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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1945
Page
1
A Des Moines debate favors filtering new mental health patients through a receiving center for early appraisal and a prescribed treatment plan. The Iowa psychopathic hospital at Iowa City could be expanded to perform this role, aiming to reduce miscommitments and better allocate resources while saving taxpayer money.
The article discusses draft policy and the use of abilities in wartime, debating whether to draft urgent skilled services such as nurses and other professionals if physical fitness or 4-F status limits arise. It reflects on government expediency versus free society principles and mentions German propaganda remarks.
AP dispatches describe Japanese forces advancing toward Manila across Lingayen gulf and inland, while U S Sixth Army troops push across swamps and roads. Air and sea actions dominate as American planes bomb bridges and Japanese ships and reinforcements push north. General MacArthur signals hopes for quick advance as Krueger praises his troops.
Washington AP reports James F. Byrnes calls for a maximum 68 degree limit in homes and public buildings to curb coal use. He asks WPB to curb outdoor lighting and advertising and urges immediate voluntary compliance to avert rationing.
Mrs. Vivian M. Walkup president of the Ohio Nurses Association argues against drafting nurses while drafting others. She says the war burden should be shared fairly by using all skills rather than applying a blanket nose-counting approach and criticizes half measures that mix in 4-Fs.
Sen. Connally returns from White House conference urging the Senate to withhold further discussion of the international situation until a new meeting of the Big Three. He says no details were disclosed but notes that the subcommittee conveyed its views to the President and that the President’s views were shared back.
The Internal Revenue Service says most taxpayers need not file a new income tax estimate by January 15. If last April estimate was close or corrected since, just pay final amount by January 15 and file a final return before March 15. Citizens may amend an estimate if it saves money or file a complete return by January 15 to cover 1944 changes.
Cedar Rapids neighbors learn Capt. Joseph P. Cotton, son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Poe of 300 Twenty-seventh Street Drive SE, died in Italy. His wife Ella Poe Cotton, now of Washington DC, notes his mother-in-law has gone to be with her. Sources say he was wounded in action last June and had served overseas since May 1943 as an infantryman.
Paris radio reported that four American warships were transferred to the French fleet at Toulon. The brief dispatch offered no further details or explanation.
The war department reported a daylight raid by India-based B 29s on Singapore shipping installations yielded good results. Gen Henry H Arnold said none of the bombers were lost to enemy action and four aircraft were shot down, with one probably destroyed and one damaged. Two B 29s are missing likely lost to the enemy in the Tokyo raid.
The city council awarded a contract for construction and installation of a deep well turbine and pumphouse at the new airport to Louis F Whitney Pump Service of Cedar Rapids for 9110.53 dollars. Four bids were submitted, including two from Cedar Rapids.
The Navy reports the destroyers Hull Spence and Monaghan were lost in a severe western Pacific typhoon. Hull and Monaghan crews of about 150 each and Spence with about 220 aboard faced enemy action. some sailors were rescued and survivors identified, including 24 from the Spence.
Weather bulletin notes partly cloudy skies and a slight warmup for Cedar Rapids and nearby areas. Tonight may dip near 189 above zero with light snow possible, while eastern Iowa expects five to ten degrees above zero. Forecasters predict a cold snap ending tonight in the Midwest and Friday in the East.
London reports the British government and BBC reject a broadcast crediting Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery with halting the German breakthrough into Belgium and Luxembourg. The German station likely used BBC frequencies to spread propaganda, with measures underway as American troops on the western front are warned.
Pvt. Leon Reynolds was not killed in battle at Luxembourg as war department message claimed. Mrs. Reynolds received a Washington call confirming the error. he is alive with his company in the Third Army and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Reynolds in Iowa City.
Rome reports a high command attempt to block the Eighth Army as fighting eases along the Reno River north of Ravenna. A batch of prisoners from the 710th division, formerly coastal defense in Norway, were captured south of the Reno near the Monte sector of the Fifth Army front. overall activity remained light on both the Fifth and Eighth fronts.
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