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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1944
Page
9
City finance officials are urged to study incentive compensation for public employees to replace flat pay, aiming to boost performance and cut waste. The column criticizes current government pay practices and argues private-sector principles could improve efficiency and fairness. It also notes concerns about isolationism in foreign policy debates and links economic development to national security.
A Senate judiciary subcommittee accuses Attorney General Biddle of making erroneous and misleading statements about authority to seize Montgomery Ward and Co. property. It urges Congress to review War Labor Board orders, enforces via federal court action, and demands precise legal citations in executive orders. The panel criticizes the WLB for delays and calls for clearer agency records and timely action.
Soviet planes reported Friday maintained ceaseless will over German targets. The bulk of the dispatch centers on aerial actions and the ongoing air warfare in the Moscow area with emphasis on transport disruptions.
A U S court martial found Second Lieutenant Beaufort Swancutt guilty of murdering four people in a berserk shooting spree and recommended death by hanging. The sentence awaits presidential verification. Swancutt retains rank and pay until then. Captain John Miksicek testified Swancutt was sane both then and now, while Swancutt described a mental blackout driven by emotional tension and fear of separation from his sweetheart.
The War Department announced a plan to provide three to nine months of college education for air corps enlisted reserve members before air training. Eligible youths under 18 will enter a college June 1, 1944 or soon after, funded by the government, with guardian consent required.
Turkish dispatches say five German divisions about 75 000 men began occupation of strategic points along Bulgaria including the Black Sea coast and Burgas fleet. Izvestia warns Bulgaria on the brink of catastrophe as pro Nazi government forms. Moscow reports no confirmation of a Russian ultimatum by midnight.
London AP reports Pvt. Wiley Harris of Greenville Georgia was hanged Friday for the killing of a civilian in Belfast.
American bombers from Italy attacked the Lyon rail yards and other rail facilities in southeast France, aiming to disrupt German supply routes through the Rhone valley. Between 500 and 750 heavy bombers, including Fortresses and Liberators, targeted St Etienne Chambray Grenoble and Nice with few enemy fighters engaged as bad weather grounded most planes in Britain.
Yugoslav sources report that three German divisions fighting Tito’s Partisans are being moved Friday to reinforce exhausted German forces in Italy. The units are said to be leaving the Isonzo corridor between Trieste and Fiume as Tito initiates a counter-offensive in Slovenia.
On page 6 the Young Men's Bureau of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce prints a manpower survey blank. The bureau aims to identify employables to refer to the United States Employment Service and suggests clipping the form to fill out in advance.
President Roosevelt announced a Bretton Woods meeting to address postwar finance inviting 42 nations and the French Committee of National Liberation. Morgenthau will lead the U S delegation with aims including a large stabilization fund and a possible world bank for reconstruction.
London AP reports King George VI received General Dwight D. Eisenhower at Buckingham Palace on Friday. The invasion commander stayed for lunch.
Reporter Drilled with Fifth Army recounts a Cisterna raid by American troops at 2:30 am and 1 pm patrols clearing buildings of German snipers. He describes tanks, artillery, and the tense movement through wrecked streets as prisoners are herded away and combat continues.
Donald Ray Wilson 21 an army aviation cadet died Thursday when a trainer plane from the Helena Arkansas training field crashed into a plowed field. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wilson 816 Sixth street SE Cedar Rapids born August 21 1922 on a Floyd Ja farm. He had three brothers in service Staff Sgt Harold J Wilson Pvt Glenn D Wilson and Fred Wilson Jr. He is survived by a grandmother Mrs Eliza Wilson Dundas Illinois. He served nearly two years and attended Tyler and McKinley schools. Body to Turner funeral home with details to follow.
Weatherman predicts a break in a rainy spell with cooler conditions for Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. Friday night to Saturday look partly cloudy to cloudy. temperatures range from upper 60s to mid 70s with variable humidity and rain totals reported around 0.41 to 0.43 inches in Cedar Rapids and nearby stations.
Former President Herbert Hoover announced he will not take part in selecting the Republican presidential nominee. He rejected efforts linking his name to possible candidates including Gov Bricker Gov Dewey and Gen MacArthur and said delegates will decide the nomination.
Staff Sgt Arthur S Elliott 26 was captured March 10 1943 at Kasserine Pass Africa and held in an Italian camp. A War Department telegram to Mrs Elliott of Cedar Rapids Iowa May 13 said he would return to duty soon and communicate his welfare. Elliott was among 12 Cedar Rapids guardsmen captured.
Allied forces push toward Rome from both ends of the Italian front. Fifth Army troops seize Cisterna and advance more than three miles, while Eighth Army takes Aquino and Piedimonte. Canadian troops establish a bridgehead at the Melfa river as Germans withdraw to new defenses. Over 1,750 enemy vehicles destroyed or damaged in 48 hours. more than 12,000 Germans captured since the offensive began.
Two destroyers reported near Jal Wotje atoll in the eastern area as part of ongoing naval operations. No further details on casualties or incident scope were provided.
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