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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1944
Page
1
Opinion by Harry Boyd discusses Iowa gambling and liquor laws amid public attitudes. It calls for restudying laws to reflect current sentiment, critiques enforcement gaps, and notes potential political risks in reform. It also covers county appropriations, a Detroit foremen strike end, and skepticism about standardized seating design.
The Foremen's Association of America halted a 13 Detroit plant strike after Gen. H H Arnold warned it could cripple air force plans for Germany and invasion operations. He said 3,300 foremen idle halted fighters and risked bomber protection and crew lives. The decision came after a WLB hearing.
The Gustav line is an ersatz name used by Allies for the German G line. Germans refer to it as their G line and say G for Gustav, mirroring the Allies' G for George practice.
Mrs. Howard E. Bennett of Cedar Rapids reports to the War Department that her husband Sgt. Howard Bennett aerial gunner has been missing in action over Italy since April 12. Bennett trained a year at Lowry Field Denver and Harlingen Texas, arrived in Italy April 1, inducted April 1943. Last letter from Italy dated April 11. He has a brother Bob serving on an aircraft carrier in the South Pacific.
Forecast from the weather bureau predicts cooler air and thundershowers for Cedar Rapids and vicinity tonight and Thursday. Temperatures around Cedar Rapids stood at 88 degrees at 2:30 pm with a 68 degree low 7 am and a 90 degree statewide high yesterday at Council Bluffs.
In Hollandia Dutch New Guinea at least two Japanese women in uniform armed with .44 pistols were killed in action near the 24th Division area, according to AP dispatches.
Washington D C The house military affairs committee announced public hearings to investigate the army disposal of surplus World War II gear including a proposal to burn 827000 worth of signal corps radio materiel at the Lexington depot Committee members warned of billions in materiel at stake and sought an orderly legal salvage process with Will Clayton as first witness and Rep Harness pushing a national reconversion board proposal.
President Charles A. Anderson announced that 250 army air force reservists will begin training at Coe College on June 12. The 17-year-olds join the specialized training program as the college detachment’s stay ends June 30. Lt Col Roy Branstetter notified Anderson of the assignment.
Sadie Grandner 60 of New York sues Betty Smith and Harper and Brothers claiming the novel libels her by calling her "Cissy" and portraying her as a promiscuous woman. Attorney Harold Mokotoff says readers laughed at her and she had to move from home.
Washington officials say next year’s war outlay will total about 92 billion dollars, higher than Roosevelt’s 85.7 billion estimate for 1945. Budget officials cite factors such as mustering out pay and mobilization costs as keeping cash outlays from dropping, with a full review due after the 1944 year ends June 30.
President Roosevelt says the war program cost for the next fiscal year starting July 1 is reduced by 8.3 billion dollars due to smaller losses. The cut covers 4.4 billion for the navy 3 billion for the war department and army and 1 billion for the War Shipping Administration, partly offset by a 100 million increase in other war activities.
Pfc. John V. Manak, 22, quartermaster corps service battalion, is missing in action in the European area since April 28. His parents in Cedar Rapids were notified by telegram. Manak last wrote April 18 after a furlough and arrival in England February 1. Six Iowa servicemen in the quartermaster corps have been reported casualties or missing as of April 28, including Floyd, Snyder, Duncan, and Groves.
Two Marine couples in the South Pacific sent their wives home to celebrate anniversaries by proxy. Mrs Jeanne Mickelson of Cedar Rapids Iowa and Mrs Elizabeth Park of Detroit were guided to a Drake hotel suite by orders from Col Chester L Fordney. Substitute captains will escort them to dinner theater and a nightclub tour with charge accounts at a Loop store. Lt Frederick Nonnamaker reports the plan came from months of company planning for a homecoming they could not attend.
Major Walter Beckham a leading American ace with 18 enemy planes to his credit was shot down over enemy territory. In March he is alive and a prisoner of war in Germany the Red Cross informed his mother Mrs Susie Wilkes Beckham in Defuniak Springs Florida.
The Linn county 1944 budget shows a reduction of 122 844 25 from 1943 expenditures. Adopted by the board of supervisors Tuesday afternoon the appropriation totals 1 249 424 62 compared with 1 372 268 87 in 1943. The county fiscal year runs Jan 1 to Dec 31.
A message from Company I of the Fifth Army in Italy states they accidentally took a regiment's objective. The note, described as potentially a classic of the Italian campaign, places battle headquarters in receipt of the account on Wednesday.
George Ade, 78, renowned American humorist and author of Fables in Slang, died in Brook Ind after a week of heart attacks and a comatose state. Purdue grad with stadium named for him, Ade wrote for newspapers and magazines, stage comedies, and early silent films. He never married and celebrated bachelorhood in later essays.
In London a mass checkup on every man in US Army uniform was completed at midnight. All units except those in transit remained in barracks for 24 hours while credentials were scrutinized. Military police searched streets for identification of officers and enlisted men.
New Jersey and California Democrats add 86 delegates for Roosevelt raising his total to 677 with 589 needed for nomination. Delaware 8 and Montana 40 more, plus New Jersey 34 and California 52. Republicans in New Jersey and California show Dewey and Warren as he musters 311 pledged delegates.
Allied forces push north into the Liri valley toward highway 6 behind Cassino as the Gustav line from the Cassino corridor to Rome appears to be collapsing. Americans and French advance, with British and German countermeasures, including tanks and reinforcements, amid heavy artillery and air support.
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