Fire and political debate echo in Cedar Rapids week
Fire Chief Benesh warns wartime conditions raise hazards while inspections must intensify. British Information Services head Graham Hutton weighs how postwar policy depends on congressional majorities. Commentary runs through Washington’s teen worker safety, and Coventry rebuilding plans propose a unified religious center to foster community harmony.
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Graham Hutton
British Information Services
Chicago
Hutton
Roosevelt
Dewey
Congress
Coventry
Yanks Storm Into Aachen Fix Cargill Fire Loss
A Cedar Rapids blaze leveled the Cargill Inc soy mill at 411 Sixth St NE causing an estimated loss of a quarter million dollars. Firemen saved adjacent elevators and the warehouse and two nearby homes. No injuries were reported, and insurance covered the loss. Sixteen fire units fought the three story structure from 8:32 p.m. to after midnight as spectators watched from downtown. A man was briefly questioned for arson but released.
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Cedar Rapids
Cargill, Inc
Sixth Street
Dewey Avenue
A Avenue
Central Fire Station
Gazette
Cargill
Aachen
Berlin
Hungary on the Verge as Red Army Breaks Hungary
Moscow and Paris reports indicate Hungary nears collapse as Soviet forces advance on a 120 mile front toward Budapest. Red Star notes elite units trapped or dispersed across Transylvania and Ruthenia while Szeged and Cluj fall to Russian and Romanian troops.
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Hungary
Budapest
Hitler
Balkan
Red Army
Austria
Red Stars
Transylvania
Ruthenia
Eest
Germany
Red Star
Szeged
Cluj
East Prussia
Tilsit
Memel
Plikisi
Cargill Fire Third Major Cedar Rapids Blaze in Three Years
The Cedar Rapids blaze at Cargill, Inc. destroyed the soybean mill and caused about 250000 dollars in damage. It follows two prior large fires on August 13 in 1943 at Home Lumber and August 13 in 1942 at Klinger Paint, each with substantial losses.
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Cargill, Inc
Cedar Rapids
Home Lumber Company
Klinger Paint Company
Get Material In War Chest Drive Friday
All women residential workers for Cedar Rapids Community War Chest campaign will meet at 7 30 p m Friday at the Chamber of Commerce to receive materials instructions and arguments. Lt Dick Sheehy will recount experiences overseas to conclude the program. The drive aims to raise 186 398 for the Community Chest and National War Fund with 21 captains directing 5 to 10 workers each.
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Cedar Rapids News
Community War Chest
Chamber of Commerce
T. M. Ingersoll
Miss Murray
Robert Armstrong
Cedar Rapids
Lucille Murray
Public Welfare Bureau
Dick Sheehy
Yugoslavia
Community Chest
National War Fund
Ike Declares Hard War Ahead but Victory Certain
Allied HQ Paris Gen Eisenhower says the invasion forces face a hard but sure victory. He vows no fraternizing with Germans and continued aggressive action through winter if needed. He praises Arnhem and airborne operations and praises US and British units for courage and strategic hold on bridges.
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Paris
Eisenhower
Reich
Aachen
Red Army
Gestapo
Germany
First Airborne
Arnhem
Holland
United States
Avon Hollopeter Missing in Reich
Pvt. Avon D. Hollopeter, 39, reported missing in action in Germany since September 17. He entered service June 26, 1942 and went overseas last June. He worked at Jensen Brothers grocery for 15 years before joining the Army and has a sister, Mrs. Eddie Jennings of Cedar Rapids.
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Avon D. Hollopeter
Germany
War Department
Verne Hollopeter
C Avenue
Infantry
Hellopeter
Jensen Brothers Grocery
Eddie Jennings
Cedar Rapids
Czechoslovak Troops Liberate Village Vyssikor marnik
The Czecho slovak government in exile reports that Czechoslovak forces broke through the Dukla pass in the Carpathians and liberated their first homeland village Vyssikor marnik on October 6.
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London
Dukla Pass
Carpathians
Vyssikormarnik
Stalin Praises U S War Aid At Churchill Dinner
In Moscow Premier Stalin praised American wartime might at a Churchill dinner at the British embassy. He credited U S production and organization with turning the tide of Europe’s conflict and toasted President Roosevelt and the United States for helping bring Allied victory.
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Moscow
Stalin
United States
Churchill
Russia
Britain
Red Army
Cluj
Transylvania
Kremlin
George VI
Michael Kalinin
Roosevelt
United Nations
Threat of Strike Forces Corset Reform Demands
In London, English women demand better corsets and the corset guild seeks government action. If Hugh Dalton refuses to meet, guild leaders threaten a sitdown strike on the steps of the Board of Trade. Reports say black market corsets fetch as high as 80 dollars.
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London
England
Dalton
Hugh Dalton
Board of Trade
Guild
Corsetiers
1000 U S Aircraft Raid Formosa and Palau Island Capture
Tokyo reports a major raid involving about 41 000 planes on Formosa with heavy damage to Balikpapan refineries in Borneo. American forces also seize the islet Bairakasera in the Palau group, advancing toward Peleliu as Morotai air base supports operations.
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Tokyo
Formosa
China
Japan
Balikpapan
Borneo
Palau
Philippines
Bairakasera
Taiwan
Takao
Taichu
Marc A. Mitscher
Ryukyu Islands
Ryukyus
China Coast
Morotai
Douglas MacArthur
Morotair
MacArthur
Palau Group
Peleliu
Allies Break German Hold On Aachen In Fierce Street Fighting
Allied forces press into Aachen driving through rubble strewn streets toward observatory hill as fires blaze across the north and northeast. American infantry seize the slaughterhouse district despite German counterattacks while Nazis mass armor outside the city.
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HDQ
Paris
Aachen
Observatory Hill
Schlachthof
United Press
Henry T Gorrell
Wurselen
Gorrell
United States
Holland
Rotterdam
Neder Rhine
Arnhem
Siegfried Line
Haaren
Bardenberg
Fair and Warmer Weather Forecast for Cedar Rapids
Weather forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for fair and warmer conditions tonight and Friday. Temperature trends show a high near 61 degrees Wednesday afternoon, with morning lows around 28 to 33 degrees and midmorning readings near 34 degrees. Humidity around 49 percent.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Chambers
Deadline Extended for G I Christmas Parcel Mailing
The post office extended the deadline for mailing Christmas parcels to overseas military personnel by one day to Monday Oct 16. The extension was requested as a public convenience because Oct 15 falls on Sunday.
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Washington
Post Office Department
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Second Street SE
Thompson
New York
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Great Britain
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