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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1944
Page
6
Governor Dewey calls for clear straightforward laws to avoid chaos in business and citizen life. He cites a fuel rationing order with six amendments in 11 days and asks how locals can follow ever shifting rules. Cedar Rapids Bureau praises young men’s work. calls for continued community effort and voter registration.
The Manila strike by American carrier planes sinks or damages numerous Japanese vessels and hits Clark and Nichols fields. President Laurel proclaims martial law while Tokyo reports large carrier air assaults. The Nimitz Mitscher force boasts a sweeping, costly operation with many ships sunk.
The Gazette resumes its traditional farm page feature Out on the Acres with Rex Cann interviewing eastern Iowa farmers. The column highlights farmers as well informed on economics and current affairs, sharing clear opinions from fieldwork to the home desk.
Thomas E. Dewey called for drastic revision of taxation to spur private enterprise and expand jobs. He argued taxes should not discourage startups and growth, while government must create jobs when private options run short, and warned against excessive bureaucratic power in Washington.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey urged private enterprise expansion and foreign markets to ease economic security problems. He warned against New Deal regimentation, called for reform of government controls, and criticized the era’s political approach as lacking freedom. The speech aired tonight on NBC and WHO from the Los Angeles municipal auditorium.
Vice President Henry A. Wallace told the Independent Voters' Committee in Madison Square Garden that Roosevelt is better qualified to lead in postwar peace and full employment. He warned that a Republican victory could bring a Hoover era panic and prior Harding isolationism, insisting Dewey and Roosevelt share equal dedication but arguing for Roosevelt's experience on international cooperation and job creation for veterans and workers.
Two Cedar Rapids soldiers died in action, one in France and one in the Central Pacific. Cpl. Richard J. Gordon, 21, and Pvt. Gordon Rassing Quill, 33, were confirmed dead with families and service details noted, including Gordon’s Air Forces service and Quill’s prior role as a superintendent and Cedar Rapids visit.
Rome AP reports Eighth Army swept into the Po valley after Rimini seizure, while Fifth Army captured Firenzuola, delivering a double blow to Kesselring’s Gothic line. Greek, Canadian, and Brazilian troops reinforced the advance as German divisions lose their strength and retreat under heavy Allied bombardment.
Lt. Dean Arthur Cain son of Mr and Mrs A L Cain 890 Twelfth Street NE suffered a double fracture of the pelvis in a motorcycle crash near Anamosa while returning to Truax Field Madison Wisconsin. Pvt Ralph Fauber also in the party was shaken up but able to report back to Madison. Cain is a patient at Mercy Hospital Anamosa. Both men are stationed at Truax Field radio division.
Poles report Soviet forces and Polish patriots clash in Warsaw after a Vistula crossing. Moscow says Tallinn and Estonia see heavy Soviet advances while German retreat widens. Russian-Romanian spearheads near Hungary threaten final satellite defeat in rapid central plains advance.
Lt Glen W Higbee son of Mr and Mrs G W Higbee of 1934 First Avenue NE is at University Hospital Iowa City with polio myelitis. He was an Ottumwa naval air station instructor who fell ill last Tuesday described as very mild and flown to Town City hospital. He has been at Ottumwa since last May and recently promoted from ensign.
Quaker Oats posted a yearly total sales figure of 142 647 173 the highest in its history for the year ended June 30. Net income declined by 410 131 versus the prior year while sales rose 20 468 508 and cost of goods sold increased 21 400 375. Net income after taxes and charges was 4 279 433 with the year ending and a 3 25 per share dividend and 67 278 past service annuity charge. Surplus totaled 863 973 after preferred dividends.
B3 and C3 gasoline coupons and third quarter truck coupons expire on October 1. A T Pleune, chief clerk of the war price and ration board, said they may not be used after that date. New truck rations and renewed B and C coupons will be processed next week, with late A renewals deferred for hearing after October 1.
Allied forces press the Arnhem bridge offensive as British paratroops and Polish units fight to hold the Rhine crossing amid German counterattacks. Dempsey shuttles armor to Nijmegen while American forces advance near Nancy and Arrancourt in the largest tank battles since Normandy.
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