Democratic convention notes echo 1932 themes in Iowa
The Iowa dispatch reviews opening night as Democrats rally around Franklin Roosevelt. Speakers Kerr Hannegan and Tillett push the New Deal strategy while public address tech boosts energy. The piece notes age as a campaign angle, crowd engagement, and stray jokes about Dewey and a lobbyist case influence.
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Reds 8 Miles from East Prussia Front
Soviet forces pressed toward East Prussia and Lithuania frontier as Red Army advances across a 93 mile front near Kowel and eight miles from the German border south of Grodno. Izvestia quoted says tanks moved toward Lwow while Maslennikov's army pushed through the Baltic region.
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Wallace Gains In Battle for Alternate Job
At Chicago Stadium vice president hopeful Wallace mounts a comeback for renomination as Roosevelt allies back a fourth term. Truman factions push for his nomination with Illinois and Iowa shifting allegiances, while Byrd and Lucas figures surface and a two thirds rule fight looms.
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British Drive Captures Twelve Towns Near Caen in 1944 Offensive
Allied units push from Troarn toward Vimont eight miles southeast of Caen as British armor under a former Rommel prisoner seizes twelve towns. American fronts report minor advances between St Lo and Periers with patrols crossing the Ay river and clashes near Lessay.
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Linn County Sales to Date Bond Quotas Update
A summary note reports the status of E bond quotas totaling 2,860,800 dollars for Linn County sales to date. It highlights progress toward the statewide target and records current figures.
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Cabinet Pick by Admiral and General Signals Japanese Move
United Press reports Emperor Hirohito commissioned Gen. Kuniaki Koiso and Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai to form the successor cabinet to Gen. Hideki Tojo. Sources say the aim is to intensify war efforts then yield to a civilian government, with two premiers possibly sharing defense. Yonai and Koiso have histories of backing limited alliances and regional expansion.
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Iowa Democrats Unseat Comfort Jeck Elected
Iowa Democrats chose G. G. Jeck as national committeeman to replace Frank J. Comfort who had faced calls for resignation over a tax bill lobby dispute. The party caucus at the Sherman hotel in Des Moines concluded after multiple ballots with Jeck securing the post and Mrs Florence Lynch named to replace Mrs Mary S. Kelleher as national committeewoman.
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Linn county bars back Floyd Philbrick for district bench seat
The Linn county and Eighteenth district bar associations endorsed Floyd Philbrick of Cedar Rapids for the vacancy on the district bench created by Judge G P Linville's death. Gov Hickenlooper will receive the recommendation, expected to stand until the November election. Philbrick won 45 votes to 40 for Charles Penningroth in a single ballot of Linn county bar members, with T M Ingersoll as bar president receiving one vote. A Cedar Rapids committee of four lawyers then led district bar endorsement steps.
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Dixie Democrats Drop Race Fight
Southern lawmakers abandoned a bid for a states rights race proposal after the Democratic platform committee rejected the language. A minority report is planned at the convention, signed by eight states including Texas Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee Virginia Alabama South Carolina and Florida.
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Alien War Veteran Granted Citizenship
Conrad Berends of 217 Eleventh NE received citizenship papers at Cedar Rapids city hall on Thursday after an army air forces discharge. He plans to enlist in the merchant marines. The Cedar Rapids naturalization office granted his papers as the sole citizenship grant that day.
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Hitler survives bomb attack at his headquarters
Reports from Berlin and London say Adolf Hitler was slightly burned and bruised with a light brain concussion after an explosion at his headquarters. Several top officers were injured, some seriously, in what DNB called a bomb attempt. Hitler and Mussolini were nearby but unhurt as Goering and Goebbels arrived afterward. The blast prompted speculation of an inside job or Allied action, with authorities noting the attack may have been aimed at shaking German leadership.
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Edward Patterson Reported as German Prisoner
Edward H. Patterson a First Lieutenant and Liberator bomber pilot from Cedar Rapids was reported missing since June 21 and later identified as a German prisoner by the War Department. His father G H Patterson lives at 826 Fifth Avenue SW and his wife Maxine resides in Iowa City.
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