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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1945
Page
1
The house fast tracked a two year extension of the 50 percent income tax waiver while the senate concurred. The governor is expected to sign, averting an immediate tax question for the biennium and leaving the next legislature to confront it again. The piece also discusses war production policy shifts as Europe nears end and reconversion prospects.
Des Moines Iowa lawmakers move to extend the 50 percent forgiveness of state income tax for two more years after swift Senate and House approvals. The bill, amended to two years, passed 44 to 2 in the Senate and 88 to 16 in the House with 63 to 42 on the amendment. The measure now goes to the governor.
Light snowfall accumulations were reported across Cedar Rapids and vicinity with a trace to three inches in different sections. At 2:30 p.m. Friday light snow continued with a temperature around 20 degrees and reports of remaining flurries as forecasts extended statewide through the day.
A Thursday brownout urged by the War Production Board cut lights to conserve fuel and aid workers. Police logged about 120 violations mainly neon signs. big stores and hotel marquees reduced lighting, giving the business district a late night, old city feel.
AP dispatch quotes German prisoners of war on the Western Front saying formal peace offers seem unlikely. They claim officers fear executing families and predict surrender will come only as the German military system breaks down, with most believing Germany cannot hold out beyond a month.
Generals Ike and Bradley chaired a 24 hour conference with Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley focusing on current operations and strategic planning for ongoing theaters of action. The session emphasized coordination, logistics, and potential contingencies in regional campaigns.
American forces report the 14th Air Force base at Suichwan in Kwangsi province has been destroyed and abandoned to the Japanese drive through southern China. British troops close on Rangoon and Singapore and seize Sagu Kyun off the west Burma coast, advancing about 120 miles from Akyab. A Tokyo daily notes B-29s over Nippon and a China-based Superfortress over Korea in daylight.
A thin snow layer over icy streets caused several minor crashes late Thursday night. Arthur Pickart of Norway slid into a northbound switch engine at Second avenue and Fourth street SE and was uninjured though his car was damaged. he faced a charge of failure to control the vehicle. Marvin Knipp of Shellsburg skidded into a street marker at Third avenue and Rockford road SW while turning. Police pursued a youth who stole J. F. Jelinek’s car, but he escaped by jumping from the vehicle at Second avenue and Nineteenth street SE after driving over a curb.
Former Representative Melvin A Maas of Minnesota assumed duties Friday as a colonel in the Marine Corps in San Diego California. He previously served in Congress and now leads as a senior officer within the corps.
At 7 45 p m Tuesday the Cabanatuan prison camp was stormed by Ameri can Rangers and Filipino guerrillas in a 15 minute raid that freed 513 prisoners and killed 73 Japanese guards. Two Rangers and twenty one guerrillas died, with 21 guerrillas and one Ranger wounded as the escape party moved prisoners to waiting carts and fled toward the Pampanga river.
The House approved legislation to compel men aged 18 to 45 into war plants by a 246 to 165 vote. Seven of Iowa’s eight representatives supported the bill, while a last minute voluntary plan failed 187 to 177. Amendments restricting closed shops and race based hiring were defeated.
D Bollinger 39 of 424 Twenty first street NE Cedar Rapids was killed when his car failed to negotiate a turn on highway 15 northeast of Anamosa and crashed into a telephone pole. He was driving from Monticello to Anamosa and was a sales manager for Cedar Rapids Pump and Supply. Surviving are his wife, his mother, two sisters, and a niece. Funeral plans to be announced.
Ankara radio reports Prince Cyril of Bulgaria, former premier, has been executed. The U P dispatch notes immediate confirmation from Turkish sources as regional tensions rise.
Berlin front danger rises as Red forces mass along the Oder east of Berlin. German high command says Zhokov’s men reach the Oder near Frankfurt and Libenow Duhringshof. Berlin braces for street fighting with barricades rising in the center and civilians urged to seek shelter.
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