Allies Advance in Tunisia After Gafsa and El Guetar Victory
Allied forces report gains around Gafsa and El Guetar with Patton’s infantry and armor poised to move toward Gabes and the coast road. Weather slows air activity as Giraud is cited praising troops. Mareth line remains quiet as Eighth Army secures new positions east of the line.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Gafsa
el Guetar
Erwin Rommel
George S. Patton, Jr
Gabes
Eighth Army
Mareth Line
Tunisia
Henri Giraud
Algiers
Maillot Hospital
Giraud
Berlin
Rommel
Jurgen von Arnim
Libya
Mareth
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gomez
Casablanca
Mark W. Clark
Spring Weather Forecast For Cedar Rapids
The forecast notes little temperature change today and tonight with a low Sunday morning around 8 above zero. A slight warmup is expected by tomorrow as the vernal equinox arrives, promising spring’s approach despite lingering cold. Maximums reached 29 degrees by 4 p.m. and dropped to 15 by midnight. morning low was 9.
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Cedar Rapids
Havelock Ellis
Havelock
Chambers
Wage Parley Again Postponed by F. R
President Roosevelt postponed a second time a meeting with AFL and CIO leaders over the War Labor wage formula. The White House said the delay was due to Roosevelt's busy schedule and conference pressures. The talks are set for early next week as conditions permit.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
AFL
CIO
White House
Stephen T. Early
Major Robert B. Moore Confirmed Prisoner of War
The family of Major Robert B. Moore of Cedar Rapids learned he is alive and a prisoner of war in the Manila bay area. A Red Cross list names Capt. R. B. Moore, U.S. Marine Corps, as interned in the Philippines, with mail routed through the Japanese Red Cross in Tokio via New York.
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Corregidor
Robert B. Moore
Cedar Rapids
Manila Bay Area
Major Moore
Ernest R. Moore
Knollwood Drive
First Avenue NE
Robert Moore
Des Moines
Washington
International Red Cross
U. S. Marine Corps
R. B. Moore
Us.m.c
Philippine Islands
Japanese Red Cross
Tokio
Japan
New York
Moore
Marine Corps
Battle of
the Philippines
Shanghai
Cavite
Bataan
British Troops Advance in Burma Near Akyab
NEW DELHI AP British troops under naval shell cover pushed closer to Bondaik west of the Mayu river on the road to the Japanese held Akyab in western Burma. East of the Mayu British units held positions with no important change in the last 24 hours according to a headquarters communique.
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New Delhi
Bondaik
Mayu River
Akyab
Burma
Mayu
Reds Strive To Hold Line On Donets
Moscow reports the Red Army fights to hold defense lines along the northern Donets east of Kharkov amid rising German tank and air numbers. Russian offensives toward Smolensk claim gains and a new town after intense street fighting in Staraya Russa area.
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Moscow
Red Army
Donets
Kharkov
Smolensk
Staraya Russa
Chuguev
Moon War
Dnieper
Izdeshkovo
Vyazma
Frank O. Lowden Dead Former Illinois Governor Era Elder Statesman
Tucson obit notes Frank O. Lowden aged 82 died at El Conquistador hotel after pneumonia fatigue. Born Sunrise Minnesota 1861 he rose from rural Iowa to law and politics becoming Illinois governor 1917 1921 and a repeatedly hopeful Republican presidential candidate.
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Tucson
Ariz
Frank O. Lowden
Illinois
el Conquestador Hotel
Republican Party
Iowa
University of Iowa
Chicago
Union College of Law
Northwestern University Law School
Lowden Hall
Coal Operators Appeal to Roosevelt in Mine Talks
Northern Appalachian coal operators telegrammed the White House, but a spokesman would not confirm whether an appeal to President Roosevelt was made to intervene in negotiations with the United Mine Workers for a new contract.
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New York
Appalachian
White House
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
Iowa House Backs Dependent Children Plan Amid Federal Aid Debate
The Iowa House approved a dependent children program by 91 to 6, funding it with 500000 state dollars and 1000000 annually from counties. The bill favors state and county funding over full federal support, amid ongoing Senate talks and possible conference committee to resolve differences.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Washington
House
Harold F. Nelson
Sioux City
Nelson
Senate
G. T. Kuester
R-Griswold
Carroll A. Lane
R-Carroll
Cedar Rapids Markets Named in OPA Injunctions
Judgments signed by Judge Charles A. Dewey in Des Moines file in Cedar Rapids copyright action enjoining three Cedar Rapids markets from further OPA slaughtering violations. Defendants include Lumir Stusak Charles Landerdott George Striesky Sojka market John Marvin Sojka Martin Polehna Andrew Polehna and Jerry Srp Polehna Brothers and Company.
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Charles A. Dewey
Des Moines
United States District Court
Cedar Rapids
OPA
Stusak and Company
Sojka
Polehna Brothers
Compan Opa
Lumir Stusak
Charles Landergott
George Striesky
John
Marvin Sojka
Sojka Market
Martin Polehna
Andrew Polehna
Jerry Srp
Polehna
Meatless Sundays loom as meat runs short in Cedar Rapids
Grocers surveyed by The Gazette report scarce fresh meat with oxtails and cold cuts dominating shelves. One downtown market limits customer purchases while wartime rules curb output. several wholesalers fail to deliver, leaving multiple stores largely bare of beef and pork despite some sausage and liver available.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Wilson and Company
Silence from OPA on Linns Tire Request
Linn county war price and rationing board has not received an answer from the state OPA office regarding a special tire allotment for trucks and equipment tied to the Cedar Rapids airport project. Chairman L. P. Boudreaux said the request followed the experience of the navy air field and cited tight quotas. Construction is planned to start once winter weather ends.
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Linn County
Boudreaux
House Farm Bloc Wins in Parity Fight
Washington (UP) The House passed the Pace bill by voice vote to include farm labor costs in parity price calculations threatening to upend stabilization policy. The measure, opposed by Roosevelt Byrnes and Brown, would raise parity prices possibly up to three to sixteen percent with estimated price increases near 1 billion dollars. Dirksen opposed expansion.
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Washington
House
Senate
Pace
Everett M. Dirksen
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Prentiss M. Brown
Stephen Pace
D-Ga
John H. Bankhead
B. Steagall
D-Ala
House Banking and Currency Committee
Dirksen
John L. Lewis
Cedar Rapids Man Dies After Collapse on City Bus
Ray Dubbert 45 a sport goods sales manager for Armstrong Clothing collapsed while boarding a City Lines bus about 7 50 a m Saturday and died at St Luke s hospital 20 minutes later. He lived at 946 J avenue NE and had broad civic ties and military service including the Iowa National Guard and World War I. He is survived by wife Ruth Martin Dubbert mother Minnie Dubbert a son and daughter a brother and a sister. The Moon funeral home holds the body.
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Ray Dubbert
Sporting Goods
Armstrong Clothing Company
a _ City Lines
St. Luke’s Hospital
Dubbert
J Avenue NE
Thirteenth Street
T. Frank Hersch
Armstrong Company
Duthbert
Drew Sporting Goods Company
Cedar Rapids
Ruth Martin
Preston
Minn
Iowa National Guard
331St Infantry
Lions Club
The
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids Baseball Association
Legion. A
Navy
Navy Officer Selection Board
Minnie E. Dubbert
Karl Dubbert
Spring Valley
N. Y
Ruth Claxton
Fayette
Moon Funeral Home
Spellman Involved In London Car Crash Arrival
Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New York, traveling from Algiers to London, was in a minor collision after arriving at Paddington. He escaped injury, though a tire blew, a wheel and fender were damaged in the campus exit. He was moved to a U S embassy car driven by a young female chauffeur.
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London
Francis J. Spellman
New York
United States
Italy
North Africa
Britain
Algiers
Paddington Station
Eight Die and Twenty Five Hurt in Granite City Crash
A Granite City Illinois terminal electric train collided with a bus on the outskirts killing eight people and injuring twenty five. Most victims were women and children.
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Granite City, Ill
Illinois Terminal
Granite City
Capone Era Chief Nitti Dies by Suicide After Indictment
Frank Nitti, once Capone’s successor in Chicago’s gangster realm, killed himself after a New York grand jury indicted him and eight others in a $2.5 million labor union extortion case. Federal prosecutors plan to continue the probe, touching legitimate business and underworld figures.
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Chicago
Scarface al Capone
Frank
Nitti
New York
United States
Albert Woll
William Drury
Underworld
Crop Report Eases Fears Of Shortage
Washington AP reports a government crop survey showing total major crop acreage about 3.5 percent larger than last year. Peanuts fall short of goals at 78 percent, while soybeans exceed goals. Weather and manpower may offset gains as farmers aim for near record acreage and livestock needs.
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Washington
Wickard
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Arizona
California
United States
Agriculture Department
Farmers expect large corn crop to feed over two million hogs
Iowa survey indicates extra corn to be raised this year could supply dietary needs for more than two million hogs if farmers expand acreage and achieve last year’s yields.
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Des Moines
Kaiser Answers Priority Charges
Henry J. Kaiser acknowledges priority charges as he confirms to the War Production Board chairman that large scale allocations approved by the Maritime Commission enable Kaiser to turn out ships. He says his telegram was sent after learning his company was served with a subpoena on priority violation inquiries.
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Washington
Henry J. Kaiser
Tolx
Donald M. Nelson
War Production Board
Llsenek
Tataare
Maritime Commission
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Lo A Ata Er
F. R
Reds
G. O. P. Elder Statesman
Sunrise, Minn
Lorenzo Lowden
Hardin County
S. A. L Graduate
Lowden
F.D.R
Cedar Rapids News
Linn
Today's Index
Henry McLemore
Walter Winchell Ee
House Farm Bloc
Lasswell
Spellman
Capone
Frank Nitti
Kaiser
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