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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1944
Page
2
The Allied advance nears suspected rocket installations along the channel coast as German resistance flags, with rumors of poison gas use, meet a fast Allied push. Reports say gas trains move to the coast while factories rush masks.
Linn county war price and ration board issues special shoe stamps to help children return to school in proper footwear. In two days this week the board processed 21 applications. must show no stamps saved for Christmas shoes and present an empty ration book. Adults may receive stamps if their footwear needs exceed their current stamps or job conditions cause excessive wear on shoes. Special stamps are valid indefinitely and stamped shoes must be used as directed. tearing out stamps will not be accepted.
Soviet dispatches claim Russian troops entered Bucharest after capturing Ploesti oilfields and severing much of Germanys petroleum supply. Malinovsky’s forces reportedly took Meriuta and 15,000 Germans, with major offensives planned toward Transylvania as Tolbukhin’s Third Army closes on the Danube pocket.
Cedar Rapids student sergeant Louis R. Baker of the army air forces has been wounded for the seventh time since 1940 and sent to Australia for hospitalization. He contracted malaria in New Guinea, where he has been for a year. A 1940 Roosevelt high school graduate, he trained at Chanute field Langley Field and North Lake before boating to Australia. He is the son of Mrs. Ruth Spencer of 829 C avenue NW.
Pvt William S Cook 34 was killed in action in France as of 11 1945 notifying his parents Mr and Mrs B W Cook 716 Sixth street SW He was father to Lois and Dale wife predeceased him Born Cedar Rapids he lived here all his life attended Grant and Roosevelt high schools and worked for National Oats before enlisting December 11 1942 overseas duty began March 1944
London dispatch reports French Forces of the Interior formally announced the Patriot occupation of the port city of Bordeaux, signaling a shift in control of the key southwest French harbor. The announcement confirms Bordeaux as under Patriot administration amid ongoing resistance activity.
Capt J C Novak of the Army Air Corps stationed in England has won the Distinguished Flying Cross and the fourth Oak Leaf cluster to his Air Medal. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in June 1943 and has been overseas since May. He is the grandson of Mrs Mary Novak of 820 First Avenue NE and his wife reports the details.
Sen. Guy M. Gillette on a Cedar Rapids swing says no immediate bill on compulsory military training will reach Congress this session. He plans to speak at the Wyoming horse show on postwar peace collaboration and will meet in Anamosa before continuing to Washington with Mrs. Gillette and their son Mark.
General Eisenhower announced that German casualties in the battle for France exceed 400000. He said at least 25 of 60 divisions in France have been destroyed since D day, with 18 others severely mauled and over 200000 prisoners taken.
Allied leadership in northern France is split with Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley equal in rank to Gen. Sir Bernard Montgomery. Eisenhower announced the arrangement, saying it reflects the vast expansion of Allied armies after Normandy. He praised Montgomery as a great soldier and loyal ally.
Underground forces in Slovakia seize most territory with border areas remaining. fighting rages around Zilina Trnava Galanta Jucenec Levoca and Kezmarok as Berlin admits revolts. Moscow accuses Bulgaria of aiding Germany while Bulgarian armistice talks stall in Cairo. Romanian delegation visits Moscow as armistice likely within 48 hours and Romanian troops fight alongside Soviet forces.
Allied forces drive across the Somme river, capture Amiens, and push toward Boulogne Calais and Dunkerque as American tank armies advance toward the Belgian border. British armor reels off rapid advances while German rearguards attempt to retreat toward Germany. St Dizier and Rouen also report action as the front lines shift eastward.
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