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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1944
Page
1
The American Legion convention urges immediate enactment of legislation requiring a year of army or navy training for qualified youths. It argues such training reveals physical gaps and promotes hygiene, while future warfare will favor technically skilled soldiers.
Gov Thomas E. Dewey arrives in California to mount a two city blitz for the 25 electoral votes. He outlines a national “biggest and finest” housecleaning and a new government approach in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Dewey urges a new administration, a Republican Congress, and a Republican Senate to advance his program.
New York dispatch from Paris reports General Eisenhower overtaxed by pace and strain, with health deteriorating prompting a temporary halt from camp duties. Mueller says Ike now back to form and pushing to Berlin with Allied forces ahead of schedule, likely establishing a final camp outside enemy lines before advancing home ground battles.
Cedar Rapids police report the Knights of Columbus club was broken into early Wednesday with $495 stolen from the cash register and bar area. The haul included coins and small cash drawers from multiple locations. entry was gained by prying a window screen and the screen was replaced on leaving. Another burglary at Dean's Tavern netted $132 in cash that same evening. Investigators said two incidents remain under inquiry with few solid clues.
The House and Senate adopted a resolution to adjourn until November 14 or until leaders recall them, whichever occurs first. The move pauses ongoing business and sets a return trigger for possible early sessions.
Charles W. Hobbie divisional VP of the United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers of America and Democratic nominee for state senator led plant union representatives before Cedar Rapids officials. They urged allowing workers to register at their plants rather than city hall to boost war plant voter registration before the November 7 election. Hobbie argued the council can amend registration law and cited a survey showing up to 10,000 nonregistered workers could become eligible within a week or so if permitted to register where they work. The council was asked to consider a half holiday to facilitate registration.
Izvestia reports four Soviet armies sweeping through the Baltic states on a 200 mile front. Gen Ivan C. Bagramian nears Riga, Govorov advances on Tallinn, Maslennikov pushes toward the sea near Valga, Yeremenko assaults Riga from the east. German defenses along Lake Peipus and near Narva face major bombardment and breaches as the Red drive accelerates.
Secretary of War Stimson awarded to Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. the Congressional Medal of Honor for Brig. Gen. Theodore Roosevelt Jr.’s gallantry and intrepidity on D-day in France.
Vice President Henry A. Wallace will address a Madison Square Garden rally urging Roosevelt's re election. The Independent Voters' Committee of the Arts and Sciences sponsors the event, broadcast nationwide on MBS at 9 15 p m Central War Time.
Cpl. Virgil V. Kriz age 22 was killed in action in France Aug 17, as war department informs his parents Mr and Mrs Victor J Kriz 1101 Sixth Street SE He had seen action in Italy and was wounded Jan 26 He received two Purple Hearts Kriz enlisted Dec 26 1942 trained at Camp Campbell and Fort Knox Ky before deployment to Africa
Darragh buys the Wolfe Building at First avenue and Second street Cedar Rapids from Florence Mae Wolfe Frances Wolfe Mrs Howard R Green and Mrs George S Josselyn. Posession to Jack Darragh Jan 1. Union block once hosted Union Bank Cedar Rapids National Bank and armory. Government to add 19 apartments on second and third floors. remodel planned for first floor front.
President Roosevelt, back from Quebec talks with Prime Minister Churchill, starts work on a campaign speech for Saturday night to be delivered before the International Teamsters union. The address will run on NBC and CBS radio networks as part of his bid for a fourth term.
United States Marines push on Peleliu while Army forces complete Angaur seizure in three days. Official tallies show 7 645 Japanese killed on Peleliu and 600 on Angaur, with rapid air strikes sustaining the Pacific campaign against bases in the Bonins Marianas and Marshalls.
Allied dispatches report a major tank battle east of Nancy in Alsace Lorraine as German armor fights US Third Army units. American forces claim heavy German losses while pursuing a widening front from Bures toward Chateau-Salins amid reduced visibility and persistent shelling.
A naval officer quoted by the Miami Herald says sailors from Michigan Minnesota and New Hampshire received Republican campaign literature enclosed with wartime ballots. The envelopes bore service numbers tied to their ballot requests. The report notes the numbers could only come from ballot applications.
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