American Airmen Bomb Japs Across Central China In Major Raids
United States airmen, supporting Chinese forces, hit Japanese headquarters at Nanchang and attacked lines along the Lingtze Hankow channel. They sank seven steamers, damaged others, and set vessels aflame on Lake Poyang while strafing trains and blasting rail stations and warehouses. Stilwell's headquarters announced the raids and reported high combat success with only one American plane missing.
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Chungking
China
United States
Nanchang
Lingtze-Hankow
Lake Poyang
Kiangsi
Hupeh
Joseph W. Stilwell
Kweilin
Chekiang
Sky Dragons
United States Army Air Forces
Kinhwa
Japan
Stilwell
Hunan
Kwangsi
Lanchi
Min River
Foochow
Fukien
Canton-Nanchang-Hankow
Flying Tigers
War Scrap Drive and Rubber Shortage in Wartime Iowa
The Cedar Rapids and national outlets urge stronger scrap metal collection with price incentives to motivate dealers. A local tire conservation program launches inspections to stretch rubber amid shortages. Debates rise over federal sales taxes, draft age, and wartime taxation, while medical staff warn of doctor shortages as more Cedar Rapids doctors join the war effort. Willkie visits Egypt to spotlight the Mediterranean front and its home front relevance.
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Cedar Rapids
Pee Senate Finance Committee
Washington
Congress
Egypt
Wendell Willkie
Mediterranean
Herbert Hoover
France Cuts Coffee Blend to Twenty Percent Mix
Dagwood style notes from Paris show France reducing the maximum coffee mixture to 20 percent and listing 16 possible additives such as acorns Jerusalem artichoke pulp and chicory to blend with real coffee.
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Dagwood
Vichy
France
Jerusalem
Before Labor Day Rent Ads Bring Quick Results
Local rental tips urge advertising before Labor Day as peak rental days. Mrs. A Struck reports 53 phone calls and a quick rental after placing a for rent ad for 531 14th St SE offering 4 rooms, furnished, private bath, entry, fridge, and laundry. Dial 2-1121 to place Saturday ads. Sunday close by 6 p.m.
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A. Struck
14Th St, SE
Col Robert E. Jones Named Coe ROT C Instructor
Col Robert E. Jones, recently in Costa Rica as head of the U S military mission, becomes professor of military science and tactics at Coe College. He replaces Lieut Col F M Flanagan as assignment for the next post. Jones has 33 years in service with prior ROTC posts at Northwestern UC Montana and West Point.
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Robert E. Jones
United States
Costa Rica
Coe College
F. M. Flanagan
Col. Jones
Philippine Islands
France
England
Germany
Nicaragua
Northwestern University
University of California
University of Montana
Central America
West Point
Chestertown
St. John’s College
Annapolis
Cedar Rapids Sees Cold Night With Cool Highs Ahead
Cedar Rapids reports its coolest night in weeks with a low of 50 after a 55 degree midnight reading. By afternoon, temperatures reached 72 with 49 percent humidity. Friday night into Saturday morning expected warmer.
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Cedar Rapids
Stalingrad Braces Under Massive Nazi Assault
Soviet defenders urged to turn Stalingrad into a Red Verdun as Nazi forces drive deep into the northwest and southwest approaches. Berlin reports said the advance guard reached western suburbs aided by heavy armor and up to 1,000 dive bombers, with fresh divisions in action along the half moon front. Red Star warned of unprecedented fury as panzers and bombers strike, while Soviet units conduct counterattacks and consolidate new lines despite heavy losses.
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Moscow
Stalingrad
Volga
Verdun
Red Army
Red Star
Red Verdun
Berlin
Caucasus
Hitler
Kerch
Crimea
Black Sea
Tzvestia
Kletskaya
United States Army
RAF
Rommel
Italy
Cedar Rapids Property Levy to Drop 2.4 Mills
Cedar Rapids property taxes are set to fall next year with a 2.4 mill levy reduction from 44.1 to 41.7 mills. City Assessor J F Scolaro cites new high net assessed valuation, elimination of the state levy, and maintained equalization of tangible and intangible property as key factors. The net total valuation reached 60,503,500 with an estimated 2.41 mill decline translating to about $2.41 per $1,000 of assessed value, improving taxpayer footing despite higher asking by city and schools offset by county needs.
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Cedar Rapids
J F. Scolaro
Scolaro
George A. Wilson
Fred Dow
Six Chicagoans Indicted for Treason in Nazi Plot
A federal grand jury indicted six Chicagoans three men and three women on treason charges for allegedly aiding Herbert Haupt in Nazi sabotage efforts. The indictments cite 41 overt acts as they detail alleged support for the Haupt network._NAMES Haupt and relatives are listed in the charging documents.
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Chicago
United States
Otto Richard Wergin
Out on the Acres premieres Sunday on Farm Page
The Cedar Rapids Gazette announces the continuation of Out on the Acres, a rural opinion feature conducted by Ray Anderson, Farm Editor. The piece gathers Eastern Iowa farmers' views on the war, taxes, price ceilings, and the election, and will run starting Sunday.
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Cedar Rapids
Recruitment of Women for War Jobs Is Spurred
War Manpower Chief Paul V. McNutt announced that by end of 1943 about 1 in 6 women over 18 not yet employed will join the labor force, with 4.5 million in 1942 rising to 6 million by 1943, totaling 18 million women employed nationwide. He created a 12 member women policy committee led by Margaret A. Hickey to advise on recruiting and training.
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WPB
Donald Nelson
Nelson
Washington
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Margaret A. Hickey
St Loui
National Federation of Business and Professional Womens Clubs
McNult
War Manpower Commission
Commission
Rommel Falls Back as Allied Pressure Rises at El Alamein
Allied forces pressed Rommel along the El Alamein front in Egypt with heavy air power and bombardments. British GHQ reported Rommel's main concentration shifted westward while Axis claims of advantage conflicted with Allied gains and retreat rumors.
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Erwin
Cedar Rapids Banks and Offices Close on Labor Day
Cedar Rapids banks the post office all federal county and city offices the US employment service office and most stores will close on Labor Day next. A morning mail delivery will be sent to plants working on defense contracts and a city wide mail pickup is set for 5 p.m.
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Cedar Rapids
US Employment Service Office
Robert T. Lubbock
Yanks Tighten Solomons Hold as Ships Are Sunk
American forces intensified their grip on the Solomon Islands with the destruction of five Japanese ships and eight aircraft. Allied communiqués from MacArthur’s headquarters and the navy report periodic enemy landings halted, subs sinking five ships and damaging three more while air raids target Salamaua and Kokoda areas.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Southwest Pacific
General MacArthur
Navy Department
New Guinea
Solomons
United States
Japan
MacArthur
Salamaua
Japanese New Guinea
Upper Solomons
Guadalcanal
Santa Isabel Island
Press Acts on Nelsons Urgent Scrap Salvage Plan
Washington reporters agreed to lead a nationwide scrap metal drive urged by WPB Chair Nelson and Gen Somervell. Industry leaders warned of looming steel mill shutdowns while pledging to mobilize abandoned rails and bridges to meet a 17 million ton six month target.
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Washington
WPB
Donald M. Nelson
Brehon Somervell
Army
Supp
Nelson
Somervell
R W Woolcott
Tokens Steel Company
Woolcott
Chicago
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Youngstown
Walter Mc Dear
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Nebraska
Omaha World- Herald
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India
Alaska
America
Arctic Circle
Associated Press
U. S. Army
Harry Boyd
Succeeds Flanagan
Coe R.O.T.C
Cedar Rapids News
Jack Illian
AP Dispatches
Europe
Kieta
Kokoda
Port Moresby
Milne Bay
Russia
Australia
United Nations
S. M. Robinson
Navy
S Bureau of
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