Cedar Rapids Wins Authorization for Airport in Wartime Plan
A Cedar Rapids airport project has been authorized in Washington after a $325,000 local bond issue. Officials expect it to serve military needs while also meeting future commercial needs, as part of the national defense program. The piece notes draft board policies, deferment plans, and the push to conserve resources, including rubber and gas, amid wartime priorities. It also highlights National Dog Week and 700 dogs serving with the armed forces, with a target of 2,000 more dogs for training by year’s end.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington
National Defense
Army
Cedar Rapids Airport May Be Used For Bombers
Washington reports Cedar Rapids airport plans include three 5 000 to 6 000 foot runways and class four status. It may be used by the army and navy for bomber training and possible war activity as approval proceeds. Senator Herring and Rep Jacobsen note FAA and military certificates. final approval expected soon.
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Washington
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Air Forces
William S. Jacobsen
Iowa
Inter-Departmental
Aircraft Control Committee
Secretaries of the Navy, War and Commerce
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Secretary of War
Stimson
Clyde Herring
Army Air Forces
Herring
War and Navy Departments
C.A.A
War Department
Navy Department
Army
Navy
Jacobsen
United Nations
Dieppe raid cost Canada two thirds of its force
Ottawa disclosed that two thirds of the Canadian troops used at Dieppe on August 19 were killed wounded or missing. 5 000 Canadians took part with 3 350 casualties. The defense ministry called the price heavy but said the operation yielded vital information for the UN offensive.
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Ottawa
Dieppe
Defense
J. L. Ralston
United Nations
Ralston
English Channel
No. 3 Commando
Berneval
Royal Regiment of Canada
Puits
Cedar Rapids Airport Recommendation Reaches City Officials
Congressman Jacobsen notified Mayor Frank Hahn and Chamber of Commerce President E M Pinney that the inter departmental air traffic control board has recommended Cedar Rapids for an airport. Pinney praised months of aviation committee work and the bond election committee while highlighting A L Taylor's pivotal role.
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Jacobsen Friday
Frank Hahn
Chamber of Commerce
E. M. Pinney
Air Traffic Control Board
Cedar Rapids
Pinney
Aviation Committee
A. L. Taylor
Chamber
U S Questions Japan on Prisoner Treatment
Washington dispatch reports the United States: via the Swiss government, asks Japan if it will honor the international agreement on humane treatment of war prisoners. Navy vows to implement absentee voting provisions for naval, marine corps, and coast guard members.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Navy
Naval, Marine Corps and
Coast Guard
Jap Fleet Bound for Solomons Signals Pacific Clash
CHUNGKING (UP) Reports say Japan sent four of its six battleships into the South Pacific to threaten the U S fleet and push Americans from the Solomons. Chinese sources tie the move to Hirohito and Tojo cabinet talks on critical strategic questions amid fears over the Solomons and potential Siberia action.
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Chungking
Japan
South Pacific
U S
Solomons
Tokio
Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
Siberia
Tojo
Massayuki Tani
Board of Information
U S Parachutists Train in Britain
American army headquarters says a force of parachute troops has been in Britain for some time undergoing intensive training. They are among the most rigorously trained fighting men, with most units drawn from southern states east of the Mississippi. The force is commanded by Lieut. Col. Edson D. Raff, New York.
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London
Britain
Mississippi
Edson D. Raff
New York
Senate Committee Sets Sept 15 as Basis for Stabilization
The Senate Banking and Currency Committee tentatively fixes Sept 15 as the general basis for stabilization of prices wages and salaries rather than Aug 15 The action allows farm prices to rise slightly while wages remain largely unchanged The committee also contemplates applying the little steel wage formula limiting wage increases to 15 percent above January 1941 levels CIO President Philip Murray warns the formula would freeze wages and hurt worker morale
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Washington
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Brown
D-Mich
House Banking Committee
Senate
Steagall
Dala
House Agriculture Committees
Senate Banking Committee
War Labor Board
CIO
Philip Murray
Letter Writer Tells Why He Wrecked Train
An anonymous letter claims responsibility for an attempted wreck of the Burlington Denver Zephyr near Nodaway Iowa. The writer vows future violence while criticizing train travelers and war bond spending. FBI reward of 500 dollars offered for arrest and conviction. no injuries or derailment occurred.
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Omaha
Burlington
Denver Zephyr
Nodaway
Omaha World-Herald
FBI
James Dalton
Iowa
Creston
Dalton
the World-Herald
Us.a
U.S.A
Cooler Weather Forecast For Cedar Rapids Area
Cedar Rapids and surrounding region expect showers and thunderstorms tonight with significantly cooler air through Saturday forenoon and strong winds. Friday recorded a morning low around 71 and afternoon high near 80, with humidity about 78 percent and a late week high of 84.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
National Dog Week Begins Sunday
Gazette Want Ads invite dog owners and sellers in Eastern Iowa to place ads. Over 44 000 reader households receive daily notices. ads cost as low as 28 cents a day on a 7 day order. Contact The Cedar Rapids Gazette at 2 1121 or mail from outside Cedar Rapids.
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Iowa
Gazette
Sunday Gazette
Cedar Rapids
American Subs Sink Four More Jap Ships
Far ranging American submarines struck Japanese supply lines, sinking four ships and damaging four others in Far Eastern operations. Two large freighters, a medium freighter, and a small patrol boat were sunk while several large vessels were damaged.
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Washington
Solomon Islands
Navy
Pearl Harbor
South Pacific
Dutch East Indies
Ruml Sees Tax Plan Passing Despite Senate Setback
Beardsley Ruml, chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, forecast at the New England Council meeting that his pay as you go income tax plan remains alive. He argued it would be introduced on the floor of Congress and could reappear after elections if killed, with revival in 1943. the plan had just been rejected by the senate finance committee.
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Boston
Beardsley Ruml
Senate Finance Committee
Ruml
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
New England Council
Congress
Congressman's Death Shocks Washington in 54th Year
Washington AP reports Representative Frank Buck Democrat of California died Thursday night at age 54. Buck served in Congress and was a prominent party figure. No further details were provided in the fragment.
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Washington
Frank Buck
D-Calif
U S raids Buna base as Australians advance new Guinea
American fighter planes struck Buna, a supply base near MacArthur’s headquarters, destroying or damaging 15 barges and setting dumps ablaze. The attack aimed to relieve Australian forces near Ioribaiwa as Japanese pressure eased briefly in the Owen Stanley area.
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MacArthur
Australia
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Buna
Ioribaiwa
Owen Stanley
Japanese push toward Port Moresby reaches Owen Stanley crest
Melbourne dispatch cites Australian war correspondent F C Folkard reporting Japanese troops in New Guinea have reached the 2000 foot contour on the Port Moresby side of the Owen Stanley range. They are less than three days from Port Moresby and better supplied than Australian forces, aided by native porter labor as they descend steep ridges toward the motor road.
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Melbourne
New Guinea
Port Moresby
Owen Stanley
Efog
Kokoda
F C Folkard
Melbourne Herald
Cedar Rapids Airport Gains National Backing and City Promise
Washington announced the federal government will build an airport on land Cedar Rapids voters agreed to provide. The city has pursued an aeroplane station since 1918, funded largely by private donors and New Deal programs, with the Chamber of Commerce raising funds for the current field.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington, D. C
New Deal Works
Civil Works Administration
Chamber of Commerce
Last Ditch Rally Hurls Nazis Back At Stalingrad
Soviet forces launched a counteroffensive to stave off Field Marshal von Bock’s assault in Stalingrad. Red Army advances forced German retreat in northwest sectors as thousands of Siberian troops moved into the 25 day battle.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Stalingrad
Volga
Steel
Moscow
Stalin
Tass
Hitler
Berlin
Red Star
Fedor von Bock
Red Army
A. A
Don
Voronezh
Grozny
Caucasus
Mozdok
Black Sea
Novorossisk
Red Marines
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