States' rights and federal power shape 1940s campaign
The article links the states rights issue to checks and balances as campaign fodder. It cites Dewey Bricker and Hickenlooper stressing power shift from states to federal level, while voters crave solutions closer to home and a balanced foreign policy. It notes a Cedar Rapids youth center initiative and a self described independent candidate from Knoxville proposing broad reforms.
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Farm labor deferment policy tightens draft rules
Washington AP reports draft boards will review 1.7 million farm deferments and cancel those not meeting new 16 war unit production criteria. The change, aimed at boosting crop goals for 1944, shifts 2-C and 3-C classifications and may push noncontributing farm workers into military service.
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War Secretary Stimson says army at max strength
Secretary of War Stimson told reporters at a news conference that the army is nearing maximum strength and induction for limited military service will be reduced. He said the main need now is combat replacements and that partially disabled veterans will be given limited service assignments.
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Rotation Plan For Overseas Veterans Returns Under War Dept Policy
More than 200000 overseas troops have been repatriated since the war began under a rotation plan. Replacements are provided from theater requisitions or under a return personnel classification for those discharged or reassigned for efficiency. Eligibility arises after 18 months in North Africa or two years in Alaska and the Caribbean, with regional intervals under study.
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War Department
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Alaska
Caribbean
Southwest Pacific
United States
Roosevelt Indicates Veto of Tax Bill
President Roosevelt reportedly told congressional leaders he plans to veto the new 2.315 billion tax bill, saying it does not raise enough revenue. Administration aides had urged him to sign, arguing Congress would struggle to pass an alternative this year.
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Censorship Row Grows Over Nettuno Beachhead Dispatches
Elmer Davis urged a formal war department probe into new censorship rules imposed by Gen. Sir Harold Alexander on Nettuno front reporters. The policy delays front line dispatches, requires double censoring, and limits what may be published while Britain and the United States debate access to war news.
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Vatican Denies Nazis Use Villa as Target
Washington AP The apostolic delegate to the United States said for the Vatican that Castel Gandolfo villa cannot be bombed. He quoted Cardinal Maglione stating no German soldiers reside or operate within the neutral papal villa.
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Pope Pius XII Condemns Cassino Destruction Report
Rome dispatch cites Vatican condemnation of American bombing of Monte Cassino. Transocean quotes the Pope saying Monte Cassino could have been saved with goodwill and respect for the Catholic world. German agency claims the U S offered funds for rebuilding the monastery.
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Rommel Tours Southern Defenses in France
London AP report says Marshal Erwin Rommel, Hitler's Mediterranean defense commander, is touring German fortifications from the Gulf of Lyon to the Spanish frontier in southern France.
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Soldiers told they cannot join the army at Fort Snelling medical center
At Fort Snelling a medic judged a man unfit due to asthma during a physical examination for overseas duty while a group of new inductees awaited their own tests. The man said he had served 15 months in the army, highlighting a possible mix up or conflict in the intake process.
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Planes raid Ponape in the Carolines under Nimitz
U S Liberator bombers attacked Ponape island in the Carolines near Truk. Fifty five tons of bombs hit shore installations and a small cargo ship. no fighters were encountered and all aircraft returned safely. The strike extended American reach toward China two thirds of the way from the Pacific coast.
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Eisenhower conducts UK inspection tour with Tedder
General Dwight D. Eisenhower tours field units in Britain with Deputy Sir Arthur Tedder, assessing readiness for final combat. He tells a group of enlisted men that their training bodes well for fighting the Nazis.
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Council Asked to Help Workers' Registration
A Cedar Rapids labor group asks the city council to create registration points in all industries to aid war plant workers in registering for city elections. City Attorney Don Hines notes voter registration laws are state governed. council will aid under present systems. Maude Krebs explains moving records from city hall would close the central site and that registering is the hard part, not getting people to vote.
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Snow Presses Iowa as Cold Wave Targets Cedar Rapids
Cold wave predicted across Iowa with temperatures plummeting to zero to 10 below in the northwest and near zero in Cedar Rapids. Snowfall is reported in Cedar Rapids with a 11.42 inch fall by 11:30 am. readings vary across cities including 19 in Cedar Rapids at 1 pm and 3 above in Spencer.
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Sioux City
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Des Moines
Roosevelt Seeks Record Navy Budget for 1945
President Roosevelt asked Congress for a historic Navy appropriation of 30.789 billion dollars for the 1945 fiscal year, surpassing 1944's 27.435 billion and the prior year's 23.809 billion. The request awaits congressional approval.
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Roosevelt
Linn County War Bond Drive Reaches 10 Million Mark
Late reports from Linn county show total war loan sales reaching 10 095 921 with more expected. City chairman George Hearn notes 43 217 added since Monday and Tuesday including 34 799 in Series E. County aims to reach 8 500 000 goal with Series E extended to February 29 and current Series E totals at 1 905 581 50.
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George Hearn
Gillette Signals Possible Return to Senate Run
Des Moines IA Senator Guy M Gillette indicated he would consider running again if enough Iowa voters push him to. In a telephone talk with state chair Jake More More started nominating papers for the Senate and will forward them to county chairs statewide. Gillette had said a year ago he would retire when his term ends this year Democrats see him as the lone threat to Governor Bourke Hickenlooper in the November election.
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Guy M. Gillette
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Iowa
Senate
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Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Allies Hold Firm Under Heavy Attack Near Cassino
Allied forces repelled a renewed German assault across the Anzio-Carroceto area as heavy fighting and air battles raged through the day. American and British troops, backed by RAF and Australian planes, held line while Monte Cassino lay in ruins.
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Knocking Justified If Neighbor Snores
A New York woman admitted knocking on a neighbor’s door in the dead of night to stop a husband’s loud snoring. The court declined to press a disorderly conduct charge against the door knocker.
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