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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1945
Page
16
The piece by Harry Boyd reports Chester Bowles warning that inflation remains the top danger as the OPA extends. It contrasts macroeconomic metrics with the needs of ordinary workers facing limited postwar raises and uncertain living standards. It laments Near East censorship, echoes Hitler Mussolini and Japan missteps, and argues for timely decisive peace actions and practical guidance for citizens.
Former President Herbert Hoover commended President Truman for addressing the domestic food muddle, praising the plan to consolidate the War Food Administration with the Agriculture Department and appoint Clinton Anderson as agriculture secretary. He warned of maldistribution and black markets and noted a hog population drop while stressing fats’ importance alongside bread.
A high Russian military source said a body found in Berlin is almost certainly Adolf Hitler. Four corpses recovered from the ruined Reich Chancellery were examined, with teeth and characteristics supporting identification. Goebbels and family died by poisoning. the fate of the others remains undisclosed.
Washington AP Republican food study committee chaired by Jenkins says OPA food functions should move to the Agriculture Department and food authority be removed from OFS. He cites unresolved disputes between War Food Administration and OPA as bottlenecks. Agriculture Secretary should be empowered to push production to meet demand.
Lawrence E. Murray, 19, a storekeeper who joined the navy in 1941, is missing in action after the destroyer Luce was reported sunk off Okinawa. He lived at 1412 Fifth avenue SE Cedar Rapids and attended McKinley High School. Murray’s parents, Mr and Mrs Edwin Murray of Phoenix, Arizona, were informed.
Cedar Rapids and vicinity expect mostly cloudy skies with intermittent rain tonight and Thursday. Temperatures edge lower with a March-like pattern across Iowa. a glimmer of warmer, fair weather may arrive by Saturday. River levels and overnight readings are noted with Cedar River at 8.9 feet early Wednesday and a Cedar Rapids low around 48 degrees.
Carroll Mitchell recalls the June 6 1944 invasion and its toll on Cedar Rapids with names and places. Tech Sgt Roy J Cook and Paratrooper Clair Scott died on Normandy beaches. The city’s 158 dead in action by June 6 1945 and Linn County totals are noted. Ernie Pyle’s words cited. The piece links to page 8 column 3.
President Truman ordered the seizure and operation of Humble Oil and Refining company plants at Ingleside Texas via Secretary Ickes due to a labor disturbance. The facilities are deemed essential for crude oil and other war vital products, with operation threatened by the dispute.
The American Council on Education urged delaying peacetime conscription noting lack of faith in postwar security arrangements. It represents 719 institutions and urged a national commission to study defense, citing a survey of 1,196 heads showing 77 percent favor delaying action and 47 percent opposed to peacetime training.
Chinese troops retook Liuchow, a former American air base, as Japanese forces were pushed back from central Kwangsi province. The victory comes as Chinese columns closed in from multiple directions, with Liuchow’s fall signaling a potential early collapse of Japanese control in the area. The move would place Canton and Hongkong within range of Allied air operations.
Washington AP reports that food rations for hotels and restaurants will be trimmed in July and August to align with housewives purchasing power. OPA will announce the measures, targeting quality restaurants and large portions with 20 percent cuts on meats and fats, 12 to 15 percent on fruits and vegetables, and 20 to 25 percent on sugar.
AP dispatch notes unusual communique from Admiral Nimitz omitting ground operations on Okinawa and signaling possible end of island resistance. Reports tallied enemy shipping hits off Korea and Honshu, and British fleet losses, with weather hampering Okinawa air activity.
Frankfurt dispatch reports American losses in Europe from D-Day to V-E Day totaling 514 534. Of these 89 477 were killed, 367 189 wounded and 57 877 missing. Combined British and Canadian casualties for the period totaled 184 512 with 39 599 killed, 126 545 wounded and 18 368 missing.
In Commons Sir John Anderson said there was no chance of a Big Three meeting in London. An unconfirmed Graz radio broadcast said Marshal Stalin favored a parley soon.
Cedar Rapids based First Lt. Alfred R. Ellis piloted an army transport carrying 18 Wacs on a 766 mile Africa flight from Accra to Roberts field Liberia. The aircraft last reported over Takoradi as search efforts span the Ivory Coast. Ellis, 36, is listed missing with two crew members and the 18 Wacs, who had been reassigned to a new command. His mother has been notified.
Detroit city desk reports that a Japanese balloon has fallen in Michigan within the last few months. The Sixth Service Command released only that the balloon carried no bombs. Capt. Donald S. Leonard, state civilian defense director, said exact location and discovery date could not be disclosed due to censorship, with publication allowed after prior New York announcements.
The War Food Administration announced that civilian meat allotments for July to September will be about the same as the current quarter, despite total supplies being about 9 percent smaller. The annual per capita rate would be about 115 pounds dressed weight. The second quarter shortfall may drop the rate to 110 to 112 pounds, with any third quarter slack offset by reductions in military allotments and by suspending lend-lease and foreign relief shipments.
Hollywood report says Superior Judge Clarence L. Kincaid denied Charlie Chaplin's motion for a new trial in the paternity case brought by Joan Barry. The ruling concludes the court will proceed with the case as filed.
Tokyo reported that thirty smaller type planes from new American airfields on Okinawa attacked Japanese death by own action bases in Kyushu, southern Japan, for about an hour on Wednesday.
Berlin reports a last minute friction over wording in the Big Four pact with Germany. Soviet Marshal Zhukov and American, British, and French envoys debated nationalism wording and war claims as talks broke up without a set date for a follow up.
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