Allied push toward Rome in Italy battle from Alban hills
Allied forces press toward Rome as American tanks clash with German units on the Alban hills and along the Valmontone line. British troops reach near Pescarella Nuova, while the Eighth Army advances through central Italy taking several towns and approaching Lanuvio and Cassino. Continuous fighting with mounting casualties amid a widening Rome front.
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Alban Hills
Rome
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Pescarella Nuova
Velletri
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Atina
Cassino
Eighth Army
Rome Line
Eternal City
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Campo Temini
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Frosi
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Berlin
Frosinone
Casilina
Villa Crocetta
Lanuvio
Italy
Alfedena
Fontana
Strangolagalli
Pofi
Ceccano
Arpino
Postwar world order debate swells over U S independence
President reassures on a world organization while warning any plan must respect U S independence. Critics cite labor politics and Brewster contract failures as signs of a shifting balance in Washington.
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Harry Boyd
United States
World Organization
Jan
Index of Marquisa Toy Comics Courthouse Deaths
Fragmentary OCR lists names and sections including David Lawrence Paul Marion and Drew Pearson. Mentions sports state Age Walter Winchell and women features. Text is garbled with scattered references to deaths and entertainment items.
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Toy
Nazis Report Lynching of U S Airman in Germany
A Berlin dispatch cited by Dagens Nyheter said German officials confirmed the lynching of a surviving American airman after his crash in central Germany. The report claimed the flyer was aboard a plane that strafed churchgoers, while Goebbels rhetoric fueled fears of mob violence.
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London
Berlin
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Germany
Josef Goebbels
Goebbels
Aftonbladet
Leipzig
Holiday Death Toll Tops 3902 Across Nation
Nation reports 3902 holiday deaths from Friday midnight to Tuesday midnight with 80 drownings and 102 traffic fatalities. New York leads with 28 deaths including 11 drownings. California and Indiana each 27. Illinois 25. Pennsylvania 22. Ohio 20.
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New York
California
San Diego
Indiana
Minois
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Summer Heat Hits Cedar Rapids On Memorial Day
Weather outlook for Cedar Rapids and vicinity notes scattered thundershowers overnight and Thursday with continued warm humid conditions. Memorial Day saw parks crowded. highs reached near 89 degrees with overnight lows around 74 as thunderstorm activity favored other parts of the state.
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Cedar Rapids
Parks
Hubbard Ice and Fuel Company
Ellis’ Park
Burlington
Davenport
Spencer
Knoxville
Eisenhower aide presents Red Cross plaque in London
In London on a British soil visit Brig. Gen. Royal B. Lord presented a plaque on behalf of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to Harvey D. Gibson American Red Cross commissioner to Great Britain. Gibson praised British volunteers numbering about 12 000 aiding the American Red Cross staff in the European theater.
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London
Dwight "D. Eisenhower
Harvey D
Gibson
Red Cross
Great Britain
Royal B. Lord
Imade
FBI uncovers fraud racket in shipyard arrests
In Boston 94 Bethlehem Hingham shipyard welders and counters were taken into federal custody on charges of conspiring to defraud the government. The investigation uncovered a scheme where counters falsified credits for extra production and received kickbacks from welders, with some counters earning up to 75 dollars weekly.
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Boston
FBI
U. S
Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard
E. A. Soucy
Edmund J. Brandon
Washington
Soucy
Brockman Enters Write-in Run for Linn County Auditor
Vernon Brockman 44 of Marion announced as a write-in candidate for Linn County Auditor in the Republican primary on June 5. He has served as deputy auditor since January 1942 and previously ran a Marion produce business. The other nominee is Robert M. Vesely of Cedar Rapids who resigned April 6 after a $3,638.70 shortage was disclosed. Attorney General rules prevented Vesely from withdrawing. Auditor Ray C. Coutts is not seeking the office.
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Vernon Brockman
Marion
Linn
Robert M. Vesely
Cedar Rapids
Ray C. Coutts
Vesely
Coutts
Brockman
New Fireside Chat Planned by F D R
President Roosevelt disclosed he plans another radio address to the nation in the near future. He has not set a time but is considering a new fireside chat to discuss poverty and related concerns.
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Washington
Ins
Roosevelt
Roosevelt asks $182 million for OPA operations
President Roosevelt asked Congress to raise OPA funding to 182,252,000 for the 1945 fiscal year. The request targets expanded enforcement, stamp counterfeit prevention, and tighter ration controls, with more regional manpower and local price panels to simplify administration.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
OPA
White House
Cedar Rapids Stores Adopt Summer Hours Starting Friday
Cedar Rapids retail hours shift to summer with closing time moved to 5 p.m. from 5:30 p.m. Opening times stay 9 to 9:30 a.m. Individual stores set varied opening hours. Monday and Saturday night openings remain unchanged.
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Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Two convicts recaptured near Preston after Anamosa escape
Two Iowa reform school trusties Kenneth Welch and Lloyd West escaped from the Anamosa dairy barn. They were spotted five miles south of Preston at dawn. Officers tracked them through timberland after a stolen car was found abandoned. A shot was fired in the air and the pair surrendered to authorities.
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Glen Mueller
Guttenberg
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Bert Morehead
Jackson County
Mueller
Davis
Preston
Norman
Newton
Monticello
Anamosa
Welch and West Recaptured After Iowa Reformatory Escape
Kenneth Welch and Lloyd West, trusties at the Iowa men’s reformatory dairy farm, were captured again within about 24 hours after escaping Tuesday night at 9:30. Warden Foss Davis said Welch, from Spickard Missouri, had a parole grant two months earlier and awaited a job assignment. Missouri parole authorities reportedly didn’t approve or transfer custody, forcing Welch to seek work in Iowa.
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Welch
Spickard
Missouri
Davis
Missouri Board of Parole
U.S. Aircraft Production Surpasses Axis by Wide Margin
A War Production board and Aircraft Production board report shows U S aircraft output four to one ahead of Germany and more than seven to one ahead of Japan. Since Pearl Harbor U S planes total about 171 257 with an expected 100 000 this year.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Germany
Japan
War Production Board
Aircraft Production “Board
Pearl Harbor
U. S
H. H. ‘Arnold
Army Air Forces
British Empire
Theu. S
England
Streamlined Tax Law Now Is in Effect
Washington AP reports a new tax law simplifying income taxation for most Americans. It repeals wartime taxes, reshapes rates, and allows 30 million to avoid annual returns, with immediate effect on 1944 income and payroll deductions for those earning $5 000 or less.
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Washington
America
Roosevelt
Congress
Doughton
D-N.c
House
Ways and Means Committee
Voters urged to volunteer as judges and clerks in Linn County
Linn county board of supervisors seeks registered voters with legible handwriting to serve as election judges and clerks on primary day. Beeson said vacancies arise morning of election. shortages blamed on defense plant work and war activities. Each precinct needs three judges and two clerks starting 6:15 a.m. Polls run 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. with tallying continuing until late.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Board of Supervisors
C.” L. “Beeson
Beeson
Death of Sir Cuthbert Wallace British Surgeon Veteran
London AP reports the death of Sir Cuthbert S. Wallace a distinguished British surgeon who served with the British army in World War I and later provided advisory service to the army he died on Wednesday in the present conflict era.
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London
Cuthbert S. Wallace
Oil Refinery Fire Flares During Allied Air Assault
Air forces from Britain and Italy bombed Ploesti Romania and other targets for the third straight day. Allied raids struck Hamm Osnabruck Schwerte and Soest railyards while U S heavy bombers hit Ploesti near Bucharest. Mosquito bombers hit Leverkuisen chemical center as 1,200 fighters engaged Luftwaffe in sky battles.
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London
Britain
Italy
Ploesti
Mulhouse
Switzerland
Hamm
Osnabruck
Schwerte
Dortmund
Soest
U. S
Bucharest
Eighth Air Force
Germany
R.A.F
Austria
France
Belgium
Yugoslavia
Linn County Admin Offices Lead Per Person Costs in 1942
Iowa Taxpayers Association reports Linn county administrative costs for board of supervisors to engineer totaled 123,819 dollars or 1.39 dollars per capita during 1942, the lowest per person among counties. 1941 per capita was 1.42 dollars. statewide administrative costs totaled 5,201,628 dollars, down 72,072 dollars from 5,273,100.
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Cedar Rapids
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