Americans Bomb Baltic Coast as Reds Strike Fronts
More than 2,100 American planes hit northern Germany with 650 bombers targeting Baltic coast installations near Stettin to aid Soviet advances toward Kuestrin. Soviet dispatches claim reds moved on Stettin while heavy fighting rages around Danzig and the Moravian gap toward Vienna and Prague.
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Reds
London
Germany
Baltic
Swinemuende
Stettin
Red
Red Army
Moscow
Pravda
Danzig
Neuteich
Gdynia
Berlin
Moravian
Vienna
Prague
Bielsko
Strumien
Moravska-Ostrava
Yanks Seize Flying Fields On Mindanao
U S invasion forces neared Zamboanga on Mindanao after quickly seizing four villages and two airfields. Maj Gen Jens A Doe's 41st division landed with light opposition and air cover from Fifth and 13th Air Forces. MacArthur said reconnaissance planes operate from the island as heavy bombardment preceded the landing.
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Manila
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Philippines
Jens A. Doe
Eighth Army
Douglas MacArthur
Tokyo
Basilan
Basilan Strait
MacArthur
Borneo
13Th
Doe
San Mateo
Luzon
First Cavalry
Iowa curfew prompts calls for common sense and study
Commentary discusses Byrnes curfew practical limits for eateries and its impact on youth and beer taverns. It notes Iowa tax reform needs thorough study, including veteran exemptions, insurance taxes, highway charges, and school funding, urging a balanced program before the next session. It also highlights Byers backed embezzlement law tightening to punish public officials and prevent evasion by repayment.
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Iowa
U. S. Supreme Court
Senator Byers Stands Firm in Local Option Debate
In Des Moines this winter Senator Byers faces heavy pressure as chairman of the senate committee on the local option beer bill. He takes a clear cut position while ensuring fair conference talks with house members. Linn county should be pleased with his stature as a legislator.
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Senator Byers
Des Moines
Senate
House Representatives
Linn County
End of an era for Hitler as threats give way to attrition
The piece notes a shift from overt threats to quieter pressure by Hitler, claiming the public has grown tired of his methods since the early 1930s. It suggests his current tactic is to wear down opponents rather than spark direct confrontation.
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Hitler
Adolf
Cedar Rapids Sets New Temperature High for Year
Cedar Rapids reached 58 degrees Monday afternoon marking a new yearly high. The Weather Bureau forecasts mild, cloudy conditions Tuesday with scattered southern showers. Humidity was 50 percent at 2:30 p.m. Monday and Sunday’s low dipped to 34 with a 59-degree state high in Des Moines.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Mercury
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Patrol Activity On Italian Front Advances Reported
Fifth Army patrols continued aggressive thrusts at German positions in the central sector of the Italian front. Sharp engagements were reported as headquarters said Monday.
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Rome
Fifth Army
Ches Heaton Is Found Shot
Charles Heaton 58 of Fairfax a noted Iowa trap shooter suffered a self inflicted gunshot wound to the left chest about 10 30 a m Monday. He was found in the basement by his daughter after she heard the shot and was in serious condition at St Luke's hospital. Heaton a former garage operator and repeated Iowa state champion had been despondent over ill health and had served as president of the state trapshooting association.
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Charles Heaton
Fairfax
Iowa
St. Luke's Hospital
P. J. Whittemore
Whittemore
Heaton
J. C. Manville
State
Dead Jap Revives- But Not for Long
AP dispatch from Luzon reports a Japanese soldier briefly reviving after death as a detail of dead Japs was interrupted when one rose and headed into the timber. The revival was short lived.
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Luzon
Hearing Tuesday on Air Service to Cedar Rapids
Civil Aeronautics board will hear applications from United Air Lines and Mid-Continental Air Lines to add Cedar Rapids as a port of call. United seeks transcontinental service using 21 passenger Mainliners. Mid-Continental plans a north south route. Hearing at 10 a.m. in Fort Des Moines hotel with Cedar Rapids Chamber delegation led by Don Hines and A L Taylor.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
United Air Lines
Mid-Continent Air Lines
Fort Des Moines
Chamber of Commerce
Don Hines
A. L. Taylor
Arthur Collins
James F. Plumb
H. H. Buchanan
Robert Black
Apes on Payroll Delays Cleanup at County Courthouse
Kansas City AP reports absenteeism by a troupe of monkeys hired as animated pipe cleaners delays the first courthouse cleanup since the era of Vice President Truman as county judge. Peter the lead missing monkey holds up work until located between Kansas City and Terre Haute Indiana.
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Kansas City
Jackson County
Truman
Terre Haute
Ind
Bob Ely
Toledo
Monkey Cleaners
Peter
Monkey
Osmeña thanks Red Cross for aid in dire days
Manila. President Sergio Osmeña expresses heartfelt thanks to the American Red Cross and the American people for aid and succor extended in these days of dire need and distress.
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Manila
Sergio Osmena
American Red Cross
Iowa Air Transport Plan Opens Civil Aeronautics Hearings
Des Moines hosts Civil Aeronautics Board hearings as plans unfold for expanded United Air Lines and Mid-Continent services plus a six route network reaching about 50 Iowa cities. Proposals cover Chicago Des Moines links via Dubuque Waterloo and via Cedar Rapids, plus Des Moines St Louis connections and a Cedar Rapids to Minneapolis stop. Additional applicants seek merchandise and air mail routes including Automatic Air Mail Inc. and Bos Air Cargo with listed Iowa towns and Des Moines connections.
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Des Moines
INS
Air Transport Service
Iowa
Civil Aeronautics Board
United Air Lines, Inc
Mid-Continent Airlines
Iowa Airplane Company of
United
Chicago
Dubuque
Waterloo
Moline
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Mason City
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Ottumwa
St. Louis
Bos Air Cargo
Marshalltown
Automatic Air Mail, Inc
Lost Nation
Automatic Air Mail
Clinton
Maquoketa
Northwood
Charles City
Manchester
Anamosa
Cedar Rap
Tipton
DeWitt
Grinnell
Newton
Ames
Webster City
Spencer
Cherokee
Storm Lake
Audubon
Harlen
Atlantic
Red Oak
Shenadoah
Clarinda
Creston
Chariton
Indianola
Winterset
Knoxville
Albia
Centerville
Bloomfield
Fairfield
Mount Pleasant
Washington
Lubin Named for Reparations Board
Secretary of State Stettinius appointed Isidore Lubin, an economist at the White House, as the U.S. representative on the Moscow commission to determine the reparations program.
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Washington
Stettinius
Isidore Lubin
White House
United States
Moscow Commission
City Employes Fire Bids for Pay Increases
The city hall saw two salary increase requests on Monday from the fire department and water works staff. The fire department, presented by Local No 11’s grievance committee led by John E Maher and Bernard C Brown, urges a 15 dollar monthly raise and 24 hours off for every 16 days worked. The letter notes salaries and time off lag behind other cities and cites a trend toward shorter hours, not expecting council action at this meeting.
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International Association of Fire Fighters
John E. Maher
John Lopecky
van H. Barnes
Bernard C. Brown
F. K. Hahn
Brown
SS Enee
Burglary Attempt At Boyson Jewelry Store Fails
An unsuccessful attempt to break into Boyson Jewelry occurred at night as burglars tried to gain entry. front door lock was found broken Sunday morning. At C Uchytil Conoco Service, 24 Twelfth Avenue SE, burglars stole $10 cash, a screwdriver, two batteries, and four tire reliners.
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Cedar Rapids
Boyson Jewelry
B 29 Raids Hit Nagoya in Large Scale Fire Attack
As B 29s from the 20th bomber command bomb Nagoya Japan with incendiaries fires spread over five square miles of war plants government buildings and dwellings. The raid followed a Tokyo targeting blitz and was described by pilots as producing hellish fires visible at sea. Major LeMay said the saturation raid supports high altitude strikes and marks a strong return to Honshu.
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Guam
Nagoya
Japan
Tokyo
Washington
20Th Bomber Command
India
Singapore
Nagoya Palace
Midway
Frank Hermes
Cincinnati
Curtis LeMay
21St Bomber Command
Honshu Island
Yanks Expand Rhine Bridgehead After First River Crossing
First Army troops pushed their Rhine foothold more than a mile wider and four and a half miles deep aided by tanks and heavy artillery. By Monday they reached near Linz and within three miles of a Ruhr communication artery as Hodges crossed the bridge by jeep.
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Paris
First
Rhine
Doughboys
Gingsterhahn
Linz
Ruhr
Courtney H. Hodges
First Army
Berlin
Honnef
Duesseldorf
Hoenningen
Ludendorff Bridge
United States
Ninth
Wesel
George S. Patton
Third Army
Coblenz
Moselle
Trier
Patton
Eifel
Cochem
Erden
Hodges
Rheinbreitbach
Ludendorff
Conquest of Iwo Jima Nears Completion
Marines push last Japanese defenders into the sea on Iwo Jima as Fifth Division halves a pocket to a half square mile by Sunday evening. Third and Fourth divisions break through eastern lines and seize most of the rock ledge east coast with heavy artillery and offshore gunfire supporting the advance.
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Guam
Iwo
Pacific Fleet
High Court Refuses To Rule On Ward's WLB Case
Washington AP reports that the U S Gypsum Co seeks Supreme Court ruling on limits of WLB powers by reviewing lower court decisions. The brief notes an unresolved high court question and potential implications for regulatory authority.
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High Court
Ward
Washington
High Quest
United States Gypsum Company
Lt Harold Carroll Freed in Poland
Lt Harold J. Carroll has been released from German detention in Poland. Merle Harris, 1929 Avenue NE, notes the update and location of the release.
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Harold Carroll
Poland
Cedar Rapids
Harold J. Carroll
Merle Harris
Avenue
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