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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1944
Page
1
Edward D. Kleimener assesses Slovakia's vulnerability to Nazi pressure as Red Army advances push Germany to harden control. He cites mass conscription, asset seizures, and anti-Semitic campaigns, noting Slovak disaffection and sabotage amid puppet leadership.
Hanford Post No. 5 American Legion will stage the Memorial Day parade and services starting at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the coliseum. Participants include Aircrew band from Coe College, Iowa State Guard Company L, various veterans groups, Red Cross, Navy Mothers, YMCA boys drum corps, Boy Scouts, Pioneers, Camp Fire girls, Cavaliers drum corps, and auxiliary units. The parade proceeds west on Second Avenue to Sixth Street, then to Linwood cemetery. Roy Decker chairs the Legion committee.
Cedar Rapids postal employees take their first holiday break in months as Memorial Day closes all post offices with no mail delivery or window service. Federal staff remain at desks. The Linn county war price and rationing board and several city offices, banks, and the courthouse also shut. Most war plants stay open though Collins Radio closes its plant and offices for the day.
A department says an odorless non sticky oil traps germs like fly paper and prevents disease in army camps. Dr. Oswald H. Robertson notes the oil on barracks floors bed linens and blankets ensnares bacteria and viruses so they cannot be removed. Blanket treatment costs two cents per item lasting two months while floor treatments cost six dollars per barracks lasting four months.
West Side Selective Service Board No 2 announced 18 men have entered the army after post induction furloughs. The list includes Robert L. Cornish Oliver F Cox Robert E Morrow Bernard M Blake Harold N Bruner Scott W Buchan Victor D Strait Donald H Kopecky Robert H Emry Willis F Hall John W Church Marvin A Murphy Lloyd L Mrstik Lawrence G Stewart Fountain D McCullough Donald K Casteel John W Dochterman Carl E Hermen with addresses across Sioux City and nearby towns.
Secretary Hull stated at a press conference that the State Department will not discriminate among religious groups when issuing passports for missionaries. He addressed concerns from a Southern Baptist conference in Atlanta about delays for Protestant missionaries traveling to South America and said there has been no request from Catholic officials to deny or delay passports for Protestants.
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