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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1944
Page
3
Linn County raised 8.925 million in the fourth war loan drive earning 2.967 million in Series E though the Series E target fell short by 1.19 million. Countywide sales reached 1.5616 million in Series E bonds with Cedar Rapids contributing 332,186 including 50,418 Series E bonds.
The piece discusses the moral cost of bombing Mt Cassino and the preservation of cultural heritage, then reports Cedar Rapids Linn County's strong fourth war loan results. It critiques Teheran program support from Browder and Bridges, notes a letter from a Belle Plaine soldier’s wife about wartime rumors, and ends with a Columbia District draft note on suitability and temperaments for public service.
The Wilson high student council decided to sell one dollar in war stamps or bonds for each former student in service. Of 610 alumni in service 605 boys 3 WAVES and 2 Watch sold stamps totaling 1040 dollars for an average 1.57 per student. The drive ends midnight Tuesday with prospects of surpassing nine million countywide though Series E quota seems unlikely.
The drive shows 66 percent of the 5.5 billion dollar individual quota while 95 percent of the 14 billion dollar overall target has been tallied. Alaska and 20 states including Arkansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin exceeded their quotas.
German air force bombs struck the hospital sector at the Fifth Army bridgehead Sunday night injuring a nurse and two enlisted men. The attack targeted medical facilities amid ongoing fighting in Italy.
The page lists deaths and local notices with scattered names such as David and Marion, plus references to farms and court events. Other items include columns by Drew Pearson and Walter Winchell, with radio and feature sections noted.
The British navy announced a large Bay of Biscay zone as dangerous waters as part of pre invasion security measures. A naval source warned neutral ships entering without permission could face unknown risks and potential mining.
Secretary Knox said the British embargo on shipping in the Bay of Biscay parallels U S efforts to curb transportation to Germany via France. He noted most German blockade runners land there and that the action should stop smuggling goods from Spain to France in that area.
Cedar Rapids forecast shows cloudiness with light snow late Tuesday night into Wednesday. Cold conditions persist with lows around zero and gradual warming by Wednesday. statewide lows range from 5 below to 5 above, with light southeast snow in 24 hours.
New York AP reports a scheduled talk by Dr. George Wilfred Herrmann, chairman of Peace Now, at a Community church was canceled by church trustees who cited definite threats to break up the forum and chose action over police protection.
Miss Celia Doonan of Cedar Rapids won the Farragut Idaho naval station beauty contest grand prize after a popular vote by enlisted men. Doonan, 324 Fourteenth Street SE, works for the Weakstern Hasley company. her photo was submitted by Delane T. Shaheen of Cedar Rapids. Navy officers selected the three finalists.
The Senate unanimously passed a resolution urging Secretary Hull to work with Britain, Sweden and Switzerland to create a relief system for the starving in Belgium Norway Poland The Netherlands Greece Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia. It has no force of law and needs House action.
The Algiers radio, via AP, said Argentina declared war on the Axis after the sinking of an Argentine ship in the South Atlantic. The broadcast, not independently confirmed by Buenos Aires, followed reports that Foreign Minister Gen Alberto Gilbert had resigned.
Elmer Fred Schroeder, 30, of Fairbank, jailed in Linn County after FBI and Rock Island agents accuse him of placing a rail anchor on a Rock Island line to derail a train. Bond set at 2500 dollars. hearing waived before U S Commissioner R L Whelan. Schroeder allegedly acted after anger with a Cedar Rapids ticket agent.
Mrs. Ralph W. Myers of Pocahontas Iowa sponsored a new destroyer escort vessel named for her son Merton Burnell Myers who was killed in action March 10 1943 in a ceremony in Hingham Massachusetts conducted by the Navy.
The Red Army halted a German tank attack northwest of Zvenigorodka aimed at rescuing trapped troops in the Cherkasy pocket. Red Star reports heavy losses for Germany and notes Soviet air and artillery counteractions. Meanwhile Soviet forces inch toward Pskov and gain ground along the Baltic front, threatening Estonia and Latvia.
Troops nearby cheered as Fortress bombers struck the Abbey of St Benedict on Monte Cassino, a desecrated German fortress used to shell Allied positions. Soldiers lamented cultural loss but said the attack was needed after weeks of German artillery fire from the hill.
Allied air and artillery raids hammer Monte Cassino fortress Monastery and surrounding slopes as German defense near Rome stalls. Allied air superiority and ground pressure press the Cassino battle while the Anzio beach-head shows relative calm and German divisions hold to the line.
The Pas de Calais region on the Channel coast was heavily bombed again Tuesday by four United States Eighth Air Force Liberator bombers.
Tech Sgt. Forrest L. Vosler of Livonia New York earned a Congressional Medal of Honor prospect after he stayed at his post in a crippled Fortress Jersey Bounce during a Germany air battle. Despite severe wounds to head face and chest he fired SOS calls and helped save the crew before the plane ditched in the English Channel.
Chester Clark, 42, an unemployed ship builder in Fort Myers, shot himself Monday night amid stress over a tax owed to the government. His wife said he believed his tax was due Tuesday and was ill and anxious about Form 1040. The expert noted a $7.50 debt.
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