War optimism and politics fuse as Allied gains mount
A column argues public enthusiasm should rise with Allied advances in France and highlights Churchill's shift toward optimism. It contrasts democratic leadership with a fourth term emphasis on command and notes dangers of overconfidence. It also reports on McNair’s death and Soviet advances in East Prussia as strategic context.
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America
Britain
Russia
Churchill
Lesley J. McNair
Soviets Drive Toward East Prussia as War Rages
Allied dispatches report Cherniakhovsky’s Third White Russian army advancing within three miles of the East Prussian frontier after capturing Dudvizhe. Russian forces threaten Schirwindt Eydtkuhnen and Wehrkirchen as Rokossovsky widens pressure along the Vistula. Casualty-heavy fighting and bridgehead activity continue near Warsaw and along rail hubs at Insterburg.
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Moscow
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Dudvizhe
Schirwindt
Eydtkuhnen
Wehrkirchen
Cherniakhovsky
Tilsit
Vistula
Siedlce
Estonia
Latvia
Lake Peipus
Dvinsh
Ivan S. Konev
Jaroslaw
Krakow
German Silesia
Warsaw J
East Prussia
Vilkaviskis
Budvetse
Kaunas
Niemen River
Memel
Baltic Sea
Warsaw
Red
Stormoviks
Riga
Ivan Sbagramian
Spanish Foreign Minister Jordana Dies in Madrid
The German DNB news agency reported from Madrid that Gen. Francisco Gonez de Jordana, Spain's foreign minister, died on Thursday.
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London
DNB
Madrid
Francisco Gonez de Jordana
Governors urge private enterprise for postwar jobs drive
The 26 Republican governors warn that New Deal policies threaten national stability and demand a private enterprise led approach to peacetime employment. They back a six point plan, call for rapid veteran job support, plant clearance, and state led public works before federal aid, and warn against federal land grabs that could erode state sovereignty.
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St. Louis
Dewey
New Deal
Thomas E. Dewey
Washington
Council stalls saddle horse ordinance over safety concerns
Attorney David Bleakley urged the council to block final passage of a saddle horse regulation arguing riders from Leo's Riding Club traverse streets near Memorial Meadowbrook drive and Twenty sixth street SE. He pressed for bridle paths and post dark riding bans. Public Improvements Commissioner Williams noted traffic hazards. Mayor Hahn postponed decision for further study.
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David Bleakley
Bleakley
Memorial
Meadowbrook Drive
Twentysixth Street
Leo's Riding Club
Leo Hasprook
D. L. Williams
Bleckley
F. K. Hahn
Truman Quits War Probe Chair Amid Resignation
Washington AP report states Senator Truman of Missouri resigns as chairman of the senate war investigating committee amid protests from colleagues. Hugh Fulton also resigns as chief counsel. The Democratic vice presidential nominee cites avoiding political influence and letters to Vice President Wallace. Connally declines chair, paving way for Mead.
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Washington
Truman
Dmo
Senate War Investigating Committee
Hugh Fulton
Wallace
Senate
Senator Connally
Texas
Sen
Mead
D-N.y
Tax hike in Linn county to fund poor and state institutions
Linn county supervisors announced a sharp 61 percent rise in Cedar Rapids area taxes for 1945, with a per thousand rate increasing to 8.62 for Cedar Rapids, 10.37 outside the city and 14 in townships. 1944 totals were 5.34, 7.09 and 10.71 respectively. 1945 budgets raise for the poor fund and state institutions, while overall expenditures move from 1,441,071 in 1944 to 1,498,267 for 1945.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Board of Supervisors
Striking Transit Unions Stir Philadelphia Tense Standoff
Police guard car barns as a three day transportation strike paralyzes Philadelphia war plants. Roosevelt and Byrnes were briefed as the government weighs seizure to restore service. Army, state police and military trucks mobilize to move workers amid scattered violence and a threatened federal takeover.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Transit Workers Union
CIO
Russell Discharon
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Army
Col
Cecil Wilhelm
Guy Parsons
Allies Reach Rennes After 45 Mile Breakthrough
Allied HQ AEF reports American tanks and mobile units thrust south of Rennes as three spearheads advance from Avranches through Brittany. Rennes, Dinan, and Combourg fall or approach key ports Brest and St Nazaire, with ~100,000 German prisoners captured since D-day and Rommel’s weakened garrison.
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HDQ
Brittany
Rennes
Cherbourg
Avranches
St. Nazaire
Dinan
Brest
Combourg
Associated Press
Erwin Rommel
Breton
Ranee
Peninsula
Hcity
Loire River
Bernard L. Montgomery
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Hugh
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Cedar Rapids News
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McKinley High School
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Florence Lindahl
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