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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1945
Page
3
A New York writer argues the G I loan program is bogged down by 40 000 words of VA regulations and red tape. He warns veterans face complex, misleading hurdles and urges Congress to simplify procedures to fulfill public expectations and aid civilian reestablishment.
Allied dispatches report American Seventh Army advances in the Moselle valley near Remich and Butzdorf toward Koblenz while British forces reach 15 miles inside Germany. Patton commands Moselle front as Montgomery drives near the Roer with rail center targets and heavy enemy withdrawals.
Navy release reports carrier based planes sank 70 Japanese ships and destroyed or damaged 68 planes in attacks January 21 in the Ryukyu islands after Formosa strikes. More than 300 enemy planes were tallied January 20 at Formosa with 47 shot down and 125,000 tons of shipping previously reported.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz has moved his Pacific Fleet headquarters well west of Pearl Harbor to get closer to ongoing operations. The relocation was disclosed today by the Associated Press.
U S forces seize the Pampanga town of Angeles 44 miles from Manila as MacArthur reports the 14th corps closing in. Tanks roll through the plaza while locals cheer. First Army Corps drives back attack near Rosario and Clark Field airstrip complex clears enemy from hills southwest of the air base.
Cedar Rapids police urge motorists to dim headlights in town to avoid blinding oncoming drivers and violating city ordinance. Capt Howard Walsh says complaints are rising as some drivers refuse to dim despite approaching cars flashing reminders.
Bob Beckley of Beckley West Virginia known as Bobby Jordan died Saturday of pneumonia. He was one of the original Dead End Kids of stage and movies.
Henry Jahn a 21 year old immigrant from Germany who joined Hitler Youth in youth later became a United States soldier. He arrived in America in 1927 then 1936 and 1943 drafted. He earned the Purple Heart and is recommended for the Silver Star for heroism on the Western Front in Europe. He vows democracy and patriotism and credits his training with making him a capable GI.
In Bastogne Belgium Burgomaster Leon Jacqmain reported United States soldiers looted wrecked homes taking blankets stoves mattresses watches and gold cases. Premier Hubert Pierlot and Maj Gen Maxwell D Taylor heard the claim as Civil Affairs Lt Sherman Hoyt of Cooperstown New York and MPs tried to curb the looting.
Director J Edgar Hoover of the FBI said there is no basis for reports that three German spies with wanted notices have been arrested. He urged citizens not to relax vigilance and to report any information about the agents to the FBI immediately.
Federal Judge Sullivan ruled Roosevelt lacked authority to seize Montgomery Ward properties. Government to appeal. army control to continue pending decision. DA Woll indicated appeal to circuit court or Supreme Court possible next week. Ward argued the company was not a war production plant under the War Labor Disputes Act.
London reports German broadcasts describe Berlin in peril with troops sent from shops and offices to halt the Red Army. The Berlin radio touts Win or Perish as a call to battle as plans to evacuate Berlin emerge with foreign press told to depart. Archives from four ministries reportedly moved to Bavarian Alps hideout areas.
Earl Wilson 12 suffered basal skull fracture and injuries after being struck by W S Mott’s car at First avenue and Sixth street NW. He was in fair condition at St. Luke’s hospital. Police noted skid marks, ice, and a 72 foot stop beyond the impact with no charges filed.
The New China Daily says North China guerrillas crossed into Japanese-held Manchuria. It adds that Japanese troops burned several villages in nearby Jehol province on suspicion of aiding guerrillas.
Pvt. Lee Godfrey of Overland Missouri hid for 28 days beneath a staircase in a German command post during the Bastogne bulge after a German breakthrough. He escaped with aid from two local women who fed him through a crack, and he later handed over three Nazi prisoners after the area was relieved by U S airborne and infantry units.
War casualty totals for Linn County outside Cedar Rapids show 24 killed in action, two killed in training, 22 missing in action, one died in service, and eight prisoners. The figures include 110 killed in action, 20 killed in training, 30 died in service, and 63 missing in action overall.
Soviet forces sealed Poznan after a four day battle and moved within four miles of Konigsberg. Zhukov’s and Rokossovsky’s units linked near Bydgoszcz and Chelmno while advancing toward Danzig and Berlin, with heavy German resistance along the Vistula corridor and at Schneidemuehl.
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