U S Bombers Hit Wake and Nauru Islands
Liberators bombed Wake Island and B 24s hit Marshall Island flanks while Billy bombers and Ventura aircraft attacked three Japanese bases in the blockaded eastern area. The raids show air superiority over the Central Pacific as Wake and Nauru serve bases in the expanding American offensive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
Wake Island
Marshall Islands
Eastern
Central Pacific
Wake
Eniwetok Atoll
Marshalls
Nauru
Wees
Gilbert Islands
Solomons
Eniwetok
Army Missing in Action Names Released by War Department
The War Department announced the names of 405 U S soldiers missing in action across Asiatic Central Pacific European Mediterranean and Southwest Pacific areas. The Iowa list includes Richard P. Emery and Mrs Virginia A Emery of Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Was Department
United States
Iowa
Emery
Richard P. Mather
Virginia A. Emery
Twenty-first Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Cpl
The
Gazette
Carne Re-Elected by Salvation Army Board
Richard F. Carne is re elected president of the Salvation Army advisory board and Robert Davis is re elected secretary treasurer. Other members include James E. Patterson Omar Brokaw Benjamin Tait Ted F. Nesper Dr Marion H. Williams Clarke Beems J I Merritt A J Smith Clyde Sanborn Magen and Judge G P Linville. Adj W E Thompson announced the board seeks more second hand clothing at its headquarters 1123 Third Street SE or callers can arrange pickups by calling 8072.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard F. Carne
Salvation Army
Robert Davis
Adj
W. E. Thompson
James E. Patterson
Omar Brokaw
Benjamin Tait
Ted F. Nesper
Marion H. Williams
Clarke Beems
J. I. Merritt
A. J. Smith
Clyde Sanborn
Magen
G. P. Linville
Adj. Thompson
Ceiling Price Cut On Enriched Flour
Washington AP reports the Office of Price Administration cut the ceiling price on enriched flour by five cents per hundred pounds. The reduction takes effect March 18 and applies to both households and commercial bakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Helena planter on trial on 14 counts of royal something
Albert Sidney Johnson of Cross County faced a federal indictment charging 14 counts. He pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Helena, Arkansas, as the case moved to court proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena, Ark
INS
Albert Sidney Johnson
Roy Ogohnson
Lost in Shuffle by Army Gunner Gets 13 Month Furlough
Staff Sgt. John B. Zealer of Roxbury Connecticut, tail gunner and combat veteran of 26 missions in Africa, received a 13 month furlough after a bookkeeping mix up left his location unknown. He returned to Morrison Field Florida in 1943 and now waits reassignment while passing time with hunting and fishing.
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Army
Gunner
Atlantic City
N. J
John B. Zealer
Roxbury
Air mi
Zealor
Morrison Field
West Palm Beach
Fla
Awesit
Katherine Zealor
Bridgewater
Conn
War Department
Army Air Forces
Does She Have Any Doubt About It
An irate wife asks the district attorney to issue a warrant for her husband who she says assaulted her before he joined the navy. She describes him as bow-legged and wing-footed and claims he hit her with a fist a brick and shot at her as she fled into the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
No More Needed in Alaska Airways Job
Washington officials of the Civil Aeronautics Administration urged the public to stop applying for six thousand dollar a year Alaska airways communicator jobs for married couples. The agency had asked for man wise teams to staff remote Alaska airway stations and was flooded with thousands of applications from couples nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Alaska Airways
CAA
Alaska
Russia Rejects Finnish Armistice Proposals
STOCKHOLM UP reliable informants said Monday night that Russia refused Finnish counter-proposals and demanded acceptance of all six clauses before negotiations could begin in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Russia
Finland
Moscow
Wife and child die in Sandusky apartment blaze
Mrs. Vincent Dobert of Sandusky and her 4 year old daughter Pollyanna died in a Sandusky hospital after suffering burns from a fire that consumed their apartment Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandusky, Ohio
INS
Vincent Dobert
Pollyanna
Sandusky Hospital
Radio Colu mbia Presents Corwin Czech Tribute Tonight
Nadine Subotnik reports a Columbia Presents Corwin broadcast honoring the Czech people with Eduard Benes from London live at 9 p.m. Tuesday on CBS and WBBM marking the fifth anniversary of the German invasion. The program includes The Long Name None Could Spell and Shirer’s Prague dispatch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
London
Columbia Presents
Corwin
CBS
WBBM
Norman Corwin
William Shirer
Shirer
Prague
Radio Schedule Listing March 1944 Daily Programs
A detailed hour by hour listing of radio shows and times for March 14 15 1944 across networks WHO WGN WMT EXEL XEL and EXEL bulletins include news programs Weather updates and entertainment features with mentions of hosts actors and stations like Geraldine Jones Jim Allen Judy Canova Fibber McGee and Molly and The War Report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Colman
WMT
Ginny Simms
Judy
Duffy’s
Mystery Theater
Burns and Allen
Fibber McGee
Report
Nation
Bob Hope
Roosevelt Calls In Defense Heads Conference At White House
President Roosevelt summoned Secretary of War Stimson Secretary of the Navy Knox and General George C Marshall to the White House for a late Monday defense heads conference. Officials offered no details on the meeting’s purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Washington
War Stimson
Secretary of the Navy
Brox
George C. Marshall
White House
Senate panel tables treaty ratification by majority vote
Chairman McCarran said the judiciary committee tabled indefinitely a proposed constitutional amendment to require ratification of treaties by a majority vote in both houses. He noted the Constitution would remain with the current two thirds requirement in the Senate for treaty ratification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McCarran
D-Nev
Senate
Judiciary Committee
House
De Valera Request Spurned by Canada
Prime Minister Mackenzie King said Canada and Australia refused Eamon De Valera’s appeal to sway the United States over a note demanding Axis agents be ousted from Eire. The request came through John D. Kearney in Dublin and J. J. Hearne in Dublin, with Ireland seeking support from other dominions likely including New Zealand and South Africa.
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Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
Australia
Eamon de Valera
Eire
United States
Mackenzie King
House of Commons
de Valera
John D. Kearney
Dublin
J. J. Hearne
New Zealand
South Africa
Mine Explosion Kills 12 Soldiers at Camp Robinson
An army board of inquiry at Camp Robinson investigated Monday's land mine blast that killed 12 soldiers and injured 14, four seriously. No Iowans were listed among the victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Army Board of
Camp Robinson
German POW hanged by fellow inmates at Papago camp
A German prisoner of war was hanged by fellow inmates at Papago Park Internment Camp after an attempted mass escape was stopped by U S Army guards. Prisoners had cut a hole in the camp fence and were preparing to flee when they were captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix, Ariz
Papago Park
United States Army
Tte
Alben Blocks Study of Executive Edicts
Senate Majority Leader Barkley delayed consideration of a McCarran proposal to survey all presidential executive orders. He cited need for more study and tied his stance to recent tensions with the Roosevelt administration over tax veto issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Barkley
Senate
Roosevelt
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Free Importation of Feed Approved
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a bill by Rep. Daniel A. Reed to extend for 90 days the duty free import period for grafts used as livestock and poultry feed. The current temporary free period ends next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Daniel A. Reed
R-N.y
Gazette Operator Receives 40 Year Union Button
Walter E. Goreham linotype operator at The Gazette 829 Avenue NW received from the International Typographical Union headquarters in Indianapolis a gold lapel button marking 40 years of continuous union membership. Goreham, a former Kenyon Printing employee in Des Moines, has served Cedar Rapids Typographical Union No. 192 as secretary and has been with The Gazette nine years. The presentation was made by James Bettle, the local union secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Goreham
Avenue NW
The
Gazette
International Typographical Union
Indianapolis
Goreham
Kenyon Printing Company
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Hitchner Enters Army Service. Leaves Coe College Post
Dr. Della G. Hitchner of Coe College announces that assistant professor of political science Dr. Della Hitchner will take a leave of absence to enter military service. Miles Eaton will supervise Hitchner’s classes during the spring term as Hitchner departs for Wichita to visit family and prepare for service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della G. Hitchner
Coe College
Charles A. Anderson
Hitchner
Camilla
Nancy
Wichita
Kan
Coe
Cedar Rapids
Public Opinion Quarterly
League
Cee
Miles Eaton
University of Missouri
Eaton
Kirksville State Teachers College
Kirksville
Decorah approves $15,000 playground bonds in school election
Decorah voters approve a $15,000 bonds issue for enlarging playground facilities by a 116 to 67 vote. The bonds will be issued without raising the current school levy. C. N. Evanson and W. P. Knowlton are reelected as school directors without opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decorah
C. N. Evanson
W. P. Knowlton
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Carne
Red Cross
Buehler Bros
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Service Optical CO
Second Street SE
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Anne Baxter
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WHO
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Duffy
KXEL
Cedric Hardwicke
Paul Lukas
Gracie Allen
Wright Pullman
Texas
Congress
Pat Buttram
Red Foley
Marion Mann
Nancy Martin
Rex Maupin
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Tere
Mae An
Finchville
Ho James
Rose Paine
WGN
Coisr Exel
J. Picher
Yeweee
Wee
Ginny
Simms
Arthur R Hale
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Pick
Pat Exel
MT Burns
Heatter Exel
Bob Ripley
Mn L
Swing
Thos
Dewey Exel
Variety Hall
Arthur Hale
Waring O. News
Grant Neis
XEL
Burling
WMT Lewis
Gurdon Creera
K News
Exel Treasury
Erxel B . Crosby
Gms
Jerry
M. Ews. News
Reveille L War For
Wee Segge
Vic Lindla
Libby Vaushan
WMT Horizons
EXEL
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David Harum
Exen ‘Living
Il A
Jane Bdhee
Lane
Jim Wax
Neigh
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Wr. Burkeroce
Johnny Betts
Elodiers
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Lopes
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Dover
Joyce
Chia
Lite
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Jane EL
Tea Malone
Time News
Dick Tracy
WHO News
Knott Uperman Gews
Terry
Pirates
L J
World Today
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Alben
Wilson
DR. Caldwell Senna
Dec
Ceci
America
Mtiac
McLaughlin Pontiac Co
S. Cedar Street
Monticello
Culver Motors
Second Avenue SE
Cedar
Leibsohn’s
Your Friendly Furniture Store
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