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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1944
Page
3
The Maine results around 70 percent Republican vote challenge the belief that Dewey faces a hard race. The defeat of fourth term strategists and weak Hillman Browder influence in war centers suggests a stronger GOP momentum nationwide.
Soviet and German dispatches report Lomza, a key rail center 20 miles south of East Prussia, encircled and abandoned as Red Army advances through north Poland. In Transylvania, Malinovsky’s troops push toward Timisoara and Arad, threatening rail links and Belgrade.
Tech. Sgt. Charles J. Vejda 21 has returned to his base in England after being reported missing over France on Aug. 13. The war department informed his parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Vejda of 1548 Seventh avenue SE Cedar Rapids. Vejda holds the Air Medal the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart as a radio operator and gunner on a Flying Fortress.
London AP reports U S war planning chiefs indicating October 31 as the tentative outside date for the collapse of organized resistance in Germany. The date was discussed as a provisional milestone in Allied war planning.
French radio in Marseille reports Wednesday that French Forces of the Interiors liberated La Rochelle a key U-boat base 95 miles north of Bordeaux, signaling a strategic move in the campaign along the Atlantic coast.
Rome AP reports French Seventh and Third army troops forged a solid line through central France sealing the fate of thousands of Nazis trapped in the region. Allied columns crossed escape routes near Chatillon and along the Seine, with US and French units advancing toward Langres Belfort and the Swiss border amid heavy fighting north of Vesoul and near Montbeliard.
Gerald Irons 21 of 503 Kansas NW pled not guilty in Judge Floyd Philbrick’s court to forgery charges. He faces $1500 bond and is jailed in Linn County. Deputies say he cashed a $15 check at Herman Kiebel’s news stand and a $10.50 forged check in Me-Too grocery, using Arden Schultz’s name.
Washington AP report says the Senate confirmed Leland S. Olds for a new five year term as chairman of the Federal Power Commission via a voice vote. Opponents failed to gain a record vote.
Staff Sgt. Donald Palmer age 19, turret gunner on a B 17 with the Fifteenth Air Force, has been missing in action over Yugoslavia since Aug 30. He was a Roosevelt high school graduate who entered service Sept 24, 1943 after training at Sheppard Field Texas Las Vegas Lincoln and Rapid City.
Allied headquarters announced the U S Ninth Army has joined the French front alongside the First, Third and Seventh armies under Lt Gen William H Simpson. The fourth American army to operate in France, Simpson, 56, is a West Point graduate with prior service in World War I earning the Distinguished Service Medal, Silver Star, Croix de Guerre and Legion of Honor.
Vancouver Island forest fire near Youbou in British Columbia caused an estimated 1.5 million dollars in damage. The blaze destroyed large piles of logs and standing timber, according to AP reporting from Vancouver, Washington.
President Roosevelt, meeting with Churchill and allied staffs in Quebec, weighs naming an American naval officer as supreme commander to lead the campaign against Japan. Analysts expect Admiral King or Nimitz as likely choices, with Gen. MacArthur favored by Britain and parts of the American staff.
Har rison Spangler former national GOP official says the migratory labor vote is the major uncertainty in forecasting the wartime election. He notes polls struggle to predict outcomes until ballots are counted on November 7 and cites census figures as the best current indicator.
American armor crossed into Germany near the Eupen Aachen area in a second rapid advance within 24 hours. Hawks of the First Army faced light opposition as engineers cleared paths through minefields while dogfights and flares lit the sky. Civilians watched war arrive with mixed fear and sparse welcome.
Allied forces pierced the Siegfried line at Rotgen and near Aachen as First and Third US armies advanced through Belgium Luxembourg and along the Moselle with armor and air support. British and Canadian units pressed toward the Netherlands as battles continued at Brest Boulogne Calais and Dunkerque with Le Havre prisoners reaching eight thousand.
Police Chief Tom Condon announced a slow zone on First Avenue East from the Milwaukee railroad viaduct near Marion to 200 feet west of Thirtieth Street. Signs will mark the zone and drivers must slow to a safe speed. pedestrians will have painted crosswalk lanes and school stop signs will be patrolled due to accidents in the area.
The report lists front distances from various sectors: 312 miles to Berlin on the Russian front from outside Pulatsk, 319 miles to the Western front from east of Eupen, 443 miles to Eastern France from Besancon Bel fort area, and 583 miles to the Italian front from below Rimini. This compilation highlights geographic scope of the conflict and travel measures during the war.
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