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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1944
Page
1
Harry Boyd warns that President and others offer vague plans for compulsory peacetime service. He argues public opinion supports some national training but disagrees on methods. The piece questions reliance on old squad style drills versus integrating math, machinery, fitness, and balance through schools.
American assault forces have landed on a new island group off the New Guinea coast and recaptured a Palau island. Allied reports count 53 000 Japanese casualties in the Philippines campaign as operations continue in the Pacific theater with large losses on both sides.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek ousted six top ministers in a government shakeup aimed at silencing critics. Gen. Ho Ying-chin lost the war portfolio, while Gen. Chen Cheng took over as war minister. H. H. Kung was replaced by O. K. Yui as finance minister and heads of four national banks. The move follows Stilwell's recall and signals limited reform despite broad approval in Chungking.
Two Oxford University scientists argue that premature aging is a treatable pathology and foresee life spans reaching about 106 years. They suggest progress may unlock longer, healthier lives though the exact answer to why aging occurs remains to be found.
A Victory ship built for the United States Maritime Commission will be named the S S Cedar Rapids Victory. City Mayor F. K. Hahn was informed by letter and a Cedar Rapids woman may christen the vessel. The ship is under construction in Wilmington California and expected to launch about January 28, 1945.
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for a fair and warmer Tuesday afternoon with partly cloudy tonight. Low around 32 degrees. Tuesday expected to be warmer in the afternoon after a week of cold cloudy weather. High yesterday reached 43 at 3 pm and fell to 36 by 10 pm. Continuous cool conditions noted with several low readings across Sunday and Monday. Hubbard Ice and Fuel reports 40 degrees at 2 30 pm.
Tokyo radio reports increased demand for lifebelts in Japan for Nipponese aviators forced to land at sea due to bad weather or engine trouble. The Associated Press notes the need arises from frequent air incidents and emphasizes safety gear availability.
A wartime appeal urges readers to buy the extra $100 War Bond, framing the vote as support for GI Joe in the Pacific war. The message warns against complacency and stresses that each purchase funds the fight to the finish and strengthens the home front.
Dr Richard E Evans a Presbyterian minister from New York traveling on behalf of the Christian Committee on Palestine reported a tremendous audience response to his Palestine homeland message for Jewish victims of Nazi tyranny. He linked justice and freedom to a Jewish homeland in Palestine and cited his past activism against the German American Bund in Milwaukee.
In Albany the Rt. Rev. G Ashton Oldham reports Prime Minister Churchill told him Roosevelt should stay indoors in the rain. Oldham, bishop of the Albany Episcopal diocese, said Churchill relayed the message during an overseas mission return.
The American Seventh armored division halted a strong German counter attack in southeast Holland during late October. Despite being outnumbered three to one, U S troops delayed the enemy and protected the Antwerp campaign on the eastern flank of the British Second Army salient. A spokesman praised the division for extraordinary courage and fierce fighting.
Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey said on Monday that the great Belgian port of Antwerp will be open soon with ample facilities to supply the Allied offensive.
New York AP reports British women are fighting in Europe for the first time in history, manning anti aircraft guns on the continent after previously serving on guns in England.
The sixth war loan drive begins with a national $14 billion goal to fund the war effort. In Linn county a $9,256,000 local quota is set for 4 p.m. at the Cedar Rapids armory and 7:30 p.m. at Marion’s American Legion hall. Veterans from Navy and Marine branches, plus Sea Scouts and boy groups, will speak alongside official war films. President Roosevelt urges sustained effort as figures show the vast cost of war. Navy figures show 1,400 enemy ships sunk and 10,000 planes destroyed since 1940.
In Cheyenne Wyoming a gravely ill three year old, Nubbins Hoffman, lies in a living room crib surrounded by Christmas gifts. His parents and grandparents watch as a milkman and C B Dilbeck enter with holiday cheer while a doctor cautions against excitement.
George Lawrence Elliott 19, seaman radioman, is missing after naval engagement of Oct 22–27 in the Philippines. He served aboard the destroyer Johnston, reportedly sunk, and had recently returned to Cedar Rapids on leave. He trained at Farragut and Bremerton and enlisted a week before his high school graduation.
Gunner's Mate Ralph Smoyer of Cedar Rapids and Marion, a 1943 Navy enlistee now aboard the Johnston, has not been heard from by his mother Mrs. C. E. Beck or wife Betty Smoyer. Smoyer worked 12 years at Colonial Baking, last visited Cedar Rapids in May 1943, and joined sea duty in the Pacific in January. His wife was with him in Seattle and California before he went to sea.
Lt General Brehon Somervell said production of arms and equipment lags 40 percent of the munitions program. Two thirds of the lag involve critical items needed on the fighting fronts, with heavy artillery ammunition urgently required. Troops on the western front and MacArthur’s forces in the Philippines press the shortage, due to being ahead of military timetables.
R B Corbett of the American Farm Bureau told a livestock conference in Des Moines that postwar price fixing would end free enterprise and democracy. He urged a postwar plan featuring a stabilized general price level without fixing individual prices, sustained high prices to ease debt, preparation for price drops, and use of savings like war bonds. The timing of postwar measures is crucial.
Allied forces drive a 400 mile front into German territory as Metz falls and French mobile units advance along the Rhine's west bank after a 28 mile Belfort gap breakthrough. Patton reports control of Metz while Aachen area combats intensify with British and American troops advancing.
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