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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1944
Page
1
A Raleigh column notes Roosevelt’s likely strong speech after Bremerton and analyzes the political trap of facing an anti New Deal Senate and a House leaning opposition. It discusses Dewey’s challenge to unite Congress and White House, and the implications for a possible fourth term.
President Roosevelt opened his fourth term campaign with a hard hitting speech accusing the Republican opposition of fraud and imitating the New Deal. He condemned GOP labels and warned that critics misread foreign policy threats while pledging labor support and urging unity for victory in war and economic reconversion.
The writer argues Congress will play a major role in solving foreign and domestic problems after the war. It notes the need for Senate approval of peace treaties, the likelihood of coin in review for reconversion, and the challenge for Dewey or Roosevelt to work with a potentially hostile or unsympathetic Congress.
American Marines resumed their northward advance on Peleliu in the Palau group, taking roughly three fourths of the island and tallying 7,020 Japanese killed in nine days of heavy fighting. Nimitz announced 205 planes were destroyed and 37 Japanese ships sunk or damaged in battles around Peleliu and nearby islands.
Sweden bans foreign shipping from the Gulf of Bothnia effective next Wednesday. The move blocks access to Swedish territorial waters from the Finnish frontier at the Tornio River to the Falsterbo Canal, denying German use of the iron ore route via the port of Lulea.
José P. Laurel, head of the regime ruling the Philippines under Japanese control, declares war as part of the allied struggle in World War II.
On the Western Front the distance is 305 miles from the central point. The Russian Front lies 310 miles from Warsaw. The Italian Front is 580 miles from the area south of Bologna.
The State Department lifted 63 Chilean firms from its blacklist, signaling reduced Nazi influence and noting Chile’s cooperation with the United Nations. The update added 35 firms in Latin America and 82 in other regions, with Argentina receiving 19 new additions.
Three year old David Day son of Dr and Mrs Charles Day sustained a fractured pelvis after he fell from a reversing car at the Day home 2051 Linden Drive SE. He was treated at St Luke's hospital where his condition was reported as fair.
Doris Duke Cromwell after training in New Orleans has departed for overseas service with the United Seamen's service.
In Linn county outside Cedar Rapids a wartime tally reports 18 casualties: 15 killed in action, one killed in training, 14 missing in action, one died in service, and seven prisoners.
American troops pierced the Gothic line and pressed toward the Po Valley as the Fifth Army advanced beyond Bologna and the Lombardy plain. British forces pushed inland on the eastern coast while the Brazilian expeditionary force neared La Spezia. Heavy artillery and German prisoners reported degraded battalions in places.
President Roosevelt's cabinet committee on German peace policy splits over Morgenthau plan to destroy Germany's industry and convert it to small farms. Hull supports Russia-friendly terms while Stimson opposes. planning with Britain and Russia stalls as the three powers debate postwar control.
Russian forces surged across Estonia capturing Parnu the Baltic port and Tallinn naval base as part of a rapid two day advance that also swept 700 towns in Estonia and 230 more in Latvia. The drive signaled a collapse of German resistance in the Baltic states with further Soviet gains near Riga and along the Dvina river. Reports note Moscow confirming Parnu’s fall while German withdrawals widen in Latvia and Warsaw's defense lines are adjusted.
The Ga ies and politics feature a daily farm page column titled Out on the Acres by Rex Conn. Interviews with farmers are chosen at random without prior knowledge of their political views, continuing on page 3 section 4 of this edition.
AP dispatch reports German forces massing east of the Rhine as the Allies push toward the Siegfried Line. Bridges and ferries are being mined and police mobilized as Germany fights to delay, while American Hodges’ army advances and supplies struggle to keep pace.
Allied and American airborne troops received heavy reinforcements as gliders and transports flew thousands of troops and supplies into the Arnhem sector. British Second Army linked with units in the lost division amid stiff German resistance, with heavy fighting along the Rhine and in the Eindhoven Nijmegen corridor.
A Finnish military communique says Finnish forces attacked German troops in north Finland after Germany failed to withdraw per armistice terms. The line runs from Sotkamo to the Gulf of Bothnia with German detachments occupying territory northwestward toward Oulu lakes region. Finnish reinforcements reached Ristijarvi and H.
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