Army Navy E Award Presented to LaPlant Choate Company
Brig. Gen. Stuart C. Godfrey conferred the Army-Navy E on LaPlant Choate in a 4 30 p.m. ceremony amid industry leaders. The general lauded labor management teamwork and warned against sympathy for Hitler, noting U.S. outproduced the Axis. The event, delayed by Gov. arrivals and a car incident, drew hundreds at the shipping building as Roy E. Choate and two employees prepared to receive pins.
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Stuart C. Godfrey
Army- Navy
LaPlant- Choate
Hitler
Army Air Forces
United States
LaPlant-Choate Company
Chicago
Sterling
Coe College
David C. Hanrahan
Navy
University of Iowa
Roy E. Choate
Gazette-Reynolds
LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing Company
Cedar Rapids
Keith Churchill
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers
CIO
LaPlant-Choate
Army-Navy
World News Dazes Readers With Social Security Push and War News
Readers awoke to a day of heavy news including a bold social security proposal, a worsening war situation in Russia, and the House Ways and Means Committee scrapping pay as you go tax plans. The Truman committee also criticized war management as broader implications stir debate for 1944.
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Russia
House
Ways and Means Committee
Truman Committee
War Management
Moaken
National Resources Planning Board
House of Representatives
Tas House Committee
Solons Plan For Postwar Study Of Own
Washington congress announces plans for independent investigations into postwar economic policies. Senator George proposes a nine member planning group with a $50 000 staff to study transition from war to peace and expand the economy.
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Washington
Congress
Administration
George
D-Ga
National Resources Planning Board
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids Office Denies Tax Time Extension
The internal revenue office in Cedar Rapids warns that at least one fourth of the 1942 federal income tax must be paid by March 15. Penalties and interest accrue on delinquent payments, and extensions must be sought from the Des Moines collector. Taxpayers may mail returns to Des Moines with a money order or check.
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Internal Revenue Office
Cedar Rapids
Collector of Internal Revenue
Des Moines
Standley Assumes All Responsibility For His Statement
Under secretary Sumner Welles said Ambassador William H Standley took personal responsibility for remarks in Moscow about American aid to Russia. Standley said he spoke in a personal capacity and not for the government, with a report sent to the State Department containing the exact text.
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Washington
Sumner Welles
William H. Standley
State Department
Moscow
Russia
Standley
Welles
Department
No Unwarranted Entry of Private Dwellings
Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown said he would not tolerate searching private homes for OPA violations except in the most flagrant cases. He cited racketeers posing as OPA officials and a report of a home entrance without permission to check suspected stock declarations. Brown urged full legal procedures and warrants where homes are used to conceal black market operations.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
OPA
Brown
13 Allied ships sunk in convoy battle, Berlin reports
The Berlin radio declares 13 heavily loaded Allied ships totaling 73 000 tons sunk by U boats from a convoy traveling from North America to Britain. The claim raises total reported losses to 36 vessels in the last 24 hours, with no Allied confirmation.
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Berlin
North America
Britain
Ship Survivors Saved After 83 Days On Raft
Basil Izzi a 20 year old gunner rescued with two Dutch seamen after 83 days adrift in the South Atlantic describes using their toes as bait to lure sharks into a rope noose. They endured hunger thirst and found a liferaft before sighting ships and finally being rescued. Beazley fell ill losing sight and hearing as the group faced long ordeal at sea.
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Washington
Basil D. Izzi
South Atlantic
Izzi
U.S
Lieut
James S. Maddox
Lafayette, Ind
Soviets advance toward Smolensk amid heavy fighting
Soviet headquarters reported capturing at least 44 towns and villages on the central front and nearing 80 miles from Smolensk. Reports say Vyazma defense resisted fiercely with 20 towns taken nearby while Kharkov remained contested and German forces pressed in several sectors. German claims noted progress toward Kharkov as Soviet casualties included killed and tanks lost in multiple sectors. A Soviet communique also alleged Germans hanged Italian troops in a town square after beating a trainload of satellites.
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Red
Adolf Hitler
Smolensk
Bely
Vyazma
Moscow
Kharkov
Pittsburgh
Hitler
Berlin
Ukraine
Russia
Warning to Gazette Subscribers About Cash Collections
Gazette warns subscribers not to pay anyone except their known Gazette carrier. Ensure the collector at your door is your official Gazette carrier and not an impersonator.
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Gazette
Three More Cedar Rapids Soldiers Missing in Africa
War Department notifies relatives that three Cedar Rapids area servicemen are missing in North Africa since February 17. Corp. Riley W. Crawford 25, Pfc. Merle W. Eppers 24, and Corp. Paul J. Stewart 31 are named along with notes on their backgrounds and prior service. Relatives are reminded many listed as missing may be prisoners of war.
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National War Fund
Iowa
Washington
Cedar Rapids
North Africa
War Department
Corp
Riley WN. Crawford
Charles W Crawford
Shellsburg
Manley Crawford
Avenue
Pfc
Merle W. Eppers
A. R. Eppers
Eighteenth Avenue
Paul J. Stewart
William Stewart
Eighth Avenue
Crawford
Army
Washington High School
Inter- Ocean Reinsurance Company
Camp Claiborne
Fort Dix
N J
Northern Ireland
Africa
Joe Crawford
Rockford
Eppers
National Guard
Ireland
Wilson High School
Niagara Company
Wrm
William Ostrander
Fighteenth Avenue
Milo Jordan
Stewart
Claiborne
Iowa Manufacturing Company
French Guerrillas Blast Train Near Chagny War Toll Reported
London dispatch says French guerrillas derailed a German troop train at Chagny in east central France killing more than 250 German soldiers and wounding hundreds. The special announcement was released Thursday night reflecting the high casualty claim.
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London
Chagny
France
Coffee ration up 16 percent for five weeks
Washington officials announce a 16 percent boost in the coffee ration from March 22 to April 25. Stamp No 26 in War Ration Book No 1 will provide one pound during the period, reflecting improved imports and policy to ease restrictions.
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Washington
Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
Office of Price Administration
Army
Allied casualties total 2242 in Tunisia week
Allied Secretary of War Stimson reports American losses in Tunisia from February 14 to 20 reached 2242, including 59 killed, 176 wounded and 2007 missing, most likely captured. He notes heavier American losses than British or French and describes Axis activity and Franco-American advances near Mareth.
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Washington, D. C
Tunisia
Stimson
Allies capture Metlaoui in Tunisia drive toward Gafsa
Allied forces occupy Metlaoui to sever the Axis rail and road link toward Gafsa as Montgomery shells the Mareth line. Paraphrased reports say Rommel’s force in Tunisia is on the decline with Allied air superiority and Royal Navy control of the sea aiding the push.
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North Africa
Metlaoui
Gafsa
Sedjenane
Tunisia
Chott Tyerid
Salt Lake
Tunisa
Noth
Metlaour
Erwin Rommel
Sened, Maknassy
Gulf of Gabes
Royal Navy
Rommel
Dunkirk
el Aquina
la Marsa
Tunis
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Frank T. Nye
The
Harry Boyd
Solons
C. R
Cedar Rapids News
Associated Press
Sandor
Klein
George Beazley
Hamberton
Beazley
Allied Headquarters
Ksar Shilane
Marchh Line
Mareth Line
Leclerc
Lake Chad
Equatorial Africa
Hen Giraud
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Mareth
Eighth Army
Montgomery
Sevenveseeeaes
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