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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1945
Page
3
A satirical look at meat shortages touches on price policy errors and calls for broad funded social welfare financed by undisguised levies. The piece condemns hodgepodge mechanisms favoring special interest groups and urges general public funding for health education and recreation. The column condemns prison accident claims influenced by outside pressure and mocks heated partisan rhetoric by Senator McKellar.
Cedar Rapids to brace for Cedar River crest nearing flood stage as Waterloo and Charles City areas report higher stages. Public Improvements Commissioner D L Williams says sandbag crews are ready and volunteers may be called to fill bags at the city barns on Seventh avenue and H street SW.
Cedar Rapids records 75 degrees as river crests threaten weekend flood. Waterloo gauges rise to near 20 feet prompting protective actions. Charles City and Cedar Rapids brace for crest with dikes breached and basements flooded. North Iowa reports show ongoing rising waters and closures.
The Duke of Windsor Edward VIII resigns as governor general of the Bahamas effective end of April. William Lindsy Murphy will succeed him as governor general. The abdicated king seeks broader opportunities and may take a post fostering Anglo American ties after the war.
President Roosevelt told a news conference that Americans must curb consumption to aid others as the nation weighs food policy. He cited sugar as an example and endorsed a Byrnes committee studying exports to prevent starving people abroad. He stressed decency and warned the U S might not suffer excessively.
The Duke of Windsor said he will resign as Bahamas governor at the end of April after nearly five years in office, noting he will complete almost the five year maximum tenure. Government officials said the move was not unexpected. The announcement was relayed to D. J. B. Robey in Miami after the London notice surfaced.
The Big Three may form a commission on Romania after a U S call for consultations over a Communist led government in Bucharest The Groza cabinet began March 6 signaling Russian influence and Prague agreements test Allied unity amid Poland talks and Crimean charter aftermath
The navy announced on Saturday that 4,189 American marines were killed at Iwo Jima and that the battle has been won. Wounding 15,308 and 441 missing, total casualties reach 19,938, with over 21,000 Japanese killed or captured. Resistance ceased at 6 pm Friday after breakthroughs at Kitano point. Admiral Nimitz praised the marines and supporting forces for a historic, pivotal victory.
Staff Sgt. Jack Melvin Broxey, 19, son of Mr and Mrs W C Broxey, 2733 O Avenue NW, Iowa, was among five Iowans reported liberated by Soviet advance. He had been missing in action in Belgium since Sept 6, 1944 and was held as a prisoner of war for about a year.
The Red Cross war fund reached $118,635 by Thursday audit, about 88 percent of a $135,000 goal. Friday set the deadline for final reports as auditors delay announcements of over quota firms and divisions until Saturday. Co-chairman Harvey C. McClary said most women’s division reports were already filed.
War dispatch from Remagen describes near nonstop anti aircraft fire as U S and Allied forces push across the Rhine. The Remagen bridgehead grows, supplies and troops stream in, while German forces retreat from cragged hills and shell torn roads toward the west.
A Cedar Rapids drive aims to raise 25000 toward a 150000 Nile Kinnick Memorial fund. Committee chair Craven Shuttleworth called current progress a disgrace and urged Iowa alumni to contribute, noting the fund will support 20 to 25 modest University of Iowa scholarships and may grow to a larger trust over time. The campaign will begin immediately with the Young Men's Bureau assisting and war bonds acceptable as contributions.
American troops breached the east bank defenses and opened a six-lane Rhine Ruhr Berlin corridor seven miles northeast of Remagen. The Third and Seventh armies pressed a nutcracker offensive into the Saar basin as Patton’s Fourth armored division crossed the Moselle near Coblenz in bold flank moves.
Havana AP dispatch reports Genovevo Perez, head of Cuba's armed forces, announcing that a rebellion against President Gran San Martin's administration has been quelled. The government stated the uprising was suppressed Friday.
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