War時 land seizures and 1943 Community Chest shift tackled
City negotiators seek friendly deals for airport land amid wartime sacrifice. Officials weigh compensation ethics as wartime needs loom. The 1943 Community Chest merges with war relief campaigns to streamline funding. The House Civil Service Committee, led by Rep Rams, to probe government payrolls amid war-time shortages.
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House of Representatives
Civil Service
Congress
Alrendy
Rep. Rams
Georgia
War Chest Drive Opens In November With 179272 Goal
Cedar Rapids launches the 1943 Community War Chest drive in mid November combining the Community Chest and United War Fund campaigns. The goal is 179272 to be split evenly between Chest and War Fund with campaign costs shared. after funds are allocated each committee will operate separately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nital War Service
Rosevelt
Cedar Rapids News
Community Chest
War Fund
Public Welfare Bureau
War Appeals Coordinating Committee
United War Fund
Community War Chest
War Relief
Goal Committee
Figures show civilian payrolls surpass armed forces
Time figures indicate civilian federal state and local payrolls rise sharply since World War I era. If accurate, more people may be on civilian payrolls than in the armed forces, a claim fueling debate on wartime economics and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Time Magazine
U S Convoy Reaches Britain After Submarine Chase
A large U S convoy arrived safely in a British port after four days of evading German U boats. Air cover from United States Navy planes, the British Navy, and RAF coastal command kept torpedoes at bay. Catalinas Liberators and Hudsons patrolled as U boats multiplied and were spotted. two subs were bombed, crashing dives prevented torpedo attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Air Ministry
United States Navy
British Navy
RAF Coastal Command
Atlantic
Iceland
Gas Rationing to Consider Farm Distances in Midwest Plans
Rubber Director William M. Jeffers said rationing will start Nov 22 in the Midwest and West to get men to work and farmers to town. He noted longer travel and less public conveyances than the Atlantic states and urged civilians to limit driving before rationing begins. Synthetic tires may ease civilian travel by 1944, with full civilian tire supply later, he said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William M. Jeffers
Midwest
West
Seaboard
Jeffers
Central States
Wene
Akron
Malta Raids Screen Axis Reinforcement Movement
Rome Radio says Malta’s defenders shot down eight Axis planes Saturday, bringing monthly total to 115 in the Mediterranean air battles described as shielding reinforcements to North Africa. The RAF reports 23 Spitfires lost with eight pilots safe as Axis sea traffic to North Africa faces U.S. bomber pressure and British submarines claim heavy tolls.
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Cairo
Malta
Mediterranean
Rome
North
Africa
R.A.F
Egypt
North Africa
Rommel
United States
Bengali
Five Owners Open Talks on Koenigsmark Airport Site
Five of nine landowners on the Koenigsmark airport site agreed to negotiate sale to the city in a conference with City Solicitor Don Hines. Two owners refused offers and two others had not yet been contacted. condemnation may follow if negotiations fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koenigsmark Airport
Frank Hahn
Hahn
Don Hines
L. D. Dennis
Kilberger
Cedar Rapids
Wendl Kilberger
Ernest
Edwin Trachta
Frank Trachta
D Street
Trachtas
Dennis
Hines
Ernest Trachta
American Troops Arrive in Liberia
United States troops reached Liberia and RAF patrols began. The German consul general and staff were expected to be expelled. President Barclay was seen moving toward aligning with the United Nations as a Roosevelt representative met him in Monrovia. RAF planes patrolled the South Atlantic to counter U boat activity near West and South Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INL
United States
Liberia
Reuter
Monrovia
Little Negro Republic
Dakar
Edwin J. Barclay
United Nations
Roosevelt
Barclay
South Atlantic
West
South Africa
Key Scrap Metal Movie Day Next Saturday in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids hosts Key Scrap Movie Day next Saturday at 10 am with ten pounds of scrap or five keys admitting to special programs at Iowa State Palace Times Strand or Rialto theaters. Trucks donated by Henry Haegg will park outside each theater for check in and tickets. The Paramount will feature James Cagney and Pat O’Brien in a brisk air story with sports reel and Merrie Melody cartoon. The State features Hopalong Cassidy with William Boyd plus a comedy short and Popeye cartoon. The Palace will show Jackie Cooper in an Aldrich family tale with selected shorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Iowa
State
Palace
Times
Strand
Rialto
Henry Haegg
Civilian Defense
Paramount Theater
A. H. Talbot
James Cagney
Pat O’brien
Hopalong Cassidy
William Boyd
Hollywood
Aldrich
Jackie Cooper
Costello fears Navy grandstand play in Solomon Islands
Rep. John M. Costello charged in the House that the Navy was trying a grandstand move in the Solomon Islands without Army ground and air force aid. He urged a coordinated Southwest Pacific strategy as Army arrivals arrived in the Solomons, though he did not clarify the link to recent announcements.
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Washington
John M. Costello
D-Calif
House
Navy
Solomon Islands
Costello
Southwest Pacific
Guadalcanal
Solomons
Henry L. Stimson
Seron
Three Die in Auto Crash at Sigourney
Three young people from Delta Iowa were killed in a crash on highway 19 one mile west of Sigourney Saturday night. Ward Dawson died at the scene Ruth Rohlhoff died en route to a hospital and Mrs Rex Rogers died later in a Sigourney hospital.
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Sigourney (Ap
Delta
Highway
Here
C. V. Banes
Keokuk County
Banes
Ward Dawson
Ruth Rohloff
Rex Rogers
Sigourney
Planes Aid Stalingrad Defenders
Soviet forces on the northern Stalingrad front repelled German infantry and tanks in one sector while Mar shal Semyon Timoshenko’s relief offensive pressed the German left flank northwest of the city. The Red air fleet supported defense by weakening German air formations and ground positions as heavy fighting continued south along the Terek river and near Grozny oil fields.
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Moscow
Red Army
Stalingrad
Volga
Don
Semyon Timoshenko
Steel City
Red
Terek
Ozdok
Grozny
Radio
Timoshenko
Five Missing Navy Men Reported Safe
The navy announced that five personnel previously listed as missing are now reported safe but wounded. The names include Seaman Heslin F. Cardinal and next of kin Ralph Cardinal of Reno Nevada.
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Washington
INS
Navy
Heslin F. Cardinal
Ralph Cardinal
Claremont Street
Reno
Nev
Ride Sharers Eligible for Recaps
Washington authorities say motor ists regularly carrying passengers for hire are eligible for recaps. The Office of Price Administration announced Saturday that such drivers qualify for price controls and relief measures under new guidelines.
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Washington
Office of
Price Diriiteeten
Allied Bombers Hit Japanese Bases in Solomon Islands War
Allied bombers attacked air dromes at Buka Buin and Rabaul in the Solomon Islands and bombed a Japanese transport off Shortland Island. Recon planes struck enemy positions near Mubo in New Guinea as Australian jungle fighters push toward the northern Owen Stanley mountains. The communique noted Japanese withdrawals from Templeton's crossing as Australian forces advance.
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MacArthur
Australia
Shortland Island
Solomon Group
Bouganville
New Guinea
Mubo
Salamaua
Owen Stanley
Templeton
Kokoda
House Votes Teen Draft By 345 To 16
The House passed a bill to draft 18 and 19 year olds to raise up to 7.5 million soldiers in 1943. The 345 to 16 vote sent the measure to the Senate for approval and signature by President Roosevelt.
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House
Washington
Senate
Roosevelt
Army
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Delta
War Department
Td Gossett
Texas
Hamilton Fish
R-N.y
James W. Wadsworth
Rn.y
George C. Marshall
Armyhhief
Marshall
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Congressional
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Fighting French calls for open war on Vichy regime
The Fighting French urged France to meet violence with violence in open war against Vichy efforts to draft French labor for Nazi war factories. Spearheaded for Gen. Charles de Gaulle, the call urged the empire and fleet to join the cause, marking a break with prior restraint amidst unrest in Marseille Toulouse Tarbes Lyon Amberieu and other towns as German and Vichy forces clamp down.
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London
France
Vichy
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
London Times
Marseille
Toulouse
Tarbes
Hitler
Lyon
Amberieu
Legion
Times
Gestapo
Laval Forces Kill 55 in Lyon and Amberieu
London AP reports Pierre Laval’s armed forces killed 40 French men at Lyon and 15 at Amberieu with 200 wounded at each location amid crowds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pierre Laval
Lyon
Amberieu
Laval government denies Amberieu disorders report
Vichy AP report states the Laval government rejected claims of Amberieu unrest linked to the transfer of labor to Germany, issued Saturday while events unfolded over the weekend.
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VICHY
Laval
Amberieu
Germany
Allied Bombers Hit Le Creusot Arms Plants in France
British Air Ministry says Lancaster bombers carried out the largest daylight raid of the war on the Schneider cartel armament works at Le Creusot, 170 miles southwest of Paris. The mission targeted heavy guns and equipment with precise timing and was reported highly successful.
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London
le Creusot
Air Ministry
International Schneider Cartel
Paris
France
Schneider
Europe
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