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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1944
Page
1
Analysis notes the Little Steel formula as an abstract tool unlikely to fit current living costs and incomes. It cites a 1941 Linn county draft income survey and warns peacetime normalcy after the war will bring sharp adjustments, as experts study insect spread and plant pest prevention at airports.
A wartime strain on housing and public health raises fears of postwar disease spread as workers return home. Experts warn of mumps, influenza, measles, meningitis, tuberculosis and venereal disease increasing without thorough sanitation and education. Critics urge spending on facilities over doctor bills and hospital care. An anti cigarette group pushes open air exposure as part of quitting.
General Eisenhower indicated no sign of a German retreat east of the Rhine and urged continued maximum effort to win the war. He praised Belfort’s capture, warned of persistent German morale, and called for more supplies and united resolve from front and home fronts.
Washington reports the WPB chairman J A Krug states 28 percent of the munitions program is critical and Gen Feld has informed Washington that progress against Germany will be determined by armament deliveries.
Chinese high command acknowledged a severed China with a Japanese offensive linking Manchuria to Hongkong. About 250000 Japanese troops were reportedly advancing into Kwangsi from east and north, with a junction west of Liuchow. Tokyo claimed US air forces destroyed a China airfield at Nanning.
A 39 cranemen strike at Carnegie Illinois Steel Gary plant halted all steel production and idled 5 500 workers. 53 open hearth furnaces and five blast furnaces were shut, with coke and pig iron produced by remaining workers. Officials call strike unauthorized and expect further shutdowns in days.
Community appeal urges every American to buy an extra war bond to defeat Hitler and deliver decisive victory. It emphasizes greater individual sacrifice, more blood and tears, and highlights the B 29 bomber cost of 600000 dollars as a relatable target. Citizens are urged to purchase at least an extra 100 war bonds beyond payroll savings.
In a raid over Hamburg Harburg and Merseburg American fighters shot down 53 German planes while 1,250 heavy bombers dropped 4000 tons on Leuna Merseburg oil plants. Eighth Air Force notes a record escort force and reports heavy flak at Hamburg.
Washington dispatch reports a planned early meeting of Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin likely delayed into 1945. Postwar conference schedules and UN planning tied to Dumbar ton Oaks are being revised with uncertainty. Leaders still want the big three conference, but winter to spring timing pressures loom.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration inspected the Cedar Rapids Municipal airport lighting Monday night in preparation for handing the system to the city. Mayor F. K. Hahn announced the inspection and awaited the equipment’s transfer.
The first Linn County Sixth War Loan drive shows $891,222.21 raised toward a $9,256,000 quota by December. Cedar Rapids contributed $868,834.71 and the rest of the county $22,387.50. Over $525,126.25 came from Series E bonds while several towns and combat veterans boosted early totals.
American B 29s attacked Omura Nanking and Shanghai as weather diverted part of the force. Fighters opposed the mission for the first time with 20 Japanese planes destroyed 16 probables and 15 damaged. Tokyo reported 70 80 B 29s attacked Nagasaki Omura. Manila strikes burned ships and tankers and 118 enemy planes were destroyed on the ground with 18 shot down.
Allied forces report capturing at least 691,989 German prisoners on the western front since D day. About two thirds, 424,124, were taken by American armies, reflecting substantial losses for Germany as the conflict continues.
Allied forces of the 32nd division push forward in northern Leyte as rain slows activity. The Limon roadblock holds against First Division attacks while U S artillery shells enemy lines. MacArthur says the Philippines campaign surpasses early expectations despite fierce jungle combat.
Pfc. LuVern F. Husted, 23, was killed in action on Leyte Oct. 25, according to a war department telegram to his wife Shirley A. Husted of 318 Third Avenue SW. He is survived by his wife, parents in Cedar Rapids, a brother George, sisters Bernice and Joyce, and his grandparents in Cedar Rapids.
President Roosevelt reportedly nominates former Connecticut Gov Robertson Urley as chair and Senator Guy M Gillette and Col Edward Heller as other two members to a Surplus War Property Disposal Board with salaries of 12009 a year. The board would manage about 100 billion dollars of surplus war properties.
Washington AP Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper of Iowa and Sen. Guy M. Gillette met on the Senate floor in a cordial exchange. Hickenlooper arrived as an unofficial observer and spoke briefly with Gillette and other senators from both parties.
Two Rock Island trains collided on a bridge near Memphis while en route to Helena. Eight or nine people were injured. Police reported fog over the river at the time of the accident.
Allied forces advance from the Vosges into Alsace pushing toward Strasbourg and Saarbrucken as French and American armies seize Belfort and Mulhouse vicinity. American Seventh and Third Armies drive east toward the Rhine while German resistance stiffens near Aachen and Geilenkirchen.
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