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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1944
Page
1
Cedar Rapids police have pursued advanced combat and enforcement training, urging that officers not only master techniques but also rely on strong supervisor and public backing to uphold laws after the war. Reports of wartime indifference to traffic laws and public corruption risk lax enforcement, requiring steady, civic-backed effort.
Raymond Paul Patrick, 20, of Monroe City Mo, confessed to a triple slaying near Hunnewell Mo that claimed Albert and Ladwin Foltz and Mrs Foltz. The Iowa Missouri case began with Ladwin Foltz found in a Farmington culvert and led to Patrick’s arrest after checks connected him to the victims. Police filed first degree murder charges as Patrick described the sequence from a tavern quarrel to the killings and disposal of bodies.
Allied air forces Pounded France Germany Hungary and Yugoslavia with about 2250 U S bombers and fighters in seven days of air action. Major targets included Emmerich oil refineries in Germany and facilities near Budapest and Belgrade. Losses totaled 554 planes with 42 000 tons of bombs dropped as the Luftwaffe allegedly shrank to around 2000 planes.
Hollywood report states Charlie Chaplin agreed to support Joan Barry and the baby claimed to be his. The paternity suit has been postponed to at least December 1320.
A House military affairs subcommittee report finds mismanagement by Col Theodore Wyman Jr and his Honolulu contractor associate Hans Wilhelm Rohl delayed the aviation warning network before Pearl Harbor. It cites contracts, drunken parties, and Wyman’s conduct as factors, while urging action by the War Department.
German DNB news agency reported Allied warships began a heavy bombardment of the channel port Le Havre on Wednesday.
Delegates at the Linn county Republican convention on June 30 will name the party’s candidate for auditor after the official canvass of last week’s primary. The canvass showed no formal nomination in the auditor race, with Vernon Brockman leading a large write-in vote but not meeting the 10 percent threshold. The count revealed 1,445 total write-ins across 47 precincts, dominated by Republicans.
Allied reports describe heavy fighting across a 100 mile Normandy front. American and British forces push from Caen toward Caumont and Villers Bocage while pursuing gains west of Carentan and south toward Montebourg. German divisions involved include four armored units in the Caen area as bombardment and counterattacks continue.
The navy announced U S battleships joined the three day attack on the Marianas while another task force bombarded Kurile bases. American air losses in the Marianas for the first two days totaled 15 0 and 19 men. No U S ship has been hit.
The House defeated the Senate approved Bankhead Brown cotton textile amendment 87 to 191 in a bid linked to the price control extension bill. McCormack warned Roosevelt would veto any extension containing the inflationary clause. A largely party line vote saw Southern Democrats strong for ceilings to parity raw cotton price and mills profits.
The Allied supreme command extended a warning to fishermen in Europe’s northern coastal waters to remain in port to avoid interfering with Allied operations. The initial request urged a voluntary fishing halt for ten days until 9 p.m. Thursday across Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Norway, and northern French waters.
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