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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1944
Page
9
The page lists rationing stamps and coupons valid through mid January 1944 for several categories, and reports police court fines and a series of marriage licenses, divorces, and birth announcements. It also notes fire calls and a misprint correction regarding a birth in Cedar Rapids.
Governor B. B. Hickenlooper met with D. R. McCreery Roy Pullen and Warden Foss Davis to discuss the New Year’s Day prison break at the Anamosa reformatory. He said a statement would be issued early next week after written reports and further evidence are reviewed.
Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio launches his Republican bid with a sharp critique of the New Deal. He tells a Wayne County rally that winning the war must be the national motto and vows a GOP victory to end perceived political defeatism and defend self government.
The trial of Count Ciano and 18 fellow Fascist grand council members who voted to oust Mussolini will start Saturday in Verona Italy. They face treason charges under Mussolini's puppet regime. Ciano is jailed in a sparse cell while five others are under arrest. Grandi and others may be tried in absentia per prior German reports.
Marine Major James R. Wallace of Lincoln Nebraska piloted a cargo plane loaded with eggs over New Caledonia when the propeller failed and oil blinded him officers say. He managed a hard three bounce landing with no eggs broken, a feat he calls prouder than any prior landing.
The navy patrol ship St Augustine was believed sunk 60 miles southeast of Cape May New Jersey after a collision with an unnamed merchant ship shortly before midnight Thursday. It was unclear if any crew were lost or injured. The Fourth Naval District announced the incident.
The Journal do Comercio in Lisbon demanded Portugal restore sovereignty over Timor, attacking Japan for keeping the island after its Pacific occupation. The piece decried Tokyo's refusal to withdraw and called for immediate action.
Betty Jean Cole 17 finds the purse she lost New Year’s Eve returned by mail. The bag contained $7 and personal items. the finder’s name is unknown. Betty suspects she misplaced it near the Eagles club after a Franklin school event. Her mother Mrs Leo Gray thanks the finder and offers a reward if identity is revealed.
In a Japanese prisoner camp where 1,174 American soldiers are interned there has been no mail since May 1942. Red Cross reports describe conditions as satisfactory with Christmas dinner planned on a smaller scale due to costs. Camps at Shanghai Haiphong road Hoten Mukden report highly satisfactory conditions, daily medical care, inoculations, and work in camp industries.
The Mt. Vernon Cornell residence hosts a flight preparatory program, the first of five steps toward naval aviation. Cadets move through war training service, ground school, preflight at Iowa, primary and secondary flying at Ot tumwa, then advanced training at Pensacola and Corpus Christi. Enrollment stays around six hundred, with a new group arriving and another departing each month.
New Delhi report says American heavy and medium bombers dropped over 130 tons of bombs on Yenangyaung a Japanese stronghold on the Irrawaddy in Burma. Raids Sunday and Monday targeted oil installations causing fires and explosions across the area.
A four star Marines flag designed and produced at the Dallas Naval Air Station was presented to the first four star Marine general, Gen Thomas Holcomb, before his departure from the base.
The Union of Polish Patriots urged the Polish underground to rise now and adopt a five point program ceding eastern Poland to the Soviet Union in exchange for westward expansion at Germany's expense. It denounced the exile government and pressed for a democratic regime, land reforms, and unification of Poles while excluding émigré elements.
Judson Bailey notes the Polish Russian frontier dispute as among historys oldest. He traces Poland s rise and fall from Baltic to Black Sea, the 1939 border shift, 1941 agreement nulling changes, and Russia s push to reclaim much of the pre WWI expanse along a broad line from East Prussia to the Carpathians.
A bloc of midwestern lawmakers warned they will seek legislative action to lift pork from rationing if the OPA does not grant a two week holiday. They allege hog farmers and small packers face losses from a surplus while demand in retail channels falters. The OPA argues free pork could cause regional oversupply and shortages later.
The exiled Greek government reports Germans killed over 1,000 residents of Kalavrita, burned the convents at Mega Spileon and Agia Lavra, and forced townspeople into a school that was set on fire. Women and children perished in the panic as males over 12 were gathered for a supposed speech.
Census figures show Linn County down 2.5 percent or 2,224 during April 1, 1940 to March 1, 1943. Across Iowa, Polk Pottawattamie Woodbury and Black Hawk also declined, while Scott County rose 2.6 percent. The Davenport area including Rock Island and Moline gained 2.8 percent.
The U S A F coordinated with RAF and GE to produce new engines and a Bell aircraft designed to use them. The maiden U S flight occurred October 1 1942 with Robert M Stanley at the controls followed by Brig Gen Laurence C Craigie becoming the first army officer to fly the new model. Others including Brig Gen B W Chidlaw and Major Gen William E Kepner joined early test flights.
A U S Navy aviation official hailed the new jet propelled Allied fighter as a priceless asset for carrier air operations and a tremendous weapon in the coming Battle of Japan. He cited three advantages including smoother takeoffs, smaller takeoff area, and lift two to three times greater than conventional planes enabling larger bomb loads.
Witnesses report a jet propelled plane screaming like a kettle as it approached England. Initially thought to be a huge bomb, many rushed to shelters. The aircraft appeared as a high pitched shriek grew louder, then became visible briefly before fading.
ALGIERS AP The French National Committee formally voted for the formation of a second expeditionary force to participate in the Allied invasion of Europe from the west or south. The commander was not announced. The committee also decreed mobilization of youths aged 18 and 19 beginning February 15.
American and German forces fight house to house in San Vittore Italy with rifles grenades and pistols. A correspondent recalls near misses from German machine gun fire and describes tank operations anti tank guns and aerial support shaping the brutal street battle. The town is split with Americans holding half and Germans the other as冬 frontline fighters battle through the ruined streets near Montre Maio and Cevaro with dense winter weather hindering movement.
Allied forces in Italy pressed a ten mile front along the Via Casilina toward Rome. American troops broke through snowbound mountains near Cassino and seized Montre Maio, about a mile southwest of Vico and five miles northwest of Venafro, establishing gains against German defenses.
Cedar Rapids area dealers were reminded by Linn county OPA chief clerk A. T. Pleune of two upcoming deadlines. Gasoline dealers must surrender old type T rations by January 10 and accept inventory coupons only through that date. Used car dealers must register all second hand stock by January 11 or face sale restrictions without a registration receipt.
Wendover Army Air Base reported at least five crew members were dead in a crash near Lemay Utah. The Sioux City based plane had stopped at Wendover to refuel on its way home. Four victims were from Sioux City and three from Wendover with a possible eighth onboard. Bodies of five were found. whether others parachuted remained uncertain.
Harold W. Millhiser, last year’s first vice president, became president of the Might Twelve club of Cedar Rapids at a Roosevelt hotel luncheon. Jay W. Hesser retired as president and became a trustee. New officers for 1944 include Paul H. Bedell as first vice president and Charles Penningroth as second vice president.
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