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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1945
Page
11
Daily Record lists wartime ration details with validity dates for Meat Red Blue Sugar and Gasoline stamps. Also reports recent divorce decrees and traffic penalties, plus new births and a Cedar Rapids tied notice.
The OPA ordered a three day retail sales freeze on lard shortening and cooking oils to begin Friday at 12:01 am and end Monday 12:01 am. A 40 percent production set aside by War Food Administration targets military needs with a two point per pound ration value. Red stamps apply to purchases. butter and margarine are unaffected. Institutional buyers may purchase from non retailers during the freeze with no points until Jan 28.
Detective L. B. Marshall and Federal Agent Jerry Chval arrested 34 year old Robert Trembly at Taft hotel on charges of forging a government check in Arkansas. He was held for Little Rock authorities after arraignment before U. S. commissioner Charles Benesh. Bond set at 3000 dollars. Trembly could not post. A lost billfold reported by Mrs Marven Selden contained 15 dollars. A collision occurred when a car driven by E L King hit the rear of a City Lines bus driven by W Richards on a slippery street corner.
A brief AP compiled list shows distances to Berlin from multiple fronts. Russian front 256 miles from Czestochowa west, Western front 301 miles from Duren, Hungarian front 364 miles from the Hron, Italian front 544 miles from the Reno.
Army's Chief Surgeon told the House military committee that nursing care is inadequate amid a 270 percent rise in battle casualty patients. Maj. Gen. Norman T. Kirk said hospital patients increased from 260 000 to 450 000 since May while nurse numbers grew only 2 000. He supported President Roosevelt's nurse draft proposal, noting 60 percent of nurses are overseas and that 42 000 nurses are present with a need for 60 000.
Representative Clare Boothe Luce cites bitterness among Fifth Army G I s and urges Congress to press the War Department for fixed tours of duty under fire. She notes the 34th Division has faced over 400 combat days and cites total American casualties of 98,366 with infantry bearing the brunt.
Soviet forces push through Poland with 11 miles east of the frontier and 16 miles from Czestochowa as German defenses retreat. Reports say 20,000 Nazis killed while Volkssturm units cover withdrawals to the Oder. Evacuation of Pest continues as Konev’s columns strike toward Germany’s Breslau.
German losses and prisoner counts rise on the Polish front as 20 000 more Germans are captured in Budapest bringing the tally to 59 000 since the capital street battle began. Russian attempts into Silesia are repelled but fears grow of an Oder line stand as Silesia’s coal and war industries may soon fall to the Soviets.
Snow Friday afternoon and night, with flurries Saturday and a plunge to around 20 degrees. Cedar Rapids expected colder Friday night into Saturday, after a day of mild warmth. Thursday's 41 degrees in the city contrasted with lows near 22 to 30 earlier. Des Moines reported 43 degrees, highways were open but slippery in spots.
Landlords in five Des Moines OPA rent control areas must file notices of tenancy changes within five days after new tenants move in. The opt district includes Jasper Newton Fairfield Iowa City Cedar Rapids Des Moines. Defaulting landlords face OPA penalties says John P. Beller, district rent executive.
The Order of Railway Conductors of America won the right to intervene in the U S anti trust suit against the Pullman Co in Philadelphia federal court. The 2900 conductors seek to protect seniority retirement and other rights that could be affected by a court order forcing the company to cease operating sleeping cars or manufacturing them.
Washington lawmakers attacked the war department after Blaze the bull mastiff flew from Washington to California escorted by an army major. Rep Miller demanded a full report while senators debated whether a dog should outrank returning servicemen. The navy promised the major a return flight as Blaze kept touring a Hollywood kennel.
United Steel and CIO Steelworkers say they will file a joint request with the War Labor Board to clarify points in the recent wage decision. The ruling, issued on November 25, granted average increases of four to six cents an hour for about 400,000 workers across 86 basic steel companies. John A. Stephens of United Steel disputes CIO President Philip Murray’s claim that negotiations are stalled, noting agreement on four issues.
Ration board relaunches the bail out option for service station operators to correct shrinkage or shortages. A. T. Pleune, chief clerk, provides forms and method for a new year reset. Submit any inventory coupons or gasoline certificates to the ration office now. no redemptions after January.
Allied HQ estimated 55 421 Allied casualties and 17 German divisions crushed or badly battered in the Ardennes through Dec 16 to Jan 11. Hitler and Rundstedt were held responsible. German losses reached about 120 000, with 80 000 killed or wounded and 40 000 captured. Allied losses were roughly five divisions, with 18 416 prisoners. Churchill cited American losses 60 to 80 times British.
London AP dispatch from M Maka renko cites Pravda describing Warsaw as a ruined city after German destruction. He writes Germans exiled all inhabitants and razed landmarks including the royal castle Belvedere palace tomb of the unknown soldier and the Chopin monument as Soviet and Polish troops advance.
London AP reports Germany rushed youths and older men to bolster the eastern breach as Nazi units retreat from Poznań and surrender calls are met with a defiant Never. Police and reserve units join the front amid chaotic retreat.
Freelance observer recalls mud and long lines at the Roosevelt inauguration as crowds in the President's backyard endure limited food and notable dress remarks. He notes the lawn conditions, seating for VIPs, and Mrs. Roosevelt's two wardrobe changes while reflecting on past inaugurations.
An earthquake described as a slight lurch of the earth was felt in the Los Angeles area Thursday night according to seismologists.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company and published daily and Sunday from 500 Aird Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. It lists postage details second class matter June 18 1932 and advertising subscription rates for carrier and mail editions.
Post master General Frank C. Walker said 1,800 first class post offices will carry new dollar notes starting Feb 1 with the rest of the 43,000 offices to follow as printed. These notes cover any sum up to $10 and include postal note stamps for odd cents. Purchasers write the payee's name, detach the stub, and send it. recipients can cash at any post office with proper ID.
The ninth annual Coe college invitational high school forensic tournament opened Friday morning with 12 schools from Iowa and Nebraska competing for honors. Sixty-six students registered as four rounds of debate proceeded amid a Pi Kappa Delta tea at Voorhees hall.
A schedule lists speaking events this evening including poetry reading and oratory. The final two debate rounds occur Saturday morning followed by after-dinner speaking and a dinner in Greene Hall at 1 p.m. Awards will be presented at the dinner.
In Luzon a Filipino card stunt drew a platoon by circling white paddies on a beach to spell Japs in the hills. They then rearranged paddies to form a large arrow directing attention toward the enemy as American pilots observed from the north coast.
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