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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1945
Page
1
Senator Hickenlooper protests secrecy in Allied diplomacy and asks how policy is formed. He argues viewers deserve uncensored play by play of conferences, not selective summaries. A Tama reader suggests salaries for service men could reduce compulsory measures and boost defense.
Soviet forces massed near the Oder fortress cities of Austria and Frankfurt as Zhukov’s II White Russian army pressed eastward toward Berlin. Red troops claimed gains toward Kustrin and Sonnenburg while encircling large enemy groups and advancing on the Warthe and Reppe fronts in a race to reach the German capital.
J A Lazar of Tap and Tavern announces AM a daily news magazine to begin March 5. AM will publish a two page daily newsletter with general and trades news, feature United Press service, nine by twelve inch pages, four columns per page, circulated to paid subscribers.
Casualty counts for Linn county outside Cedar Rapids include 24 killed in action 2 killed in training 23 missing in action 1 died in service and eight prisoners.
More than 1,000 U S Eighth air force Flying Fortresses plus nearly that many fighters dropped about 2 500 tons of bombs on Berlin in a two hour raid in support of the Red army. The attack damaged or destroyed key military and governmental offices and the Reich chancellery area.
American forces pushed three miles deeper into Germany within the Siegfried line and reached near the Rhine as Colmar fell to French and American troops. First Army units seized Bronsfeld and Dreiborn in a widening advance while Ninth Division neared Gemund, with heavy bombing hitting Berlin as U S efforts press east of Monschau and toward Aachen.
Allied sources said rebellious German troops in Norway attempted a mutiny firing on officers when ordered east. Moscow radio claimed the German transport system broke down. The Danish Press Service said the mutiny was suppressed immediately. Refugee influx into Berlin was noted by Moscow radio. DNB disputed claims of universal German flight.
Senator Johnson charges the War Department sabotaged the work-or-jail bill by seeking to shift control from the Byrnes office to selective service. He notes the military affairs committee voted 7 to 2 to report the bill with Byrnes directing the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, while rivals pressed for control by selective service. Johnson calls the move a double cross and warns reporting may be delayed.
Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker says Germany has only half the oil needed to mount a successful defense as Allied forces threaten in the Mediterranean arena and on the eastern front. He warns fuel shortages could limit German combat capability against approaching Allied offensives.
Washington reports the state department is shaping hard realistic peace terms for Germany including destruction or strict control of war potential and preventing living standards from rising faster than neighbors ravaged by Nazis. Terms aim to aid European reconstruction and may await leaders approval from Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin after unconditional surrender. Decisions on industrial fates depend on postwar outcomes.
A Navy Department spokesman said the Japanese fleet is now no larger than a single American task force and that U S forces are ready to search for remnants of the Japanese navy and sink them in their harbors.
Allied dispatches from Luzon report Gen. MacArthur predicting Manila entry by Sunday as American forces drive toward the capital. Beightler's 37th division remains within 15 miles of Manila with northern and southern pincers closing in. Casualties in three weeks of Luzon fighting total 33,000 Japanese and 5,589 Americans.
Hollywood reports Errol Flynn says he is married again but does not name his wife. Flynn, in New York, says the affair is nobody's business but theirs. Rumors tied him to Nora Eddington, daughter of a former Los Angeles deputy sheriff, amid reports of a Mexico wedding last summer.
Washington AP reports a general speed-up in war contracting following a War Production Board request. The WPB orders armed forces to place all 1945 orders as soon as possible to boost producers to a yearly record war production goal with a realistic outlook for the year.
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