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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1944
Page
2
The presidents unprecedented veto of the new tax bill shocks Congress and unsettles supporters. The move, seen as a political stand against both branches, aims to influence public confidence and税 burdens while provoking debate on statesmanship and representative democracy.
President Roosevelt ordered the War Department to seize and operate the Los Angeles municipal water and power system after a 10 day strike left 160 war plants and 125000 homes without electricity. The army took over management to prevent further war effort delays.
Allied headquarters say American troops repelled two German assaults west of Cisterna as Kesselring’s forces regroup for a new try at breaking the Anzio beachhead. German air and ground efforts faced 1,600 Allied sorties. 130 German planes attacked, nine Nazi planes were shot down, and three Allied aircraft were lost.
A four day storm left four dead and more than 300 evacuated in Los Angeles as floods, high seas, snow, lightning, wind and a tornado battered coastal towns. Rain totals across the region reached 7.17 inches with schools closed then reopened for about 300,000 pupils amid widespread disruption.
Cedar Rapids and vicinity expect clearing tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Night low around 25 degrees in Cedar Rapids though readings varied statewide from 12 to 46 degrees. Ice coating noted in northern Iowa and near Dubuque and Manchester affecting highways amid lingering clouds.
Mrs. Dwight Krumboltz filed nomination papers for a Cedar Rapids board of education three year term. Election is March 13 with two three year terms and one unexpired term. Other potential candidates include Mrs. R F Taft.
The Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution extending the Commodity Credit Corporation life to June 30 1945, but without the anti subsidy rider that triggered the President’s veto of the bill.
Cedar Rapids grocers and meat dealers were urged to attend a 7 30 pm meeting at the Chamber of Commerce building with W T Shipe to discuss OPA price ceiling hearings covering alleged overcharges totaling 4676 21 by 64 markets. Shipe said many involved believe the OPA misrepresented the story and misunderstood the rules.
H. F. Kemp, chairman of the Linn county rationing board food panel, denied Don ald D. Holdoegel’s claim that complaints about Cedar Rapids meat prices reached the panel. Kemp said the panel isn’t authorized to consider price or price ceilings. Continues on page 3.
Washington reports January gains in combat planes, landing craft, and communications gear. Landing craft lead the military program, rising 20 percent from December, while amphibian ducks jump 67 percent over 1943 year end figures despite a 2 percent drop in overall munitions output.
Soviet communique reports German troops fleeing west toward the Bug after Krivoi Rog fell to Gen. Rodion Malinovsky s Third Ukrainian Army. The city s iron mines were captured after a four month siege with heavy German losses. Remnants abandoned weapons as they retreated toward the lower Dnieper. Kherson and Nikolaev seen as probable immediate Red targets while Soviet forces near Pskov advance toward the Baltic region.
Allied air forces report heavy raids over Steyr Austria and Regensburg Germany as part of coordinated attacks from Britain and Italy. In three days of operations, 310 enemy fighters were destroyed, with 133 Nazi fighters shot down and 53 bombers lost across the two-day assault.
Premier Stalin told Russians in a day of the Red Army anniversary that German efforts to sow disharmony in the anti Hitlerite coalition will fail. He said the Soviet Union has reclaimed three-quarters of lost territory and advanced up to 1000 miles west in parts, while warning against overconfidence and urging continued vigilance.
Linn County lags in the fourth war loan drive with about one sixth of Iowa’s $6 million deficit in the Series E goal. Officials warn that if Linn does not invest roughly $981,000 more before midnight February 29, other counties must cover part of Linn’s share. The county previously met its $8.5 million quota mainly via corporate purchases.
Sen. Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky resigns as Senate Democratic leader accusing President Roosevelt of a deliberate assault on congressional integrity. He calls a meeting at 10 o clock Thursday to tender his resignation as party leadership faces swift upheaval with votes of confidence debated among the chamber.
London AP reports the Eighth Air Force says overall bomber losses have capped at 31 percent since August 1942. From Feb 1 to Feb 22 this year, amid record sorties, the battle loss percentage fell to 2.2 percent.
Washington The White House says Franklin D Roosevelt agrees with Winston Churchill that victory in Europe this year cannot be guaranteed. Roosevelt noted Churchill spoke for two years of prudent doubt and questioned whether Eisenhower’s quote about ending the war this year is accurate.
New Delhi dispatches report a major Japanese counter-offensive to drive British forces from the Arakan peninsula in western Burma is collapsing. The enemy has suffered about 3000 killed wounded or captured in 16 days of jungle fighting.
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