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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1944
Page
2
Richard D McMillan reports from France as British and German armor clash in a Normandy valley. A rose crushed by tank treads lies beside a dead British soldier and two German youths, while smoke from smoldering villages and the roar of battle fill the scene. A German prisoner, a 17 year old boy, walks the bloodied road toward captivity.
Boeing disclosed a wartime production surge for the B-29 Superfortress. Five plants Seattle Renton Wichita Omaha Marietta will manufacture the giant bombers, with engines built by Wright Aeronautical and Chrysler Dodge units. The plane promises unprecedented power, a 16 foot propeller, and advanced aerodynamics for the war effort.
In Columbia South Carolina a 14 year old Black boy, George Jumius Stinney Jr., was put to death in the electric chair for the confessed murder of two white girls as they picked wild flowers. He offered no statement before execution. He remains the youngest to die in the district chair. Despite appeals from multiple groups urging commutation due to age, Governor Olin D Johnston did not intervene.
Minneapolis report outlines two key electronic aids for the B 29 Superfortress. An electronic turbo regulator and an electronic automatic pilot, developed with Wright Field, enable higher, more precise flight and allow the bombardier to rely on automated course control during bombing runs. The system steadies the aircraft, reduces pilot workload, and can execute multiple course corrections per minute to hit targets at high altitude.
Wendell L. Willkie said Spangler offered to provide a ticket so he could listen to the convention. He has not decided to attend and has not been invited to address the convention or appear before the resolutions committee.
American pilots in southern England report observing a Nazis’ pilotless craft about 50 feet long. Lt Col Leslie Bratton of Hastings Nebraska, deputy group commander, compares its size to an A-20 and a Marauder with short rounded wings. Second Lt Eugene Budrik, 24, notes a trampling slamming sound from the craft.
The House Appropriations Committee approved a 2.595 billion supply bill for the coming fiscal year including navy rocket development and OPA operations. It earmarked 177.75 million for OPA to expand enforcement against black markets, cut 4.502 million below budget bureau request but 8.25 million above this year’s operations. The panel also funded 1,239 more investigators by reallocating elsewhere, plus navy replacement vessels, 1,000,000 tons of landing craft, and ordnance materials.
Cedarsquadron officers announce a 10 a.m. Sunday drill at Hunterfield for the combined cadet and regular squadron in preparation for the war bond rally parade on June 21. Those without transport are asked to contact flight leaders.
The YMCA pool will reopen Saturday after a weeklong closure for pool and filter system repairs. Department members are invited to attend in the morning with friends. Classes for girls and women and schedules for men will resume. The pool will be available to Aircrew men Sunday afternoon.
Baron Gabriel Apor, Hungarian minister to the Vatican, suddenly resigned and urged envoys in Helsinki Bern Stockholm Lisbon Madrid and Istanbul to join him in creating a committee for national liberation. He proposed fellow envoys quit and similarly form the committee.
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