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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1945
Page
1
Reports show Cedar Rapids school board, city council, and Linn county supervisors weighing public works totaling millions to buffer unemployment. The piece notes prudent selection of projects and timing to avoid harming private construction. It also analyzes Churchill's resignation as routine, with possible early re election and potential Labor gains.
A scramble of opinions on British governance and democratic processes marks a cautious path for 1íe next year while labor unrest and reconversion loom. The piece notes public sentiment as a determinant of settlements and warns against using the public as pawns in disputes.
Allied prisoners of war have been taken into custody at Flensburg including Doenitz top staff and 300 officers along with other ranks and civilians. Eisenhower announced a control party would supervise their disarmament feeding and duties, with a Russian unit to coordinate, until their usefulness ends.
Julius Streicher known as a Jew baiter was captured on a Bavarian farm by officers of the 101st Airborne Division in Berchtesgaden area.
Reichsmarshal Hermann Goering and Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt have been brought to Britain. Goering is reported held at a hotel in Windermere, northern England, after arriving undisguised. Rundstedt was recognized at a London station and cheered by railway workers as he traveled separately.
Reports from Allied officials say Adolf Hitler died from a mercy hypodermic injection by his personal physician at 3 30 p m Berlin time on May 1 in the Führer bunker beneath the chancellery. His body was later cremated according to the informants.
Bericht from Berchtesgaden reports a Jan 27 conference at Hitler’s HQ where Hermann Goering allegedly ordered brutal treatment of Allied prisoners. A transcript of the meeting claims Goering urged stripping prisoners to prevent escape in the snow. The 101st Airborne possesses the transcript as proof of dishonesty.
Washington AP The War Manpower Commission national management labor committee urged the army to discharge former railroad workers so they could return to their old jobs.
About 12 000 spectators watched an infantry warfare demonstration at Hawkeye Downs. The show featured 39 line soldiers and 2 officers performing with rifles flamethrowers and simulated combat gear narrated by Lt. Paul Hammill. The event linked to the Seventh War Loan drive and included a 30 minute prologue by the Masonic chorus and the Coe women’s band.
Linn county held a big E bond day on Tuesday with 161,719 sold raising the county total to 1,236,261 toward a 3,490,000 goal. Cedar Rapids area has 1,051,330 with the rest of the county at 184,931. Tuesday’s bond sales across all types reached 342,456 for a grand total of 2,001,978 toward 9,268,000.
A weather update reports partly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday for Cedar Rapids and nearby areas. Iowa experiences scattered light showers with the Racoon river overflowing and causing lowland rise near Jefferson as water moves downstream, with high stages expected in lower reaches though not exceeding prior levels.
President Truman disclosed the resignations of the secretaries of agriculture and labor and the attorney general. War Food Administrator Marvin Jones also resigned. Tom Clark will succeed Biddle as attorney general, Clinton Anderson is nominated for agriculture, and Lewis B Schwellenbach is nominated for labor. Frances Perkins is succeeded by Schwellenbach.
Washington AP reports a very large force of B 29 Superfortresses dropped several thousand tons of incendiary bombs on Tokyo in a major air raid. The operation involved hundreds of aircraft and aimed to inflict heavy damage on the Japanese capital.
Four memorial stamps bearing Franklin D Roosevelt will be issued starting June 27. Postmaster General Walker announced. Stamps feature Roosevelt in green one cent red two cent purple three cent and blue five cent, in special delivery size.
Chinese troops struck toward the Japanese base at Ishan in China after driving to the outskirts of Suen as part of an offensive aimed at cutting the Kw angsi lifeline to French Indo China. In Hunan the advance toward Pao Ching broke defenses and threatened encirclement. about 500 Japanese casualties reported.
American forces led by Maj. Gen. Archibald Arnold extended the Yonabaru position on Okinawa, adding about 4,000 yards to the front and threatening Japanese defenses near Naha and Shuri. The 7th Infantry and the 96th Division advanced through Yonabaru to seize ridges overlooking supply roads, aiming to cut routes to Shuri and disrupt the enemy's positions.
Washington AP reports President Truman will travel to San Francisco for the UN world organization conference final plenary session. Secretary of State Stettinius said date not set but expected early June. He noted a broad range of world affairs topics and possible summer trips to Independence, Missouri.
In Hawthorne California officials disclosed that the Black Widow night fighter plane can blast its prey from the sky in about two seconds. The craft carries four cannons and four machine guns capable of spewing 5 600 bullets per minute.
SAN FRANCISCO AP Britain and the United States led opposition to a plan at the United Nations conference to place some Pacific islands under a new world organization. An Egyptian amendment to place former World War I mandates under supervision failed in a committee, affecting islands like the Marshalls Marshall Islands, Marianas and Carolines once mandated to Japan.
Mrs. Martha Truman, 92, mother of the President, returned from a 10 day visit to the White House. Col. Vaughan relayed she disliked the fuss of her trip and told the President that if he is President he should shoo away the crowds.
Prime Minister Churchill submitted his resignation at noon and was commissioned by King George VI to form an interim cabinet to govern until a general election, expected July 5. The move clears the path for a caretaker government excluding Labor, with Attlee and Bevin among those likely ousted.
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