School Board race prompts voter interest and deals
Five candidates vie for three seats on the Iowa board of education with incumbents von Lackum Blodgett and Penningroth seeking reelection. W H Tate and Rev Vernon L S Jones appear solid candidates, both experienced in education. The writer urges turnout and notes skepticism over rationing and the Iowa school code bill. A cereal box top appeals to homemakers amid wartime duties.
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UCHA
Board of Education
J. K. von Lackum
J. C. Blodgett
Charles Penningroth
W. H. Tate
Vernon L. S. Jones
Iowa
OWI Defends Propaganda Reach From Baltic to Balkans
Information Director Elmer Davis argued OWI propaganda supplies clandestine papers from Poland Lithuania to France and reaches prison camps with late night broadcasts for small listening posts. He cited enemy surrenders in Guadalcanal and Tunisia and neutral faith in American information over German lies.
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Washington
INS
Elmer Davis
Baltic
Balkans
OWI
Davis
Guadalcanal
Tunisia
OWT
Turkey
Navy recruitment surge astonishes Cedar Rapids crowd
Lieutenant R N Larson, a Des Moines recruiting officer, praised Cedar Rapids for a four day recruiting push that drew 675 interviews and over 100 accepted applications. He said the effort exceeded expectations and plans to return in two to three months, noting Cedar Rapids’ strong response.
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Cedar Rapids
United States Navy
R. N. Larson
Des Moines
Cedar Rapid
Navy
Larson
Monay
Omaha
U S Bombers Hit Lorient and Brest in Allied Raids
Allied air fleets including B 17s and Liberators blasted Lorient naval power stations and the Brest harbor in northern France. The raids, conducted under clear skies, damaged docks and a railway bridge while fighter escorts faced heavy anti aircraft fire. Three bombers and two escorts were missing.
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London
INS
Lorient
Brest
France
R.A.F
Essen
United States Army Air Force
RAF
Krupp Armaments
Rhur
R.a.f.’S
New US battleships surge into service in 1942 push
Six new 35 000 ton North Carolina class ships plus later vessels join the fleet as total battleship strength rises above December 7 1941 levels. Knox notes Alabama North Carolina Washington Indiana South Dakota Massachusetts in commission or near completion. Iowa and New Jersey also shaping up. plans and speeds adjusted for increased anti air fire.
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United States Navy
Washington
INS
United States
Knox
Congress
North Carolina
Pearl Harbor
America
Arizona
Oklahoma
Massachusetts
Indiana
South Dakota
Alabama
Iowa
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New Jersey
Missouri
Wisconsin
Illinois
Kentucky
Atlantic
New York Navy Yard
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Norfolk Navy Yard
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company
Quincy, Mass
Yanks Rescued After EightHour North Sea Ordeal
Seven American airmen from a Flying Fortress crash in the North Sea after a raid on Hamm battled icy winds and 40 foot waves for eight hours. Two were wounded as Nazi fighters attacked the crippled bomber, which sank immediately leaving three drowned. Survivors were rescued by an RAF plane and a minesweeper, then transported to a US base in Britain.
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London
Hamm
North Sea
Germany
R.A.F
United States
Britain
Donald C. Wells
Lincoln
Neb
James N. Bechtel
Grant
Stalin Named Marshal of the Soviet Union
Premier Josef Stalin has been awarded the title marshal of the Soviet Union by the presidium of the supreme soviet, reinforcing his role as commander-in-chief of the Red Army. The move signals his active participation in planning strategies against Germany from the Kremlin rather than front-line HQ. The article contrasts Stalin’s approach with Adolf Hitler and notes Stalin’s preference for Kremlin seclusion.
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London
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Stalin
Red Army
Adolf Hitler
Kremlin
Hitler
Honest finders return purses and cash in two weeks
Mrs. E W Parsons of 119 Sixth Ave SE found a dark brown beaded purse containing 97 dollars near a Me Too grocery and returned it to owner Mrs. B G Odeen of 302 Fifth Ave SW. Odeen rewarded Parsons, who earlier had recovered a purse in the Iowa theater lobby.
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Cedar Rapids
E. W. Parsons
Sixth Avenue SE
Mrs. Parsons
Reds Take Key Central Front Base
In a major week’s run, the Red army seized Gzhatsk 100 miles west of Moscow amid a collapsing Nazi hedgehog defense. Russian forces report swift progress toward Vyazma and Smolensk with continued push along the central front and advances near Staraya Russa.
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London
Red Army
Gzhatsk
Moscow
Monitor
Rzhev
Vyazma
Smolensk
Osuga
Kaluga
Timoshenko
Staraya Russa
Lake Ilmen
Demyansk
Sevsk
Bryansk- Kiev
Coffee ration may rise in next period starting March 22
Washington AP reports an Office of Price Administration source says a possible increase in the coffee ration may take effect with the next period beginning March 22. The announcement comes amid ongoing price controls and consumer shortages concerns.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Century Secures Major War Dept Order For Bomb Fuse Devices
Century Ordnance division receives large continuation contracts from the War Department for aerial bomb fuse devices. Production will run at full capacity through November 1943 with payroll over 1 million dollars for the period. First contract was in January 1942. a pilot test was delivered in June 1942. full plant conversion took six months after contract.
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E. J. Lattner
Century Engineering Corporation
Century Ordnance Division
War Department
Century Ordnance
United States
Losses in Bismarck Sea total three light cruisers sunk
US planes sank three light cruisers and 12 transports after attacking a Japanese convoy in the Bismarck Sea. A MacArthur communique says 136 American planes faced 150 Japanese, with 102 enemy planes confirmed down. All 15,000 enemy troops aboard the transports perished and morale credited for the victory.
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Bismarck Sea
MacArthur
Australia
Douglas MacArthur
Rommel launches heavy assault on Mareth line in Tunisia
Allied reports say Rommel’s Axis forces attacked the British Eighth and First Armies near the Mareth line and Sedjenane with strong armor and infantry, seeking a decisive blow to Montgomery after El Alamein. American forces regained parts of central Tunisia as fighting continues along the Tunisian front.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Erwin Rommel
Fighth Army
Sir Bernard Montgomery
el- Alamein
Rommel
Libya
Montgomery
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Tos
Kasserine Pass
Jurgen von Armins
Picchon
Sidi Bou Zid
Desert Panzer Army
Sfax
21St Panzer Division
von Arnim
Eighth
Axis
Africa
Senators to Press Sharp OPA Changes on Brown
Ten members of the Senate Finance and Banking Committees plan a Tuesday meeting with OPA Administrator Prentiss Brown to push sweeping policy reforms. Proposals seek to reduce personnel limit price controls to basics abandon profit regulation and raise farm price ceilings. A new committee led by Clyde Herring will simplify procedures and give local boards more independence.
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Rom Washington
Iowa
Clyde Herring
OPA
Prentiss Brown
Mr. Herring
Leon Henderson
Washington
Senate Finance and Banking Committees
Brown
Herring Names Committee
Budget Bureau
Herring
Maloney
D-Conn
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Tae
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Rep
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New York
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Reds
Century
Cedar Rapids News
Mareth
Egypt
Pichon
Kairouan
Sedjenane
Clyde L. Herring
Danaher
R-Conn
George
D-Ga
Finance Committee
Sunday Index
William L. Shirer
Seeeeses
Waller Winchell
Reesegeen Deneake
Ene Baesewart Vester
Don Marlon
Farm Bane Re Financial
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