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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1945
Page
4
A veteran columnist opines that the new four-year period will be a supreme test of courage, resolve, wisdom, and democracy. He argues the nation must put principle above expediency, reduce wartime energy waste, and avoid lip service as it pursues a stronger wartime effort and postwar recovery.
Paris dispatch reports a major French assault on a 25 mile Alsace front aimed at lifting pressure on Strasbourg. Alongside Allied advances, German forces pushed across the Rhine and into Alsace, while U S First and Third armies tightened hold near St Vith and Vianden as weather aided operations.
War casualty totals for Cedar Rapids list 106 killed in action, 20 died in training, 29 missing in action, and 59 prisoners. Linn County outside Cedar Rapids reports 24 killed in action, 2 killed in training, 19 missing in action, 1 died in service, and 8 prisoners.
The destroyer Reid suffered high casualties off Leyte in the Philippines around December 1. Commander Samuel A. McCornock reported 150 survivors with 28 injured. the ship’s total crew was not disclosed. The Reich, a 1480-ton vessel commissioned in 1936, was lost. the loss announced January 5.
Cedar Rapids relatives report Pvt Milo Teply age 34 has been missing in action in Germany since early January after entering service in 1943 and serving overseas since last September. He is son of Frank Teply of 914 Bell Avenue SW and brother to Mrs Louis Schultz Mrs Ernest Rejsa and Frank Teply Jr. of Cedar Rapids. Former Wilson and I Company employee who went to California nine years ago. his wife resides in California. brother-in-law Ernest Rejsa serves in the navy.
The Cedar Rapids Gazette won the national contest for best real estate and building page in cities under 100000 population for the second year in a row. Editor Naomi Doebel leads the Gazette page. award announced at Washington DC headquarters. Other winners include New York Times and Cincinnati Enquirer. Detroit News, Providence Journal, and Schenectady Gazette received honorable mentions.
Paris reports Allied observers note the East Wall defense along the Oder from Bohemian highlands to the Baltic is less formidable than the West Wall. Details remain uncertain as Soviet and Allied forces push toward eastern Europe with uncertain resistance.
Washington AP reports that the next five week ration period increases red points for meats fats and dairy products from 50 to 60. The period runs from January 28 to March 3 with typical adjustments when weeks span a full five week cycle.
U S Sixth Army troops advanced up to seven miles east of Baguio after repelling counterattacks costing the Japanese 28 tanks and heavy losses. The bulletin says Luzon is effectively cut in two with a solid 37 mile stretch of Highway No 3 held from Sison to Paniqui and Asingan reached by American forces. Far south, American troops seized the Camotes Islands near Leyte with Poro connected to Pacijan by a causeway. Tokyo hinted at possible new landings in southern Luzon.
Firemen spent 40 minutes flushing 120 gallons of gasoline down a sewer after a transport attempted to fill a 500 gallon storage tank at Cities Service in SE. The spill spread on the street creating a fire hazard before responders contained it.
AP dispatch reports a Japanese bid to land 64 soldiers on Peleliu failed as American forces killed 49 and captured 2 with others surrounded. Admiral Nimitz stated no damage to U S installations. Heavy bombers from Peleliu targeted the Philippines and other Palau islands were bombed by Liberators and Marine planes attacked targets in the Palaus.
Ottawa reports show more than 6,000 home defense troops were absent without leave from embarkation ports after the government ordered overseas duty. Defense Minister McNaughton said 15,600 troops were given final leaves, 7,800 failed to return on time, with 6,300 being sought as disciplinary action starts under king's regulations.
Chinese forces recaptured Wanting, a key Burma road town and last major obstacle to reopening the overland supply route to China, according to the Central News Agency report.
Cedar Rapids faces a critical housing shortage with war workers and returning veterans seeking shelter. The community backs a centralized registry or housing bureau similar to Davenport and Des Moines models, with Miss Caryl F. Austin urging cooperation from realtors and landlords to guide listings and prevent evictions. Public housing projects and priority government homes in the Kenwood district are underway, while local officials urge owners to rent rooms to veterans and families to ease the crisis.
Soviet tanks reach Namslau and advance up to 32 miles into Silesia while Red army forces pound along a 600 mile front from East Prussia to Czechoslovakia. Stalin orders three days of fronts as Cherniakhovsky Petrov Zhukov spearhead encirclements to near Poznan Breslau and Konigsberg.
A partial newspaper index noting sections such as Late News Facts and Opinion by Drew Pearson and William Shirer sections, rationing at a glance, sports, GI Gazette Building and Financial segments, and a brief men in service listing.
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