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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1944
Page
1
In a prepared statement President Roosevelt says he will serve if nominated and elected but does not commit to a full four-year term. Senator Gillette dispute over renomination is noted as political maneuvering. City budget plans seek a mill increase to restore services after wartime curbs and wage pressures.
Cedar Rapids moves in first reading to a record 1945 46 budget of 1 711 928 dollars with a mill levy rise up to 1 33 per thousand. Finance Commissioner Burgus argues for higher estimates to accumulate balances for postwar needs while avoiding costly bond issues later. The plan predicts 205 826 unencumbered balance by April 1 1945 and 1 038 242 dollars to be raised by taxes.
A large force of about 2 000 American planes attacked targets around Munich in south Germany, with 1 100 heavy bombers. Forty to fifty aircraft were listed missing, while other operations hit Toulon in southern France and supported raids along the German front near Caen and St Lo.
Services for District Judge Guy P. Linville, 68, will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday in Turner chapel with Rev. Marion H. Williams of First Christian church officiating. Burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Russian forces push into Lithuania and toward Riga and Kaunas while driving toward Wilno and Dvinsk. Moscow reports massive Soviet offensives from Latvia to Pripyat marshes with 500 places falling as Rokossovsky’s First White Army moves toward Brest Litovsk and Warsaw. Memel is within 175 miles as Utena leads a wedge into Lithuania.
Gov Thomas E. Dewey the Republican presidential nominee will join 25 GOP governors at St. Louis August 2 and 3 for a work conference on state and federal obligations to people. He said no speeches would be given and a united GOP opinion may emerge ahead of the next administration. He noted a possible meeting with midwestern party leaders.
A war communique reports Japanese troops withdrawing along a nine mile stretch southeast of Ukhrul to Ongshim, only 16 miles from Burmese borders, as of Tuesday.
WMT Cedar Rapids remains led by general manager William B. Quarton as part of a proposed exchange between Iowa Broadcasting Co the WMT licensee and American Broadcasting Co owners of WOL Washington. Officials expect FCC approval within about 60 days and Waterloo studios will stay. Comdr T A M Craven will become WOL general manager under the arrangement.
President Roosevelt announced the United States will treat the French National Committee headed by General Charles de Gaulle as the civil administrator for liberated France. The committee will operate under General Dwight D. Eisenhower and retain de facto authority until French self government is chosen, though not as a provisional government.
Gen. Charles de Gaulle and his party landed at Rockcliffe airport outside Ottawa on Tuesday after traveling from New York.
London and southern England endured flying bomb attacks again Tuesday after the capital enjoyed its first night free from the German terror weapon in nearly a month. Damage and casualties were light, with observers noting a more easterly approach suggesting German emplacements farther east along the coast.
Dayton Ohio AP Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt says her husband’s decision to seek a fourth term came as a surprise to her. She learned of the move only when reporters interviewed her during a luncheon at Wright Field. The First Lady noted the president does not discuss such matters with her.
Allied forces drive to within two miles of St Lo in central Normandy as American troops and tanks punch through German defenses on a 40 mile front. British and Canadian units advance east of Caen across the Orne while US forces secure multiple towns and hill positions.
President Roosevelt announced he would accept renomination if the people demand it, likening himself to a soldier who must remain at his post. In a letter to Democratic Chairman Hannegan he said he does not want to run but will serve if elected, citing the war and the public duty of the president. The White House news conference followed the release of the correspondence and drew tense attention from reporters.
Staff Sgt. Virgle V. Prior 26 of the Army Air Corps is missing in action over France. He enlisted January 5 1943 and has been overseas since late March. He attended McKinley High School and worked for Iowa Steel and Iron Works. He has a two month old daughter Judith Kay and four brothers in the service including LaVern in Tampa and O W Ronald W Everett D in the Pacific New Guinea Australia.
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