Valve Off At Cargill Sprinkler System Failure Blamed for Mill Fire
Fire Chief E P Kohout disclosed that a shutoff valve outside the Cargill soybean mill prevented any water from reaching the dry pipe sprinkler system, allowing a spectacular quarter million dollar blaze to destroy the plant. Mill superintendent T Mackey and helper M Dodge confirmed the valve had been shut during repairs, and despite warehouse sprinklers operating, the main system failed due to the closed valve.
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E. P. Kohout
Kohout
Byron D. Faulkner
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T. Mackey
M. W.dodge
Odge
Mackey
Riga Falls to Red Army in Baltic Victory Rally
Soviet Third and Second Baltic armies captured Riga Latvia as Berlin acknowledged new Red threats to East Prussia. Latvian troops under Maj. Gen. Brantkam joined the victory salute of 324 guns in Moscow. German forces face possible surrender as Soviets push toward Libau and Windau with Liepaja in reach.
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Riga
Berlin
East Prussia
Belgrade
Budapest
Red Army
Ivan I. Maslennikov
Third Baltic Army
Andrei I. Yeremenko
Brantkam
Moscow
Liepaja
Latvia
Narew River
Warsaw
Rozan
Tilsit
Roosevelt declines to speak at Herald Tribune forum
President Roosevelt refuses an invitation to address the concluding session of the New York Herald Tribune forum while Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will speak on foreign policy with the topic This Must be the Last War. White House press officials cited the Democratic National Chairman for reasons and noted the telegram declining the invitation was brief.
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White House
Roosevelt
New York Herald Tribune
Thomas E. Dewey
Stephen Early
Robert E. Hannegan
New York
Mild Weekend Expected in Cedar Rapids Area
Cedar Rapids forecast calls for fair skies and moderate weekend temperatures with highs near 76 degrees in the afternoon and mild nights. The city reached 69 degrees by 2:30 p.m. with humidity around 30 percent, marking a trend away from freezing lows earlier in the week.
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Cedar Rapids
Important Chinese Town Falls to Japs
Chungking reports Kweiping a southern Kwangsi town has fallen to swift Japanese forces. Defenders were killed to the last man, according to the Chinese high command on Saturday night.
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Kweiping
Kwangsi Province
Hungary Accepts Preliminary Allied Armistice Terms
London reports quote a Bulgarian source that Hungary agreed to the preliminary conditions for an Allied armistice. The Paris radio relayed the unattributed Bulgarian report indicating Budapest has accepted the initial terms.
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Hungary
London
Paris
Bulgaria
Three Killed Six Injured in Crash
In Council Bluffs nine high school youths returning from a football game were in a car accident. Three youths Don Bryant Barbara Oyster and Dean Hargis were killed. Six were injured including Floyd Keim Jean Vanderpool Dale Follett and Dan Reinert all listed in serious to critical condition. The oil station sign pole was shattered and found atop the vehicle.
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Council Bluffs
Don Bryant
Barbara Oyster
Dean Hargis
Floyd Keim
Jean Vanderpool
Dale Follett
Dan Reinert
Bill Clinenbeard
Norman Olson
2200 Bomber Raid on Reich Targets Deep in Germany
London dispatch reports more than 2200 American and British heavy bombers with 1100 fighters attacked Cologne Duisburg and nearby targets. Over 4500 tons of bombs fell on Duisburg railways inland port and industry while Cologne rail yards and freight facilities were hit by US air forces. Fourteen British bombers were lost with great damage reported at Duisburg.
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Germany
Cologne
Duisberg
Reich
United States
Saarbrucken
Kaiserahenseen
Western Front
United States Bombers Hit German Silesia and Czech Targets
U S Fortresses and Liberators returned to German Silesia Saturday, blasting a synthetic oil refinery at Bleχhamer 75 miles southeast of Breslau and another plant at Odental while other heavy bombers struck communications in Czechoslovakia. Escort fighters included Mustangs and Lightnings.
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United States
German Silesia
Blechhamer
Breslau
Ordetal
Czechoslovakia
Asi
Vienna
Thirteenth Car Derails on Friday at 13th Avenue
On a Friday afternoon about 3 45 the brake beam on the thirteenth car of a 47 car Rock Island freight derailed on Thirteenth avenue and Fourth street SE. The mishap bent rails and toppled two cars, delaying Rock Island Red Ball freight No 99 by about four hours. O Q Johnson trainmaster estimated damage at 200 to 300 dollars.
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Fourth Street
Twelfth
Thirteenth Avenues
Rock Island
Allies Take Corfu as German garrison Surrenders
Allied troops capture Corfu after a German garrison of 60 men surrenders without firing a shot. Albanian partisans seize Delvino above Sarande, closing coastal escape routes. Corfu Sarande and Delvino fall disrupt Nazi supply lines and indicate reduced German value of these routes. Allied HQ gives no new mainland details.
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Corfu
Ionian Sea
Delvino
Sarande
Porto Edda
Greece
Autopsy Links Heiress Murder to Strangling Towel
Hollywood report says Georgette Bauerdorf, 20, oil heiress, was strangled by a towel forced down her throat. Autopsy surgeon Frank Webb noted a nine inch towel fragment in her mouth and four inches down her throat with no drowning signs. Witnesses place timing between her Hollywood Canteen shift and death.
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Georgette Bauerdorf
Frank R. Webb
Miss Bauerdorf
Dr. Webb
Stella Adler
Virginia Weidler
Civilians Flee Aachen As Allied Drive Continues
Allied forces pressed house to house in Aachen as German civilians streamed to American lines. Doughboys, using flamethrowers and grenades, cleared pillboxes while strikes on reinforcements slowed any German counterattacks.
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Holland
Zuid Beveland
Walcheren
Schelder
Berle Says Dewey Plays Dishonest Campaign Tactics
Adolf A. Berle Jr, assistant secretary of state, charged that Gov. Thomas E. Dewey is making a surprisingly dishonest effort to depict the Roosevelt administration as seeking a Communist system. Berle released a letter to the President claiming Dewey paraphrased a 1939 memo to misrepresent policy and accused him of selective quotation in his Oklahoma City speech and related statements.
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Adolf A. Berle, Jr
Thomas E. Dewey
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White House
Berle
Dewey
Charleston
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Western Hemisphere
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H. H. Arnold
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Major B 29 raid hits Okayama Formosa in bold carrier surge
A massive B 29 Superfortress force attacked Okayama on Formosa from bases in China, delivering a high confidence visual bombing run. The larger raid followed carrier strikes that sunk or damaged numerous Japanese ships and aircraft, as part of a wide Pacific campaign pushing toward the Philippines.
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Okayama
Japan
Formosa
Twentieth Bomber Command
China
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Ryukyu Islands
Pescadores
Luzon
Philippines
Marc A.mitscher
Chester W. Nimitz
Firemen Called to Third Fire in Week
Cedar Rapids firemen were sent out at 9 45 p m Friday to extinguish a blaze at the one story home of John B Calvert 916 Eleventh street NE The fire caused considerable damage in two rooms and to the back porch an oil heater explosion started the fire during Fire Prevention week
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Cedar Rapids
John B. Calvert
Small Gains by Allies in Italy Drive Push
Rome AP reports British and American units aided by low-flying fighters and bombers made small gains Friday in the Po valley. Fifth Army seized hills south of Bologna while Eighth Army advanced to push the Germans back in the eastern sector.
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Fifth Army
Bologna
Eighth Army
Payment Deadline For Special Taxes Oct 19 City Hall
Special taxes for sidewalk repair snow removal rubbish removal weed cutting and street oiling are due at the city treasurer’s office on the fifth floor of City Hall. Treasurer Walter E Miller reminded the public Saturday. Deadline is Oct 19. Assessments will be certified to the county auditor and spread over the tax rolls after that date.
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Cedar Rapids
Walter E. Miller
Miller
Quisling Rumored Dead as Reports Reach London
London datelined report cites Swedish and German sources saying Vidkun Quisling, head of the Nazi puppet government in Norway, was dying after a heart attack linked to heavy drinking. A second dispatch mentions Morgentidningen noting rumors he died of a stroke.
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Stockholm
Daily Mail
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Maj
Vidkun Quisling
Morgentidningen
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