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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1944
Page
2
The piece argues Dewey’s strike on Roosevelt aims to pull the president from his guarded stance, inviting a traditional rough campaign. It notes the speech solidifies opposition, alarms foreign observers, and prompts debate on domestic policy and public health implications for postwar America.
Oklahoma City reports Gov. Thomas E. Dewey charging President Roosevelt with mud slinging after Roosevelt accused Republicans of fraud and falsehood. Dewey promised to address the issue on a 9 p.m. NBC and Blue network radio broadcast from Oklahoma City. He defended GOP plans and old age pensions while vowing not to use epithets.
Cedar Rapids residents will have a citywide curbstone pickup of tin cans on Saturday September 30 conducted by the Cedar Rapids chapter of the American War Dads with Boy Scouts aiding. West side captain Arthur Axmear and east side captain R F Bruch oversee collection, with workers using city trucks to collect cans stacked by 8 a m on curbs. Cubs and Scouts collected 22 tons in the last drive and aim to double it this time.
Moscow dispatch reports Soviet forces crossed from southern Poland into Czechoslovakia reaching Humenne eight miles inside, as the Red Army drives toward Riga and Estonia’s coast. Romania and Turkey note 115 miles from Budapest and Battonya as allies push into Hungary amid German evacuation claims and unrest.
Washington report says Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of New York has been selected by President Roosevelt to take over direction of civilian problems in the liberated areas of Italy. The appointment aims to coordinate relief and reconstruction efforts amid postwar chaos.
American troops broke from Futa pass toward Castel del Rio and advanced toward Firenzuola and Bologna, reaching within about 20 miles of the city as they opened the way for a junction with the British Eighth Army in the Po valley. They seized Monte Alafine Monte Della Croce Monte Cucca and Monte Porarra while Canadian and Brazilian units pushed along the Rimini front with heavy Allied naval support.
Ben Thompson, 64, of 706 Fifth Avenue SE, died at Mercy hospital at 10:20 a.m. Monday from injuries suffered Sunday when two cars collided at Fifth Avenue and Seventh Street SE. Thompson, a Cedar Rapids tree surgeon of 30 years, was crossing Fifth to a grocery when hurled 75 feet after the crash. Driver charges of speeding and failure to yield right of way were filed against Rev. Lyle K. Anderson. Thompson is survived by his wife Emma, three children, and two brothers. Funeral arrangements with Turner funeral home.
Japanese forces advancing in southern Hunan recaptured Taohsien and pushed 25 miles south to Yungming, located 50 miles east of the former Kweilin airbase, in a Chinese communique reported Monday.
Admiral Nimitz announced American carrier strikes over Manila Bay destroyed or damaged hundreds of Japanese planes and ships across the central Philippines on Sept. 20 and 21. He detailed 169 aircraft destroyed in combat and 188 destroyed on the ground, with 11 American planes lost and no surface ship losses. The raids forced Japanese forces to relocate, disrupted inter-island communications, and damaged air power in the region.
London dispatch reports Prime Minister and Mrs Churchill have returned to England from the Quebec conference. The return was revealed Monday night.
Harold E Hahn 33 of Sigourney Iowa was killed in action in France August 6 while serving in an infantry regiment. He was married to Margaret Ulch Hahn and leaves a son Dennis, with a daughter who died in infancy. He attended Coe College class of 1933, trained at Camp Wolters Texas, and went overseas in July 1944.
A light frost was reported for the first time in Iowa this fall at Estherville and Spencer Sunday morning. Partly cloudy and cool weather was forecast for Monday night and Tuesday. Cedar Rapids enjoyed warm sun with 72 degrees by 2 30 p.m. and 45 percent humidity.
Two 19 year olds, John T. Speake and Donald D. Fugate, pleaded not guilty before Judge M C Hamiel to charges of breaking and entering tied to burglaries at the Dean Fortmann tavern and Columbus club in Linn County. They are jailed on $2500 bonds each after detectives signed confessions. Total loot from the two sites was $628.28, with $297.50 recovered and $109.50 believed hidden in another Midwestern city.
Allied bombardment across the Rhineland pounds German towns as American guns fire along a 50 mile front east of Aachen toward Cologne. British paratroopers around Arnhem withstand German counterattacks while supply efforts push across the Rhine. Beek and Deurne incursions signal broader Allied penetration toward the Ruhr as fighting intensifies on multiple sectors.
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