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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1944
Page
14
John L. Lewis withdraws readmission bid to AFL, signaling ongoing labor division and power dynamics. Commentary notes uneasy forecasts for Roosevelt’s fourth term and GOP gains, plus government moves in the Montgomery Ward seizure case and HOLC housing conversions affecting tenants.
Allied headquarters disclose the German army abandoned a deep Salient on the central Italian front retreating about ten miles under heavy pressure to new positions north of the Aventino river on the Maiello plateau. German forces destroyed bridges and withdrew across the Aventino while shelling and gunfire blocked pursuit. villages Palena and Lettopalena surrendered without a fight.
About 4900 Montgomery Ward Chicago workers cast ballots to decide if a CIO union has majority membership. The NLRB supervised balloting as the government had seized the plant earlier in the year amid a labor dispute. A letter signed by Orson Welles urged a Yes vote for higher wages and job security.
Eastern Iowa enjoyed generally fair conditions with Cedar Rapids cloudy skies and a forecast of possible showers and thunderstorms on Wednesday. Cedar Rapids logged 0.04 inch of rain in the last 36 hours and recorded 60 degrees at 2:30 p m with 50 percent humidity.
A compact index shows Marquis Childs, David Lawrence, Paul Mallon, and Drew Pearson among key columnists. It lists sections for Comics, Court House, Deaths, Movies, Radio, Sports, State, Walter Winchell, and Women’s Features with page indicators.
House Speaker Rayburn appoints a seven member committee to examine if the government could seize the Montgomery Ward plant in Chicago. The panel of four Democrats and three Republicans is led by Rep Ramspeck with members Clark Byrne Monroney Dewey Elston and Curtis.
The Illinois Department of Labor denied unemployment compensation to Montgomery Ward and Company employees who went on strike at Ward plants in Chicago from April 12 to 16.
Arguments on motions to quash indictments against Charlie Chaplin and three others for conspiracy to deprive Joan Berry of constitutional rights were postponed for a week. U S Attorney Carr said the department of justice favored dismissal of conspiracy charges against Beverly Hills police Lt Claude Marple and Police Matron Jessie Reno. Judge J F T O Connor granted the motion.
London reports forecast excellent invasion weather for three weeks. Germany tightens control of Dutch and Danish coasts as precaution. Six ports in southern England identified for invasion bases. Coastal zones in Holland and Denmark placed under bans and restrictions to hinder Allied action.
Wesley Rabik 19 of 1542 Sixteenth Avenue SE confessed to driving the hit and run that seriously injured Harold Johnson 24 of 723 H Street SW. Rabik was arraigned on leaving the scene and bond set at 1000. He named three other youths and a girl as passengers. Johnson remained hospitalized with skull fracture and leg fractures.
Mary Louise Carr left Manchester Missouri after believing she would marry a non existent fiancé named Robert William O Keefe created by Theresa Townsend and Jane Williams in a prank. Police escorted her back to Poughkeepsie Salvation Army housing as her father drove in to recover her.
The U S Pacific Fleet reports daylight Liberator bomber raids against Guam and Truk with substantial Japanese interceptor losses. Mitchell medium bombers struck Ponape and navy Venturas bombed Paramushiro in the Kuriles as air forces strike key outposts in the Pacific.
London based Daily Mirror reports Allies drop unconditional surrender for all nations except Germany and Japan to speed satellite withdrawal. Russia influences Britain and U S with a realism policy to buy satellites out of the war, with initial terms possibly offered to Finland.
Secretary Hull said there is no change in U S policy despite widespread inquiries from many continents. The United States continues to adhere to the unconditional surrender formula.
CIO President Philip Murray urged a fourth term at a United Steelworkers of America convention in Cleveland. He praised Franklin D. Roosevelt for unity and leadership guiding victory and peace.
Washington AP reports a new off duty WAC uniform range to arrive by mid summer. Col Oveta Culp Hobby says the outfits will be washable crease resistant rayon with broad shoulders inverted pleats and beige summer and horizon tan winter tones. The winter uniform will be pure wool crepe.
London and Moscow report Russian forces shattered the main German defensive belt around Sevastopol on the Crimean front resuming pressure with a three pronged attack. The drive involved Gen Tolbukhin's Fourth Ukrainian army and Gen Yeremenko's coastal army advancing north south and east, with heavy bombardment and air support.
David C. Blodgett 19 an aerial gunner and engineer is missing in action over Germany since April 22 the War Department informed his parents Mr and Mrs J C Blodgett 370 Sixteenth Street SE Blodgett left Cedar Rapids March 8 ended furlough after enlisting October 22 1942 he earned gunner wings September 15 1943 in Kingman Arizona and did ground school in Gulfport Mississippi before overseas duty April 18 letter home dated in England shows no mission yet.
A federal grand jury indicted three Japanese women Tsuruko Wallace Florence Otani and Billie Shitara Taniyoshi residents of the Amache relocation center on treason charges connected to the Oct 17 escape of two German POWs from the Trinidad Colorado camp. They allegedly aided by supplying money a flashlight clothing road maps a railroad timetable and an automobile to corporals Heinrich Haider and Herman Loescher who were captured later near Watrous New Mexico.
Washington AP War Food Administration reports sugar stocks at 1,256,366 tons on April 1, down nearly 600,000 tons from a year earlier. Beet sugar inventories show the largest drop due to last year's small crop, with producers warning crops may be small again this year.
President John L. Lewis of the United Mine Workers withdraws the AFL reaffiliation request amid charges the AFL has become a political tool under the New Deal. He cites failed action by the AFL Executive Council and demands the $60,000 deposit be returned while accusing officials of fear and bias over jurisdiction. Lewis blames New Deal politicians for blocking unity in labor.
Nearly 2,000 American planes struck 10 German airfields and rail hubs in France Belgium and Luxembourg as part of a 25 day campaign. Fortresses and Liberators dropped heavy bombs on Liege Thionville Luxembourg City and several airstrips while RAF night strikes previously hit invasion coastlines. Several pilots reported spectacular bomb impacts amid broad daylight raids over occupied Europe.
The Gazette begins a new interview series titled Women on the Farm highlighting rural women in Iowa who contribute to wartime food production. The feature contrasts farm life with industrial war work and notes potential political differences among rural readers while promising future profiles of women in war work.
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