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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1946
Page
15
Washington AP reports government economists raise 1946 national income forecast to 140 150 billion dollars from 160 in 1945. They expect higher profits and tax take despite labor tensions, with a steel strike posing potential disruption and possible government seizure to keep mills running.
A letter said to be from Ernst Kruse claims Captain Ernst Roehm ordered the Reichstag fire with Van der Lubbe acting under Roehm. Kruse describes himself as the last survivor of 22 storm troopers and writes from Switzerland in July 1934.
Edward Mullen, RFC publicity and advertising director for Nebraska and Wyoming, resigned and charged that veterans receive nothing but a shoving around. He claims politics and military sale restrictions blocked purchases of surplus RFC commodities, citing Fort Crook near Omaha where hundreds of beaten vehicles were earmarked for veterans but sold to men with political ties.
The Rev. Benjamin C. Bubar of Allagash Maine has 45 years in ministry and is also an author song writer and lumber camp minister who serves as the sole physician within 35 miles between Fort Kent and Allagash. Five of his six children likewise entered the ministry.
Notice states Ty Bachkes appointed Executrix of the estate of Peter Bachkes, Linn County Iowa, on January 12 1946. Creditors must pay debts to Ty Bachkes and file claims with the Linn County District Court Clerk. Attorney wm J Matas represents the executrix.
Linn County Iowa convened January 2 1946 at the courthouse Cedar Rapids. The board organized with Elmer M Seevell as chair and approved December 31 1945 minutes. They named depositories and set bonds for officials and approved several appointments and resignations in the county offices.
A poem recalling a medical check-up as Edgar A. Guest narrates the chorus of offers to examine and photograph the body. The speaker endures tests, barium drinks, and nurses in white while learning he remains alive with all senses functioning.
Pic William R Bowker finished a wartime relay from Marseille to New Guinea and now serves in the Philippines. The war department notes he was among the first to be redeployed directly from Europe to the South Pacific.
Dr. Leonardo Conti, Nazi medical dictator and chief of Reich health, hanged himself in Nuernberg jail, ending a career marked by racial policy, lethal experiments, and mass killings. He died of strangulation. U S army kept the death secret for three months.
Twenty seven ships were due to arrive at east and west coast ports Monday with more than twenty thousand five hundred servicemen. Ships list includes U S S Enterprise with three thousand seventy two troops and various regiments. Queen Elizabeth bringing ten thousand Canadian troops. President Johnson with twenty six hundred forty four passengers. LST vessels carrying hundreds more.
A list of ships from Pearl Harbor Manila Yokosuka Nagoya and Cristobal shows hundreds to thousands of undesignated personnel aboard vessels including LST 1040 Aconcagua Bunker Hill Aucilla three LSTs Savo Island Alpine Arnet and Florida. Departures and arrivals scheduled at Seattle Tacoma San Diego New Orleans and other ports with personnel counts ranging from 96 to 3 220.
Washington AP report says Pearl Harbor inquiry may end in February and Gov. Thomas E. Dewey could avoid testifying. Of 48 named witnesses since hearings began November 15, only nine have testified. William D. Mitchell says about 20 more unnamed witnesses will speak on the winds message.
An advertisement promotes a new method that supposedly removes poisons from the body to cure chronic diseases. It claims existing remedies only provide temporary relief and warns untreated issues may cause serious complications.
Illinois Senator Lucas and Senator Ferguson pressed to hear more about the winds message signaling a breaking point with the United States. Mitchell said no implementing broadcast existed, but Ferguson urged further evidence before Dec 7. The inquiry notes intercepted Japanese signals before Pearl Harbor and questions who leaked the code.
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