Pilot Wounded Pilot Amid Burma Jungle Rescue
Lt Greenlaw M Collins of New Orleans parachuted into North Burma July 29 with no gear. After 45 days he endured fevers leeches and starvation, aided by rescue efforts led by Maj William H Spruell and Capt Owen J Morrisser. He was lifted to safety on Sept 13 becoming the first American to escape the Burma death jungle.
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New Delhi
India
Army
Greenlaw M. Collins
New Orleans
Burma
China
Collins
William F. Diebold
Pittsburgh
William H. Spruell
Russelville
Ala
Owen J. Morrisser
Duluth
Minn
Hell
Cedar Rapids Gazette Publication Details and Rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company is printed daily and Sunday at 500 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It lists subscriptions by carrier or mail with varying rates and editions and notes its press association affiliations.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette Company
3Rd Ave
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Town
Associated Press
United Press International News Service
Yowan
Nae Ae Allen-Klapp Company
Michigan Avenue
Chicago
Fifth Avenue
New York
New Center Rlde
Detroit
Media Records
A.N P.A
Police Blotter Details Local Incidents and Arrests
Captain E S Loftfield was removed from a westbound train near Monterey California and confined in Cedar Rapids jail after striking a military police officer. Oberta Nichols 16 was taken home after a heart attack at Sixteenth Avenue and Sixth Street. Mrs R S Smith 2409 Bever Avenue SE was warned to show credentials for census work for the Grolier Society Inc of St Louis after a complaint at 16th Street SE.
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Apt. E. S. Loftfield
Presidio
Monterey
Calif
Cedar Rapids
Oberta Nichols
Oakland Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
Sixth Street
RS. M. Smith
Bever' Avenue SE
Grolier Society, Inc
St. Louis
Thomas Sees U. S. Fascist Movement
Norman Thomas, Socialist presidential candidate, warned that a strong Fascist movement could arise in ten years in the United States. He cited unemployment racial tensions war debts and questions about postwar gains as raw materials for such a movement and urged democracy versus totalitarianism.
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New York
NormanThomas
United States
Labor Gangs Fortify Hitler Retreat Reported
A Stockholm report cited by OWI says about 7,000 laborers are reinforcing Adolf Hitler’s Berchtesgaden retreat. Blasting heard near Salzburg 20 miles away amid Gestapo and SS control, with sabotage noted in the area.
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New York
INS
Adolf Hitler
Berchtesgaden
Stockholm
Arbetaren
OWI
Salzburg
Gestapo
Germans Hit Southern England With Additional Flying Bombs
The Ministry of Home Security reports extra German flying bombs struck southern counties of England including the London area Thursday night.
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London
INS
Ministry of Home Security
England
Lutherans Elect First New Leader in 26 Years
The United Lutheran Church of America elected Rev. Franklin Clark Fry of Akron Ohio as president on the fourth ballot at the Fourteenth biennial convention in Minneapolis. He succeeds Dr. Frederick H Knubel who becomes president emeritus for life and welcomed the change.
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Minneapolis
United Lutheran Church of America
Franklin Clark Fry
Akron
Ohio
Frederick H. Knubel
New York
Knubel
Dried Fruit Quota Freed to Civilians
CHICAGO AP Immediate release to civilian markets of dried fruits including raisins prunes and peaches has been authorized by the War Food Administration. About 133000 tons of raisins zante currants 95000 tons of prunes 5000 tons of peaches and 2500 tons of apricots are freed for civilian use. Allocations for the year ending Aug 31 1945 are more than 41000 tons under last year.
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Chicago
War Food Administration
WFA
Berlin Stockholm Telephonic Link Restored
Telephonic communication between Berlin and Stockholm, cut off for over 100 hours, was restored on Friday. No explanation for the outage was given.
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Stockholm
INS
Berlin
Restaurant Association Names Kegler Director
Cyril L. Kegler of Cedar Rapids, president of the Bishop Stoddard Cafeteria Co., was elected a director of the National Restaurant Association at its Chicago meeting. Glycerine, the slippery element in hand lotions, is used for making high powered explosives.
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Cyril L. Kegler
Cedar Rapids
Bishop Stoddard Cafeteria Company
National Restaurant Association
Chicago
Looks Like Trouble for Gen Francisco Franco
LAP War Analyst Dewitt Diackenzie outlines a new crisis as a strong Spanish republican movement plans a revolt against Generalissimo Franco. Moscow radio urges Spaniards to rise, exiled republicans in France form a 40 000 strong union, and raiding has begun. The piece notes Franco’s reliance on Germany and Italy and possible shifts if Russia increases aid.
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Franco
Moscow
Russia
Germany
Italy
France
Toulouse
Spanish National Union
Hitler
Mussolini
Washington
London
Axis
Spanish Territory Aides in German Front Line Actions
Moscow notes repeatedly that Spanish troops operate within occupied areas and fight alongside German forces on the Russian front. The arrangement raises concerns about allegiance and strategic aims as Soviet reporting highlights embedded Spanish units and shared operations.
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Fluefo Flases
Krebs Flower Shop
Third Avenue SE
Restaurant Association
Kegler
HG Fussell
Nassau
West Indies
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Coca-Cola
the Co
Gen. Franco
Dewitt Diackenzie
Ious
Craemer's Millinery
Coats
the Chesterfield
Oakdale
Hi-Teen's Department
Moeie
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