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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1945
Page
1
Paris reports a second German winter drive threatening Strasbourg from three directions while Ardennes fighting stalls. Allied and German casualties rise as weather worsens and Allied lines ebb and flow along the Luxembourg Belgium theatre with limited gains near Bastogne and Bastogne road junctions.
Anamosa attorney Wright Frazier and his wife Marian Erb Frazier, both in their 40s, were killed Friday evening when their car was struck at a crossing by a North Western freight train heading into another westbound train. They were en route to a birthday dinner for Frazier. The couple leaves two young sons and multiple siblings and relatives.
U S Navy reports from Fleet Admiral Nimitz show carrier planes destroyed 111 Japanese aircraft and damaged 95 ships in a two day sweep along the China coast from Hongkong to Foochow. Flights from John C McCain's force probed mainland targets while strikes on Formosa and Okinawa airfields followed a separate bombardment against Haha and Chichi Jima.
The president calls for national service and mobilization of human resources for the war effort. He proposes using 4 006 000 men in 4 F status, expanding nurse inductions, universal military training, and full employment for 60 million. He urges private enterprise, public works, tax reform, expanded social security, victory over Japan, and a new world peace framework. He endorses Eisenhower, notes Pacific advances, and stresses Atlantic Charter ideals amid postwar self-government debates.
Cedar Rapids sees above zero temperatures with light snow in eastern Iowa forecast for tonight and Sunday. Readings around 2:30 pm show 18 degrees with 55 percent humidity, noting a brief overnight snow flurry and a cold wave in the Midwest with subzero records in Michigan.
In a wartime message read after electoral votes certified, President Roosevelt outlines postwar aims and urges united action with the United Nations. He favors unconditional surrender as a first step, stresses international cooperation, and cautions against making peace an instrument of future domination.
Secretary of State Stettinius warned that Senator Wheeler supporters of non conditional surrender would provoke enemy hopes for a negotiated peace. Wheeler urged abandonment of unconditional surrender in a NBC address and called for a United Nations political council and steps toward a United States of Europe to end two spheres of influence in Europe.
A memorial service for Lt. Col. Bill Reed, killed December 19 on a mission over China, will be held Sunday at 3 p.m. at Marion Presbyterian Church. Rev. George Stemm of Loras College will deliver the memorial address, Rev. C V R De Jong will give the sermon, and Mrs. Irvin L Ford will play the organ.
Pvt. Edwin James Truesdale, a Cedar Rapids native, died Christmas Day in Hollandia Dutch New Guinea. The War Department notified his wife Clara Truesdale of 1406 Tenth Street SE. He was inducted November 30, 1943 and transferred from Beloit draft board. The cause of death was not specified.
In Waterloo, an Illinois Central train derailed about 6 30 am Saturday. Thirty four cars of the eastbound train were wrecked near Dyersville and Waterloo causing road and rail disruption with damage estimated at the rails.
Washington AP James F Byrnes urged cancellation of conventions after February 1 unless in the war interest He proposed a voluntary ban on meetings with over 50 people approved by President Roosevelt He did not seek enforcement procedures and urged the public to defer non essential travel A committee led by J M Johnson of the Office of Defense Transportation will decide if gatherings justify transportation tax and war effort implications
Allied forces land on Marinduque island east of Mindoro and 100 miles southeast of Manila. The operation, part of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's push toward Luzon, involved Lt. Gen. Walter Krueger's Sixth Army with naval and air support.
A newly developed American artillery weapon used on the western front for the first time devastates German counter-attacks in the Belgium bulge. Reports say 12 German tanks were knocked out around Besie and 41 more destroyed elsewhere as U S forces face sleet and snow. Von Rundstedt launches four counter-attacks in four hours, while Patton’s troops advance from Bastogne. Details of the weapon remain restricted as naval tech is cited as its source.
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Fifty construction workers in Kansas City endorse relief funds for Lee Carty a 27 year old killed in an accident on an Aleutian route December. The effort raises nine thousand four hundred eighty seven dollars and twenty two cents to aid his family.
Washington sources predict draft boards will induct men 18 to 38 who change jobs without approval. The army may lower physical standards to accept workers via a work or fight rule. Roosevelt calls national service to mobilize manpower and women’s power for war and postwar military training. He says 1945 could end Nazi fascist terror in Europe.
President Roosevelt will address the nation in a radio broadcast tonight from 9 to 9 30 Central War time. The speech, summarizing the state of the union, will be carried by all major networks.
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