German Drive Falters As Moscow Front Holds Line
A reassessment of World War II front lines notes diminished German momentum toward Moscow, with Soviet leaders Timoshenko, Budyonny, and Voroshilov reassigned to demanding tasks. The piece also critiques New Deal defense spending effects on morale and cites OPM concerns about up to 20,000 small firms facing closure during the emergency.
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NCE
Moscow
Mussolini
Timoshenko
Budyonny
Voroshilov
Floyd Odlum
OPM
Klementi Voroshilov
Semyon Budyonny
S. A. Lozovsky
Russia
Semyon Timoshenko
Roosevelt outlines plan to double tank production
President Roosevelt announced a swift expansion of American tank output, aiming to double current levels as the first step in a broad war program. He said the move, tied to the recent lend lease bill, would expand plants and add production units while boosting related ordnance. He stressed the plan serves U.S. armed forces and would be presented to Congress late this year or early next.
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Washington
Roosevelt
America
Senate
House
Congress
OPM
William S. Knudsen
North Africa
McLeod Named Chairman of Cedar Rapids Safety Week
Cedar Rapids Mayor Frank Hahn named R S Scotty McLeod general chairman of the safety week drive. McLeod convened traffic safety leaders, with Captain Gordon Hughes as top adviser, planning a skeleton publicity program and inviting organizational reps to join a safety week committee. The week runs November 28, aimed at cutting the city's traffic toll and fostering year round safety habits.
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Frank Hahn
Cedar Rapids
R. S
Scotty” McLeod
McLeod
Hahn
Safety Week
Gordon Hughes
Police Traffic Department
Hughes
Falls 29,000 Feet Before Opening His Chute
Irondale Falls 29,000 feet before opening his parachute in a record delayed opening jump. Arthur H. Starnes, with 85 pounds of instruments, leaped from 30,400 feet, spun wildly, and opened chutes within 1,500 feet of the ground, landing uninjured near the airport after a 4 minute 15 second descent. He reported freezing goggles and a 25 below zero temperature at jump altitude, and noted two hours of ascent for the mission.
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Harvey
Arthur H. Starnes
Starnes
National Aeronautical Association
Fiorello Gets Endorsement Of Roosevelt
President Roosevelt endorsed Fiorello H. LaGuardia for New York City mayor, praising his administration as the city's most honest and efficient. He emphasized no formal tie to a party machine, while Democratic leaders including Flynn faced pressure over the nomination battle with William O'Dwyer backed by Tammany Hall and other party organs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
New York
Edward J. Flynn
Democratic National Committee
Flynn
New York City
William O’dwyer
LaGuardia
O'Dwyer
Tammany
James A. Farley
Herbert H Lehman
Robert F. Wagner
War report says southern front critical and fighting fierce
Compiled dispatches from cable reports describe alarming conditions on the Ukraine front with heavy combat near Rostov on Don and in the Donets basin. Red Star cites “bloody hand to hand fighting” and immense losses around Stalino and Makeevka as Nazi forces push toward Rostov and Donbas destruction fears grow.
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Ukraine
Rostov-on-Don
Moscow
Russia
Red Star
Stalino
Rostov
Makeevka
Donets River
Lozovsky
Kaluga
Mozhaisk
Sumner Quarton Named Leader of Next Community Chest Campaign
Sumner Quarton, general manager of station WMT, is chosen to head the 1944 Community Chest drive. Quarton served as industrial division chairman for the recently completed campaign and will oversee the upcoming fundraising effort.
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Next Community Chest
Sumner Quarton
Quarton
WMT
Senate approves 6 billion lend lease aid to Britain
The Senate passed a 5.985 billion lend lease bill by 59 to 13 to fund war matériel for Britain and allies, boosting total aid to 13 billion. The measure includes 177.9 million for domestic defense and allows Roosevelt to extend aid to Russia as needed, with an agricultural import ban from outside the U.S. as the only restriction.
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Senate
Adolf Hitler
House
Great Britain
Mr. Roosevelt
Russia
Evacuation of Moscow Diplomatic Corps to Kuibyshev
Report says on October 15 a German breakthrough west of Moscow forced the evacuation of the diplomatic corps and key government departments to Kuibyshev. Ambassadors Molotov and others arrived there days later to establish a temporary government center as Moscow remained the capital and the war continued.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Mozhaisk
Moscow
Red Army
France braces as hostages face mass executions
In Vichy a rumor swirled that Petain may surrender if more French hostages are executed by German forces. Berlin claimed 100 hostages have been killed including two groups of 40 for Nantes and Bordeaux assassinations, while Vichy sources were not confirming the 50 deaths and a 10 million franc penalty was imposed on Bordeaux for further massacres.
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Vichy
France
Henri Philippe Petain
Bertin
Berlin
Paris
Nantes
Bordeaux
Karl Friedrich Holtz
Bordeauu
Cedar Rapids Police to add new officers this fall
Cedar Rapids will reinforce its police department this fall with several new officers funded by the budget. Safety Commissioner West Benesh said the exact number depends on the budget, with Chief Tom Condon requesting added manpower to replenish beat and patrol ranks depleted by transfers to traffic and detective bureaus. Plans include another squad car and a rifle range project, with bids to private contractors. The department operates under a $138,600 budget.
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Cedar Rapids
West Benesh
Tom Condon
L. D. Buraus
Benesh
Four Boys Nabbed In Pre Halloween Vandalism Case
Four 13 year old boys were arrested Thursday night amid a wave of vandalism reports around Nineteenth Street and Washington Avenue SE. Police said the youths admitted stealing porch lamps a lawn chair a mailbox and rental signs and placing a bicycle rack from Johnson School across Eighteenth Street and building a rock barricade in an alley. Parents were notified to bring the youths to juvenile court.
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Nineteenth Street
Washington Avenue SE
Johnson School
Eighteenth Street
Washington and
Park Avenues SE
Frank Filip 66 Cedar Rapids banker and civic leader dies
Frank Filip 66 a Cedar Rapids banker and fraternal figure died Friday at his home from a heart attack. He rose from bank messenger to cashier at Security Savings and later vice president of Cedar Rapids National Bank. He headed Frank Filip and Co investment firm and long served Cedar Rapids Czechs as a reader in the Sokol group. He helped organize Bohemian Relief Society of Iowa during World War I and aided the C N A in creating branches in other Iowa cities. He was Linn county chair of the Liberty Loan drive, with his district oversubscribing every loan. The family arrived in Baltimore from Bohemia on August 12, 1887.
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Security Savings Bank
Cedar Rapids National Bank
Frank Filip
Baltimore
De Gaulle Free French Invasion of Somaliland
Free French forces loyal to Gen Charles de Gaulle crossed into French Somaliland from Djibouti, landing 300 men and seizing Dafenaito near Tajura. The action follows Allied victories in British Somaliland, with Tajura expected to face further marching as Vichy control of Somaliland remains contested.
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VICHY
Charles de Gaulle
Somaliland
French Somaliland
Djibouti
Dafenaito
Tajura
Cvolons
British Somaliland
Ethiopia
Italian Eritrea
Jury Recommends Death Penalty In Washington Slaying
In Washington, a jury of 11 men and one woman recommended the death penalty for Jarvis Catoe, 35, for the rape and murder of Mrs. Rose Abramowitz, wife of a government employee. The panel reached its verdict after only 18 minutes of deliberation.
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Washington
Jarvis Catoe
Rose Abramowitz
A Formula For Getting More Jobs
A man claims a small classified ad in The Gazette brought in enough work to keep his business busy for two weeks. R Free man of 121 Second avenue SW says the ad cost only a half dollar and generated significant returns.
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the Gazette
R. Freeman
Second Avenue SW
Mr. Freeman
Gazette Want Ads storm notice prompts revenue
Advertisers are urged to place want ads in The Gazette to attract customers. The notice highlights that hundreds of firms and individuals have earned extra profits by advertising, with contact at Telephone 12-1121.
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Gazette
Navy Chief Sees Narrow Paths For Supplies To Russia
Secretary of the Navy Knox warned of an impending collision in the Far East as Japan presses expansion. He cited three supply routes to the Soviet armies and called Boston to Archangel the best hope though vulnerable to German bombers. He emphasized urgent, extensive effort to speed aid to Russia amid heavy Allied demand.
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Washington
Knox
Far East
Russia
Pacific
Siberian
Vladivostok
Boston
Archangel
Tyan
Ewaish
Domei Urges U S Japan Talks To Ease Tensions
Tokyo Domei, the semi official Japanese news agency, toned down harsh language toward the United States, noting alleged transgressions but saying the two countries are not enemies. It proposed inviting a group of Japanese representatives to Washington to smooth relations.
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TOKIO
INS
Domei
United States
Foreign Office
Washington
Japanese in Philippines Cancel Homeward Passage
Japanese residents in the Philippines fear a Pacific war with the United States and Friday cancelled return passage aboard the American liner President Taylor.
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Manila
INS
Philippines
Pacific
Japan
United States
President Taylor
Fear 5 Die In Bomber Crash Near Suisun
A large army bomber with five aboard crashed and exploded on Twin Sister peaks in Suisun valley in dense fog. The crew listed includes Captain E. S Nelson the pilot Lieut E W Sell the co pilot Technical Sergeant Zeik Technical Sergeant Kenny and Private F C Phillips. All aboard feared dead as the aircraft departed Hamilton Field for Sacramento and Fort Douglas Utah.
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Suisun
Calif
Suisun Valley
Hamilton Field
Sacramento
Fort Douglas
Utah
E. S Nelson
E. W. Sell
Zeik
Kenny
F. C. Phillips
Indicted Aide To Fish For Propaganda Case
Washington United Press reports George Hill secretary to Representative Hamilton Fish of New York was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of corrupt perjury tied to a probe of foreign propagandists. The charges claim Hill lied about knowing George Viereck and about his awareness of anti interventionist speeches and prepaid envelopes. Bail set at $5,000. he was released to counsel John J. O’Connor until Saturday morning.
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Washington
George Hill
Hamilton Fish
N.Y
Hill
George Sylvester Viereck
John J. O'Connor
New York
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