Washington diplomacy on Stilwell recall debated by critics
The piece argues the Stilwell recall and Chiang Kai-shek policy were cloaked in censorship and misunderstood by the public. It contends the Roosevelt administration should speak plainly, warn of diplomatic risks, and improve public understanding of wartime foreign policy.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
Joseph Stilwell
China-Burma-India
Chiang Kaishek
Cedar Rapids Declared Acute Group 1 Labor Area
Cedar Rapids was designated an acute labor shortage area by the War Manpower Commission, effective Wednesday, after long shortages in war plant manning. Des Moines reported similar concerns, with implications including a 48 hour work week for larger employers and no new contracts until labor improves.
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Cedar Rapids
War Manpower Commission
Washington
Associated Press
Des Moines
George D. Haskell
WMC
Davenport
Clinton
Burslington
Iity
Haskell
Areca
Gazette
Young Men’s Bureau
Citizens Service Corps
United States Employment Office
Allies Storm Last Barrier To Antwerp
British commandos landed on Walcheren island s southern and western coasts and pushed toward the last Nazi gun positions blocking the seaplane routes to Antwerp. Canadian forces reported large prisoner gains and territorial advances as muddy conditions and minefields hampered operations along the Maas and near Venlo.
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Walcheren Island
Allied
HDQ
AEF
Antwerp
Berlin
Vlissingen
Flushing
Walcheren
Beveland Island
France
Montigny
Luneville
Maas River
Maas
Canadian First Army
Leopold Canal
Liesel
Maas Bulge
Venlo
Germany
U.S. Seventh Army
Vosges
Monitor endorses Dewey for president in editorial
The Christian Science Monitor weighed the campaign issues and endorsed Gov. Dewey, saying his election would better serve the United States. Managing Editor Erwin Canham noted a prior endorsement of Willkie in 1940, but not as explicit as this Dewey support.
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Boston
The
Christian Science Monitor
Dewey
United States
Erwin Canham
Monitor
Wendell Willkie
Japan radio urges Chiang Kai-shek to join Asian war
A New York AP report says a Japanese broadcast on Wednesday night urged Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek to join his kith and kin the one billion people of Asia in Japan's war against the United States and Britain.
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Chiang Kai-shek
China
Japan
Washington
Chungking
New York
Kith and Kin
Asia
United States
Britain
Rockwell Covers Cedar Rapids for Post Election Issue
Norman Rockwell visited Cedar Rapids last June for The Saturday Evening Post election number. He painted a cover showing a Cedar Rapids man with a Gazette and a double-page spread titled America at the Polls. The subject centers on a typical voter before a voting machine with an explanation of Cedar Rapids as centerpiece.
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Cedar Rapids
Saturday Evening Post
America
Norman Rockwell
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
Rockwell
Curtis Publishing Company
The
Post
Ladies Home Journal
Cleveland School
West Highlands
Chandler
the Post
Kiwanis Club Dewey Polls Favor Dewey In Vote
The Kiwanis club polled by The Gazette on Wednesday noon shows Dewey ahead with 70 to 10 for Roosevelt and undecided. The Waltonians also held a poll with 92 for Dewey, and 7 undecided, Roosevelt not specified.
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Dewey
Cedar Rapids News
the Gazette
Roosevelt
Waltonians
Vienna Area Bombed by Mediterranean Air Force
Heavy bombers of the Mediterranean air force attacked Vienna on Wednesday in a coordinated raid reported from Rome. The assault targeted strategic sites and disrupted rail and communications as Allied leaders monitor the evolving Axis crisis.
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Uphill Fight To Get China On the Beam
President Roosevelt reshapes U.S. China policy by recalling Gen Stilwell and Gauss, keeping Hurley in China, and signaling support for Chiang Kai-shek. Officials temper expectations as China’s fate hinges on Kuomintang reforms and possible alignment with Communists. Continued discussion notes military and diplomatic shifts and a forthcoming China-focused policy debate.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Clarence &. Gauss
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Kuomintang Party
Joseph W. Stilwell
China- Burma-India
A. C. Wedemeyer
Gauss
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
Stilwell
Tokyo Bombers Reach Tokyo Amid Conflicting Reports
American B-29s reportedly over Tokyo in the first raid on the capital in over two years, with Japanese radio accounts varying on scope and success. Washington said no information on aerial operations over Japan. Conflicting Tokyo broadcasts described a raid on factories, fires, and then contradictory notes about one or more planes, followed by unclear guidance to residents.
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James H . Doolittle
City
Marianas
Saipan
Formosa
Philippines
Linn Democrats Rally for Roosevelt in Countywide Meet
In Linn County the Democrats drew 800 to 900 people at the coliseum for a Roosevelt focused rally with state district and local candidates. Richard Mitchell urged voters to back Franklin Delano Roosevelt for a four year presidential term over Dewey, stressing Roosevelt’s experience and leadership.
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Frank Nye
Gazette
Franklin. Delano Roosevelt
Linn Democratic
Dewey Proposes Eight-Point GOP Program to End Smear Politics
Governor Thomas E. Dewey charged President Roosevelt with making bogus campaign promises and outlined an eight point Republican program designed to end government by abuse and smear. He spoke Tuesday night in Memorial Auditorium ahead of a national broadcast.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Roosevelt
Thomas E. Dewey
G.O.P
Memorial Auditorium
Pheasant Shatters Window At Mrs Atkins Home
A pheasant crashed into and shattered a five by seven-foot front window at the home of Mrs. Jesse Atkins on Thirteenth Street SE Tuesday afternoon. The bird roosted briefly on the porch railing before flying away, leaving the window broken off the front porch.
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Jesse Atkins
Thirteenth Street
Gazette to Publish Election Scorecard
The Gazette will publish a scorecard on November 6 showing electoral votes by state. It will include spaces for four returns and allow readers to track totals for Dewey and Roosevelt as results come in. The page aims to indicate a winner by midnight if the race is close.
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The
Gazette
Dewey
Roosevelt
Caesarean Birth Of Quadruplets Reported In Philadelphia
Three girls and a boy born Wednesday at a Philadelphia lying in hospital after a Caesarean section. Dr. John C. Ulery led the operation, possibly the first quadruplet Caesarean. Each infant weighed about three pounds six ounces and the birth occurred six weeks early. Mrs. Carminello, 30, of Upper Darby, Pa., was the mother.
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Philadelphia
Carminello
Upper Darby
John C. Ulery
Mild Temperatures To End Tomorrow Forecast Near Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids area forecast predicts a end to the current warm spell with showers and cooler weather by Thursday. Record late October heat noted yesterday with 82 at Council Bluffs and a 40 reading downtown last night. Today temperatures around 78 at 2:30 pm with low humidity and mild conditions fading into a cooler pattern tomorrow.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
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