Stettinius Seen as 1948 Hopeful for President
President Roosevelt nominates Edward R. Stettinius Jr. as secretary of state, with Senate approval expected soon. A possible run for 1948 is discussed, as Stettinius would oversee postwar world organization efforts and strengthen his presidential prospects. Hull resigns due to ill health, and Wallace and Byrnes are debated as potential successors or allies in shaping foreign policy.
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Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
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Nebraska
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Roose‘velt
United Nations
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Governor should resign early to aid Blue in Senate transition
The piece urges Governor Hickenlooper to wind up Iowa duties at Des Moines and resign in time for Lt. Gov. Blue to begin the term and for Hickenlooper to be sworn in early in Washington. It argues fresh seniority matters for committee placement and influence, and delaying swearing in risks Iowa’s junior senator falling behind.
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Lord Halifax
United States
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Cedar Rapids
U. S
Iowa
Des Moines
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Lady Halifax
Robert Blue
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Red Cross
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Tripoli
Veterans Hospital
Chicago
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Washington
United States Senate
Wilson
Senate
Stettinius Pick Aims to Preserve State Department Policy
Commentary on Edward Stettinius appointment to succeed Cordell Hull notes his public relations savvy and experience at the Dumbarton Oaks conference. It weighs how the change may affect the reciprocal trade agreement program and social security tax policy amid a tense postwar debate in Congress.
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Cordell Hull
Stettinius
Congress
State Department
Dumbarton Oaks
Hull
Washington
Social Security Board
Riots Roil Ottawa Over Dominion Draft Crisis
Defense Minister McNaughton to answer questions in a closed parliamentary session after street clashes in Ottawa sparked by conscription policy. Prime Minister King faces a heated vote of confidence as Loyalist and opposition factions clash over overseas service decree and party splits.
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A. G. L. McNaughton
Canada
Dominion
Mackenzie King
McNaughton
Home Defense Forces
Lansdowne
King
Progressive Conservative
Party House
Gordon Graydon
British Columbia
Prince Rupert
Quebec
Montreal
Clark Lee Slightly Injured by Strafers
Clark Lee, International News Service correspondent, was slightly injured Monday when the jeep he rode in was strafed during a raid on a B-29 base at Saipan. Lt. Col. Clair McKelway, PR officer for the 21st Bomber Command, was uninjured.
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Saipan
Clark Lee
International News Service
Lee
Clair McKelway
21St Bomber Command
Lloyd Reiff
Avon
S. D
McKelway
New Yorker Magazine
Counsel Protest Secret Hearings Over FCC Hearing Closure
The House committee voted to close FCC hearings to the public and counsel John J. Sirica resigned in protest. The probe concerns WMCA New York sale to Edward J. Noble with witnesses alleging the sale occurred under duress amid obstruction claims.
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Hart
D-N.j
Sirica
Philip Handelmann
Flamm
Handlemann
Cigaret Shortage Questioned By Congress Hearings
Congressional investigators heard witnesses say an 18 month supply of cured tobacco is backed up by a 1944 crop, with civilian cigaret tobacco stock at 1.187 billion pounds and domestic use over 1 billion pounds. House Agriculture Committee members were told production tops prewar levels.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Cgnly
George E. Powell
Commodity Credit Corporation
British Troops Guard Brussels Amid Pierlot Confidence Vote
British tanks and helmeted troops protected the Belgian parliament as Premier Hubert Pierlot faced a confidence vote. Streetcar workers struck seeking Pierlot’s resignation while protesters gathered, and British forces moved to disarm a Mons marchers column. initial reports state about 200 Mons delegates surrendered arms.
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Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
Hubert Pierlot
Pierlot
Mons
Ios Aehrei Inseranansanoon
Captured Yanks Probe German Tech Knowledge
German officers say captured American soldiers in U S Seventh Army captivity dismiss the V 1 rocket as unknown. A Nazi prisoner told interrogators Tuesday that when asked about V 1 effectiveness the Americans replied they had never heard of it.
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U. S. Seventh Army
Interrogaton
Bond Report Tops Million in One Day for War Drive
Cedar Rapids news reports a banner day in the nations sixth war loan drive. Monday Linn county sold 1 131 566 50 dollars in bonds, bringing the county total to 2 551 908 75 and edging toward its 9 256 000 quota. The series E bond sales total 792 097 75. Cedar Rapids quota stands at 8 006 090 with 2 459 160 dollars sold.
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Linn County War Bond Office
Lian County
Cedar Rapids
Franklin basketball player James Kolosick improves after stroke
James Kolosick, 16 year old Franklin high school center, remained in Iowa City University Hospital after suffering a stroke Saturday night at Burlington as he ran onto the floor for the game. Doctors conducted extensive tests Tuesday and described his condition as slightly improved but not ready to judge seriousness.
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Cedar Rapids
James Kolosick
Franklin High School
Robert Neff
University Hospital
Iowa City
Kolosick
Charles Kolosick
Center Point Road
Burlington
Franklin
Tem
U S Airman Claims Rommel Kill In July Strike
Lt Harold O Miller of Santa Rosa California says his gun camera confirmed killing Nazi Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Miller flew with the Eighth Air Force July 24 and fired on a German staff car, its fuel tank igniting as it crashed in a field. He rests with his wife Margaret in Santa Ana after returning home a month ago.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Harold O. Miller
Santa Rosa
Erwin Rommel
Romel
Margaret
Miller Haseen
Eighth Fighter Command
Miller
Explosion at RAF depot kills hundreds in England
London reports a massive blast at the Royal Air Force maintenance depot near Burton on Trent. Official tallies record more than 50 dead with at least 60 trapped underground, as British and American troops aid in rescue efforts. cause of the explosion remains unknown.
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London
INS
London Daily Mail
Royal Air Force
Burton-on
Leaden Skies Over Cedar Rapids Hint Of Snow
The weather report notes light snow possible in Inskeep with humidity at 60 percent. Brief snow flurries occurred around Iowa with Burlington Davenport and Ottumwa at 34 degrees and Cedar Rapids peaking at 29 from midnight to 4 am. The thermometer barely fell, staying near freezing through the night.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Ra
Des Weather Bureau
Iowa
Burlington
Davenport
Ottumwa
Suspended Sentence Given Soldier in Billford Theft Case
Pvt. Edward Zimmerman aged 33 of 118 Tenth Avenue SW pled guilty to a larceny charge in Judge G K Thompson's court. He received one year in Linn county jail but the sentence was suspended to allow his return to the army at Fort AE Wash. Also implicated were Orville Trimble and Paul Heslop in the theft of $200 and a billfold from AX Cedar Rae Route 3 who sat with them in a tavern.
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Edward Zimmerman
Tenth Avenue SW
G. K. Thompson
Linn County
Pvt. Zimmerman
Fort Ae Wash
Zimmerman
Orville Trimble
Fourth Avenue SE
Paul Heslop
Fifth Avenue SE
Cedar Ra
Americans Drive Deep Near Saarbrucken On Roer Front
American Third Army units breached a seven mile front and advanced toward Saarbrucken while Ninth Army reached the Roer near Julich. Voracious combat closed villages near Kirchberg and Hurtgen as Seventh Army pushed toward Strasbourg. Allied thrusts split German defense, aiming to destroy the German army along the Cologne plain amid heavy winter fighting.
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Venlo
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Aachen
George S. Patton
Saarebourg
Canna Seinghousse
Harry L. Twaddle
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Reich
Luxembourg
Alexander M. Patch
Siegfried Line
Saar
Berlin
Ruhr
Silesia
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