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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1944
Page
1
A trade writer warns of a prolonged postwar era of hesitancy as leaders wrestle with how to repurpose war surpluses. The American Municipal Association advocates using government assets for local needs, while Cedar Rapids police push pedestrian safety and community volunteer auxiliary officers gain trust.
The Red Army reportedly broke into German defenses on the East Prussian frontier and widened a Baltic wedge. Moscow said 16 new German divisions joined the front as Soviets encircled Riga and advanced toward Warsaw and the Czechoslovakian border, claiming Germans were “bled white” and counterattacks failed.
Albany New York Gov Walter E Edge says Thomas E Dewey supports a strong postwar organization to deter threats to world peace and to mobilize forces to preserve peace. Edge criticized the Republican platform phrase peace forces and noted lengthy discussions on the international situation. Dewey reportedly favors international cooperation to prevent future wars.
Oklahoma rancher Henry Strickland arrives in Los Angeles with his wife and three children after traveling in a horse driven prairie schooner for 105 days in a western border trek.
A joint plea for raises in Cedar Rapids city salaries was submitted to the city council by City Clerk Maude Krebs City Treasurer Walter Miller City Auditor R E Norman and City Dairy Inspector A R Menary. They argued merit and cost of living justify uniform boosts across departments and noted recent raises in other Iowa cities.
In a frontline dispatch from the road toward Paris American troops push north through Brittany into Mayenne and Laval, with signs of Paris as a symbol of victory. The writer describes shattered towns, cheering French crowds, and a speeding Sherman advance toward Le Mans and beyond, amid warnings of German resistance and a celebratory mood among civilians.
Cedar Rapids and vicinity expect fair skies and hot weather through tonight and Thursday with highs near 90 to 95 degrees. Readings in Cedar Rapids reached 92 at 2:30 p.m. amid 20 percent humidity and clear skies, as showers were forecast only in the northwest.
A steel freight car carrying about 2,000 bushels of shelled corn derailed north of the Quaker Oats plant after hitting a standing car on a track junction. It rolled down a river bank and partly submerged. Two wreckers were dispatched for salvage, with the corn, assigned to Penick and Ford, expected to be saved.
Mouthpiece Tito arrives in Rome with staff and visits St Peter’s Church as the Vatican agency confirms. The Yugoslav Partisans leader’s visit is outlined in a Vatican City dispatch.
Allied forces tighten a wedge on Guam trapping Japanese remnants in a 15 square mile zone near the northeast coast. MacArthur reports Lib erators bombed Halmahera as air strength declines. Nimitz notes a vast trap and continued Japanese casualties in New Guinea and surrounding campaigns.
London AP reports Allied air forces including more than 2000 American heavy bombers and British Italian escorts attacked targets across Germany Hungary and Yugoslavia amid thick clouds. Losses totaled 18 US bombers and 2 fighters with 33 German fighters downed and 30 more damaged.
D F C for Staff Sgt George Maly flight engineer on a B 17 of the Eighth Air Force in England awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. His wife Lucille Bradis reports the news. Maly entered the army in 1942 trained at Sheppard Field Texas earned wings in 1948 at Las Vegas gunnery school overseas since 1943 and completed 30 missions over occupied Europe. He also holds the Air Medal with Oak Leaf clusters and a presidential citation for bravery in action. His father Wes Maly lives in Minneapolis.
War material moved slowly by Cedar Rapids truck lines amid driver confusion and widespread strike impacts. At Denver-Chicago Trucking 43 over the road drivers walked out Tuesday yet five loads moved west and five east by Wednesday. Takin Brothers Freight Line reported a driver refused a war goods load to Chicago, claiming local union influence. Union official denied orders and said war goods would move if drivers could be found. About 70 Takin Brothers drivers were idle, with others at H and W Motor Express and Merchants Motor Freight also tied up. Hawkeye Motor Express said Chicago and Ottumwa union guidance kept drivers from working. Western Transportation complied with War Labor Board pay directives and operated fully.
Four youths were injured when a car driven by Arthur Nieland 19 of Marion asleep at the wheel crashed into a telephone pole in the 2700 block of First Avenue F. They were all hospitalized at Mercy hospital with various injuries. Nieland was released after a facial cut.
Allied headquarters said American and Canadian forces advanced toward Paris after taking Le Mans and pushing toward Caen and Falaise. Troops neared Angers and Nantes while Brest and St Malo were targeted. Berlin reported German positions collapsing under a pincer movement.
Allied headquarters reports that about 100 German submarines based in Brittany ports likely escaped. A British broadcast cited by OWI notes if any subs broke the blockade they could reach Bordeaux, with Swiss sources confirming evacuation of Bordeaux.
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