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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1944
Page
15
London dispatches report Soviet troops seized Iasi driving toward Bucharest and Ploesti on a wide 120 mile front. German counteroffensive below Riga aims to widen an escape corridor for Baltic forces as 60 000 men and 900 tanks are thrown into the fight.
The piece surveys global distrust after years of false promises especially in Japan and Germany, notes U S and Moscow statements on world organization, and cites the Atlantic Charter as contested. It also reports local tension between the city park commissioner and arborist over park programs and praises Treanor and criticizes Paul Coult remarks while noting Patton’s Paris song parody and public tolerance issues.
Russian forces pushed two columns toward the Bug river confluence northeast of Warsaw as German reserves defend the west bank. Izvestia reports German divisions including a tank unit from Italy. a Sandomierz trap encircled three divisions with 12,000 killed and 1,550 prisoners. Baltic corridor may allow an escape toward East Prussia.
The Gazette reveals heir discovery for a $12,000 Seattle estate left by a sister. Hannah Wiley died March 26 1941. sisters Margaret and Catherine died. brother Philip W. Geyer died. Ellen M. Geyer, a University of Pittsburgh teacher, appears sole surviving heir.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey will speak in Oklahoma City on his return from a Pacific coast campaign tour. Sen. E. J. Moore announced the tentative Sept. 25 engagement after a GOP conference. National Chairman Herbert Brownell Jr. to finalize details.
Willkie told Dulles to help rally Republican support for a successful postwar security conference. Dulles planned to meet Senators Vandenberg and Austin in Washington before briefing Hull. Dewey opposes a permanent four power alliance and backs small nations in shaping the new world organization. Willkie urged restraint to avoid undermining the conference while remaining open to bold Republican input if necessary.
American and Allied forces shattered the German Seventh Army south of the Seine in France. U S armored forces moved toward Paris and Brittany ports while encircling remaining German troops, with estimates of near 100000 prisoners and a collapse of German offensive capability.
Reports from Vichy claim Marshal Philippe Petain and several staff members were seized by the Gestapo on Sunday and moved to an unknown destination. Petit notes indicate Petain refused to accompany Laval to Belfort and the regime may be nearing end while Laval is said to be installed there.
American spearheads reach 60 miles inland as Seventh Army tightens control in southern France. Toulon is fully encircled while French and American forces close on Marseille from the east and north. Maj. Gen. Patch urges relentless effort as Germans retreat and Allied planes shift to northern Italy duties.
American and Canadian forces drive toward the Seine and Channel from the Mantes region. Tanks push toward Gaillon and Elbeuf as Patton’s troops encircle Paris, with 700 enemy tanks destroyed behind Allied lines and Étampes in heavy fighting.
Cedar Rapids school board granted retirement requests for five long serving teachers effective Sept. 1. Minnie Ziesing taught in Cedar Rapids since 1916 with 19 years at Grant high and nine at Roosevelt. Eva M. Byerly served 26 years at Washington high and nine at Franklin, after teaching at Anamosa Maquoketa and Waterloo. Stella Johnson taught in Palo Edgewood Watertown SD before joining Cedar Rapids in 1919. Ora B. Beitzell taught seven years at Jackson and 22 at McKinley after Thornton. Caroline C. Soutter served 24 years at Washington high and nine at McKinley.
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