Fourth term program shifts toward welfare with war plants to peace
A Detroit speech and WPB debate reveal New Deal style aims to convert war plants to peaceful production with a 40 hour week and higher purchasing power. Critics warn of government ownership and loss of private enterprise, fearing reduced freedoms and higher taxes. The Cedar Rapids airport runway completed amid easing delays, signaling usable air service. Weekend boredom from gas rationing prompts questions on where to go and how to travel.
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Genator
Truman
Detroit
War Production Board
Sen. Truman
Washington
24 Horsemen Hospitalized Three Discharged After Illness
Twenty four riders from an eastern Iowa endurance ride were hospitalized in Cedar Rapids Monday night with food poisoning after eating a sack lunch and a Sunday chicken dinner. By Tuesday all patients showed improvement and three were released from Mercy and St Luke's hospitals.
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Ellen Martinek
Daniels Street
Mercy Hospital
Earl Freeman
Old Vinton Road
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Upmier
Ely
Marengo
Walford
Dewey Floetchinger
Westwood Drive
Virgil Jones
Parnell
Howard Snyder
Nineteenth Street
D. R. Brachey
A Avenue
Fern Schlemme
Lisbon
Ivan Long
Vinton
Matthew Miller
Twenty-Sixth Street
William Semelroth
Wilson Avenue
Eloise Krebs
Rockford Road
Lorraine Yeldon
Georgia Dostal
Edna Wright
Sixth Avenue
Ethel Pepin
F Avenue
Williard Popham
Daniels NE
Jack Andrew
Fourteenth Avenue
Hinrich Gordon
St. Luke’s Hospital
Marie Slife
Leo
Leanna
Tenth Street
Route 1
Peter Dows
Twenty-seventh’ Street
A. R. Menary
City
Earthquake felt from New England to Wisconsin ties up eastern region
A massive quake extended from the northeast United States into several Canadian provinces and reached Wisconsin, waking thousands. Cornwall Ont reported a serious injury and building damage, while Montreal Ottawa Toronto and New York areas felt the tremor with varying effects.
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United States
Wisconsin
Cornwall
Ont
Joseph Lynch
Fordham_ university
New York City
Japan
Montreal
Ottawa
Toronto
New York State
Brooklyn
Queens
Nassau County
Long Island
Manhattan
Bronx
Portland
Manchester
N. H
Rutland
New Haven
Jersey City
A. R. Schmitt
Loyola University
Chicago
Joseph S. Joliat
John Carroll University
Cleveland
Charity Hospital
Toledo
Airport completes main pour at Cedar Rapids Municipal
The last concrete pour for taxiways and runways was finished at 6 p.m. Monday in a ceremony marking the final stage of Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport construction. Hallett Construction of Minneapolis completed about 30 percent ahead of schedule, allowing 100 days of pouring. Grading nears completion with seeding and lighting to finish before winter. Bids for remaining work open in Kansas City on Sept 9.
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Cedar Rapids
Hallett Construction Company
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Fair and Cooler Weather in Iowa
A Cedar Rapids forecast promises fair and cooler weather for the next 24 hours with moderate temperatures. In Cedar Rapids the 2:30 p.m. reading reached 78 degrees with 45 percent humidity, while Labor Day afternoon peaked at 86 degrees statewide tied with Onawa and Marshalltown.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chambers
Labor Day
Mercury
Onawa
Marshalltown
Man Fined 300 for Liquor Possession in Walker
Otis Avis twenty six of Walker pled guilty in Judge Floyd Philbrick's court to illegal possession of liquor. He was fined 300 with 150 paid by Friday and the rest in 35 monthly installments starting Oct 8. Detectives Kudina Hanna and Marshall arrested him and found 14 fifths of Illinois liquor. The liquor was ordered destroyed and Avis admitted selling one bottle for seven dollars Saturday night.
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Cedar Ranlds News
Otis Avis
Walker
Floyd Philbrick
Avis
Bill Kudina
John Hanna
L. B. Marshall
Illinois
Philbrick
Yanks Shatter 30 Jap Ships 107 Aircraft Across Wide War Fronts
Allied forces struck across the Mikado empire in a five day series of attacks. Carrier strikes near Bonin Volcano islands destroyed ships and planes while land based Liberators pounded targets from the Philippines to Celebes.
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Japan
Bonin
Volcano Islands
Philippines
Davao Gulf
Celebes
Wake Island
Bonin-Volcano Group
Pacific
Paramushiro
Palau
Halmahera
Talaud
Truk
Ponape
Carolines
Marshalls
Marianas
Dutch East Indies
United States
U S Faces 90 Billions Loss on War Surplus
Washington lawmakers wrestle with disposing of about 105 billion dollars in leftover war supplies as a 90 billion dollar loss looms. Rep. Manasco notes many items will fetch little, cites B 24 bombers requiring 800 hours to dismantle for scrap. Domestic industry questions arise about harming the four year supply and foreign sales.
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U. S
Washington
Manasco
D-Ala
Senate
House
Europe
Her
England
France
Soviet War Declaration on Bulgaria
London reports Russia declared war on Bulgaria for hosting German bases despite Allied warnings. Bulgaria, newly formed government, broke last ties with the Axis and ordered peace emissaries to seek an armistice with the United States and Britain.
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London
Russia
Bulgaria
Balkan
United States
Britain
Russians and Romanians push deep into East Prussia front
Soviet and Romanian units advance along a wide front from Lomza toward the East Prussian border. They cross the Narew River at Ostroleka, seize dozens of towns, and threaten Brasov and Sibiu as they drive toward Hungary. Russian and Romanian forces claim 60,000 German casualties near Calarsi while bridgehead reports in Bulgaria remain unconfirmed.
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Moscow
Poland
Warsaw-East Prussia
Transylvania
Hungary
Lomza
Warsaw
East Prussia
George Zakharov
Narew River
Ostroleka
Narew
Nowawies
Mures
Sibiu
Turin
Transylvanian Alps
Brasov
Alps
Associated Press
Joseph Morton
Danube
Bucharest
Craiova
Yugoslavia
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Feodor T. Tolbukhin
Calarsi
Bulgaria
Red
Switzerland Orders Partial Mobilization
Switzerland on Tuesday ordered partial mobilization of its frontier troops, a Bern dispatch reported by Reuters.
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Switzerland
London
INL
Reuter
Bern
Thief Steals Suitcase in Cedar Rapids Leaves War Bonds
A thief stole a suitcase from Keith Larson's car in Cedar Rapids on Labor Day. The bag contained $1,000 in war bonds which were removed and hidden in the glove box with a note urging Larson not to contact authorities. The incident occurred in front of 1519 Seventh Avenue SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Keith Larson
Washington
Larson
Seventh Avenue SE
D F C Awards Two Cedar Rapids Airmen in World War II
Two Cedar Rapids airmen received the Distinguished Flying Crosses. Donald K. Gardner 21 a tail gunner serving with a Flying Fortress in England and Robert C. Kacena 22 a navigator with the Fifteenth Air Force in the Mediterranean theater now in Italy. Gardner’s wife Blanche Hallquist lives at 1342 Fifth Street NW. Kacena a former Iowa State College student and pathfinder navigator for his group helped strike enemy targets in Austria. Gardner previously earned the Air Medal and three Oak Leaf Clusters. Kacena earned the Air Medal earlier in July and is the son of Mr and Mrs Louis A Kacena 1267 Third Avenue SE.
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Donald K. Gardner
England
Blanche Hallquist
Fifth Street
Robert C. Kacena
Louis A Kacena
Third Avenue SE
Fifteenth Air Force
Mediterranean
Italy
Kacena
Iowa State College
Austria
Gazette
Air Corps
San Marcos
Texas
Sgt
Gardner
Gladys Hladek
Fort Dodge
Roy Gardner
Springville
Pyote
Dyersburg
Tenn
Yankees. French Far Above Lyon
AP reports French and American troops advancing up the Saone valley in pursuit of withdrawing German forces. They swept past Macon toward Le Villars near Tournus as American forces moved east of Macon. A French capture of Villefranche lifted total prisoners to over 65,000 since the landings. American troops reportedly occupied Pontarlier near the Swiss border while driving toward the Belfort gap.
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Rome
Saone
France
Macon
Lyon
le Villars
Tournus
Villefranche
Mediterranean
Pontarlier
Switzerland
Belfort Gap
Germany
Antwerp
Europe
Patton
Verdun
First
Compiegne-St. Quentin
Third Army
False Nazi Surrender Rumor Triggers Brit Press Denial
A Brussels radio denial sparked a flurry in London as rumors of Germany's capitulation spread. The British press labeled the report untrue and warned it would fuel similar inaccuracies in coming days. The tale traced to garbled coverage of a 10,000 German capture near Mons.
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London
Germany
Brussels Radio
Britain
Supreme Headquarters
Reich
Brussels
British Press Association
Mons
Patton Army Reaches Moselle as Allies Drive into Germany
Allied dispatches report Patton's Third Army reaching the Moselle river between Metz and Nancy. British forces advance beyond Antwerp and into the Netherlands while Canadians near Boulogne pressure the coast. Luxembourg’s liberation is noted though details vary.
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A.E.F
George S. Patton
Moselle
Metz
Nancy
Netherlands
Antwerp
Channel
Boulogne
Straits of Dover
London Evening News
Calais
Gravelines
Dunkerque
Robert C. Richards
United Press
Patton
Pont-a-Mousson
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Drew Pearson
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LT Kacena
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Saarbrucken
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Saar Basin
Strasbourg
the Evening News
Rhine
Pierre Dupong
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Lille
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Rotterdam
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