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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1945
Page
5
Civilian pullman service will end July 15 for trips of 450 miles or less to free cars for military movement. About 900 cars will be withdrawn, leaving two thirds of all pullmans for military use. The order targets sleeping cars only, not chair cars or diners.
Two hundred veterans of ground and aerial warfare in Europe were moved to pullman sleepers after riding antiquated coaches across the country. They will continue by Union Pacific to Fort MacArthur and Western Pacific to Camp Beale. The group includes members of the 95th Division and the Eighth Air Force. One veteran summed up the common complaint about the journey. Train officials noted the remaining coaches lacked water and had toilets out of order at the last stop.
CAMP SHANKS NY UP Maj Charles K Lord chief transportation officer at the army redeployment camp here disclosed Saturday that only 9 percent of the European veterans shipped out of here by rail are able to get pullman transportation. Lord said more than 40,000 men had been shipped to various points in the United States during the last 30 days. Only 257 of the 4,913 men who left Friday rode in pullmans. There was considerable complaining among the men who left Friday a camp spokesman said.
Washington reports Rep. Lyle H. Boren charges a legal looking Wall Street scheme to drain the U S Treasury of 500 million dollars annually through Swindle Inc He names figures at American Power and Light Blythe Co First Boston and others and cites a Nebraska Power sale as example of the ruse prompting hearings by the Interstate Commerce subcommittee to curb the alleged tax dodging manipulation
Washington confirms Fred M. Vinson as President Truman’s nominee to replace Henry Morgenthau Jr. as secretary of the treasury. Vinson, 55, is a former congressman, long tied to fiscal affairs, former Office of Economic Stabilization chief, and a judge on the D.C. circuit court. He currently directs war mobilization and reconversion, with Ashland, Kentucky as home.
Two breakins netted burglars about 600 dollars in cash and merchandise. Jackets and mackinaws worth 312.50 were stolen from a basement storeroom under the Harmony cafeteria since April 18, reached by cutting a wall. Merle Norman cosmetics studio in the Iowa theater building lost 200 to 300 dollars in cash and checks from a box between 7 and 9 p.m. Friday. Entrance was gained by jimmying the front door lock.
Lt Gen Roy S Geiger, head of Pacific Marine forces, told reporters Japan is ripe for invasion and U S troops can land anytime. He warned civilian resistance may occur in Japan but American firepower would prevail, noting kamikaze planes were a nuisance and morale was weakening.
Washington AP The government will raise civilian butter supply about 12 percent in August allowing a small reduction in ration points. New value expected at 20 points a pound down from 24. Civilian supply rising to about 90 million pounds from 80 million. Increase due to revision in war requirements.
Ottawa Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced that the Canadian government has recognized the Polish government of national unity. The move aligns Canada with Poland after the civil conflict and signals support from the Ottawa administration.
The House approved a five point tax revision moving to aid reconversion and employment. It boosts the excess profits exemption from 10,000 to 25,000 for 1946, accelerates refunds, and frees $1.3 billion in bonds earlier. Debates centered on railroads and retroactivity for exemptions, with leaders noting limited changes to overall corporate taxes.
Dorothy Coleman 20 drowned July 3 in the Wapsipinicon near Troy Mills. Pilot Willard I. Carson, Troy Mills feed store owner, spotted the body from the air five miles downstream at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Deputies confirmed the discovery, and the body was taken to Beatty mortuary in Cedar Rapids. Services set for 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Beatty chapel. Burial in Morrison cemetery. Surviving relatives include her parents Bert and Mary Coleman and several siblings. Miss Coleman attended Toddville high school.
Add 2C R Men to war dead rolls reports two more Cedar Rapids men killed in action. Pfe Willard Lineweaver 22 MP killed in Linzig Prussia by a German bazooka. Staff Sgt John F Barton 24 killed on Okinawa June 23. Lineweaver formerly worked for Wilson and Company. Barton a Krejci Brothers grocer employee. Surviving family details listed.
London AP reports Prime Minister Churchill departed Saturday for a vacation in southern France. The British Press Association said he would stay at a manor house near Hendaye during the trip.
A British task force sweeps mines from the invasion sea route to the Malay peninsula and Singapore as Allied air power, including 600-plane Superfortress raids, pounds targets across Japan. Tokyo reports heavy fires, naval losses, and evacuation moves as Japan braces for invasion.
Soviet authorities maintain firm control over Berlin military government while Americans British and French attempt to set up zones and deliver food. Disputes over food reserves and boundaries complicate plans as US moves to assume governance midnight Wednesday and Britain aims for Sunday start. Russian occupation continues in all boroughs with patrols and limited cooperation amid postwar shortages.
Linn county war bond leaders check Friday and Saturday sales to push past the $3,490,000 E bond quota before tonight's deadline. County Chairman George Hearn says they are cross checking every detail as the edge tightens. City Chairman Ed win B. Zeller reports employers backing payroll allotment purchases to credit Linn county by Saturday noon. Northwestern Bell Credit totals $82,335 toward the seventh war loan drive credited to Linn county.
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp South works in Chicago reopened after a 24 hour shutdown caused by a strike. About 10 500 tons of steel were lost due to the unauthorized stoppage as 100 narrow gauge railway operators returned to work following a plea from army and navy officials. CIO leaders said regular grievance procedures would address the dispute.
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