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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1944
Page
3
Current Comment urges citizens to vote and explains the impact of the electoral and popular vote on policy. It discusses the 1940 campaign’s value, world peace debate prep, and the Dumbarton Oaks plan as a starting point for an international body, noting broad public support and cautious optimism.
Allied dispatches describe brutal house to house fighting in Vossenack Germany 13 miles southeast of Aachen as First Army troops regain part of the town near Hurtgen and Schmidt. British Canadian American and Polish forces push to clear Walcheren and Moerdijk pockets while Devers Sixth Army approaches Colmar.
London AP reports Stalin, marking the anniversary of the Russian Revolution, labeled Japan an aggressor nation and urged a postwar peacekeeping body. He argued aggressive powers are typically better prepared for war, citing Pearl Harbor and losses in Asia.
Speedy organization of Linn county veterans service and information center was set Monday night at a second meeting of Cedar Rapids representatives. The center aims to help returning World War II veterans with pensions, disability payments, hospitalization, loans, jobs, and more. An executive committee of 14 Cedar Rapids leaders was named. the center will be in Cedar Rapids with branches as needed.
AP reports election watchers can guess outcomes by tracing results from big cities and key states. Roosevelt's New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Ohio leads face scrutiny as margins in Chicago Philadelphia Cleveland and Detroit shape the national picture tonight.
Detroit AP report states Packard Motor Car shut its entire plant affecting about 39 000 workers after a dispute with several hundred polishers caused an unbalanced material condition hindering aircraft and marine engine production. International UAW CIO reps have been negotiating since Polish workers walked off Friday night.
In raids on Manila and southern Luzon Admiral Nimitz reported Third Fleet carrier planes sank one Japanese warship, damaged five others, destroyed 191 planes, and hit five airfields. Ground targets at Clark Field Batangas Lipa Legaspi Lubang were damaged while attacks stretched from the Kuriles to Nauru.
The Official Journal published amnesty for Maurice Thorez, French Communist leader, who faced six years for desertion from the army after a 1939 Amiens military trial. Thorez has lived abroad and is now in Moscow to escape the sentence.
By 2 p.m. Cedar Rapids had 14544 votes cast across 23 precincts, down from morning totals and below the 1936 peak seven hours in. Des Moines reported heavy turnout with lines at polling places and national campaigns pushing turnout in towns. The day’s total was tracking toward prewar presidential levels, with 9296 counted by 11 a.m. in Cedar Rapids.
At 2 pm the city’s hourly vote average fell to 2057 from 2324, risking a 1940-like finish. If maintained to 8 pm, total city votes may reach about 30,728 with 30,398 target possible. absentee ballots add 330 more. Heaviest early voting in Seventh precinct with 934 ballots.
Early and heavy turnout swamped polling places across the nation with reports of a potential record vote of 50 000 000. Roosevelt and Dewey led in early returns from multiple states as voting proceeded nationwide amid brisk civic participation and favorable weather.
Gov. and Mrs. B. B. Hickenlooper cast their ballots Tuesday morning at the Bever park garage polling place in the Tenth precinct. They reside in Cedar Rapids and were greeted by local officials. The governor spoke of continued tension of public office and Mrs. Hickenlooper recalled a home moment from election night.
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