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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1944
Page
2
Local draft boards face the task of determining which agricultural workers should be deferred, risking regional bias. The piece notes farm output variation, calls for national-level clarity, and warns that deferment rules could distort food production across states.
Soviet forces announced invasion of Romania after crossing the Prut river in the first Axis soil incursion. Moscow claimed military necessity and no territorial aims while advancing toward the Danube delta and Odessa, as German reports warned of Romanian defenses and key oilfields.
Soviet Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov announced the advance of Russian armies into Romania and denied Soviet territorial aims after consulting the British government. A foreign office commentator said the statement was of great importance and likely approved by the American government, given the timing as Russian forces advanced.
Allied sources reveal Hitler redirected forces to western Europe, forming two theater commands from the Lowlands to Bordeaux. About 50 divisions, plus 1,500 Luftwaffe aircraft, are positioned along an 800 mile front as Italy and the Balkans also hold sizable reserves.
Anton Tony Trusty, assistant city health officer for over thirty years, resigns from the post citing ill health. Clyde H. White, his assistant, will succeed him as the health head. Trusty, 73, was injured in an October automobile crash near Shueyville and is hospitalized in Iowa City. The council’s action marks the end of the year business and the start of 1944 with White’s appointment.
War department figures show between December 1 1941 and January 31 1944, 1 058 000 enlisted men left the army for all causes. Honorable discharges reached 844 000, not counting those who left to accept commissions. The rest span several categories including deaths and various discharge types.
The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 that Negroes may vote in Texas Democratic party primaries to nominate congressional candidates. Justice Reed wrote the majority opinion, rejecting state discrimination. Justice Roberts dissented, warning the decision overruns precedent and could invite instability in constitutional rulings.
Rep. Adolph Sabath says reliable information shows about 30,000 army officers idle, often in cocktail lounges. He intends to question Secretary of War and top generals to learn how these officers are used, how they gained appointments, and why seasoned officers are being discharged.
Representative Robert Ramspeck accuses official silence of blocking inquiries into reports that the army trains women pilots for the Wasps at up to 20000 dollars each while many qualified male pilots await assignment. His committee has received complaints but struggles to verify details from officials.
British naval aircraft scored multiple bomb hits on the Tirpitz in Altenfjorden Norway as Allied forces pressed operations against Hitler's remaining capital ship. The admiralty noted no date for the attack and cited heavy damage from prior midget submarine torpedoes.
James McCutcheon of Mt. Vernon was named foreman of Linn county grand jury for the April term Judge G P Linville presiding Jurors begin work Monday and will consider a manslaughter case against George Scheerer 28 of 3012 Circle Drive NE after his car struck and fatally injured Carl D Olney 65 a Milwaukee railroad flagman at Olney crossing Ninth Avenue and Third Street SE March 18 Olney died March 22 Scheerer waived preliminary hearing in Justice H R Churchill's court Other jurors include Harry H Smith Earnest F Listebarger Ray S Knight Harry Johnson Louis Eye and Charles R Benda
A. A. Berle Jr. American assistant secretary of state visited London on Monday to discuss civil aviation with British officials.
The war department said 100000 Japanese soldiers are trapped and doomed in the Southwest Pacific and Marshall Islands due to a tight blockade and continuous bombardment. American ground advances and sea patrols have halted supplies as Jap food production falters amid jungle fighting and heavy losses.
Allied bombers and escorts smashed Steyr in Austria burning plant complexes and ball bearing works. Over 2,100 Allied sorties targeted Yugoslav and Italian fronts while 33 Allied aircraft were lost. German defense included rockets and intense anti aircraft fire as Italians and French forces advanced in the Cassino Rome area.
American heavy bombers from bases in Italy attacked Budapest in a large Fifteenth Air Force raid on the railway center and an aircraft factory just south of the city. German and American planes clashed over Hungary as Britain-based craft operated over central Germany and Swiss officials protested a Sunday airspace violation.
Admiral Nimitz disclosed that 13 Americans died and 46 wounded when shells from a U S destroyer hit landing boats during the Feb 22 Eniwetok invasion. Poor visibility and slightly mispositioned ships caused the error, to be reviewed to prevent recurrence. Marine and Army troops were involved in the Parry Island operation.
Truman D. Brookner, 49, of 523 Cobbancourt SE, was fined 300 and costs in Judge M C Hamiel's court after being charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He paid 100 and will pay the rest in 25 installments starting May 1. Brookner was arrested at 1 30 am Sunday after crashing into a parked car on Third Avenue SE. Sergeant Prasil chased him after spotting the hit run and Brookner admitted drinking.
Secretary of State Hull on Monday expressed the deep regret of the American people over the accidental bombing of Schaffhausen on the Swiss border. He pledged that the United States government would make appropriate reparations for the damages caused.
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