Vandenberg to Represent U N At Conference
Senator Arthur Vandenberg accepts the assignment to represent the American people at the upcoming United Nations conference. He aims to act as his conscience dictates, unbound by prior party commitments, a move viewed as strengthening public confidence in the Senate’s role. Greek American firms in Cedar Rapids pledge Red Cross support for Greece, reflecting deep ties and humanitarian concern.
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Arthur Vandenberg
OME
Cedar Rapids
Red Cross
Greece
Roman Mob Attacks Quirinal Palace Amid Political Crisis
A civilian was killed and a British soldier wounded when a crowd in Rome waving red flags attacked the Quirinal palace as Crown Prince Umberto was inside. Two bombs and gunfire followed clashes with carabinieri near the palace entrance amid a crisis following Gen. Mario Roatta's escape.
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Rome
Royal Palace
Umberto
Quirinal Palace
Victor Emanuel
Lor
Quirinal
Colosseum Square
Mario Roatta
Ivanoe Bonomi
Carlo Sforza
Sforza
Bonomi
Elf
Taddeo Orlando
Carabinieri
Roatta
Orlando
Yugoslavia
Communist Party
Highways Slippery After Snow in Northeastern Iowa
Cedar Rapids area reports slippery highways in northeast and central Iowa after rain and snow Monday. Temperatures drop to around 10 above zero at night and 20s by Tuesday afternoon. Snow depths reach five inches in Estherville and up to four inches in Cherokee. Davenport records a high of 54 degrees as Cedar Rapids endures a chill and cloudy progress.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
The
Highway Commission
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company
Estherville
Cherokee
Fort Dodge
Sioux City
Spencer
Davenport
Legion Post Reinstates Nisei Names on Honor Roll
INDIANAPOLIS AP National headquarters of the American Legion said Hood River Oregon Post No 22 has agreed to restore 15 Japanese American servicemen to its honor roll after removing their names last December.
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Indianapolis
The
American Legion
Hood River
Oregon
Iwo Jima Losses Revealed by Forrestal Press Conference
Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal disclosed that 2,050 Marines were killed on Iwo Jima as of the Saturday before his comments. He cited 5,732 total casualties for Marines and noted 12,864 enemy dead by 6 p.m. Saturday. Forrestal stressed the island's strategic value and described the capture as essential to the U.S. push toward Japan.
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Washington
James Forrestal
Iwo Jima
Fieet
Chester W. Nimitz
Tarawa
Iwo
Nimitz
Forrestal
Pacific
Philippines
Marine Corps
Japan
Marianas
Saipan
One Good Heave Needed Churchill Says in Reich
Prime Minister Churchill urged a final push to end the war in Europe during a front tour with General Eisenhower and Highlanders of the Canadian First Army. He visited Holland and Aachen, praised Allied advances, and joked while firing a shell into German lines.
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Churchill
Leon Kay
Canadian First Army
Germany
Western Front
Europe
London
England
Dwight D. Eisenhower
51St Highlanders
Belgium
Holland
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
United States
Ninth Army
Rhine
Reich Forest
Hitler
Duesseldorf
Siegfried
Aachen
Juwnelich
West Wall
Alan Brooke
Imperial General Staff
Bernard L. Montgomery
21St Army Group
William H. Simpson
United States Ninth Army
G.i.’S
Fuehrer
Embargo on Smaller Freight Moves East of Mississippi
The Association of American Railroads imposed a temporary embargo on less than carload freight in the eastern half of the United States and Canada. The ban, effective 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, affects states east of Minnesota Iowa Missouri Arkansas and Louisiana for the rest of the week, with exemptions for government bills of lading and drugs. The move addresses a buildup caused by heavy snow and past disruptions at East and Midwest terminals.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
AAR
East
Midwest
Canada
Rail embargo restricts small shipper freight in Cedar Rapids area
W M Gavin commercial agent for Rock Island lines in Cedar Rapids said the embargo bars shipments of less than a carload to any point in the embargoed area. Peddler car drops to small towns outside Cedar Rapids are blocked until the embargo lifts. LCL shipments are barred across the eastern U S, while full carloads and government bill of lading freight may move in smaller lots.
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W. M. Gavin
Rock Island Lines
Cedar Rapids
LCL
United States
Food stores overcharge 27 percent despite OPA efforts
Price Administrator Bowles reports 27 percent of food stores charge above legally set prices and 12 percent of grocery items are sold at illegal levels, raising the national grocery bill by about 1 billion dollars.
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Washington
Chesters Bowles
OPA
Bowles
Senate panel OKs Vinson for federal loan post
The U S senate banking committee on Tuesday approved the nomination of Economic Stabilization Director Fred M. Vinson to serve as federal loan administrator.
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Washington
LLP
Senate
Banking Committee
Fred M. Vinson
Outskirts of Stettin Under Russian Fire
Soviet siege guns bombarded Stettin as Zhukov pushed the First White Army toward the Baltic port on a broad front. They reported within 10 miles southeast of Stettin, while German defenses retreated from Stargard after heavy losses.
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London
Stettin
Great i Baltic
Gregory K. Zhukov I
Oder Estuary
Moscow
Berlin
Germany
Baltic
Z Zhukov
Stargard
Naugard
Altdamm
Oder
Zhukov
Kolberg
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Bad Falle
Belgard
Grosstychow
Allied Forces Trap Japanese Around Mandalay After Meiktila Capture
Allied Indian units racing 85 miles in 10 days captured Meiktila and trap more than 30,000 Japanese defending Mandalay 80 miles north. The drive cut roads and rail lines south and southeast, severing supply routes to Mandalay garrison while Chinese troops moved toward Lashio. An air task force and Sherman tanks supported the Meiktila push begun Feb 21 from the Irrawaddy bridge head.
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Burma
Meiktila
Mandalay
14Th Army
Thazi
Katamura
Rangoon
Moulmein
Keng Tung
Pagan-Pakokku
Irrawaddy
Los Angeles
Rhine's Greatest City Falls Patton Races 25 Miles
Paris AP reports Patton's Third Army in the Coblenz area pushed 25 miles toward the Rhine, shrinking the distance to 27 miles. Hodges' First Army forces reached Cologne and breached to the Rhine, with rear guards thinning in the city.
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Rhine
Patton
Coblenz
Paris
George S. Patton
Cologne
Third Army
France
Rhineland
Germany
Kull River
Courtney H Hodges
Death by own action seen in shooting of patrolman
Long World War II era dispatch describes Cologne battles with American and Canadian forces driving toward the Rhine as German defenses crumble. The story then reports the death of Earl Davis, a Cedar Rapids patrolman, found with a self inflicted gunshot wound at Union bus depot. Investigation by police and coroner confirms cause as self inflicted. Davis' family requested post mortem and ballistics tests to confirm source of the bullet from his own revolver.
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Cedar Rapids
Earl Davis
Union
Harold Prasil
T. Frank Hersch
Linn County
Davis
Tom Condon
F W Mulson
Beatty Mortuary
Ballistics Laboratory
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D. C
Condon
Stanley
George
Police Department
Sgt
Prasil
Union Depot
Earl
Ninth Son Flunks Service Physical in Wilkes Barre
Marcus K Smith 18 the ninth son of Mrs Russell McFarland flunked a selective service physical in Wilkes Barre last weekend. He said a navy physician told him he had not passed but ordered secrecy until Monday or Tuesday. Lehighton officials said reasons for rejection cannot be revealed. His mother has eight sons in the armed forces and residents telegraphed President Roosevelt seeking special consideration.
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Lehighton, Pa
Russell McFarland
Wilkes-Barre
Marcus K. Smith
Navy
Lehighton Selective’ Service
Lehighton
Roosevelt
Marcus
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Paul Mallon
Marien
Drew Pearson
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C. R
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Pass Cathedral
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