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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1943
Page
1
The column discusses Allied invasion timing rumors and German defenses along the European coast. It critiques censorship and speculation, notes inflation concerns and Christmas tree sales as signs of price discipline, and honors Dr. Walter C. Stewart for reducing tuberculosis in Iowa livestock and the broader vets’ effort.
Berlin endured a massive night assault as more than 2,240 tons of high explosives and incendiaries leveled districts, with American and Royal Air Force bombers hammering southwest Germany and northern France. Canvassing losses included twenty bombers, five Canadian, amid reports of continued German anti aircraft activity. The damage threatened Berlin’s political and economic hub status, echoing memories of the London blitz three years earlier.
A column discusses The New York Times stance on ending sentences with prepositions. It argues the common idiom favors who do you work for, not whom. The piece urges readers to align with practical usage while noting purists' views.
Chicago report notes the common cold proving too much for sulfa drugs as the UP dispatch details limited effectiveness and ongoing reliance on other remedies.
Cedar Rapids tavern owners largely report adequate beer supplies for New Year crowds. Of 13 downtown tap rooms, only two fear insufficient stock for normal crowds, with rationing in place at two establishments and several saying they can meet demand with both tap and bottled beer available.
Reports from Chungking describe a widening rift between Japanese Premier Hideki Tojo and Emperor Hirohito. Claims of victories in China and the Pacific are said to have caused contradictions and loss of face for Tojo, with the emperor allegedly excluding several moderates from an imperial dinner. Axis broadcasts warned of planned evacuations of civilians from major cities in anticipation of heavy air raids.
Funao Miyakawa, first secretary of the Japanese embassy in Russia, was recalled by Berlin radio in a Tokyo dispatch. The notice gave no reason and did not signal any rift as Japan and Russia remain at peace under a non aggression pact. Miyakawa represented Japanese interests in border incident talks along the Siberian Manchurian frontier.
Washington dispatch reports Admiral Ernest J. King, commander in chief of the U S fleet, forecasts Germany’s defeat in 1944. He notes Allied shifts toward the Pacific, praises Truk’s strength, warns Japan’s ships dwindle, and questions the necessity of island hopping given current limits and future main strategic lines.
The weather outlook for Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa calls for mild conditions to end 1943. Mostly cloudy tonight followed by a Friday of fair skies. temperatures range from lows near 14 to 22 degrees and highs around 39 to 42 in various cities.
President Roosevelt again did not report to the White House on Thursday due to a head cold. The absence follows similar health-related delays, with officials monitoring his condition and potential return plans.
An invalided U S Army sergeant told the New Bedford Standard Times that soldiers in a New Caledonia hospital resented a remark by Mrs Roosevelt during a September visit. He recalled booing followed her comment about walking U S streets vs Tokyo. MP guards quieted the crowd afterward.
Reports from Barcelona say French saboteurs damaged the main German Atlantic coast railway line near Fons north of Bordeaux. The sabotage on December 27 halted the Bordeaux Paris route when the Bordeaux Paris express hit a derailed freight train at Pons.
WPB authorizes 2,000,000 electric irons and 50,000 cast iron bathtubs for 1944. Irons go to civilian channels with no rationing planned. tubs limited to war housing. May arrival to shelves. war production has priority for labor and materials.
City council acts at Mayor Hahn and Commissioner Williams urging postwar planning. Williams’ resolution asks each commissioner to list projects for the city engineer to draft plans and cost estimates, aiming to seize postwar aid. Unanimous vote.
A House Military Affairs subcommittee probes profiteering as skilled workers are rented to aircraft makers under government contracts. Reports show rates up to 50 dollars per day, with firms posting large net profits on these transfers amid worker shortages.
William B. Quarton of radio WMT was elected president of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce at a board meeting. He succeeds Arthur A. Barlow of Builders Material. Don Hines became first vice president and P. F. Keehn second vice president. S. E. Coquillette was reelected treasurer and A. L. Taylor reelected executive vice-president. New officers take over January 1.
The Office of Price Administration cuts most canned and frozen produce points in January to speed use of storage space. Zero points for green and wax beans and many frozen vegetables, while jams and marmalades gain two points to eight. Tomato sauce and tomato paste sees modest changes.
Stalin announced a major Soviet advance as Vatutin’s forces swept forward up to 62 miles on a 186 mile line, routing 22 German divisions in six days. Korosten and Kazatin fell, Zhitomir and Vitebsk defenses weakened, with Soviet units pressing from Kiev toward the Polish frontier.
London report says Admiral Karl Doenitz, supreme commander, sent the 26,000 ton battleship Scharnhorst on a Barents Sea mission to boost his reputation. Doenitz, 52, helped develop submarine tactics and headed Germany’s submarine fleet. The Moscow radio broadcast the claim on Thursday.
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