Vinson nominee for head of RFC prompts Senate scrutiny
The President nominates Fred M. Vinson to head the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, a move that concentrates vast power over the nation's purse in one agency. Critics urge Congress to curb RFC control and restore legislative oversight while praising Vinson's political support.
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Witte Henry Wallace
Jesse Jones
Fred M. Vinson
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
George Bill
Commerce Department
R.E.C
Congress
Two Iowa City Women Die In Head-On Crash Near Cedar Rapids
A head-on collision on highway 218 near the Earl Smith farm six miles south of Cedar Rapids early Monday killed Dorothy Babbitt, 19, and Betty Hakes, 18. Eight others were injured, including Loraine Schrader and Doris Coffey, with injuries ranging from head trauma to facial lacerations. The party from Iowa City and Marion were treated at Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals. all injured were listed in fair condition later Monday.
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Iowa City
Earl Smith
Cedar Rapids
Dorothy Babbitt
East Church Street
T. F. Hersch
Linn County
Betty Hakes
Moline
Miss Babbitt
Loraine R. Schrader
Seventh Avenue SE
Schrader
Loraine Schrader
Doris Coffey
North
Johnson Street
Iowa
Mercy Hospital
George Stevens
Thirteenth Street
Marion
Jack E. Rohner
Burlington Street
McCookfield
Neb
Joseph P. Akers
Clinton — Street
Akers
Marine Corps
Robert Burger
Ronalds Street
Merchant Marine
Drive Toward Heart Of Great City on Rhine Stormed into Cologne
Paris American First army tanks and infantry stormed into Cologne at 7 10 a m Monday and by nightfall were a mile inside the city. Maj Gen Maurice Rose s Third armored division led the northern advance from the outskirts as house to house fighting began. Allied forces pressed toward the heart of Germany s fourth largest city with the Rhine front in a mass breakout.
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Paris
Cologne
Rhineland
Germany
Maurice Rose
Bockelemuend
Don Whitehead
First Army
Roer
Ninth Army
Rhine
Neuss
Homberg
Duesseldorf
Duisburg
Wesel
Orsoy
Rheinberg
Lintfort
Coblenz
Middle Rhine
Seventh
Siegfried Line
Saar
Saarbruecken
Berlin
Hamburg
Munich
Supreme Headquarters
Preum
Trier
Kopp
Forbach
Stiringwendel
Hohenzollern
First
Ninth
Arnhem
Homberg- Duisburg
Krupp
Essen
Courtney H. Hodges
Third Armored
Longerich
104Th “Timberwolf
Widdersdorf
Frechen
Luck's Still with Lt. Kerres as He Turns Up Again
First Lt. Glen A. Kerres, Liberator pilot, is reported back at his base after being missing for the second time over Yugoslavia. He has earned the Air Medal for outstanding operations in the theater and is presently recovering from an ankle injury in a hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Glen A. Kerres
Kerres
Yugoslavia
Hi Mom Greeting From Sgt McDonald Returns Home
Staff Sgt. Thomas R. McDonald, a B 17 gunner shot down over Germany in 1943, returns to Cedar Rapids after two years as a POW. He greets his mother and sister with the simple line Hi, mom as he limps home, having regained weight and spoken of his wartime ordeal and capture.
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Gazette-Lux
Thomas R. McDonald
Winnifred McDonald
Theresa
McDonald
Gripsholm
Winston Lowe
Cedar Rapids
Walter Reed General Hospital
Washington
D. C
Germany
Tenth Street SE
Sgt. McDonald
Mrs. McDonald
Tom
Mom
Russians Reach Stargard and Drive Toward Baltic Ports
Soviet forces under Zhukov's First White Russian army storm Stargard 20 miles southeast of Stettin and push to within a dozen miles of Stettin as big guns loom over the Baltic port. Rokossovsky's Second White Russian army advances to the coast 30 miles east, while German defenses crumble in Pomerania and along the lower Oder.
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London
Berlin
Stargard
Pomeranian
Stettin
Baltic
Vistula
Grosswollenthal
Danzig
Red Army
Pomerania
Oder Valley
Zhukov
Paris
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Kolberg
Konstantin IK
Rokossovsky
Vandenberg Accepts Roosevelt Invite to San Francisco Conference
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan accepted the President's invitation to join the U S delegation to the international security conference in San Francisco. He pledged free action and plans to push concrete proposals stressing justice as essential to enduring peace. Roosevelt also asked Vice President Truman to liaise with the Senate to facilitate treaty action.
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Washington
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Roosevelt
United States
San Francisco
White House
Dumbarton Oaks
Vandenberg
Truman
Senate
Vinson Nominated Federal Loan Administrator
President Roosevelt named Fred M. Vinson Economic Stabilization Director to head the federal loan program. Vinson, a former Kentucky congressman and federal judge, would take the job half vacated after Jesse H. Jones was dismissed. Congress had moved loan agencies out of the commerce department.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fred M. Vinson
Kentucky
Jesse H. Jones
Commerce
Henry A. Wallace
Congress
Commerce Department
Vinson
Wallace
France Shuns Sponsor Role In Conference
The United States announces a world security conference in San Francisco with 44 nations expected to attend. France declines to sponsor invitations, citing not helping shape Dumbarton Oaks, while still agreeing to participate. The Yalta voting plan grants a veto to the five great powers in key decisions.
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Washington
United Nations
Poland
San Francisco
France
United States
Russia
China
Britain
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Yalta
Dumbarton Oaks
Cold Wave Expected Tonight In Cedar Rapids Area
Weather bulletin reports a cold wave sweeping Cedar Rapids and nearby areas with a high likelihood of snow. Monday's conditions include a 31 degree temperature at 2:30 pm and 0.10 inch precipitation. Forecast calls for a minimum five degrees above zero tonight and scattered snow showers earlier in the day.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Estherville
Fort Dodge
Charles City
Dubuque
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Denison
Mason City
Ames
Burlington
Davenport
Spencer
Challed Named City Physician In Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids city council approved Dr. D. S. Challed as city physician to succeed the late Dr. V. H. Hasek who died February 25. Challed, 40, a Cedar Rapids native who began practice 15 years ago, is a graduate of the Iowa medical college. He served in the medical corps during the present war, mostly at Fort Ord California, and received a medical discharge in 1943. This is his first municipal position.
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Cedar Rapids
D. S. Challed
V. H. Hasek
Challed
Glenway Drive
Enineraby
Iowa Medical Colege
Fort Ord
Calif
Vandegrift Son Wounded at Iwo Jima
Marine Corps announces Lt. Col. A A Vandegrift Jr., son of Commandant Lt Gen Alexander A Vandegrift, was wounded during the Iwo Jima action.
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Washington
INS
Marine Corps Headquarters
A. A. Vandegrift, Jr
Marine Corps
Alexander A.vandegrift
Iwo Jima
Ammunition Blast Lifts Jennings Corsair In Luzon Mission
Marine First Lt. Clark Jennings of Cedar Rapids, a University of Iowa preflight graduate and Franklin alumnus, strafed two trucks on Luzon. The trucks exploded as Jennings’ .50s hit, lifting his Corsair 300 to 400 feet. He survived a bailout with a sprained ankle and received a Purple Heart he declined to accept.
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Cedar Ranlds
Clark Jennings
Grande Avenue SE
Luzon
Jennings
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
University of Iowa
Navy
Franklin
Marine Air Wing
Patrols Cross By Ann Stringer on Rhine Bridge Rescue
Two American patrols linked to crossing the Rhine at Adolf Hitler bridge were awarded Silver Stars shortly after their return from shell and fire torn duties. Fifteen men received the honors in a rain-soaked ceremony led by Brig. Gen. T. D. White while four remained exhausted.
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Ann Stringer
Krefeld
Germany
Rhine
Adolf Hitler
T. D. White
Second Armored
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Harry Boyd
PAC
R.F.C
Wreck Pictures
Cedar Rapids News
Hakes
Great City
Luck
Hi Mom
Louise Lux
Kiel
Focke-Wulfs
William F. Higgins
Hamden
Conn
Red Cross
Reds
Peril Stettin
Marauls
David Lawrence
Paul Mallon
Saree
Marion Eveee
Drew Pearson
Oba
Rae
Walter Winchell
World Security Council
Stettinius
Mexico City
Vandegrift Son
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