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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1944
Page
3
Allied advances rout German Seventh Army remnants in a frontline French town. Prisoners describe forced combat, starvation, and fear as they faced superior Allied units, with three men spotlighted amid broader capture of about 200 troops.
Fortune magazine reports 52.5 percent favor President Roosevelt’s re election over Thomas E. Dewey 43.9 percent. Roosevelt’s lead rises to 8.6 percent from 6.5 percent. Public believes Roosevelt will win in November 72.4 percent versus 19.4 percent for Dewey.
Allied lines in western France report four women jeep drivers returning with 20 German prisoners, 14 captured by one woman who directed a surrender and led prisoners to headquarters. French armored units press the drive with Sherman tanks, bombing German armor and artillery as they push toward the Third Army.
Full Leased Wire Reports from AP and UP note republication rights. Subscription prices listed for various delivery methods and regions, including mail, carrier, and night editions. Allen-Klapp Company advertises offices in Chicago New York and Detroit with media records and partnerships.
The Iowa Engineering company at First avenue and Thirty-first street NE, a Fruehauf Trailer branch, observed its first anniversary with a complimentary lunch for employees in the plant cafeteria. A birthday cake was part of the menu. Starting from scratch last summer, the firm now has
Six hundred employes are contributing notably to the war goods production effort, highlighting industrial support for wartime needs.
The House unanimously approved the Green-Lucas anti censorship measure to remove censorship on political material read by servicemen at home and abroad. The bill, already passed by the Senate, moves to the White House for signature.
Warren Atherton national commander of the American Legion arrived back in the United States on a 15000 mile clipper voyage around South America.
A drug store promotion touts NELORE as an external treatment to remove scales and crusts from psoriasis. It claims gentle action and fast relief, offering a $1.50 jar with a money back guarantee if not delighted, advertised at several local drug stores.
War Production Board Chairman Don ald M Nelson told the Senate War Investigating Committee that while specialized shortages exist in the war supply program there is no shortage at the battle fronts He and Major General Lucius D Clay explained that lifting a ban on civilian production will not hurt the war effort The testimony followed a three and a half hour closed session and was framed to avoid overly optimistic or pessimistic conclusions about the overall production picture
An unidentified American soldier on invasion day hailed Laval as his ship landed in southern France, shouting Laval we have come. The terse scene captures the tense entry of Allied forces into the continent during World War II.
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