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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1945
Page
1
The Senate passes a three year reciprocal trade agreements extension and authorizes tariff cuts, while contrasting domestic policy with international stance. The piece also covers Polish trials, Pearson versus Fyden, and a lighthearted note on the start of summer and weather almanac quirks.
In Moscow, a Soviet court convicted 12 of 16 Poles on subversive charges linked to the Warsaw uprising. Sentences ranged from four months to ten years, with acquittals for three and a postponed trial for another. Major Gen. Okulicki got ten years, Jankowski eight, and others received five years or less.
Dr F F Travis, pastor of Marshalltown Methodist, was named superintendent of the Cedar Rapids district at the Upper Town conference in Mt Vernon. He succeeds Dr FE Wells who will be reassigned July 1. The Upper Iowa conference opened with 153 ministers and 49 lay delegates attending, and district superintendents serve six year terms before possible reassignment.
Special report notes two Central City brothers, Cpl Francis C Miles 24 and Sgt Leo H Miles 24, prisoners of the Japanese in the Philippines, died in 1942 and 1944 respectively. Francis died when the Japanese boat carrying 1775 POWs was sunk October 24 1944. war department records list him as killed in action. The brothers enlisted February 14 1941 in coast artillery, then transferred to infantry. another brother Cpl Kenneth Miles is in the South Pacific. two sisters Catherine and Shirley at home. Mr Mules a World War I veteran.
Brig. Gen. Claudius Easley assistant commander of the 96th Infantry Division was killed by a sniper while directing an assault on Japanese positions in southern Okinawa. He and his aide were observing as troops tried to neutralize a machine gun that had wounded a fellow officer earlier. Easley climbed a rock against orders and died from a bullet above the left eye.
Former President Herbert Hoover urged that when Clinton Anderson becomes secretary of agriculture on July 1 he should have complete control over the nation's food supply prices and distribution. He outlined 12 proposals including transferring OPA powers to agriculture and licensing all packers and dealers.
United Press reports wartime disruptions as 20,000 Packard aircraft motor plant workers in Detroit walk out amid a growing AFL CIO jurisdictional dispute. nationwide idle workers climb past 70,000 with another 39,000 threatening strikes. Detroit bears the heaviest impact with about 30,000 idle.
Paris dispatch reports from Supreme Headquarters that Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering became drug addicts last year. Goering remains on a reduced dosage to avoid driving him to madness.
Earl B. Delzell, Iowa Masonic deputy grand secretary since 1940, to be installed as grand secretary in Cedar Rapids Mt. Hermon lodge by Grand Master William L. Perkins. Delzell becomes fifth grand secretary in Iowa history, succeeding Charles G. Hunt who retires at 79 as grand secretary emeritus. Installation also includes George E. Farmer as deputy grand secretary and Rev. Charles F. Edwards as chaplain successor.
Gen Joseph W Stilwell selected by Gen Douglas MacArthur to command the U S Tenth Army now sweeping Okinawa. He leaves his post in the Pacific to take over after Lt Gen Simon Buckner Jr was killed in action. Stilwell, age 63, known as Vinegar Joe, previously led American ground forces in China and advised Chiang Kai-shek.
The article notes Thursday marked the first day of summer with the solstice at 1 52 p m Central War time. Temperatures climbed from 48 degrees to a high around 82 degrees by mid afternoon as the weatherman and the Gazette writer mark the seasonal change.
The Cedar Rapids forecast predicts partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday with scattered showers and thunderstorms Friday. A record four degree temperature rise occurred in 12 minutes Thursday forenoon from 9 to 9:12 a.m. amid clear skies. Cedar Rapids reported .06 inch rainfall Wednesday. highs reached 81 in Onawa while Marshalltown saw 47 at overnight low. Burlington logged maximum precipitation at 0.4 inch.
Moscow radio reported Hitler among high ranking Germans who arrived at an airfield 80 miles south of Barcelona on May 1. The claim cited is from a broadcast transmitted Thursday and notes several officials were present at the airfield during the flight.
The 10th Army announced the Okinawa struggle is over after 82 days of brutal fighting. Nimitz said organized resistance ended with remnants mopped up, while Radio Tokyo reported U S plans for a direct invasion of Japan. Casualties tally showed Japanese losses around 90,000 plus and U S losses at 35,116 plus earlier.
The Senate approved extending the reciprocal trade agreements law for three years 54 to 21. The measure lets the President cut tariffs further, up to 50 percent beyond 1945 levels, potentially reducing duties to a quarter of the 1930 Smoot-Hawley schedule. President Truman hailed the expanded authority as vital to his aims.
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