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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1945
Page
1
Harry Boyd argues selective service must specify 18 to 25 year old agricultural deferments to sustain farm output. He urges precise guidance from Washington on 4-Fs and job reshuffles, warning vague talk could undermine the war program while stressing home front effort and allied diplomacy.
The War Mobilization director urged Selective Service to press the 18 through 25 age group holding farm deferments to serve, citing 364,000 men in that bracket. He said agriculture can be run by older workers and that the president authorized drawing upon this reservoir of potential fighters. Brig. Gen. Grahl in Des Moines noted local boards have been reevaluating agricultural deferments and inducting some 18 to 25 year olds where farming continuity is not disrupted.
Chinese forces retook Wan Ting on the Burma road border, gaining control of the entire Chinese section of the Burma road and tightening supply lines from Chungking.
Ankara radio said the Turkish Grand National Assembly voted unanimously to sever diplomatic and economic relations with Japan, effective next Saturday. Turkey had already cut relations with Germany on August 2.
In Cedar Rapids two Janda brothers Maj Robert and Lt Col L T Janda reunited after 13 years. Col Janda, an WWI hero with multiple decorations, spoke of his Beaumont night march and long service. Maj Janda, in the Army Air Corps, was visiting Cedar Rapids with wife and daughter.
The Cedar Rapids Navy Mothers club sponsors donation of games and sports equipment for the new S. S. Cedar Rapids Victory to be launched January 16 in Wilmington California. Mrs. Fred LeClerc 32186 leads drives and will receive gifts from individuals and organizations by January 10, to be wrapped and forwarded.
President Roosevelt acknowledged differences among Allied powers on European political and territorial issues and said he does not expect to settle them all at the upcoming meeting with Churchill and Stalin. He stressed common principles but noted differing interpretations and the need to act with what can be agreed.
Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday with occasional light snow and colder conditions. Low temperatures around five below, with a warmer spell late Thursday. Readings near five below in Cedar Rapids tonight, while nearby towns report colder or milder conditions.
Overcast skies in Cedar Rapids followed a snow flurry as temperatures moderated. The 24 hour high reached 10 degrees at 11 p.m. and at 7 p.m. it stood at four above.
American planes of the 14th Air Force destroyed 10 Japanese locomotives in attacks on railway installations in north and central China Monday and Tuesday, the air force announced Wednesday.
American B 29 Superfortresses attacked three Japanese war production centers on Honshu Nagoya Osaka and Hamamatsu in the opening air offensive of 1945. The raids targeted aircraft plants and other industrial facilities with claims of enemy losses and limited damage to facilities.
Pfc. George K. Haddy, 19, of the Seventh army in Germany, was wounded December 18 for the third time. He has been hospitalized and awarded the Oak Leaf cluster and Purple Heart. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Haddy of 1412 Fifth Avenue SE. he was wounded in July and October prior.
Dr. John F. Condon known as Jafsie died at 84 after a pneumonia siege. The Bronx schoolteacher acted as intermediary in the Lindbergh baby kidnapping case, paying a $50 000 ransom to Bruno Hauptmann and later identifying Hauptmann to authorities. Hauptmann was executed in Trenton after a widely followed trial.
Private first class Donald D Caldwell 25 with General Patton's Third Army has been missing in action in France since December 7. His wife Clarice lives with her parents at 1502 Hamilton Street SW. His parents reside on route 3. A McKinley high school graduate Caldwell worked for Collins Radio before joining the service. A brother Pvt Paul Caldwell is stationed at Camp Hood Texas.
John W. Schafer 56, a Rock Island switchman of Cedar Rapids, was killed between 12 50 and 12 55 p.m. Wednesday when dragged about 55 feet under a freight car near the National Oats company. He slipped under the car's left front wheels as he attempted to swing aboard. The accident occurred behind a switch engine. tracks showed marks in crusted snow and undercarriage drag. The body was extricated about 2 05 p.m. Schafer had worked for Rock Island since 1912.
Kenneth A Lund 21 son of Mr and Mrs M J Lund 819 Nineteenth Street SE Cedar Rapids was wounded in action in Germany on December 20 while he was in Belgium when his last letter was written. He is the first Cedar Rapids man reported a casualty since General Rundstedt started a major counter offensive. The telegram gave no details on injuries.
Washington AP. The Office of Price Administration urges households to conserve fuel oil this winter. No extra rations will be issued later, and careful rationing and heat saving measures are essential to prevent hardship.
The House voted 207 to 186 to convert the committee on un American activities into a permanent legislative panel of the new Congress.
German casualties for the Nazi winter offensive were unofficially 60 000 with 20 000 prisoners in 16 days of action starting December 16. Four hundred tanks knocked out. American bridgeheads along a 55 mile front in Germany abandoned as forces pull back toward France. Allied columns tighten around Bastogne as Patton and Hodges mass forces for a broader assault.
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