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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1945
Page
3
The piece notes a warmer tone in U.S. policy and a Truman Stalin Churchill meeting planned, urging cautious expectations as leaders align on broader principles. Harry Hopkins gains prestige, while personal diplomacy remains secondary to durable principles amid wary legislative moves like the cost plus agriculture amendment.
On Okinawa American forces launched simultaneous pre dawn attacks on both flanks of Yaeju plateau. Seventh division and First division marines secured eastern and western anchor points while heavy shelling and flame thrower tactics aided rope assisted ascents. Japanese counter attacks included satchel charges and deep cave defense.
Deanna Durbin, 23, a singing screen star, and Producer Felix Jackson, 43, applied for a marriage license in Las Vegas on Wednesday, initiating plans for their wedding. The Hollywood pairing sparked interest as they proceed with the official process in Nevada.
Washington AP reports a major civilian travel pinch as August shifts half the current Pullman cars and 10 to 12 percent of railroad coaches to military use through March 1946. Air travel demand also tightens with officials urging cutbacks. About 308,000 troops daily will be moved, heightening holiday travel strains.
Cedar Rapids reports describe warm Iowa weather with temperatures around 79 at 2:30 p m on Wednesday, up from Tuesday's 72 in the 4 to 7 p m period. Council Bluffs hit 82 Tuesday while rains touched scattered areas, Estherville logged 53 statewide low at midnight and 55 near 3 to 4 a m.
Cedar Rapids News Virgil Kelly of Van Horne was fined 100 dollars and costs by Judge Harry S. Johnson after pleading guilty to reckless driving. He was arrested at Third Street and Second Avenue SE Tuesday night following a collision in which his southbound car struck the rear of a westbound vehicle driven by Donald Heck of 124 First Avenue NE.
The Rev Marvin B Kober of Mason City will become pastor of St Paul Methodist Church Cedar Rapids district announced by Dr Elton D Wells. He succeeds retiring Dr Charles J Bready with effect after the Upper Iowa conference adjourns in Mt Vernon on June 22. He began July 1 and comes after four years at Mason City First Methodist guiding 700 new members and a building program. He has degrees from Asbury College and Iliff and has held pastorates in Colorado and Denver. He is married.
SAN FRANCISCO United Nations factions clashed over the Yalta voting formula as the Big Five secured a path to charter inclusion. A UN conference committee rejected an Australian bid to soften veto rights with a 20 to 10 vote amid 15 abstentions and five absences.
In Wiesbaden, American occupation forces blocked Russian troops from taking over the border strip of western Czechoslovakia. The shift around Chemnitz proceeded smoothly, while a 12th army group officer said plans on how much American territory the Red Army would hold were not yet clear. Russians moved east of the Mulde, but no further occupation of American-held land occurred pending US-Russia accords.
President Truman announced he asked Cordell Hull to join him in San Francisco for the closing session of the world security conference but Hull felt the trip would be too strenuous for his health. The President expressed keen regret.
Pfc. Clarence Craft of Santa Ana California crushed a six day hold on Hen Hill northeast of Shuri in Okinawa’s central sector. From a crucial position he killed about 30 Japanese troops, cleared machine gun nests and two cave systems with grenades and satchel charges, then held the crest for 20 minutes. His action opened a wedge in the Shuri line and earned praise from Col. Macey Dill. Craft survived unharmed, later recalling he did what had to be done.
London Washington and Moscow announced that Big Three representatives will meet Polish provisional government and democratic leaders in Moscow on Friday to discuss reorganizing the Polish government on a broad democratic basis per the Crimea agreement. Key Polish leaders Boleslaw Bierut Witos and Mikolajczyk will participate while London exiled officials may not.
President Truman announced a Big Three summit with Churchill and Stalin is planned within 40 days but he would not disclose time or place. He praised Hopkins and Davies for obtaining Moscow‑London consensus and said the Polish issue would be settled by a unified government while stressing unity among the Allies.
Linn county ration board says OPA no longer requires windshield gas stickers. B gasoline coupon holders who are salesmen gain increased rations from 475 to 650 miles monthly. C drivers may switch to B coupons on next ration application. Auto use tax stamp expires June 30. new 1945 46 stamp replaces it by July 1, sold at post office for $5.
In London Gen Dwight Eisenhower spoke after receiving the freedom of the city, drawing praise from British papers. The Daily Express printed a full version for its feature page and the Times lauded a unique Anglo American camaraderie under his leadership.
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