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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1944
Page
2
In Cedar Rapids current comment reflects on the loss of Clare Marshall, praising his civic leadership and energy. The piece ties his death to Christmas and the wartime context, urging belief in a guiding plan and urging personal contribution toward real peace on earth.
Clare R. Marshall, treasurer and editorial director of The Gazette, died in Rochester Minnesota at 11 15 p m after a month long illness He was a Cedar Rapids civic leader and national figure in small daily papers known for postwar planning work and state rehabilitation efforts His career included leadership in the Iowa Daily Press association and Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce born November 26 1893 he began in journalism as a paper carrier and rose to prominent publisher status with a lifelong link to The Gazette
Glenn Miller, famed American orchestra leader and director of the air force band in Paris, is listed as missing after a plane he rode from England to Paris apparently crashed. No trace has been found since takeoff on December 15, with no band members aboard. Miller, a Tenafly, New Jersey resident, had been in service since October 1942 and gained fame for Moonlight Serenade.
Cedar Rapids police logged a quiet Christmas weekend with fewer complaints than usual. One man was arrested for drunkenness and disturbing the peace, another for drunkenness but released. No injuries were reported from minor accidents and no arrests arose from noisy Saturday parties.
A twin engined C-37 army transport with 27 aboard crashed on Roundtop Mountain three miles west of New Cumberland airport. Fifteen were taken to Harrisburg General Hospital and eight or nine were reported killed. The craft, homeward bound on Christmas furloughs, was found after a woman reported a fire in the woods.
A cold Christmas is expected as a weather front sweeps the region. Cedar Rapids records show temperatures dropping from 19 above at midnight to six above by 10 am with 50 percent humidity. Snow flurries accompany a high of 22 Sunday afternoon and a minus two reading at midnight Saturday.
ATHENS AP British troops captured the main refrigerating plants in the Piraeus port area after a stiff fight and damaged facilities. Tank supported parachute units expanded control in western central Athens as Elas leaders resist abandonment of arms. A British memo asking for a Greek government of confidence was met with demand to disarm all militia followers.
AP dispatch from San Francisco reports incendiary B-29 strikes on Tokyo Yokohama and Shizuoka while Japanese air defenses contend with renewed Allied raids on Iwo Jima and Manila. U S ground forces press Leyte as 77th Division closes Palompon and Nipponese air forces suffer heavy losses. Admiral Nimitz warns the tougher fight lies ahead as Japan rethinks policy toward Koreans and Formosans.
The Office of Price Administration raised butter to 24 points a pound, canceled sugar stamps, and restored point-free meats and canned vegetables to the ration list. Meats including beef, veal, bacon, pork, liver and some sausages regain points next week. Canned vegetables such as asparagus, green beans, spinach, corn and peas return with new point values. Bowles cited shortages and hoarding patterns as driving the need to adjust civilian supplies.
Washington reports wartime Christmas efforts continue as G I s receive turkey dinners and gifts worldwide. Red Cross aided canning ships, home folks mail 50 million packages, and President Roosevelt urges shared sacrifice while stamps and ration adjustments aim to balance supplies. Christmas observances vary by ship size and location.
Eight hundred American planes attacked bridges and junctions behind German lines as Allied air forces hammered targets from Luxembourg to the Meuse. German counterattacks pressed into U S lines in Belgium and Luxembourg, with Patton forces advancing and heavy air bombardment continuing around Essen Trier and Frankfurt.
Rome AP reports heavy snow stalled ground operations on the Italian front as American Fifth Army troops gain a temporary pause after repelling German counter-attacks near Monte Bel Monte.
CHEYENNE WY AP A three year old, Forrest Nubbins Hoffman, spent a Christmas day at home after doctors warned he might not live to today. He had his Christmas on November 19 after bladder surgery and doctors say he will live to see many more Christmases. His parents kept the day quiet as he rode a model car and played with his dog Slippers in their four room home following a stay at Mercy hospital in Denver. In Tulsa, Edward Boston, 38, gained sight in his right eye after years of partial and total blindness. His left eye had been blind 22 years. Boston had worked as a broom maker after attending the state school for the blind and was later treated at an Omaha hospital.
Phoenix authorities hunted 20 of 25 German prisoners who slipped away from Papago Park camp during a heavy rainstorm. FBI Agent Duffey said five were captured Sunday night by county officers.
London dispatch reports the Soviet Third Ukraine army advancing 25 miles in three days to trap the Budapest garrison. Red forces reportedly cut retreat routes west while other troops push 17 miles into western Slovakia and seize Leva rail junction near Bratislava, 98 miles from Vienna. Berlin cites unconfirmed Moscow claims of a sixth day Soviet winter offensive in western Latvia with about 30 German divisions encircled.
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