Reflecting on Wendell Willkie After His Untimely Death
The piece reflects on the remarkable arc of Wendell Willkie from Democrat to Republican nominee and his enduring influence. It notes his appeal lay in opposing machine politics and his impact on both New Deal critiques and Republican philosophy, while predicting posthumous political maneuvering to win his sizable following.
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Wendell
Willkie
Republican Party
Mr. Wilkie
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Dewey
Mr. Willkie Reht
Roosevelt
Dewey
Four Nations Propose World Peace Organization The United Nations
The Big Four unveil a charter for a world peace body called The United Nations backed by armed power. It would include a general assembly an economic social council a world court and a security council with permanent members the US Britain Russia China and France. The plan envisions armament regulation and an international high command but leaves voting procedures for the security council unresolved.
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Washington
World Peace Organization
The
United Nations
General Assembly
Economic and Social Council
World Court of Justice
Security Council of
United States
Great Britain
Russia
China
France
Securitys Council
Security Council
Council
Dumbarton Oaks
Roosevelt
Hull
International Organization For Security and Peace
U S Vessels Bombard Marcus Base in a Bold Strike
U S warships pressed a sustained bombardment of Marcus island base delivering fire and silencing most shore batteries. The raid, first surface attack on Marcus, aimed to deter Japanese defenses as Adm Nimitz reports feeble enemy resistance and tactical surprise. Marines on Peleliu endured cave fighting as military government is established with heavy casualties.
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Pearl Harbor
Tokyo
Japan
Marcus Island
Pinpoint Island
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet Headquar
Ters
William F. Halsey
Third Battle Fleet
Paau Islands
Marcus
Grand Fleet
United States
Umurbrogol
Peleliu Island
Pualaus
Nimitz
Peleliu
Willkie Burial Near Indiana Birthplace After Fight With Illness
Wendell L. Willkie lay in state at Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church after dying of coronary thrombosis at 52. Funeral time set for Tuesday in New York, burial to follow in Rushville Indiana near Elwood where he was born. Notables from Roosevelt to Hoover mourned his loss and praised his courage and public service.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Indiana
America
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
Willkie
Lenox Hill Hospital
J.g
Philip Willkie
U.S.N.R
Atlantic
Alfred E. Smith
Wendell Willkie
Roosevelt
G.O.P
Dewey
Herbert Hoover
Cordell Hull
John W. Bricker
James A. Far
Register to Vote Before Oct 27 for Nov 7 Elections
Last day to register is Oct 27 for the November general elections. You must be registered to vote for the presidential choice and state county district races. Seventeen days remain to register at the registration office on the third floor of the city.
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United States
Poliomyelitis Strikes Again in Cedar Rapids
John Hamilton eight year old son of Dr and Mrs Henry Hamilton of 127 Cottage Grove avenue SE Cedar Rapids is hospitalized in Iowa City with poliomyelitis. His condition was fair at noon Monday though he is the sixth Cedar Rapids case this fall. He attended Arthur school Friday and after headaches Saturday night he was diagnosed after a lumbar puncture and rushed to Iowa City.
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Cedar Rapids
John Hamilton
Henry Hamilton
Cottage Grove Avenue
University Hospital
Iowa City
Hamilton
Arthur School
Ward's Lease Loop Property Expanded by Montgomery Ward
A. L. Smulekoff and John F. Miller lease their 60 by 140 foot property at 213 215 Second Street SE for 50 years to Montgomery Ward and company for postwar use. The new lease doubles Ward space adjacent to its Mullin building in a five story complex. A two story building on the site would be razed for Ward's expansion and a future building matching current quarters is planned after the war.
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A. L. Smulekoff
John F. Miller
Second Street
May’s
Lober
Montgomery Ward and Company
Montgomery Ward
Mullin
Smulekoff-Miller
Troy Mills Woman Struck by Hit and Run Auto
Mrs Mabie Leopold 26 of Troy Mills suffered right ankle fractures when a car traveling east swerved on Highway 151 about midnight Saturday and struck her as she repaired a flat tire on the shoulder. The hit and run vehicle continued without stopping. sheriff's office is investigating.
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Cedar Rapids
Mabie Leopold
Troy Mills
Springville
Highway 151
Leopold
Bond cashing at banks slows after initial rush
Cedar Rapids five banks cashed 5184 war bonds for 127579.82 in the first week under the new system started Oct 2, averaging 21263.31 daily. First day saw 1226 bonds totaling 40550.32, with weekly total after that at 87029.50. The next war loan drive begins Nov 20.
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Cedar Rapids
Decorah Reports 31 Degree Fall Frost In Iowa
A first frost of the fall was recorded in northeastern Iowa with Decorah posting 31 degrees Monday morning. Mason City and Spencer reported 32 degrees as frost warnings extended statewide and Cedar Rapids showed 53 degrees at 2:30 p.m. Humidity measured 32 percent with variable readings through the night and morning.
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Decorah
Iowa
Mason City
Spencer
Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Roosevelt to Address American Republics on Columbus Day
President Roosevelt will give a brief non political address to the American republics on Columbus Day October 12. Stephen Early said the speech will be broadcast from 3 p.m. Central War Time and last about ten minutes.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Columbus Day
Stephen Early
Sete Auth Tee
Churchill and Eden Head to Moscow for Key Talks
Prime Minister Churchill and Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden arrive in Moscow for a conference with Premier Stalin and Molotov. The talks, described as a sequel to the Quebec meeting, aim to speed final Allied action against Germany with U.S. participation led by Ambassador Averell Harriman.
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London
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Moscow
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Quebec
Germany
United States
W. Averell Triman
Russia
Eden
Court Refuses Rehearing On Insurance Antitrust Ruling
The Supreme Court refused to reconsider its 4 to 3 decision that insurance is interstate business and subject to the Sherman Antitrust Act. The Southeastern Underwriters Association urged rehearing, arguing the ruling endangers insurance contracts and the industry’s conduct. Justices Roberts and Reed did not participate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Southeastern Underwriters Association
Roberts
Reed
Association
No Adjournment Of Coe Cornell Traditional Feud
The Coe Cornell football feud heats up with midnight vandalism as Cornell pins a Cornell 48 sign on Coe’s chapel yard and Coe students retaliate by altering a Cornell mark and raising two Coe pennants. A security guard presence followed, including a false alarm.
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Coe
Cornell
Cedar Rapids
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Mt. Vernon
Pvt Edwin Plotz Killed in Holland
Pvt. Edwin A. Plotz Jr., 19, paratrooper, was killed in action in Holland on Sept. 22. He had served since Nov. 18, 1943, after basic training at Camp Roberts and paratroop training at Fort Benning. He went overseas in August via England to France. Surviving are his parents Mr. and Mrs. Edwin A. Plotz and two brothers, Bill and a younger brother.
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Edwin A. Plotz, Jr
Holland
War Department
Edwin A. Plotz
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Boy Scout and Gazette
Plotz
McKinley High School
Quaker Oats Company
Camp Roberts
Calif
Fort Benning
England
France
Bill
Allied forces press toward Aachen as Letricourt advance noted
The Third Army reports a two mile push between Metz and Nancy reaching Letricourt, 16 miles southeast of Metz. In separate action, Hodges’s First Army closes on Aachen from the north and east, threatening encirclement while German counterattacks aim to hold the escape corridors near Alsdorf Haaren and Wurselen. Canadian forces execute a rear landing near Antwerp to aid a bridgehead along the Leopold canal amid riverine defenses.
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Third
Metz
Nancy
Letricourt
U. S. First Army
Courtney H. Hodges
Aachen
Julich
Cologne
Alsdorf
Bardenburg
Wurselen
Haaren
Supreme Headquarters
Dusseldorf
Rhine
London
Schelde
Hooftplaat
Antwerp
Leopold Canal
Walcheren
Zuid Beveland
Twerp
Calmpthout
Korteven
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AVING
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F. R., Dewey Tributes
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Signal Corps
Ward's
Cedar Rapids News
Hit and Run Auto
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