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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1944
Page
3
The piece critiques the Presidents use of humor about the bath and unnamed sources while noting journalists seek direct attribution. It praises the orderly, brief early 1944 Republican campaign speeches and warns against overlengthy addresses. It closes with a columnist's quip about corn weather and farming resilience.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will undertake a 6700 mile cross country train campaign in September with seven major speeches. The trip runs Sept. 7 to Sept. 28, visiting 21 states including Pennsylvania Michigan Iowa Nebraska Washington Oregon California and Oklahoma with national radio broadcasts and meetings with state leaders and industry groups.
Cedar Rapids soldier Pfc James Santee Jr 21 was killed in action in France August 6 according to a War Department telegram received by his wife Patricia A Santee. He served in a tank company and was born in Cedar Rapids where he lived all his life. He entered service in April 1942 trained at Fort Knox and went overseas in November 1943. He is survived by his wife his parents two brothers a grandmother and several uncles and aunts.
Former Senator George W. Norris, 83, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage Tuesday and spent a pretty good night and was resting easily Wednesday, doctors said in McCook Nebraska.
President Roosevelt plans a September 23 dinner speech in Washington for 600 to 700 AFL Teamsters leaders. The event, hosted by Daniel Tobin, is the first outright campaign speech of his fourth term, though he will not tour nationwide.
Cedar Rapids reports soldier Carlos Joe Duarte of 512 C avenue NE was admitted to United States citizenship at the Western Base Section Liverpool England on May 31 1944 by an immigration and naturalization service representative. Duplicate papers were filed with Bessie G Engle deputy clerk of the district court in Cedar Rapids Tuesday.
Frank Pickerill, 52, of 1239 Fourth Street SE, was given a suspended four month sentence and $1 fines on three liquor charges. A Federal Judge placed him on 18 months probation after pledging guilty to introducing liquor into an Indian reservation, giving liquor to Indians who are wards of the United States government, and possessing liquor on a reservation near Tama Sac and Fox.
London and Moscow dispatches report Soviet forces seized the entire Ploesti oil district and advanced toward Constanta, Romania’s key Black Sea port. The push comes as Germans pull back from Transylvania and Wallachia, while Bulgaria faces pressure to join the liberation.
The Czechoslovak underground army declared itself a fighting force in its first communiqué to London. It says German forces have occupied Slovakia since Aug 29, reports capture of Cadca town, and heavy fighting continues near Zilina Povazska Bystrica and Trencin.
American Seventh Army and German forces clashed near the Drome river about a dozen miles north of Montelimar as retreating Germans tried to cross the Drome. Elsewhere American troops were pushed back toward Briancon near the Italian border. A naval report counted German escape by sea with prisoner totals surpassing 45,000. At Montelimar the Allies captured Maj. Gen Otto Richter and Vice Admiral Ruhfus, among others.
David Minshall nine son of Mr and Mrs F H Minshall 1911 Fourth avenue SE Cedar Rapids was taken to University hospital Iowa City Wednesday for treatment and observation for poliomyelitis This was the first Cedar Rapids case this year though another case from here was reported at Iowa City.
Special to The Gazette details a fatal highway crash south of the Iowa City airport on highway 218. Lela Stutzman 17 Elmer Brenneman 38 and Mrs Marcell Scrivner 19 died. Nick Edle 29 remained in critical condition with serious injuries..
Two AFL affiliated unions failed to win representation in Cedar Rapids plants. At Cedar Rapids Co-Operative Dairy 20 of 26 employees voted against the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. At Midland Engineering 32 of 52 voters chose an independent union Victory Tool and Die over the International Association of Machinists Harmony lodge. Field Examiner Erwin A. Peterson reported the tally and noted a five day objection period before finalization.
The page lists sections including Deaths, Courts, Comics, Movies, Radio, Sports and Women’s Features. Notable entries reference Marquis Childs David Lawrence Paul Mallon Marion and Pearson with brief column and feature notes across multiple departments.
Allied troops push toward Reims and Laon with Patton and Hodges spearheading advances. Berlin reports Rouen harbor destroyed as American and British forces drive along a 70 mile front from Paris to the Seine and beyond toward the Belgian border.
Washington AP reports a new command structure in France will place Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley on equal footing with Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery as an army group commander. The announcement appeared imminent, signaling a shift in Allied leadership roles.
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