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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1944
Page
1
The Nethergall investigation of the Anamosa reformatory is praised as thorough and objective while criticized for possible bias toward reform over punishment. It urges clear policy choices on rehabilitation versus incarceration and notes needed reforms in pay, training, security, and systems.
Allied air forces report a massive April bombing by U S strategic air forces totaling more than 45 500 tons, with American Liberators striking northern France and British and Canadian bombers targeting rail yards and industrial sites across France Belgium and Germany. RAF and RCAF bombers hit Lyon Tours Toulouse and Ludwigshafen as part of coordinated raids into German occupied Europe.
In Washington the AP reports Britons in the United States including diplomats and officials were forbidden to return to England on short term missions unless the trip is an immediate national interest urgency. The rule restricts travel on timely missions and requires careful justification.
Frank Karr 74 was found dead in his room at 301 First Avenue SW at 8 20 a m Tuesday by his landlady Deputy Coroner F W Mulsow said the death was by his own action He used a belt to hang from the bedpost He had been dead most of the night Born Sept 3 1869 in Akron Ohio he moved to Cedar Rapids from Palo in 1913 He worked as a teamster until retirement and was a Methodist church member Surviving are five sons Clarence Tampa Fla Oral and Walter II Cedar Rapids Melvin Navy Donald Camp Roberts Calif a daughter Mrs Robert Strickell Van Nuys Calif two brothers Guy Cedar Rapids Altis Karr Missouri a sister in Missouri and nine grandchildren Services will be held in the Moon chapel at a time to be announced later.
The navy reports American long-range submarines operating in enemy waters sank one light Japanese cruiser, two destroyers, and nine cargo and supply ships. Japanese losses also include a large tanker a large naval auxiliary two medium cargo transports and five medium cargo vessels.
London reports that British submarines blockading Japan's sea lanes between Singapore and Burma sank a destroyer and four merchant vessels and bombarded Port Blair in the Andaman Islands. Two supply ships and a small escort vessel were damaged as the force extends operations ahead of further ground offensives.
A Japanese communique on Tuesday said an American naval task force conducted a two day raid on Truk in the Carolines and bombarded Oroluk 200 miles east. It claimed some shore damage but said Japanese planes and ground forces damaged a carrier and shot down over 30 planes. the United States had no immediate confirmation.
UPI reports Army bombers dropped 95 tons of bombs on Wake Island Sunday, facing only moderate anti aircraft fire. Several enemy planes were present but did not intercept. all American planes returned.
Des Moines reports a spring rain setback as ground dries after weeks of downpours. Lamont measured 1.41 inches and Des Moines 1.16. showers and thunder storms expected through Tuesday with decreasing clouds Wednesday. Other totals include Clarinda 0.98, Creston 0.79, Atlantic 0.67, Ames 0.52, Iowa Falls 0.48, Fort Dodge 0.22, Mason City 0.17, Carroll 0.15 inches.
For three hours Monday Cedar Rapids recorded 80 degrees the season’s high as clear skies and spring-like air prevailed. By 7 p.m. the temperature fell to 78 and Tuesday morning readings showed 60 to 64 degrees with continued rain and high humidity.
Denver and southern Wyoming endured a belated winter blast with more than seven inches of wet heavy snow. It marked the fourth heavy snowstorm to hit the region in under a month, disrupting travel and routines.
Signers of five of the 36 uncashed checks in former Auditor Vesely’s desk have notified Auditor Coutts they will honor the negotiables when presented. Total of the 36 checks is $1,482.67, with individual values up to $250.68. The oldest dated Nov 7, 1933 and the latest Jan 20, 1944. four of five money orders will be honored after proper procedures.
London AP reports Nazi measures target 3,000,000 foreign workers and intensify terror in France to preempt an Allied invasion. Dispatches claim mass killings by Gestapo with Vichy militia cooperation, sabotage rising, and orders to seize radios along the northwest coast to block invasion briefings.
Kenneth Smith 26 of 1836 Twentieth street NW was fined 500 dollars plus costs on illegal transportation of intoxicating liquor and 300 dollars plus costs on a similar charge after pleading guilty. A charge of maintaining a liquor nuisance was dismissed after costs were paid. Detectives found about 170 bottles of whisky gin and rum in his home and two cars. Smith described as a big operator in the liquor business. All bottles bore Minnesota seals. Judge Linville ordered destruction of all liquor.
Madison author and UW professor William Ellery Leonard, a renowned poet and scholar, was released Tuesday from his six block campus district confinement. Leonard died at 68, after decades tied to fear rooted in a locomotive incident in childhood. His spouses included Charlotte Freeman and Charlotte Charlton.
A Liberator aircraft carrying 12 Americans made a forced landing near Barcelona due to fuel exhaustion. All occupants escaped injury and Spanish authorities consulted with the American consul regarding the aircraft and crew disposition.
London reports Germany continues to use the Rome area for military purposes and Britain has not pledged to regard the Italian capital as an open city. The foreign office told the Commons in reply to Edgar Granville's question.
Speaker Sam Rayburn announced a resolution to investigate the seizure of Montgomery Ward and company’s Chicago plant, to be taken up soon. Rep. Sabath pushed for a broad inquiry into war time capital and labor, and into Sewell Avery’s refusal to extend a union contract. Reps. Smith and Cox pressured for a vote, circulating a petition to force a showdown.
Montgomery Ward and Co. argued in federal court Tuesday that the President cannot seize private property during national emergencies. Harold Smith said there is no law granting such power and warned the action violates the Fourth and Fifth Amendments and due process. Judge William H Holly planned to rule next Monday.
The Roosevelt administration faced proxy tests in Florida and Alabama Democratic senatorial primaries on Tuesday with Pepper and Hill both seeking renomination amid administration critiques. In Maryland Millard Tydings won renomination by a wide margin over Willis R. Jones as Robertson and Randall battled for the Republican nomination.
Lt. Donald Y. King, son of Mrs. W. S. King of 2300 Bever Avenue SE, awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with bronze Oak Leaf cluster for actions in the Southwest Pacific. He entered combat July 1943 and was missing in action after a Nov. 2, 1943 mission over New Britain. The awards cite a October 24, 1943 air engagement near Rabaul where he destroyed two aircraft and helped down another, plus 25 operational flights in the area with courageous service. His wife Jean D. King serves as an ensign in the Waves in Washington, D. C.
Allied air forces repelled Japanese attempts to break a road block on the Mandalay Myitkyina railroad 85 miles south of Mogaung. Over 1,000 Japanese soldiers died in four assaults as Stilwell’s forces near Mogaung and Myitkyina.
Berlin broadcast to field units urged soldiers from the Lichterfelde south district to submit their field post addresses to Nazi party offices in Berlin as they were lost in an air attack.
The United States and Britain secure a compromise with Spain to limit wolfram exports to Germany. Spain may ship 20 tons per month in May and June and 40 tons monthly for rest of 1944, while Axis agents are expelled from Spain and Tangier. Oil embargo lifted and old quotas restored.
Senator Bridges requests an investigation into reports that soldiers are losing pay to army camp slot machines. He asks the War Department if any post has allowed such devices, citing alleged ownership by a small clique near the administration. A War Department spokesman said regulations ban gambling devices in post exchanges and service clubs for enlisted personnel.
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