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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1945
Page
1
Harry Boyd cites Krug on reconversion planning ahead of war’s end while critics warn against delaying steps. He argues officials shape public opinion by selective facts and urges timely, practical government policies to outline postwar options for industry and community recovery.
The OWI announces a 12 percent cut in civilian meat for April to June, lowering per-person allotments to 115 pounds annually from 130. Beef and pork are reduced while veal lamb and mutton rise. Lend lease meat shipments shrink, and US military needs rise. Britain’s share slashed to 25 million pounds. The plan aims to distribute livestock more evenly among slaughterers amid continued wartime shortages.
Cedar Rapids and Linn county report a Red Cross War Fund total exceeding 142 500 dollars with at least 7500 to spare, surpassing the 135 000 dollar goal. Co chairs R H Pickford and H C MecCrary thank volunteers and contributors and note the drive's efficient operation and final audit to follow.
Water from the Cedar River swelled areas around Cedar Rapids and Waterloo with levels near 18 to 18.4 feet as of 7 30 p m Saturday. Floodwaters closed Burlington Street Southwest and Otis Road Southeast and submerged Palo Road north of Ellis Park late Saturday night.
Tokyo radio claims American carrier planes attacked southern Kyushu and Shikoku with Japanese air squadrons in pursuit. It says Japanese defenses sank part of the enemy fleet and that the carrier raid continued for hours before ending, with actions around Tokyo and the Ryukyu area cited.
Allied forces led by Lt Gen George S Patton captured Coblenz after a rapid 12 hour assault. German withdrawal efforts stalled as American armor drove toward a Rhine crossing while air strikes destroyed hundreds of enemy vehicles.
A visitor to Camp Fire Girls headquarters witnesses teenaged girls display cakes entered in a contest. The cakes impress with tender moist texture and balanced flavors, scoring high on the judge's sheet.
Readers defend Camp Fire Girls as more than cookie baking noting their role in teaching self reliance and skills for modern living. The letter supports President Roosevelt's call for rationing and urges adherence to OPA instructions as food supply concerns rise.
Perrine, Cedar Rapids attorney and Linn county war finance chair, becomes regional director for Linn Cedar Jones Jackson and Clinton counties as George Hearn takes full chair. New appointments include Lester Mitchell county rural chairman and Cedar Rapids city chairman Edwin B Zeller.
Junior L Harrelson 20 was killed in action in Germany March 5 per a war department telegram received Saturday by his parents Mr and Mrs Harry Noid 1304 Third street SW He had served two years and been overseas since November 1944 attached to a tank division A brother Clifford is in France
U S Ninth Army reports American soldiers observe German armament superiority on the western front. The 88 millimeter gun, jet aircraft, bazookas, automatic mortars, mines, booby traps and rocket weapons are noted as formidable. Germans, prewar buildup, also outpace U S in production timing.
Recon photos show Osaka metal industries and several plants destroyed as 300 B 29s drop 2500 tons of incendiaries. Kobe's central locomotive works and other targets burned while the Osaka Arsenal remains standing amid smoke and debris.
Major Thomas M. Nial, a World War I veteran and World War II service member, will launch a veterans service column in The Gazette on Monday. It will appear daily for a week then three times weekly, on the women's page, to help returning service members and their families understand benefits and legislation.
London AP dispatch says a Nazi home radio broadcast named Reu fonl and Momeier reported that a thousand German army officers and soldiers have been executed by courts martial set up at key centers to try cases of desertion and other grave offenses.
Pvt Milo J Kouba 33 has been missing in action in Germany since March 2, confirmed by the War Department to his wife at 1566 Bever Avenue SE. He joined Wilson and Co before enlisting, went overseas May 1944, entered service Dec 3 1942, trained at Des Moines and Fort Warren, Wyo. He is listed with his brother Pvt William McBain who is in Belgium.
Gen Eisenhower warned German civilians and foreign workers in the Frankfurt area to evacuate to safer areas as Allied bombardment was planned. The BBC European service said no shelter would be safe and urged workers to leave workplaces and seek refuge in surrounding countryside until the battle passed.
Casualties in and around Cedar Rapids include 29 killed in action three killed in training 25 missing in action one died in service and eight prisoners- figures gathered from local war reports and defense briefings.
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