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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1944
Page
5
A columnist laments poor impressions from tours of the House gallery. He criticizes Dies committee discredit, urges a new un American activities panel, discusses Treasury salary rules, and notes veterans group publishing aims amid wartime veterans’ concerns.
Springfield Massachusetts Polish American priest Stanislaus Orlemanski suspended by Bishop Thomas M. O Leary after return from Moscow conference with Premier Stalin says he will celebrate Mass in his home parish and appeals the suspension to the apostolic delegate in Washington. He claims to be being crucified for his church while diocesan authorities say suspension remains in force until higher church officials rule.
Chinese troops under Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell launched a new offensive in northern Burma. Stilwell’s infantry, aided by artillery and tanks and backed by dive bombers, penetrated Japanese positions west of the Mogaung river on a two mile front near Malakawng. Allied forcesAim to strike Kamaing, Mogaung and Myitkyina with superior artillery and air support. Japanese resistance at Hanpin yielded notable casualties and two commanders were killed. Stilwell’s forces also surrounded Hkatangkawng and penetrated Tiangzng near Myitkyina. North east India operation near Kohima was largely successful.
STOCKHOLM AP Swedens exports of ball bearings to Germany amounted to a maximum of 3 percent of German production before Allied bombings but the share increased only by an inconsiderable proportion the foreign office said. Exports to Great Britain were very considerable in value while transport limits kept them lower than to Germany. Some plane bearings were used in German planes but essential aircraft bearings were not exported from Sweden. The SKF plant remained 99.58 percent Swedish owned in response to German interest claims.
California Governor Earl Warren said he is not seeking the presidency or the vice presidency. In a Chicago keynote at the Republican National Convention, he stated he would not pursue national office and dismissed any bid. Warren’s denial answers questions about how the keynote role might affect future vice presidential prospects and confirms his non-aspirational stance.
An Associated Press poll of 33 Republican Senators shows Earl Warren of California leading as the preferred vice-presidential choice with 14 first preferences. John Bricker of Ohio has 6 votes, 9 are undecided, and single votes go to Harold Stassen Everett Dirksen Dwight Griswold and Kenneth Wherry.
Roosevelt signed a bill appropriating 6.7 million dollars for emergency maternity and child care programs run by the Labor Department's Children's Bureau for wives of enlisted servicemen, expanding support during wartime.
London AP dispatch notes Berlin radio recounts Adolf meeting Dr. Joseph Tiso president of the puppet Slovak state at his headquarters on Saturday.
A Fortess base in England report details the crippled U S Fortress Silver Slipper flying at rooftop height across Germany. German civilians waved victory signs and guided the bomber while machine guns fired. crew claimed about 50 German soldiers killed by their strafing. Pilot Lt. Frank W. Cooney drove the damaged plane home, dodging wires and trees, as locals and even a girl on a bicycle waved helpfully.
London A P reports that American British and Russian plans for the surrender of Germany are nearly complete. The terms call for complete destruction of the Prussian built army and are surrender terms rather than armistice proposals. The European advisory commission is drafting the plan for Big Three governments to approve and use in negotiations with Germany.
Allied forces reveal German torpedo planes attacked a convoy off the North African coast but lost five aircraft without damaging ships. British Beaufighters Mosquitos and French Aerocobras claimed the victories as 25 to 30 German planes conducted a two wave attack near water level.
CHICAGO INS Montgomery Ward and Co. will open negotiations with Local 20 of United Retail Wholesale and Department Store Employes union after the group won a collective bargaining election at Ward plants in Chicago last week. Labor relations manager John A Barr invited an immediate meeting, while Henry B Anderson, the local president, said the union stewards council will decide a time for the conference. Talks will cover grievance machinery arbitration seniority rights equal pay for equal work wage opening and plans for a union shop.
London AP reports the German high command for the first time calls the Allied air offensive against Germany an invasion preparation. Inside France, Nazis rush preparations and a Rommel plan would mobilize most French males 16 to 60 to camps to guard the rear. German outlets see Italy’s offensive as a prelude to a wider battle.
Philadelphia dispatch reports the International Labor Organization board selected United States Labor Commissioner Carter Goodrich as chairman, keeping the United States in a top post for another year.
Allied troops break further into the Gustav line in Italy, advancing two miles or more with grim German resistance. By day two they hold at least five villages and seven hills, with Americans French British and Poles in heavy fighting. Santi Cosmo e Damiano falls swiftly to the Fifth Army, Castelforte reportedly evacuated, and Sant Angelo captured by British Eighth Army near Cassino.
Washington based Office of Price Administration will require all retail food stores to determine by June 15 their new group classification for price schedules. Stores will classify by gross sales for 1943, with four groups defined by independent or chain status and annual gross business.
Two thousand U S bombers and Allied fighters hit three major German targets including a Focke Wulf plant at Tutow and rail yards at Osnabruck. The day saw 63 enemy planes shot down and a two day total of 213 Axis aircraft. American bombers also struck rail facilities in northern Italy as part of a broad daylong assault.
The Soviet high command reported bombers struck German trains and stores at Daugavpils and Tartu causing explosions and fires on Friday night possibly signaling a new northern offensive. Moscow claimed forces crossed the Moldova river into Romania near Iassi area, while both sides omitted details on the Dnestr front near Tiraspol.
Five American aircraft landed in neutral Sweden after raids on northern Germany. Four bombers touched down at Malmo and a Mustang fighter near Kristianstad with no injuries reported. The fighter was the first safe landing in Sweden. two weeks earlier a crash killed a pilot.
The fragmentary OCR shows a Sunday index page with scattered headings like Tate News and mentions of Walter Winchell and sections on Movies Financial Talk and Rationing at a Glance. Details are unreadable.
U S heavy bombers hammered 14 rail targets in north Italy and cut the Brenner Pass line in what officials call the climactic phase of operations to strangle German troops on the Italian front. More than 2,750 Allied planes, including B 17 Fortresses and B 24 Liberators of the Fifteenth Air Force, attacked rail yards and bridges in a record air assault.
Fortresses and Liberators led a large Allied bombing campaign along the Brenner corridor and rail hubs from Milan to Rimini to cut German supply routes to Rome and the Cassino front. Repeated attacks wrecked bridges and railyards near Bolzano Avisio Ronzolo Trento and along Verona and Po valley routes. Crews reported fair to very good results and claimed the Brenner line was cut, despite earlier repairs. Engagements with Nazi interceptors accompanied the raids as P-47s and P-38s supported fighters.
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