Heydrich Drives Reprisals Across Occupied Europe
London reports say Reinhard Heydrich launched a wave of executions in Paris and across occupied Europe. About 50 killed in Paris for an attack on a German soldier. 500 hostages and 40 others to face Gestapo courts. dozens more executed in Holland and Belgium amid sabotage fears.
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London
Europe
Paris
Reinhard Heydrich
Gestapo
Heydrich
Heinrich Himmiler
der Henker
Czechoslovakia
Ay 2
Vichy
Amiens
Belgium
Aneta Dutch
Holland
Norway
Low Countries
Poland
Yugoslavia
Adolf Hitler
France
Bulgaria
Stray Horse Roams Marion Country Club Greens
A horse ran rampant at the Marion Country Club golf course on Saturday causing about $500 in damage. Deputies reported futile attempts to capture the animal as it eluded caretakers and attackers headed for another green. No owner claimed the horse by Saturday night and Humane Shelter may be contacted.
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Marion Country Club
Linn County Sheriff's Office
Harlan Snyder
Golf Club
Humane Shelter
Immaculate Conception Seniors Stage The Crab Apple Play
A full house witnessed Immaculate Conception high school seniors perform The Crab Apple in the school auditorium. Don McVeigh earned praise as Mr. Hunter while Dick De Marah Lorraine Reding Shirley Westinghouse and others delivered strong portrayals aided by Barbara Eder directed sets and production work.
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Immaculate Conception
Don McVeigh
Hunter
New England
Dick de Marah
Lorraine Reding
Shirley Westinghouse
Barbara Eder
Coe
Jerry Glaza
Elaine Thoennes
Bill Crowley
Miss iBder
Funeral Services for Francis J iPimn
Funeral services are planned for Francis J iPimn a former Cedar resident who died in Los Angeles on Tuesday The body will be brought home early Monday morning to the Brady mortuary where friends may call
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Francis J. iPimn
Cedar
Ids
Los Angeles
Brady Mor
Japs to impose conscription in Korea in 1944
Berlin dispatches report Tokyo plans to extend compulsory military service to Korea, population 25 million, as a major step to bolster manpower for Japan's expansion. Korea currently has voluntary service, with over 25,000 volunteers since year start but only 3,000 accepted.
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Berlin
Korea
Tokio
Japan
Formosa
Manchukuo
China
Russia
Alaskan Highway Priority Affects Clermont Bridge
Weldon Construction, working on the Turkey river bridge in Clermont, was ordered by the federal government to finish work quickly and ship machinery to Alaska for the U S defense highway. Some equipment moved immediately, and the old bridge will stay in place until after the war as workers head to Alaska.
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Clermont
Weldon Construction Company
Turkey River
Alaska
Oelwein Man Burned When Oil Explodes
Bert Schrack city employee was burned on the face, hands, and neck when air entering the sewage disposal plant where he worked exploded. Windows blew out of the cement building and flames spread. Cause unclear though a discarded match by children may have started the blast. Schrack’s injuries are not serious.
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Oelwein
Bert Schrack
Schrack
Doctors to Join Army Medical Corps Under Streamlined Scheme
The Cedar Rapids doctor at Omaha described a plan to rapidly enlist physicians under 45 for immediate service. Qualified candidates under 37 would be first lieutenants while those 37 to 45 would be captains. The recruiting office opens May 20 to 25 and 72 hour officer appointments are possible with 14 day deferments for civilian matters.
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Suchomel
Cedar Rapids
Omaha
Honor Spanish War Vet Auxiliary head honored in Iowa
Mrs. Charles D. Newell of Memphis, national president, led a banquet for the United Spanish War Veterans auxiliary in Iowa. Cedar Rapids officials spoke, honoring veterans and stressing defense roles, pensions moratorium, and patriotism, with Warren Ainsworth and performers also on the program.
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Charles D. Newell
Memphis
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Mr. Newell
United States
Western Hemisphere
Panama Canal
America
Newell
Warren Ainsworth
Rockford, IL
Frances Sebern
Mary Jeanne Palmer
Reader
Ralph Leo
Sebern
Pulpit Changes Made At Iowa Evangelical Church Conference
At the Iowa conference of the Evangelical church in Dysart on Saturday night Bishop Charles Stauffacher announced ministerial station changes. Clergy moves included Cedar Falls district H Kitson Center Point to Aredale and others such as FB E Russell Nora Springs to Buffalo, Roo. AL Dennett Marshalltown to Center Point. WOD Frankhauser Aredale to Dubuque. GB Winter Jan Porte City to Dumont. FoJ Lawton Spencer to Wilton. Des Moines district PLE Epley Maxwell to Green Mountain. FE A Russell Green Mountain to Maxwell. GL Stulsebus Naperville to Red Oak. ROM Baker Nebraska conference to Ross. KE Ulvich Dubuque to Story City. RL Russell Marshalltown to Zenorsville. Fort Dodge district Ardelle R. Ateson Fargo to Magnolia. FA Peiper Washta to Renwick. A Beuerman Renwick to Washta.
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Dysart
Iowa
Spencer
Wilton
Des Moines
PLA
Epley Fron
Maxwell
Green Mountain
Russell
Glen Stulsebus
Naperville
Red Oak
Rom
Baker
Nebraska
Ross
KE. Ulvich
Dubuque
Story City
RL. Russell
Marshalltown
Zenorsville
Fort Dodge
Ardelle R. Ateson
Fargo
N .D
Magnolia
F. A. Peiper
Washta
Renwick
A. Beuerman
Ornithologists Elect Lillian Serbousek Reelects Leader
Waterloo hosts the Iowa Ornithologists Union meeting where Dr. Martin L. Grant of Cedar Falls Iowa State Teachers College was elected president succeeding Dr. Warren No Keck of Cedar Rapids. Ethan Hemsley of Dubuque became vice president and Miss Lillian Serbousek of Cedar Rapids was reelected secretary treasurer.
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Waterloo
Martin L. Grant
Iowa State Teachers College
Cedar Falls
Iowa Ornithologists Union
Warren No Keck
Cedar Rapids
Ethan Hemsley
Dubuque
Lillian Serbousek
Cedar Rapids Man Receives Silver Star for Philippines Battle
Capt Robert Brice Moore of Cedar Rapids awarded the Silver Star for heroism in the Philippines while serving as aide to Col Samuel L. Howard. The ceremony was announced by the navy department. Moore, a 1936 Naval Academy graduate, served with the Fourth Marines in Cavite, Olongapo, Mariveles, and on Bataan before withdrawing to Corregidor. Four other Iowans received Purple Hearts among 21 navy medical department decorations.
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Robert Brice Moore
ER. Moore
Knollwood Drive
the Philippines
Navy Department
Associated Press
Moore
Samuel L. Howard
Marines
Muariveles
Bataan Peninesula
Corregidor
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Navy Medical Department
Chass Nybert Eugene Tastar
Paul R. Taster
Marion
Serat
Joseph Mo Romanell
George Romanells
Des Maimes
Wilfred Kernes
William Kernes
Woodward
Kenneth Ross Prautin
le Miurs
Edith Paulin
Flat Rock
Registrations for Rationing in City Now Total 62 688
Final checkup shows 62 688 applications for rationing books in Cedar Rapids during the last week’s registration period. Books were issued to 7 296 persons at 15 elementary schools, with figures aligning closely to estimates.
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Cedar Rapids
Sain R. Pinlans
Japs Hybrids In Rage And Culture
Smithsonian archaeologist outlines that Japanese race and culture are mixed from three main sources. He traces Mongoloid roots from ancient Asia, Ainu influence on the warrior class, and later Neolithic and Korean Chinese additions shaping early statehood under mikado rule.
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Carl Whetling BisHor
Smithsonian Institution Archeologist
Washington
INS
Asiatic
Indo-China
Flyer Honored in Moscow Mission Flight
Technical Sergeant Francis G. Denery, who piloted the Harriman diplomatic mission from Washington to Moscow, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaves Saturday in Tucson.
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Tucson
Ariz. Cns
Francis G. Denery
Harriman
Washington
Moscow
Red Army says Nazi siege lines broken around Leningrad
Soviet communique reports heavy fighting on the northwestern front as German siege lines are pierced around Leningrad. Other reports say major actions along the vast front from Karelia to the Crimea with about four thousand German casualties in 48 hours and 71 German planes destroyed. Local successes noted at Sevastopol in the Crimea.
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Moscow
Red Army
Leningrad
Karelia
Crimea
Germwan
Sevastopol
Held on Charge of Passing Bad Check
COR Phmadore, 46, was jailed in Linn County after arrest on a charge of passing a bogus check. Deputies Harlan Snyder and Pete Whitte took him into custody at a local hotel on a bench warrant. He allegedly passed a fake check for about Sat at the Taft hotel. Bond set at $2,500.
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Cor Phmadore
Linn
Plamadore
Harlan Snyder
Pete Whittemore
Taft
Gf. King
German sinking claim reported by Bern radio
London AP reports the Bern radio said German naval forces sank ships totaling 1825000 tons during the last week.
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London
Bern
Germany
Iro Anc
Ate
American Flyers Lead Coral Sea Armada Engagement
United States Army pilots spotted a vast Japanese fleet in the Coral Sea and, with naval support, launched a major air and sea attack. American bombers and seaplanes blasted the armada while Japanese ships responded with heavy anti-air fire. eleven enemy vessels including an aircraft carrier were destroyed or badly damaged, with many casualties. The battle paused but American forces pursued the fleeing Japanese ships as strategic concerns for Australia appeared reassured.
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United Nations
Southwest Pacific
United States Army
Coral Sea
United States
United States Naval Squadron
Pearl Harbor
Australia
Port Moresby
New Caledonia
Scrap drive urged in Cedar Rapids for war effort
Cedar Rapids urged rapid salvage of metal and rubber with city trucks and volunteers collecting scrap Wednesday and Friday. Officials stressed thousands of tons of metal needed for ships and industry and directed donors to separate waste paper for its own drive. Enlistees urged cooperation to fund Red Cross and other patriotic causes.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward E Lowe
Linn County
Elmer Wickham
Civilian Defense Salvage Committee
Wickham
Red Cross
U.S.C
Iowa Law Review Chooses Ted Kubicek Editor
Ted Kubicek, son of Mr and Mrs Fred O H Kubicek of 105 Twenty-seventh Street Drive SE, has been named editor of the Articles and Book Review section of the Iowa Law Review at the University of Iowa. He will be a senior in the law school next year.
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Ted
Kubicek
Fred O H. Kubicek
Twenty-seventh Street Drive
Iowa Law Review
University of Iowa
Law
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