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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1944
Page
10
A political column argues labor threats may have boosted enemy resolve and raised war costs. It calls for clear blame, urges the administration to stand firm on War Labor Board decisions, and critiques the Little Steel formula as potentially unfair while proposing tax reform from Rep. Carlson. The piece also notes a Des Moines judge sentencing young drinkers to jail.
Four convicts who fled Anamosa reformatory Saturday were recaptured Sunday night near Iowa City after a violent breakout in which hostages were taken. Ralph Cassidy John Bry Steve Ratcliff and Frank Brown were returned to the facility heavily manacled under guard.
Gov Bourke B Hickenlooper on Monday asked the board of control to conduct an immediate and complete investigation into the escape of four convicts from the men s reformatory at Anamosa on Saturday. He also commended State Senator Frank Martin Davenport police officers highway patrol men and state agents who aided in the capture.
Warden Davis had the escapees strip of prison garb and stolen farm clothes as Cassidy weakened, Ratcliff struggled to remove gear, and they were moved to cells. Davis said charges of assault with intent to murder and habitual criminal acts would be filed within days, with long penalties possible for each count.
London AP reports Russia’s First Ukraine Army nears old Poland after taking Poyaski ten miles from the border. Other units push toward Zhmerinka, near a key Odessa Warsaw rail junction. German forces retreat as 4,000 German dead reported and vast materiel abandoned. Prisoners queue behind lines. Jodl and Zeitler said to have joined Mannstein with expanded powers.
Dispatch from Stockholm via Budapest quotes Belgrade and Turky sources alleging Allied landings in Dalmatia as patrol actions. The report claims weapons shipments, Greek Partisans and Tito forces coordinating, while Bulgarian communications fail and German reinforcements rise. Rumors of a broader Balkan invasion circulate amid regional transport and security crackdowns.
Rep Carlson proposes a plan to eliminate 30 million tax returns by automatic withholding and a single base tax. He calls current laws a hodgepodge and urges simplification, including merging laws, removing the earned income credit, and acting before the next tax deadline.
Federal grand jury charges Rep James M Curley and five others with mail fraud in a war contracts brokerage scheme linked to Engineers Group Inc. Boston salesman David E Desmond named as a new defendant in a 16 count indictment covering 1941 to 1942 actions.
The White House announced that President Roosevelt is definitely improved after a recent heavy cold. News comes from Washington as officials report steadier health and no complications.
American forces of the Thirty second infantry division landed at three Saidor beaches at dawn, meeting light opposition as they secured the airfield. Michigan and Wisconsin troops formed the core amid heavy naval and air bombardment. The siege of Madang looms 55 miles away as American advances threaten key Japanese bases in the Caroline islands and the Philippines.
Buenos Aires reports Argentine foreign minister announced formal recognition of Major Gualberto Villarroel's Bolivian government, placed in power by a December coup, making Argentina the first American republic to recognize the regime.
An unknown origin explosion tore a U S Navy destroyer apart six miles off Sandy Hook early Monday. About 163 crew members survived from a total of 200 to 230 aboard. 108 were injured. Firefighting and coast guard boats aided survivors as the ship sank after breaking in two near the No 2 turret. Residents reported tremors and broken windows across Brooklyn Queens and northern New Jersey.
Howard Hall announces that Fruehauf Trailer Company of Detroit has acquired the Iowa Engineering plant in Cedar Rapids. The Cedar Rapids site will operate as a machine shop servicing eight Fruehauf plants in the U S and Canada. Hall expects increased employment and possible future expansion in Cedar Rapids. Roy Fruehauf says Cedar Rapids had long interest with local subcontractors involved.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt deed the Hyde Park homestead and 33 acres to the United States for a national historic site. Harold Ickes accepts the gift. papers filed in Dutchess County. They keep use of the home for life and pay taxes. government gains frontages of 110 acres, while about 60 acres remain in Roosevelts’ hands.
Berlin endured two major RAF raids as 1944 began, with a 1000 ton assault and a prior Sunday strike. The attacks, described as heavy, killed and wounded many, with 28 aircraft lost in the Berlin blitz and subsequent operations in western Germany and northern France.
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