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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1944
Page
1
Daily devotional urges confidence in God's all sufficient love as the anchor for life. Romans 8 38 39 is cited to affirm a sovereign certainty beyond doubt. Readers are urged to declare I am certain and to pray for steadfast strength in spiritual struggle through Jesus Christ.
Admiral Kinkaid praised the operation as superb while MacArthur led the first wave at 13 500 feet without oxygen his green fatigues ignored by the enemy observers. He walked the strip and awarded the Distinguished Service Cross to Lt Frank Henshaw before boarding the barge.
The article recalls General MacArthur touring the beachhead after an invasion, praising the landing forces and urging them to hold their gains. He congratulated Brig. Gen. William C. Chase and then transferred to a PT boat before heading to New Guinea for further command.
A Brooklyn grand jury indicted Vincent J. Amoroso 31 on saboteur charges over alleged faulty welding of an armor plate in the battleship Missouri. Prosecutors say the defect could have caused a seam to crack on firing and seek up to 30 years.
Lt Donald C Holland, wounded in Italy on November 29, is awarded the Purple Heart. The medal was presented to his wife at 407 Eighth Street SE. A former Iowa National Guard member, he serves in the Thirty fourth Division and has three years in service with two overseas. He earned the commission for meritorious service in Africa and is now hospitalized in Italy. His brother Sgt Dale Holland is also stationed in Italy.
Cpl Ernest Andrie is moved from Pyote Texas to Blythe California. Aboard notes list motor machinists mates and their families visiting Marion Central City. Several servicemen return home on furlough and leave from camps in Camp White Pendleton Polk Fannin and Camp Bennion. Others report to training bases in Indiana Idaho California and Florida with family updates and commissions noted.
Baron C. Leib, a pioneer Marengo grocer, died Tuesday at age 67. Services are set for 2:30 p.m. Friday at the Masonic temple with burial to follow.
Madeline Wicklam, 19, of 515 Sixth avenue SE, suffered cuts and bruises when the car she rode in collided with a telephone pole at Eighth avenue and Fifth street SF. Driver Ted Albertson, 16, of 420 Sixth street SE, said he misjudged the turn. Wicklam was taken to Mercy hospital and was reported in good condition.
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