Submarine Rescues 53 Survivors From British Destroyer Jupiter
Washington reports a U S submarine rescued 53 survivors from the British destroyer Jupiter off Java after a underwater explosion sank the ship. The perilous task required precise trim, long voyage through Japanese waters to Port Darwin, with risks from planes and depth charges.
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Washington
Navy
H. M. S. Jupiter
Java
Jupiter
United States
Australia
Port Darwin
Brother of C. R. Man Commands Bomber in South Pacific
Sam Worley of Cedar Rapids Iowa reports that his brother Sergt James E Worley is serving as a bomber crew member with Maj Richard H Carmichaels flight off northern Australia The Worleys note that the unit aided in attacking Jap ships and transports while Maj Carmichaels fleet crippled part of the invasion fleet near New Guinea The 23 year Army veteran Sergt Worley is described as the bomber on the mission with strong family ties back home.
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Cedar Rapids
United Nations’ Air Force
Australia
Sam Worley
Tenth Street
Worley
Serg
James E. Worley
Sergt
Worleys
Richard H. Carmichael
U. S
New Guinea
Sergt. Worley
Maj. Carmichael
Auto Crash Fatal To Fairfield Youth
MT PLEASANT AP William Crow 16 son of Dr and Mrs I N Crow Fairfield was fatally hurt and six others injured in an auto collision on Highway 34 seven miles west of here Saturday afternoon. In the Fairfield car were James Jenness and Chet Danielson. In the other car were Mr and Mrs Jess Phelps and Mr and Mrs Forrest Phelps. All were taken to the hospital. one woman was believed critically hurt.
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MT. Pleasant
William Crow
I. N. Crow
Fairfield
Highway 34
Here
James Jenness
Parsons ‘College
Chet Danielson
Frank Danielson
Jess Phelps
Forrest Phelps
Kirksville
Stanley Leaves This Week for Moscow Post
Rear Admiral William A. Stanley, newly named U S ambassador to Russia, will depart for Moscow next week after a White House conference with President Roosevelt. He spoke Saturday about the move.
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Washington
INS
William A. Stanley
U. S
Russia
Moscow
White House
Roosevelt
Jap Leaders Debate Hitler Plan for Global Conquest
London AP reports a diplomatic source says Hitler seeks two major offensives against Russia and India with Japan advancing from Burma and using Madagascar bases to invade East Africa. A faction in Japan wants to halt conquests after Indies and Burma, aiming for a tentative peace with permanent Indo China, Thailand, and Burma control.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Africa
Germany
Japan
Europe
Far East
Hitler
Russia
India
Burma
Madagascar
East Africa
United Nations
Red Sea
Persian Gulf
Mediterranean
Middle East
Indian Ocean
Vichy
Rommel
Libya
Atlantic
England
Iceland
United States
Pacific
Americas
Seishiro Itagaki
Netherlands East Indies
Australia
Indo-China
Thailand
Rail Veto of OPA Request Reported
New York reports railroads refused an Office of Price Administration request to block the freight rate increase approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The action marks a break with the OPA after a prior wage settlement and White House involvement. Railroads plan to answer the petition and pursue direct talks with the ICC.
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New York
INS
Office of Price Administration
Interstate Commerce Commission
OPA
White House
OPR
Iowa U S Income Tax Expected To Reach 15 Millions
Des Moines AP report shows federal income tax from 124100 Iowa returns filed Jan 1 to Mar 14 totaling 12779880. The office expects about 12000 more by midnight Monday pushing the total toward 15.5 million. Returns must be filed by deadline to avoid penalties. out of town filers should mail by Sunday night.
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Iowa
U. S
Des Moines
Internal Revenue Office
Australians praise US airmen after joint raids in Pacific
In a wartime report from New Guinea and Rabaul theater, Australian air ministry notes a heavy bomb hit ten aircraft and a Gasmata airfield runway damage from Thursday raids. Australian and American crews flew together, sharing praise for each other and a fearless resolve to defend Australia’s shores.
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Australian Air Ministry
Rabaul
New Britain
Gasmata
United Nations
Chinaman Long Time Iowa Resident Dies
Moy Sing Bo a former Indianola Iowa laundryman who came from China and lived with Rev Mr and Mrs R L Adams in Davenport Iowa died Saturday in a Des Moines nursing home. He had earlier lived at Newton Indiana then joined the Adams family who had moved to Indianola. After selling his laundry, Bo worked for the Indianola water works for several years.
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Des Moines
Moy Sing Bo
Indianola
R. L. Adams
Davenport
China
Newton
Adams
Indianola Water Works
Air Raid Alarm Placed Honolulu On Alert
A 47 minute air raid alarm sounded in Honolulu marking the fourth since Pearl Harbor. Unknown elements at sea prompted the alert but were later identified as friendly. Fighters took off within two minutes, defenses mobilized rapidly, and civilians moved to shelters in an orderly fashion.
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Honolulu
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor Naval Base
Hickam Field
Navy Awards Earmark Heroes From Wake Island and Pearl Harbor
The article notes the Medal of Honor awarded to 14 naval personnel and Navy crosses to 48 as well as advancements and commendations. It highlights Comdr Cassin Young and Lieut Comdr Samuel G Fuqua among MOH recipients, plus Machinist D K Ross for bravery. Posthumous MOHs include First Lieut George H Cannon Ensign Francis C Flaherty Robert R Scott James R Ward Ensign Herbert Jones Chief Boatswain Mate Edwin Dill Radioman Thomas Reeves and Water Tender Peter Tomich. Also mentioned is E C Geise receiving a letter of commendation.
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Naval Service
Knox
Comdr
Cassin Young
Arizona
Winfield S. Cunningham
Navy
James P. S Devereux
Marine Corps
Wake
George H. Cannon
Marines
Ann Arbor
Mich
Francis C. Flaherty
Battle Creek
Robert R. Scott
Massillon
James R. Ward
Springfield
Herbert Jones
Coronado
Calif
Edwin Dill
Long Beach
Thomas Reeves
Thomaston
Conn
Peter Tomich
Los Angeles
Pacific Fleet
E. C. Geise
Grand Mound
Iowa Milling Workers Granted Wage Increase
Iowa Milling employees were given a 14 cent an hour raise under a contract with United Cereal Workers Local 110 CIO. The agreement also includes two weeks paid vacation and raises base pay from 52 to 66 cents per hour.
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Iowa Milling Company
United Cereal Workers Union Local No. 110
C. I.0
Joe Sinaiko
Cardonia Sunk After Torpedo and Shell Hit Rudder
Continued account of the Cardonia sinking describes 37 crewmen aboard, 21 survivors in a lifeboat and raft, and 16 marooned on a raft for 30 hours. Fireman A L Baxley drowned when an acetylene tank exploded after evacuation. Survivors landed at a Haitian village then Port au Prince where President Lescot hosted them. The ship zigzagged after torpedoes failed and a shell disabled the rudder. Captain George Darnell ordered abandon ship.
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Sistant
Cardonia
A. L. Baxley
Beaumont
Tex
Port Au Prince
Elie Lescot
Haiti
George Darnellier
torpedoed ship survivors recount five days at sea
In Caribbean waters a U S ship torpedoed by an Axis submarine left five days of suffering for survivors. A youth slipped into shark infested water as rescuers failed to hear cries for help while others clung to a raft and shouted for aid. One survivor urged buying defense bonds as the tale ended. Survivors were picked up and landed in San Juan by a U S naval vessel.
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San Juan
P. R
United States
Caribbean
Explosions off Atlantic City Shore Puzzle Officials
Three sharp explosions shook buildings along the Atlantic City shore at 2 a m Saturday. A police spokesman said they definitely came from the sea and offered no official explanation.
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Atlantic City. NJ
INS
Atlantic City
Survivors Recount Sinking and Rescue in Caribbean and Mexico
A Bahamas submarine sank an unidentified freighter but all 30 crew members reached Nassau safely. Earlier, 38 survivors from another vessel were taken to an outer island after a torpedoing, with one death. In Mexico, 12 survivors from the Gunny were landed at Progreso, reporting 14 crewmen lost March 9 en route from New York to Africa. An Eastern Canadian port received 29 survivors from a United Nations ship after a three day drift in lifeboats following a submarine attack.
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Nassau, Bahamas
Nassau
Progreso
Mexico
Gunny
New York
Africa
INS
United Nations
Five Dollar Theft Reported At Temple Roller Rink
K. T. Heefner proprietor of the Temple Roller rink reports the candy case was broken into and five dollars in change stolen from the cash box kept in the case. Police believe the thief hid in the building and slipped out during a search by Heefner and custodian A. R. Averill after the theft was discovered.
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K. T. Heefner
Temple Roller Rink
Avenue
Sixth Street
Heefner
A. R. Averill
Java Sea Battle Seen As Japanese Victory At Sea
London reports say Japan won a "little Jutland" in the Battle of Java Sea. United Nations losses were five cruisers and seven destroyers, with Allied squadrons largely wiped out. British battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse were lost earlier, but Allied crews fought hard and inflicted damage on eight or more Japanese ships.
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London
Japan
Jutland
Java
United Nations
Australia
Indian Ocean
Britain
Dunkirk
Prince of Wales
Singapore
United
Southwest Pacific
Pacific
Tsushima Straits
Togo
Baltic Sea
William James
Portsmouth
New Zealand
Majority of Senate Unit for Sales Tax
Washington AP A majority of the Senate Finance Committee showed qualified support for a sales tax to help fund the war effort. Fourteen senators would consider a general levy under certain conditions, while Senator La Follette opposed any sales tax. House action may shape the plan as Ways and Means weighs options versus the Treasury’s income tax increases. Senator Herring called a sales levy the fairest tax.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Associated Press
la Follette
P-Wis
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Herring
D-Ia
Ten Nazi planes downed as RAF fights over Channel
London reports fierce air battles over the English Channel on Saturday. Ten German planes were shot down while British fighters returned to base unscathed. Night bombing followed on Cologne, a key German munitions hub. In another report British planes over Paris found no bombs dropped on the occupied capital.
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London
English Channel
Cologne
Rhineland
Air Ministry
Channel
Vichy
INS
Paris
Boy on Bicycle Struck by Palo Teacher Suffers Bruises
Paul Gourley, 10, son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Gourley of 1022 Nineteenth street SE, suffered bruises on his right arm and knee after his bicycle was struck by a car driven by Estah Kerstetter a Palo school teacher at Fifth avenue and Seventh street SE.
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Paul Gourley
Clarence Gourley
Nineteenth Street
Esther Kerstetter
Palo
Fifth Avenue
Seventh Street
Young Gourley
Boy Struck by Car After Bicycle Brake Slips
A boy riding a bicycle attempted to brake for an approaching car driven by Miss Eerstetter. Sand on the pavement caused a slide and the bike slid into the path of the oncoming car, which struck the boy as she nearly stopped.
Wife of Marine Sergeant Found Overcome by Gas
Margaret Tidwell, 25, wife of Alton Tidwell, a marine recruiting sergeant, was overcome by gas from a kitchen range in her apartment at 314 First Avenue NW. Landlady Florence C Jones smelled gas, unlocked the door, and found Mrs Tidwell unconscious, later revived by police and treated by Dr. Richard Weldhouse.
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Margaret Tidwell
Alton Tidwell
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue NW
Florence C Jones
Tidwell
Bette Davis Leaves Bed After Poisoning Attack
Film star Bette Davis was sufficiently recovered from a bout of toxic poisoning to leave her hotel bed and attend a theater performance in Chicago. She planned to depart for California within a day or two.
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Chicago
Bette Davis
Ethel Barrymore
California
Soviet Declare Massive Nazi Losses in Southern Front
Soviet arms claim 10,000 German deaths and vast captures in five days of fighting from Ukraine to Crimea as thawing terrain turns fields to quagmires. Zhukov’s central front tightens a noose around a large Nazi force near Smolensk Vyazma and Rzhev.
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Moscow
Ukraine
Crimea
London
Gregory K Zhukov
Smolensk
Vyazma
Rzhev
Nazis Believe Only Miracle Can Save Them Says Benes
London dispatch reports Dr Eduard Benes head of the exiled Czechoslovak government asserting German leaders see only a miracle saving Germany. He predicts a collapse by spring 1943 and notes Japan’s defeat would follow. He cites strategic errors and warns of punishment for Nazi allies in Bohemia and Slovakia.
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London
Germany
Eduard Bennes
Prague
Japan
Britain
Soviet Union
Benes
Russia
America
Bohemia
Slovakia
Adolf Hitler
Masaryk Says German Leaders Must Seek Authority Soon
New York United States based foreign minister Jan Masaryk of the exiled Czechoslovak government says Germany’s military leaders, hounded by political interference and Gestapo corruption, will push for direct power in the war. He also criticizes American war effort potential, stating the United States has room for improvement.
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New York
Jan Masaryk
Germany
Gestapo Guttersnipes
United States
State Guard Training Starts Monday at Camp Dodge
The 288 Iowa state guardsmen begin four weeks of basic training Monday at Camp Dodge. They will be available for emergency duty such as guarding bridges and utilities. The piece also recalls two Civil War home guard efforts and related Iowa history.
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DES Moines
Missouri
Iowa
Camp Dodge
Iowa defense bonds pledge tops $141000 monthly
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa Defense Savings campaign shows 700 firms pledging $141,000 monthly as preliminary figures. The goal is $180 million yearly. Scott County leads with 4,900 workers at 212 firms pledging $34,000 monthly. Cerra Gordo reports 53 firms at $19,519 and Polk County at $32,000.
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DES Moines
Iowa Defense Savings
Vernon Clark
Iowa
Scott County
Cerra Gordo
Polk
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