Hollandia Invasion Costs 28 U S Dead and 95 Wounded
Allied reports from Hollandia describe the large Pacific invasion with 28 Americans killed and 95 wounded in the first 17 days. Rear Admiral Barby notes heavy enemy strength and broader operations across New Guinea and nearby islands including Bougainville and Cape Hoskins.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Hollandia
Daniel E. Barbey
Seventh Amphibious Force
Barbey
Portland
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Bougainville Bay
New Britain
Cape Hoskins
Rabaul
New Guinea
Aroe Islands
East Indies
Australia
Wakde island-Sarmi
Mokmer
Biak Island
Iowa Soldiers Wounded in Mediterranean Area
The War Department announced five Iowa soldiers wounded in action in the Mediterranean. Named are S/Sgt. George J. Machacek of Marion and T/4 Jasper R. Pennington of Solon, listed with their mothers Mrs Levi Pennington and Frank Machacek noted as fathers.
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Washington
War Department
Iowa
Mediterranean
George J. Machacek
Marion
Fathes
Frank Machacek
Jasper R. Pennington
Solon
Levi Pennington
Smash Theft Ring Foiled by Des Moines Youths
Des Moines detectives said four youths confessed to participating in 20 thefts and robberies since September, breaking up a coordinated theft ring on Tuesday.
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Des Moines
INS
Mercy Hospital seeks 150000 for new nurses home drive
Mercy hospital launches a fundraising campaign chaired by W. Markey to raise 150000 for a five story nurses home. Mills named vice chairman with headquarters in Merchants National Bank building. The project totals about 400000 with an initial 70200 government grant and more aid anticipated. The plan aims to ease a national nurse shortage and support wounded service members.
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Eph W. Markey
Penick and Ford
Mercy Hospital
Mills
Iowa Mutual Liability Insurance Company
Merchants National Bank
Sister Mercy
St. Berchman’s School
Marion
Markey
Youth Arrested for Sport Coats Theft and Gas Theft Reported
James Ackland, 20, of 716 Eighth Avenue SE, was arrested at home by Detective Albert Wilson for last Friday’s theft of three sport coats from Dean Lemon, who shares the same address. Ackland confessed. Police also report Tuesday thefts of gasoline from parked cars with eight and five gallons siphoned from vehicles on Park Avenue SE and Eighth Street NW, plus a stolen tire and wheel from 1117 Division Street SE. A purse containing 50 to 60 dollars and a $600 Chicago University fellowship document were reported missing from shopper Mrs. James Hodgson at 516 Twenty-third Street SE.
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James Ackland
Eighth Avenue SE
Albert Wilson
Dean Lemon
Ackland
Charles Jones
Park Avenue SE
Charles Pudil
Eighth Street
Louis Rimrodt
Division Street
Rimrodt
James Hodgson
Twenty-third Street
Chicago University
Fire at Burlington Blending Plant Damages Riley Brothers Works
A kettle holding 300 gallons of varnish boiled over against a stove pipe causing substantial damage to the blending plant and laboratory of the Riley Brothers Oil company in Burlington on Monday.
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Burlington
Riley Brothers Oil Company
Invasion Day Church Rites Notified by Gazette
Cedar Rapids readers learn the time for invasion day services in city churches. Inter-Service Club Council coordinates with pastors for prayer services planned the evening allied invasion of continental Europe begins. Each pastor to arrange his own plan. Ministerial association discussed the arrangements at its Monday meeting.
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Cedar Rapids
Inter- Service Club Council
Europe
Ministerial Association
Hitler of May Four Years Ago Aims for European Rule
Supreme Allied reporters recall Hitler at Berlin opera in 1940 watching a moment before the war shifts. The piece contrasts the past glory with his guarded Berchtesgaden retreat while Allied preparations for D day loom and Goebbels spins propaganda.
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Supreme Allied Headquarters
England
INS
Adolf Hille
Imperial
Cate Opera House
Berlin
Richard Wagner
Royal Box
London
Covent Garden
France
English Channel
Unter den Linden
Hitler
Compiegne
Europe
Paris
Berchtesgaden
Goebbels
Germany
Wehrmacht
Renderers Vote Friday On Link With AFL Union
An election will be held Friday at the Cedar Rapids Renderers Otis Tower SE to decide if production employees of the company will be represented for collective bargaining by the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen AFL local 170. Time is 1 30 to 2 p.m. Eligible voters worked during the payroll period ended April 15. The National Labor Relations Board oversees the election.
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Cedar Rapids Renderers
Otis Tower SE
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America
AFL
National Labor Relations Board
Bowles Urges Government Backstop to Prevent Postwar Collapse
Chester Bowles, administrator of the Office of Price Administration, told Yale’s Lamont lecture that reconversion must include a strong government guarantee to prevent postwar collapse. He urged a three point program: price and wage protections, removal of export barriers, and a shelf of ready public works at federal, state, and local levels.
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New Haven
Can Still Collect For Kitchen Fats Despite Rule Change
Washington AP reports that housewives can still collect both red points and cash for saved kitchen fats despite the removal of point values from most meats. The OPA stresses fats and oils remain needed.
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Washington
OPA
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