Governor Hickenlooper Opposes Third Term in Office
Current Comment surveys Governor Hickenlooper’s firm stance against any President seeking a third or fourth term and his support for a constitutional amendment to prevent perpetual incumbency. The piece also critiques Roosevelt’s push for a New Deal era third term and touches on war bond promotion and other public notices.
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Harry Boyd
Pathfinder Magazine
Iowa
Hickenlooper
U. S. Senate
Hannegan
Roosevelt
Mr. Roosevelt
Berlin and Brunswick Hit in renewed western Europe assault
A 1500 aircraft Allied force of bombers and fighters blasted Berlin and Brunswick resuming the pre invasion air offensive after a five day lull. Fortresses Liberators and 750 fighters attacked across Germany while other formations crossed the Channel and Mosquitoes bombed targets in northern France.
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London
Berlin
Brunswick
Europe
Germany
West Wall
France
High Command
Union Votes Cast at Renderers in Cedar Rapids
Two production employees at Cedar Rapids Renderers voted Friday for Union Local 170 of the AFL Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America as their bargaining agent. Election supervised by National Labor Relations Board from Minneapolis.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids Renderers
Otis Tower SE
AFL
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of
North America
E. F. Hopton
National Labor Relations Board
Minneapolis
Tokyo Reports Allied Raids on Soerabaja Bases
The Tokyo radio on Friday said Soerabaja in the Netherlands East Indies had been raided twice by Allied bombers on May 17 and 18. The report indicated Allied naval and air task forces from India were coordinating with United States Pacific forces in another bold strike.
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New York
Tokyo
Soerabaja
Japan
Netherlands East Indies
India
Dies on Birthday In Bomber Crash Killing Ten
Felix Saldana nineteen year old son of Merced and Mrs Saldana Cedar Rapids was killed on his birthday in a four engine bomber crash at New Underwood South Dakota near Rapid City Nine other servicemen also died He was born May 18 1925 and served in the Army Air Corps training at Sheppard Field and Rapid City He is survived by his parents a sister and a brother The body will be brought to Cedar Rapids for funeral services with relatives overseas in the Navy and Army mentioned among the casualty list.
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Pfe
Felix Saldana
Merced Saldana
C Avenue NE
New Underwood
Rapid City
S. C
Saldana
Cedar Rapids
Rock Island
Army Air Corps
Sheppardfield
Texas
S. D
Frances Saldana
Louis Martinez
Monahan
Raymond Rivera
Navy
Peter Perez
Army
Associated Press
Rapid City Air Field
Donald Hale
Villisca
Air evacuation saves most casualties with nine-figure figure
The Office of War Information reported that in 1943 the army air forces evacuated 173 527 American sick and wounded with only eleven deaths in flight. About 161 541 were moved overseas by eleven air forces, delivering casualties from the Mediterranean to the South Pacific.
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Washington
INS
Office of War Information
Army Air Forces Medical Services
A.A.F
OWI
Mediterranean
South Pacific
47 British Captives Shot After Dresden Escape
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden disclosed that 47 Royal Air Force officers were shot by Germans after a mass escape from a war prison camp near Dresden on March 26. Seventy-six officers planned the break. 15 were captured alive and 14 remained at large.
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London
Anthony Eden
R.A.F
Dresden
Eden
House of Commons
Switzerland
Air Ministry
Air Dominion Allied
R.C.A.F
R.A.A.F
Allies Reach Outer Edges of Myitkyina Citadel
Allied troops entered the outskirts of Myitkyina Burma as Japanese forces of the Eighteenth division were cornered. Airborne reinforcements landed at the airfield south of the city to aid the assault on the base, a key point on the Burma railway. In Salween river front reports, Japanese reinforcements counter-attacked four Chinese columns near Yunnan. Loyang in Henan saw five days of bitter street fighting.
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Southeast Asia Headquarters
Myitkyina
Singapore
Independent Unions Gain Limited Voice in WLB Procedure
Washington The War Labor Board adopted a program that provides independent unions with limited representation in WLB processes. The decision reiterates prior rulings that unaffiliated unions receive no WLB labor member seats, rejecting a MESA led coalition’s demands after winter strikes at Ohio and Michigan war plants. A spokesman labeled the move as the same old run around.
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Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
Mechanics Educational Society of America
MESA
Ohio
Michigan
Blodgett Parachutes to Safety in Hama Raid
Sgt. David C. Blodgett 19, reported missing over Germany April 22, parachuted from a burning bomber at 22 000 feet and freed his chute at 10 000 feet in Hamm Germany. Lt. Manning wrote his parents that Blodgett is unhurt and may return soon. Blodgett, aerial gunner and engineer, had been overseas less than a month.
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J. C. Blodgett
Sixteenth Street SE
David C. “Blodgett
Blodgett
Hamm
Germany
David
O.K
Dairy Inspector Files Improper License Charge
M Klempf of Milwaukee, who opened an egg breaking and freezing plant at Ridgeway, was arrested on a charge of operating an improperly licensed plant filed by B W Patsy state dairy and food inspector. He posted $800 bond and is at liberty.
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Decorah
M. Klempf
Milwaukee
Ridgeway
George Harms
Winneshiek County
B. W. Patsy
Liberty
Skies Clear After Inch and a Quarter Rain
Weather summary for Cedar Rapids and central Iowa notes an inch and a quarter of rain cooling conditions after storms across the region. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies, possible thundershowers tonight and Saturday, with fresh to strong winds and little temperature change. Maximums reached the high 60s to 70s statewide, with Des Moines and Decorah posting notable readings.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Ames
Cushing
Sioux City
Fort Dodge
Boone
Webster City
Marshalltown
Cherokee
Des Moines
Clarinda
Decorah
Russians Capture Important Height in Dnestr Campaign
The Russians claim capture of a height of considerable importance southeast of Stanislawow in old Poland and report 600 German casualties in a failed counter-attack in the lower Dnestr area northwest of Tiraspol. The summit location remains unidentified but likely lies in foothills before the Carpathians.
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London
England
Stanislawow
Old Poland
Dnestr
Tiraspol
Moscow
Carpathians
Senator Ball to Nominate Stassen for President
Sen Joseph H Ball of Minnesota says he will nominate Harold E Stassen at the Republican national convention Stassen serves as a lieutenant commander in the navy and had entered the Senate in 1940 as an appointee of Stassen.
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Washington
ULP
Joseph H. Ball
R-Minn
Senate
Minnesota
Harold E. Stassen
Stassen
Yanks Seize Wakde Air Base in Dutch New Guinea Drive
Allied forces captured Wakde air base after a 125 mile amphibious assault from Hollandia. MacArthur announced the operation as part of seven Allied landings along the New Guinea coast aimed at re conquering Dutch New Guinea. The base will provide air cover and project power toward Palau and the Philippines while light Japanese resistance was reported.
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Allied
Southwest Pacific
Wakde
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Wakde Island
Insoemanai Island
Toem
New Guinea
United States Army
Palau Islands
Insoemanai Islands
Insoemanai
Wakde-Toem
Hollandia- Aitape
Forrestal Takes Oath as Navy Secretary
James V. Forrestal Friday took the oath as secretary of the navy.
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Washington (Ap
James V. Forrestal Friday
Secretary of the Navy
Missing Flying Fortress pilot reported over Berlin
First Lt. Hayden T. Hughes 26, of Washington Iowa, is missing in action over Berlin since April 29 during his thirtieth mission. His aircraft was hit by flak and attempted to extinguish the fire before leaving formation and heading for Sweden. Co pilot seriously wounded. Hughes earned wings at Roswell in June and arrived in England December 1.
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Hayden T. Hughes
Berlin
Avenue NE
Hughes
Sweden
John E. Hughes
Washington, Ia
St. Hughes
School of Commerce
University of Iowa
Roswell
N. M
England
Sewell Avery Sues Marshall Field for Libel
Sewell L. Avery, chairman of Montgomery Ward, sues Marshall Field publisher of the Chicago Sun for 1 million dollars. The federal suit alleges Field and Sun reporters maligned Avery over actions to protect Ward property from government seizure.
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Sewell Avery
Million
Marshall Field
Chicago
Sewell L. Avery
Montgomery Ward and Company
Chicago Sun
Field
Avery
Thomas F. Reynolds
Charles C. Gridley
The
Sun
Washington
Montgomery Ward
Fields
Thirteen Marines Die in Naval Patrol Plane Crash
In Norfolk Virginia an AP report says thirteen Marines were killed when a navy patrol plane crashed about six miles southeast of the Cherry Point Marine air station. Names of the dead were held temporarily.
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Norfolk, Va
United States Marine Corps Air
Cherry Point
House Passes G I Bill Boosts Benefit Ceiling
The House approved a six and a half billion dollar G I bill by 387 to 0 with an amendment raising the maximum veteran loan benefit from 1500 to 2500 dollars. It limits four year school eligibility to those under 24 at service entry. The bill also eases loan guarantees and authorizes new veterans hospitals while trimming unemployment benefits to 26 weeks at twenty dollars weekly.
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Washington
INS
House
Veterans’ Committee
Armed Services
Senate
Disorderly Retreat by Nazi Troops Near Sant Oliva Front
Allied forces broke into the Hitler line at its center near Sant Oliva as French troops and U S tanks surged along a 25 mile front. The German center saw heavy fighting and a reported disorderly retreat between the Liri valley and the sea.
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Naples
United States
Sant’ Oliva
Pico
Pontecorvo
Esperia
Liri
Sea
Hitler Line
Appian Way
Itri
Sane Oliva
Eighth Army
Cassino
Piedimonte
Rome
Fifth Army
Monte Faggero
Stri-Pico Road
Monticelli
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Red Cross
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Osnabruck
Britain
Renderers
Marquis Gata
David Lawrence
Paul Mahon
Marion
Cannes
Drew Pearson
He Ewes Sports
Ae State Fee
Walter Winchell
Ree
Aonaaee
R.N.Z.A.F
Burma
Hama
Senator Ball
Hop
Forrestal
Dili
Veterans
Mark W. Clark
Formia
Gaeta Point
Gaeta
Balkans
Ploesti
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Nis
Romania
Tura
Severin
Anzio
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