Doubts Over Wallace Nomination Highlight Senate Posturing
The piece critiques Senate hesitation over Henry Wallace's nomination as secretary of commerce, arguing the vote reduces to window-dressing rather than substance while warning that true democratic control is needed for such vast powers. It notes Wallace would be a minor adviser and questions reliance on quick cures for venereal disease and the impact of brownouts on clocks and calendars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Wallace
U. S. Senate
Wallace
Jesse Jones
Senate
First Army Drives Snow Advance Toward Siegfried Line
Allied forces across a broad front push toward the Rhine and German border amid deep snow. U S First Army breaches into Siegfried line near St Vith while Ninth and Second Armies press to Roer and beyond. Third Army advances in Luxembourg and into Belgium margins as Patton’s corps hit northeast Belgium.
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Paris
United States
First Army
St. Vith
Germany
United States Ninth
Roer
Siegfried Line
Ruhr
Rhineland
Third Army
Saarbrucken
Eisenhower
Holland
Saarland
Ardennes Bulge
Salient
West Wall
Ardennes
Seventh Army
Alsace
French First Army
Colmar
Strasbourg
Rhine
City
Courtney Hodges
Berscheid
Valender
Herscheid
Heppenbach
George S. Patton
Luxembourg
Belgium
First
Third
Maspelt
Patton
Lt Stepanek Dead in Luxembourg War Action
First Lt. Lester F. Stepanek 24 formerly reported missing November 25 is now listed killed in action in Luxembourg on November 3. He went overseas last September and was commissioned in February 1943. Survived by three sisters Helen Anna May Eunice Cedar Rapids and three brothers Joseph Joan Jr. Harold in military service.
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Cedar Rapids
Lester F. Stepanek
Luxembourg
War Department
Dean
Lisbon
John Stepanek
Stepanek
Helen
Anna May
Eunice
Joseph
Joan, Jr
Harold
Legion of Merit Awarded to Col Boettiger
Lt. Col. John Boettiger, son in law of President Roosevelt, received the Legion of Merit in Washington for exceptionally meritorious conduct as a liaison officer with the Allied Military Government in Italy from September 9, 1943, to January 17, 1944. He is now assigned to the government branch of the civil affairs division in Washington.
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Washington
John Boettiger
Roosevelt
Monday
Italy
Boettiger
U S Troops Gain on Two Luzon Fronts
U S columns converged on San Fernando 32 airline miles from Manila while others moved toward Baguio. MacArthur announced Rosario and Angeles were captured, with Puerto Clarkfield supplies seized. Krueger’s forces bombarded Cavite, Corregidor, and Bataan, destroying defenses and wrecking airfields.
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MacArthur
HDQ
Luzon
INS
San Fernando
Manila
United States
Baguio
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Bataan
Corregidor
Clark Field
Mexico
San Miguel
Arayat
Douglas MacArthur
Rosario
Angeles
Clarkfield
Philippines
Yamashita
Walter Krueger
Sixth Army
Manila Bay
Cavite Naval Base
Bataan Peninsula
Cavite
Subic Bay
Cabcaban
Predict Below Zero Tonight in Cedar Rapids Area
Cedar Rapids forecast calls for light snow Monday afternoon ending Monday night with colder temperatures. Low around 5 below. Tuesday outlook partly cloudy and still cold. Snow expected during the day with frigid conditions after the weekend, as state wide readings dropped to zero and below. Highway conditions vary by region with light snow, fog, and reduced visibility reported in parts of Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Iowa
Mason City
Burlington
Highway’ Commission
Council Bluffs
Lamoni
Britain urges cut in gas and power use amid record winter demand
London authorities appealed to the public to conserve gas and electricity as Britain endures one of its coldest winters and faces a risk of energy shortages that could affect war industries. The plea came as power usage hit new highs and policymakers considered potential restrictions to protect essential production.
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London
Britain
Palmer woman’s club and Coe share in Palmer will
The will of Mrs. Austin Palmer leaves twenty thousand dollars to the Woman’s Club for an auditorium to be named Sadie Whiting Palmer Auditorium. Coe College receives stock and a $5,000 endowment to create an Austin N. Palmer chair in business education. Executors named are Merchants National Bank and F W Damour.
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Woman's Club
Coe College
Austin Palmer
Palmer
Ausadie
First Avenue
Linn County
Merchants National Bank
F. W. Damour
Sadie Whiting Palmer
Harry E. Hunter
E. D. Manilaw
Woman’s Club
Cee
J. Newcomb
R. J. Lubbock
Comics Index and Dramas Theme Highlighted in Page Nine
A scan of the page shows sections labeled Comics and Today's Index with Marquis Childs Courthouse News and entries for Deaths Farm and other features. Names like David Lawrence Paul Mallon Marion Rees Drew Pearson Walter Winchell appear among items on Movies Radio and Women’s Features.
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Marquis Childs
Edacans
David Lawrence
Ween
Paul Mallon
Peers Marion
Cereew Ee
Rees Pere
Drew Pearson
Todcesds & Radio
Petavededé
Rapinas Hee
Walter Winchell
Stilwell Praised by Chiang for Burma Road Naming
Chiang Kai-shek praised Gen Joseph Stilwell for his Burma campaign and urged that the new Burma India China road be named the Stilwell road. In Chungking broadcasts, Chiang credited Stilwell with conceiving planning and starting the land route to China. Maj. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer likewise credited Stilwell for envisioning and initiating the route coordination.
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New York
INS
Chiang Kai-shek
Joseph Stilwell
Burma
Stilwell
India
China
Chiang
Chungking
MBS
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Newsprint Export To France Rapped
Reps Brown and Boren urged Secretary Stettinius to explain U S shipping of 5000 tons of newsprint to France in the next month. They argued Russia Sweden and Finland have enough supplies for liberated Europe and noted the United States faces a serious wood pulp shortage.
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Washington
INS
Brown
Ohio
Boren
Dokla
Stettinius
United States
France
Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Russia
Sweden
Finland
Europe
U S Defends 5000 Tons Newsprint Aid to France
The state department on Monday defended its pledge of 5,000 tons of newsprint to France as a step to support pro Allied French opinion and sustain steady political relations.
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Washington
INS
State’ Department
France
He Awaits Birth Of His 34th Child
London report says Charlie Rowling, a 70 year old Negro theater doorman in Glasgow, awaits the birth of his 34th child. He has 23 with his first wife, six with the second, and four with his third.
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London
The
London Express
Charlie Rowling
Glasgow
Rowling
Jap Grip on South China Sea Broken
American naval forces under Halsey’s Third Fleet report decisive blows against Japan’s empire. In five months they sunk 2,000,000 tons of merchant and transport vessels and 90 warships, destroyed 17,315 aircraft, and damaged 152 more ships. The South China Sea is said to be open for U S forces at will.
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Halsey
Third Fleet
Japan
South China Sea
United States Pacific Fleet
William F. Halsey
John S. McCain
Fortresses Bomb Iwo Jima in Fourth Major Daylight Raid
U S air force reports fourth major mission by Marianas based B-29s against Iwo Jima. Bombers attacked installations on the Japanese held island in daylight. Details to follow from Maj. Gen. Curtis E. Lemay as reports come in.
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Washington
Ins
Marianas
Iwo Jima
Stepping Stone
Midway
Japan
Saipan
20Th Air Force
Curtis E. Lemay
21St Bomber Command
Bombers Raid Hachijo Jima and Tokyo in Early Attacks
AP reports American bombers struck Hachijo Jima in their first Izu islands raid and single B 29s carried out incendiary attacks on Tokyo weekend into Monday. Singapor e radio claims 145 carrier planes hit Palembang oilfields in Sumatra.
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Associated Press
Hachijo Jima
Izu Islands
Tokyo
Singapore Radio
Palembang
Sumatra
Missing in Action Foster Believed in Belgium
Wilbur C. Foster 24, of the mechanized cavalry, has been missing in action in Belgium since Jan. 14, per word received by his Cedar Rapids wife. Born in Wisconsin, he moved to Cedar Rapids as a youth, worked for Quaker Oats before enlisting Jan. 13, 1943, and has been overseas five months. He and his wife have a 21 month old son, Wayne Charles. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Willard C. Foster, with two brothers in service overseas.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilbur C. Foster
Belgium
Third ‘Street
Wisconsin
Foster
Quaker Oats Company
Fosters
Wayne Charles
Willard C. Foster
Fourth Street NW
Jack
Robert
Hopkins Goes To Rome from London Paris
Hopkins undertakes an information tour aiding Roosevelt with the Big Three talks. He meets Churchill Eden George in London and de Gaulle Bidault in Paris, delivering Roosevelt’s postwar views. Diplomatic circles speculate on a German surrender signal and potential Allied plans for liberated Europe.
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London
Harry L. Hopkins
Paris
Churchill
Gen. de Gaulle
Rome
Pope Pius XII
Roosevelt
Hopkins
Germany
Britain
Eden
King George
Charles de Gaulle
George Bidault
de Gaulle
Bidault
London Daily Telegraph
United Nations Executive Council
Europe
Byrnes Leaves Country on Mission Under Security Seal
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes is abroad on a trip whose purpose remains undisclosed by security. Officials will not discuss the nature of his travel or its timing.
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Washington
James F. Byrnes
Winston Lowe Repatriated From German Prison
Two Cedar Rapids men held as German prisoners for over 18 months will sail on the Gripsholm to New York in late February. Staff Sgt. Winston E. Lowe, 24, will be aboard after repatriation, with his mother notified by the War Department. He served as an aerial gunner and bombardier on a Flying Fortress and was reported missing May 29, 1943. He will go to Halloran General Hospital on Staten Island for a possible furlough if fit.
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Cedar Rapids
Gripsholm
New York
Irma Lowe
Eighteenth Street
War Department
Winston E. Lowe
Winifred L. McDonald
Tenth Street
Thomas R. McDonald
Lowe
Germany
Gripsholm Docks. Sgt. Lowe
Halloran General Hospital
Staten Island
Fire Routs Guests At Stevens Hotel
In Chicago twenty five guests fled rooms and many were awakened when a fire, likely started by a Cigaret, broke out on the Stevens hotel's twenty fourth floor. Damage about one thousand dollars. Firemen forced a door to rescue Y. de Dood of Ozone Park New York who tried to keep smoke out with his mattress. Gerald Haack age 23 and his bride Estelle 19 married only Saturday in Milwaukee used towels to escape.
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Chicago
Stevens Hotel
Y. de Dood
Ozone Park
N. Y
Gerald Haack
Estelle
Milwaukee
Roosevelt Names Diplomats to Portugal Iran and Afghanistan
President Roosevelt named Herman B. Baruch of New York as ambassador to Portugal Wallace Murray of Kentucky as ambassador to Iran and Ely E. Palmer of Rhode Island as minister to Afghanistan. Baruch is brother of Bernard Baruch and has served with the Foreign Economic Administration in Latin American regions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Portugal
Iran
Afghanistan
Senate
Herman B. Baruch
New York
Wallace Murray
Kentucky
Ely E. Palmer
Rhode’ Island
Baruch
Bernard Baruch
Foreign Economic Administration
Russians Close On Berlin as Front Advances Across Europe
Soviet forces push toward Berlin from the east and south in a vast winter offensive. Memel falls to Gen. Ivan Bagramian as Zhukov’s units reach near Poznan and Czarnkow. Berlin braces for a German counter blow as reinforcements move east. Stadist lines report Soviet breakthroughs around Breslau and Konigsberg amid heavy street fighting.
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Memel
Ivan Bagramian
Stalin
Silesian
Katowice
Beuthen
Gregory K. Zhukov
Berlin
Poznan
Zhugov
Pniewy
Zhukov
Obra
Moscow
London
Heinz Guderian
Guderian
Breslau
Oder
Silesia
Clogau
Cosel
Fallen Beuthen
East Prussia
Konigsberg
Garrieson
Buda
Budapest
Fourth grader questions Berlin distance in history class
In Spokane Washington a fourth grader challenged a teacher’s answer about the Russians being 100 miles from Berlin. The student protested that the distance statement was outdated, insisting the time reference had changed since earlier. The exchange reflects classroom curiosity during a historical discussion.
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Spokane
Wash
Berlin
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