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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1945
Page
1
Commentary notes local option for beer and hard liquor faces limits as national isolation fades. It cites trains of thought on liquor control, manpower strain on service industries, and the Amy Darden horse claim saga to illustrate persistent injustices and the futility of quick fixes.
Allied forces advance as U S units seize St Vith and push through Belgium Luxembourg and Germany. American First and Third armies report multiple towns captured while Seventh Army withdraws near Haguenau. British Second Army moves toward Heinsberg and Roermond as snow hinders air attacks.
The Cedar Rapids area and statewide forecast remains fair with little temperature change. No precipitation was reported in the past 24 hours. Cedar Rapids recorded 28 degrees at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, with a 15 degree minimum earlier that morning. The statewide high Tuesday reached 45 at Council Bluffs while the low Wednesday was 11 at Spencer.
Columbus authorities urge hotels newspapers and businesses to suspend water use amid an acute drought. City and state offices close mid afternoon. West High School ends early and all schools may shut Thursday. Fire crews may pump from the Scioto river to fight downtown blazes, while residential areas fear outages.
Chinese high command reported a sweeping Japanese advance aimed at sealing the Canton Hankow railroad and tightening a north south corridor through China as of Wednesday night in Chungking.
A German prisoner captured in Vith Belgium says the Reichstag has been in session for a week to consider the urgency of the Russian front. The report comes from AP and places the discussion within wartime crisis context.
Fragmented OCR text lists various sections such as Deaths, Movies, Sports, Radio, and features with scattered names like David Lawrence Marion Drew Pearson and Walter Winchell. The readable content is incomplete, offering no clear event, date, or full notices.
Rabbi Herman Schaalman 28 of Temple Judah and Mrs Schaalman both injured in a crash on highway 151 four and one half miles east of Marion. Mrs Frances Bendon 25 of Olin also hurt. Anton Babecka 28 driver of one car suffered cuts and bruises. Hospital reports say the Schaalmans fair to satisfactory. Patrolmen Swords and Kidwell investigated with assistance at the scene.
An AP report notes JOA Alderfer closed his Philadelphia food shop and posted a sign reading Out of chicken out of butter out of patience out of town, signaling shortages and frustration.
Allied forces advance from Camp O'Donnell toward Clark field on Luzon as they uncover mass graves of American and Filipino victims and press along the Mt Arayat Bamban line. Reports say 35 Jap planes destroyed at Bamban airfield and 1,031 Japanese dead with seven prisoners taken on Leyte. MacArthur’s communique notes concessions near Tarlac and ongoing flank moves to seize Clark field.
Sixteen new members of the U S Senate urged President Roosevelt to back a United Nations style organization to preserve peace. They called for early demilitarization of Germany and participation in decisions on law and order in liberated areas, with leaders including Fulbright and Smith among signers.
Former secretary of commerce Jesse Jones argues before the senate commerce committee that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation should be restructured under independent control. He urges a leader with proven business experience and restraint to guide federal investments in plants, facilities, and raw materials, warning against amateur experimentation.
Des Moines report states David R. McCreery of Alburnett, member of the state board of control, fractured a hip when he fell en route to work on Wednesday.
Lt. Keith H. Robbins aged 22, a U S Air Force pilot, was killed in a bomber crash in the South Pacific on January 5. Notification reached his aunt and uncle, Mr and Mrs E O Dorsey of 718 Sixth Street SW, his home for years. His wife is Kathleen Snyder of Collins Indiana, now in Los Angeles. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Delos Robbins of Greenup Indiana and formerly worked at La Plant Choate Manufacturing. Robbins earned his commission and wings at Luke Field Phoenix Arizona and went overseas in February 1944 after a leave here.
President Roosevelt rejected Frances Perkins resignation and she will remain secretary of labor. Perkins had intended to leave Washington after the inauguration but the move was vetoed on inauguration day and confirmed by a later letter. Perkins, former New York state labor commissioner, faced AFL CIO pressure yet stayed in the cabinet since 1933.
E. E. Kuhnel, FBI Iowa chief, proposed a fingerprint training school for peace officers in Des Moines possibly lasting one to two weeks with FBI experts. Attendees suggested housing at Camp Dodge if agreements with military officials are reached to alleviate shortages of fingerprint personnel.
The London Daily Mail carried a dispatch saying Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was expected to visit Paris with Stephen Early, and Malvina Thompson noted the First Lady has no overseas travel plans.
Russian troops crossed the Oder river and fought in Silesia pressing toward Oppeln Gleiwitz Brieg and Cosel as Stalin announced the capture of Op peln and a key shift in the eastern front. Reports from Moscow and Reuters described bridges, bridgeheads, and heavy fighting near Breslau and Krakow with Rokossovsky and Konev forces advancing toward German supply lines and Berlin defense zones.
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