Dewey outlines broadened social aid program
Governor Thomas E. Dewey campaigned in California urging sweeping social reforms. He called for expanding social security to cover 20 million more workers, broader unemployment insurance, state return of employment services after the war, medical access, and stronger veteran information services, arguing security plus freedom and opportunity are the nation’s goal. He spoke to about 50,000 on arrival and a much larger Los Angeles memorial coliseum crowd, urging bipartisan world peace efforts and warning against mass unemployment and economic instability.
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Los Angeles
Thomas E. Dewey
California
Dewey
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Continent
Middle West
Ernor Dewey
See Hull
G.O.P
America
Roosevelt in Radio Talk Tonight at 8:30
President Roosevelt prepares for a fourth term bid with a 30 minute radio address from the White House to be aired 8:30 to 9 p.m. Central War time over NBC CBS and local stations. He will address labor issues before about 900 union delegates at a Statler hotel dinner.
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Roosevelt
White House
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International Teamsters Union
AFL
Statler
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CBS
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WMT
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United States
Canada
Democratic National Committee
Ike Hurt After Forced Landing
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower escaped injury when his plane was forced down in France while returning from a front line flight. He wrenched a knee helping pull the aircraft from mud, NBC’s Merrill Mueller reported from Paris. Mueller said Ike’s health was good and noted his remark about Gestapo control and German morale.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
France
Merrill Mueller
NBC
Paris
Eisenhower
Mueller
Ike
Gestapo
Five Thousand Walk Out at Detroit Briggs Plant
About 5,000 Briggs Manufacturing workers at the Mack Avenue plant walked out on Saturday halting production of plane and tank parts to protest the discharge of 10 die setters who refused to work.
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Detroit
Mack Avenue
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Dewey Rapped by 1940 Willkie Ride
New York AP report notes Russell W. Davenport, Willkie's 1940 aide, claims Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will lose liberal Republican votes due to what Davenport calls Dewey's unwillling stance and political stance during the 1940 campaign.
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Dewey
Willkie Ride
New York
Russell W. Davenport
Wendel L. Willkie
Thomas E. Dewey
Puppet Filipino Govt Declares War on U S
The puppet Philippine government aligned with Japan has declared war on the United States and Great Britain, per Japanese broadcasts. President Jose P. Laurel announced the move, with Interior Minister Teofilo Sonson named commander in chief and provincial governors named as field leaders.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Great Britain
Jose P. Laurel
Chester W. Nimitz
Manila
Laurel
Teofilo Sison
Battle for Peleliu Deepens as Japan Mines Marines
Report from Peleliu shows Japan booby trapping marine dead with grenades and bodies. Marines tighten the Bess Ridge flank as First Marines advance along the coast while Fifth and Seventh probe ravine approaches. Japanese counter moves feared as artillery, planes, and warships pound the ridge amid rugged coves.
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Peleliu Island
Navy Radio
Peleliu
Henry Adams
San Diego
Calif
First Marine Division
Bess Ridge
Light Frosts and Near Freezing Readings for Northern Iowa
Cedar Rapids area forecast calls for drizzle this afternoon and tonight with clearing and cooler temperatures. Sunday remains fair and cool, and Monday brings increasing clouds and warmer. Reports note 70 as a high in Cedar Rapids at noon, then 58 by 7 pm and 56 at midnight, with 54 at midnight and 0.20 inches of rain overnight. North central Iowa faces light frosts and near freezing temperatures tonight as rains across the state push readings down.
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Iowa
Inwood
Onawa
Iowa City
Wallace Must Do As Well as Russia Rally Remark
Vice president Henry A. Wallace told a rally in Troy that there would be no postwar unemployment in Russia and the United States must do better or step back. He argued after the war there will be a chance to prove democracy is superior to communism.
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Henry A. Wallace
Russia
United States
Wallace
United Labor Committee
Roosevelt
Eisenhower declares two fisted policy for occupied Germany
Allied Supreme HQ outlines harsh rules for Germany after defeat. Death penalty for aiding Nazis, purge of Nazi organizations, dissolution of Nazi bodies, and strict control of communications. English to be official language, disarmament requirements, and plans to repatriate prisoners and displaced Europeans under UN relief.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Eisenhower
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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
AMG
Epidemic of Accidents: Seven Hurt in Cedar Rapids
A Cedar Rapids wave of motor vehicle accidents left seven injured, three hospitalized, and eight total within 24 hours. Incidents on Third street NW and A avenue NW involved D R Munsell and J N Kelkar. Ten injuries, fines in traffic court, and a student sustained a six inch thigh gash after a Friday movie outing near Roosevelt high school.
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Cedar Rapids
Third Street NW
D. R. Munsell
A Avenue
J. N. Kelkar
Burch Avenue NW
Munsell
John T. Walpole
Crescent Street SE
Fifth Avenue SE
Third
Fourth Streets
Loretta Abodeely
Eighth Avenue
Mercy Hospital
Helen Cummings
Marion Road
St. Luke's
David McLaud
Fifth Street NW
Eugene Newhouse
Third Avenue
Edna Armstrong
Sixth Street
McKinley-Wilson
Miss Abodeely
McKinley
Roosevelt High School
Paris Singer Maurice Chevalier Safe After Reports
Reports from southern France say singer Maurice Chevalier is safe, accompanied by his wife and friends. Unconfirmed notes last month claimed he was shot in the Maquis amid accusations of collaboration.
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Maurice Chevalier
France
Chevalier
Distinguished Flying Cross for Major John D. Howard
Marine fighter pilot Major John D. Howard receives the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement in aerial flight against the enemy. Stationed at Emirau in the South Pacific, the 26 year old led his division on escort, patrol and strafing missions during two tours. His wife Blanche resides in Pensacola, Florida.
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Marine Corps
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St. Matthias Islands
South Pacific
Howard
Pacific
University of Iowa
Brooklyn
Tahiti
Samoa
Iceland
Cuba
Panama
J. T. Beadle
Hamilton Street
New Georgia
Blanche
Pensacola
Fla
Pro Roosevelt Electors Placed on Texas Ballot
The Texas supreme court ordered 23 pro Roosevelt electors added to the Democratic ballot for the November general election to replace a prior list of 15 electors who said they would not vote for the Roosevelt Truman ticket. Chief Justice Alexander cited printing deadlines, with no separate party heading for anti fourth term electors.
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Austin
Texas
ULP
Texas Supreme Court
James P. Alexander
Russians Pound Routed German Army of Estonia
Soviet flying columns struck south and west of Tallinn as they hunted remnants of the German army of Estonia. Tallinn fell swiftly, harbor facilities spared, and the Red fleet prepared for new strikes. Meanwhile, Malinovsky’s troops advanced toward Arad, Szeged, and across the Polish Slovak border as Soviet forces widened the front.
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Moscow
Tallinn
Gulf of Finland
Red Army
Red Star
Red Fleet
Simandul
Arad
Semlarc
Szeged
Hungary
Poland
Slovakia
Terka
Rostok
Relief Line Is Reported Cut by Nazis
British and American forces push to the Rhine across a six mile German barrier near Arnhem while fighting rages along the Eindhoven to Nijmegen relief road. German counter blows threaten British supply lines as Allied air borne troops hold the Arnhem pocket and advance across Limburg and adjacent areas.
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Arnhem
Eindhoven
Nijmegen
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Britain
Ruhr
Berlin
Eindhoven-Nijmegen
Veghel
Holland
Miles C. Dempsey
Elst
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