City wages and war costs shape Cedar Rapids budget
A reader argues that wartime wage increases strain city finances and tax rates, urging gradual budget growth to avoid a shock when normal operations resume. The piece also critiques press reliability and outlines Allied peace terms for Axis satellites, urging clarity on unconditional surrender and specific terms for smaller nations. It notes abundant fish in Iowa streams but poor transport adaptation and critiques Hoover-era non navigable streams policy.
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Great Air Battle Over Germany Covers First European Ground Assault
London reports the fiercest air battle of the war over Germany as Allied forces mount a massive daylight strike on five oil plants at Merseburg Lutzendorf Bohlen and Zeitz with heavy German fighter resistance and waves of bombers. RAF and USAAF attacks target invasion coast rail yards and airfields across northern France Belgium Luxembourg and western Germany amid extensive bombing sorties.
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Drive Set Off By Shattering Gun Barrage
Allied forces launch a major spring assault against the Gustav line near Cassino Italy. British Indian Polish and American troops drive across rivers and ridges under a record artillery barrage aided by heavy air and naval support.
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Italy
Deferment Expands to All 30 Plus in Essential Work
A blanket draft deferment for all men aged 30 and over in essential industry was ordered, with men 26 through 29 deemed civilian for the time being. Major Gen. Hershey said the six month target remains uncertain as war needs shift, and local boards are to review 1-A cases for new deferment under the policy, while agricultural workers are unaffected.
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Selective Service
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Stalin for Free Worship Priest Claims Soviet Freedom
In Chicago AP report, Rev. Stanislaus Orlemanski says Stalin supports freedom of conscience and worship and may cooperate with Pope Pius XII against church coercion. Orlemanski, returning from Russia, says he obtained approval from the U S State Department and the Russian consulate before receiving Stalin's invitation to Moscow as a private citizen. He denies being a Communist and frames the trip as a mission for his church and Poland with Poland news to come later.
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New York
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Michigan Rep Charges Soviet Visitors With Violating U S Code
Rep John Lesinski accuses Rev Stanislaus Orlemanski and Prof Oscar Lange of violating the U S penal code by engaging in verbal intercourse and written correspondence with a foreign government to influence U S policy. He asks Attorney General Biddle to prosecute.
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Representative Martin Dies withdraws from re election
Beaumont Texas AP report says Representative Martin Dies a Democrat from Texas announces he will not seek another term in Congress. Dies cites ill health and a wish to return to private business. He has served fourteen years and chairs the House Committee on Un American Activities.
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Nazis Driven Far from Coast
Reconnaissance reports Friday indicate that Allied air bombardment has driven the Germans back 30 to 50 miles from many sectors of the French invasion coast. German front-line airfields and most anti-aircraft guns have been abandoned over a huge area, though underground fortifications along the coast remain in place and may survive the rain of Allied bombs.
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Planes Wipe Out Jap Nest in Southeast Asia
Allied air forces bombed Ningthouk hong near Imphal, annihilating a Japanese strongpoint of about 1,000 troops. 200 tons of bombs, the largest IB campaign strike on a single target, supported British ground operations toward Kohima and the Burma frontier.
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Refuse to Indict In Loop Slaying
CHICAGO AP The county grand jury declined to indict Edmund O'Dea 30 Chicago after investigating the May 3 fatal shooting of Louis Heller 42 New Yorker in a State street loop quarrel Police said O'Dea admitted the shooting claiming self defense and witnesses reportedly corroborated that claim
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Allies to Satellites Decide Now on Defect or Stay With Germany
Washington reports that the United States Britain and the Soviet Union issued a three power ultimatum to Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland urging them to choose now whether to quit the war with Germany. The declaration warned that remaining with Germany will bring harsher terms and greater disaster while withdrawing could shorten the European struggle and aid Allied victory.
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California Hotel Fire May Kill Fifteen in Oroville
AP reports a devastating hotel fire in Oroville California that may have claimed as many as 15 lives. Firefighters battled the blaze Friday with rescuers searching the ruins for victims and survivors.
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FBI Nabs No 1 Con Man Who Tricked C R Men
A 52 year old con man named Jack K Meredith, known by many aliases, was captured by the FBI in Indianapolis after prior apprehensions in Hammond Indiana. His schemes spanned numerous states and involved posing as officials to cash small checks while building trust with business leaders. Meredith’s Iowa crimes date back to Cedar Rapids in 1937 and 1943, with aliases used in Des Moines Davenport and Sioux City. The FBI holds seven volumes detailing his nationwide frauds.
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Hammond
Ind
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Cedar Rapids
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Ruling on Ward's Backed Govt Plea
Federal Judge William H. Holly dismissed the Montgomery Ward case without prejudice. The government had sought dismissal with prejudice but the injunction case can be reopened. The government also dismissed charges against Paul Sowell, an assistant manager, who was arrested for taking down a plant property poster.
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Paul Sowell
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British author Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch dies at 80
FOWEY England AP reports Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch known as Q has died at age 80 on Friday ending a long literary career. His work influenced generations of readers and fellow writers across Britain and beyond.
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Clark Declares Fifth Army Will Destroy German Armies
Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark delivered an order of the day to Fifth Army troops in Italy stating they can and will destroy German armies. He praised training and equipment, noted prisoners and enemy losses, and expressed confidence in upcoming decisive victories as Allied forces press from two directions.
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