Wallace Pauses in Des Moines Urges Voters to Back Democracy
The ice president pauses for rest in Des Moines and says he will not take part in local politics this year while urging voters to turn out. He emphasizes voting for leaders who will win the war and address postwar economic issues, warning against overstepping into local matters. The piece contrasts wartime leadership needs with peacetime cautions and notes a looming risk of another congressional election. It also covers farm labor shortages and a critic’s take on a horn enforcement campaign in Iowa.
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Wallace
Des Moines
Washington
America
Congress
Nent
State Superintendent of Public Safety
Iowa
Reds Retake Streets in Stalingrad
Soviet forces recaptured several streets in Stalingrad in a midnight communique while a northern counter-offensive dented German siege lines. Reports say a German auto rifle company was wiped out after encirclement as Soviet reserves including women battalions aided the defense.
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Moscow
INS
Stalingrad
Volga
Don
Voronezh
Joseph Stalin
A&a
Collins Company Receives Army Navy E Pennant
Collins Radio plant in Cedar Rapids raised the Army Navy E pennant after being named an outstanding war effort. About 4 000 people watched as the banner flew beside the Stars and Stripes. Local officials, Gen Grahl, Lt Comdr Bloom, and others spoke of the plant’s wartime production.
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Edar Rapids
Collins Radio Company
Thirty-fifth Street
Army
Navy
J. M. Bloom
Iowa City
Charles H. Grahl
Frank Hahn
Arthur A. Collins
Hanford
American Legion
Collins Radio Plant
Army Navy
Comdr. Bloom
E. A. Lofquist
Ninth Naval District
Cedar Rapids
Collins
Baldridge
Andrew Coleman
Roy W. Decker
Fire Kills Six in Colusa Downtown Blaze
Six people died in a downtown Colusa building fire Saturday. The blaze of undetermined origin swept through a block, trapping occupants and destroying the structure. Local authorities investigated the cause while residents mourned the losses.
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Colusa
Calif
Ins
Finland seeks end to fighting if security guaranteed
The Finnish legation in Washington states Finland wants to cease fighting as soon as threats to its existence are averted and lasting security is guaranteed. It says no peace proposal was ever made by Soviet Russia, and that Finland fights to preserve its democratic way of life and independence.
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Washington
Finland
Legation
Russia
State Department
Sumner Welles
Hjalmiar .J. Procope
Soviet Union
Welles
Procope
Indian harbors converted into naval bases
New York dispatch reports a British radio broadcast recorded by United Press saying all major Indian harbors have been turned into naval bases. The main ports named are Bombay Karachi Madras and Calcutta.
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New York
Admiralty
India
United Press
Bombay
Karachi
Madras
Calcutta
Crises Hit Nazi Control in Norway and France Area
Anti Nazi unrest spreads in occupied France and Norway. Paris reports mass deportations of non Jewish French to Poland and Silesia. In Norway a 350000-strong labor resignation thwarted Vidkun Quisling’s coup plans, threatening his regime as Hitler contemplates removal. Axis troubles extend to the Balkans with Yugoslav partisans using captured gear.
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Germany
France
Norway
Paris
Poland
Silesia
London
Vidkun Quisling
Quisling
Adolf Hitler
Axis
Balkans
Draja Mihailovitch
Patriot Army
Tin Can Drive Gains Momentum in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids drive led by L. D. Burgus targets 45 tons monthly. Last week’s pickups doubled from the start. many cans are now properly prepared though some lack two-ended opening. Civilian Defense helps educate housewives on correct prep and collects noncompliant addresses for outreach.
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Cedar Rapids
L. D. Burgus
Civilian
Defense Office
Civilian Defense Office
Bob Vlach
Nazis Drop Fire Bombs on Britain Near Northeast Coast
German planes scattered incendiaries near an inland town on the northeast coast of England early today. Most bombs fell in open fields. One German plane was shot down over Britain Saturday night.
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London
England
Britain
Conde Nast, N Y Publisher, Is Dead
Conde Nast, the New York publisher, died here Saturday night at age 68. He was nationally known for his publishing work.
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Conde Nast
N.Y
New York
INS
Temperature in Cedar Rapids Remains Nearly Flat All Day
The Cedar Rapids temperature stayed almost stationary Saturday. Over 13 hours the red line at Chambers Inskeep varied by no more than two degrees, from a low of 56 at 8 am to 57 by 11 am, then to 57 at 2:30 pm and 6:30 pm before edging back to 57 at 7 pm.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Mercury
Roosevelt Sends Regrets to Legion
President Roosevelt telegrammed the American Legion to say he cannot attend its national convention. He expressed appreciation for the Legion’s support of the nation’s war policy and offered his regrets.
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Kansas City
Roosevelt
American Legion
Von Kleist Killed in Action in Caucasus
The Russians announced that Field Marshal Ewald von Kleist 61 commander of the first German tank army was killed in the Mozdok area of the Caucasus. He led German forces from the Ukraine through the Don and Donets regions and commanded tank forces that captured Rostov last November before losing it to the Russians shortly after.
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Moscow
Ewald von Kleist
Mozdok
Caucasus
von Kleist
Ukraine
Don
Donets
Rostov
Fuel Oil Rationing Denies Furnaces Converted to Coal
The Office of Price Administration said apartment houses and commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings in 30 states that can convert their furnaces to coal but fail to do so will lose heating fuel oil rations this winter. No new oil burner or conversion since June 1, 1942 will be eligible. OPA deputy Paul M. O’Leary stressed the urgent need to switch and noted coal-conversion is allowed, with 2,850,175 oil heated homes in the 1940 census portion of the rationed area and Iowa oil heating at 8.9 percent.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
Pauls M. O'Leary
OPA
O'Leary
Iowa
Bomb Jnp Bases In New Guinea
Allied aircraft pounded Lae in New Guinea in a coordinated attack with medium bombers and attack planes striking dispersal areas and supply installations. Eight tons of bombs were dropped with no interceptions as fighters hit Buna airfield and silenced an anti aircraft emplacement.
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MacArthur
Australia
Japanese New Guinea
Lae
Owen Stanley
Port Moresby
Buna
Car Taunique
Allied Seizure of Dakar Hinted by Army Journal
The Army and Navy Journal suggested that Nazi designs on Dakar could drive Allied action to seize the French African colony. It cited Dakar near Brazil as a gateway for Axis attacks on South America and argued US troops in Africa show a stake Berlin and Rome worry about. The State Department offered no knowledge of any move and did not endorse the journal’s forecast. The piece links Madagascar occupation to securing sea routes to the Near East and India and notes Vichy fear of American seizure of Caribbean territories.
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Berlin
Stalingrad
Mozdok
mid-Caucasus
Grozny
Red
Voronezh
Washington
INS
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Army and Navy
Saturday Night
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Britain
Brazil
United States
Africa
Rome
State Department
Department
Army
Navy Journal
Martinique
Caribbean
Foreign Affairs
Petain
U. S
Madagascar
Egypt
Near East
India
Vichy
Two Japanese Battleships Reported Hit by U S Forces
Washington reports that Army flying fortresses aided by naval air units attacked in the Solomons. Possible hits on two battleships were noted as Japanese forces attempted to support a failed Guadalcanal landing. Reinforcements and supplies reportedly reached U S forces, with further raids on Rekata bay and Gizo island.
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Washington
Solomons
Navy
U. S
Guadalcanal
Tulagi
South Pacific
Rekata Bay
Gizo Island
Purple Heart To Go To All Killed And Wounded Army Men
The Purple Heart will be awarded to all army personnel killed or wounded by enemy action. Posthumous awards will go to relatives of those who die in any army capacity, and all wounded who require medical treatment will receive the decoration.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Army Reaches Four Million Men in U S Army Report
Washington AP reports Major General James A. Ulio adjutant general states the army alone has expanded to 4,000,000 men in a Saturday report on methods for assigning soldiers.
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Washington
James A. Ulio
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