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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1945
Page
19
Meats and foods stamp validity dates listed for book No. 4 and other stamp groups. Divorce decrees and petitions, marriage license, police court cases, and recent births noted with names and addresses.
The city briefs report a Sunday service at St John’s Lutheran to be led by the Rev J Hamilton Dawson from Des Moines. His sermon topic is Wrong Roads to the Kingdom.
Washington AP reported coal operators denounced John L. Lewis new contract demands as creating a labor czar with a $50 to $60 million annual political fund. Key proposals include a 10 cent royalty per ton, a rainy day fund, and reclassifying foremen to union membership, threatening coal shipments during legal disputes.
The Waubeek Warriors reunion for Camp Wauhbeek will take place at the Chamber of Commerce at 7 30 tonight. Dr M D Marr council commissioner and James Maloney Scoutmaster of troop 13 and Waubeek chief lead the program explaining the 1945 Waubeek plan.
Funeral services were held Friday for Elizabeth Grant 87 in San Diego California. She was the daughter in law of a Civil War general and a President.
Cedar Rapids U S O center will stay open as students leave Coe College for the ASTRP. J W Albright says rumors of closure are unfounded and future plans will adjust to conditions. A meeting at the center outlined officer elections and year plans for March 12.
American units from the 83rd division carred toward the Rhine after a rapid advance along the lower Rhine banks. Amid heavy artillery and air support, they overran towns, freed French and Polish prisoners, and pressed toward Cologne as German defenses along the river assume a new line. Civilians remain indoors as towns along the Rhine up river near Düsseldorf and Mönchengladbach fall to advancing Allied forces.
Washington dispatch reports Tokyo has agreed to convene Parliament in a special session to discuss the grave war situation. Indications point to a developing governmental crisis as Prime Minister Gen Kuniaki Koiso's cabinet may fall soon.
President Roosevelt by executive order fixes a six month end after the current national emergency for the government's wartime control of about 13 million acres of public lands. The land would revert from wartime use once the emergency ends.
In Luzon by the First Cavalry Division, troops endure shelling as fresh eggs tempt the chow line. A Japanese machine gun bursts pause the cooks who fear the spilled eggs. Yet men stand firm, not breaking line for fear of losing their breakfast.
John C. Gale, general manager of Union Pacific's eastern district, retires. H. H. Larson, formerly of Harlan Iowa, is named acting general manager of the district. Paul Rigdon, UP active vice-president of operations, announced the change.
Washington AP reports the Senate amended a manpower bill to curb farmer induction. Senator Tydings Md removed a 4-F provision facing prison terms and fines for leaving farm jobs. The amendment, adopted by voice vote, bars the drafting of essential agricultural workers.
The committee on small business aims to provide equity financing and long term loans at fair rates. Members include Edward E. Brown Prentiss M. Brown Ralph E. Flanders Eric A. Johnston Thomas B. McCabe John W. Snyder and Ernest G. Draper. Senate vote approved a pared down post with ten Republicans joining 45 Democrats and LaFollette in support.
Rome reports no envoy yet named by Italy while Paris confirms Count Carlo Sforza as ambassador designate. Sforza, ex foreign minister and Milan exile, was once considered for premiership or foreign minister. British and U S officials express caution over influence in postwar governments.
President Roosevelt stated that Jesse H. Jones no longer heads federal loan agencies after being ousted as secretary of commerce. Jones said he would hand the secretaryship to Wayne C. Taylor, but the President indicated Jones is not remaining as loan administrator awaiting a successor. The exchange touched on ongoing affairs and referenced Yalta humor.
King Ibn Saud announces that all of Saudi Arabia except the holy shrines rejects neutrality and joins the war against Japan and Germany. The exception is made to preserve sanctuary at Mecca and Jidda, keeping the sanctuaries neutral.
With the filing deadline past, only two candidates Ed Moorman and Dr Myron Koenig, both incumbents, seek three year terms in the March 12 Cedar Rapids school board election. The election proceeds unopposed despite low voter interest and light voter registration.
The War Labor Board summoned company and union leaders to Washington to justify continuing Detroit area strikes. Detroit area plants including three Chrysler facilities and Briggs units halted output of aircraft parts and trucks, with 33 000 idle workers reported. UAW leaders warned that continued disciplinary discharges fuel further shutdowns. A mass meeting of 13 600 strikers booed officials, delaying talks.
U S Ninth Army captured Rheydt birthplace of Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Propaganda Minister. The two story brick home at 102 Joseph Goebbels strasse was battered and habitable, surrounded by demolished buildings except for a large rallying hall memorial to Goebbels.
Dr Karl A Stiles Bert H Bailey professor of biology and chairman of natural sciences at Coe College will become associate professor at Michigan State College on July 1. He has taught at Coe since 1939 and contributed widely to science through research articles textbooks and manuals.
President Roosevelt, returning from the Crimea, suggested it might not be a bad idea to employ German ex-soldiers to repair war damage in the Soviet Union. He outlined that treaties on reparations and other issues would be sent to the Senate, along with the world security charter to be drafted in San Francisco on April 25. He noted the USSR’s view on German labor and said he does not favor German slavery, while hinting a future treaty with Germany may be needed. He avoided discussing Flynn’s Moscow mission or the April 25 opening date.
Washington AP reported OPA boosts in blue points for four canned fruits and one vegetable effective Sunday. Mixed fruits peaches pineapple and pears rise by 20 points to 890 for No 214, tomatoes No 2 gain 10 points to 30, while No 10 apples drop to 80 points and applesauce No 2 falls 20 points to 10.
London dispatch reports a Polish government spokesman saying a radio message from Poland confirms the arrest by the Russian secret police of Mrs. Tomasz Arciszewski wife of the Polish exile prime minister.
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