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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1943
Page
1
Harry Boyd contributes a column warning that union leaders may push a nationwide railway strike starting December 30. He notes leaders use bluff to strengthen bargaining and fears a real shutdown could disrupt transport, while the President remains abroad. He argues responsible restraint is needed to avoid catastrophe.
London reports Prime Minister Churchill, age 69, is improving after pneumonia diagnosed in the Mediterranean. Attlee said the condition is as satisfactory as could be expected and that full facilities are available on site. Churchill had recently concluded talks with Roosevelt Stalin and Chiang Kai-shek and remains abroad for essential work.
P Ray O'Brien of the Chicago Board of Trade criticizes current economic policy as controlled by a small White House circle. He argues bureaucratic central control erodes individual choice and suggests a system of decisions by many individuals would improve governance. The piece also notes Eric Johnston's rising profile and political hurdles. A German Luftwaffe radio message allegedly congratulates General Ira Eaker for bomber accuracy.
London reports Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told Allied troops that the war is entering its crucial phases raising expectations of an all out offensive in Italy. The Algiers radio broadcast quoted him calling for intensified troop efforts across the Mediterranean theater.
Tech. Sgt. George E. Reilly aged 37 died December 11 in Gosfield England of wounds received in action. He served in the Army Air Corps engineers battalion and had been in England since 1942. Survived by his mother six brothers three sisters and a grandmother with services pending further word from the War Department.
The Senate Finance Committee moved to raise individual tax collections by about 540 million dollars by adopting House plans to abolish the earned income credit and to remove the victory tax credits. The proposal would replace the victory tax with a straight 3 percent levy on income over 624 dollars per year, with no dependent credits.
A German Luftwaffe radio message congratulated American bombers for avoiding a hospital during the Regensburg raid. Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker was informed by Wellwood Beall of Boeing at a press conference after returning from England. Beall said factory targets were destroyed but the hospital remained untouched.
Don Wolfe, ex Roosevelt high school coach, has returned after over eight months in the Solomons region. A lieutenant (j g) in the navy, his unit aids assault troops in beachhead landings with radio and communications work. Wolfe recounts Rendova fighting and the June 16 air battle where Americans shot down 96 planes out of 125 attackers.
The Senate Banking Committee voted 11 to 5 to extend the federal food subsidy program for 60 days after Christmas, authorizing Sen. Barkley to introduce a resolution to continue subsidies and the Commodity Credit Corporation through February 29. The panel rejected a Taft plan for a $600 million subsidy with butter and meat rollbacks and milk limits, and 9 to 8 against a flat ban on subsidies.
John Mokrejs of Gripsholm Home returns to Cedar Rapids after two years of internment by Japan. He meets his wife and elder daughter Jill in New York City as Gripsholm docked December 1. He then visits his parents as 28 month old Margaret Ann awaits at home.
The White House said President Roosevelt is safely back in the United States after about five weeks abroad for war conferences in the Middle East. White House secretary Stephen T. Early could not say when the president would reach Washington.
The German agency DNE reported from Lisbon that Roosevelt's plane made a forced landing on Terceira in the Azores due to engine damage while en route to the Cairo Teheran conferences. No official confirmation exists.
Secretary of War Stimson announced totals through November 30 listing U S Army casualties at 98 594 with 15 334 killed 35 049 wounded 23 725 missing and 24 486 prisoners of war. Navy losses stand at 32 504 with 13 983 killed 5 868 wounded 8 466 missing and 4 247 prisoners.
A double wreck on the Atlantic Coast Line near Buie North Carolina leaves between 50 and 100 dead and more than 100 injured as two crowded streamliners collide during a winter night. The Tamiami West Coast Champion No 91 and Tamiami East Coast Champion No 8 were involved with survivors hospitalized at Lumberton and Fayetteville amid icy road conditions.
A 10 month old, Gary Dean Aten, died at St Luke's hospital in Cedar Rapids when he slipped through crib side ribs and was suspended by his arms with face buried in the mattress. Coroner Dr T F Hersch ruled suffocation after a thorough inquiry. The family, from 1427 Fourth Street NW, has two older children. The hospital superintendent described the death as a regrettable accident and said the crib type is standard. The crib opening was one and a quarter inches wide, and the infant weighed about 15 pounds, four pounds under average for age. The child had recent whooping cough.
Washington reports American naval operations in the Caroline Islands with the 33 000 ton aircraft carrier Saratoga acting as a decoy to draw the Japanese fleet into action. Captain John H Cassady cites repeated Guinea pig runs near Truk and no direct attacks on Japanese positions as the aim to lure a major engagement. He notes Japanese reluctance to fight due to prior losses and the high risk of further casualties.
AP reports from Phoenix and Southwest Pacific headquarters state American forces invaded New Britain with heavy fighting seen on beaches. Air raids on Arawe dropped 356 tons of bombs by 190 aircraft with 174000 machine gun rounds, targeting barges, installations, and supply centers near Arawe.
Allied Bari port in Italy faced a German air raid on December 1 sinking seventeen merchant ships including five American vessels. About 1,000 casualties occurred with 37 American sailors killed or wounded as fires spread from ammunition ships. The attack disrupted supply efforts but did not topple Allied strategy in Italy.
United States Eighth Air Force heavy bombers attacked objectives in northwest Germany. The official report did not disclose the specific targets that were battered.
Washington dispatch reports that Petroleum Administrator Ickes on Thursday reduced civilian gasoline allocations for nearly all regions, with the Southwest exempted from the cut.
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