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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1944
Page
5
Opinion column discusses servicemen and families voting in November and the draft deferment review, then shifts to criticizes tax preparers and hopes for clearer tax rules. It also notes Japanese propaganda about rubber and hints at broader wartime strategy, ending with a light remark about baseball uniforms for the Dodgers.
Major Gen. Hershey ordered local draft boards to reclassify all deferments for men aged 18 to 37, focusing on those under 26 in agriculture and industry. The president urged less leniency for under 26, aiming to free younger workers for military service and boost wartime output amid looming quota gaps.
Helsinki endured a night of heavy bombing by about 300 Soviet planes, with ten shot down, as Finland contemplates peace moves. Berlin warned that Germany will resist any move to isolate or intern its troops in Finland amid Russo Finnish peace talks.
The eight state compliance drive to enforce endorsed gasoline coupons will begin March 6 as part of a national effort. OPA regional director Rae Walters said agents will check coupons at stations and unendorsed holders must present endorsed coupons within 10 days or face a hearing. Endorsements aim to curb black market activity draining civilian supplies, with potential gallonage cuts for non essential drivers by April 1.
About 600 officers and men of the American merchant marine are prisoners of war. Roughly 500 are in Japanese hands, with only one woman crew member captured but repatriated. Arrangements exist to clothe the 100 merchant seamen interned in Germany, while Japan-held sailors lack such provisions.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics disputed the Meany and Thomas cost of living report, calling its 43.5 percent rise claim not supported by data and citing numerous factual errors. Meany and Thomas challenged the bureau, saying housewives should judge whose figures are correct.
Private Cairo reports say King Peter of Yugoslavia has appealed to Winston Churchill to rescue him from virtual imprisonment and allow travel to London to confer with Allied leaders. The king supposedly opposes the revived White Hand faction aiming to control his exiled government and impede Tito negotiations. Captain Randolph Churchill recently reached Yugoslavia and has contacted Tito’s forces.
The Associated Press says American destroyers shelled Kavieng and bombers hit Rabaul as Axis broadcasts claim a combat for Guam. Navy offered no confirmation of Guam fighting while Tokyo reports naval actions 1400 miles south of Tokyo.
Chicago police were alerted Saturday night to lookout for an automobile stolen from the Milwaukee chief of police.
The article explains red and blue ration tokens go into circulation to make change for stamps. Tokens worth one point each replace portions of 10 point stamps for meat, butter, and processed foods. Grocers issue tokens in change, with red tokens for meat items and blue for processed foods, valid indefinitely. By March 20 brown and green stamps expire, tokens replace only blue and red stamps.
The United Press reports from Lisbon that Heinrich Himmler has quietly supplanted Hermann Goering as the second in command to Adolf Hitler. Himmler’s SS and Gestapo hold personal oaths to defend the regime, while Germany shifts to decentralized, shadow plant production and tight wartime censorship as Stalingrad sours German support.
Soviet forces reportedly overran 318 localities and captured key railway stations as they moved toward Pskov and Latvia, claiming control of a 105 mile Leningrad Odessa trunkline section from Dno to Novosokolniki. Moscow said over 1,500 Germans were killed as 150 communities fell in the Porkhov area.
Allied air forces carried out a week of heavy bombing across Germany including Leipzig Augsburg and other plants. American and British raids shattered aircraft production cutting twin engined fighter output by 80 percent and single engined by 60 percent. The U S Eighth Air Force dropped 17 935 tons in Germany- far more than in the first year of European operations.
The Cedar Rapids youth center Club One-93-Teen opened with a noisy crowd of about 1 850 teens attracting praise and curiosity. The winning name was announced but the winner was not named. 1 400 membership applications had been received. The soda fountain ran hot with malted milks and cokes as volunteers served behind the counter while a bottleneck occurred from patrons not returning dishes.
Senator Gillette of Iowa said a Senate agriculture subcommittee will reopen its inquiry into broad use of agricultural products next Thursday to investigate the partial abandonment of hemp growing in the Midwest. He notes the hemp industry was fostered by the government and farmers may not have received payment for their hemp.
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