U S Heavy Bombers Hit 12 Targets Across Europe
American air armadas from Britain and Italy struck 12 targets in Germany France and Yugoslavia on Saturday and Friday. They hit rail centers at Ludwigshafen Mannheim Karlsruhe Saarbrucken and Lyon plus aircraft plants in Metz Strasbourg and other rail yards including Marseille Nimes Avignon and Nice. More than 1 000 Liberators Fortresses and fighters supported the long daylight and night raids.
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London
Hitler
Europe
Britain
Italy
Germany
France
Channel
Karlsruhe
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Saarbrucken
Metz
Strasbourg
Mediterranean
Marseille
Nimes
Rhone Valley
Avignon
Rhone
Salon
Montpellier-Aimargues
Berlin
Razanik
Zara
R.A.F
Rothe Erde
Aachen
Fifteenth Air Force
Yugoslavia
Lyon
Mediterranean Command
la Mouche
Vaise
Grenoble
Chambay
French Alps
Nice
French Riviera
Var River
St. Etienne
Bihac
Chartres
Paris
Beaumont sur-Oise
Mediterranean Air Force
Bolt Restores Hearing After Lightning Strike
Mrs Ignatz Spogis of Hammond Indiana had been deaf since February due to an ear infection when a bolt of lightning struck her house Friday night causing a shock that restored her hearing.
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Hammond, Ind
Ignatz Spogis
Index and Features Spin From Boys to Books
A cluttered page lists various media items including comics, movies, radio, sports and women’s features. Names such as David Lawrence and Drew Fearson appear among scattered notes and headings.
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Marquis Cilia Comics
David Lawrence
Drew Fearson
Srrei Shavenhond
Vichy Says Germany Will Abandon Rome Without Fight
Vichy radio reports Germany plans to pull back from Rome to a northward defense line, declaring Rome an open town. The claim contrasts with Allied proof of Rome as a military communications center and raises questions about broader war timing.
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London
Vichy
Rome
Stockholm
Italy
Europe
Radio
Berlin
Nazi Propaganda Shifts Stance on Allied Airmen Protections
AP reports from Stockholm that Goebbels in the Volkischer Beobachter says Nazi authorities will no longer shield Allied airmen who bail out over Germany from local wrath. He accuses Anglo American flyers of terror acts and states Germans may use armed force to protect pilots only after such attacks to prevent lynching. No details on civilian attacks against downed airmen are provided.
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Stockholm
Goebbels
Volkischer Beobachter
Germany
Reich
Army general denies widespread deafness and blindness among veterans
Brig. Gen. Charles C. Hillman rejected rumors of mass blindness and deafness from the war. He cited January 1944 VA figures and JAMA commentary showing 99 veterans with blindness, 86 discharged for blindness, and only 17 totally blind, noting hearing impairment rehab rates are not higher in the Army Air Forces.
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Chicago
Charles C. Hillman
Veterans‘ Administration
Journal of the American Medical Association
Army Air Forces
Chicago maid flees with victim’s purse and ration books
Mrs Anne Gordon told police a maid hired to help her locked her in a closet and escaped with the purse containing money and four ration books. The incident was reported Saturday in Chicago.
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Chicago
Anne Gordon
Soviet Offensive Reported Begun
NBC London report quotes Vichy radio saying Russians have started an offensive on the eastern front. No details or confirmations from other sources.
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New York
David Anderson
NBC
London
Vichy
Eastern Front
Russians report air attack on German transports in Barents Sea
Moscow bulletins say two transports and a destroyer sunk in a Barents Sea strike north of Norway with three ships damaged. It is the first sign in months of major German troop movements in Arctic waters.
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London
Barents Sea
Norway
Arctic
Moscow
Stanislawow
Old Poland
Outdoor Weekend Forecast for Cedar Rapids Area
Plan an outdoor weekend at your peril as Cedar Rapids and vicinity see increasing clouds through Sunday night with thundershowers likely late Sunday. Temperatures hover with minor changes. highs near 79 and lows around 62 to 64 degrees. Rain falls small in places like Ames and Clarinda while Burlington tops Iowa at 89 degrees.
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Cedar Rapids
Hubbard Ice’ and Fuel Company
Iowa
Burlington
Estherville
Inwood
Ames
Clarinda
Roosevelt Says Major European Operations To Occur This Summer
President Roosevelt indicated major military operations in Europe would occur this summer while stressing liberation rather than invasion. He cited Allied planning with Russia as a cooperative partner and noted postwar organization talks progress, without detailing specifics.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Europe
Russia
Cordell Hull
United States
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Charles de Gaulle
Atlantic
Ruling Upholds Ward's Price Ceiling Injunction
The U S circuit court of appeals upholds Judge Barnes action restraining Montgomery Ward land company from violating price ceilings on women's and children's outer garments. The ruling covers 26 stores in 25 midwestern cities.
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Chicago
Circuit Court of Appeals
John P. Barnes
Montgomery Ward Land Company
Grain Loss as Wilder Elevator Burned in Two-Alarm Fire
A two alarm blaze gutted the Wilder Grain elevator at 425 Twelfth Avenue SE early Saturday. Between 25 000 and 30 000 dollars worth of corn wheat oats barley and soybeans were destroyed but the milling machinery and elevator core were saved. Firemen fought the flames from multiple angles and had the building down to a shell by noon.
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Tourette
Blumenshine
Wilder
Wilder Grain Company
Twelfth Avenue SE
S. W. Wilder
E. P. Kohout
No. 3
Kohout
Operation Is Fatal To Stephen Dyson Veteran Patrolman
Patrolman Stephen Dyson of the Cedar Rapids police department died at Mercy hospital at 11:45 a.m. Saturday during surgery. He was 56 and had served since 1919. Dyson, a former army sergeant and one of the city’s first motorcycle policemen, had returned to duty amid wartime manpower shortages. His body lay at Brady mortuary.
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Stephen Dyson
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Dyson
Police Department
Fred Carstens
Brady Mortuary
Lost Rangers Avenged at Cisterna Final Battle Tale
An old war tale reveals the loss of about two thirds of an American ranger regiment at Cisterna Italy after a two day stand against German forces. The unit under Col Sam Darby broke from Sicily to link with infantry, but German troops encircled and overwhelmed the rangers who fought in cellars and destroyed to the last round.
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Cisterna
Italy
A Or
London
INS
Dieppe
Sam Darby
Sicily
Hermann Goering
Gela
Salerno
Anzio
Angers
Cisternaward
First Parachute
Velletri
Darby
San Giovanni
Pastena
Monte Rotondo
Monte Quattodorci
Amasemo
Fifth Army
Asemo
Castella Valentino
Adriatic
Eighth Army
Valmontone
Levees Strained as Iowa Flood Threat Grows
In southeast Iowa the Mississippi and Iowa rivers strain levees while Skunk River flooding hundreds of acres. National guardsmen sandbag aims to prevent a repeat of a earlier flood that collapsed a levee. Fort Dodge Ottumwa Keokuk face danger assignments for prisoners and relief crews as emergency labor boosts shoreline protection.
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Burlington
Iowa
Mississippi
Iowan National Guardsmen
North River
Iowa River
Oakdale
Fort Dodge
Ottumwa
Clarence H. Danielson
Seventh Service Command
Des Moines
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Alexandria
Fox River
Story
Pocahontas
Sac
A. J. Loveland
State Aaa
Floyd Johnson
Iowa State College
Johnson
Cruiser Questions Answered by Langer on Navy Talks
Senator Langer disclosed that Secretary Forrestal answered fully his questions about a report the government turned over outdated light cruisers to Russia. He said the response was frank but Forrestal asked it be treated confidentially.
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Washington
Sen. Langer
R-N.d
of Navy
Forrestal
Russia
Langer
Allied Units Advance as Fifth Army Reaches Via Casilina
Allied reconnaissance troops pushed toward Artena and Valmontone near Via Casilina as Sezze falls northwest of Terracina. German forces retreat under pressure after heavy tank battles. Fifth Army prisoners exceed 13,000 while Eighth Army drives toward Arce and Celprano.
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Allied
Naples
Fifth Army
Sezze
Terracina
Casilina
Artena
Valmontone
Rome
Anzio
Mark W. Clark
Via Casilina
Velletri
Associated Press
Daniel de Luce
Fifth
Liri
Eighth Army
Melfa
Arce
Sacco
Cel Prano
Cassino-Rome
Albert Kesselring
Adriatic
Ceprano
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U. S
Bolt
Eaears
F. R
Washington Post
Elmer Davis
Stooge
Ward
Cedar Rapids News
Clark, Lee
Clark Lee
S.E. Iowa
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