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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1944
Page
13
President Roosevelt endured a long cold rain in an open car to prove his rugged health and address postwar policy. The piece questions the timing of his call for a decisive international authority and warns against last minute campaign gambits. It argues for thorough public debate before adopting constitutional changes.
Senator Joseph Ball of Minnesota, a Republican, says he will vote for President Roosevelt citing Roosevelt’s foreign policy record. He faulted Governor Dewey for not taking a firm stance on the United Nations and international security, while stressing domestic policies cannot be separated from global policy.
Allied forces pressed a broad front from Holland to the Saar in heavy offensives aimed at breaching Nazi defenses. British Second Army moved toward S Hertogenbosch, Canadians advanced near Bergen op Zoom, while American units attacked near Aachen Metz and Epinal as flying bombs appeared but with limited impact on the battleline.
Rear Admiral H. G. Taylor U S N will address a Navy day luncheon sponsored by the Cedar Rapids Association of Life Underwriters. Tilford E Lennon chairman said the event at the Mont rose hotel features music from the Iowa City Pre flight school band and Navy league and Navy Mothers guests. Life Underwriters promote Navy day observances in Cedar Rapids and Iowa. Navy day originated in 1922 with Oct 22 chosen to mark a Continental Congress milestone.
New York dispatch says the Nazis built an underground town with facilities for 10 000 people a full food supply and organized defenses according to an enemy broadcast but it does not specify its location on any map.
CBS correspondent William D. Dunn describes ecstatic scenes as first American troops enter Tacloban Leyte. Filipinos, including women in colorful dress and children, salute and chant Mabuhay while homes open in welcome amid ongoing war nearby.
Edward Weich Welch, 50, a North Western engineer, died at University Hospital in Iowa City from polio amid pneumonia. He was born in Alexandria, S D, and lived at 1022 Eleventh Avenue SE Cedar Rapids. Services scheduled at Moon chapel Tuesday with Masons and Crescent lodge participation. Surviving wife Mary Boots Welch, a daughter, two brothers, two sisters, and two grandchildren reside in Cedar Rapids. Other Cedar Rapids polio fatalities this year include George Benike and Mrs Clark Luedeman. Lt Glenn Higbee died though his case originated elsewhere.
The United States and Britain recognized the De Gaulle government as provisional French republic. Moscow Ottawa and Canberra followed. Interior zone designated where French authorities have full responsibility, excluding combat areas. De Gaulle’s leadership gains status akin to heads of state, enabling claim to French funds held in the United States. About $900 million plus private funds tied up in France.
Weather outlook for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for fair and colder conditions tonight and Tuesday with lows around 36 to 40. North state areas may dip to 32 degrees while Cedar Rapids sees 50 at 9 am and a 72 degree high earlier in the day under cloudy skies. Humidity runs around 25 percent with a morning low near 44.
President Roosevelt has no sniffles or signs of a cold after his lengthy rain ride through New York City. Presidential Secretary Stephen Early told reporters he spoke with the President by phone and stated he is OK with no illness evident.
Five days remain to register for the November 17 general election. The deadline is October 27. Voters must be registered to have a voice in the presidential election. new residents or those who have not voted in four years should register at the city hall registration office on the third floor.
Decorated veteran First Lt. Albert C. Eddy has been missing since October 11 after flying A-20 bombers over New Guinea on more than 50 missions. Son of Mr and Mrs A C Eddy of 1035 Daniels Street NE he earned all state football honors at Franklin High School before joining the University of Iowa and then the Army Air Corps.
Pvt Cecil C Gillin 34 of the military police was killed October 3 in a motorcycle crash at Oxford England a telegram from the war department said His Cedar Rapids native son of the late Mr and Mrs Charles Gillin 809 Second avenue SW He entered service March 8 1942 trained at Camp Wallace Texas and went overseas May 1943 stationed in England since A graduate of St Patrick s high school he worked for Dempsey s Cleaning and Dyeing before enlisting.
Soviet forces pressed a broad advance into East Prussia driving toward Insterburg and Konigsberg. Goldup, a key rail and road hub northeast of Masurian lakes, reportedly fell as Berlin said it was evacuated. Simultaneous Soviet efforts reached the Norwegian border and edged into Hungary, threatening a large German pocket in Czechoslovakia and Transylvania.
American invasion forces sweep Japanese defenders toward inland hills on a 20 mile Leyte front. MacArthur reports enemy withdrawal and increasing supply difficulties as Tacloban and Palo airfields are secured and planning for a major base for next operations proceeds. Submarine losses of Herring and Gale noted.
A concise notice lists deaths including David Lawrence and Paul Mallon with regional farm notes. The item references Marion, Drew Pearson, Walter Winchell, and radio sports coverage in state contexts.
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