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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1944
Page
5
A U S Army reporter recounts surviving a 2000 pound robot bomb strike on a double decker in Southern England. Passengers crawl from debris, a British sailor declares the luck of being alive, and the driver narrowly escapes as rescue workers arrive. Passengers share nerves, humor, and fare memories after the blast.
Reporter describes U S Marines directing relief and processing lines at Charan Kanoa. Civilians, Chamorros and Japanese, are moved to separate stockades with Chamorros assisting transport. Japanese women and children are housed in a sheltered block while men and Okinawan workers are kept apart. morale appears altered from earlier terror as supplies stack and order forms.
A description of women who kept their distance and showed neutral expressions as the narrator walked by they bowed and yielded ground, their faces stolid without evident sadness happiness welcome or defiance.
Market summary listing hogs by weight and price bands from 160 to 500 lbs, packers ranges, and bid notes. Cattle section shows steers from choice to common and yearlings, cows, bulls, and calf market prices. Lambs and ewes priced by weight and wool/shorn status. notes on price adjustments for light and heavy weights.
A sequence of local death notices from Millersburg Marengo and surrounding towns record recent passings. Will Herren aged 52 from near Millersburg died of a heart attack with World War I service noted. Other obituaries include Mary Hanna Wilson of Marengo 85, Fred Gode 75, Mrs. Fred W. Smith 66, Albert J. Hahn 53, Fred Christeleit 49, John A. Carlson 46, and M. J. Compton 76. Surviving spouses children siblings and multiple relatives listed with funeral details and residence notes.
Grain and farm goods prices listed for corn oats wheat and rye plus straw hay and poultry delivered prices. Wholesale fruits vegetables celery lemons naval oranges lettuce onions sweet potatoes apples potatoes and hides and calves horses and ponies with varying grades and weights.
Berlin radio chief military correspondent Martin Encleben said Nazi front lines show restricted action and warned against overoptimism. He noted recent Anglo American and Soviet advances have cost Germany positions on the outer defense ring.
Special to The Gazette reports Stanley Dor thy Verna Maley and Lt. E D Halstead wed at Camp Gordon Ga Rae English appointed acting postmaster at Conesville Clyde and Mrs Foster buy Letts hotel for raze and bungalow Lyle K Ramer returns home on furlough after two years in Africa Italy Tipton bridge sounding spot found 30 feet deep Wyoming Lutheran church to affiliate with American Lutheran Nina Smith sails for Africa mission field Tipton Elsie Spengler sues for divorce seeking custody Calmar Gold Star mother Marit Halvorson turns 93 with open house and five daughters plus sons and daughters-in-law in attendance.
At noon Tuesday in St Sauveur le Vicomte American guns opened fire on German lines. From 37 mm pieces to heavy rifles and thousands of machine guns, the Yankee barrage joined in a great Independence Day display. It was described as one of the greatest July 4 fireworks events in history.
Supreme Commander Eisenhower made a special trip to personally present 22 Distinguished Service Crosses and two Legion of Merit emblems to members of the American Fighting First division, disclosed Tuesday.
Former commerce department official William Lavarre accuses Washington and allied agencies of wiping out foreign markets for American firms. He cites prewar India exports cut by wartime quotas and asserts officials leak information to British authorities. Lavarre links censorship intercepts to the loss of overseas orders and criticizes New Deal foreign policy.
Rome AP reports Allied forces breach toward Livorno within 15 miles as the Eighth Army nears Arezzo inland with actions along the Gothic Line from Pisa to Rimini. Nazi forces withdraw toward Livorno and Cecina while Magione sees heavy fighting near Lake Trasimeno. The Fifth Army reports 26 500 prisoners since May 11, totaling over 40 006 since Salerno.
Morris Neff, 23, who hid in his home for three years to avoid the draft, registered Monday with selective service board No. 3 of Cadess county. Earlier Neff and his parents, Mr and Mrs William H Neff, were held for federal grand jury action, the son on charges he failed to register for the draft and the parents on counts of conspiring, aiding and abetting to have the son fail to register. Botts said he was unwilling to prosecute, but would leave the decision to Washington. Neff said he hoped they will take him in the army. FBI agent Richard G Danner confirmed the details.
A Reuters report from Ankara says five baby boys were born in Mardin and all are doing well.
Marion residents petitioned the city council to grade Keyes court and supply rock. The council referred the petition to the streets and alleys committee and urged cooperation with garbage haulers. The council voted to require homeowners to repair sidewalks where tree roots damage them, with the city performing repairs at the owner's expense if they fail.
Allied troops captured Ukhrul, a Japanese stronghold 24 miles northeast of Imphal on the India Burma border. Stilwell’s forces claim 17,700 Japanese killed in northern Burma. only 100 Japanese prisoners. Chinese efforts near Myitkyina and Tengchung report advances. German correspondents in Tokyo note shifting narratives on Pacific victories.
The United States marked its 168th July 4 and a war effort mood as travel surged across railroads buses and airlines. New York faced a holiday exodus while officials urged staying close to home and extra trains were added. Chicago workers kept production intact at war plants per WPB guidance.
A Bedford New Hampshire explosion shattered thousands of windows within a 70 mile radius. Seven and a half tons of dynamite stored in a long one story warehouse owned by the Varreck organization and linked to Du Pont caused a massive blast. No fatalities reported though many were injured by flying glass and several treated in hospitals. Federal investigators from the Boston FBI office were on scene to determine who set off the explosives.
Ambassador Norman Armour arrived at Washington airport from Buenos Aires to report to Secretary Hull and President Roosevelt on the situation between the United States and Argentina.
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower will have final authority over Belgium during its military liberation with civil authorities ruling once Germans are driven out. The agreement signed May 16 in London by the United States Great Britain and the Belgian government in exile sets Belgian courts to try traitors and collaborationists and calls for the king or regent to resume constitutional duties. The Belgian government in exile consented to grant facilities to Allied troops for the war effort.
Dr B J Moon a Cedar Rapids surgeon for 20 years is elevated to president of Linn County Medical Society with Dr C S Day as president-elect. Officers include Dr E H Files vice president Dr D S Challed secretary and Dr J R Flynn treasurer. Moon a University of Iowa medical college graduate interned at Minneapolis General and St Francis New York. He named a history committee including Dr E M Adams who has 50 years in practice.
London dispatch reports an American fighter pilot engaged a hovering robot bomb over southern England. He fired at the nose, forcing the robot to dive and explode in a field away from the village, reportedly sparing local residents from harm.
Stanley Fox was taken to Rochester Minnesota by ambulance after a haying accident late Monday. He suffered a fractured vertebrae temporary paralysis and unconsciousness. His assistant Forrest Kelly 16 received minor spinal injuries. The wagon double tree broke causing loss of control and throwing them off the road.
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