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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1944
Page
1
The column surveys Allied delays in defeating Japan after Germany, notes public swings in war optimism, and critiques leadership styles and postwar planning. It comments on Dewey’s speech energizing Republicans, praises fighter politics, laments leadership dynamism over steady reason, and discusses education funding and Germany policy uncertainties.
Allied sea and air forces struck across the Adriatic into Albania and Dalmatian islands, landing inland on a broad front. Nazis report heavy U S and British action. Partisans and Albanian guerrillas cooperate to seize Pag. Yugoslav forces push in Bosnia and western Serbia as Greece, Aegean stakes loom.
Allied dispatches report Peleliu landings by American forces and mounting casualties in the Palau invasion through Sept. 25. First division Marines suffer heavy losses. Eighty‑first Army division joins Peleliu action with significant casualties. German and Allied operations across Europe continue with air and ground actions, Arnhem, Meuse, and Moselle fronts cited.
New York reports Gov. Thomas E. Dewey's Oklahoma City address will be re broadcast Wednesday night due to a flood of requests. Chairman Herbert Brownell Jr. said the program will air across the Mutual network from 9 to 9 30 p m central standard time.
Cedar Rapids news notes a looming room shortage as 2,800 teachers are expected for the district convention with only 31 private-home accommodations listed by the Chamber of Commerce. About 250 have reservations at Roosevelt and Montrose hotels, now full, and rooms will be assigned by C. B. Vernon of Marion after the Chamber registers more listings on Thursday.
The Office of War Information warns it will take one and a half to two years after Germany’s defeat to fully crush Japan. It notes potential sporadic Japanese raids on the West Coast and outlines Japan’s 4,000,000 strong army, strong navy, and military production capacity as factors that could prolong the war.
State health officials concluded tainted ham caused illness among 24 of 36 trail riders after Labor Day. A staphylococcus toxin developed in unrefrigerated sandwiches led to severe stomach symptoms, though the exact contamination mechanism remains unclear.
The drunk driving trial of Paul Wilbur Stark, 48, of route 3, went to the jury at 11:25 am Wednesday after Judge M. C Hamiel denied the defense's third motion in two days alleging publicity was prejudicial. The defense sought dismissal or a mistrial. all motions were overruled. County Attorney Carl Hendrickson defended the lack of proven prejudice. The judge reminded jurors to keep an open mind with admonitions given at recesses and adjournments.
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics will survey Cedar Rapids to test the 1942 national cost of living index. Fifty local families will be interviewed to represent income levels and determine changes in living costs since rationing and higher prices. Letters will notify selected households and request scheduling.
Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson died suddenly of a heart attack in Oakland while visiting. She led the Four Square Gospel denomination and was famous for her dramatic disappearance years earlier when she claimed kidnapping and disappearance near an Los Angeles beach and reappearing in Agua Prieta, Mexico.
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