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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1944
Page
2
Ambiguous reports on America's attack near Truk hint at more than a raid and possibly land forces in action. The piece notes Truk as a major Japanese naval base and questions the island hopping strategy and a potential pivotal wartime moment.
All eight Iowa congressmen backed the majority in the House vote on the anti subsidy measure, failing to override President Roosevelt's veto as only 226 voted to pass the bill over the veto, short of the two thirds needed. The decision sustains the veto and ends the subsidy plan tied to the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Rex Watson 39 of Lincoln Nebraska will lead the new Cedar Rapids teen center opening next week. He was chosen by the executive and youth governing boards from a list of prospects and will report April 1. Charles Griffith will serve as acting director until then.
President Roosevelt answered a reporter’s query about a potential 1944 bid with laughter and good humor. He parried the question about November elections and his candidacy, saying the inquiry brings a big laugh and to keep it up if they want. Vice President Wallace had suggested a re election.
London reports German evacuation of Staraya Russa, a key base between Leningrad and Svolensk, as Soviets claim major drives south of Lake Ilmen. Stalin says German losses near Korsun total 84,900 with 52,000 killed and 11,000 captured. Moscow cites Mannstein counterattacks costing 1,800 men and 54 tanks.
Cedar Rapids and nearby towns endure frigid conditions with lows near 5 to 6 below and wind chills. Despite brief warming in western Iowa, eastern areas stay cold tonight with clear skies and low humidity, while Sioux City and other cities report deeper subzero readings and a light snow event in Burlington.
A sudden cold wave swept the Midwest with temperatures plunging to 26 degrees below zero in Bemidji Minnesota and Jamestown North Dakota. Duluth Minnesota logged 16 below and St Cloud Minnesota was minus 15 as ice thinning prompts an early Great Lakes shipping forecast.
Second Lt George A Hannon Jr 27 a Fortress Navigator was reported missing after the January 11 air battle over Germany in which 59 American bombers and five fighters failed to return He is a prisoner of war according to German authorities His wife Dorothy J Snouffer at 1431 B avenue NE has been notified He is the son of Mr and Mrs George A Hannon of Minneapolis and formerly Cedar Roenids residents
Washington reports the worst U S wartime disaster when an Allied transport sank after a night attack in European waters. About 1 000 soldiers are confirmed dead with roughly 1 000 rescued. emergency addresses have been notified and enemy attribution is believed to be a German sub.
Allied and American forces aided by hundreds of planes fought off a major German offensive to break the Anzio beachhead near Cassino and Rome. In the Cassino front American artillery roared on Mt Cassino as 1,500 sorties struck Nazi positions while British and American troops held forward lines against renewed German attacks.
United Press reports Japan claimed American mechanized units and air forces attacked Truk with fighting ongoing. Tokyo questioned by officials, no U S confirmation of landings. Domei described the attack as reconnaissance and said Japan’s navy waits for a stronger push.
London officials said none of the survivors of an Allied troopship sunk in European waters have landed in Britain. The army had announced 1,000 soldiers lost, with the transport possibly bound for the Mediterranean or landing elsewhere such as Iceland or returning to the Western hemisphere.
A four engined navy bomber crashed into a navy barracks on the Coronado strand in San Diego late Thursday night, killing six men and injuring about 30 as flames engulfed the scene. Navy officials withheld full details of the accident.
A smuggled document from Nazi occupied Holland reports that nearly the entire Jewish community here, about 180000 people, has been wiped out by the Germans.
William Walter 29 of 420 Ninth Street NW filed nominating papers for Cedar Rapids public improvements commissioner in the city primaries March 14. He is a Penick and Ford employee and the third candidate. incumbent Dave Williams and Ben Schreckengast of LaPlant-Choate previously entered. Walter has lived in Cedar Rapids 19 years, is a McKinley high school graduate, and is married with two children.
In a freak air accident series near the national capital seven navy planes crashed on Thursday. Four planes belonged to a six‑plane squadron. Personnel involved and total casualties were not disclosed.
American carrier task forces unleashed a dawn assault on Truk, the Japanese lagoon fortress 2,100 miles northwest of Pearl Harbor. Admiral Nimitz said the attack "commenced," as carrier, battleship, cruiser, and destroyer groups struck the fortified atoll used to defend Rabaul and Kavieng.
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