Philippines landings spark US morale and strategic debate
The article recalls General MacArthur's return to the Philippines as a pivotal morale booster and a costly, challenging operation with Japan resisting at Saipan and Peleliu. It notes Pacific reconquest risks and contrasts with Allied challenges in Europe, while Truman envisions postwar peacetime plant use and political opposition in the South and West to war plant utilization. It also covers Cedar Rapids Labor Federation backing Senator Frank Byers for re-election and praises his legislative acumen and influence across Iowa's agricultural, industrial, and professional sectors.
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Truman
PHE
Cedar Rapids Federation of of Labor
Frank Byers
State Senate
Senator Byers Long
Federation
Byers
Cio-Pac
Peace after war will hinge on just treatment and vigilance
Bishop Edwin F. Lee, head of the army and navy chaplains commission, urges a just peace that condemns aggression and preserves justice. He predicts battles in China and Southeast Asia, with recovery in the Philippines, Dutch East Indies, and Malaya after campaigns. He stresses never forgetting totalitarian aggression.
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Edwin F. Lee
General Commission On Army and Navy
Henry Morgenthau
Germany
Philippines
Malaya
Dutch Indies
China
Shanghai
Lee
Dutch East Indies
Islands
Stalin Announces Belgrade Capture and Red Army Advances
Soviet leader Stalin announced Belgrade, the Yugoslav capital, had fallen to the Red Army. Debrecen, Hungary’s third-largest city, reportedly came under Soviet control as Berlin said Russians pushed near East Prussia. Reports spoke of heavy tank battles, German losses, and German and Czech fronts in retreat and regrouping.
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London
Debrecen
Ofungary
Red Army
Stalin
Berlin
Eydtkau
Rominter Heide
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Hungary
Budapest
Moscow
East Prussia
Reich
Czechoslovakia
Bohemian
Sage, 75, Struck by Freight Engine in Cedar Rapids
J. F. Sage, 75, of 1301 Ninth Avenue SW, was seriously injured when his car collided with a North Western freight engine at the corner of Ninth Street and Sixth Avenue. He was blinded by the sun, his vehicle dragged along the tracks, and he was taken to Mercy Hospital by ambulance.
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J. F. Sage
Nineteenth Avenue
North Western
Oe Avenue
Sixth Street
Sage
Twelfth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Hull to Hospital For Checkup In Bethesda
Secretary of State Hull, 73, who has been away from his office three weeks due to a throat irritation, is entering the naval hospital at Bethesda for a checkup. Undersecretary Edward Stettinius said Hull’s condition is not serious.
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Washington (Ap
State Hull
Naval Hospital
Bethesda
Edward Stettinius
Hull
Yanks Quell Last German Foe in Aachen City
Allied forces completed the mop up of Aachen as the First Army crushed the last resistance in the fallen German city. American troops under Lt. Gen. Courtney Hodges fought through rubble and streets to secure the ancient capital, while nearby Allied offensives pressed toward Breda and the Rhine.
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German City
A.E.F
First Army
Aachen
Charlemagne
United Press
Jack Frankish
Courtney H. Hodges
Fall of
Hodges
Cologne
Rhine
Vosges
Upper Rhine
Seventh Army
Bruyeres
Holland
Miles C. Dempsey
Venray
Dewey Plans Pittsburgh Campaign Address On White Collar Wo rk
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will speak in Pittsburgh at 8 tonight broadcast by NBC and WHO. He aims to address the status of white collar workers who he says are the forgotten man and trapped between two fires under the New Deal. He argues the New Deal has weakened labor rights while turning collective bargaining into political bargaining. Dewey also cites President Roosevelt's New York City tour as proof Democrats seek to reverse a Republican winning trend.
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Pittsburgh
Thomas E. Dewey
NBC
Dewey
Roosevelt
New York City
Register by Oct 27 for the Nov 7 general election
Seven days remain to register for the upcoming general election. Voters must register if they wish to vote for the next U S President and if they have moved or not voted in four years. The registration office is on the third floor of City Hall.
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United States
MacArthur Proclaims Philippine Liberation and Defiance
Gen Douglas MacArthur issues a Leyte broadcast promising complete liberation from Japanese rule. He urges Filipinos to rally with Osmeña and Corregidor’s spirit, strike at every opportunity, and defend homes as they reclaim sovereignty on Philippine soil. The speech invokes divine guidance and vows to crush enemy control.
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New York
INS
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Freedom
Gen. MacArthur
Philippine
Sergio Osmena
Manuel Quezon
Bataan
Corregidor
Japs Caught Off Guard by Attack
President Roosevelt reported that operations in the Philippines proceed on schedule with light losses. MacArthur sent a message saying Japanese forces on Mindanao are no longer a major factor as the American landings have achieved unexpected success and the plan for the Philippines was finalized after Hawaii discussions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
George C. Marshall
Army
MacArthur
Philippine
Mindanao
Leyte
General MacArthur
Hawaii
Pearl Harbor
Mr. Roosevelt
Chiang Mails Invasion Praise From Chungking
President Chiang Kai-shek applauded the invasion of the Philippines and predicted it would hasten China’s victory over Japan in the shortest time. The remarks were made in Chungking.
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Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Philippines
China
Japan
Polio Toll in Cedar Rapids Reaches Nine
Ralph Shook a 41 year old ambulance service driver living at 118 Eleventh Street SW was named Cedar Rapids ninth polio victim of the fall season. He was to be transported to University Hospital Iowa City for treatment. Shook, unmarried and a WWII veteran, has worked for the ambulance service since August. his mother resides in West Union. Two Cedar Rapids deaths from polio have occurred this year.
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Ralph Shook
Eleventh Street
Cedar Rapids
Lloyd Miller
Shook
Iowa City
University Hospital
West Union
War Chest Reports Sought as Community Drives Progress
Chairman Robert Armstrong urged all war fund workers and captains to report to the War Fund office immediately, reports lagging though most are working. Distinguished service awards were given to Van Buren, Fillmore and Garfield schools for teacher and staff contributions, with 90 percent offering eight hours of pay. In residential division, team 10 led by Mrs. W Clyde MacLain topped the drive turning in $530.75 on a $495 quota.
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Team 10
W. Clyde MacLain
Americans Storm Leyte Coast In Largest Invasion
Gen. Douglas MacArthur led a massive amphibious assault on Leyte Island as about 250000 Allied troops, planes, and warships landed along the 75 mile east coast. The operation aimed to seize Tacloban and split Japanese forces in the Philippines.
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Leyte Island
HDQ
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Tacloban
Manila
MacArthur
Corregidor
Normandy
D-day
France
Nashville
Sixth Army
Walter Krueger
Central Pacific
Dulab
United States
Far Eastern
Royal Australian Air Force
California
Pennsylvania
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