Carrier Task Force Bombards Ryukyu Islands Near Japanese Mainland
Mitscher's carrier task force struck six Ryukyu islands carving a 275 mile arc from Amami Shima to Kune Shima. Nimitz reported 55 ships and 91 aircraft destroyed or damaged with US losses at 13 aircraft and five aircrew missing. The January to February raids marked the third carrier strike in Japan home waters in under three weeks.
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Guam
Marc A. Mitscher
Ryukyu Islands
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Japan
Mitscher
Tokyo
Hachija
Amami Shima
Kyushu
Kune Shima
Nimitz
Winter Cold Envelops Northwest Iowa. Cedar Rapids Mild
Winter returns to Iowa with subzero readings in the northwest and a minimum of 18 degrees in Cedar Rapids at 8 am. A 2:30 pm reading hit 30 as skies cleared, while Sioux City reported two below and Spencer Cherokee four days, and several towns saw six to four inches of snow. Roads in central to north Iowa are icy but not hazardous. Cedar Rapids maximum yesterday reached 39 early morning, with a state high of 48 at Burlington.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Mercury
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company
Sioux City
Cherokee
Spencer
Cedar’ Rapids
Highway Commission
West
North
Burlington. Oo
Gedney Block Burned in Independence Fire
A destructive blaze in Independence destroyed the Gedney hotel and the Gedney block about 10:15 am Saturday, with losses estimated between 250000 and 300000 dollars. No deaths were reported though one man, Owens Strickle, 19, was injured. guests were believed to have escaped. The Grand theater and several businesses including the Iowa state liquor store and Western Union office collapsed as fire crews from Independence state hospital and Oelwein fought the flames.
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Independence
Gedney
Grand Theater
Iowa State Liquor Store
Gedney Smoke Shop
Western Union Telegraph Office
Gedney Taproom
Shepherd's Barber Shop
American Railway Express
E. W. Erdice
Independence State Hospital
Oelwein
Independence Department
Blaze
Owens Strickle
Toothbrush twins nabbed after New England chase
Two notorious fugitives, Edgar Cook and George Stubblefield, surrendered in Concord New Hampshire. FBI and local police then escorted them to Boston for preliminary federal court arraignment. They fled from Nebraska state prison last November and Council Bluffs jail after escape proof car thefts.
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Boston
FBI
Concord
N. H
George William Stubblefield
Giles
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Council Bluffs
New England
BE. A. Soucy
Cook
Soucy
Kansas
Missing Pacific air chief Harmon and nine others in plane loss
Lt. Gen. Millard F. Harmon commander of Pacific air forces and nine others are missing after a routine flight. Next of kin notified as Army and Navy search crews comb the Pacific for the transport and crew amid calm seas and good weather.
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Pearl Harbor
Millard F. Harmon
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Harmon
James R. Anderson
Washington
William Ball
Francis E. Savage
Tioga
Texas
Archibald D. Anderson
Brookings
N. C
Jack M. West
Chicago
Douglas O. Anderson
la Center
Wash
Steve Geist
Brooklyn
N. Y
Arthur Ofner
Kansas City
McInerney
War Department
Army
Army Air Forces
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Chester W. Nimitz
H. H. Arnold
Global 20Th Air Force
Guadalcanal
Senator Moses of North Dakota Dies at Mayo Clinic
North Dakota Senator John Moses aged 59 died Saturday at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester where he had been treated for a stomach ailment since Jan 18. A former three term governor, Moses was elected to the U.S. Senate last November defeating Gerald Nye and was the first Democratic senator from North Dakota elected by popular vote. Born June 12 1885 in Strand Norway he came to the United States in 1905 and held various jobs before earning a law degree at the University of North Dakota in 1915.
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Rochester
Minn
John Moses
North Dakota
Mayo Clinic
Aunay
Moses
United States Senate
Gerald P. Nye
Norway
Strand
Oslo
United States
State Teachers College
University of North Dakota
Sinatra Rejected Again for Service
Frank Sinatra was disqualified for military service by his local draft board in Jersey City. He is classified 2A-F until September, an occupational deferment due to not being physically qualified. Sinatra had earlier been kept in 4-F for a punctured eardrum and reported to induction centers before transfer to Washington.
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Jersey City
N. J
Frank Sinatra
Ira W. Caldwell
Washington
Sinatra
George Evans
Newark Induction Center
Governor's Island
Daily index page highlights and features
Obscured text from an index page listing sections such as Deaths Marion service columns and various features. Contains fragmented headings like Comics Movies Sports Radio and notable columnists. No coherent event or person names are clearly readable.
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Marquis Childs
Cce
David Lawrence
Marion
Ties Movies
Csceeseeerseues
Drew Pearson
Radio
Neevenaae Sports
Eeeeaveses State Oo
Ceca En Ceeeneees B
Yanks Near Iwo’s Coast
The Third Marine Division pushed to within 600 yards of Iwo Jima’s northeast coast as combat continued around a 300 yard beach. Maj. Gen. Graves B. Erskine’s force neared a key summit and containment of Japanese forces, with air drops reported to aid the garrison’s water supply.
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Guam
Iwo
Graves B. Erskine
Marine Combat
Jim Lucas
Tulsa
Okla
Life for Drawing Bayonet on Officer
Private Arthur P. Beard, 19, of Baltimore was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court martial in Alexandria Louisiana for drawing a bayonet on an officer striking an officer and disobeying a direct order. The sentence is subject to review.
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Alexandria
Camp Livingston
Arthur P. Beard
Baltimore
Beard
Yanks Move Fast Cancel Air Raids In War Push
Allied medium bombers canceled several missions Friday as ground forces advanced rapidly. American troops entered Krefeld before bombers could strike, signaling rapid progress on the frontline and shifts in strategic targets.
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London
Krefeld
Ike Has Narrow Escapes in Tour of Western Front
General Eisenhower completed a seven hour jeep inspection of advance lines on the western front returning safely to headquarters. He traveled over shattered roads and came within five miles of Duisburg near the Roer river. A jet plane strafed his convoy just after crossing the Roer and enemy shells hit an airfield seconds after he departed.
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Paris
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Duesseldorf
Roer
Thousands of London dock workers strike over signing on
About 7,000 London dock workers walked out on Saturday protesting the relocation of the workers signing on hut from outside the docks to inside.
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London
INS
1800 U S Aircraft Strike Reich in Third Straight Day
Allied air forces pounded central and south east Germany with 1800 U S aircraft including 1100 heavy bombers. Targets spanned Brunswick Magdeburg Rothensee Ruhland Misburg and Chemnitz marshaling yards while RAF Mosquitoes hit Berlin and Kassel and Liberators struck Verona Porto V esevo. German losses reportedly 122 planes with 86 in combat and 36 on the ground.
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London
Rhine
United States Highth Air Force
Germany
Berlin
Brunswick-Magdeburg
Brunswick
Rothensee
Magdeburg
Ruhland
Dresden
Misburg
Hannover
Leipzig
Chemnitz
R.A.F
Kassel
Cologne
Reich
Muffler Arrives For Noisy Motor At Quaker Oats
Cedar Rapids residents hear relief as a muffler arrives for a noisy plant motor. Emil Petranek, plant superintendent, announced after noon that installation of the exhaust muffler is complete. The motor’s staccato roar could be heard for miles with wind direction.
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Quaker Oats
Cedar Rapids
Emil Petranek
Infantry Gunner Robert C Charipar Killed in Germany
Robert C Charipar 20 an infantry machine gunner with Patton's Third army was KIA in Germany February 18 word received by his mother Mrs Ellen Charipar 1314 Hinkley Ave NW He born May 16 1924 Cedar Rapids graduated from S C employed by Wilson and Co before service About ten months in service Overseas since last November and a member of the Knights of Columbus Survivors include his mother his father Emil Charipar two sisters Rita and Patricia and his grandparents Mr and Mrs Joseph Charipar The family details were released by the War Department.
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Pfe
Robert C. Charipar
Patton
Third Army
Germany
War Department
Ellen Charipar
Hinkley Avenue
Emil Charipar
Eighth Street
Rita
Mercy Hospital
Patricia
Immaculate Conception
Joseph Charip
Massacre of 150 U.S. captives at Palawan reported
Gen Douglas MacArthur announced that about 150 American prisoners were massacred by Japanese forces at Puerto Princesa Palawan. Five escaped to Allied lines while Corporal Elmor Deal of Yuba City California, a 1942 Bataan survivor, recounted the atrocity describing underground shelters set aflame and machine gun fire, killing soldiers sailors and marines.
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Luzon
Puerto Princessa
Palawan
Douglas MacArthur
Cpl
Elmor
Deal
Yuba City
Calif
Bataan
Mindoro Island
Seventh War Loan Drive Set With 14 Billion Goal
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced the Seventh War Loan starts May 14 and runs to June 30 with a 14 billion target. Individual subscriptions total seven billion, the rest from non bank investors. Series E bonds lead at four billion, highest quota yet.
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Washington
INS
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
Morgenthau
Treasury
Nazi Artillery Active in Italy on Fifth Army Front
German artillery on the American Fifth army front in Italy fired more than 500 rounds at Mt Belvedere on Friday as Allied forces replied with heavy artillery and mortars against Nazi troops, installations, and transport.
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Rome
INS
Italy
Mt. Belvedere
Mediterranean
Allies reach Rhine fronts as German bridges fall
United States Ninth army advances to a Rhine foothold at Uerdingen and links with Canadian forces west of the river. Germans destroy three Rhine bridges near Duesseldorf while American patrols attempt to prevent further demolition. First army drives toward Cologne with tanks and infantry, while Third army pushes toward Koblenz and a wider Siegfried line breach.
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Ninth Army
First Army
Geldern
Duesseldorf
Rhine
First
Cologne
Paris
United States
Uerdingen
Fallen Krefeld
R.A.F
Duisburg
Homberg
United States First Army
Reich
Paulheim
Bonn
Ross Munro
Neuss
Niederkassel
London
Coblenz
Nijmegen
Ruhr
United Press
C. R. Cunningham
Elevated railway strike halts Boston transit
About 264 AFL motormen and conductors walked out on Saturday halting travel on Boston’s two main subway lines. The walkout disrupted transportation for an estimated 74 000 people in the city.
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Boston
AFL
Boston ‘Elevated Railway
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Soener
Charles Williams
Boss Hotel Company
Nab
Midwest
Gen. Harmon
Pacific Air Head
Iwo's
Ike
London Dock
U. S
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Holland
Belgium
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Kervenheing
Raesfeld
Duesseloore
PFC
Robert Charipar
New Stalingrad
Stalingrad
Dueren
Roer River
Friesheim
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