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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1944
Page
1
In Cedar Rapids shoppers faced a week of rationing rumors as butter point values rose from 16 to 20 and coffee rationing potential sparked a buying frenzy. Stores reported a one third jump in coffee sales before official word clarified the situation.
Mr and Mrs Ted O'Brien of 3030 Weing road NE believed their son Staff Sgt Edward C O'Brien 19 was missing. A letter from Maj Gen N F Twining stated O'Briens plane went down near Split Yugoslavia July 26. The family found a later letter showing he had bailed out and survived.
Gov. Earl Warren of California told a St. Paul rally that the Roosevelt administration no longer guarantees a steady legislative program and that the November vote will be extremely close. He praised early New Deal gains but said liberalism is gone and predicting a Republican victory remains uncertain. Warren called Oregon safe for Dewey and Washington a border line state, and commented on Sen. Ball's opposition to Dewey over foreign policy.
More than 2,700 Allied planes supported the new American offensive against the Siegfried line in the Aachen sector of northwest Germany. About 1,000 medium and fighter bombers led the attack before Lt. Gen. Hodges's troops, with 900 Fortresses and 500 escorts targeting Cologne and Kassel and 300 Liberators striking Hamm freight yards. Eisenhower urged Dutch island evacuations as bombers prepared.
Cedar Rapids reports Judge Robert C. Bell overruled Maxwell P. Oxmans petition to rehear and vacate his sentence for involvement in the John Factor whisky warehouse receipts swindle. Oxman, 10-year Leavenworth inmate, argued a misdated sentence and room visit, but Bell found he remained in custody and not released before recall. A $2500 fine appeared in both sentences.
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for cloudy cool conditions with occasional light rain tonight and Tuesday. Cedar Rapids reported a heavy mist at noon with 49 degrees and 68 percent humidity. Rain fell across Iowa Sunday, with Burlington recording 1.11 inches. Cedar Rapids saw .24 inch of precipitation last night and early today. Sunday high reached 65 in the afternoon, followed by a 54 degree low late evening.
Linn county civic religious and patriotic groups are invited to form a Veterans Service committee and information center to aid veterans returning to civilian life. Frank Welch, from Linn county selective service, will direct the project and asks organizations to name two delegates by October 7 to plan meetings.
Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, commanding the Twenty first army group, expresses complete confidence that Germany has been defeated and that victory will come without specific dates. He emphasizes a battle plan executed to the last detail and notes the need for a fighting army with a mix of young and older soldiers.
Gov Bricker claims Senator Truman as vice president candidate quotes Roosevelt era failures and delays in war planning. He cites Truman writings and speeches to argue that four more years of the New Deal would imperil national and world peace as Bricker campaigns from Iowa to the Pacific coast.
American forces report control of the southern Palau islands and three airfields after 19 days of heavy fighting. More than 10 000 Japanese soldiers killed, with remnants confined to two pockets on Peleliu and Angaur.
Federal Judge Michael L. Igoe ruled the trustees of the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific railroad may issue a $10 bonus to 5 200 employees currently serving in the armed forces.
Washington reports GOP managers place Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in a favorable position as campaigns unfold. Roosevelt broadcasts Oct. 5 from the White House then Dewey replies from Charleston, W. Va., two nights later. The exchanges heighten the bitter race with targets on border states and Madison Square Garden as possible election eve plans.
American Fifth Army repelled German counter-attacks on Monte Battagna and captured Monte Cappella near Imola as skies cleared for air support. Eighth Army pushed Nazis from Savignano and crossed toward the Fiumicino while Allied air power bombed and harried German positions along the Rhine corridor toward Cologne and Düsseldorf. The offensive, led by Lt General Hodges, aimed to break the Siegfried line with heavy artillery and mass aerial strikes.
The CIO Political Action Committee failed to reach its $5.5 million goal in a four week drive asking each of its 5.5 million members to give $1. Reports from Cedar Rapids and Detroit indicate participation lagging with fewer than half of local CIO members contributing. The AFL also lagged in Florida Arkansas and California. Officials planned extended fund raising and radio appeals.
The U S First Army drives a two mile deep wedge on a six mile front north of Aachen in an effort to breach the Siegfried line. Lt Gen Courtney Hodges leads infantry and tanks toward Geilenkirchen from Groenstraat as U S forces cross the Wurm river amid heavy pillbox and mortar fire. The advance seeks a fourth breach in Hitler's western wall while facing strong resistance.
Allied troops expanded their push into Germany with gains of up to three and a half miles. They captured Grevenmacher on the Luxembourg border and cleared the Gremecy forest near Nancy while closing in within ten miles of Belfort, intensifying the Vosges gateway approach.
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