Corn Belt conference praised for unity and focus
Observers praise the Corn Belt governors conference in Des Moines for pragmatic dialogue on farm manpower and equipment, with notable nonpartisan tone and limited stump speaking. The gathering underscored Midwest regional cooperation and a consensus on policies if federal action falters, while state politics at the Iowa capitol appeared quiet amid school code debate and Camp Fire Girls celebrations.
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Des Moines
Hickenlooper
Washington
Midwest
Reds Rally in Ukraine Drive Narrows Nazi Front
Aftontidningen reports Soviet forces penetrating toward Smolensk and Kharkov as tank battles loom. Red troops push from Donets toward Izyum and Stu. 300 Germans killed in counter-attacks. Timoshenko’s units press toward Staraya Russa.
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Donets
Kharkov
Keystone
Smolensk
Red Command
Dnieper
Igorievskaya
Vskhody
Durovo
Vyazma
Semeon Timoshenko
Staraya Russa
Lake Umen
Izyum
Leningrad
Sea of Azov
Moscow
Sevsk
Bryansk
Orel
Belgorod
House Girds For Stormy Tax Debate
Washington supporters back the Ruml income tax plan as the House readies for a major tax fight. The Ways and Means Committee reported a bill with a 20 percent withholding on wages and salaries, effective July 1, and optional pay as you go. The plan includes $3,500 service member exemptions and discounts for early tax payments, with various dates for 1942 and 1943 taxes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rayburn
Ways and Means
Armed Services
Report Photos Show Fuehrer Near Front
Berlin newspapers published pictures showing Adolf Hitler near the front lines in Russia. The AP noted Hitler flew to the front and held discussions Berlin military circles believed concerned plans to overcome the Soviet winter offensive.
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London
DNB
Berlin
Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Russia
Hitler
Franco Says Russia Changes War Aims Now A War To The Death
General Francisco Franco told the Cortes that Russia’s entry alters Spain’s war aims and that the struggle becomes a war to the death likely to last six or eight years. He argued communism spreads without Soviet armies reaching nations.
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Madrid
Francisco Franco
Cortes
Russia
Franco
Spain
Ahead of Schedule On All Ship Types But Escort Vessels
Navy Secretary Knox told a Senate committee that production of battleships carriers cruisers and destroyers is ahead of schedule with some vessels entering commission a year early. He noted escort vessels lag due to a shift to building landing craft and testified on a 4.3 billion naval supplemental appropriation.
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Washington
Navy
Knox
Senate
Transportation freezes thousands of passenger vehicles nationwide
Washington reports a sweeping order from DDT Director Eastman freezing nearly 200000 passenger vehicles from nine passenger capacity categories to jobs now performed. OPA expands tire allocations for lower mileage car owners with new grade one and two casings effective April 1.
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Washington
DDT
Joseph B. Eastman
The
Transportation Agency
Eastman
United States
ODT
OPA
William Jetters
Yanks Strike Vila and Kiska Across Pacific Front
A U S navy communique says American forces bombarded Vila in the Solomons with good results and that airmen hit Kiska in the Aleutians six times in one day. Five Vila harassing raids and four other Solomons bases were targeted, including Munda. Casually no U S casualties were reported.
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Washington
Pacific
Vila
Solomons
Kiska
Aleutians
Navy
Munda
Alarm Clocks to Return to Market in 1943
The War Production Board approved resuming alarm clock production to boost wartime efficiency. New clocks with uniform designs priced around $1.50 to $2 are expected in stores by April 1, with a target of 1.7 million units on the market by year end 1943.
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Washington
War Production Board
Cedar Rapids USO Center Opens First Time For Servicemen
The Cedar Rapids USO center at 108 Second Avenue SE opens Sunday from 10 am to 10 pm for service men in an unfinished state. Volunteers moved in furniture and will finish touches while a red white and blue scheme is planned. The Cedar Rapids Y M C A will open pool handball and gym for Coe College air force reserves 2 to 530 pm Sunday. USO junior hostesses registration continues with about 300 signed up and mailed hostess cards to 18 plus applicants.
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Cedar Rapids
USO
Second Avenue SE
Edward M Soboda, Jr
Soboda
Coe
Cedar Rapids Y.M CA
Air Force
Coe College
Edward Winslow
Petroleum group rejects pooling plan as wartime measure
A Midwest petroleum industry committee on Wednesday recommended rejecting proposals to pool marketing and distribution facilities as a war conservation measure.
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Chicago
Midwest Petroleum Industry
Berlin Says British Buck Mareth Line Assault Near Tunis
Allied and Berlin dispatches report Gen Sir Bernard Montgomery's Eighth Army renewed pressure on the Mareth line in southern Tunisia with heavy air and land combat. British air and coastal strikes targeted Gabes and the Mareth defenses as Rommel faced mounting pressure amid talks of a broader offensive.
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Berlin
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Tunisia
Lord Beaverbrook
London
Tunis
Bizerte
DNB
Allied
North Africa
Mareth Ine
Gabes
Erwin Rommel
Stock Exchange
Gafsa
Big Axin
Wet
Mendentine
Mareth Line
Davis Bans Politics for OWI Staff
Washington Information Director Elmer Davis ordered all Office of War Information staff to avoid partisan political activity. He said neither he nor staff engaged in efforts to promote a Roosevelt fourth term and noted no evidence supported charges of political use beyond an abroad circulated article in Victory.
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Washington
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Roosevelt
OWI
Davis
MacArthur Has Not Been Granted Forces for Offensive
New York AP notes a year after MacArthur arrived in Australia he has fought with air power and improvisation. He lacks sufficient naval and ground forces to initiate a major drive toward recapturing the Philippines, with only portions of American strength available in the Pacific.
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Australia
MacArthur
New York
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Roosevelt
Bataan
Corregidor
United States
America
Hitler
Pacific
Japan
Washington
George C. Kenney
Richard K. Sutherland
Linn budget cut by supervisors reduced 100000
Linn county board of supervisors adopted the 1943 county appropriation budget reducing total appropriations from 1942 by 100 901.88 and anticipated receipts by 164 117.25. The general fund dropped from 243 145.50 to 240 915.50 with several smaller cuts across departments.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Robert M Wesely
Lenn
Spectral Secondary Road Construction Fund
Righaway Comemission
Pune
Cedar Rapids Soldier Wins Silver Star in New Guinea Actions
Private Robert Fandrey of Cedar Rapids is among four Iowans awarded the Silver Star for bravery in action in New Guinea. The report notes General Eichelberger and jungle campaigns, with Fandrey writing from New Guinea earlier about the award. Other Iowans honored include Pfc. Raymond W. Collins Marshalltown Pfc. Walter C. Corey Dubuque and Private Hugo A. Ambrecht State Center.
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Pfe
Robert D Fandrey
Cedar Rapids
Towans
Oan
Associated Press
Robert Eichhelberger
En Eichelberger
New Guinea
Fandrey
C W. Fandrey
I Avenue
Australia
Roosevelt High School
Fandreys
Charles
California
Raymond W. Collins
Marshalltown
Walter C. Corey
Dubuque
Hugo A. Ambrecht
State Center
Senate votes to defer farm workers from military service
The Senate approved 51 to 24 a bill directing local draft boards to defer men employed full time on farms producing essential war crops. The Johnson proposal would freeze agricultural workers on farms and reclassify them for active duty only if they transferred occupations without board authority, with broad power given to the Agriculture Secretary. The measure moves to the House after defeating Pepper’s alternative for a war mobilization committee of eight officials.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
D-Colo
Secretary of Agriculture
Pepper
D-Fla
War department outlines troops aid for agricultural emergencies
The War Department announced policy to assign troops as units to assist in agricultural emergencies when vital crops are in danger but not to use individual troops for farm work. The statement cites farm labor shortages post Tet and notes past opposition to furloughs due to World War I experiences showing training disruption.
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Washington
War Department
War Fund Grants Cedar Rapids USO Council
A preliminary grant of 1500 dollars from the War Fund is approved for the Cedar Rapids USO council by the Cedar Rapids War Appeals Coordinating Committee. The funds will cover tentative USO center needs for three to four months, as outlined by EF Stepanek and Mrs Ed Sobeda during the meeting.
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Cedar Rapids
USO Council
Cedar Rapids War Appeals Coordinating Committee
War Appeals Committee
EF Stepanek
Camtman
USO
Ed Sobeda
William Hanson Reported Missing in Africa
Word comes from Cedar Rapids that First Lieut William Hanson Jr son of Mr and Mrs William Hanson of Alexandra Virginia a former Cedar Rapids resident is missing in action in Africa Hanson a University of Wisconsin graduate entered service in 1942 He served with the army engineers and was stationed at Fort Ord California before deployment to Northern Ireland and England
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Cedar Rapids
William Hanson, Jr
William Hanson
Alexandra
Africa
Hanson
Unversity of
Wisconsin
Fort Ord
Calif
Ireland
England
Army Engineers
Lamont Elected Chairman of Morgan Board
Thomas W Lamont was elected chairman of the board of directors of J P Morgan and company Inc in New York on Wednesday. The move places Lamont at the helm of the prominent financial house as it guides its national and international banking operations.
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New York
INS
Thomas W Lamont Wednesday
J. P. Morgan and Company, Inc
Britain to retain responsibility for colonies, Churchill says
In the House of Commons Churchill declared the government will keep sole responsibility for the colonial administration. He backed Colonial Secretary Stanley’s stance that Britain must guide the colonies with full political economic and social development within the empire and in cooperation with neighboring nations despite U S calls for international oversight.
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London
House of Commons
Churchill
Great Britain
Oliver Stanley
Oxford
Stanley
Britain
United States
Colnies
British Empire
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