Forest Fires Sweep Lake of the Ozarks Region
More than 300 forest fires raged across the Lake of the Ozarks region in central Missouri burning about 200 square miles. No deaths reported though Linn Creek faced beacon flames and Camdenton fought fires with residents aiding in keeping the town safe. State Forester George White blamed spring field burning while Maj. L W Greene noted fires started simultaneously with fires seen on islands in the lake. Associated Press reporter Jack Kintzi counted at least 300 fires with many blazes over one square mile.
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Jefferson City
Lake of the Ozarks
Missouri
James Pickens
Stzlen
Linn Creek
Camdenton
George White
Maj. L. W. Greene
State Highway Patrol
Jack Kintzi
Associated Press
Greene
Navy Seeks 3 000 Additional Doctors
Navy recruiting chief Cmdr Thomas A Gaylord announced an urgent call for 3000 more doctors to handle Pacific war casualties. The appeal favors physicians aged 45 to 60 and offers lieutenant commander commissions. Older doctors would serve in hospitals dispensaries and shore activities.
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New York
INS
Thomas A. Gaylord
Office of Naval Officer Procurement
Navy
U. S. Ships Bomb Island in Kuriles
Pacific fleet units bombarded Matsuma island in the Kuriles causing a blast and fires ashore. Admiral Nimitz reported Japanese survivors of Iwo Jima tried to organize resistance but were dispersed by mortar fire. Two Japanese attempted to booby trap American installations on Matsuwa while awaiting details of the naval action.
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Guam
Pacific Fleet
Matsuma Island
Kuriles
Chee
Nimitz
S & Atnique
Iwo Jimas
Isud
Matsuwa
1944 Savings Ten Times That of 1940
The American public saved 40 billion dollars in 1944, ten times the amount saved in 1940. The figure came from the Securities and Exchange Commission's quarterly analysis of savings by individuals and unincorporated business.
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Philadelphia
Securities and Exchange Commission
Croix de Guerre Awarded to Major Holton
James Holton son of Mr and Mrs Ed B Holton 811 Cevenue NW has been awarded the croix de Guerre with Ver milion Star for work in the liberation of France last summer. The citation signed by Gen Charles de Gaulle notes his skill organizing traffic and troop movements during the invasion. Maj Holton was a law student at the University of Iowa before 1941 and was commissioned at Fort Benning Ga in 1942. He received a battlefield promotion from captain to major last year. His wife resides at 321 First avenue SW.
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James Holton
Ed B. Holton
Cevenue
France
Charles de Gaulle
Maj. Holton
Maj
Holton
University of Iowa
Fort Benning
First Avenue SW
April Tire Slash Amid Carbon Black Shortage
Washington AP The OPA ordered a 37 percent cut in passenger tire allocations for April due to a critical carbon black shortage. Only 1,000,000 tires will be rationed next month versus 1,600,000 in March, with steps planned to boost output. Old ration certificates expire April 1. remaining holders may use them until then.
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Washington
OPA
Restaurant curfew liberalized further
Washington AP reports a broader curfew change allowing restaurants serving essential workers to stay open past midnight. McNutt announced the decision expanding access beyond war plant worker only service, relaxing previous limits on late hours for dining establishments.
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Washington
Paul V. McNutt
German Command Shakeup Reported
A British broadcast said General Blaskowitz moved from the southern sector to a northern army group on the western front. General Paul Hauser of the Waffen SS reportedly succeeded him in the south and would be the first SS general to command a German army group. Blaskowitz and Student were involved in the report.
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Johannes Blaskowitz
Western Front
Paul Hauser
Waffen SS
Hauser
Blaskowitz
Kurt Student
Remagen
Walther von Model
Americans Land on Basilan as Luzon Push Continues
Gen. Douglas MacArthur said American forces have landed on Basilan as part of the Luzon campaign. In southern Luzon, 14th corps reached Mabini and Mt Munting tubig. 11th corps took Teresa with advances toward Balete pass. First corps probing toward Baguio. On Mindanao, the 41st division pressed Pasonanca defenses. Japanese casualties total about 282,000 in five months of fighting. American losses around 18,579.
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Luzon
Zamboanga
Mindanao
Basilan
Philippine Islands
Douglas MacArthur
Sulu
Zamb
Mabini
Mt. Muntingtubig
Calumpan
Balayan
Batangay
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Teresa
First Corps
Balete Pass
Baguio
Philippines
Pasonanca
MacArthur
Barnes Named General Manager of Armour Chicago Plant
Maurice E. Barnes, 38, was appointed general manager of the Armour and Company Chicago plant. He succeeds Warren H. Sapp, who died March 4, in the announced leadership change.
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Chicago
Maurice E. Barnes
Armour and Company
Warren H. Sapp
Deaths Clarence Winders 53 long illness Cedar Rapids
Clarence C. Winders 53 of 1233 Ninth Street NW died in a Cedar Rapids hospital at 12 50 p m Saturday after a long illness. Born in Missouri he lived in Cedar Rapids 22 years employed by Cities Service Oil for 11 years. Survived by wife Janie E and three sons Merle A Willis W and Marvin S plus four grandchildren. Also survived by three brothers and three sisters. Funeral 4 p m Monday Beatty chapel then Vandalia Missouri for services and burial Wednesday.
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Ninth Street
Cedar Rapids
Missouri
Cities Service Oil Company
Beatty
Janie E
Merle A
Willis W
Navy
Marvin S
Army
Charles W
Bryan
George W
Vandalia
Sherman Fowler
Lee Roberts
Frankfort
Funeral for Mrs Grace Hibarger Smith in Montour
Funeral services will be held at Turner chapel at 11 a.m. Monday for Mrs Grace Hibarger Smith former Cedar Rapids resident who died Friday at her home in Montour Iowa The Rev Dr Robert Little will officiate and burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery Mrs Smith had lived in Montour for the past five years
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Turner Chapel
Grace Hibarger Smith
Cedar Rapids
Montour
Robert Little
Oak Hill Cemetery
Smith
Cedar Rapids Resident Jacob Estes Dies at 78
Jacob Estes, 78, longtime Cedar Rapids resident, died Saturday at 5 pm in a Des Moines hospital after a brief illness. Born in 1867 in Russia, he came to America in 1892 and to Cedar Rapids in 1895. He is survived by five sons, two daughters, a sister and two brothers, with 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild. He belonged to Beth Jacob congregation. No flowers requested.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Russia
America
Omaha
Samuel
Charles
Nathan
Joseph
David
Chicago
Raymond Everhart
Lowell Kollman
Sophie Michael
Louis Estes
Theodore Estes
Estes
Beth Jacob
American Forces Push South Toward Saar Basin Front
American armored columns under Patton and Patch drive toward the Saar basin with Fourth and Eleventh divisions advancing to Nahe and Simmern areas. Coblenz falls after daylong battle as Third Army widens the Cologne Frankfurt highway toward Brusberg and Huscheid.
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Wurrich
Buchenburen
Simmern
Fourth Armored
Patton
Berlin
Nahe
Bad Kreuznach
Saar Basin
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh
Siegfried Line
Saarbruecken
Ommersheim
U S Stork Bill Reveals Health Cost Burden
Washington AP reports the labor bureau estimates the United States covers medical and hospital bills for about one in six births. Dr Martha EI chief notes the so called stork bill totals around $70,000,000. The figure reflects costs for nearly 500,000 births and substantial related care.
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Washington (Ap
Sam
Luz Labor Department
B’reau
Martha M. EI
Camp Fire Baking Contest Winners Named in Birthday Week
Four first prizes in the Camp Fire girls cake baking contest were awarded to Jocelyn Bickel Cornie Mc Clary Ola Mae Waggener and Katherine Hodge. Additional prizes were given to Jean Seda Catherine Deetzel Patty Holsinger Beverly Ritz Betty Brown Phyllis Mann Carolyn Kane and Jocelyn England. Judges Mildred Hutchins Virginia Stauffer and Kathryn Kendall are home economics instructors at Wilson Roosevelt and McKinley high schools.
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Robert O. Bickel
Grande Avenue
Cornie McClary
Harvey McClary
Blake Boulevard
Ola Mae Waggener
William Waggener
H Avenue
Katherine Hodge
M. R. Warren
Fifth Avenue SE
Jean Seda
Catherine Deetzel
Patty Holsinger
Beverly Ritz
Betty Brown
Phyllis Mann
Carolyn Kane
Jocelyn England
Mildred Hutchins
Wilson High School
Virginia Stauffer
Roosevelt
Kathryn Kendall
McKinley
Meat slaughters to boost interstate supply for war effort
The article notes 2,150,000 persons to be fed including soldiers and civilians overseas, prisoners, and Allied fighting men. OPA will issue new regulations on commercial retail and farm slaughter to speed cattle and hog movement into federally inspected plants, increasing meat moving across state lines for military and civilian needs.
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OPA
Allied Air Attacks Hit German Oil Refineries
British and American bombers raided five refineries near Leipzig Ruhland Dresden and Hannover and Moblis near Leipzig with foggy skies hindering targeting. Some aircraft landed in France due to poor visibility and weather. losses are expected to be small. RAF Spitfires continued strikes on V-2 sites and rail links aiding German war production.
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Leipzig
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Hannover
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France
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Holland
Cedar Rapids Stamp Club Meets At Montrose Hotel
City Briefs report the Cedar Rapids stamp club meeting Monday at 8 p.m. at the Montrose hotel with an auction material offering on the program. Also note bungalow cooking school sessions and an update on Mr and Mrs Loraine Schrader improving at St Luke's hospital after the March 4 auto accident.
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Cedar Rapids Stamp Club
Montrose Hotel
Loraine Schrader
Seventh Avenue SE
St. Luke’s Hospital
Harmony Cafeteria Closed Sundays After Notice
Earl Pickerill reported his 1939 Pontiac coupe license 57 5721 stolen from in front of the Republican Building while he was inside. Police were alerted at 6 30 p m. The restaurant will remain closed today and every Sunday until further notice.
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Harmony
Earl Pickerill
Fourth Avenue SE
Republican
Marcus Bach to Speak on The Cults Are Coming
Dr. Marcus Bach of the University of Iowa School of Religion will address the Rotary Club luncheon at the Roosevelt Hotel on Monday at noon. He will discuss cults and their influence in modern society.
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Marcus Bach
School of Religion
University of Iowa
Rotary Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Soviets Break Through Near Stettin In Baltic Push
Soviet forces under Marshal Zhukov pressed into the Nazi defensive line along the Oder near Stettin and east Prussia, capturing Frauenhof and approaching Altdamra. Berlin said 2,000 more German prisoners were taken amid heavy fighting described as murderous. A separate Soviet assault near Lake Balaton southwest of Budapest reportedly killed over 20,000 Germans and destroyed 600 tanks.
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Altdamra
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Red Army
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Budapest
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Danube River
Sister of the Five Sullivans Engaged to Navy Man
Genevieve Sullivan sister of the five brothers who died aboard the Juneau told reporters she is engaged to a navy man She wore a diamond ring from storekeeper Carleton McCauley and said they planned to marry after the war She and her mother and cousin arrived in Boston to stay a week while she serves in the Waves and awaits overseas assignment
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Genevieve Sullivan
Sullivan
Juneau
Carleton McCauley
Miss Sullivan
the Waves
Waterloo
Thomas Sullivan
Elia Lohff
Phillips Quits as Emissary to India
William Phillips resigns as Roosevelt’s personal representative in India with ambassador rank. No reason given. illness of his wife cited as one factor upon return. He will continue work with the state department on important foreign service matters. George Merrill was sent to India as American minister weeks earlier.
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Washington
William Phillips
Roosevelt
India
White House
Phillips
State Department
Department
Foreign Service
George Merrill
Delaware Boy Wins County Spelling Contest at Manchester
Ronald Woock a 12 year old seventh grader from Delaware public school won the Delaware county spelling contest at Manchester High School on Saturday. Milton Barker was runner up son of Mr and Mrs L A Barker of Milo district.
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Dasanette
Manchester
Ronald Woock
Delaware, Ia
Ray L. Woock
Milton Barker
Ll. A. Barker
Milo
Cedar Rapids Men Wounded in Action in World War II
Wounded Marine Cpl Robert L Stonebraker and Pfe Kermit C Spencer listed among Cedar Rapids servicemen. Stonebraker, tied to Corparation L of Iowa State Guard, wrote March 10 from naval field hospital stating he had been aboard since February 19. Spencer suffered serious injuries in Germany on February 18 and is hospitalized in Paris. Other locals include Tresev Spencer of 700 Seventh Street SE who drove a truck before service and Helen Fische living with Kalona parents.
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Robert L. Stonebraker
Dwo Jima Oo
Elea Stonebrakers
Second Avenue
Mrs. Stonebraker
Rep
J. C. Davis
Fayette County
Cpl
St.se' Er
Forcmen
Corpary L
Lowa State
Edar Rapids
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Boo
Diego
Stoashrisne
Naval Field Hospital
Jims
Stonmebroker
Wilder Grain
Marines
Pfe
Kermit C. Spencer
Actien
Germany
Paris
Tresev
Birlen Spe
Seventh Street
Fische
Helen
Kalona
Mrs Brewer Files Suit for 25000 Dollars
Mrs Helen Schultz Brewer seeks 25000 in damages from Floyd County Sheriff B F Atherton deputy R C McCartney and six neighbors for alleged injuries mental anguish and humiliation from her arrest on her father Joseph Schultz farm in Floyd County on November 1 1944 as assault with intent to commit murder case resumes in Osage.
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Ses City
Helen Schultz Brewer
Osage
District Court
Floyd County
B. F. Atherton
R. C. McCartney
Joseph Schultz
Bus crash near South Bend leaves two dead and thirty three hurt
In South Bend area, a crowded bus collided with a stalled truck seven miles west of the city. The fatalities were Mrs. Hanna Sadler, 46, of Flint Michigan and Miss Margaret Mougin, 20, from Owosso and Byron Michigan. Thirty three others were injured.
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Ind
Hanna Sadler
Flint
Mich
Margaret Mougin
Owosso
Byron
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