Car Price Ceilings Split for GM and Big Three
OPA head Bowles announces price ceilings showing GM cars 2.5 percent cheaper than January 1942 while Ford Chrysler and Studebaker rise 1 to 9 percent. Dealers face trimmed discounts but overall 1942 price level may hold. Ford officials say figures not supplied. NADA voices disappointment and expects possible legal changes.
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Navy Claim Is Challenged by Sneak Prober
Washington lawmakers questioned naval accounts of Pearl Harbor cause and the Mt Niitaka code. Senate critics pressed Rear Admiral Inglis for details on Japanese signals and evidence, citing Lt Shiga and other witnesses as they probe the final decision to attack.
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Japs Fire Captured U S Soldiers on Palawan Island
At Yamashita war crimes trial, nine survivors recount how 150 American captives were herded into air raid shelters on Palawan Dec 15, doused with gasoline, ignited, and shot when trying to flee. A guard diary cited fear of imminent American landings as motive.
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Eisenhower’s Wife Resting Comfortably in Boone
Mrs Dwight D. Eisenhower, hospitalized with bronchial pneumonia, is reported resting comfortably as Maj. Gen Howard Snyder and Boone physician Dr A B Deering consult. Eisenhower plans to leave for Chicago to receive the Legion Distinguished Service Medal. he will return to Germany Friday if conditions allow.
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De Gaulle Voted Another Chance In Coalition Move
In Paris the constituent assembly voted 400 to 163 to urge Gen. de Gaulle to renew efforts to form a coalition government including the Communist, Socialist and Popular Republican parties. Communists opposed renewal while gunfire and guards surrounded the Bourbon palace as the session adjourned. Socialists swung to support De Gaulle delaying resignation prospects.
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War Crimes Roundup Aims 11 Japanese Leaders
Gen. Douglas MacArthur ordered the arrest of 11 high Japanese army officers and political leaders in a new war crime roundup. Included are Gen. Kuniaki Koiso and Yosuke Matsuoka, with others tied to ultra nationalistic policies, education, and aggressive war.
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Record crowd views B-29 at Cedar Rapids aviation event
A crowd of about 35 000 thronged Cedar Rapids Municipal airport over the weekend to see a Boeing B 29 Superfortress as part of the Victory loan drive. Civil Air Patrol members fenced the aircraft, traffic police managed jams, and Capt. K E Harris appeared from the Hellcat beside the bomber. Mayor Hahn and Major Hahn spoke as the Hellcat was pledged to the school fund, with crew members interviewed by Orville Rennie.
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Marines Begin Withdrawal From North China
United States military authorities in Chungking said the First Marine Division will start withdrawals from north China this week. The veteran division was already preparing its exit as tensions ease.
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Nazi Leader Falls Ill Before War Crimes Trial
Ernst Kaltenbrunner, key Gestapo official, suffered a spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage in his cell and will miss the opening of the war crimes trial in Nuremberg. Doctors said he is not in immediate danger but must remain still. Emmy Goering was arrested as a political prisoner near Nuremberg.
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Rescue parties near snowbound hunters in Washington
Rescue teams broke through heavy snow in the Tucannon river canyons to reach 58 elk hunters stranded since last week. The party included four women, an elderly man with pneumonia, and another with a broken leg. Most hunters were out of state and unaccustomed to rough country. They faced hunger and exposure as crews pursued a nightfall recovery.
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Urge Arbitration Board to Settle Rent Disputes in City
The Cedar Rapids Real Estate board approved creating a local arbitration board to make recommendations on rent ceilings for vacant properties when owners refuse to rent at the control office rate. Naomi Doebel proposes the idea. the plan seeks OPA approval via the mayor's housing committee.
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Iran Rebels Use of Soviet Arms Claim
Rioting and revolution sweep northern Iran as insurgents armed with Russian weapons march toward Tehran. Government spokesmen say the uprising began Friday with attacks on garrisons in the Azerbaijan district and report rebels occupying Tabriz Sarab Maragheh Ahar and Mianeh.
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LaPlant-Choate Built Thousands of Airdozers for Army
Roy Choate told Rotary Club on Monday that LaPlant-Choate Manufacturing produced 2,000 airborne bulldozers for the Army during wartime, part of about 30,000 total wartime units including 1,350 airborne scrapers and 1,750 tankdozers.
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Forecaster Out of Rut Yet Weather Normal in Iowa
The Des Moines forecast calls for cloudy skies and showers in Cedar Rapids with a low near 25 and a rise on Tuesday. The Chicago station issued a changeable sky prediction while statewide lows ranged from 18 to 21 and Davenport measured 0.16 inches of precipitation Sunday.
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Truman proposes broad five point national health program
President Truman outlined a national health plan calling for a compulsory prepayment system while denying socialized medicine. The plan includes federal aid for hospitals and health centers, expanded public health and maternal services, professional education and cancer and mental health research, and a nationwide health fund with local administration and rising doctor payments. Senator Wagner moved to implement the program.
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