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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1945
Page
3
Washington officials warn of a looming storage battery shortage due to high military demand and lead supply cuts. The War Production Board has limited civilian use and battery makers are operating at about 75 percent of 1944 output, with virtually no reserve and rapid deterioration preventing stockpiling.
Washington quoted Frank E. Tripp of the Allied newspaper council praising newspaper backing for the Sixth War Loan. He estimated total support above 24 million dollars, with 7.7 million in war bond advertising and 16.9 million in news and editorial space.
A formal statement extols the press for its magnificent support to the vital war financing program, expressing sincere appreciation to reporters and editors for aiding public backing and information dissemination.
The Iowa Electric Light and Power Company requests authority to erect and operate an electric transmission line across Linn County lands and highways. A hearing is set for February 27, 1945, at Des Moines, with objections due five days prior.
Washington AP notes ordnance experts see rockets and artillery as complementary. Rockets offer mobility and high volume fire, air force delivery with no recoil, and cheaper, lighter launchers. Rockets can be fired from foxholes and from low altitude planes, but cannons still provide reliable ground fire and range.
The piece notes five inch rockets and larger ones for planes, a $104 one man launcher for a 4.5 inch rocket, and an $8,000 plus 105 millimeter gun. It lists artillery advantages: accuracy range and velocity, while rocket users seek tailor made propellants and better range estimation for air targets.
Lt Willis R Sutherland of Lexington Kentucky devised a giant slingshot the V-16 during a tough house to house fight with American Seventh Army. Two inner tubes strapped to a mess kit cover powered their lobbed white phosphorous grenades through windows up to a hundred yards.
Sutherland is noted to have a V-17 booster charge device delivering area hits with grenades up to 200 yards and is said to be working on a V-18 using a crossbow principle, aimed at disrupting German hideouts and dispersing them from three houses.
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