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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1944
Page
15
In a reflective column, Harry Boyd recalls the New Year’s Newspaperman’s grind, the quiet office, and the jolt of war news. He notes impromptu methods, from sketching headlines to scraping for meaning amid public fear and daily morale.
U S Marines extended defenses a mile and a half around Cape Gloucester on New Britain after overrunning the Gloucester airstrips. Allied air forces pummeled Rabaul and Madang in heavy raids, claiming about 40 enemy planes down. More than 1,000 Japanese dead were counted in the Gloucester area.
Allied headquarters in Algiers reports King Victor Emmanuel urged Italians to rally behind him and forget past political differences in a New Year appeal. The monarch seeks to retain his throne amid strong opposition.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette will begin a United Press dispatch series on Leaders of the Second Front. Dispatches by Boyd Lewis profile men chosen to lead American troops into the assault on Germany. The first piece focuses on Sir Arthur Tedder, deputy to General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Washington report notes split reaction over labor strife influencing war effort and Axis morale. Senators blame the administration while top labor leaders challenge the claim and the role of railroad strikes remains contested amid December action and a threatened union backlash.
London reports Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker announced the U S Eighth Air Force destroyed about 4 100 German fighter planes in 1943 and dropped 55 000 tons of bombs on Europe with less than 4 percent loss. The unit used a new cloud bombing method and logged 12 000 tons in December over 10 raids, more than double November’s load.
The Office of Price Administration validated spare stamp two in ration book four for five points of fresh pork from Sunday to Saturday. Smoked and cured pork like ham and bacon are not included. This is the second pork bonus due to ample supply and spoilage risk. spare stamp one expired. Sausages are included in the fresh pork category during the bonus period. Over 100 million pounds of pork were purchased with spare stamp one, with similar expectations for the new stamp.
The five point pork bonus, valid for ten days through Saturday night, cleared surplus pork from markets and averted spoilage. Edward F. Stegen of the OPA reported record pork sales in Omaha and other cities including Milwaukee, Baraboo, Green Bay, Lincoln, Marshalltown, Des Moines, Springfield, Moline, Duluth, Fargo, and more.
Soviet forces drive nine miles toward the Polish border NW of Kiev and overrun 300 settlements along a 200 mile central Ukrainian front. Vatutin’s northern spear captures rail junctions near Korosten and Koltski as Volodarka falls south of Kiev and Samgorodok taken near Berdičev.
Wendell Willkie in the New York Times says the United States has failed morally economically and politically allowing Stalin to emerge as the single most potent statesman in international affairs. He criticizes Roosevelt for not providing a stronger leadership base for international cooperation and trade and warns that both parties risk exploiting Russia’s moves on Finland Poland and the Baltic regions.
The Sunday Express says air support for the European invasion is ready in detail and the air campaign has been rehearsed. Allied forces continue bombing Nazi defenses as Eisenhower’s command moves to finalize plans and bring in key officers ahead of the operation. Belgium’s Hubert Pierlot predicts liberation within months.
The War Food Administration extended the dairy subsidy through January with higher minimum rates to offset higher production costs since 1942. Rates average 40 cents per hundred pounds for fluid milk and 51 cents per pound for butterfat nationwide, with regional increases and a potential continued cheese subsidy to be announced.
The navy announced that the destroyer Perkins was sunk in a collision off New Guinea on November 29. Also reported, the coastal transport APC-21 was sunk by enemy aircraft off New Britain on December 17. Next of kin for Perkins casualties have been notified. APC-21 next of kin will be notified as soon as possible.
Army airmen conducted three attacks on Japanese bases in the Marshall Islands on Thursday without enemy interception, a Navy statement said. This marked a sudden change from earlier in the week when Japanese fighters mounted significant resistance against American raiders.
Four inmates, three considered desperate, seized Deputy Warden L. J. Womachka and Captain Beam after a prison fight. They used home made knives, forced the guard into a carryall, and fled the Anamosa reformatory driving south toward Davenport. Police scoured eastern Iowa with highway patrols while prisoners of long terms, Bryl, Cassidy, Ratcliff, and Brown, were described with detailed physicals and sentences for robbery with aggravation or car theft.
Scores of American soldiers led by Lt Gen Jacob L. Devers joined a noon New Year service at St Pauls Cathedral in London. The U S commander in the European theater attended with others as part of the celebration.
The War Food Administration announced Saturday it will release about 440,000 cases of pork and beans for civilian consumption. The stocks to be released were previously set aside by packers to meet possible war requirements.
Brisk start to January in Cedar Rapids with 9:45 am temperature at 18 above and a daytime high of 34. By 9 pm the thermometer stood at 26 above reflecting a mild welcome for eastern Iowans.
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