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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1943
Page
3
The Big Three leaders Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin report a complete understanding on future military operations and a peace plan guided by shared duties to smaller nations. They present unity and resolve despite friction over bases and timelines and warn Hitler that attempts to divide allied fronts will fail.
Allied reports say the Fifth army captured commanding heights west of Mignano while the British Eighth army moved to the Moro river 10 miles beyond Sangro. German counterattacks, heavy fighting, and reinforcements followed as Allies press toward Cassino and beyond. British warships supported the Adriatic advance with bombardments of German routes and shipping.
War Food Administrator Marvin Jones urged Congress to decide now whether food subsidies will continue or end. He warned a 60 day senate delay could disrupt 1944 food production plans and stressed the need for certainty to plan future programs.
London AP reports heavy fighting across Yugoslavia as German and Bulgarian reserves join the conflict. Reinforcements including two divisions from Austria arrive while the Tito forces say Poles French and Russians are used by the Nazis. The Giya Mihailovic Chetniks are accused of fighting with the invaders as German Alpine troops suffer 270 killed or captured in Croatia.
The House passed a resolution extending the statute of limitations on charges against Maj. Gen. Walter Short and Admiral Husband Kimmel related to Pearl Harbor. The measure would push prosecution time to one year after formal peace with Japan is signed and ratified, and also covers others involved.
President Roosevelt told U S troops at Camp Amirabad near Tehran that the Tehran talks with Churchill and Stalin focused on winning the war quickly and laying groundwork for lasting peace. He spoke to officers and visited wounded soldiers in the camp hospital after the conference.
The declaration from Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin confirms unified wartime strategy against Germany and a commitment to an enduring postwar peace. It calls for global cooperation to eliminate tyranny and welcomes nations joining the democratic family, vowing relentless attacks until victory. Signed December 1, 1943 in Tehran.
London AP reports Count Galeazzo Ciano former Italian foreign minister and Mussolini son in law was shot in the back by a firing squad for high treason. The execution followed a verdict by a Republican Fascist court under German influence. Ciano had fallen from Mussolini's favor after supporting resignation in July.
British Mediterranean fleet submarines report sinking 16 vessels in Aegean forays, including two medium ships and 14 small supply boats. Warehouses on Naxos shelled. a seaplane and a 300 foot floating dock sank. A western Mediterranean submarine torpedoed a landing craft near Genoa and a medium tanker off Toulon.
Lt. Gen. George C. Kenney awarded the Distinguished Flying Crosses to seven Liberator crew members for a September 15 Wewak attack. Their aircraft was hit by flak, they fought 20 Japanese fighters for 25 minutes, and they shot down two enemies while damaging four. One honoree is Second Lt. Eugene S. Thompson of Monticello.
London dispatch reports German forces concentrating in southeastern Bulgaria near the Turkish border amid speculation the Roosevelt Churchill Stalin conference could prompt a Balkan invasion and draw Turkey in. German moves accompany reports Turkish leaders met in Cairo with Roosevelt and Churchill. Papen says he will work with Turkish friends to keep the region out of disaster.
Cedar Rapids recorded 1.35 inches of rain, the state’s highest, with other readings across Iowa including Dubuque 1.08 and Ames 0.89. Recent weather brought mild conditions, then cooling with a low near 26 in Cedar Rapids and 29 at Fort Dodge.
Western invasion of Germany by Allied forces from east west and south is foreshadowed by Tehran confab pledges. Marshall may lead winter or early spring strike. England hosts western front operations with air sea and land power. Allied plans include southern France and Balkans options with a major Soviet winter drive in the east.
The Tehran meeting of Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin forged unity on three front operations against Germany and outlined a postwar world “family” of democratic nations. The Dec 1 declarations pledges coordinated victory, lasting peace, Iran’s allied status, and broad participation by nations in shaping the Atlantic Charter based world order.
The Office of Price Administration urges households in the Midwest to limit fuel oil use to no more than 23 percent of yearly rations. OPA administrator Raymond S. McKeough said this maximum should be kept lower to ensure reserves for emergencies.
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