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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1944
Page
1
Survey Graphic notes 500 Chicago war plant women show 30 percent plan home life, 48 percent stay in factory work, 14 percent move to white collar roles. Article discusses wage scales, family roles, and labor dynamics influencing peacetime employment and earnings.
Allied forces report U S fighter planes destroyed another four ships in a Leyte-bound convoy, raising enemy troop losses to about 17,000 in two weeks. MacArthur notes fourth reinforcement convoy since Nov. 10 with 16 transports and 14 destroyers sunk or damaged. Ground actions push toward Ormoc as American divisions drive inland and bomber forces hit Leyte airfields. Six Japanese planes shot down over Leyte Gulf as fighting continues.
MISSOULA Mont AP Col Hubert Zemke famed as the Fightingest Pilot is a prisoner of war in Germany the war department said Saturday Zemke had been missing since October 30 when witnesses saw his craft go down while he led a bomber escort mission He reportedly had applied for non combat duty effective November 1 wife disclosed this would have been his last mission according to officials in Montana.
FRANK CONNIFF reports that with the U S Ninth Army inside Germany the Volkssturm proves a miserable factor in combat. Allied officers note elderly, frail troops used to defend the fatherland while frontline Wehrmacht units regroup. Tank traps fail, foxholes and trenches aid American armor, and drive toward stronger German reserves. Maj John Mettler notes German tricks offer little trouble against well trained Wehrmacht units.
Paris AP reports soldiers adopt a superstition of wearing another’s dogtags to avoid danger, leading to misidentifications where uninjured troops are recorded as casualties as the practice grows among troops.
Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce revealed that the war department barred her from speaking to newsmen during a London trip with 17 House military affairs committee members. An army officer said the directive came from Gen. Marshall, though other members spoke freely.
Admiral Nimitz said a Japanese reconnaissance aircraft spotted the U S B 29 base at Saipan on Friday but was shot down by a U S fighter. The plane reportedly originated from the Bonin Islands about 750 miles north and was on a spy mission targeting Tokyo attack installations and nearby central and western Pacific zones.
Casualty figures from Linn county show 19 killed in action, two killed in training, 16 missing in action, one died in service, and seven prisoners outside Cedar Rapids. Inside the city, Cedar Rapids records 88 killed in action, 18 died in training, and 25 total casualties.
A three year old girl, Karen Schminkey, died in a farm house blaze near Johnston Iowa. Four other children were badly burned, including Rodney Schminkey, 1, and James, 9, Phyllis, 6, of Ada Wilson. Cause linked to oil poured on the stove by Rob ert Schminkey, James Wilson said. Mrs Schminkey 19, widow, had just returned. husband in service.
CHICAGO AP British representatives at the International Civil Aviation conference expect support from small European nations in the dispute over whether air routes can be counted in carrying capacity. Delegations from Britain and the United States have been deadlocked for over a week, though both agree that international airlines have a primary claim under other freedoms if permitted. The core issue is whether such rights may be carried incidentally in allotted routes.
Chicago AP reports Sidney Hill announced plans Saturday to continue the National Citizens Political Action committee with emphasis on small business to guard free enterprise against monopoly.
London dispatch says German radio claimed Russian forces pushed into Budapest southern outskirts on Csepel island and captured Hatvan and much of Miskolc while Moscow reported severing the Budapest Hatvan road and captures of several villages near Miskolc.
The War Labor Board granted night shift wage increases of four cents and six cents for late shifts benefiting 400000 workers across 86 companies. Paid vacations were set at one week after one year and two weeks after five years. A special commission may be formed to study guaranteed wage plans. The union's severance pay demand was approved in principle and negotiations were directed between companies and the union.
Allied forces push from Strasbourg to the Cologne region breaking enemy lines as U S Seventh and Third armies widen fronts in the Saar and along the Rhine. American, British units seize towns along a 400 mile front while mopping up in Strasbourg district and pressing toward Dueren Juelich and Roer line as German counterattacks intensify.
Cedar Rapids reports a steady snowfall starting around midnight Saturday with strong cold winds. Sleet and snow flurries earlier produced winter gear and furs in abundance as temperatures held near 31 degrees from noon to 7 pm, humidity about 75 percent, with total precipitation only around .30 inch per Cham- bers Inskeep measurements.
Washington reports a dangerous escalation in the Russia Poland exile government dispute in London. The resignation of premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk raises fears of a cancerous future for European peace and postwar security as US policy refuses to back any settlement or guarantee Polish frontiers. Acting Secretary Stettinius reiterates America’s stance.
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