Pacific War News and Home Front Debates
The piece notes optimism on Attu Island operations and possible major Pacific offensives, plus questions about using Axis prisoners as farm labor. It covers the Senate pay as you go tax bill, public opinion influence, and critiques of a Hollywood depiction of newspapers. It also highlights local postwar rehabilitation efforts and reactions to a Chicago museum exhibit on Sally Whoris fans.
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Knox
Attu Island
Aleutians
Pacific
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
House
Chicago
Sally
Allied Bombers Strike Deep Into Italy Seizing Mediterranean Route
Allied air forces under Tedder claim to have opened the Mediterranean to convoys by hitting Civitavecchia Sardinia and Olbia. U S Flying Fortresses and Mitchell bombers damaged and sunk several Axis ships while destroying depots rail facilities and an ammunition dump near central Italy and Sardinia. Three Allied aircraft were lost as operations targeted supply lines from the Italian mainland to island routes.
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Allied Headquarters
North Africa
Mediterranean
Arthur Tedder
U. S
Rome
Europe
Tedder
Allied
South Africa
India
Far Eastern
Russia
Iran
Civitavecchia
Italy
Sardinia
Sicily
Grosseto
Olbia
Tornado Strikes Fort Riley Wreaks Havoc
Fort Riley Kansas reports a savage tornado Saturday injuring about 200 men with five in serious condition. It destroyed or damaged 41 frame buildings valued at 175000 dollars. Mess halls were lifted and dumped, with tables and equipment scattered across the area.
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Fort Riley
Kan
Cavalry
First Lady to Visit New Zealand Reported
Lieut. Col. James Roosevelt said his mother Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt hopes to visit New Zealand after receiving an invitation from Prime Minister Peter Fraser. He noted the First Lady’s visit would follow her son’s long tour in the South Pacific as commander of a marine raider battalion.
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Auckland
N. Z
James Roosevelt
New Zealand
South Pacific
Marine Corps
Eleanor Roosevelt
Peter Fraser
Invasion Has Begun Says Flying Expert
William Tevenor declares in Flying magazine that the round the clock bombings of Europe amount to an invasion in progress. He compares the air raids to a softening barrage preceding Allied force landings and predicts continued heavy bombing against Germany and Nazi-occupied lands.
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Flying Magazine
William Tevenor
Europe
Royal Air Force
U. S. Army Air Forces
Germany
Six Universal employees to receive Army Navy E pins
Six representatives from Universal Engineering will be awarded Army Navy E pins in a Wednesday ceremony at the Cedar Rapids plant site. Melvin DeVore Ralph LaTour Lodge Vavra Leonard Drew Florence Paulus and Mrs Pauline Stallman will receive the pins. The event includes remarks from Lieut Comdr Everett E Pettee Col Max A Brackett and a color guard from American Legion Hanford post No 5 with music by the Coe College military band. If rain, the program moves to Memorial Coliseum starting at 4 30 p.m. Shaffer serves as chairman.
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Cedar Rapids News
Universal Engineering Corporation
Melvin DeVore
Ralph LaTour
Lodge Vavra
Leonard Drew
Florence Paulus
Pauline Stallman
Universal
Armed Services
DeVore
Everett E. Pettee
Naval Training Station
Waves
Cedar Falls
Max A. Brackett
the Savanna
Ill
Ordnance Depot
E” Pennant
Memorial Coliseum
van Vechten Shaffer
Italian Official Says Navy Can't Repulse Invasion
London dispatch reports Italy warned of potential invasion and inability to repel an Allied assault. Senate session quoted Admiral Domenico Cavagnari noting insufficient naval forces for defense. Mussolini holds air war and navy portfolios as Germany aid was noted.
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London
INL
Italy
Rome Radio
Senate
Mussolini
Domenico Cavagnari
Rome
Stepped Up Course Finishes as Aircrew Class Leaves Coe
The first air force reserves class trained at Coe College Cedar Rapids completed its five month program and departed Saturday for an undesignated classification center. The group, from Jefferson Barracks, advanced from the March 1 start and will be sorted into pilots bombardiers and navigators for specialized training. Captain John Rood led the detachment during the retreat parade and departure.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Air Force Reserves
Coe
Jefferson Barracks
Montrose Hotel
Coe Athletic Field
John Rood
Settlement Voids Collins Contract With Independents
The Collins Radio company withdraws recognition from the Collins Radio Employees Association an independent union. The settlement signed by the company the association AFL CIO and others ends the NLRB hearing set for Monday. The agreement likely will be approved by the NLRB in Washington and a decree entered by the eighth circuit court of appeals.
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Cedar Rapids News
Collins Radio Company
Collins Radio Employes Association
Stephen Reynolds
Minneapolis
National Labor Relations Board
Employee Association
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organization
C. J. Lynch
AFL
CIO
Reynolds
Washington
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
Indepen
Sicily War Commentary Highlights Sicilian Sentiment
Edward Kleinlerer analyzes Sicily as Allied troops push toward the island. He notes Sicilians' liberty loving nature and resentment of fascism and German occupation, predicting local resistance to Fascists and Nazis as Americans and British near invasion targets.
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Tdward DY Kueinlerer
Convriaht
International News Service
Sicily
Tunis
Bizerte
Mussolini
Italy
Aldo Vidussoni
Fascist Party
Palermo
Catania
Messina
Augusta
Tedeschi
Rommel
Africa Corps
Leaders See Ruml Plan Possibly Passing in House
Democratic leaders admitted the Ruml plan may gain House approval on Tuesday as they hope for its defeat via presidential veto. They criticized the Senate vote 49 to 30 and remain opposed, while Rum supporters predicted Senate passage would hold and that President Roosevelt would not veto. Representative Wesley Disney called the move a boost for inflation.
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Senate
Treasury
Washington
House
Roosevelt
Robertson
Wesley E. Disney
Dokla
Ways and Means
Japs Hurl 100 Planes Against Allied Forces in New Guinea
Japanese raiders launched a major air assault Saturday against Allied positions near Salamaua and Wau in New Guinea. The attack involved more than 100 planes including 40 dive bombers, with limited ground losses reported and several planes lost in aerial combat elsewhere. Allied ground troops repulsed BobDubi’s ground assault while counterattacking, as air cover from the Allies remained thin.
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New Guinea
Allied
Australia
Salamaua
Bobdubi
Muboa
Wau
Lae
Judge Links Juvenile Delinquency to Parental Neglect
Judge Harry Johnson of Cedar Rapids juvenile court argues that most delinquents come from neglected homes and that wartime conditions worsen care. He cites 900 cases studied, with 14 to 16 year olds forming the bulk, and notes high alcohol and sexual offense rates among youths. He calls for family responsibility and targeted rehabilitation.
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Harry 8. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Johnson
Stanley Jonas
Lena A. Vogt
F. A. Carstens
Stanley Davis
Tom Condon
Raid Over Emden Tests Allied Air Power
Allied heavy bombers without escort faced strong German fighter opposition during a large daylight raid on Emden. American crews reported heavy losses and extensive destruction as they hit naval and industrial targets while Emden's defenses used a noisy smoke screen to mask the attack.
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London
Germany
Emden
Naval
Lieut
Martin Sanford
Kokomo, Inc
John G Moore
Las Animas
Cala
8Th U. S. Air Force
Flying Fortress
Goerings
Black Swan
Liett
Frank W. Scott
Philo
War Prisoners Help Save Mississippi Farm Land
Axis prisoners of war were used for emergency flood control along the Mississippi River in Ste Genevieve district Missouri. They sandbagged 14 crevasses saving 1000 acres of farmland. Prisoners worked voluntarily earning 80 cents per eight hour day plus regular pay. Uniforms included blue jackets laced trousers and leggings with PW initials on jackets. Nationality and camp not disclosed.
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ST Louis
United States Army Engineers
Mississippi River
Ste. Genevieve
Hitler Signs Decree To Extend His One Man Rule
London AP reports Adolf Hitler signed a decree to continue indefinitely as sole ruler of Germany. The decree appears in the German legal gazette and extends powers granted March 24, 1933, beyond May 10, 1943, pending Reichstag rubberstamp at Hitler’s call.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
DNB
Hitler
Reichstag
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