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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1944
Page
2
NADINE SUBOTNIK reports Hoops Herf introduces a new quiz show titled Stop or Go hosted by Joe E Brown with contestants on a mythical journey. The half hour program runs 9 30 to 10 p m Thursday on Blue and KXEL with guest stars including Dorothy Lammour for the premiere.
Hour by hour listings for WMT WGN WHO KXEL and more show a full day of programs from morning devotions to nightcap music. Notable items include Kitty Foyle World News Dinah Shore Lum Abner and Grandpa broadcasts with multiple stations presenting dramas comedies and news bulletins.
BAY CITY Texas health officials awaited lab results on fresh fruits and vegetables to identify the source of a mysterious poison that has struck an estimated 2000 people. Doctors and state health technicians said they would be stumped if tests don’t reveal the origin. Symptoms include violent stomach illness nausea and diarrhea with no deaths reported.
A Stockholm dispatch cites an unconfirmed report claiming generals Voelch Fuchs and Heisinger were executed on Hitler's orders for refusing an attack near the Dnieper bend due to ammunition shortages. The report also says Luftwaffe General Hoepfiner was demoted for the same reason.
Allied bombers sank a Japanese destroyer and two small cargo ships off the northern New Guinea coast above Wewak Monday night. The raid aimed to block reinforcements to coastal garrisons. MacArthur announced the operations, noting 160 tons of bombs dropped on Wewak and a 133 ton raid on Rabaul from the Solomons.
A group of 24 Republican freshmen in the House urged Secretary of State Cordell Hull to explain American postwar goals and policy. They criticized his Tuesday national address as vague and pressed for public objectives, asking why wartime aims are not clearly defined. Hull invited a Friday meeting to discuss their questions, with hope the briefing will sharpen their understanding of U.S. postwar plans in Europe and Latin America.
Wen dell L. Willkie calls Gerald L. K. Smith’s claim that a Willkie representative promised him anything in return for support an absolute falsehood. Willkie states no authorized agent approached Smith and recalls thanking Smith for opposing him in Detroit last year.
Rev. R. Parks of Beth el A M E church Cedar Rapids told a Coe College chapel audience Tuesday that the Negro desires to share in all the nation’s demands and benefits. He said no sacrifices are too great for the Negro to make for his country noting his blood has flowed in every American war including the Revolution.
Randolph Paul, longtime advocate of higher wartime taxes, resigned Wednesday as general counsel of the U S Treasury. He informed President Roosevelt that he could contribute little more in this field, and Roosevelt accepted with great regret.
Between 30 and 40 German shells struck the American field hospital at Anzio Tuesday, killing five patients and wounding eleven. The attack marked the latest toll in hospital casualties since the January landings, with all U S hospital units now consolidated in one area marked by Red Cross symbols.
Congress approved the United States joining UNRRA pledging time money and effort to rebuild health and welfare of liberated nations. The measure authorizes 1.35 billion for relief but requires a future appropriation before any expenditures.
Japanese officials revoke the four month limit on student labor conscription and broaden the labor service program to include both girls and boys for indefinite periods.
A mid air collision over Maxwell Field injures no listed Iowans and kills three officers and two enlisted men from the four engine bomber unit attached to the Maxwell field school. The crash occurred Wednesday authorities said.
Major Kansky recounts a mobile war with no true front line. He details service across Sicily, Italy, Corsica, and Africa, praising General Patton and describing Allied air and naval support, frontline detachments, and training with Italian battalions before his Cedar Rapids-backed unit reached broader action.
Overseas promotion to major in 1943 marked Kansky’s service. He arrived March 17 and is on a 23 day leave with Mrs Kansky at 1517 Third Street SW. He hopes to stay in the United States as an instructor. his blouse bears campaign ribbons from 1916 Mexican border service, World War I, the army of occupation, plus pre Pearl Harbor service and the European theater.
Fireman Wilbur W. Rogers, 24, was cited by railroad officials after he took over the throttle when his father Hanson Rogers, 60, the engineer, collapsed and died. He stopped the train, averting a possible disaster.
Dr Louis J Wolfe 67 a surgeon for the Peary expedition to the North Pole in 1905 06 and longtime Portland city health department official died about Wednesday in Oregon.
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