Standley sees limited Russian access to lend lease aid
Admiral William Standley warns that the Russian public may not be informed about the large wartime aid sent by the United States and Great Britain through lend-lease channels. He notes Stalin's policy to keep such aid out of public view to bolster self reliance, and urges a strategy conference with Stalin to address Allied unity amid Nazi attempts to sow distrust.
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United States
Great Britain
Admiral Standley
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United Nations
Voters in Cedar Rapids Skips a School Election
The piece notes 1 588 Cedar Rapids voters sat out the school election, signaling disappointment at perceived government overreach while defending the public's hard won franchise. The editorial questions critics who did not participate.
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Muuch
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids School Board Members Earn Voters’ Quiet Support
The small turnout kept the outcome similar to a full vote. The elected trustees dedicate unpaid hours, tackling vital school issues for Cedar Rapids children, earning scant thanks. The stale courtesy vote of confidence is unstated and disappointing.
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Cedar Rapids
President urges moves to let Puerto Rico elect governor
The president urges steps to allow Puerto Ricans to elect their own governor, easing Rex Tugwell from his Rico post. Tugwell, once a trusted adviser, faces calls for removal amid his controversial frontier policies. Proponents frame the shift as a democratic advance for Caribbean residents.
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Rex Tugwell
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Rico
Tugwell
Street commuters spark debate on cold mornings and courtesy
Readers complain about motorists who speed by leaving pedestrians cold at bus stops. The note argues for more thoughtfulness from drivers and acknowledges mixed behavior by women and implied social tension, while stressing that small acts can ease a chill on street corners.
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Yanks Bay 17 Aircraft In Sky Duel
Allied air forces in the Mediterranean shot down 17 Axis planes and suffered no losses after a Monday air battle between Tunis and Tripoli. Rommel retreated, abandoning 50 tanks as Eighth Army pressed the Mareth line.
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Tripoli
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March Snow Forecast Rumbles Over Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids and vicinity brace for more snow tonight with slightly warmer conditions this afternoon. Colder tonight and Wednesday morning with a low around ten degrees. A military misinformation department note mocks rumors of a ski troop training center amid deep snow.
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Army
Havelock Ellis
Havelock
Sherlock Holmes
Informa
Chambers
Missing in Action Charles N Price Cedar Rapids Soldier
Pfc. Charles N. Price of Cedar Rapids is reported missing in action in North Africa since February 17. He would be 24 on April 28 and has been overseas since January 1942 after enlisting in May 1941. He served in ammunitions convoy duties in Algeria, attended Taylor and Wilson schools, and worked for National Oats before joining the Army. He has a brother in Marion and two sisters.
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Lawrence Harford
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Red Columns Menace Vyazma In Russian Winter Offensive
Allied dispatches report Red shock troops battered German positions from Moscow toward Vyazma capturing villages and pushing within 20 miles of the Vyazma siege. Soviet spearheads threaten to outflank Vyazma while German counterattacks tense the Kursk Kharkov sector.
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Smolensk
Vyazma
Senate panel OKs 6.28 Billion Bill for Maritime Fleet
Senate appropriations committee approved a 6.28 billion bill financing 2,161 cargo ships for the maritime commission with 4 billion in cash and 2.173 billion in contract authority. It also backed a 3,182 dollar high school victory corps project and rejected a 2.54 million request from the War Manpower Commission. Grants totaling 2.973 million would aid maternity and infant care for wives of enlisted personnel.
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Senate Appropriations Committee
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War Manpower Commission
United States
Japanese Columns Cross Yangtze and Capture Towns
Chinese high command says five Japanese forces west of Shasi on the Yangtze in Hupeh have thrust three columns across the river and seized four towns on the south bank.
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Shasi
Yangtze River
Hupeh
Rumi plan tax fight shutters to House floor turnout
Washington AP report on the Ways and Means Committee rejection of the Rumi plan to skip a 1942 income tax year. Nine Republicans backed the plan while 15 Democrats and Rep Gearhart opposed. Helvering said extensions may be granted up to 60 days with case-by-case approval. District collectors may grant up to six months.
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House
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R-Calif
Knutson
Minnesota
Robertson
D-Va
Boughton
Dn.c
Guy T. Helvering
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Helvering
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Internal Revenue of Gragea
French Guerrillas Fight Nazi Forces Across France
Paris and several cities see street fighting as guerrilla units and Gestapo clash while sabotage and hostage fears rise. Commanders say 350 German soldiers killed in 72 hours amid plans to deport 400 000 French to war factories. Allies monitor closely as resistance grows.
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Hitler
France
Pierre Laval
Charles de Gaulle
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Paris
Rue de la Borde
Patrol Car Delivers Stranded Soldier Home at 2 A.M.
At Union Station in an unusual wartime courtesy a patrol car ferried Marion Noah a soldier from Camp Phillips to Cedar Rapids. Noah, age from Camp Phillips, had no transport to his home and was taken to 235 Thirty-Fourth Street SE to visit his mother Mrs. Sadie Noah.
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Union Station
Marion Noah
Camp Phillips
Noah
Thirty-Fourth Street
Sadie Noah
Herring’s Son Missing In Tunisia
Clyde L. Herring senior price administrator aide and former Iowa senator said his son Captain Clyde E. Herring is missing in action on the Tunisian front. The notification reached Des Moines and was confirmed with the War Department. Captain Herring, an intelligence officer in the infantry and University of Iowa alumnus, was promoted to captain a year ago.
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Clyde E. Herring
Des Moines
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Herring
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University of Iowa
Japs Struggle to Supply Bases in Solomons
Secretary Knox warned Japan faces attrition as shipping weakens in the Solomons and South Pacific. He said American forces are stronger than ever there and that daily bombing of New Georgia aims to prevent Japanese interference with US plans, while the Atlantic situation remains in suspended animation.
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Knox
Solomon Islands
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Japan
New Georgia Island
Solomons
Pacific
Atlantic
Incumbents Win Cedar Rapids School Board Amid Low Turnout
Three Cedar Rapids School Board incumbents J K von Lackum Charles Penningroth and J C Blodgett won reelection in a sparsely attended vote with 1131 1093 and 1084 votes respectively. Voters 32719 cast 31131 abstentions while Vernon L S Jones and W H Tate trailed. The election cost about $600 and sets three year terms.
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Vernon L. S. Jones
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Cedar Rapids
Court Ruling Delays Induction for Father of Twins
Philip Mancuso a 25 year old father of seven month old twins won a first round in his bid to avoid induction. U S District Judge George Welsh ordered a full and fair hearing by the draft board and the board deferred induction while awaiting state selective service guidance.
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Philip Mancuso
United States
George Welsh
Mancuso
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Edward Kallick
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Kallick
Roosevelt backs Puerto Rico election of governor
President Roosevelt asked Congress to let Puerto Rico elect its own governor and to redefine federal and Puerto Rican government powers. Rexford Tugwell's plan and Interior Secretary Ickes supported the reform amid opposition to Tugwell and bills by Vandenberg and Bolivar Pagan. The proposal has broad Puerto Rican party support.
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Puerto Rico
United States
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Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Tugwell
Sen. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Bolivar Pagan
Puertoco
J P Morgan Gravely Ill After Stroke in Florida
New York financier J P Morgan is gravely ill at the Gasparilla Inn in Bocagrande Florida after suffering a stroke last Friday. The illness was reported on Tuesday.
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New York
J. P. Morgan
Gasparilla Inn
Bocagrande
Fla
Willkie Sees Russians Aware of U S Aid
In New York on Tuesday Wendell L. Willkie said he did not believe any American wants to double cross Russia and that he thinks the Russians know about aid from the United States. His remarks followed Admiral Standley and Vice President Wallace discussing Russia and wartime understanding.
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Wendell L. Willkie
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Russia
United States
William H. Standley
Moscow
Henry Wallace
Welles
Standley
Wallace
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Bloom
D-N.y
House
Foreign Affairs
OPA Bans March Coupons for April in Linn County
Franklin Kemp of Linn county foods rationing panel says blue A B and C coupons in war ration book No 2 cannot be used during an overlap period in April and must be spent by March 31. He notes OPA has instructed rationing boards and county dealers may accept March coupons for the first seven days.
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Cedar Rapids
Franklin Kemp
Linn County Foods Rationing Panel
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OPA
State Office
Linn County Board
Linn County
Welles Defends Standley Remarks On Moscow Statement
Undersecretary Sumner Welles said Ambassador Standley spoke without Washington consultation about Soviet lend lease disclosures. Welles stated he trusts the UN unity remains intact and pressed for Standley’s remarks text. House members Bloom Eaton commended and criticized Standley’s reported comments.
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Sumner Welles
William H. Standley
Moscow
Welles
United Nations
Standley
Standley says Russians unconvinced by US aid story
U S ambassador to Russia William Standley told reporters he doubts the Russian public knows the full scope of American aid. He cited Congress moving a new lend lease bill and urged not to mislead Russians about US help. Standley said admissions of aid are scarce in Soviet press and noted few details about frontline support beyond trucks.
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