Cable May Have Tipped Japs On Pearl Harbor
A House committee hearing suggested Japanese workers at Pearl Harbor may have fed the consulate in Tokyo through ordinary cables, not censored channels, with FCC Chairman Fly stating it was unlikely that shortwave leaks came from the United States. The discussion touched on possible insider information and past naval losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pearl Harbor Navy Yard
House
Sea Committee
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
James L. Fly
Tokyo
Rep
Magnuson
D-Wash
Rep. Miller
R-Mo
Fly
Navy Academy
U. S
Miller
Alaskan
Daily records of stamps and civil notices from 1940s era
List of stamps and coupon values with validity through specified dates for Meat Brown, Green, Blue, Sugar, and other coupon books. Includes mentions of drunkenness charges, births, marriages, divorces, and marriage notices with names and addresses. Concludes with divorce petition: Ernestine B Palmer vs John Frank Palmer Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernestine B. Palmer
John Frank Palmer, Jr
New Excise Tax To Boost Retail Prices of Liquor
The Office of Price Administration announced a new excise tax raising liquor prices starting April 1. The tax base climbs to 9 dollars per 100 proof gallon from 6 dollars, with a 75 cent top increase for 100 proof quarts. Higher and lower proof levels see proportionate changes across bottled distilled spirits wine and beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Opaspolicy
Plan Beer Cans for Overseas Shipments
New York AP report says nearly as many beer cans as prewar will be produced this year not for civilians. About a billion cans painted olive drab will be used for overseas shipment due to their resistance to breakage versus bottles. Vice President W C Stolk of the American company announced the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
W. C. Stolk
O Connell Pleads Rome Be Spared
Boston Archbishop William Cardinal O Connell urged Catholics to pray for world leaders to respect the sanctity of Rome and spare the Holy City, addressing the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
William Caroline O'Connell
United States
Rome
Holy City
New Shoulder Patch For Iowa Guardsmen
In Des Moines Iowa guardsmen and their spouses sew a new shoulder patch for uniforms to distinguish deer blue. The patch replaces the old emblem and is made in Iowa on a blue field, reflecting two years of design development.
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DES Moines
Iowa State
Ee Sr
Iowa
Former Cedar Rapids Man Killed in South Pacific
Sgt. Gene Seaton, 22, ex Franklin high school student and Cedar Rapids resident, was killed March 1 in a Liberator bomber crash in the South Pacific. He had been in the theater a little over a month as a gunner sergeant and engineer. Parents Mr and Mrs Ray F Seaton of Davenport received word, with details still unknown. He is nephew of Mrs Vern Lentz and Mrs Marvin Cline of 33 Circle Drive NE.
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Gene Seaton
Cedar Rapids
Franklin High School
South Pacific
Ray F. Seaton
Davenport
Vern Lentz
Marvin Cline
Circle Drive
Former Brandon Principal Killed in War Service
The Rev. and Mrs. Robert Wagner of Treynor Indiana learned from the war department that their son Lt. Richard Paul Wagner 24 a Marine flyer was killed. Wagner a Wartburg College graduate and former coach and principal at Brandon Iowa had enlisted after teaching there. His brother Egbert Wagner a Marine flyer was killed in the South Pacific while another brother Robert Wagner is training as a machinist in Norman Oklahoma.
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Council Bluffs
INS
Robert Wagner
Treynor
War Department
Richard Paul Wagner
Marine Flyer
Lt. Wagner
Wartburg College
Waverly
Brandon
Egbert V. Wagner
South Pacific
Norman
Okla
Soviets Launch Fresh Drive on Ukraine Front
Premier Stalin announced from Moscow that Soviet forces led by Gen. Rodion Malinovsky opened a new offensive across the Ingulets river targeting Nikolaev and Kherson on the Bug Fyes Dnieper line. He said the advance covered 37 miles in four days, routing about 125,000 German troops across three tank and six infantry divisions.
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London
Stalin
Moscow
Rodion Malinovsky
Ingulets
Nikolaev
Kherson
Bug
Dnieper
Zhukov closes on southern Ukraine front rupture near Proskurov
Soviet forces under Marshal Zhukov push toward Starokonstantinov and Proskurov as the first objective of breaking the southern front nears completion. The fall of Starokonstantinov would collapse the German salient, while capturing Proskurov could force a retreat across the Dnieper to Romania. Soviet air raids add to German losses as Narva counterattack fails.
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Moscow
Gregory K. Zhukov
Ukraine
Starokorstantinov
Proskurov
Starokonstantinov
Dnieper
Romania
Zhukov
Odessa
Warsaw
Estonia
Narva
U. S. Bombers Hit Paramushiro and Eastern Marshalls
Navy Ventura patrol bombers attack Paramushiro for the 14th time as heavy anti-aircraft fire challenges the raid. Army and navy planes drop 31 tons on eastern Marshalls bases after Kawajalein and Eniwetok falls, with several planes damaged but all returning.
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Pearl Harbor
Navy
Japan
Paramushiro Island
Army
Marshalls
Pacific Fleet
Paramushiro
Kuriles
Attu
Tokyo
Shumushu
U. S
Kawjalein
Eniwetok
Democratic Precinct Caucuses In Linn County Tonight
Linn county Democratic precinct caucuses will be held tonight at 7 30 at the courthouse. Joseph Mekota chairman of the Linn county Democratic central committee announced delegates to the state convention will be elected at the county Democratic convention scheduled for 10 30 a m Thursday March 16 at the courthouse.
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Linn County
Joseph
Mekota
Democratic Central Committee
Kelly Rate Medal
Washington AP report profiles Tech. Sgt. Charles E. Kelly of Pittsburgh as likely recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions across the Italian campaign including Altavilla and Cassino. The piece details his multiple patrols 70 days of combat high casualties and credited 40 enemy kills with commendations and family involvement.
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Washington
Charles E. Kelly
Pittsburgh
War Department
Altavilla
Kelly
Battl
San Pietro
Rapido River
Cassino
Irene Kelly
Floor Tax on Liquor Due May First Across Twelfth District
A. L. Durkin, district supervisor for the Twelfth district including Iowa, warned dealers to inventory stocks on April 1 and file floor stocks tax returns by May 1. Tax rates vary by product from 3 dollars per gallon for distilled spirits to 5 cents per half pint for champagne, with penalties for false returns.
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A. L. Durkin
Iowa
Internal Revenue
Durkin
U 3
Curbs Approved on Executive Authority in Appropriations Vote
The Senate Appropriations Committee adopted two amendments to the independent offices bill curbing executive power. One requires Senate confirmation for all executive and independent establishment employees earning $4,590 a year or more. The other would abolish agencies created by the President if Congress has not appropriated funds after one year.
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Washington
INS
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Congress
Elected EpiscopAL Bishop for Iowa Diocese
The Very Rev Elwood Lindsay Haines of Louisville Kentucky was chosen bishop of the Iowa diocese at a special convention in Des Moines on the seventeenth ballot after hours of deadlock. Ratification by the national house of bishops is required before consecration likely this summer.
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Des Moines
Elwood Lindsay Haines
Louisville
Iowa
Episcopal Church
Haines
Christ Cathedral
National House of Bishops
Liberia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Deaths Nicoll services for James D. Nicoll held in Cherry Grove
James Duncan Nicoll 1715 Blake Boulevard SE a cost accountant for Iowa Manufacturing and formerly with Warfield Pratt Howell Grocery died Wednesday after a fall at Second Avenue and Seventeenth Street SE. Services set for Friday at 2 p.m. in Turner Chapel with Dr H K Galloway and Crescent lodge No 25 A F and A M in charge. Burial in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel. Master Masons to meet Crescent lodge at 1 30 p.m. Friday in Masonic Hall.
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James Duncan Nicoll
Blake Boulevard
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Warfield, Pratt, Howell Grocery Company
Second Avenue
Seventeenth Street
Turner Chapel
H. K. Galloway
Grande Avenue United Presbyterian Church
Crescent Lodge No. 25
A.F
A. M
Linwood Cemetery
Crescent Lodge
Masonic Hall
Death of Cedar Rapids Native in Chicago
William S. Gerdl aged 66, formerly of Cedar Rapids, died Tuesday in Chicago from a heart attack on his way to work. Born August 3, 1877, he was survived by a sister Grace Schuhart of Pasadena and three brothers S. P. Gerdl Evanston O L Gerdl Englewood and E A Gerdl Cedar Rapids along with four nieces and four nephews. Services will be held at Turner chapel at 4 p.m. Friday with Rev. George Stauffacher officiating. burial in Linwood cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Gerdl
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Grace Schuhart
Pasadena
Calif
S. P. Gerdl
Evanston
O. L. Gerdl
Engiewood
E. A. Gerdl
Turner Chapel
George Stauffacher
Linwood Cemetery
Death of Charles H. Palmer Former Cedar Rapids Resident
Word reaches Cedar Rapids of the death of Charles H. Palmer aged about, at his Minneapolis home on March 4. He was a retired Rock Island express messenger with 47 years service retiring in June 1935. Survived by his wife, a daughter, three sons, a brother and a sister.
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Charles H. Palmer
Cedar Rapids
Minneapolis
Rock Island Lines
Link Belt Consolidated Reports 1943 Net Profit
Link Belt company posts consolidated net profit for the year ended December 31 of 3,312,410 dollars, or 4.39 a share after reserves, vs 3,478,829 dollars or 4.63 in 1942. After postwar tax refunds, 1943 earnings were 2,434,410 dollars or 3.15 a share, compared with 2,472,829 dollars or 3.21 in 1942, with refunds not usable for dividends until two to three years after the war.
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NEW York
Ap)—Link Belt Company
Harvester Veterans to Be Rehired and Trained
CHICAGO AP The International Harvester company announced a program to rehire and if needed train veterans after discharge. The plan covers 21 manufacturing and 187 sales operations with Chicago directing recruitment and placement and offers former jobs or similar roles within 60 days of release. If no suitable position exists, other roles matching seniority and ability will be offered with training for service-related disabilities. More than 15,000 ex-employees served in the military and have begun returning to civilian life.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
Armed Services
Fowler McCormick
United States
Jap Attack Smashed in Admiralties
Allied communique reports two Japanese counter-attacks in the Bismarck sea campaign. Los Negros defenses held against a night barge landing while Willaumez peninsula remains under Marine assault to hold the beach-head established Monday.
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Bismarck Sea
Los Negros Island
Admiralty Group
New Britain
Willaumez Peninsula
Marlin Spencer
Southwest Pacific
Talasea
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Saidor
Madang
Green Island
Solomon Islands
Rabaul
Kavieng
New Ireland
Bismarck Archipelago
U S Submarines Sink 16 Japanese Ships In Waters
American submarines added 16 ships sunk in enemy waters, including a large tanker possibly fueling bases. The total from submarine actions reaches 627 ships sunk or damaged, with total Japanese shipping losses rising to 1,989 when all causes are counted.
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Washington
Navy
Japan
Pacific
Lakes open earlier than last year say navy office
The Navy Hydrographic Office announced on Thursday that Great Lakes conditions are favorable for an earlier navigation opening than in the previous year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N. Y
Navy Hydrographic Office
Great Lakes
Miss Mary Duster In Serious Condition After Heart Attack
Miss Mary Duster, 58, of 1724 Grande avenue SE, was in serious condition at Mercy hospital after a heart attack at her home at 6 a.m. Thursday. She is the sister of Charles Duster and the late Leo Duster. Miss Duster resided with her sister Miss Clara Duster, an employee of Wilder Grain company.
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Mary Duster
Grande Avenue SE
Mercy Hospital
Charles Duster
Garden Drive
Leo Duster
B. B. Hickenlooper
Duster
Clara Duster
Wilder Grain Company
Kingdon Dies After Furnace Work Near Prairie City
Everett W. Kingdon, 51, a farmer and former dairyman from Prairie City, collapsed and died while repairing a furnace fire at his home near Prairie City. Jasper County Coroner Ralph Toland attributed death to a heart ailment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Everett W. Kingdon
Prairie City
Jasper County
Ralph Toland
Flyer survives three hours in Truk lagoon
Lt. George Blair U S N R 22 of Sewickley Pa spends three hours afloat in Truk lagoon during the Feb 17 air sea attack on Jap Pearl Harbor ships. He was rescued by a cruiser float plane piloted by Lt Denver F Baxter with radioman Reuben F Hickam after his Hellcat engine failed and he drifted in his Mae West amid anti aircraft fire. Blair was the sole man shot down inside the lagoon during the action with others saved from the sea outside.
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Clinton Green
Pearl Harros
INS
George Blair
U.S.N.R
Sewickley
Pacific
Truk Lagoon
Pearl Harbor
Blair
Dublin
Uman Islands
Mae West
Denver F. Baxter
Summertown
Tenn
Reuben
Baxter
Truk
Many Iowa Restaurants Closed in Two Years
Des Moines reports from the Iowa Department of Agriculture show more than 1,200 restaurants have gone out of business over the past two years. Licenses declined from 6,638 in 1941 to 5,392 in the most recent year, with losses linked to military service, food shortages, and high prices.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Department of Agriculture
Department
Armed Services
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Twenty-first Street
St. Luke’s
Martin Kruckenberg
Clarence
Lawrence Misel
Eighth Street
Bert E. Newhouse
Clara D. Clarin
Phillip B. Wildeboer
Parkersburg
Lila Burtness
Mekinock
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William P. Brockman
Ruth Saffle
Herman Saffle
Hester Carroll
Joseph Carroll
O'Connell
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S. Pacific
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James Nicoll
Link Belt Consolidated
Admiralties
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Associated Press
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