Stettinius Seen as 1948 Hopeful in Bid for Presidency
President Roosevelt nominates Edward R. Stettinius Jr. for secretary of state, likely to be confirmed this week, elevating him to number two in the administration and placing him at the center of postwar world organization efforts. Debate swirled over possible successors to Hull and Wallace while Byrnes was urged by some, yet Roosevelt kept Stettinius in place as Hull retires for health reasons.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Senate
Stettinius
Hull
Wallace
CIO
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Sen
Wherry
Nebraska
Cordell Hull
World Organization
United Nations
George Hearn
Hearn
Governors Decision on Jan 3 Swearing In
Governor Hickenlooper should resign by Jan 3 to allow Lt. Gov Blue to begin his term and be ready for the new Congress. A pre-swearing start could aid effective work with the legislature and boost seniority for future committee assignments. Stettinius is praised for public relations and continuity at the state department.
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Eva Ree Hickenlooper
Blue
Congress
Des Moines
Washington
Iowa
United States Senate
Hickenlooper
Edward Stettinius
Cordell Hull
Stettinius
State Department
Dumbarton Oaks
Draft Riots In Capital Of Dominion
Ottawa faced street clashes as 100 home defense troops led protests against overseas conscription. Prime Minister Mackenzie King pushed a confidence vote amid party dissent while draftees in British Columbia and thousands in Montreal expressed opposition.
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Ottawa
A. G. L. McNaughton
Canada
Dominion
Mackenzie King
McNaughton
Home Defense Forces
Lansdowne
King
Progressive Conservative
Party House
Gordon Graydon
British Columbia
Prince Rupert
Army
Quebec
Montreal
Clark Lee Struck by Strafing Near Saipan Raid
Clark Lee, International News Service correspondent, was slightly injured Monday when a jeep carrying him, Lt. Col. Clair McKelway and Sgt. Lloyd Reiff came under strafing fire during a raid on a B-29 base at Saipan. Lee suffered a possible small bone fracture after the impact with coral.
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Saipan
Clark Lee
International News Service
Lee
Clair McKelway
21St Bomber Command
Lloyd Reiff
Avon
S. C
McKelway
New Yorker Magazine
Protests over secret FCC hearings trigger resigning counsel
The House committee voted to close FCC hearings to the public. Committee Counsel John J. Sirica resigned immediately, citing a public interest and warning of a whitewash. Rep. Wigglesworth condemned the move, while Rep. Hart and others defended closed proceedings as necessary for focus.
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Washington
Thehouse
Federal Communications Commission
John J. Sirica
Lea
Dcalif
Rep
Wigglesworth
R-Mass
WMCA
New York
Edward J. Noble
Donald Flamm
Sirica
Cigaret Shortage Debate Highlights 1944 Flue-Cured Tobacco
Washington AP reports congressional investigators hear that an 18 month supply of cured tobacco is backed by a record 1944 crop. The House Agriculture Committee hears testimony that domestic use exceeds 1 billion pounds and civilian supply is up nearly 50 percent from prewar levels.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Flannagan
D-Va
George E. Powell
Commodity Credit Corporation
AAA
Powell
British Troops Guard Brussels as Pierlot Wins Confidence
British tanks and helmeted troops guarded the Belgian parliament as Premier Pierlot secured a confidence vote 116 to 12. Streetcar workers had struck demanding his resignation and thousands of protesters were reported marching toward the capital.
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Brussels
Chamber of Deputies
Hubert Pierlot
Pierlot
Mons
Pierrot
Captured Yanks Mock German V-1 Reports
An American prisoner told interrogators that captured U S soldiers denied knowledge of the V-1 device. The remark irritated Nazi officers as the U S Seventh Army pressed operations against German forces.
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U.S. Seventh Army
Linn County War Bond Drive Reaches Million Day
Linn county reports a banner day in the sixth war loan drive with sales of 1 131 566 50 on Monday and a total of 2 551 908 75 toward a 9 256 000 quota. Cedar Rapids area totals 8 006 000 with 2 459 160 in sales.
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Linn County War Bond Office
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Kolosick Condition Slightly Improved After Stroke
James Kolo sick a 16 year old Franklin high school center suffered a stroke Saturday night at Burlington during a Burlington Franklin game. He was transported to University hospital Iowa City Monday and described as slightly improved Tuesday by superintendent Robert Neff. Physicians continued extensive tests and avoided comment on 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
German prisoners captured after escape near Indianola
Omaha dispatch reports three German inmates who fled from the Indianola Nebraska prison camp Saturday have been recaptured at Oberlin Kansas.
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Omaha
INS
Indianola
Neb
Oberlin
Kan
U S Airman Harold Miller Claims Rommel Kill
Lt Harold O Miller, 20, of Santa Rosa California, says his gun camera confirmed he killed Nazi Field Marshal Erwin Rommel by strafing a German staff car July 24. Miller, now recovering in Santa Ana with wife Margaret, described the hit, fire and crash from about 1000 feet as the car burned and rolled.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Harold O. Miller
Santa Rosa
Erwin Rommel
Rommel
Miller
Margaret
Eighth Fighter Command
RAF Depot Explosion Kills 220 in Britain
Report says more than 220 people killed in the Royal Air Force maintenance depot blast near Burton on Trent. Officials note over 50 dead officially with at least 60 trapped, as British and American troops aid in rescue efforts. cause of the explosion is unknown.
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London
INS
London Daily Mail
Royal Air Force
Burton-on-Trent
Leaden Skies Over Cedar Rapids Snow Hint
Leaden skies over Cedar Rapids forecast light snow turning to rain with gradual warming Wednesday. Des Moines reports a similar trend as the cold remains, with readings around 28 degrees in the afternoon and highs near 34 in Burlington Davenport and Ottumwa.
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Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Chambers
Iowa
Burlington
Davenport
Ottumwa
Suspended Sentence in Billford Theft Case
Pvt Edward Zimmerman, 33, pled guilty to larceny and received a one year Linn County jail term suspended to allow return to Fort Lewis Washington. Co-defendants Orville Trimble and Paul Heslop faced related actions with Heslop later found guilty and bonded.
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Cedar Rapids
Edward Zimmerman
Tenth Avenue SW
G. K. Thompson
Linn County
Pvt
Zimmerman
Fort Lewis
Wash
Orville Trimble
Fourth Avenue SE
Paul Heslop
Fifth Avenue SE
George Robidoux
Cedar. Rapids
Trimble
Pvt. Zimmerman
Carl “Hendrickson
Heslop
Americans Push Toward Saarbrucken on Roer Front
American Third Army units breached into Germany along a seven mile front advancing toward Saarbrucken while Ninth Army cleared the Roer area near Julich. Seventh Army moved toward the Rhine and Saar lines as German forces pulled back behind the Siegfried line.
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Saarbrucken
Third Army
Ninth Army
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Cologne
Rhine
Kirchberg
Julich
Strasbourg
Seventh Army
Saverne Gap
United States
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Langerwehe
Duren
Grosshau
Rhone-Rhine Canal
Alsace
Dannemarie
Vosges Mountains
Seventh
Venlo
Eisenhower
Aachen
Saar
George S. Patton
Saarebourg
Horace L. McBride
Seinghousse
Harry L. Twaddle
Saarlautern
St. Avold
Lorraine
Reich
Luxembourg
Alexander M. Patch
Siegfried Line
Berlin
Ruhr
Silesia
Third
Maginot Line
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