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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1943
Page
1
In a spirited local column, the writer notes West Side residents oppose turning Roosevelt High School skating rink into a War Housing Administration trailer camp. The board may still offer the site if needed, but likely won’t be chosen for a trailer park given other options.
The Russian Baltic army pushed 15 miles deeper along the Nevel Vitebsk railway toward Vitebsk, narrowing the Nazi front and threatening the Leningrad area. Gen. Bagramian’s forces recaptured about 1000 sq miles, 570 villages, and killed or captured nearly 24,000 enemy troops as the drive extended toward Polotsk and Vitebsk.
A Northwest Cedar Rapids group presented petitions signed by 1 500 residents to the school board. They oppose using the Roosevelt skating rink as a trailer camp, urging the board to seek alternative sites and noting the rink's winter recreation role for children. They cite bus congestion and cost invested in rink preparations.
President Roosevelt, at a press conference in Washington, defended the army Canol oil project costing 130 million dollars in Canada. He said at its start he would have approved any plan to secure a new oil source near Alaska and the Aleutians.
The State Department said two Falangists from Generalissimo Franco's party invaded the U S consulate in Valencia Spain on Saturday They tore down photographs and harangued visitors The U S ambassador Carlton J Hayes reported the incident and said representations were made in Madrid and Valencia The photos were described only as press pictures.
The weather forecast for Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas calls for fair and colder conditions tonight with lows around 10 above zero in the north west and north east and 10 above in the southeast. Strong winds will precede the cold front. Mild air prevailed Monday night and Tuesday with Cedar Rapids recording a 41 degree high on Monday and a 24 degree low this morning.
Telegram from Peter Shulgin in New Orleans reports Lt Leo A Shulgin of the Army Air Corps in England was wounded in action on December 13. Details will be available later. His wife lives in Louisiana and his brother Tech Sgt Edward Shulgin serves with an engineers division in Australia.
City truck drivers and Municipal Employee union members reached an agreement with City Attorney Don Hines and Public Improvements Commissioner D L Williams ending a three month dispute. The deal raises take home pay, sets a 44 hour work week and fixes a Monday to Friday schedule with Saturday half day. The council appeared to approve the settlement though Mayor Frank Hahn and other officials took limited part in negotiations.
Allied Sixth Army expanded six miles from Cape Merkus beachhead and captured the Arawe airstrip on New Britain. MacArthur said Arawe was taken Sunday, signaling strong Allied air power with no Japanese air activity in the sector. Across Vitiaz Strait, Australian forces crossed Masawang River chasing the Japanese as Cape Gloucester bombardment reached 414 tons in two raids. Admiral Halsey announced full Allied control of Empress Augusta Bay on Bougainville, with Torokina airfield aiding operations and looming Japanese evacuations toward Buka and Buin.
Washington report outlines a looming Dec 30 strike by 1.1 million non operating railway workers amid stalled wage talks. President Roosevelt endorses a four-cent raise plus time and a half for overtime within stabilization law, while unions threaten action and Congress weighs changes to the railway labor act.
Washington AP says the U.S. Office of Education urged schools to offer an advance course on army life including customs and pitfalls to help teenagers understand the armed forces before induction.
In a delayed dispatch from Italy, soldiers describe a ten day climb and battle on Hill 1205 Mount Sammucro above Venafro. Hundreds fought, some wounded, as outflanking finally loosened the German grip on San Pietro and the Cassino valley. Major David Frazier and Sergeants Parrott and Charcher led a daring ascent, with Parrott the first to reach the summit at dawn.
Allied reports say Fifth Army forces surged two and a half miles to seize Mount Spinuccio 2,600 feet high amid heavy snow near Lagone as German resistance stiffened on the Adriatic front. Eighth Army advanced toward Tollo with improved positions near Ortona while patrols were active elsewhere. American torpedo boats joined British craft in a night action near Elba against two Nazi destroyers on December 18.
London AP reports Stalin turned 64 on Tuesday but Moscow offered no public observance or celebration, implying a subdued commemoration. No official events were announced.
Allied air forces including 800 heavy bombers hit Frankfurt and Bremen in new offensives over Germany and occupied Europe. The raids killed the city’s infrastructure, with tens of thousands displaced, while losses totaled over 80 Allied aircraft and 28 enemy planes.
London reports German agency DNB says Volkischer Beobachter published a photo of American airman Kenneth D. Williams from Charlotte North Carolina with Murder Inc. scrawled on his suit and plane. The image ties to gangland slang as part of Allied raids.
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