Older Men to Feel Effect of Draft Speedup
The pace of the draft increases for men 22 through 25 while older eligibles face renewed or continued deferments. McNutt set March 29 to gather industry needs, with 240000 job deferments targeted to keep the armed forces at 11.3 million by July 1, and 1-A inductions unchanged for those over 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Halk
Washington
Mer
Selective Service
Paul V. McNutt
War Production Board
Army
Navy
Office of Defense Transportation
McNutt
Donald Nelson
Rep
Fulbright
D-Ark
Nelson
Congress
House Military Committee
McNut
Inter-agency
Red Cross War Fund Drive Urges County Pottawattamie Support
Five thousand soldiers and sailors from Pottawattamie County are overseas in places from New Guinea to Anzio, with some prisoners of war in Germany and others wounded. The county seeks to raise the $71,000 Red Cross war relief quota by March, noting Avoca Walnut Treynor and Bentley already above target while Council Bluffs lags about $3,000. Farmers earn good prices, businesses prosper, and March is set for the drive as residents are asked to meet expectations of service members abroad.
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Pottawattamie County
New Guinea
Anzio
India
Iceland
Germany
Red Cross
Pottawattamia County
Red Cross War Fund
Avoca
Walnut
Treynor
Bentley
Oakland
Council Bluffs
Maila
Atu
Light Vote Prediction for Council Bluffs Election
Political workers estimate Monday’s city election will draw about 7500 voters or fewer to choose a mayor, two at large aldermen, and four ward aldermen. McCall and Byers fight a tight race, with weather and gasoline shortages expected to trim turnout while precinct workers project a normal Republican vote barring late shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
W. McCall
William Byers
McCall
Byers
Henry M. Jensen
Harold C. Smith
GOP
Navy fliers arrested for stunt flying over New York
Three naval pilots Finis… Elshire 20 of Omaha Ensign Donald L Waltrous 22 of Pueblo and Ensign Norman D Satterthwaite 22 of Tacoma were arrested for stunt flying in Wildcat fighters over New York City flying under East River bridges and near skyscrapers. They are confined at Mercerfield Naval Air Facility Trenton N J awaiting disciplinary action. Weather section notes Sunday fair and warmer for Council Bluffs and Nebraska with rain or snow likely Sunday night. Hourly temps log shows 12:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. readings with a high around 42 and 3.42 inches total precipitation.
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Navy Terry Command
New York
East River
Manhattan
Third Naval District Headquarters
Robert W. Elshire
Park Avenue
Omaha
Neb
Donald L. Waltrous
Pueblo
Col
Norman D. Satterthwaite
Tacoma
Wash
U. S. Naval Air Facility
Mercerfield
Trenton
N. Vd
Navy
U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
West Portion
Nebraska
New Tax Rates Take Effect Across Many Goods
Wartime tax act boosts postal rates and consumer levies. Local letter postage rises from 2 to 3 cents, out of town to 8 cents, with higher taxes on movie tickets, telephone bills, whisky, furs, cosmetics, jewelry, luggage and electric light bulbs. Beer and bar prices face small increases. air mail rates also climb. Revenue aims to fund war efforts through higher personal and corporate taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Federal Treasury
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Washington
Continental
United States
Bartenders Cannot Cut Size of Drink Under New Tax
The OPA ruled bartenders may not cut drink size to absorb the liquor tax hike unless the price is reduced proportionally. Officials note difficulties in measuring fractional jiggers to lower tax. lifting prices by 1 to 4 cents per glass may occur. The tax rose from $6 to $9 per 100 proof gallon, effective April 1. Allied commanders shelled Pityiln Island in the Admiralties as American destroyers supported Manuss integration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Price Administration
Pityilu Island
Allied Headquarters
S Pacific
Pityiln
Red Cross Still Short Near 23000 County Drive
Red Cross war fund drive totals show county short about 28000 with roads clearing for rural canvassing. Council Bluffs nears its goal within 2000 as Walnut Avoca and Bentley report over quota. Drive to end March 21 extended until county reaches 71000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross War Fund
Council Bluffs
GL. Crawford
Walnut
Avoca
Bentley
Crawford
Woman Found Injured on Omaha Street Dies in Hospital
Miss Irene Frey, 36, a Grace Bible Institute student, died in an Omaha hospital after a week with a basal skull fracture from an unexplained accident. She was found unconscious on the street, glasses and a glove left at Twenty Fourth and Bristol. Police theorize a hit and run scenario with the driver dumping her from a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Frey
Grace Bible Institute of
Omaha
Bricker Calls for War-Time Strikes Prohibition
Ohio Governor John W. Bricker, seeking the Republican nomination, urged that a new law should prohibit strikes during war. He dismissed the national service act as an answer and said fair legislation and proper law enactment could resolve the issue. He spoke in Little Rock under Arkansas Republican committee sponsorship, then traveled to Hot Springs and planned to Oklahoma City.
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Little Rock
Ark
UPI
John W. Bricker
Ohio
National Service Act
Bricker
Republcan
Arkansas Republican State Committee
Hot Springs
Joan W. Galbreath
Columbus
Oklahoma City
Willkie Sees Right Course For GOP, Peace and Liberty
At a Waukesha Wisconsin rally on Saturday night Wendell L Willkie described the Republican party as a political resting place for millions of tired voters next fall. He argued the right course must avoid paternalistic governance and extremes of nationalism and economic Toryism. He urged embracing individual initiative economic liberalism and broad international cooperation to maintain peace when it comes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukesha
Wis
Wendell L. Willkie
Republican Party
GOP
Secret Weapon At Anzio Beach Head Revealed
Cpl. Phillip Rhiner of Avoca, Purple Heart recipient, writes to his father Cap Rhiner that the U S secret weapon at Anzio is a hidden Red Croga doughnut machine. He says soldiers savor the doughnuts and await the next batch with eagerness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AVOCA
United States
Anzio
Phillip Rhiner
Purple Heart
Cap Rhiner
Trapped Miners Dead in West Virginia Mine Blast
In Shinnston West Virginia 15 men were killed by an underground explosion at the Katharine Coal Company No 4 mine. Fire and toxic gases hindered rescue efforts as crews battled methane and carbon monoxide with a blast that charred nearby poles and cars. Only 75 miners escaped the initial surge. Recovery teams planned to enter the mine when safe, with officials warning of possible further explosions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shinnston
W. Va
Katherine Coal Company
AML Hope
West Virginia
RAF Heavy Bombers Hit German Targets
RAF heavy bombers returned from another massive raid on Berlin after dropping more than 2,800 tons of explosives. An armada of British aircraft crossed the English Channel, with over 1,000 bombers noted on Friday night operations. The force dispersed to strike continental targets, reporting varied group sizes and facing strong German defenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Royal Air Force
Berlin
English Channel
English
Santa Claus Toyshop Founder Dies in Greenwich
Leonard William Wahlstrom, 67, founder of Santa Claus Toy shop which mends toys for under privileged children, died Saturday at Greenwich Hospital. A World War I veteran, he served on the federal board for rehabilitation of disabled veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich,conn
Leonard William Wahlstrom
Santa Claus Toyshop
Greenwich Hospital
Federal Board For Rehabilitation of Disabled Veterans
Churchill to Deliver Radio Pep Talk Before Invasion
Prime Minister Churchill is expected to speak Sunday on a British American radio hookup to rally British and American resolve for the impending grand assault and to affirm United Nations unity. The 3 p.m. central war time broadcast will air on all U.S. networks regardless of London air raids. Churchill rarely uses radio for news, so this speech is likely a strong reassurance of Britain's resolve to fight alongside the Allies if Germany collapses first. The message follows his U.S. army camp tour and comes amid Burma fighting and shifting Balkans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Ring
London
Churchill
United Nations
United States
British Broadcasting Company
Britain
Japan
Germany
U.S
Burma
Balkans
Finland
Red Army
volcanic eruption death toll rises with ash collapse in Naples
Mt Vesuvius ash and dust caused roofs to fall killing 24 and raising total deaths to 26 as lava activity waned. AM.G. officials reported casualties in Salerno and Pagani, plus two children killed by a overheated underground cistern. ROTC ball at Abraham Lincoln high School featured cadet colonel George Wickman and honorary cadet colonel Dorothy Molzahn, with a long procession of cadets and their partners in the grand march.
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Naples
Mt. Vesuvius
Imbro
Royal Italian Observatory
Vesuvius
ALG
Versuvius
Am.g
Nocerna
Salerno
Pagani
Terzigno
James L. Kincaid Aaid
George Wickman
Dorothy Helen Molzahn
Abraham Lincoln High School
Col. Wickman
George A. Wickman
Military Avenue
Miss Molzhan
A. D. Molzahn
West
Washington Avenue
Lawrence Paulson
Hol Man. Paulson
Frank Street
Janice Shawler
William A. Shawler
Bluff Street
Marshall Heck
B. J. Heck
Mynater Street
Dora Neujabr
Alfred A. Neujahr
Art Sohmers
Edna Mae Johnson
John Wilcox
Helen ‘Tinley
Norman Canady
Jo Annn Barnes
Wallace Rees
Dana Jensen
Darrell Green
Virginia Messmore
John Berger
Jackie Evans
Bill Ruppert
Martha Wilcox
Roland Sweeney
Ann Bonar
Jack Tollinger
Margart Anderson
Eugene Lewis
Jackie Gaines
Creighton Muller
Janice Rooney
Don Shellenberg
Arlene Norgard
Bob Hanne
Bart Shew
Beverly Kelly
Marion Cochran
Flood Waters Sweep Over Montana
Flood waters from the ice-choked Yellowstone River cover over 8000 acres in northeastern Montana driving at least a dozen farm families from their homes. Ice jams form along an eight mile stretch near Savage about 30 miles east of Glendive. The flood followed an ice pack bomb blast at Miles City by Army air forces based in Colorado Springs and Ramd City, NC.
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Glendive
Mont
Yellowstone
Montana
Savage
Here
G. A. Hicks
County Board of Commissioners
Miles City
2Nd Army Air Force
Colorado Springs
Col
Ramd City, & C
Air Mail Service With Continent Suspended
London reports a suspension of air mail service between Britain and numerous European countries for operational reasons. Civilian movements in the 700 mile coastal strip remain banned, affecting mail to prisoners of war and internees in Europe except Sweden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Wei
Britain
Europe
France
Netherlands
Belgium
Sweden
Democrats in Arizona convention praise Roosevelt without commitment
In FHOWNa All VA Arizona, 20 delegates to the national convention praised Roosevelt for his achievements at home and abroad and endorsed war and postwar policies but refused to commit to a fourth term. The resolution committee struck a proposal to pledge delegates to the president’s nomination, leaving them uninstructed for Chicago in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fhowna
All
Arizona
Roosevelt
Chicago
Save
German police casualties in Rome assault reported by Bern radio
The Bern radio broadcast via CBS said 82 German policemen were killed and many more wounded in Rome on Thursday when Italian patriots attacked. It claimed Nazi authorities decreed ten hostages would be shot for each German killed, signaling harsh reprisals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wwew
York
The
Bern
Rome
CBS
Five Injured as Spirit of St Louis Wreck Occurs West of Richmond
Five persons were injured when eleven cars of the Pennsylvania railroad's 13 car Spirit of St Louis passenger train derated late Saturday about 20 miles west of Richmond Indiana. The all pullman train was en route from St Louis to New York.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
War salvage paper collection dates for area schools
Schools will collect paper on scheduled days with spring break noted. Due to vacations in early April, several institutions including Roosevelt and Franklin will collect Friday March 21. Tin is picked up on the third Friday each month. fats may be taken to grocery stores with compensation offered to sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Eighth Street
Franklin
Avenue B
Walnut Grove
Holy Family
North Flank German Army in Jeopardy
Germans face threats on southern Raguia and near Proskurov as Soviet advances press from the Dniester to the Prut. Key gains push toward Czernowitz and Bucharest routes while Berlin braces for a major Allied air assault.
Merrill's Marauders Cut Off Jap Retreat
Merrill's Marauders and Chinese units captured Bhadurup near Mogaung, cutting off Japanese retreat down the Mogaung valley. Heavy fighting continues as forces trap the enemy while the push toward Imphal and north Burma persists. Wake Island attacked by 7th Air Force with 115 tons of bombs across Wake and Marshall atolls. German submarine destroyed by American destroyers in a twilight Mediterranean engagement lasting over an hour. U-boat sank after prolonged gun action and searchlight illumination.
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New Delhi
Merill
Burma
Shadusup
Mogeung
Imephal
India
Southeast Asia Command
Rank Morrill
S&th
Bhadurup
Mogaung
Wake Island
7Th Air Force
U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U. S 7Th Air Force
Daland
Chester W. Nimits
Wake
Marshall Island
Ponape
Ant Island
Carolines
Washington, WI
Mediterranean
Navy
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Gov
Willkie
RAF
Austin ‘Bas
A. L. Ball
George Wieleman
Italy
Tur Tin Cano
Pennsylvania Et
Annate
Reds
Proskurov
Southern
Russia
Raguia
Hasseratin
Ita
Dniester
Zernowitz
Bucovind
RAE
Cassino
Ansich
Tnvaaian-conatious
Winston Churchill
Merrill
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