Roosevelt Leads. Michigan Holds 19 Electoral Votes
Detroit AP report shows Roosevelt leading Michigan with 432 to 99 in electoral votes after county canvass rechecks. Nationally, Roosevelt's margin sits at about 2.9 million as 44.7 million votes counted. soldier ballots and late returns may shift final tallies. Dewey remains a strong national figure with 46.8 percent of votes counted.
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Detroit
Wayne County
Board of
Roosevelt
Michigan
Dewey
Thomas EB
Wendell Willkie
Hickenlooper Senate Victory Seen as Strong Start
The piece lauds Rourke Hickenlooper for winning a U S Senate seat amid tough conditions and notes his potential to serve Iowa and the nation well. It discusses the Roosevelt coalition, GOP restraint, and the need for veterans readjustment programs with Cedar Rapids civic leadership backing servicemen. It also recounts local reflections on post election optimism and a gardener’s remarks about home grown strawberries in Cedar Rapids.
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Harry Boyd
Rourke Hickenlooper
U. S. Senate
Gillette
Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Calls for Unity to Win Lasting Peace
HYDE PARK N Y AP President Roosevelt urged unity to win the war and achieve lasting peace after his reelection to a fourth term in wartime. Secretary Early said messages arrived from Cordell Hull and others noting isolationism is dead and pledging continued support for victory and a just peace. No word reported from Gov. Dewey by 5 p.m.
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Dewey
New York
Robert E. Hannegan
Frank C. Walker
Cordell Hull
Frances Perkins
Anna Rosenberg
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Early
Navy
Washingon
Thomas E. Dewey
Churchill
Germany
Europe
Nobel Prize in Literature Awarded to Johannes V Jensen
The Nobel Prize in literature went to Danish author Johannes V Jensen. The six volume epic Journey of the Cimbrians and The Fan of the Hs are cited as his major works.
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New York
Johannes V. Jensen
Jensen
Edward Hughes Listed Missing in World War II
Pfc Edward Joseph Hughes 25 is listed as missing in action since October 22. He trained as a motor mechanic at Camp Wolters Texas and Fort Benning Georgia and went overseas with the infantry in March crossing to France in June. His wife Helen Huston and their son Vern Edward live with her father in Oxford Junction. He is survived by his parents three sisters and two brothers.
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Edward Joseph Hughes
Second Street
War Department
Oxford Junction
Pfe
Hughes
Camp Wolters
Texas
Fort Benning
Infantry
Trance
Helen Huston
Martelle
Vern Edward
Arthur Carlson
Anamosa
Lloyd Smith
Cedar Rapids
Benita
Charles
Donald
Half Million U S Casualties Reached in World War II
Washington AP reports Army casualties through October 28 total 437 356 and Navy 71 839, with a combined service total of 509 195. The rise reflects updated reporting and revised handling of casualty notices to next of kin.
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Washington
Stimson
Navy
Army
Jes
Iowans Make Pollers Look Pretty Awful
A review of Iowa's unofficial election returns shows professional pollsters and prognosticators faring poorly. Dewey counts 547,823 votes to Roosevelt's 497,376 in Iowa, with 52.4 percent for the Republican ticket amid minor party totals. Willkie once carried Iowa in 1940 with 52 percent.
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Iowa
Roosevelt
Dewey
Republican State Central Committee
G.O.P
Wendell Willkie
Index of Marquis Childs and Courtesy Features
The column lists Marquis Childs 2 0 6 4 and other features including Courthouse, Deaths, Farm notes, and names such as David Lawrence Paul Mallon Drew Pearson Walter Winchell within a period newspaper index format. It shows sections for Movies and Women’s Features and references multiple bylines.
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Gomilea
Raeseerns
Cseeee Essen
Caeseneeee
Vows de Yee Ees
David Lawrence
Ae Cane
Paul Mallon
Marion
Bagoredates Movies
Cep Eee Tenell
Drew Pearson
Walter Winchell
Mae “Ants
Yanks Buck Typhoon in Leyte Fight
American infantry fought through a 100 mile per hour typhoon in northern Leyte as Japanese defenders held ridges near Ormoc. Air action paused by weather, but Allied forces blasted 48 Japanese planes and damaged ships while supply lines remained critical.
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Philippines
Tokyo
China
Kweilin
Chungking
Far East
Burma
Fort White
Tiddim
Kalemyo
Tomoyushi Yamashita
Manila
Singapore
Ormoc
Fred Irving
Dutch Indies
Churchill urges triple wartime conference with Roosevelt and Stalin
Prime Minister Churchill urged another big three conference with Roosevelt and Stalin to bridge mankind’s sufferings and halt destruction. He noted U.S. election results improved prospects and praised Montgomery for opening the Schelde estuary to Antwerp, aiding the Allied northern flank toward Germany.
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London
Churchill
Roosevelt
Marshal Stalin
Nordmayor
United States
Marshal Montgomery
Schelde
Bel-gian
Antwerp
Germany
Three More Divisions Go Into Assault Near Metz
Allied action while Patton’s Third Army pushes on Metz with three divisions entering the line and several towns captured. Heavy bombers and dive bombers hit front positions as ground combat expands across northeast France and into German-occupied areas.
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France
London
United States i Third Army
Metz
St. Lo
Normandy
Germany
United States First Army
Hurtgen Forest
Aachen
Vossenack
Hurtgen J
Schmidt
Moselle
Seille River
Cheminot
Pont-a-Mousson
Third
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh
Migneville
Nancy
Reherry
First Casualty in Philippines From Cedar Rapids
Staff Sgt. Fred J. Donisthorpe 25 was slightly wounded Oct 21 in the Philippine islands, the first Cedar Rapids casualty of the invasion. He entered service in October 1941, trained at Fort Riley and Fort Bliss, and served with the First Division mounted cavalry that captured the Admiralty Islands last March. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Fred S Donisthorpe of 629 S Street SW and was employed by the city parks before enlisting.
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Fred J. Donisthorpe
Philippine Islands
L Street
Cedar Rapids
Donisthorpe
Fort
Riley
Kan
Fort Bliss
Texas
Admiralty
Islands
Fred S. ‘Donisthorpe
Missing Sergeant Nolan Reported Missing in Action in Italy
War department reports Sergeant Vincent Nolan of the Thirty fourth Division has been missing in action in Italy since October 17 after being wounded earlier. He has served 34 months, with prior time in Ireland England North Africa and Italy. His brother William James Nolan is an aviation machinist’s mate in the Navy and stationed on a South Pacific island.
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Cleveland News
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Midway
Guadalcanaland
New Georgia
Cleveland
South Pacific
Bill
Linn County Veterans’ Service and Information Center
Cedar Rapids News
Vincent “A. Nollan
Italy
War Department
Nolan
Ireland
England
North Africa
William James
Red” Nolan
Frederic. Helming
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