Readers weigh draft policy and home front burdens
A Cedar Rapids reader on the western European front asks why many deferments for essential workers can’t end after Germany surrenders. He questions drafting 1 000 000 men aged 20 to 28 who are key to industry, suggests four to six weeks training, and argues for an army of occupation to allow others to return home. He warns of resentment, political pressure, and the need to equalize opportunities before war ends, plus notes morale gains from bold Allied moves and a city wide paper drive.
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Tavery
Pearl Harbor
Germany
Army of Occupation
U S Move To Invade Mindanao
U S forces reported invading Mindanao in a clash of reports from New York London and Tokyo with claims of landings at Zamboanga and shelling nearby, while FCC Tokyo broadcasts denied landings. Japanese lines on Mindanao faced ongoing U S air raids and ground advances in Visayas and Luzon as MacArthur forces pushed toward Davao and Mindanao towns.
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New York
Mindanao
Philippine Islands
London
United States
Zamboanga
Philippines
FCC
Tokyo
Manila
Lemery
33Rd
Rosario
Aringay
First Cavalry
Waste Paper On Porch Saturday in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids residents are asked to place old newspapers magazines and waste paper in tied stacks on front porches for pickup by city health department trucks Saturday Volunteers meet at 8 a.m. to begin rounds The Office of Civilian Defense notes that wartime demand for shipping containers drives the increase in civilian waste paper collection and 90 percent of collected paper now goes to container production to support the war effort.
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Boy Scouts
Office of Civilian Defense
Cedar J Rapids
Cedar Rapids
City Health Department
R. J. Vinch
Mystery in Chicagoan's Crucifixion
Fred Walscher, 44, a porter, was found early Friday nailed to a cross on the near North Side, spikes through his hands and a crown of thorns, wounds to his side. He was conscious, taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in serious condition, unable to explain the crosstering.
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Chicago
Fred Walshher
Waischer
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Walscher
P. B. O’connell
O'Connell
New American 15th Army Formed on Western Front
U S 15th Army announced to join the final assault on Germany on the western front. Lt Gen Leonard T Gerow commands the new force, details of location and assignment undisclosed. The 15th will operate under Lt Gen Omar N Bradley's 12th Army Group, alongside the Third and First armies, giving Bradley command over more than a million combat troops.
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U. S
HDQ
Western Front
15Th
Germany
Leonard T. Gerow
Omar N. Bradley
12Th Army Group
Bradley
John J. Pershing
von Rundstedt
Roer
Cologne
Rhine
Supreme Headquarters
How Far to Berlin? Front Lines Distances Reported
The AP reports distances to Berlin across fronts. Eastern front from Seelow is 25 miles, western front from Remagen 277 miles, and Italian front from Reno river 544 miles. These figures reflect Brussels and German reports current to the war briefing.
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Associated Press
Seelow
Remagen
Brussels
Reno River
Marines Split Nipponese on Northern Iwo
On Iwo Jima US Marines pressed inland across the northeast coast as Third Division spearheads reached a cliff above the north east beach. Front reports say the Fifth Division moved along the island’s north tip while the Fourth faced rugged terrain along the east coast. A Tokyo broadcast tallied 29,670 Marines killed or wounded through Wednesday. Vice Admiral Turner expressed optimism the operation would end soon as the Third’s breakthrough threatened the enemy rear.
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Guam
United States
Iwo
Richmond Kelley Turner
Pacific Amphibious Forces
Japan
Tokyo
Police Aid Plane That Circles Cedar Rapids Airport
Night Captain Howard Walsh dispatches three squad cars to assist a large aircraft circling Cedar Rapids Friday night near 10 pm. Citizens report flare drops as officers reach the old airport on Highway 218 and turn on lights, but no crew or officials respond at the new airport. The plane fails to land at either field.
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Cedar Rauids News
Howard Walsh
Elther
Strictly a Gamble but It Worked
A daring armored infantry crossing the Rhine at Remagen breached the river defenses and secured a bridgehead despite explosions. Lt. Burrows led the effort as Ninth armored division troops fanned out, with Lt. John Mitchell locating and disconnecting explosive wires. Major Deevers called it a gamble that succeeded beyond expectations, averting a costly inner Germany invasion.
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Across the Rhine
Rhine
Remagen
Germany
Emmet J. Burrows
Jersey City
Ninth Armored Division
John Mitchell
Pittsburgh
Roer
Freed by Russians From Nazi Camp
Private John E. Buchanan of Cedar Rapids was reportedly liberated from a German POW camp by the Russian army. The 20-year-old National Guard member had left Cedar Rapids in 1941 for Camp Claiborne and helped form the first contingent to land in Ireland. The War Department seeks a 25 word casualty message for delivery.
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John. E. Buchanan
Cedar Rapids
Hermett Schipper
Theaire
United States
Moscow
Pvt
John E. Buchanan
War Department
Buchanan
Camp Claiborne
National Guard
Ireland
1200 U.S. troops freed from German camps leave Odessa
The U.S. military mission said 1,200 officers and enlisted men liberated by the Red Army from German prison camps have left Odessa en route home. One man, captured by Italians in Africa and believed to have escaped in Italy, was later recaptured and moved to Stalag 2B in Germany. The Red Cross places Stalag 2B about 50 miles from the northern coast and 50 miles southwest of Danzig. Buchanan’s mother, Hattie Anthon, died last year. he is the son of Luther W. Buchanan of 6100 Avenue NE and formerly worked for Hutchinson Ice Cream before joining the service.
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United States
U.S
Red Army
Odessa
Africa
Italy
Germany
Red Cross
Danzig
Buchanan
Hattie Anthon
Luther W. Buchanan
Avenue
Hutchinson Ice Cream Company
G I Bill criticized by real estate expert in Cedar Rapids
Roy Wenzlick, real estate analyst, ridiculed the G I Bill as impractical and said normal value for veteran home loans is undefined. He warned higher building costs and slower postwar construction, noting appraisers cannot determine fair value and urging government guarantees to curb veteran risk.
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G. I
Roy Wenzlick
St. Louis
New York
Cedar Rapids
Wenzlick
United States
Cedar Rapids Real Estate Board
Chamber _of Commerce
Bureau
G. I. Joan
Canada
Mexico
Alaska
G.I
Billy
Bridgehead Enlarged by First Army
Paris AP reports the American First Army widened its Rhine bridgehead at Remagen to at least five miles deep and ten miles wide, as German resistance collapsed toward Coblenz and Allied forces pursued a widening advance along the Rhine.
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First Army
Remagen
Rhine
Coblenz
Eifel
Xanten
Wesel
Bonn
Berlin
Supreme Headquarters
Cologne
Third Army
Coble
Erpeler Lei Besaltic
Count Zeppelin
Bombers Hit Tokyo Yokohama Area in Night Raid
American B 29 Superfortresses attacked the Tokyo Yokohama area early Saturday causing fires. Tokyo Radio reported the raid with confirmation from United Press. The strike targeted Japanese industrial and military sites as part of ongoing air campaigns.
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United Press
Tokyo-Yokohama
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