Stassen outlines world role with practical aims
Harold Stassen’s framework for a United Nations role blends visionary ideals with realism. He expects small steps at San Francisco, acknowledges limits against Russia and Britain, and hopes for progress via enlightened self interest rather than coercive power. In Iowa, veterans’ public employment preference faces debate over merit and teacher exemptions, with supporters urging cautious, merit based hiring. The article notes wartime sacrifice and warns broad merit only approach serves citizens best.
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Ommander Harold Stassen
United States
Comdr. Stassen
San Francisco
Russia
Great Britain
Russians Near Berlin Advance Marked by 25 Mile Reach
Transocean reported Russian forces neared Berlin within 25 miles as Zhukov’s offensive breached Kuestrin defenses and pressed toward Seelow on the Oder. Berlin broadcasts noted 125 mile fighting fronts along the Oder with crossfront advances and encirclements in Pomerania, Danzig, and the Polish corridor.
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London
Berlin
Kuestrin
Seelow
Oder
Stettin
Frankfurt
Gregory Zhukov
Rhine
Transocean
Goerlitz
Niederwutzen
Zehden
Oder River
Ernst von Hammer
O Kuestrin
Stettin Bay
Crossen
Danzig Free State
Danzig
Moscow
Stalin
Zhukov
Ivan Konev
Neisse River
Baltic
Lower
Madue Lake
Pomerania
Roosevelt Returns to White House After Hyde Park Rest
President Roosevelt completed a four day rest at his Hudson Valley Hyde Park home and returned to the White House. He left Washington Saturday for a quiet extended weekend.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
White House
Hudson Valley
Hyde Park
Local notices and features from the day’s index page
Fragmentary OCR shows a mix of sections including court references, deaths, farm notes, and TV radio features. Names such as Marion and David Lawrence appear with ages, alongside mentions of sports, movies, and a state AG.
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Marquis
Walter Winchell
Baveeseenee
Peeesaeneee
City Officials Get Pay Increases in Iowa Law
Cedar Rapids and six other Iowa cities gain salary boosts after a legislature bill, awaiting governor approval. Mayors rise from 3500 to 4500 annually and city commissioners from 3000 to 3500. The measure reflects a second round of raises since 1940 census driven adjustments.
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F. K. Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Sara Teondal
Des Moines
Robert Blue
House of Representatives
Sioux City
Burlington
Ottumwa
Keokuk
Fort Dodge
Hahn
L. D. Burgus
D. L. Williams
Wes Benesh
Ed Stefan
Car donation sought for Red Cross hospital chaplains
Nine organizations fund the Red Cross effort to buy a car for Schick General Hospital chaplains near Clinton Iowa. Anyone with a 1940 or 1941 model to donate should contact Mrs Worth Averill or Reginald Figge. title to the car remains with Linn County Red Cross chapter to ensure continued use for hospital needs.
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Red Cross
Schick General Hospital
Clinton
Worth
Averill
Reginald Figge
Linn County
Schick Hospital
Iowa
Clinton Business District
House Passes Draft Of Unmarried Nurses 20 44
The House approved a bill to draft unmarried women nurses ages 20 through 44 to meet a wartime shortage. A graduate nurse would be considered married only if wed before March 15, 1945, and selective service boards will decide the order of draft. The measure came as the War Department reported daily overseas casualties and large expected arrivals.
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Washington
House
Senate
Roosevelt
Selective Service Boards
Navy
Army
Chamber
Army Navy
James G. Fulton
R-Pa
Patton Twice Swam the Sure River Under Fire
Baltimore AP recounts Lt General George S. Patton swimming the 150 foot Sure River in Germany in January under heavy fire to rally troops. Staff Sgt. Thomas J. Defibaugh of Cumberland Maryland recalls Patton's feat inspiring thousands to press Bettendorf crossing and seize high ground over Germany.
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Baltimore
George S. Patton
Germany
Syeobeedas
Thomas J. Defibaugh
Cumberland
Patton
Bettendorf
Defibaugh
Fourth Infantry
Silver Star For Cartano Wounded in Belgium
Sgt. Robert G. Cartano received the Silver Star and the Purple Heart after being wounded in Belgium on January 10. He is hospitalized in England, in service since January 1944, overseas since last August, with nerve and bone surgeries planned. He and his wife live on 412 G Avenue NW. they have two children, Ronnie and Donna Kay.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert G. Cartano
Belgium
G Avenue
Set
Cartano
England
Anamosa
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Argentina Weighs Path Back to Latin American Unity
In Buenos Aires acting Foreign Minister Cesar Ameghino called the Mexico City formula courteous and honorable. The Inter-American conference approved a plan that would require Argentina to declare war on the Axis and change policy to seek United Nations membership before rejoining the regional fold. Delegates urged Argentina to align with Chapultepec principles as the next step.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Cesar Ameghino
Mexico City
United Nations
Stettinius
United States
Ezequiel Padilla
Chapultepec
Allies Thrust to Mandalay Edge
Allied forces from the 19th Indian division reached the northern outskirts of Mandalay as Japanese resistance weakened. An Associated Press dispatch says Indian armored spearheads prepare a thrust into the inland port, with a 40 mile advance along the eastern bank of the Irrawaddy from the Singu bridgehead. A second Allied column with American Sherman tanks cut Mandalay’s supply lines 80 miles south of the city.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Mandalay
Burma
Irrawaddy
Singu
Hodges Troops Cross Rhine with Light German Opposition
U S Army forces under Lt Gen Courtney Hodges crossed the Rhine near Cologne creating a firm bridgehead with little German resistance. The rapid crossing followed the collapse of German defenses in the Cologne plain and Eifel, with Bonn and Bad Godesberg also seized.
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U. S. First Army
The
Rhine
Courtney H. Hodges
Great River Barrier
Cologne
Hodges
Eifel
Robert Evans
Davenport
First Army
Bonn
Bad Godesberg
Hitler
Neville Chamberlain
Coblenz
Middle Rhine
George S. Patton
Third Army
Saar
Seventh Army
Siding Racket Is Worked in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids charade of re siding schemes resurfaces this spring. Out of town salesmen target homeowners, offering premium insulating board for inflated prices with a promised $25 bonus per local sale. One widow paid $10 down. a contract was dropped when financing balked.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Rice Freed from Philippine Prisons
Mrs. Willard Rice of 411 Sixth Street SW reports her husband was liberated from Los Banos internment camp in the Philippines by the War Department. Rice, 52, a civilian worker at Cavite naval base, had been interned after the Philippines fell and his family had no word until now. His son, Pvt. Willard Rice Jr., stationed in the Philippines, had been granted permission to search for him in Manila.
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Willard Rice
Sixth Street
War Department
Los Banos
Philippines
Santo Tomas University
Manila
Santo Tomas
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Normandy
Kull
Wesel
Ruhr
Ninth
First Parachute
Fourth - Armored
Hugh Gaffey
Austin
Texas
Mayen
Moselle
Eisenhower
Alps
Strasbourg
Jack Shan
Philippine
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