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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1944
Page
2
The piece questions whether abundant bank reserves and liquidity will serve the public in postwar Iowa. It notes M W Ellis flags high assets but warns the real task is placing funds to work safely, contingent on private enterprise planning and control.
Allied commandos destroyed new coastal fortifications along the Italian Riviera during daring weekend raids from Corsica and Sardinia. Fascist press noted reprisals as Rommel arrived in Italy and warned of potential large-scale invasions in Western Europe.
Washington AP The attorney general's office prepares an opinion to clarify postwar job reinstatement rights for returning G I Joes and Josses. The law requires employers to restore veterans to prior positions or equal rank, unless changed conditions prevent it. Veterans have 40 days after discharge to apply. otherwise they may seek reinstatement via local draft boards and expedited court action if denied.
Berlin radio quotes Asahi Shimbun that the Fourteenth United States Air Force under Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault in China is being reinforced from India and moved 450 miles closer to Tokyo for an air assault on Japan. The transfer from Kunming to Kweiling signals a broader US strategy to base strong units on the Chinese mainland for raids on the Japanese homeland.
Cedar Rapids officials move to authorize an overhead bridge over the alley between Sixth Avenue and Division Street SE to connect Mercy hospital with a proposed nurses' home. The ordinance will have first reading next meeting and allow public objections before final action. Previous overhead bridges have been approved for Craemer's store and Killian's.
Tacoma delegates at the Washington Republican convention unanimously approved Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York as the party's presidential nominee. The 16 delegates were uncommitted but adopted a resolution endorsing a draft Dewey campaign.
The page shows scattered items including deaths for Paul Mallon and Marion Mea and a lineup of sections on comics farm movies and sports. Notable names include David Lawrence Drew Pearson Walter Winchell and the Marquis with radio and state features.
Capt. Robert Johnson of Lawton Oklahoma shoots down his twenty seventh and twenty sixth German planes in England marking a tie for the American fighter ace record. Johnson, 24, already leads the European theater with all kills in air combat and honors include a Purple Heart, Air Medal, eight DFCs and a Silver Star.
Finnish radio reported a Soviet squadron of 20 fighter escorted dive bombers attacked Kotka harbor on the Gulf of Finland Monday. The broadcast said some material damage occurred.
Japanese forces pressed along the Peiping Hankow railway in Henan. A Chinese spokesman said Loyang’s condition made defending the Chinese held rail line pointless as the section had been dismantled.
Allied commander Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker said Allied air raids on the Ploesti oilfields reduced output to under 25 percent of normal. He noted more than 200000 tons of bombs dropped in the Mediterranean theater from Nov 8, 1942, to last Friday.
The committee cut the administration request from 50 to 30 billion and supported raising the limit from 210 to 240 billion after GOP opposition. Treasury undersecretary Bell warned the Fifth War Loan drive beginning June 12 could be blocked without more borrowing authority.
Allied headquarters in Kandy report a Japanese counter-offensive along the Kohima front as heavy attacks threaten British gains. Allied armor penetrated the hills north of Kohima to clear invaders before monsoon rains, with fighting centering on northern slopes and Kohima itself. In Burma, British forces maintain control south of the Maungdaw Buthidaung road after a voluntary withdrawal from Buthidaung.
Linn county agricultural agent D D Offringa urged volunteers at a Rotary luncheon to aid with farm planting. He said weather delays and a severe labor shortage threaten food production with four weeks of missed field work, and residents with farming experience should register at the 207 federal building to assist during planting season.
The Senate approved a one year extension of the lend-lease act to June 30, 1945 by a 63 to 1 vote. An amendment would bar the President from postwar commitments tied to lend-lease settlements. Langer opposed the extension. Ellender urged a policy for reverse lend-lease detailing allowed items and services.
The United States argues in a 11 page brief that seizures of Montgomery Ward plants are limited to wartime emergencies and do not grant the President a broad power to confiscate all private property. The filing responds to Montgomery Ward claims that the President could seize any retailer or farm. The government says the case tests the extent of emergency and whether requisition rather than confiscation is at issue.
The Cedar Rapids area should expect more unsettled weather with clouds and colder nights and a low around 35. Temperatures may reach 60s in parts of the state with scattered frost possible tonight across northern areas. Rain fell statewide over the past day with Keokuk and Cherokee reporting over half an inch and Cedar Rapids about .04 inch through Sunday to Monday.
Harold Johnson a 24 year old Negro was in serious condition at Mercy hospital after a hit and run on Twelfth avenue east of Sixteenth street SE at 1 am Sunday. Witness Calvin Dawson 16 said the vehicle was a fast black Chevrolet four door sedan. Police found no further clues beyond the car description.
United States and British air forces conducted large scale daylight and night raids on Berlin Brunswick Bucharest and western Germany repeating near daily operations. Liberators Fortresses and fighters engaged heavy German defenses with numerous clashes and rammed aircraft reported while bombers delivered thousands of tons of explosives on strategic targets.
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