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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1944
Page
1
The piece argues Dewey’s Boston speech exposed intolerance and defended constitutional rights. It claims liberal critics miscast Communists as a threat and notes Dewey did not accuse the movement of broad Bolshevik influence, while contrasting Roosevelt’s stance and labor politics.
United States First Army drives from Hurtgen forest toward the Cologne plain, advancing nearly two miles to Wossenack southwest of Cologne. Patton’s Third Army pushes near Nancy as Allied forces seize river crossings and clear Walcheren and Breskens pockets in a widening southwest German front.
Gov. Hickenlooper spoke in Guttenberg arguing the New Deal would wreck postwar adjustments and cited projected debts for Iowa six billion dollars, Clayton county seventy million, and Guttenberg four point four million. He praised GOP tickets and touted state fiscal gains while warning of national policy.
President Roosevelt orders Donald M Nelson to China at once to set up a war production board amid Chiang Kai shek tensions. Rep Judd accuses Washington clash over Stilwell with Chiang and Hurley, blaming a White House ultimatum that pressured Chiang and threatened U S aid. Cedar Rapids report covers three child deaths from a garage fire after a birthday celebration.
The Dewey Lions Club and the Lions Club both reported a 64 to 11 vote tally on the presidential contest. The Gazette notes the Thursday noon polling showed the clubs favoring Dewey over Roosevelt amid uncertain precinct results.
Iowa medical society delegates approve a prepayment service plan for surgical and hospital care. The plan, once integrated with insurance rules, aims to protect low income groups while offering possible future home and office treatment coverage. Participation is voluntary for physicians and limited to approved groups with monthly premiums for individuals and families.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey accused Franklin D. Roosevelt and his “violent supporters” of aiding a fourth term by selling the Democratic Party to Sidney Hillman and the Browder Communists. He spoke at Boston Garden linking Hillman to a push to control the government, threatening American freedoms.
Franklin D Roosevelt goes on the air from the White House for a 15 minute campaign speech as part of a 30 minute program starting at 8 p m Central War Time to be carried by NBC. The subject is not announced and the Democratic National Committee will complete the program with WHO expected to carry the broadcast.
The Gazette debuts a seven day per week feature Fashion Horoscope by Colette with drawings by Erma Carroll. It guides readers on fitting clothes to their personality type and body shape from short and dark to tall and blond and wide shouldered or angular.
Allied air crews battled Nazi fighters over Merseburg and Bielefeld as 38 German planes were reported down. Over 1,100 Forts and Liberators and 900 Mustangs and Thunderbolts attacked targets in the Ruhr and central Germany including refinery and freight yard sites.
Readable items note Marquis at Comics Farm with David Laivre and Paul Mallon. Marion Movies features Drew Pea Radio and mentions State Walters. Women's sports update appears in brief, OCR fragments provide limited context and names.
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