Berlin Raid Leads Luftwaffe to Counter Blow
British RAF bomber force hit Berlin and Ruhr targets on Monday night with 33 bombers lost. Berlin attack reported successful. Bochum hit. highest RAF losses since 1942. German raid on British coast caused casualties. Norwich cited by Berlin radio. RAF daylight raid on Rotterdam and Abbeville followed. Submarine base at St Nazaire pummeled. Rouen raid death toll 96.
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London
Royal Air Force
Berlin
Ruhr
Air Ministry
Bochum
Essen
R.A.F
Bremen
East Anglia
Norwich
Rotterdam
Netherlands
Abbeville
France
St. Nazaire
Ministry of Information
Paris
Rouen
German jitters after British raid shake Berlin
Berlin officials told Aftonbladet the raid sparked fears of a European invasion as German spokesmen admitted they no longer expect undisturbed sleep. Meanwhile Sweden's regular plane to Berlin diverted back to Stockholm after three hours, weather and drifting barrage balloons cited as possible reasons.
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Stockholm
Berlin
Aftonbladet
Germany
Templehof
Air Corps Lieutenant Robert K Walker Missing in Europe
Lieut. Robert K Walker nephew of Mr and Mrs Weaver Witwer of Hill Top farm is missing in action in the European area. He was commissioned navigator in July 1942 and went overseas last October. Son of Mr and Mrs Robert K Walker of Newport Beach California he attended Iowa State College Ames and UCLA and graduated from the air force navigation school at Kelly Field Texas.
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Robert K. Walker
Weaver Witwer
Hill Top Farm
Witwers
Army Air Corps
Walker
Newport Beach
Calif
Iowa State College
Ames
University of California At
Army air force reserves move into Coe college
A large contingent of Army Air Forces reserves arrived in Cedar Rapids to join Coe college troops for basic training. The group, arriving by train from Lincoln Nebraska, will be housed in the Coe gym and Greene hall as processing continues through the week.
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Army Air Force
Coe College
College Training
Coe
Union Station
Army Air Base
Lincoln
Neb
J. S. Lorr
Pacific Coast
Cedar Rapids
William V. Burger
Lincoln Base
Burger
Third Avenue
Fifth Street
Navy Chief Moon Killed in South Pacific Action
E. E. Moon chief petty officer and former Cedar Rapids navy recruiter has been killed in action in the South Pacific. Word came from his mother Mrs. Leon A. Moon of Kansas City Missouri. Moon served at the navy recruiting station here just before the war.
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Cedar Rapids
E. E. Moon
Navy
South Pacific
Leon A. Moon
Kansas City
Chief Moon
Sugar for Canners Promise Veto Sugar Ration Proposals
Washington AP Prentiss M Brown, head of the Office of Price Administration, pledged that home canners would receive a reasonable sugar allotment. Aides indicated he had vetoed proposals to divert ration stamps from canned goods to canners.
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Washington
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Reds Accept Food Meeting Bid
Washington reports Russia has accepted the U S invitation to attend a general Allied postwar food conference. The move marks the first clear sign of Soviet cooperation with the United Nations on postwar economic questions and distribution of world food. The meeting, likely in late May, aims to forge a world parity price system, curb dumping, and coordinate surplus distribution to needy areas. Invitations are going to other United Nations members.
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Washington
INS
Russia
United Nations
Very Heavy Losses Dealt to Nazi Submarines
London report quotes A V Alexander saying Allied air attacks and anti U boat operations inflicted very heavy and continued losses on German U boats. He notes British shipping losses were grievous yet Allied tonnage output in eight months surpassed losses by over two million tons.
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London
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The
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Royal Navy
Alexander
Singer Ben Davies, famed British tenor, dies at 85
London AP reports Ben Davies, the celebrated British singer known as the last of the white gloved tenors, died Monday at age 85 after a career that included 12 tours of the United States.
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London
Ben Davies
United States
Moray Eby resigns from Coe after decades of service
Moray Eby longtime Coe College football coach and athletic director has submitted his resignation from the college faculty effective after arrangements. He will become manager of sporting goods at Armstrong’s Clothing Company succeeding Ray Duthbert, who died March 20. Eby plans to teach part time until relieved of duties and may be named emeritus professor.
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Live Star
Middle West
Coe
Armstrong's Clothing Company
Robert C. Armstrong
Eby
Ray Duthbert
Armstrong
Eastern Iowa
Sporting Goods
Anderson
Board of Trustees
University of Iowa College Af
Cedar Rapids
Grimm and Trewin
Barnes and Chamberlain
Moray Eby Resigns as Coe College Coach and AD
Coe college figures praise Moray Eby after he submits his 38 word resignation effective Aug 1 1943. Dr Charles N Anderson calls Eby a swell guy with a record unusual among U S colleges as trustees and faculty extend best wishes for his future and thank him for long service.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College
United States
Charles N. Anderson
Anderson
Moray Eby
Eby
Coe
House Vote In Favor of Ruml Plan Amid Tax Debate
Washington reports describe the House tentatively approving the Ruml plan to forgive a year of income taxes as part of a pay as you go policy. The vote stood 199 to 188 with Carlson introducing the bill. Roosevelt and Willkie weighed in on opposing sides, while party leaders clashed over compromise proposals and prospects for final passage.
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Washington
INS
House
Beardsley Rums
New York
Cedar Rapids
Congress
Rep
Carlson
Kan
The
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Doughton
D-Nc
Willkie
R.kan
Martin
Mass
Coughton
Ways and Means Committee
GOP
Disney
D-Okla
Clare Boothe Luce
R-Conn
Luce
Gearhart
Treasury
Beardsley Ruml
Rep. Jenkins
Ohio
Ways and Means
Ominous Hint For Hitler on British Coast
London AP reports home secretary Herbert Morrison announced a ten mile inland coastal restriction along the east and south coast to deter invasion and limit access. Some South Wales and Scotland zones will be regulated with possible sudden access changes as military needs dictate.
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London
Herbert Morrison
Home Secretary
Home Security
House of Commons
England
Morrison
Nyu
South Wales
Scotland
Mollison
Humber River
Penezance
Thames
Hastings
Isle of Wight
Sussex
Kent
Air Medal for Howard Klekar in England
First Lieut. Howard R. Klekar son of Mr and Mrs J E Kiekar 1841 Hamilton Street SW has been awarded the Air Medal with the Eighth Air Force in England United Press reports Tuesday First Lieut Robert H Shannon of Washington Iowa received the Oak Leaf cluster to the Air Medal Klekar received his wings July 25 1942 at Albuquerque New Mexico and has been in England since October
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Cedar Rapids
Howard R. Klekar
J. E. Kiekar
Hamilton Street
Eighth Air Force
England
United Press
Robert H. Shannon
Washington
Klekar
Albuquerque
N. M
Race North On Heels of Rommelmen
British forces break through Mareth line and reach Gabes in Tunisia. Churchill announces fall of Gabes, New Zealand troops in contact with retreating Axis. Rommel establishes new HQ at El Dyem as Allied air and sea power pound retreating columns. American and British units push toward Sousse and Kairouan with thousands of prisoners taken.
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Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Gabes
Mareth Line
Erwin Rommel
Africa Corps
Churchill
Mareth
Tunisia
New Zealand
Parliament
London
New York
Federal Communications Commission
el Dyem
Sfax
Chuef
Tunis
Tunis-Bizerte
Oudres
Dwight D. Eisenhower
K. A. N. Anderson
Djebel Abiod
el- Guetar
Morocco
Kairouan
Sousse
United States
Unseasonable Heat Pushes Cedar Rapids to 82 Degrees
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity remains warm with a high of 82 degrees as the day shatters the season’s record. The heat persists through the afternoon, with a cooler turn and showers expected Wednesday forenoon.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Rommel
Africa
H Avelock Ellis
Tunisia
Havelock
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Howard Klekar
Algiers
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