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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1944
Page
1
A columnist discusses GOP leaders to watch and potential Willkie blitz tactics as the 1930s campaign heats up. Roosevelt’s fourth-term bid is discouraged, while both parties may hold real presidential timber that needs blossoming before convention time. The piece urges a strong Lincoln-like candidate to emerge.
Allied reports say French mountain troops captured Acquafondata and seized five hill positions seven miles northeast of Cassino, pushing back German forces and creating a back door toward Cassino while American units press along the Rome road. More than 250 Germans were taken prisoner as German withdrawals were noted around Cervaro and Mt Trocchio.
Soviet forces on the First Ukrainian front south of Kiev repelled German counterattacks, killing about 2,000 and wrecking 70 tanks near Vinnitsa and Uman. Rokossovsky’s forces in White Russia gained westward, capturing inhabited points and killing about 1,500 Germans near the Pripets. Berlin claimed a new three pronged drive near Leningrad and around Nevel, while Moscow’s bulletins said battles remained fierce.
The winter is cooler than normal with oil shortages looming as rationing officials warn users to conserve. Many have borrowed oil against reserves, risking trouble when quotas run out. In Cedar Rapids the juvenile curfew appears linked to improved delinquency and neighbors debate reactivity like a city alarm clock.
In Washington, Senator George of Georgia and Senator Gillette of Iowa denied Drew Pearson’s claim that a U S Chamber of Commerce influence shaped tax votes and that Gillette urged Hull to seek the Democratic nomination. George dismissed Pearson as making unfounded statements and urged that Gillette ignore the remarks.
German controlled radio reports a series of explosions in Copenhagen blamed on organized saboteurs amid mounting sabotage in German occupied Denmark. Burmeister and Wain shipyards suffered damage from an amphibious raid by 56 saboteurs, with a power plant fire and factory fires reported and engines for submarines noted as produced at the yard.
Boatswain's Mate Richard Nash piloted a 50 foot landing barge from a cargo ship five miles off Salerno and made 38 crossings in three days during the Allied invasion beginning September 9. He ferried 40 soldiers per trip amid heavy fire, saw many deaths, and endured hours of peril with 68 bullet holes in his craft. Nash later recalled Sicily as worse and spoke of his home visit with his parents in Ohio.
Philadelphia report says John D. M. Hamilton, ex national GOP chairman, charged Wendell Willkie and backers used a blitz plan to force Willkie’s nomination. He cited polls showing Willkie trailing and accused Wills of schemes to derail party unity.
POPLAR BLUFF Missouri AP A mass protest by 55 farmers ended when they surrendered to jail rather than post bond on inciting to riot charges stemming from the December 8 removal of four Black families from an all white Butler county community. Some were released on recognizance by Saturday. others await bail. One indictment names 71 defendants. six faces kidnapping charges in a separate indictment.
Ossining New York AP reports Robert J Kirby aged 55 warden of Sing Sing prison died Saturday night after pneumonia eight days earlier followed by a heart attack. He had been recovering before the fatal event.
The Senate approved a Marshall Field amendment to cap yearly hobby loss deductions at $20 000 for five years of no profit as part of the tax measure. Opponents warned the rule would penalize early venture losses and affect racing stables and other hobby businesses.
London Sunday AP reports the Royal Air Force dropped 2000 long tons of bombs on industrial Brunswick in central Germany Friday night for 23 minutes. Saturday night the R A F attacked northern France as coastal observers saw searchlights near Calais and heard flashes across the channel early this morning.
Stage Star Boris Karloff joins 3000 Citizen Service corps workers to back Linn county's 8.5 million fourth war loan drive. He plans to appear at the Newman's store booth on Monday to urge bond sales and record a radio spot. CSC will canvass homes Tuesday for pledges above payroll deductions. A bond premiere at the Paramount offers free tickets for purchases of 25 dollars or more.
Five American missionaries from the New Tribes Mission in Chicago, missing for about two months in the Matto Grosso region near the Brazilian border, were found dead near Santo Corazon in Bolivia. The victims were Cecil A. Dye 33 Robert Dye 26 George Hosbach 21 Eldon Hunter 22 and David Bacon 22.
In London and Washington the pace of Soviet advances heightens urgency over Polish Russian settlement talks. The Polish plan for mediated talks with Britain and the United States is under Kremlin review, with Moscow likely to demand inclusion of the Moscow sponsored Polish Patriots. The United States and Britain may offer good offices, while Russia’s stance remains unclear.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull announces a major reorganization to streamline the State Department for war and peace. The plan creates new policy and postwar programs committees, adds an advisory council led by Hull, and splits offices into 12 line units with geographic bureaus and new information, wartime economic, and transport offices to clarify responsibilities.
U S Marines push to clear Hill 660 atop Bergen Bay on New Britain Island near Cape Gloucester. Ground fighting intensified as they aim to oust entrenched Japanese defenders with air support from Mitchell bombers. Rabaul air offensive continues with strikes against Lakunai Tobera and surrounding airfields.
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