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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1945
Page
4
In evaluating the President's state of the union message, the author notes a statesmanlike tone seeking national unity. The most controversial point is the call for a universal draft, with arguments about its fairness, urgency, and impact on war effort and individual freedom. The piece also marks the 1944 campaign's end and future political pacing.
U S Pacific fleet reports four days of aerial and naval bombardment across Formosa Okinawa the Ryukyus and the China coast destroying or damaging 83 enemy ships and 1331 aircraft Nimitz said The strikes extended 1300 miles from Pearl Harbor to the China coast with heavy action near Fais Atoll and Iwo Jima American losses totaled 17 aircraft and ground installations on Formosa suffered major damage
Washington AP reports the Selective Service ordered the induction of occupationally deferred men who quit essential jobs without board approval. The move targets about five million men aged 18 to 37, applying new lower physical standards and creating special draft quotas while excluding agriculture deferments under the Tydings amendment.
John K Collins, chief of the War Manpower commission placement bureau, announced that starting Monday non-essential industries must surrender workers to top priority sectors. If refused, firms face referral to the War Production board. The plan includes a nationwide manpower inventory and contacting local business leaders.
The War Production Board announced a drastic 27 million feet cut in 35 mm raw stock for 1945 due to military needs for X-ray and aero films. The reduction could force postponement of about 300 feature-length pictures for the year.
In Ainsworth Iowa Miss Hattie Pratt aged 83 died in a hospital Saturday night, the second victim of the Friday fire that claimed Emma Pratt who died after neighbors forced entry to rescue the sisters. Double funeral services will be held Sunday.
The missing heir to a Linn county estate is Howard Potts, son of Hoyt Metzger. Potts is on Colorado's death row awaiting a state supreme court appeal. Attorney Carl Hendrickson sent Potts a $150 check, residue of the estate, after Denver police identified him as heir.
Extensive sweeps over southern Luzon damaged Los Banos rail yards south of Manila with blasting of rolling stock and bridges. MacArthur announced claims that locomotives and freight cars were destroyed, with additional air attacks on Negros Mindanao and Palawan airfields, runways and dispersal areas and ground destruction of enemy planes.
Cedar Rapids news reports Milton Armstrong 80 of Tama held in Linn county jail on a federal charge of selling intoxicating liquor to Peter Wagner an Indian ward of the government. He waives hearing and is held on $1 000 bond for grand jury action.
Franklin D Roosevelt was officially chosen for a fourth term. At 1 30 p m a joint session of congress counted the electoral vote and declared Roosevelt and Harry S Truman the winners over Dewey Bricker by 432 to 99 in Washington.
The admiralty announced that the British destroyer HMS Aldenham has been lost following naval action. No further details were provided about location or cause.
The Maritime Commission urged Congress to fix basic prices for sale of war ships and return them to private operation as part of postwar reconversion. Vice Admiral Emory S. Land said price stability and reducing government ownership are vital, noting the fleet could exceed 50 million dead weight tons by war’s end and that passenger and cargo vessels will be scarce after the war.
The U S First Army assault against the Belgian salient north flank includes the 82nd Airborne Second and Third Armored divisions the 30th 83rd 84th and part of the 75th Infantry. Maj Gen Matthew B Ridgeway leads the 18th Airborne corps with 82nd prior tenure. Seventh corps under Maj Gen J Lawton Collins and Fifth corps also participate.
Paris dispatch says Allied generals will not be fired after the Ardennes breakthrough. Eisenhower praises Hodges and the commanders who slowed Von Rundstedt’s drive, while Montgomery Bradley and Patton receive high praise for rapid reserves and counter actions.
Des Moines AP Chief Nebergall announces the arrest of Philip H. Heiney and William H. Heiney, father and son, in the December 16 killing of Robert W. Raebel at his Spirit Lake lakeshore home. Both face first degree murder charges after being apprehended in Quincy Illinois.
U S troops opened a major southward drive two miles from Stavelot, driving through German lines and threatening key routes. Tanks, aided by two armored divisions, in a parallel push west closed the La Roche St Vith highway while surrounding efforts escalated in the Bulge amid heavy losses on both sides.
Counts show Linn county casualties outside Cedar Rapids include 22 killed in action 2 killed in training 16 missing in action 1 died in service and 7 prisoners. Inside Cedar Rapids 102 killed in action 29 died in service 47 missing in action and 36 prisoners.
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