Hickenlooper Seen as Best Iowa Senate Hope in 1944
The column argues Bourke Hickenlooper is the strongest GOP bet to win Iowa’s senior Senate seat in 1944, praising his governorship and broad outreach. It notes potential opposition from Democratic stalwarts including Gillette, stresses the unpredictable national political climate, and rejects wartime defeatism urging continued bond support and unity in war effort.
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Hickenlooper
Senate
Gillette
Yanks Launch New Blows In Pacific
U S S Pacific Fleet confirms Kwajalein secured and enemy resistance ended. Admiral Nimitz says ships and planes shift to Roi Kwajalein and staging for China offensive while press briefings hint at further operations toward Japan.
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Pacific
Roi
Kwajalein
Kwajalein Atoll
Marshall
Public focus on trailer safety by county and civic groups
Helvin County highway safety commission and the South Side Civic club urge action to protect residents in house trailers from fire hazards after the Marion trailer tragedy. They argue reasonable safety standards should guard temporary housing and stress public responsibility when permanent housing is unavailable.
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Helvin County Highway Safety Commission
South Side Civic Club
Marion
Seventh Infantry Division News From Kwajalein
Report from Kwajalein dated February 4 describes Seventh Infantry Division personnel en route hearing a news update as the convoy moves toward the base.
Weeks Appointed Bay State Senator in Massachusetts
Governor Leverett Saltonstall appointed Sinclair Weeks treasurer of the Republican National Committee to the United States Senate replacing Henry Cabot Lodge Jr who resigned for active army duty. Weeks will not seek election in the fall while Saltonstall confirms his own candidacy. Lodge had beaten Weeks in 1936 and Weeks serves until the next election.
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Boston
Sinclair Weeks
Republican National Committee
United States Senate
Leverett Saltonstall
Weeks
Henry Cabot Lodge,Jr
United States Army
Saltonstall
Senate
Lodge
War Loan Sales Lag in Cedar Rapids County
Cedar Rapids reports the fourth war loan sale was the lowest since January. City War Bond Chairman George Hearn announced 58,990 in bonds sold, with 32,680 in E bonds. Linn County total reaches 7,285,915.50 toward an 8,500,000 quota. E bond sales stand at 1,378,146.50 short of a 2,967,000 target.
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Cedar Rapids
George Hearn
Linn County
Corregidor
Bataan
Cold Wave Expected Across Iowa With Snow Ahead
The Des Moines weather bureau predicts a Thursday afternoon cold wave in Iowa preceded by strong winds and blowing snow. Snow is forecast tonight in western and central Iowa with temperatures falling below zero by Friday morning, while Cedar Rapids reached 46 degrees and Sioux City tie for the high at 11.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Chicago
H. A. Downs
Plains
Great Lakes
Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Charles City
Rapids
Accusation Falls Flat in Mrs Williams Shooting Case
Chicago AP. Patricia Goodbody rejects Lt. Quinn’s claim that she shot her mother Adele Born Williams in the Drake hotel on Jan 19 during a quarrel over a murder gun. She says no gunsown, a third party is unlikely, and the incident is misreported.
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Chicago
Patricia Goodbody
John A. Quinn
Adele Born Williams
State Department
Drake Hotel
Patricia
Quinn
Child's Body In Pit From Street Cave-In
Rescue teams in Pittston Pennsylvania faced a fresh cave in on the street site of a collapse that swallowed two year old Jule Ann Folmer. A new landslide added seven feet of soil to the pit hindering search efforts and ending hopes of finding the child alive in an air pocket. Witnesses said she walked ahead of her aunt and her brother when the sidewalk flagstone gave way.
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Pittston
Jule Ann Folmer
John J. Reilly
Marie Mitchell
David
C R Man Dies In Prison Camp
Mrs. Francis McHugh of Cedar Rapids was informed by the War Department that her son Sgt. Richard Donegan died October 26 in an Italian prison camp. He would have turned 21 in April. He served in the 133rd Infantry of the 34th Division, trained in North Ireland in 1942, and was captured at Kasserine Pass in Tunisia last March. His aunt, Mrs. Irene Frame of Cedar Rapids, is related to the family.
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Cedar Rapids
Francis McHugh
Eighth Street
War Department
Richard
Dick) Donegan
Italy
Donegan
Iowa National Guardsmen
133Rd
North Ireland
Kasserine Pass
Tunisia
Irene Frame
Second Street NW
Russians Drive On Krivoi Rog In Dnieper Campaign
Russian forces under Gen. Malinovsky push toward Krivoi Rog after seizing Nikopol. The loss would strike a heavy blow to Germany's war industry as the Dnieper bend battle ends with seven Nazi divisions retreating and large metal centers falling into Russian hands.
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Moscow
Rodio Y. Malinovsky
Krivoi Rog
Dnieper
Nikopol
Germany
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Malinovsky
Apostolovo
Dubuque Pilot Leads B-17 Crash That Killed Five
Second Lt. Robert J. Breitbach 23 of Dubuque was the pilot of a Chanute field B-17 that crashed five miles west of the city on the J N Siefker farm. The five crew members were killed when the bomber exploded after nearly striking a house. The report notes his 50 combat missions and ties to North Africa.
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Dubuque
Robert J. Breitbach
Here
Chanute Field
Rantoul
Ill
J. N
Coeetee
Allied Flyers Raid France In Daylight
Allied air forces including U S Marauders and RAF bombed northern France in daytime raids to hit Atlantic wall targets, following raids on Limoges engine works and consecutive Frankfurt assaults. Losses were reported as 12 heavy bombers and multiple fighters. German transport and other targets observed along Boulogne Calais and Bay of Biscay patrols.
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U. S
France
R.A.F
Germany
Rhone
Limoges
Frankfurt
English
Boulogne
Calais
Brittany
Air Ministry
Bay of Biscay
Bordeaux
War Labor Board asked to drop steel wage limits
Washington AP UPI American Federation of Labor members of the War Labor Board formally requested the WLB to recommend abandoning the steel wage limitation for iron and steel workers. The move aims to raise wages and ease wartime labor tensions as production priorities remain high.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
War Labor Board
WLEB
Allies Press Advance in Italy Front as Romes Beachhead Tightens
Washington reports Roosevelt holds two hour White House briefing with Admiral Leahy and Rear Admiral Brown to assess Italy and global war situation. In London, German radio claims Fifth Army assault on Cassino with 30 000 troops and 400 tanks. Allied air and ground units target Cisterna and surrounding towns while forces push toward Monte Cassino and Orsogna with heavy bombing and artillery.
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Ins
Roosevelt
Italy
Adiral William D. Leahy
Cief
Wilson Brown
White House
London
Vichy
Fifth Army
Cassino
Anzio-Vettuno
Roze
Algiers
U. S
Cisterna
Rome
Anzio
Pontineo
Berlin
Stockholm
Scandinavian Telegraph Bureau
Nettune
Mt. Cassino
Eighth Army
Orsogna
Siena
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