Roosevelt, De Gaulle cordiality masks strategic aims
In a press conference President Roosevelt touted his cordial relation with General de Gaulle despite public signs of strain. The piece argues the Roosevelt Churchill approach aims to restore France as a key postwar power, noting France’s current limits yet stressing its future strategic role in Europe.
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Roosevelt
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Algiers
Paris
Washington
Churchill
France
Germany
San Francisco
Soviet Deck Cleared for Berlin Push
Soviet forces led by Zhukov press toward Berlin as Kuestrin falls and three Red Army groups prepare to cross the Oder. Konev and Rokossovsky move on Danzig and Gdynia while German defenses along the Oder have been reinforced and bridges destroyed. Lt. Gen. Ruben of the 63rd German infantry is listed among recent dead.
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Moscow
Kuestrin
Oder
Berlin
Warthe River
Gregory K. Zhukov
Zhukov
Stettin
Altdamm
Finkenwalde
Podjach
Ivan S. Konev
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Konev
Rokossovsky
Danzig
Gdynia
Baltic
Selbstrau
Kolberg
En. Ruben
Ring Of Juvenile Breakins Nets Five Teens In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids detectives and Linn county officers halted a four month ring of breakins across Linn Johnson and Benton counties. Arrestees include Jerome Olson Lumir Pavlicek Clement Philipp with Robert Pennington sought. The group allegedly stole tires cash gas stamps tools and assorted gear from stations and stores.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Linn
Johnson
Iowa
Benton
Jerome Olson
Fifteenth Avenue
Lumir Pavlicek
Schaeffer
Clement Philipp
Third Street
Pennington
Olson
Philipp
Pavlicek
Kudrna
Center Point
Walford
Amana
Coralville
Shueyville
Solon
Breakins
Kudina
Ring
John
Elevator Death at Smulekoff Building in Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Geneva Dodge, 39, mother of five, was killed in an elevator accident at the Smulekoff building on Third Avenue and First Street SW. An elevator operator for Collins Radio, she was crushed when the car descended and pinned her abdomen. Coroner Dr. T. Frank Hersch called it an accident. no inquest. The old elevator, overhauled two weeks earlier, allowed starting from any floor via a shaft cable.
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Geneva. Dodge
Tenth Street
Smulekoff
Third Avenue
First Street
Collins Radio Company
Dodge
Pace
T. Frank Hersch
Linn County
Cedar Rapids studies urge routes serving profitable air traffic
The Cedar Rapids case argues air routes should serve communities with actual demand, not reshape the economy to fit preferred patterns. The CAB is expected to follow this theory in evaluating proposed commercial routes for the city.
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Edar Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Nine Named for Full Generals in World War II
President Roosevelt nominated nine lieutenant generals to be promoted to full generals amid World War II. The candidates include Joseph Stilwell, Alfred M. Gruenther, Omar Bradley, Carl Spaatz, Mark W. Clark, and others, with commands ranging from the 12th Army Group to the United States Army Air Forces and theaters in Europe and the Pacific.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Oseph Arney
Alfred and
Teeterranean
Omar N. Bradley
12Th Army Group
Western Front
Carl Spaatz
United States
Ee Air Force
Mark W. Clark
15Th Army Group
Italy
Krueger
Philippines
Brehon B. Semneuh
Cumunieal
Cedar Rapids Man First Casualty On Iwo Jima
Marine Cpl. Lawrence G. Steggal, a Cedar Rapids resident, is reported as the first local casualty on Iwo Jima. He suffered shrapnel wounds to his right shoulder. his wife, children, and mother Mrs Alma reside at 1019 D Avenue.
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Cedar Rapids
Lawrence G. Steggal
Iwo Jima
Alma
D Avenue
Cedar Rapids Sets 60 Degree Heat Record
Cedar Rapids topped 60 degrees at 2 30 pm Tuesday the warmest spot in the state as humidity fell to 20 percent. The day brought 58 degrees at 2 pm and a 52 degree minimum by 7 pm with no precipitation. Cloudy, mild tonight and cooler Wednesday with light showers possible.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapids air service urged by city leaders at hearing
Cedar Rapids officials pressed for through air service to link the city with national industrial centers during a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing. Executives from Chamber of Commerce Collins Radio Penick and Ford and Iowa Manufacturing touted local plants and markets, noting Cedar Rapids had no scheduled air service and stressing urgency for future growth.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Civil Aeronautics Board
North Central
A. L. Taylor
Chamber of Commerce
H. H. Buchanan
LaPlant-Choate
Arthur A. Collins
Collins Radio Company
R. Black
Penick and Ford
James F. Plumb
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Don Hines
Taylor
War Manpower Commission
Buchanan
Ace Ae
Iwo Jima Mop-up Continues In Remaining Pockets
Fifth Marine Division reduced the last sizable Japanese pocket around Kitano Point on Iwo Jima, with resistance remaining stiff. Smaller pockets on the northeast coast held out as mop-up operations proceed 23 days into the campaign. Navy ships shelled positions while Army fighters provided close support and bombardment of bases in nearby areas.
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Guam
Keller E. Rockey
Fifth Marine
Kitano Point
Iwo
Graves B. Erskine
Clifton B. Cates
Navy
Fifth Fleet
Bonins
Eleventh Air Force
Kuriles
Suribachi
Paramushiro
Kataua
Shumushu
Babelthuap
Palau Islands
Marshalls
B 29 Armadas Bomb Osaka Amid Heavy Fire
American Super fortresses struck Osaka early Wednesday targeting the city’s congested area believed to house hidden factories. The incendiary raid produced a two thousand ton bomb load, the heaviest yet on a Nipponese city.
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AAM
Osaka
Japan
Ten Thousand Dollar Suit Alleges City Negligence
Frances DeLores Cisler of Cedar Rapids sues the city claiming injuries from a fall caused by negligent snow and ice accumulation on a tray or surface. The suit seeks 10000 dollars in damages.
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Cedar Rapids
Frances DeLores Cisler
Nazi saboteur saved Remagen bridge says German prisoner
A German prisoner claims an engineer sergeant cut demolition wires, saving the Ludendorff bridge at Remagen. He says the bridge failed to blow as planned, the crew originally wired explosives were taken by Americans, and the captain in charge shot himself after capture. The prisoner adds the wire cutter, like other soldiers, was tired of fighting.
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Remagen
Germany
Ludendorff
Rhine
First Army
Luebsdorf
Linz
Wallace Plans To Learn To Fly For Aviation Insight
Secretary of Commerce Wallace told the Senate Commerce Committee he intends to learn to fly to gauge the private airplane business. He projected aviation industry annual revenues of about 1.7 billion dollars and a potential 400 thousand jobs, urging consideration of a federal program to support air transport.
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Washington
Wallace
Capitol Hill
Senate Commerce Committee
Heaton Dies In Hospital After Self-inflicted Gunshot
Charles Heaton 58 of Fairfax died at St Luke’s hospital after a Monday 12-gauge shotgun self-inflicted wound in his basement. Heaton, prominent in Fairfax, served on the town council and as treasurer of local groups, with national trapshooting honors and leadership roles in the Iowa State Trapshooters association. The body lies at Turner's pending funeral arrangements.
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Cedar Rapids
P. J. Whittemore
Charles Heaton
Fairfax
Heaton
St. Luke’s Hospital
Whittemore
Fairfax Cemetery Association
Fidelitas Masonic Lodge
Fairfax Gun Club
Heaton Homestead
Iowa State Trapshooters Association
En Brookhiser
Asios
Sadimentania Brothers
John C
Third Avenue
Robert C
Fifth Street
Ralph
Hazel Mauaaamauen
Turner
First Army Opens Rhine Bridgehead Against Counter-Attacks
Paris AP reports the First Army has built a pontoon bridge across the Rhine to the Remagen bridgehead and is steadily enlarging the bridgehead amid strong enemy opposition and repeated counter-attacks.
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Paris
Rhine
Remagen
Mother Offers Blood for Cigarette Donations for Son
A mother pledges blood donations in exchange for cigarette gifts for her three year old son Donnie who suffers from a rare kidney ailment. The appeal highlights a desperate family seeking help amid medical hardship and material exchange.
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Ing Cigarets
Donnie
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