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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1944
Page
1
Rembert James reports from aboard the joint expeditionary force flagship that American troops push to a new line above Garapan on Saipan. The advance tightens control amid heavy shelling and costly fighting as Japanese caves and defenses yield under marine and infantry assaults.
MAC R. JOHNSON reports from Saipan that Leatherneck units reached Tapotchau’s 1,554 foot summit after 11 days of brutal fighting from the Charan-Kanoa beach-head. They faced Japanese snipers and night infiltrations, killing about 20 attackers and holding the crest under heavy fire.
United States forces on Saipan have suffered 9,752 casualties since the campaign began, including 1,474 killed, 7,400 wounded, and 878 missing. Nimitz said Japanese losses could not be accurately estimated, while American troops pushed through rugged terrain to seize half the island.
Several hundred delegates from 44 nations met in Bretton Woods New Hampshire to seek a plan for international monetary cooperation. The tentative draft aims to promote trade by stabilizing exchange rates and assisting poorer nations while avoiding a new universal currency. Morgenthau is named temporary president with a likely permanent appointment.
Soviet forces drove on Minsk from northeast east and southeast as Gen. Ivan Cherniakhovsky's Third army crossed the Berezina. German troops retreated through forests to defend the capital of White Russia amid large-scale captives and scattered counterattacks.
Washington AP reports a sharp reduction in the ration allowance for new passenger cars. OPA says only 7,000 cars will be released in July, 22 percent below June and 30 percent under May. About 530,000 cars were in stock when production halted, leaving a three day supply in normal times.
London reports intensified flying bomb raids on southern England with multiple hospital hits and fatalities. Churchill may address Commons next week but details on districts, damage, and defense remain sparse. Official briefings describe rocket propelled gear delivering over one ton explosive loads at 375 mph from indestructible underground depots.
Fragmentary newspaper clipping lists names and columns including David Lawrence Marion Towers Drew Pearson and Walter Winchell among scattered notices and sections such as Radio Sports Comics and Files Movies with incomplete context and dates.
CHICAGO AP A threatened strike of 26 000 over the road truck drivers in seven midwest states scheduled for midnight Friday night has been postponed pending a War Labor board hearing in Washington July 6. The WLB ordered wage increases retroactive to Nov 16 1943 and to July 1 1944. Dexter Lewis said Illinois Ohio Michigan Indiana and most of Wisconsin had complied and were not in the strike plans.
In Grand Canyon Arizona three army airmen were guided back to safety nine days after a dramatic emergency parachute descent into the canyon. Two veteran climbers descended through a deep crevasse sighted from the air to aid their return.
Japanese forces began a northward advance from the Canton area on June 28 aiming to join South Hankow Canton lines and encircle Hengyang. American bombers hit Hengyang railway targets as Liberators bombed Takao Formosa, while Tokyo claimed Allied air losses and Japanese carrier sinks south of the Bonin islands with 55 Allied and 46 Japanese planes down.
Washington AP WPA died officially at midnight Friday in its eight years of life the agency spent over ten billion dollars employing the jobless. The Works Projects administration has been in liquidation during the last year and would fund about 38 days of war spending.
Hollywood comedian Edgar Bergen wore the Medal of the Order of Vasa on Saturday, awarded by King Gustav V of Sweden for advancing Scandinavian American relations.
Allied armies overwhelm German delaying positions in Italy and sweep from the Adriatic to the Tyrrhenian Sea. Clark's Fifth Army converges on Siena while the British Eighth advances near Perugia. Luftwaffe losses and air raids reported as Medium forces hit targets in Hungary and Yugoslavia.
Lt. John J. Shepard Jr., 26, P-38 pilot, reported missing in action over Hungary since June 16. He led a low level strafing attack to the Reggio Emilia airdrome in Italy and damaged eight enemy aircraft. He is from Iowa with brothers in military service and a V-12 student in Davenport.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, Republican candidate for President, drew about 2,500 cheering supporters in Albany as he pledged that November’s election will prove America’s unity and strength in war. He said the nation could argue at home yet stay united in the war effort and thanked the crowd for their confidence. Senator Feinberg introduced him as the next President after an auto parade into the capitol. Albany Mayor Harris greeted him at the station.
Washington dispatch reports from the Office of Defense Transportation urging Americans to avoid holiday travel. The agency says trains and buses have no room for nonessential trips and warns civilians may be left stranded or evicted if space is needed for wounded service members. Chief J Monroe Johnson stresses space priority for casualties and essential travel only via a nationwide NBC broadcast.
The Ridgeway Darby Coal company mine at Clover Fork, Harlan County, Kentucky, reported trapping eighteen miners by a coal mine fire. Rescue squads were dispatched as first details remained unclear.
Allied dispatches report American forces capturing most of Cap de la Hague and advancing near Cherbourg while British forces hold the Odon salient at Caen. Rommel races tanks to stem the push as RAF heavy bombers strike German armor at Villers-Bocage and rail lines feeding the front.
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