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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1944
Page
1
Reports indicate renewed heavy Japanese and German resistance as Allied forces push toward decisive victories. Analysts warn that Axis hopes for a softer settlement fade while the Allies' power grows, signaling a likely prolonged struggle ahead.
Allied forces press the Aachen area as Devers Sixth Army Group advances on a 60 mile front driving toward the Schuldt pass into the Rhineland. Hodges First Army pushes deeper into Aachen while Patton Third Army reports withdrawal from Fort Driant. British patrols across the lower Rhine and Dutch border probe for opposition as Canadian First Army links bridgeheads and Woensdrecht falls.
Mr Burgus says Cedar Rapids has no large tin reliant industry and urges households to salvage tin to stockpile for reconversion to civilian production. He notes the tin salvage fits housework and pantry season as families preserve canned foods and cautions not to waste any salvageable tin.
In Los Angeles Senator Truman urged United Mine Workers leader John S. Lewis to reconsider backing the Republican ticket and support Roosevelt. He said Lewis should return to the Democratic party for the good of the union. He noted Dewey had reportedly read Lewis out of the Republicans and refused to speculate on a president dying in office.
Col. Oveta Culp Hobby is recovering at Walter Reed hospital from a minor operation and will return to work within a few days, the War Department announced.
London AP reports Berlin radio said Germany decided to evacuate Greece. Transocean agency broadcast noted the Balkan front would change, with officials saying events remain fluid and a final decision in this sector would come later.
The Allied command announced a strong British naval force has arrived at the port of Piraeus near Athens and will begin disembarking troops Monday. The move signals enhanced Allied support in Greece amid ongoing security concerns.
Cpl Tech Elbert J Rasnake 26 has been missing in action in France since Sept 25 per telegram to his wife Mrs L F Rasnake of 1553 Avenue. Rasnake entered service in 1940 and trained at Fort Meade Washington and Fort Benning. He has a 19 month old son and two brothers in service.
Cedar Rapids post office may reduce residential mail deliveries to once daily unless more carriers and longer staying workers are found. Postmaster Frank Baldwin said the problem is a shortage of carriers and sorters with the carrier shortage being the most acute. If unchanged, one experienced carrier may be assigned to two routes with separate morning and afternoon deliveries.
Secretary Forrestal exonerates two naval officers from all blame in the Statler hotel fight. The shore patrol found no misconduct by the officers and no charges are pending. Rep Maas questions news broadcasts to ships. Forrestal says ship news omits such incidents by policy. Maas blasts administration over campaign link to the incident.
AFL general counsel Joseph A. Padway said he will submit affidavits from two women who allege naval officers at the Statler hotel fight made unrepeatable remarks. One woman is a union official’s wife and the other a union employee. The women witnessed the confrontation as officers purportedly refused to leave. Lt. Randolph Dickins Jr. denies seeing any women and disputed the charges. He could not be reached for further comment.
A federal grand jury indicted Pfc. Earl McFarland, 21, a Guadalcanal veteran, on three counts each punishable by death in connection with the murder of Dorothy Berrum, 18.
City Assessor James F. Scolaro estimates Cedar Rapids property taxes will rise less than 1.5 mills despite higher city county and school board askings. He notes 1944 real estate valuations rose slightly without a revaluation year, and personal property and monies and credits increased significantly, shifting tax load with a net levy around 40.50 mills.
Pfc. James R. Gaffney 22, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gaffney of 605 McKinley St SE, was killed in action in Germany on Sept. 28. He enlisted in December 1942 and had been overseas since June. Born in Ryan, he leaves five sisters and a brother Pvt. Joe Gaffney in Belgium with army engineers. Services set for St. Patrick's Church in Ryan Wednesday at 10 a.m.
The city council denied Mary Abdo's Class C beer permit for her grocery at 1905 Fifth Avenue SE after police reports cited numerous neighborhood complaints of beer sales to minors in 1943. Detectives arrested the minors for buying beer, leading to convictions and $300 fines in district court.
German troops and Hungarian Nazis appeared to control Budapest after ousting Regent Horthy’s peace seeking government. Horthy was reported taken prisoner while loyal Hungarian forces surrounded the city. Himmler reportedly flew to Budapest to suppress the peace movement as German reinforcements arrived from Austria.
Washington correspondents named Drew Pearson as the most influential columnist, with his Gazette column drawing the most votes and twice as many as the runner up. The 160 ballots counted place Pearson behind Arthur Krock for overall influence, with Marquis Childs and David Lawrence among the leaders.
US B-29 Superfortresses struck Formosa again after a Saturday raid, targeting Okayama repair bases and Hello air depots. Reports say no planes were lost, while Japan claims sinking or damaging several US ships as the Third Fleet presses battles near Formosa.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey traveled to Missouri for a St. Louis speech at 9 p.m. on NBC and Blue networks. He told a several thousand audience in East St. Louis that the Roosevelt administration is the most in government in our era and urged honesty and competence in national government.
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