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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1944
Page
1
Column reflects on the Democratic convention aftermath and wartime news shaping the 1944 race. It weighs how a Nazi collapse timing could influence Roosevelt’s bid, and discusses CIO vs city machine tensions, Wallace’s fate, and delegate vote quirks at Chicago.
Allied armor pushed into the Coutances area after a 15 mile advance from west of St Lo trapping remnants of the eighty fourth German army corps against the sea. More than 4 000 prisoners taken as columns widened and pockets collapsed. American flyers reported greater German disorder than in North Africa.
Maj. Frank Miles of Des Moines warned at a High Twelve club meeting that optimism is premature as World War II continues. He urged vigilance, cited supply delays, noted Russian progress, and warned against strikes while stressing postwar cooperation, peace talks, and preparedness.
American air forces lofted over 3,000 planes in a two front assault targeting Merseburg in central Germany and the Ploesti oil complex in Romania. Heavy bombers from England and Italy joined raids, with tactical units twice on the Normandy front and raids on Stuttgart and other targets.
An index page listing multiple regular columns and features including Marquis Childs David Lawrence Paul Mallon Marion Drew Pearson and radio and sports sections. It also notes deaths, farm items and a few entertainment pieces with incomplete OCR text.
Japanese information board spokesman Sadao Iguchi flatly denied that any crew members of American B 29 Superfortresses were executed after being shot down and captured according to a Domiei agency dispatch.
Sergeant Leo E. Phelps of Cedar Rapids, one of the first homebound veterans from the Normandy beachhead, recuperates at Schick General Hospital Clinton. He sustained shrapnel wounds on June 13 near Cherbourg and recounts little of the fighting while noting the near-total difficulty of opening his mouth due to a broken jaw and missing left eye. He describes the fear and camaraderie of the front and has a special chewy menu to aid healing.
Merrill R Wilson, foreman at LaPlant Choate maintenance, recalled Sgt Leo E Phelps a good man and able fireman before his draft in April 1942. Phelps worked at the firm from Oct 31 1941 to Mar 30 1942 before entering service.
A caller claiming to be a Muscatine officer asked for an escort to a tavern confrontation. John Kuba intervened to stop the assault, was cut, and Hunter, an itinerant airport worker with prior merchant police ties, was arrested and fined $50 plus costs after pleading guilty to drunkenness and disturbing the peace.
An Ankara dispatch reports Bulgaria negotiating with the Allies to exit the war. The talks occur as Turkish developments unfold, though a portion of the Ankara report remains missing.
U S Navy task force sinks 10 enemy ships amid western Carolines raids while Marines push to seize remaining two thirds of Tinian. Nimitz reports five enemy planes down and 159 US dead with 2 089 enemy dead. Ushi Point airfield on Tinian rapidly expands to support B 29s.
Governor Thomas E. Dewey denounced Rep. Hamilton Fish’s bid in New York's Twenty-ninth district citing racial and religious issue remarks. Dewey called such tactics disgraceful and un-American and said he would not support candidates who inject these matters. Fish later indicated support for the national Republican ticket.
Soviet forces reported rapid advances across the Baltic states Poland and Carpathians claiming nine major victories in 24 hours. Brest Litovsk fell near Warsaw as Soviets closed on Berlin with Kaunas and Lwow among key taken rail centers and Daugavpils Garwolin Siedlce sites cited as captured or seized.
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