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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1945
Page
3
Lawmakers tilt toward delaying all special purpose spending and extending the 50 percent income tax waiver. Critics warn such maneuvers dodge examination on merit and threaten the school code debate. Urgency over the tax deadline is noted, with a proposal to pay one fourth of the tax now.
President Roosevelt urged immediate national service legislation as army and navy chiefs warn manpower shortages strain replacements. Generals Marshall and King stress need for 600000 army and 900000 total inductions. ships, repairs, and new construction depend on rapid output to sustain campaigns in Europe and Pacific. May promises quick passage. Murray opposes compulsion, favoring voluntary methods.
Federal officials say common carrier trucks owned by private firms but operated by the U.S. government are exempt from state compensation tax. Iowa and other North Central states insist tax applies, with possible court action when a truck is stopped for nonpayment. W. O. Price of the Iowa highway commission notes federal authorities deny 1945 tax payment for Wilson Storage and Transfer trucks.
Mercy hospital staff fought to save Roberta Sue McLaud, second of triplets born two months premature to Mr and Mrs George McLaud. Rebecca Anne died at 11 15 a m Tuesday weighing 2 pounds 12 ounces. Robert Dale died at 2 45 p m Tuesday weighing 3 pounds 1 ounce.
Lt John Riordan 22 of Miami Beach Fla reported missing Nov 15 on a mission over Austria and believed held as a Nazi prisoner by the German government per a Red Cross message to his grandmother Mrs Edward C Clark. He was co pilot on a B 17 based in Italy, entered service Oct 1942 trained at Pecos and earned wings Feb 1 1943, sent overseas last Sept.
Mrs Lena Eveland of Cedar Rapids Iowa christened the SS Cedar Rapids at California shipyards launching the second Iowa city name vessel there. The ship is 409th built at the yard and weighs 10,000 tons with a 455 foot length. Mrs L P Lyman of Huntington Park aided on the platform.
Seaman Leon LeRoy age 18 said an army cargo plane carrying 300 pounds of high priority freight diverted to Dayton and Memphis forced him a Seabee and a sergeant off to make room for a big shaggy dog consigned to Faye Emerson Roosevelt. The dog remained aboard while the three passengers were dropped from the flight.
London reports the British ministry of labor recorded that through the first 11 months of 1944 more work time and output were lost to strikes than in any 12 year period.
US forces report carrier aircraft sank or damaged 35 Japanese ships totaling about 104,000 tons in a three day sweep across Canton Hongkong and other South China ports. Nimitz says air opposition was light. formations hit Formosa and Nippon sea lifelines with multiple ships destroyed and airbases attacked.
Sgt. Joseph G. Moore, 27, listed as missing in action in Luxembourg since Dec. 20, war department informed his parents Mr. and Mrs. William A. Moore of 1241 Fourth Avenue SE. He served with Gen. Patton's Third Army after joining in August 1941 following prior work in postal service at Fort Wayne and Cedar Rapids. Moore attended Loras Academy Dubuque Cedar Rapids Business College and Indiana Technical School. He went overseas in September 1943 and served in England France Belgium and Germany. Two brothers Gerald in France and Aviation Cadet Bernard W. Moore in training at Maxwell Field Alabama also in service.
Moscow reports a third major winter offensive push across Poland, with Rokossovsky’s Second White Russian army driving 25 miles on a 63 mile front and encircling Warsaw. Soviet forces aided Polish units in capturing the capital, as Germans admit loss of the city and Berlin warns of a peak Russian drive toward Berlin.
Washington AP The Office of Defense Transportation directs railroads to discontinue passenger service immediately where required to ensure movement of war freight.
Allied forces renewed offensive as British troops advance 1,000 yards to cross the Roode river at two points and enter Dieteren, 23 miles from Aachen. Fog and ice hinder progress amid heavy minefields, with air raids against German billets and continued pressure from U S First and Seventh armies toward St Vith and the Siegfried line.
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