OWI and Public Duty Amid Election Coverage Debate
A columnist discusses the OWI’s challenge in presenting a balanced overseas view of the presidential race. He notes the imbalance favoring the Democratic candidate, the impracticality of equal time for all candidates, and the duty to inform armed forces without partisan distortion. The piece also covers Council Bluffs polling on strict liquor and gambling enforcement and the paper’s own access to world news via bus-routed feeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Davis
OWI
Sherwood
United States
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Canned Goods Slashed as War Labor Plan Reveals Cuts
Chicago report shows civilians face 43 percent cut in canned fruits and 19 percent in canned vegetables for 1944. WFA outlines 70 percent 1942-43 fruit and 50 percent vegetables for military and lend-lease. a mobile task force of 126,000 workers will assist processing plants under strict conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
War Food Administration
Food Processors’ Conference
C. W. Kitchen
WFA Office of Distribution
Kitchen
Office of Distribution
Philip G. Bruton
WFA
Bruton
State Extension Service
War Manpower Commission
Garner and Farley Confer in Texas Meeting
In Uvalde Texas former Vice president John N Garner and former Democratic National Chairman James A Farley conferred Sunday in a political gathering.
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Uvalde, Texas
John N. Garner
James A. Farley
New Snowfall Covers Iowa with More on Way
A blanket of fresh snow covered Iowa with light snowfall expected to continue. Cedar Rapids reported two and a half inches today, with statewide snow totals ranging from 1 to 2 inches and higher accumulations in Lamont, Burlington, Fort Dodge, Dubuque, Mason City, Davenport, and Sioux City. Temperature readings varied from 11 to 34 above zero, with coldest spots near Spencer and Sioux.
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Towa
Weather Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Automobile Club
Spencer
Sioux
Council Bluffs
Lamont
Burlington
Fort Dodge
Dubuque
Mason City
Davenport
Sioux City
Snow Fills Northern U S From Rockies To Seaboard
The United Press reports a thick snow cover across the northern United States from the Rocky Mountains to the eastern seaboard. Extremely low temperatures eased, and high winds disappeared as conditions improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
United States
Rocky Mountains
Seaboard
Chaplin Surrenders to Marshal’s Office in LA
Charlie Chaplin surrendered at the U S marshal's office on federal white slave and conspiracy charges involving Joan Barry. He was booked for about 20 minutes before a formal arraignment next Monday and, under a federal court order, was not required to post bond.
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Los Angeles
INS
Charlie Chaplin
United States Marshal’s Office
Joan Barry
Chaplin
Bureaucrats Out Psycho-Neurotics in Draft Delays
Washington hearing reveals District of Columbia draft board chairman Fred G. Fraser says a number of high government employees are rejected as psycho neurotics while visiting Fort Myer. Representative Harness mocks bureaucratic conduct and hints at the same label.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Subcommittee
Fred G. Fraser
District of Columbia
Marquis W. Childs To Write for The Gazette
The Gazette will publish a daily editorial page column by Marquis W. Childs a nationally known writer and former Washington correspondent for the St. Louis Post Dispatch He has written for the Saturday Evening Post Reader's Digest Harper s and Life and authored Sweden The Middle Way His background includes study at Iowa Wisconsin and graduate work at Iowa City and he resides near Washington Maryland with his wife Sue Prentiss and two children
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette Today
Marquis W. Childs
Europe
Americas
Childs
United Feature Syndicate
Raymond Clapper
Washington
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
Saturday Evening Post
Reader’s Digest
Harper's
Life Magazine
Sweden
United States
England
Brazil
Bolivia
Clinton, In
University of Iowa
University of Wisconsin
United Press
Chicago
Doughboys in Italy Bitter At Carrying Whole Load
With American forces at Cassino the Doughboys fight through harsh German resistance without relief. They endure frostbitten feet, pneumonia, and exhaustion while lamenting the lack of Allied artillery on Mt Cassino and the enemy’s surrender tricks.
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Italy
Cassino
Pearly Gates
St. Peter
Mt. Cassino
Frank O’sullivan
Wayne
O’sullivan
Benedictine
Vatican
Kamerad
County War Loan Drive Nears Goal in Linn County
Linn County nears its 8.5 million dollar war loan target with 6.25 million in sales by Sunday night. Series E bonds lag, requiring strong two day effort to cover 1.34 million still needed, while Cedar Rapids employers like Collins Radio and Credit Union LaPlant Choate lead by example with substantial bond allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Linn County War Finance Committee
Lincoln
Cedar Rapids
Credit Union
LaPlant-Choate
Collins Radio Company
Public Advised to Eat More Potatoes
The War Food administration urged higher potato consumption in 1944 noting last year’s crop was the largest on record and current stocks exceed normal carry-over for this period.
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Washington
War Food Administration
Slash in Tax Rolls Vetoed by House Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected proposals to drop 9,000,000 small federal taxpayers for tax simplification. It will explore integrating income, normal and surtaxes to keep current individual collections, with Rep Knutson calling it exploratory. Chairman Doughton said the aim is to preserve the present tax law’s revenue from the same individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Ways and Means
Doughton
D-Nc
Gillette Dissents on World Relief Fund Vote
Senator Gillette of Iowa voted against a Senate Foreign Relations Committee plan approving a 1.35 billion dollar American share for a world relief organization. The vote set a June 30 1946 expiration date. Gillette supported relief for liberated Europe but opposed a specific fund commitment.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gillette
D-Ia
Europe
Allied convoy passes Gibraltar into the Mediterranean
A German controlled Vichy radio report said a large Allied convoy with six troop transports sixty cargo ships four tankers and strong warship escort passed Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean.
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London
Vichy Radio
Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Raid Nets Major Liquor Haul In Iowa Arrest
Detectives arrested Kenneth Smith at the Taft hotel rear and seized about 170 bottles of whisky gin and rum plus two cars. In district court three charges were filed illegal transportation and maintaining a liquor nuisance. Police recovered 143 fifths of bourbon 12 gin bottles and nine rum bottles from Smiths home and vehicles.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Kenneth Smith
Twentieth Street
Smith
Jake Stusak
Harley Simon
Taft Hotel
Minnesota
Bill Kudina
Kadina
Mim
Kudina
Nineteenth Avenue
Simon and
Stusak
Army reports missing in action from war theaters
Army announced Monday that Tech Sgt. Darcy L. Holm of Council Bluffs Iowa is missing in action in the Asiatic area. Set. Robert H. Hegg of Waverly Iowa and Second Lt. Francis E. Wilson of Cedar Rapids Iowa are reported missing in the European theater.
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Washington
Army
Darcy L. Holm
Council Bluffs
Robert H. Hegg
Waverly
Francis E. Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Wilson
K Cy. Rollins
Tenth Street
Mass production cuts plane build time by 90 percent
Chairman Charles E. Wilson said WPB methods have slashed construction hours for planes by 90 percent since the defense program began. He cited fighter and four engine bomber reductions and noted January airframe weight rose 54 percent to reflect more heavy combat planes.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
WPB
Aircraft Production Board
America
Germany
Wilson
Army
United States Army Air Forces
Army Wife Urges Soldier Husband Be Transferred To Combat
A military wife asks the War Department to move her husband from a desk assignment into a combat role. She notes his seven year college background, tall height, and years of shooting practice, insisting he is fit for infantry and not for “useless” desk work. She references personal losses in the war and a brother stationed in England.
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Army
Washington
War Department
Department
England
Subsidy Ban Moves to Senate Conference Committee
The House sent the anti subsidy bill to a Senate conference committee as an expected presidential veto looms. The action speeds toward final congressional action on the disputed legislation.
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Washington
INS
House
Senate Conference Committee
Area Seizure: A New Pacific War Strategy
Pearl Harbor report explains area seizure as the Pacific war tactic replacing island hopping. The piece describes how rapid grabs like Kwajalein and Tarawa expand US control over vast ocean areas, shorten fighting cost, and expose weak Japanese outer defenses.
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U.S
Pearl Harbor
Ins
Ocean
Kwajalein
Marshall Islands
Pacific
South
Southwest Pacific
Tokyo
Japan
Marshalls
Allied gains and stalemates mark Anzio Cassino fighting
Allied and German forces clashed along the Cassino and Anzio fronts as British and American troops recaptured a bridge west of Carroceto and renewed house to house fighting near Cassino. Air support resumed as weather improved, with about 30 enemy aircraft active and over 2,000 German prisoners taken since January 22.
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Allied Headquarters
Anzio
Carroceto
Aprilia
Benito Mussolini
Cassino
Mt. Cassino
Rome
Italy
France
Marriage shifts Ty Power from plain to marine image
Philadelphia report quotes Anna Bella Power stating Captain Tyrone Power has transformed after joining the Marines. She recalls he was once plain and modest, but the change to a marine altered his character in her view.
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Philadelphia
Tyrone Power
Annabella
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Francis V. Keesling
Selective Service
Farley
Garner
Cedar Rapids News
The
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New York
Sue. Prentiss
Iowa City
Maryland
Marquis W, Childs
Graham Hovey
Cedar
George Hearn
Richard V. Haller
Pacific Ocean
Gilberts
Central Pacific
Johnston
Baker
Wake
Tarawa
Tyrone
Marquis
Walter Winchell
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