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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1944
Page
1
The piece argues the Anamosa state reformatory escape needs a formal public inquiry by the board of control. It urges thorough reviews of pay, training, morale, and safeguards, not just firing staff, to restore public confidence and prevent future escapes.
Gen Vatutin's First Army seized Sarny a key rail junction 36 miles inside old Poland, severing the trunk line linking southern and northern fronts. Stalin praised the capture and ordered 12 salvos of cannons in salute. Soviet advances aimed to block the Odessa Lwow route and press toward Romania and Bessarabia.
New York AP report cites Captain Maurois that an Arab on a beach near Algiers observed Gen Mark W Clark landing by submarine in October 1942. The Arab reported events to Vichy police, but an anti-Vichy guard halted the risk before officers arrived. no report was filed.
The Chase National Bank faces six indictments for violating the trading with the enemy act and export control laws. Leonard J. A. Smit, Dutch diamond dealer of Saddle River NJ, is named in six indictments with the bank. Co conspirators include bank officers Fred C. Witte Harry R. Robinson and contact Joseph T. Pender. The bank faces up to 190000 in fines.
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for fair skies Wednesday night and Thursday with temperatures dipping to around zero Wednesday night and rising warmer Thursday. Statewide lows may reach zero in the south and 5 below in the north with Spirit Lake at 4 below and Spencer at 2 below on Tuesday night. In Cedar Rapids the 24 hour period saw a low of two above and a high of 24 degrees with 20 degrees at 2 30 p m. and humidity at 15 percent.
In Chicago AP report Robert E. Hannegan of St. Louis a U.S. revenue official in Washington is poised to succeed Postmaster General Frank C. Walker as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The committee convenes in Washington January 22 to choose a convention site. Walker arrived to assess hotel needs and would not discuss his resignation. officials say Hannegan has the inside track.
The Anamosa men's reformatory nearly went on alert as four convicts began a break and seized hostages. Investigation by Dave McCreery of the state board of control found warning to Turnkey L E Christensen was not fully acted on, gate guards were unarmed, and several guards were dismissed for negligence.
Chicago AP reports Republicans label Roosevelt’s Bill of Rights a Democratic platform preview and plan extensive study of domestic and foreign issues before the June 26 GOP convention. Rep Carroll Reece doubts a drastic national service law, while delegation rules reshuffle the 1944 convention size and delegate apportionment with a bonus-penalty system.
Allied bombers hit the Greek port of Piraeus in heavy raids while the Fifth army pushed forward in Italy. Cervaro and a northeast mountain top near Cassino fell to Allied forces as ground fighting continued with artillery duels and patrol activity on both the Fifth and Eighth army fronts. British destroyers damaged trains and a schooner along the Adriatic coast, with eleven enemy planes shot down and seven Allied aircraft missing.
In Verona on Tuesday reports said Benito Mussolini offered Galeazzo Ciano a last gesture by allowing him to face the firing squad with his eyes unbandaged, avoiding a back shot after a special dispensation. The act was portrayed as ironic mercy from the fascist leader toward his son in law, labeled a traitor.
Congress faces a bitter fight as Roosevelt seeks national service law. Senate and House split, with Wheeler alleging fascist implications and Wadsworth backing the move as democratic. Labor leaders denounce the plan while May’s committee weighs reopening hearings or shelving the issue.
Well informed sources report Hitler pressed Japan in a series of talks with Ambassador Hiroshi Oshima to strike the Soviet Union now. He urged an assault on Vladivostok and the Manchurian frontier including Changkufeng to prevent a Soviet entry against Germany and its allies.
A Pacific deployed naval lieutenant denounces strike threats and Esquire magazine bans as harming the war effort. In a letter read by Rep. Compton the officer laments an ungrateful America while recalling a fallen comrade with a Varga girl keepsake. He calls for a home-front policy change and notes fellow sailors' disillusionment.
In Montclair New Jersey the Meyerson family seeks 500 extra Willkie campaign buttons for Marine Pvt. Edward Meyerson in the South Pacific. They recount his letters asking for pins, noting a censor deleted his explanation. Navy Secretary Knox replied he cannot know what was cut.
A German news agency said 96 people were killed and more than 100 injured when the Madrid to San Sebastian express collided with another passenger train 75 miles northwest of Madrid.
United States Eighth Air Force reports 64 American planes lost in a major daytime raid on northwest Germany. Over 700 Flying Fortresses and Liberators joined P-51 Mustangs and other escorts against plants at Oschersleben Halberstadt and Brunswick. Germans claim 136 Allied aircraft downed while US-German losses remain disputed.
German pilots, confused by American daylight tactics, reportedly revealed strategy and weapons while attempting to engage U S forces over Berlin. The article notes infighting among German fliers eager to strike first and mirrors naval night maneuvers applied to air combat.
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