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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1944
Page
4
Washington observers note unemployment may be controlled as wartime plants shift to peacetime work after Germany’s fall. government plans shift away from deep cutbacks while Krug warns new factors emerge monthly. Recent moves include boosting ammunition production and funding new plants to sustain jobs.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company, published daily and Sunday at 500 3rd Ave SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It lists mailing details, pricing, and subscriber options with Associated Press and United Press International service disclosures.
Reconnaissance photos show the Nakajima Mushashina plant in western Tokyo hit but not destroyed. Brig. Gen. Haywood S. Hansell says substantial damage was inflicted though cloud cover hindered precise bombing. B 29s conducted four raids on Honshu in 10 days with strong performance.
Vice president Wallace denounces liberal Democrats and reactionary Republicans in Chicago at Mar hat Field dinner. He accuses gripped by fear wealth seekers, contrasts chains of conscience, and warns of moral condemnation for those chasing money at others’ expense.
The passage critiques a figure who neglects using influence for lasting reform, instead seeking fleeting authority through traditional, reactionary means. It frames the struggle as a clash between enduring transformation and transient personal power.
The city council approved renewal of a club beer permit for the Eagles club at 123 First street NE. An ordinance to rename Twenty-second street NNW to Twenty-first street NW was referred to the building inspector. The CSP Hall received a late-night dance permit until 2 a.m. New Year. R. C. Helfrich, senior inspector from the department of commerce, will inspect the new airport in Cedar Rapids next week.
The Senate war investigating committee began a preliminary study of heavy labor turnover at the Bremerton Washington navy yard as a prelude to a possible full dress manpower investigation at all war production centers.
Cambridge Mass Superior Judge Edward F Hanity upheld a lower court verdict fining Harvard Square book dealer 200 for selling the novel Strange Fruit in a test case. The ruling follows a ban previously imposed in Cambridge and Boston, reinforcing the local obscenity enforcement.
Memphis long distance operators ended their threat after ATandT announced it would meet their demands for a $5 weekly wage increase in Memphis and Louisville. The move came late Monday night as talks concluded between the union and company.
Miss Vivien Kellems, Westport businesswoman famed for opposing the New Deal, testifies before Senator McKellar’s post office committee on her romance with Count Frederick von Zedlitz. She produced 150 letters, aired concerns about censorship, and joked about her 101 marriage attempts. The exchange highlights wartime suspicion of German connections and political theater in Washington.
McKellar muses that more letters might help. the senators will resume their inquiry into love next week and the speaker says they would not miss it.
The Hanford Daily Sentinel editorial condemns Col. Elliott Roosevelt and his wife Faye Emerson for using three privately owned planes to fly from Los Angeles to Williams Arizona for their wedding. Officials say wartime air rules were not consulted.
A wartime rationing controversy centers on a Southern California to Grand Canyon trip to wed the President's son and the actress. The Roosevelt party flew to Williams with Jack Frye, head of Transcontinental Airways, who used his private plane.
A light earthquake lasting about eight seconds shook Saipan on Tuesday but caused no damage or injuries. The tremor prompted no evacuations and officials reported no aftershocks.
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