Cherne asks how to achieve full postwar employment
An open Atlantic Monthly letter to the President raises questions about crafting a clear postwar employment program. It notes Dewey favoring private enterprise support and Roosevelt's vague plans, and warns shock-absorbing measures alone cannot restore jobs to prewar levels.
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Atlantic Monthly
Leo Cherne
Dewey
Roosevelt
Cherne
Ank
Washington
NRA
PWA
WPA
NYA
Allied Push Near Aachen Tightens Ring on Cologne
Allied forces advance on multiple fronts amid a widening push toward Aachen and Cologne. British Second Army takes Venray and moves toward the Reich frontier while American First Army and Third Army press from Metz to Брад Metz and the Vosges. German counterattacks near Aachen are contained as forces consolidate routes toward the Rhine and Cologne.
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AEF
Venray
Maas
Meuse
Courtney Hodges
First Army
Aachen
Berlin
Cologne
Breskens
Antwerp
Belfort
H. D. Crerar
Ijzendijke
Breskiens
West Kapelle
Walcheren
Holland
Rhine-Ruhr
Miles C. Dempsey
Reich
Associated Press
Ned Nordness
Canal de Doorn
Hisenhower
Eisenhower
United States Third Army
Ancy-sur-Moselle
Metz
Wes Gallagher
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Laval
Champ le Duc
Bon Homme Pass
Vosges
United Press
Henry T. Gorrell
Gorrell
Wurselen
Compton says Allied leaders never counted on 1944 V Next spring is target
Rep Ranulf Compton arrived in England after a western front tour and said Allied high command never planned to finish the European war in 1944. He warned Americans were misled by OWI reporting and that operations are well ahead of schedule with a finish unlikely before next spring. He cited Patton and supply problems as key factors and noted troops remain well supplied despite bad weather.
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U. S&s
England
Ranulf Compton
Rconn
High Command
OWI
Compton
George S. Patton
Third Army
Patton
Third
Metz
Rhine
Dewey Addresses New York Forum Tonight
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey arrives in New York for an 8:30 to 9 p.m. speech at a Herald Tribune forum. The topic This Must Be the Last War outlines his peace plan after victory and will be broadcast on NBC and Blue. He comments on President Roosevelt's NYC tour, calling it good for the president to meet the people.
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New York
Thomas FE
Dewey
New York Herald Tribune
NBC
Blue
Roosevelt
New York City
Eighth Polio Case In Cedar Rapids Victim Man of 52
Cedar Rapids reports its eighth poliomyelitis case this fall. Edward Weich, 52, of 1022 Eleventh Avenue SE, was hospitalized at University hospital Iowa City after throat illness and rising paralysis. He was moved to isolation with pneumonia complicating his condition.
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Cedar Rapids
City Health Department
Edward Weich
Eleventh Avenue SE
University Hospital
Iowa City
Weich
W. E. Peschau
Peschau
Welch
Hurricanes Lash Southern Florida as Cuba Suffers
A hurricane with winds up to 160 mph lashed Havana and moved into the Gulf of Mexico. South Florida braced for gales as Pan American Airways reported houses blown down in Havana and damage at the city's airport. The Cuban Red Cross reported at least six dead and twenty hurt.
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Miami
Fld
Havana
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Keys
Florida
Pan American Airways
Cuban Red Cross
Ent Paralyzed After Plane Crash In San Antonio
Maj. Gen. Uzal Ent injured last week in a plane crash is paralyzed from the waist down. His condition was reported as fair.
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Ent
San Antonio
Uzal ‘G. Ent
Roosevelt to Tour New York City Ahead of Manhattan Address
President Roosevelt plans a four borough swing in New York before a Saturday night address in Manhattan on foreign affairs. A Brooklyn rally for Senator Wagner’s re election was set with Democratic National Chairman Hannegan confirming the tour. Edison believe Dewey will win New Jersey, a claim Roosevelt rejected as a substantial majority.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York City
Manhattan
Robert E. Hannegan
Ebbetsfield
Brooklyn
Robert F. Wagner
$115 Stolen by Three Soldiers in Cedar Rapids
Harry Van Antwerp reports three soldiers he picked up on Route 2 robbed him of $115 in currency east of Cedar Rapids. He recalls a stop at East Twenty first Street and First Avenue E before losing consciousness. Detectives later checked several soldier trios but found none implicated.
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Cedar Rapids
Harry van Antwerp
van Antwerp
Indian Creek
Marion
Twentyfirst
First Avenue E
Reds Smash Deep Into Czechoslovakia
Premier Stalin announced the Red army forced the Carpathian passes and advanced 12 to 30 miles into Czechoslovakia on a 170 mile front.
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London
Stalin
Red
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Chinese claim Japanese flank towards Hingan
Chinese high command said Japanese forces drove west six miles to a point 18 miles west of Hunan Kwangsi railway town Hingan after a wide flanking move north of Kweilin. Chinese spokesmen warned the Kwangsi defense center near Hingan may become China's Stalingrad.
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Chungking
Kweilin
Hunan-Kwangsi
Hingan
Kwangsi Province
China
Stalingrad
Passion Play Camels Can't Find Housing
Ray Ashlock as general chairman of the Black Hills Passion Play committee laments housing for two camels Fannie and her daughter Haroldine playing in the drama. Hotels and rooming houses refuse, leaving organizers scrambling to find beds ahead of the October 24 27 performance.
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O’ Ray Ashlock
Jess
Ray
Pollticians
Young Men’s Bureau
Black Hills
Fannie
Haroldine
Ray Avers
County Supervisors Debate Road Plans in Linn County
Linn County supervisors heard bids and protests over road improvements. Landowners from Brown and Washington townships pressed for grading graveling and repairs on specific routes while others argued delays on roads already in the program. The board paused action pending completion of current projects.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Brown Township
George Olinger
Jay Stookey
J. LeRoy Farmer
Henry Graham
Highway 151
Springville
Harry Smith
Smith
Olinger’s
Brown’ Township
Olinger
Smith's
Viola
Whittier
Washington Township
Center” Point
K. R. Lewis
Adolf Hitler calls for armed German home guard mobilization
London AP reports Hitler declaring a second large scale mobilization as all civilian men 16 to 60 ordered into a volkssturm. The decree, read by DNB, vows home guard defense with weapons and by‑laws to be issued by Himmler and Bormann. Men will wear armbands, not uniforms, while joining the army.
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London
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Hitler
DNB
Volksstium
Britain
France
Red Cross
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Home Army
Armed Home Guard
Himmler
Home Guard
Reichsleader
Martin Bormann
Berlin
Volksstrum
Ballots cast in Linn County service vote counts
University of Iowa economist Frank Smith released figures showing 2,689 of 5,885 eligible Linn County servicemen requested absentee ballots and 1,369 already voted. Auditor Otto Hanzlik outlined totals by draft board, noting 3,196 of 5,885 have not yet asked for ballots and 132 service members have died.
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Linn County
Frank Smith
University of Iowa
Cedar Baas
Otto Hanzlik
Smith
Draft Board No. 1
Anger
Lutheran petition calls for delay of universal military training
Delegates at the United Lutheran Church in America biennial convention in Minneapolis adopted a petition to postpone compulsory military training until one year after the war ends.
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Lutheran Petition
Minneapolis
The
United LutheransChurch
America
Navy reports heavy Japanese losses by US fleets
Navy Secretary Forrestal announced 905 enemy ships sunk or damaged by the Third and Fifth fleets since June including 32 vessels and seven warships sunk by submarines. Air units destroyed 3,080 Japanese planes, while American aircraft losses totaled 341.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
United States
Third Fleet
William F. Halsey
Fifth Fleet
Raymond A. Spruance
Western Pacific
Formosa
Japaanese
Tokyo
US and Japanese forces clash as Ulithi base seized
Allied forces announce occupation of Ulithi atoll in the western Carolines aiding the Philippines invasion. Nimitz says Task Force 58 planes strike Manila and Clark Field as Japanese raids hit Manila and Legaspi. Reports note sinking and damaging Chinese Fourteenth Air Force targets near Hong Kong.
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Pearl Harbor
Philippines
Chester W. Nimitz
Ulithi Atoll
Carolines
Nimitz
Manila
Clark Field
United States
Legaspi
Wildcat
Ulithi
Guam
Palau
Caroline Island
Death of Three Japanese Admirals Reported
Berlin radio dispatch relayed by Tokyo reports the deaths of three Japanese fleet vice admirals in battle. Names and details are obscured by garbled OCR, but the report confirms high ranking naval losses for Japan during the war.
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London
Berlin
Tokyo
Mina “Ee Et
Sunobe
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