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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1945
Page
1
The passage discusses funding schools through continuing state revenues and argues against using cigarette tax increases to support education. It urges broader, stable financing beyond property taxes and warns against schools becoming beholden to liquor interests, noting Iowa's need for diversified funding.
The Senate finishes a compromise plan shaping state aid for schools as the finance picture stays uncertain. It drops the $5.2 million general aid from the code commission and shifts focus to equalization, direct aid for districts with minimal programs, and state funding of transportation costs, aiming around $5 million total.
The article discusses pressure on Nazi Germany from eastern and western powers, warning against optimism about offensives. It notes Russian persistence near the German border and observes a snowstorm that evokes nostalgic winter imagery, contrasting with the war news.
Premier Hubert Pierlot announced in Brussels that his government would resign. The move came as debate in the chamber of deputies focused on whether to overthrow his administration.
Stockholm reports 20 million American cigarets en route to Sweden while Swedish smokers consumed 200 million last year. Iowa saw a 40 percent drop in cigarette shipments in January from peak July 1943 levels, with Cedar Rapids shipments notably low and per-person averages around 227,500 for last month. Production rose in 1944, reaching a record high across the industry with large quantities sent to armed forces abroad.
In Des Moines the senate school code committee reduced the sponsors proposed annual aid from 12 million to 5.3 million, cutting 6.7 million off. The panel also trimmed agricultural land credit and pupil transportation funds and deleted the 5.2 million general aid as a separate line item.
Washington reports separate B 29 Superfortress fleets based in India struck Japanese installations in Thailand and Indo China. The daylight raids targeted Bangkok and Cam Ranh Bay with operation led by General Roger M. Ramey. Details remain undisclosed.
Cedar Rapids recorded a four inch snowfall by Wednesday noon after a night and morning of heavy flakes. The snow ceased around noon as the winter weather pattern eased.
The Cedar Rapids forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Thursday with a low around zero. Northeastern Iowa faced blizzard like conditions as snow moved from Wisconsin into the state. Dubuque recorded 4.6 inches in 24 hours and roads remain slippery from packed snow and ice. Cedar Rapids highway crews reported trucks leaving early and the street department sanding and cindering the worst spell. Central Area temperatures range 20 to 25 degrees with overcast skies and packed highways in mid morning state reports.
Washington AP says General H H Arnold, 58, commander of the Army Air Forces, is in an air force convalescent hospital for a ninth month rest due to illness not considered serious. The War Department quoted Major General David N W Grant as saying Arnold is recuperating and remains in no danger.
American engineers report fires in Manila under control after delayed action bombs left by retreating Japanese. MacArthur notes sabotage in Escolta as U S forces press south of the Pasig while 11th Airborne isolates enemy in Manila south of the river.
The White House says President Roosevelt Premier Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill are meeting in the Black Sea region. They discuss defeating the common foe and building a lasting peace with allied help. Topics include occupation of Germany and founding a permanent international organization.
U S Fifth Army attacks below Bologna following heavy artillery bombardment by American forces. Initial gains of 500 600 yards reported with positions held against counter fire as Monte Bono and Renaiio area in the Serchio valley are secured. Mediterranean air force sorties reach about 700 with fighters striking in the Po river valley.
An Associated Press wire photo shows Pfc. Menneth F. Willits in a 15 soldier group later tied to his missing in action status. The image, taken after his Dec. 21 report, features services history since Feb. 4, 1944, and a wife and family at 1012 Eleventh Avenue SE and Irene Willits at 621 Eighth Avenue SE.
Lord Vansittart told the House of Lords that he knows of certain sinister Germans escaping the Reich on false passports. He urged the government to state that neutrality rights do not extend to granting asylum to war criminals.
Washington AP reports the Mai service of supply soldier Keenan was buried, honoring his World War I sacrifice. Ceremony details and the posthumous recognition remain noted in the report.
Allied and Soviet forces push across the Oder river as Zhukov and Konev execute wide attacks toward Berlin. Bridgeheads form east of Berlin near Frankfurt and Kuestrin while German and Moscow radios describe fierce battles on a broad frontline. Refugees flood west as chaos in Berlin grows with escalating air raids and Gestapo control noted by Soviet dispatches.
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