Global policy debate tests U S constitutional limits
Readers weigh the strain between the separation of powers and rapid wartime decisions as talks favor revising the Constitution to ease international commitments. The piece notes chaos in planning and notes pay changes for Civil Aeronautics Administration civilian pilots and discussions with lawmakers on delayed tax obligations for soldiers.
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Aone
United Nations
Global
Senate
Tunisia
Congress
Allied Forces End Axis Resistance in Tunisia
Allied communique reports the Italian First Army ceased fighting by Mussolini order after a bombing and ground action near Enfidaville. Axis leaders, including Messe, were captured or surrendered, with at least 150000 prisoners reported since May 5. Naval units kept sea watch on Cap Bon and Pantelleria.
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North Africa
First Army
Enfidaville
Giovanni Messe
Mussolini
Messe
Eighth Army
Vittorio Emanuele
Italy
Africa
Desert Air Force
Tobruk
Air Force
Cap Bon
Pantelleria
Jurgen von Arnim
United States
Ste. Marie du Zit
Tunis
Zemba Island
Cap Ron
Wellingtton
Marsala
Tunisia
Benes Promises Czech Democracy After War
Washington AP Eduard Benes president of Czechoslovakia told Congress in a prepared speech that Czechoslovakia will rebuild as a democracy after the war. He recalled Masaryk and noted Prague’s 1938-39 crisis and blamed western powers for not resisting Hitler’s demands.
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Washington
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovakia
Congress
United States
Benes
Roosevelt
Bismarck
Rus
Bohemia
Europe
Thomas C. Masaryk
United States of America
Prague
Hitler
Vessels Sunk by Japs Identified
The navy identified three Allied ships sunk near Guadalcanal on April 7: the destroyer Aaron Ward the tanker Kanawha and the New Zealand corvette Moa. The communique also notes air attacks resumed on Kiska, three raids on Solomon bases, and a bombardment of Vila and Murda. Aaron Ward commander Lieut. Comdr. Frederick Becton and Kanawha commander Lieut. Coradr. Brainerd Rock survived.
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Solomons
Aaron Ward
Kanawha
Moa
Kiska Island
Aleutians
Solomon Islands
Vila
Murda
Frederick Becton
Hot Springs
Ark
Coradr
Brainered Rock
Landaff
N. H
Trachta Prisoner Reported Safe in Italy Transit Camp
Cedar Rapids man Robert E. Trachta, missing in action in North Africa since February 17, is reported well and safe as a prisoner in an Italian transit camp. The word came to his parents from Archbishop Francis Beckman via the Catholic church channel. Trachta enlisted February 7, 1941, went to North Ireland February 17, 1942, and was recently listed as in action.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert E. Trachta
Italy
Trachta
Emil Trachta
Nineteenth Avenue
Francis Beckman
Dubuque
Washington, D. C
U. S
North Ireland
Dutch Tide Of Revolt Rising Across Europe
Reports from the continent describe widespread resistance to German occupation in Holland and Belgium with sabotage, train wrecks, and clashes. Dutch 400000 ex-servicemen urged to defy registrar orders as Nazi forces reinforce the Low Countries amid riots in Poland and Norway and curfews in France.
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London
Holland
Belgium
Africa
Hitler
Poland
Norway
Yugoslavia
Greece
Hollane
Soldiers volunteer for permanent kitchen police duty
Camp Ellis soldiers volunteered for permanent kitchen police duty to gain liberal passes excused drills and access to plentiful meals. The move reflects improvised benefits sought by service members amid routine training.
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Camp Ellis, Ill
Camp Ellis
MacArthur Halsey Meet Signals New Pacific Drive
The South Pacific and Southwest Pacific area commanders Gen Douglas MacArthur and Admiral William Halsey met to coordinate future operations amid speculation of an imminent offensive against Japan. The leaders reportedly plan integrated actions from the Marshall Islands through the Solomons and New Guinea toward the East Indies.
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South Pacific
William F. Halsey
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
South
Southwest Pacific
MacArthur
Halsey
Marshall Islands
Solomons
New Guinea
East Indies
Gen. MacArthur
Admiral Halsey
Saleem
Savanna Ordnance Head to Present Army Navy E Pennant
Col. Max A Brackett head of Savanna Illinois ordnance depot will present the Army Navy E pennant to Universal Engineering corporation as the highlight of a 20 minute program on Wednesday May 19. The ceremony at 4 pm will be at the northwest corner of Eighth street NW and B avenue NW across from the plant with a Memorial Coliseum backup if rain. Lieut Comdr Everett E Peirce naval training station for Waves Cedar Falls will present six representative employees with E pins. The Rev Grant Anderson First Baptist will give the invocation and the college military band will pin Van Vechten Shaffer who will act as master of ceremonies. The plant will cease operations during the ceremony to allow workers to attend.
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Cedar Rapids
Max A. Brackett
Savanna, Ill
Universal Engineering Corporation
A. W. Daniels
Eighth Street
B Avenue NW
Memorial Coliseum
Everett E. Peirce
Naval Training Station
Cedar Falls
Grant Anderson
First Baptist
Set College Military Band
van Vechten Shaffer
Prisoners to Work in U S Fields After Tunisian Campaign
North Africa dispatch says about 150000 Allied prisoners expected after Tunisian battle. Most will be sent to United States and Canada to farm wheat or perform public work within weeks. Plan not final but some prisoners may already move to North America. The move aims to feed and clothe them and ease Allied supply strains.
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Allied
North Africa
United States
Canada
North America
Alcome
United
England
Archibald P. Wavell
Australia
Bizerte
Czech Finance Minister to Visit Cedar Rapids May 22
Dr. Ladislav Feierabend, finance minister of the Czechoslovak provisional government, will arrive in Cedar Rapids at 3 05 p m Saturday May for a speaking engagement. He travels with Dr Eduard Benes and will appear with him at the Chicago stadium event on May 23. Details of Cedar Rapids visit were being arranged as of Thursday.
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London
Cedar Rapids
Ted Hlubucek
Czech Alliance Association
Eduard Benes
Chicago
Feierabend
Iowa
Churchill to address Congress in joint session
Prime Minister Winston Churchill will speak to a joint session of Congress next Wednesday at 11 30 a m Central Wartime. House Speaker Rayburn invited him Thursday and arranged the session with the Senate. A radio address is set for Friday afternoon to be carried to home listeners.
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Washington
Winston Churchill
Rayburn
House
Senate House
White House
Churchill
United States
House Rejects Veto Powers On Trade Act
The House voted 163 to 110 to strip veto powers from a treaty for reciprocal trade pacts and extend the act two years, amid Democratic warnings of a “kiss of death” to reciprocity and a call by Speaker Rayburn for unity to avoid a broader world conflict.
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House
Washington
Roosevelt
Rayburn
Texas
America
United States
Congress
Ailican
Rep. West
Ways and Means
Rep. Knutson
R-Minn
G.O.P
Harrison E. Spangler
Duisburg Blitz Crashes Through German Rail Hub
Allied air forces blasted Duisburg, Germany’s inland transport center, with the largest single raid of the war, dropping over 1,500 tons of bombs. RAF and American-built Mitchells struck Boulogne and northern France as Spitfires shot down six Focke-Wulf 190s in daylight sweeps. Sixteen planes were lost on the Duisburg raid, with German reports noting extensive damage in western Germany.
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Boulogne
France
R.A.F
Germany
Duisburg
England
Cologne
Dortmund
Rhine
Ruhr
High Command
Ihe
Acre
English Channel
Duis
Oeersten Mande
Fu Mationang
Norway
Berlin
Lowestoft
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Europe
Tun Cam
Lear Confirmation Delayed Over Yoo-Hoo Incident
Washington dispatch reports Senate delayed confirmation of Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear for retirement with full pay after the Yoo-Hoo incident. Sen. Clark objected, citing Lear’s punishment of the 35th Division amid remarks about pretty girls and gasoline drives in World War II.
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Washington
Ben Lear
Senate
Sen
Chandler
D-Ky
Clark
D-Mo
Lear
Southeastern Meat Gasoline
New "Anti Sneeze" Solution Reported
In Chicago AP reports a breakthrough on an anti sneeze spray that purportedly destroys common cold germs. Dr Oswald H Robertson of the University presented the development to peers.
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Chicago
Oswald H. Robertson
The
University
2 Percent Toll On Route to Africa
Naval sources said more than 11,000,000 gross tons of Allied merchant shipping sailed for North Africa between Nov. 8 and the present, signaling heavy Allied convoys to the Mediterranean theater. The report notes the route previously faced tolls from Axis actions and aims to supply sustained supply lines to North Africa.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
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