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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1944
Page
2
Vice President Wallace argues postwar employment hinges on expanded enterprise and new ideas. He warns bankers must back ventures after war, or Ward-Heeler networks fill the gap, while ration tokens and farm output plans reveal wartime controls and food supplies shaping America's economy.
Stockholm reports say Finland weighs every possible path to peace while U S and Soviet pressure intensify. Paasikivi, former 1940 peace negotiator, arrives in Stockholm on private business and says he has no political role. Erkko, ex foreign minister, asserts Finland is actively seeking a road to peace.
Washington AP president Roosevelt informed Harry L. Hopkins that his son Stephen 18 was killed in action in the Marshall islands and buried at sea. Mrs. Hopkins said details are unavailable while Hopkins recovers health. Stephen, a Hill school graduate, enlisted in the marines after graduation and trained at Parris Island.
The navy announced a global communications system to exchange radio and cable messages with sailors, marines, and coast guardsmen overseas. The message service will start Tuesday and uses navy postal numbers and code words for fixed text and personally worded messages. Coded cable addresses have been assigned and commercial telegraph, cable and radio offices given lists of addresses.
James Cagney, noted film actor, arrived in London to entertain Allied troops. He plans performances during his stay, underscoring American entertainment support for the war effort.
The season's worst snowstorm moved eastward centering over the Atlantic seaboard with five to 12 inches of snow in northern states while the Midwest faced subzero temperatures. At least 15 deaths were attributed to the snow and cold. Rail travel slowed across New York and New England as the storm lingered. Weather forecasts predicted a easing blizzard in the East by Monday.
The Belgian plan drafted in London calls for rapid Allied-led liberations with military civil missions aiding governance after invasion. It envisions purging local administrations, swift punishment for collaborators, reestablishment of a central regime, and restitution of King Leopold with a reconstituted parliament including exiled public figures.
The Army and Navy Journal suggested Moscow might urge Tokyo to seek peace with the United States and Britain before Germany falls. Officials gave no comment, but a peace terms stance appears to demand unconditional surrender, with Moscow possibly offering a softer postwar peace. The piece cites Allied advances in the Southwest Pacific and other strategic blows to Japan.
Mrs. John Green aged 50 of near New Haven was killed in a Saturday afternoon head on collision between a car driven by her son Anthony 24 and an oil truck driven by Matt Foxen of Osage. Foxen and Green sustained only minor injuries.
Washington AP sales in the fourth war loan drive totaled 12.964 billion through Friday, reaching 93 percent of the 14 billion goal. Corporate and institutional buyers supplied 9.512 billion, 112 percent of their target, while individuals bought 3.452 billion, 63 percent of theirs.
Seven Army airmen died when an Ellington field trainer crashed during a navigation training mission near Beeville Texas on Saturday. The crew included two officers four cadets and one enlisted man.
Allied Headquarters reports the Pope Pius XII summer residence at Castel Gandolfo 13 miles southeast of Rome is heavily saturated with German troops and now in the battle area. The Allies warn that vital targets will be bombed as needed while German broadcasts claim many nuns novices and priests were killed in a terror raid and many victims remain buried.
Soviet troops stormed the outskirts of Luga 90 miles south of Leningrad, capturing Batetskaya and the Luga rail junction. They push at least seven miles from Thursday positions and tighten the Cherkassy pocket as German forces struggle to break the siege.
An American officer with the Fifth Army stepped into a minefield to rescue a wounded dog and comfort a crying Italian girl near Rome. He and the dog were killed instantly by a hidden mine, while the girl presumably fled the scene.
Lt Gen Mark W Clark tells Fifth Army troops from Anzio to Cassino that a victorious march into Rome is sure to come. Supplies are arriving to strengthen the beach-head and enable large scale German combat. He praises bold assaults and urges relentless offensives toward Rome and north.
Linn county's fourth war loan drive neared its $8,500,000 quota on Saturday with $7,967,540 raised and $532,460 remaining. Outside Cedar Rapids sales totaled $458,318.50 for the week ended Feb 5, plus $60,659 from Cedar Rapids, pushing the county toward the target.
The county reported only 1.6 million of 2.97 million needed in Series E bonds as of Friday night leaving a shortfall of 1.35 million. Officials offered no explanation for weak sales, suggesting last minute push Monday and Tuesday as workers compete for prizes in war bond campaigns.
Nineteen men were killed when three planes from a bomber group collided and crashed at Greenville Army Air Base. Casualties list did not include any Towans.
Allied and German forces fought fiercely as Americans and British defend the Anzio area. A Reynolds Packard dispatch notes a German counter-offensive. Churchill officials express confidence Rome will be captured. Reinforcements arrive amid heavy bombardment and aerial attacks. Carocetto north of Anzio reports shelling as the beach-head core holds.
Section I presents scattered notes and names including Ted and Tom Treanor with partial mentions of Timte News and David Lawrence. The legible content hints at Opinion and World sections but lacks coherent facts or a clear event.
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