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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1945
Page
2
In a combative editorial, the author argues for intensified U S mobilization of resources and manpower to bolster wartime strength and international bargaining. It critiques Byrnes on labor policy, notes executive bias in enforcing labor laws, and relishes a playful aside on bee dynamics as metaphor for unexpected efficiency.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover announced an intensified German spy effort and the arrest of two agents landed by submarine off Maine. William Curtis Colepaugh 26 and Enrich Gimpel 35 were seized in New York after landing Nov 29 in Frenchman’s Bay. They carried forged documents and $60,000 in US currency and planned to mingle with servicemen to gather intel.
James V. Sova, 73, a Cedar Rapids city employee for 20 years, died Monday after being struck by a car injuring him at Eighth Avenue and Third Street SE. The driver was Robert Lovetinsky, 16. Sova, born in Bohemia, is survived by his wife, two daughters, a son, six grandchildren, and one great grandchild. Services set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Brosh chapel.
Miss Lucy Siver, a visitor to the Linn county relief department, was elected overseer of the poor by the board of supervisors at its first meeting of the year. She succeeds Mrs Mil dred C Hunt who resigned to become a child welfare consultant in the state department of social welfare. The board heard one other application from Mrs Helen Jayne Schnoebelen. Sevell moved the appointment and Seevell backed Sivers, with Beeson abstaining. The board also voted to cut the relief staff from 10 to six persons, including the overseer.
Lt. Col. John C. Meyer of Forest Hills New York became the leading U S Eighth Air Force ace in Europe with 37 enemy planes after two more German aircraft were downed in seconds Monday. The Associated Press report followed the Eighth Air Force announcement that he held 35 Nazi planes, 22 in the air and 13 on the ground.
Chicago army officials announced replacements for Ward stores after top executives refused to cooperate with seizure orders. Maj Gen. Joseph W. Byron said discharged personnel may face selective service reclassification, with severe penalties for interference. Subpoenas were served on Ward officials in Chicago and Detroit as the army staffed properties and seized warehouses to run operations.
Joseph Neal Marsh, born at Mercy Hospital New Year day weighing 7 pounds 13 ounces, edged two rivals by a four hour margin to win the 1944 Gazette sponsored Baby Derby. Son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Marsh of 224 Fourth Street NW, his victory earns gifts from Cedar Rapids firms. father is a discharged war veteran working at the post office. attending physician was Dr Thomas Suchomel.
The body of escaped German prisoner Karl Behrens was found hanging from a tree in Clewiston Florida Monday. FBI agent R G Danner said Behrens left no note but circumstances indicate suicide.
Brig. Gen Carlos P. Romulo, noted author, describes the Philippine guerrilla resistance against Japan. The three part series, starting page 3, chronicles how “MacArthur's Guerillas” helped pave the way for the Allied invasion amid wartime secrecy and Europe focused conflict.
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes proposed drafting millions of 4-Fs into limited service or war industries if current manpower measures fall short. He urged stronger War Labor Board authority and new laws to enforce rulings, while criticizing peacetime production and calling for tightened controls if needed.
Paris AP reports Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay died Tuesday in an accident while flying to a Belgium conference. Ramsay, 61, led Allied naval forces on the western front and planned naval aspects of landings in western France as well as North African and Mediterranean operations. He engineered Dunkerque rescue of 385,000 troops in 1940 and was viewed as a top expert on large scale sea expeditions.
London AP reports the German air force lost at least 221 planes in a large action aimed at Allied airfields in France Belgium and Holland. Berlin claimed 427 Allied aircraft were destroyed, mostly on the ground, as the Luftwaffe mounted its greatest effort since 1940 41 but failed to halt the Allied air offensive.
Cedar Rapids faced 15 degrees below zero with no relief in sight as the state endured subfreezing weather. Decorah logged 23 below, while Ames and St. Cloud also reported deep cold. The Cedar Rapids high reached seven degrees as New Year began.
German forces reportedly pulled back from the western tip of the Belgian salient while rebuilding a 50 mile front attack between the Saarland and upper Rhine. Patton's Third Army advanced near Bastogne recapturing Moirey and nearby positions, threatening to split the German line.
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