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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1944
Page
1
Harry Boyd Jell writes from Washington noting growing order amid crowds and red tape, the uncertain timing of the Allied offensive, and Washington’s political currents with Dewey Bricker and Willkie. He highlights top leaders’ confidence in victory and the India Burma theater’s heroism as a key wartime story.
Allied forces report extensive sabotage and bombing crippling German rail yards from Cologne to the Bay of Biscay, threatening to paralyze reserves for the western invasion. Sabotage by French and Belgian patriots is blamed, with Bulgaria and the Balkans also cited as disrupted. American liberators attacked Pas de Calais while Leverkusen Genoa and Piacenza targets were hit by air forces.
British airborne commandos struck again in Burma and damaged 40 miles of the Mandalay Myitkyina railway near Indaw. The Southeast Asia command review announced the action.
A noisy OCR fragment shows sections labeled Comics Courthouse Farm and David Lawrence Paul Mallon Marion Drew Pearson Radio Sports and State features. Names appear sporadically in a cluttered index or table of contents format with unclear item details.
Special to The Gazette MT VERNON Dr William H Norton a longtime Cornell college scholar died early Wednesday at age 88 after a long illness. Funeral services will be Friday at 4 pm at Neff Funeral Home and the body will be cremated. Norton taught Latin and Greek at Cornell for most of his life and was known as Cornell to generations of students. He began his studies in 1866, returning to Cornell in 1874 after attending Upper Iowa University, and was twice honored as a devoted teacher and advisor.
Forecast calls for showers this afternoon then clearing and cooler conditions tonight. Thursday brings fair skies and cooler temperatures with strong winds. Reports show heavy rainfall across eastern Iowa with Creston recording 1.91 inches and Cedar Rapids around .50 inches by 2:30 pm. rivers threaten low-lying areas near Tracy and Eddyville with a 17 foot crest expected.
San Francisco prosecutors indict George Holman a 49 year old case operator on 22 counts of murder in the New Amsterdam hotel fire that killed 22 people on March 22. Holman was linked to the crime after John D. Franklin testified he sold the operator a five gallon gasoline can two days before the blaze. Capt. Bernard McDonald said Holman had no plausible explanation for the purchase.
Heated clash between the Johnson county rationing board and the Des Moines OPA district erupts in Iowa City. Walter D. Kline announces that C. R. McCann is removed from the board amid charges of lax duties and failure to implement price administration rules.
Regional NLRB director George Bott said the seven day election deadline for Montgomery Ward Chicago plants remains in place. CIO United Mail Order Warehouse and Retail Employes union officials argued over timing while Samuel Wolchok stressed protecting union interests and questioned issuing the order before Washington could respond.
Berlin cited by German high command reports a new Soviet offensive on both sides of the middle Siret in northeastern Romania. Marshal S. Konev’s Second Army allegedly drives toward the Galati Gap, threatening Bucharest and the Ploesti oilfields, while Moscow says Soviets press Sevastopol.
London reports Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden announced Britain will lend China up to 200 million dollars and provide farms on a lend-lease basis as aid to the Far East nation.
A three day U S task force destroyed 126 Japanese planes and shelled Truk Satawan and Ponape in the Carolines with carrier air and warship gunfire No American ships were damaged and 30 air personnel were listed missing Admiral Nimitz reported the campaign followed major Hollandia operations and featured heavy carrier borne bombing and shore bombardment across the three targets
Administration forces win renomination in Alabama and Florida while Dewey expands delegate lead with 239 pledged votes. Gurney and Hill win in South Dakota and Alabama. Pepper leads Florida five way race as runoff looms. Florida and Indiana results mix with Byrd and Roosevelt contest shaping national nominating fight.
Washington reports Price Administrator Chester Bowles orders all meats except beefsteaks and beef roasts removed from rationing at midnight. Pork veal lamb and mutton become point free, while red stamps R8 S8 T8 stay valid until Sunday. Bowles cites ample hog slaughter and weather tied feed shortages affecting future returns.
Pvt. Harshal Peewee Wilson, a 30 year old jeep jockey from Hawthorne California, guided his jeep Helen to safety escorting 17 captured Japanese soldiers toward Hum boldt Bay after spotting them along a Kunai grass road near Lake Sentani. He kept a rifle ready across the dash and managed the group through darkness, fearing ambush by patrols or hidden grenades.
A woman testified she was assaulted by Harold Knapp 33 of 63734 Tenth street SE after he dragged her from bed and struck her repeatedly. Knapp pled guilty to assault and battery before Justice H. Churchill and was sentenced to 30 days in Linn County jail.
Cedar Rapids hosted a political day with Gov. Bourke Hickenlooper and Lt. Gov. Robert Blue in town on private and campaign business. Blue, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, met Linn County GOP leaders and party officials during the visit.
Illinois Acting Gov Hugh B Cross urged a speedy return to the whipping post as a crime prevention tool in certain cases. He said public humiliation is a practical method and cited the saying spare the rod as applicable to adults as well as children.
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