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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1943
Page
1
The House passes a six month extension to probe charges against Kimmel and Short beyond the statute, a move the Senate narrows. The column laments slow postwar planning and urges practical, consumer driven economic thinking, cites Enders Voorhees, and comments on the WRA stance toward Japanese relocation and farming.
Reports from London Cairo and Berlin describe a Cairo Turkey conference with President Roosevelt Prime Minister Churchill and President Inonu and note Turkish cabinet plans a special session. Berlin radio says Inonu returned to Ankara with focus on potential Turkish joining the war amid Allied pressure.
Cedar Rapids school board votes unanimously to offer Roosevelt high school skating rink to the War Housing authority for use as a trailer camp for local war workers unable to find housing. The offer lasts for the duration of the war. The board also awards a light bulb contract, grants a bus driver leave to join the navy, and approves purchasing a Series F war savings bond for 1100 dollars.
A Cedar Rapids outbreak of chest and bronchial colds led Linn County Medical Society president Dr. J K von Lackum to urge public cooperation. He cautioned that this is not the 1918 flu and advised early doctor calls, rest, and timely visits to ease physician workload. A Wednesday meeting of the medical society will discuss countermeasures.
Senate agriculture committee reports favorably a bill to end livestock feed subsidies to dairymen, raise milk prices by one cent a quart, and set flexible ceilings tied to production costs. The measure, 10 to 0, links to broader subsidy debates and potential quick action before year end.
Axis propagandists described the Teheran conference as a sell-out by Britain and the United States and called it a diplomatic victory for Stalin. They claimed second-front mention was vague and argued the Allies would have acted sooner against Germany if able.
Thousands of Washington area residents were afflicted Tuesday in a major outbreak of mild influenza and respiratory ailments. Public officials said there was nothing to indicate the epidemic was nationwide.
Senator Byrd of Virginia assails Senator Guffey of Pennsylvania calling his claim on the Green Lucas vote a contemptible falsehood and demands Guffey resign as chairman of the Democratic senatorial campaign committee. Byrd vows action if Guffey does not prove or retract the charges.
A reflective Sunday column recalls Pearl Harbor in detail with family scenes and public sentiment. It cites reactions from readers about Japanese actions, U S war stance, and policy moves such as protecting Finnish ships and arming for wide scale operations, hinting at ongoing wartime anxieties.
United States carrier forces attacked the Marshall islands in the Gilberts campaign sequence led by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. The raid followed the Tarawa and Makin landings and preceded a broader navy marine army offensive as radio silence preserved movement secrecy.
Santa Fe, N M Em bezzlement of money belonging to convicts charged against Harold Sutcliffe after a $2336 shortage in funds deposited by prisoners entering the New Mexico penitentiary was discovered. Sutcliffe was chief clerk in charge of the prison fund.
Cairo reports quote a senior MacArthur aide asserting Japan can be brought to heel by relentless air and shipping decimation, not a ground invasion. He notes Japan’s oil, air, naval strength weakening and predicts the Allies will escort bombers within 10 days as airfields fall.
Senate action extended by six months the time to bring court martial charges against Rear Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Major General Walter C Short for the Pearl Harbor attack. Rep. Len Clark accused War Secretary Stimson and Navy Secretary Knox of dereliction, saying the delay shields higher officials and demands accountability.
Allied forces pushed through Nazi defenses in a 25 square mile area west of Rome as American troops held key peaks near Mt Camino and Mt Maggiore. British and American units fought across the Moro river and Cassino area while heavy rains swelled rivers hindering supply lines. Fort Bliss air crews prepared for an intensified bombing campaign with 19 days left before Christmas.
Mr and Mrs Frank Brush of 1825 D street SW receive a telegram from the war department stating their son Fred G Brush age 17 is missing in action in the Pacific. He enlisted March 3 and trained at Farragut Idaho aboard a navy vessel.
Washington AP report says a 25 percent cut in use of commercial printing and lithographing paper in 1944 is recommended to the War Production Board by industry advisers. Harold Boeschenstein cites pulpwood shortages and a 20 percent salvage increase as essential to avoid deeper cuts beginning January 1.
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