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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1945
Page
1
Local and regional OPA officials propose a cautious approach to alleged price inflation in Cedar Rapids. They will discuss regulations with dealers to ensure clarity, then crack down on violators if needed, while working with the community to curb rising food prices.
Soviet First Ukrainian army troops press toward Beeskow and Cottbus as they push along the Spree defenses. Zhukov’s First White Russian army widens the attack from Frankfurt and Kuestrin toward Fuerstenberg in the Oder bend, aiming for an east and southeast double assault on Berlin.
Cedar Rapids reports a 2 pm meeting between Penick and Ford management and AFL Grain Processors Local 18619 to resolve a Thursday work stoppage affecting about 450 employees. Officials say the long running dispute concerns working conditions not wages or hours, with management and union planning further talks after the noon session.
A Boston and Maine passenger train from Wilmington arrived 16 minutes late in Woburn after being stopped 12 times on the three mile run by a dog that wandered on and off the tracks in front of the engine.
Virgil D. Fritz will receive the Silver Star for gallantry in action at Guadalcanal during a Saturday ceremony at Coe College. Capt. Leo Hoffman announced the 24 year old former army private left a medical station to aid evacuees under fire. The event, at 1 30 p m on the athletic field weather permitting, will be read by 1st Lt Leo Borak in Hoffman's office if rain forces a indoor setting. Fritz is the son of Mr and Mrs William Fritz Cedar Rapids and husband of a local wife with three children. He has three brothers and five sisters.
Charlottesville report notes College Topics at UVA contains a blank column titled by an editor's note blaming business staff inefficiency for the inability to run theater advertisements in the current issue.
Judge M. C. Hamiel sentenced Paul W. Stark, 48, to an indeterminate term not exceeding three years in the state penitentiary at Ft. Madison for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated as a third offender. Appeal bond set at $3,000. Stark’s earlier one year sentence from 1942 was revoked and Stark now serves it before the new term begins.
Wally Boyson was named chairman of a Chamber of Commerce committee to study roosting birds on downtown buildings. Members include John Miller George Glasheen and P J McBurney. The panel will seek a plan to deter roosts or remove birds after a meeting with Joseph Sadowsky Linn County Humane Society president.
London AP reports Germany orders virtual martial law with military courts in Reich defense areas. Civilians showing cowardice face death. decree, issued by Hitler with Himmler approval, sets summary justice led by judges, Nazi officials and Wehrmacht or SS officers, with death as maximum penalty.
Sgt. Avery E. Wilber of Wisconsin recounts being among five survivors of a Japanese prison ship sunk by an Allied submarine on Oct 24 in the China Sea. Nearly 1,800 prisoners, mostly Americans, perished after months in camp, with a second similar sinking killing about 2,500 total.
U S Pacific Fleet report from Guam recounts a raid on Tokyo area where ground defenses failed. Lt. McMillin and Lt. Garvin observed enemy airfields littered with grounded planes as carrier planes attacked before radio silence. Local Tokyo radio cut out during the raid and later resumed.
Cedar Rapids News reports OPA price posting rules apply to cafes and taverns. Violators will be reported to Des Moines enforcement after a forthcoming check. Ration board chief clerk A T Pleune urges posting of ceiling price statements and 40 representative prices, with posters available at the ration board.
Allied command reports Tokyo was bombed by more than 1500 American carrier planes in an unprecedented strike lasting hours. A second task force shelled Iwo Jima as part of a coordinated effort against Japan, while Tokyo warned of further carrier raids.
Washington AP reports the House passed the George bill to clear the way for Henry Wallace to become secretary of a commerce department, sending the measure to President Roosevelt for final action.
The United Mine Workers were denied an AFL charter after John L. Lewis insisted on UMW representation on the federation's executive council. President Green said all other re affiliation issues were settled, but the demand for a council seat unsettled the agreement.
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