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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1945
Page
5
A week of international diplomacy provokes debate on secrecy and public informed consent. The author argues citizens deserve full information to govern themselves, urges open discussion, and warns against delayed responses harming democratic processes. The piece also notes the thirty fifth Boy Scout anniversary and a Senate-confirmed report on air transport issues.
Soviet forces breach the Oder line driving near Breslau and Liegnitz while encircling Elbing. Moscow reports 40-plus towns seized and 5,600 prisoners as Konev’s and Rokossovsky’s armies push toward Liegnitz Prague and the Moravian gap. Berlin confirms heavy fighting around Berlin and in Schneidemuhl.
A. O. Kelly of Iowa City was named chairman of the Johnson county rationing board succeeding R. J. Phelps who resigned. Walter D. Kline district OPA director announced no replacement for co chairman C. R. McCann who also quit. The two men said they had done their share.
London and Washington discuss an early formal outline of German surrender terms the Allies may set to end ten years of Nazi militarism. The plan targets a price for the German people and considers German labor, dismantling or control of industry, and postwar European needs.
London AP reports a Reuters dispatch says Paris officially denies Gen. Charles de Gaulle was invited to join the Big Three conference now in session in the Black Sea region.
United States First Cavalry presses the Manila pocket from across the Pasig river in a widening outflanking drive. Major Gen. Verne D. Mudge’s forces reach New Manila and push toward San Pedro Makato, aiming to trap holdouts near Manila Bay as 11th Airborne units engage in Nichols Field.
Bernard C. Schellhase 28 received the Silver Star for gallantry on Saipan June 27 after taking command under fire and leading a renewed assault despite wounds. He is the son of Mrs. R. W. Thomassen of Van Horne and has a Purple Heart from the Marianas. His brother Gunnery Sgt. Lowell Schellhase serves in the same marine battalion.
Hastings Nebraska AP report says two fugitives identified as John Giles and Edgar Cook escaped from Hastings police after a running gun battle. They fled south out of town toward the Nebraska line, exchanging shots with patrol officers while attempting to reach a trailer camp.
In Chicago, the American Dental Association board of trustees on Saturday declared opposition to any quota system that would discriminate against students on the basis of race religion or origin. The move signals a push for equal admission standards within dental education and seeks to prevent race or other factors from determining student eligibility.
Washington officials warn civilian meat supplies may nearly disappear by midsummer as government diverts large portions of production into war stocks. Civilians could see a return to normal supplies in fall as livestock marketing increases, with total output forecast at 22 billion pounds this year from 22.75 and well below last year’s 24.7 billion.
The Moscow radio said German sailors rebelled at Bremen, barricaded in barracks, and clashed with SS troops in a battle with casualties. Reports described Berlin's panic with food shortages, Schutzstaffel deployments, and fortress preparations as Dietrich was named commander.
Major Richard Ira Bong and schoolteacher Marjorie Ann Val lendahl wed at Concordia Lutheran church in Superior in a ceremony crowded with air force officers and a radio reception. The couple, raised by a Swedish immigrant family, planned a secret honeymoon itinerary after the vows.
Louis P. Lochner reports from Aachen that Allied military government officers debate whether the non fraternization order with the enemy should endure without change. AMG officers question the stern rule as life in occupied areas normalizes, while high command insists on strict adherence to security.
Paris AP Lt Gen Courtney Hodges US First Army captured the Schwammenauel dam on the Roer river after a massive Allied artillery barrage. Canadian First Army gained two towns in the Kleve offensive as they pressed across soggy ground toward Kleve. The Germans exploded the dam but it was not booby trapped, and Allied shellfire killed about 200 Nazis while preventing reinforcements.
Linn county casualties reported outside Cedar Rapids show 25 killed in action, two killed in training, 23 missing in action, one died in service, and eight prisoners. The figures cover killed in action and noncombat losses among local service members.
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