Roosevelt Aide Cabinet Role in German Policy Seen Limited
The president and Hull urge calm approaches to postwar Germany while noting cabinet members rarely shape major policy. Hutchins questions GI Bill benefits for returning servicemen and college value amid expanded eligibility and potential dilution of prestige. Aimee Semple McPherson’s death is noted as a sorrowful loss for editors.
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Germany
Roosevelt
United Nations
Russia
Britain
Afcer
Aimee Semple McPherson
Aimee
Telegraph
Jong
Nine Die As Fast Freight Hits Passenger Train in Iowa
A Calumet fast freight crashed into a Sioux City to Omaha No. 10 passenger train near Missouri Valley Iowa killing three soldiers and six civilians and injuring about 100. Among the dead were Edwin Mayer Ben White and the Steenhoven baby with many wounded treated in Council Bluffs and Missouri Valley hospitals.
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Missouri Valley
Council Bluffs
Ft. Crook
Neb
Chicago and North Western
Ben White
Edwin Mayer
Ashland
Ida McLarnan
Moville
Paul G. Spraish
Laverne
Minn
Agnes Steenhoven
Hull
Calumet
Omaha
Chicago
Sioux City
Neal Hullette
Robert
Idaho
Lynn Briley
Willard Dale
Missouri Valley Times
Fort Crook
Mayer
Charles Bland
Larson
Bland
Communism in America, Struna asserts, is dead
Dr. Richard Struna a Czech industrialist and journalist spoke at a Northeast Iowa State Teachers Association session arguing democracy can trust Russia and that communism poses no danger domestically. He contrasted literacy gains in Russia with past ignorance and warned fascism remains a threat.
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America
Richard Struna
Iowa State Teachers Association
Mark W. Clark
Fifth Army
Italy
Russia
Struna
Nazis Have New 14 Ton Projectile
American Third Army troops have obtained information that a 14 ton explosive projectile with a three kilometer radius is planned as Hitler’s third vengeance weapon. It is about 60 feet long and five feet five inches in diameter, propelled by liquid air and alcohol, launched early and guided by radio.
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France
Third Army
Hitler
Two-Alarm Fire Destroys Hamilton Seed and Coal Building
A two alarm blaze swept the Hamilton Seed and Coal company at 600 Oakland Avenue NE in Cedar Rapids Friday afternoon. Firemen gained control by 2:30 p m after the fire, which started near processing machinery on the top floor of the three story building, had worked downward toward seed bins below. G S Bjelland served as secretary.
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Hamilton Seed and Coal Company
Oakland Avenue
G. S. Bjelland
The
Hutchins Urges Liberal Education Reforms in Iowa Speech
Robert M. Hutchins, president of the University of Chicago, spoke at the northeast Iowa teachers convention in Cedar Rapids. He outlined six theses on liberal education, asserting it is nearly nonexistent in the country and urging early exposure plus a curriculum of great books and experiences.
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Robert M. Hutchins
University of Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
Iowa
Hutchins
Don DeFore Rehearses Star Kiss Scandal In Iowa
Cedar Rapids excerpt follows Don DeFore arriving for a film in town. He recalls kissing Joan Leslie ten times during rehearsals for The Male Animal and describes the on set experience. The interview notes his age and hometown and teases a continued story on page 2.
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Don DeFore
Don
Cedar Rapids
Hollywood
New York
The
Times
Joe
Joan
Henry Fonda
F R Backs Hall Policy on Germany
President Roosevelt orders speeded postwar policy for Germany under State Department guidance. He says destruction and devastation must be repaired and a secure peace laid, with Morgenthau’s de industrialization plan rejected and Allied controls shaping Germany’s future. Lend lease continues. long term procurement is adjusted after defeat.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Germany
State Department
Leo T. Crowley
Foreign Economic Administration
Crowley
United States
Quebec
Special Cabinet Committee
State, War
Treasury Departments
Stimson
Hull
Morgenthau
Department of State
Foreign Service
United Nations
Japan
FEA
Pvt John W Weir Killed in Action in France
Pvt John W Weir 28 Army Engineers was killed in action in France on Sept 18 after overseas service starting in July. A Roosevelt high school grad, he trained at Camp Polk Fort Knox and Fort Benning before entering service in 1941. Survived by his mother Mrs Lillian Mae Weir and several uncles and aunts. father John Weir died Nov 10 1943.
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Cedar Rapids
John W. Weir
Army Engineers
France
Lillian Mae Weir
Tenth Street
Roosevelt High School
Weir
Camp Polk
Fort Knox
Fort Benning
Rapid Equipment Company
S. K. Weir
Thirtythird Street
James H.weir
Iowa City
Frank McKay
Kansas City
D. H. Foust
Harry Hutson
William Hutson
Marshalltown
John Weir
Dutch-born official to head US relief farming program
D D Offringa 52 longtime Linn county extension director will join the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration as agricultural rehabilitation officer reporting Oct 16 in Washington. After a two month Maryland training he may serve in rural rehab work in Northwestern Europe. Offringa, a Holland native, seeks to aid delta farms and family ties remain in Ames with wife and two children.
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D. D. Offringa
Linn County
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Washington
Offringa
Maryland University
Europe
Holland
America
Indiana
Iowa
Iowa State College
Ames
Bremer County
Waverly
Jean
Coe College
Richard
Franklin High School
Grande Avenue
Yankees Blast 65 Jap Ships And 36 Planes
Admiral Halsey’s carrier planes swept the Visayan islands sinking 22 ships and damaging 43 more as air fields on Cebu Leyte Negros Mactan and southern Luzon were attacked. American losses totaled 10 aircraft with 5 pilots and 3 crew missing.
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Pearl Harbor
Visayan Islands
Philippines
William F. Halsey
U. S
Cebu
Leyte
Negros
Mactan
Luzon
Tlilo
Panay
Coron Bay
Busuanga Island
Culion Island
Davao
Manila
Patriot Capture of Belgrade Reported
New York dispatch says Ankara radio reported Friday that the capture of Belgrade has been announced by the Yugoslav Patriots.
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Patriot
Belgrade
New York
Ankara
Third Army Shatters 82 Nazi Tanks In Alsace-Lorraine
American Third and Seventh armies drive three to five miles through fierce German resistance in Alsace Lorraine. The Third Army alone destroys 82 tanks and pushes toward Belfort gap and Rhine passes amid deep gains. Remich captured. Pont-a-Mousson advance. Mont de Vannes forest cleared. Belfort gap foothold established as Allied forces press toward Germany.
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Alsace-Lorraine
Belfort
Vosges
Rhine
Calais
Miles C. Dempsey
Seond Army
Meuse
Nijmegen
Holland
United States First Army
George S. Patton
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Remich
Luxembourg
Moselle
Germany
Trier
Hurtgen Forest
Aachen
Cologne
Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
Twenty-first Army Group
S-Hertogen
Ibosch
Antwerp-Turnhout Canal
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Pont-a-Mousson
Metz
Nancy
Port-sur-Seile
Pettoncourt
Bezange
Coincourt
Parroy
Rambervillers
Luneville
Epinal
Lure
Remiremont
Salles
Bonhomme
Schluch
Bussang
Bult
Destord
Servance
Mont de Vannes
Vannes Forest
Seventh Army
Belfort Gap
Alps
Clairegouelle
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