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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1944
Page
5
The piece argues that holding a school election one day and a municipal primary the next wastes resources, and urges qualified voters to back candidates with vision, judgment, and experience. It also comments on press freedom debates, radio punditry, and anti fascist sentiment in current politics.
The second piece in a three story series profiles Ranger Sgt. Donald Hayes recounting perilous raids in Africa and Sicily. He describes being trapped near Gafsa and the stand at Kasserine Pass, with Rangers and native allies fighting to hold a vital highway amid tanks and German offensives.
Pleas of innocent were entered Monday for all 22 defendants named in a legislative graft conspiracy warrant. They stood mute on arraignment before Circuit Judge Leland W. Carr and parties Hi Hayden.
Senate Majority Leader Alben Barkley emerged from a meeting with President Roosevelt smiling, signaling no lingering hard feelings after his revolt over the tax veto messages. The unexpected cordial mood suggested a thaw in recent tensions between Barkley and the White House.
Allied long range guns pounded German positions around the Anzio beach-head while weather limited air activity and ground fighting to isolated clashes. Allied fighters attacked transport and concentrations as American and British planes hit German supply centers north of the lines. Beaufighters harassed shipping near the Spanish coast as one German ship was driven aground. The Kilissi refrigerator ship was reported destroyed off the Ebro estuary, amid claims of Spanish neutrality violations. Allied air forces claimed 36 German planes down with 14 Allied losses on Saturday missions in Italy, Genoa, Padua, Florence, and Toulon.
Cedar Rapids News reports Carl Misbach 42 a chief motor machinist's mate on a sub chaser is missing in action in the South Pacific. Before service he belonged to Cedar Rapids fire department. Son of Mr and Mrs J S Misbach of 820 Second Street NW he entered naval service two years ago this coming June 27.
Collins Radio workers boost war effort with an Army Navy E for excellence and raise 10400 for Red Cross drive, surpassing the 7000 cash quota and 3000 company goal. Red Cross reports lagging, Bell urges quick submissions as county aims for 147000. Two girls donate five dollars by recycling papers and hangers to help push the total higher.
A Partisan communique says two unidentified American officers are leading detachments on Brac and Hvar, aiding Tito’s forces as they clear Adriatic stepping stones for potential Allied operations. On Hvar the unit engaged superior Nazi forces with heavy enemy tolls. On Brac, Partisans reported a successful attack and substantial booty captured.
London AP reports the Red Army seized the major German river port Kherson on the Dnieper, while advancing within 22 miles of the city. Soviet communiques claim 60,000 German deaths in eight days of a southern offensive, as Russians push toward Nikolaev and Proskurov, severing the Proskurov-Cusyatin line and driving toward Tarnopol.
MISS LAWRENCE, crippled by infantile paralysis, will sing Isolde at the Metropolitan Opera despite a stage arrangement using chairs and rocks to simulate action. Lauritz Melchior will play Tristan. she plans to move scenes to benches and gardens, insisting the aria remains powerful while she travels 18,000 miles this season and aims to be upright next year.
London reports a near prospect of outright travel closure between Britain and Ireland to enforce the suspension of cross channel travel. The British order halts most travel, as Eisenhower seeks to curb Axis influence in Eire, amid neutrality pressures and Irish participation in war industries.
Northern Iowa faces more winter as Des Moines forecasts rain or snow tonight with colder air Tuesday. Cedar Rapids earlier saw snow flurries with hail pellets, temp 26 at 2 pm, humidity 50 percent. Highs around 32 Sunday, lows near 15 to 18 after midnight, winds increasing and drifting snow likely.
W C Fields has been selected as the pin-up man for sub-chaser 1360 now at sea. The commanding officer sent a letter noting a large picture of the bulb-nosed comedian on the ship’s bulkheads. The officer wrote that the crew’s morale improves when they see his grin and offered congratulations on the high honor.
Washington report says Chairman Dies of the House Un American Activities Committee pledges a showdown on broadcasting firms and radio commentators allegedly aiding a program of un American propaganda. He vows subpoenas for scripts and possible sponsor and network official testimony to probe motives and disseminating falsehoods. He cites Walter Winchell as targeted by floor remarks and criticizes networks for not allowing response time. He claims up to 60 percent of some commentators statements are utterly false and accuses advertisers of aiding propaganda under libel loopholes.
A raw wind and sleet kept turnout light in the school board election Monday with 952 votes cast by 3 p.m. Precincts 8 and 10 led in activity, 74 and 87 votes respectively, while Precinct 12 and 11 also showed notable totals. Polls stay open until 7 p.m. local time as voters in the southwest side were slower to move out.
Washington notes Col Bryan Houston of OPA says an equalization program may cut basic A gasoline rations in the Midwest and Far West to two gallons a week, matching the east coast rate. Officials say the move would equitable treatment, not big savings. Meantime, period five fuel oil coupons are validated, carrying through Sept 30, with ten gallon allowances for winter heating.
London AP reports US strategic air forces shifted to an extermination campaign against the German air force. Daylight raids target ground factories in clear weather and press through overcast when weather turns bad, aiming to deter fighter response. Weather and warning debates aside, Allied leaders deem the German populace mobilized for war.
A small US Fortress formation bombed northern France with two bombers lost while Thunderbolt escorts flew with no enemy opposition. British Mosquitoes hit western Germany. Liberators attacked Pas de Calais without escort, all returning. RAF Mosquito strikes on Hamburg, one loss. German raiders triggered London warnings with no major damage. Gen McDonald said up to 3,000 Allied planes attacked Nazi targets in February. Feb. 25 saw the largest air lift to date against Germany.
In Washington President Roosevelt nominated Maj. Gen. James H. Doolittle for promotion to lieutenant general. Doolittle, famed for leading the 1942 Tokyo raid, now commands the Eighth Air Force in Britain.
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