Johnson county ration board ouster questioned by critics
A columnist assails the firing of two Johnson county ration board members as capricious and ill advised. The piece credits local boards with adapting complex OPA rules and urges disclosure of any substantial reasons behind the action. It also praises a park department budget plan and laments government overreach in the Montgomery Ward dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson County Ration Board
OPA
Kline
Des Moines
Administration Offi Us
Montgomery Ward
Admiral Mineichi Koga Killed on Active Duty, Tokyo Says
Tokyo radio announced Admiral Mineichi Koga died on active duty while directing operations at the front. The 59-year-old commander of the Japanese combined fleet was posthumously honored by Emperor Hirohito. Seemu Toyoda succeeds him as fleet commander.
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New York
Tokyo Radio
Mineichi Koga
Isoroto Yamamoto
United States
Imperial Headquarters
Koga
Tokyo
Yamamoto
Yokosuka
Paris
Philippines
Seemu Toyoda
Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
Tadahiko Okada
House of Representatives
Snow in May Hits East Iowa. Cedar Rapids Reports Flakes
May snowfall surprises Iowans with traces across the state and up to 1½ inches in Charles City. Cedar Rapids saw glaze on trees and roofs while colder temps lingered. Crop experts warn minimal damage if warm weather returns soon as State records historical May snows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Estherville
Lake Turk
Cushing
Leslie Carl
Chambers
Cherokee
Inwood
Decorah
Davenport
Allied planes bomb huge dam in northern Italy
Allied fighter bombers attacked a large dam in northern Italy on Friday. Kittyhawks and Mustangs dive bombed the Pescar a dam 12 miles southwest of Chieti, breaching sluice gates and releasing a wall of water toward Pescara, according to the tactical air force.
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Naples
Italy
Pescara
Chieti
Tactical Air Force
Index of Marquis Childs and features section overview
The page lists Marquis Childs index followed by sections for comics deaths sports and other features. It mentions names such as Davia Lawrence Paul Mallon Marlon and references to Drew Pearson Walter Winchell and state sports coverage with page indicators and timing cues.
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Marquis Childs
Davia Lawrence
Tee Paul Mallon
Marlon
Riese
Drew Pearson
Woerseseene Wie Stare
Walter Winchell
Captain Donald Hersch Receives Presidential Citation
Captain Donald Hersch, now on duty with the First Army Air Force Base unit at Bolling Field Washington, has been promoted to captain and received a Presidential Citation ribbon. The award follows his old unit the Twelfth Bombardment Group being cited by the President for service overseas with the British Eighth Army under General Montgomery.
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Cedar Rapids
Donald ¥. Hersch
First Army Air Force Base
Bollingfield
Washington
Hersch
Twelfth Bombardment Group
Eighth Army
Montgomery
Rommel
Egypt
Libya
Tripolitania
Yanks Extend Westward Landings in Dutch New Guinea
American forces expanded westward positions in Dutch New Guinea after landing at Torare Bay and Demta village, moving 16 miles past Tanahmerah Bay. MacArthur reported light Japanese opposition and continued efforts to cut off escape routes, with 842 Japanese killed in Aitape area to date.
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Allied Headquarters
Southwest Pacific
Dutch New Guinea
Hollandia
Tanahmerah Bay
Torare Bay
Demta Village
Douglas MacArthur
U.S
Demta
Matterer Bay
Isumboldt
Tanahmerah
MacArthur
Philippines
Aitape
British New Guinea
Allied Drive in India Tops Burma War News
British Indian forces launch a general counter-offensive in the Kohima area eastern India while American and Chinese troops break through Japanese defenses in the Mogoung valley and move toward Kamaung. Stilwell’s units advance southwest after routing a Japanese column at Inkangahtawng with heavy air support.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Kohima
India
Burma
Mogaung
Kamaung
Joseph W. Stilwell
Mogaung Valley
Inkangahtawng
Kamaing
Stilwell
Tax Simplification Bill Passed by House
The House approved the Ways and Means bill to simplify individual income taxes, sending it to the Senate on a 358 to 0 vote after brief debate. It merges normal and surtaxes into a single tax and replaces the victory tax with a normal tax, with minor technical changes.
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Washington
LLP
House
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
Doughton
D-Nc
Congress
Rep
McClean
R-N. J
Treasury
McLean
Case for closing of stations in city fire plan
Fire Chief E P Kohout warned the council that continued manpower loss could force a complete realignment of city fire protection to preserve service. He favored closing the Third street station to reassign staff, while South Side Civic club and Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor urged keeping it open. The report cites equipment delays and critically thin manpower, stressing emergency service must be ready at a moment’s notice.
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Park Department
Stefan
City Plan Commission
E. P. Kohout
Kohout
Third Street
South Side Civic Club
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
OPA Sends Investigator To Iowa City
An OPA investigator was dispatched to Iowa City to probe the Johnson County rationing controversy. Cedar Rapids Gazette reports Henning E. Larson arrived to understand the dispute as Acting Director Walter D. Kline had dismissed two county board members. The regional office may reorganize, with eight panels and no immediate appointments by the regional office. Rotarians backed Phelps and the board amid calls of dirty politics.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Hornet’s Nest
OPA
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Henning E. Larson
Walter D. Kline
Des Moines
Earl W. Clark
Clark
Rae Walters
The
Gazette
the Gazette
Walters
Kline
R. J. Phelps
Waldo Geiger
C. R. McCann
Geiger
Phelps
McCann
Rotary Club
Rotarians
Ballot 300 To 60 After Fiery Debate
The House voted 300 to 60 to investigate the Montgomery Ward and company case, with debate over executive power and War Labor Board defiance. Sewell Avery's seizure and broad inquiry into emergency powers prompted strong positions from both sides.
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Washington
House
Montgomery Ward and Company
AIL
Iowa
Administration
Chicago
Rep
Dewey
Montgomery Ward
Sewell Avery
Senate
Judiciary Committee
War Labor Board
Congress
Executive Branch
Allen
R-Ill
Roosevelt
Sabath
House Rules Committee
WLB
Glider Invasion Behind Jap Burma Lines
Vivid eyewitness account of U S air commandos landing 150 miles behind enemy lines in Burma. Gliders towed by C 47s delivered engineers, Wingate's Raiders, and supplies to build a jungle airstrip saving Wingate forces from a two month jungle march. Generals Arnold Cochran and an unnamed pilot led the daring operation using seven aircraft types including P 51s and B 25s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burma
Ed Cunningham
Yank
U.S. Army Weekly
Cunningham
Burlington
N. J
U. S
R.A.F
Wingate
Orden
Henry H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Forces
Buck Rogers
Colonel Blimp
Col
Philip G. Cochran
Eric
Cochran
Air Commando Force
Punch
Organ
Woman Indicted on Espionage Charge After Pearl Harbor
Velva Lee Dickinson, a doll dealer and former San Francisco resident, was indicted by a federal grand jury in New York on espionage charges for reporting naval movements and repairs of battleships after Pearl Harbor. She resisted FBI arrest in a Manhattan bank vault while removing $18,000 from a safety deposit box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
ULP
Velvalee Dickinson
San Francisco
Pearl Harbor
United States
James B. M. McNally
William Bondy
Dickinson
FBI
Manhattan
Johnston Re elected Chamber President
Eric A. Johnston of Spokane was unanimously reelected Friday as president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States by the board of directors. Johnston will depart soon for a trip to Russia at the invitation of Premier Stalin.
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Washington
Eric A. Johnston
Spokane
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Johnston
Russia
Stalin
Weather Delays Victory Garden Plowing in Cedar Rapids
Henry Haegg head of Linn county civilian defense says weather delays plowing for victory gardens in Cedar Rapids delaying planting. Equipment and fertilizer are ready and 40 acres will be plowed as soon as conditions improve. officials note growing demand and more gardens than last year.
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Cedar Rapids
OCD
Henry Haegg
Linn County
Haegg
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Marshall Islands
Cedar Rapids News
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