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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1942
Page
4
The Linn County Attorney warns that slot machine operation and liquor by the drink will face strict enforcement. The police chief pledges a serious, ongoing policy without exception to curb law violations and preserve Cedar Rapids as a stable city amid wartime tightening.
Allied forces battered through to exit a Japanese siege on the western Burma front and now defend Prome while remaining threats loom to Burma’s oilfields. Japanese control air and roads around Shwedaung Paungde as Chinese units press south toward Toungoo.
Chinese forces retreat from Toungoo after five days of brutal air and ground attacks. Gen stilwell led relief march as Japanese lines were breached 12 miles north, with the battle marking the Burma campaign’s fiercest fighting to date. Chinese defenders had been cut off for a week, relying on a single ammunition can.
Allied airmen report 18 Japanese planes destroyed or damaged in Australia and surrounding campaigns. Curtin touts no UN losses as raids on Koepang Lae Darwin and Port Moresby continue, while MacArthur and Blamey prepare closer army air cooperation under new command structure.
Washington reports Japanese troops attacked the right center of General Wainwright’s line in Bataan. Some positions fell to the invaders but heavy hand to hand combat halted the assault before the main line. Japan apologized for bombing a base hospital.
London AP reports Britain has increased escorts for Russia bound convoys to counter greater German efforts to intercept supply ships reaching North Russian ports.
The Chicago board of trade saw a record low membership price as a seat sold Tuesday for 100 dollars. The decline reflected ongoing volatility in futures markets and investor uncertainty in Chicago trading floors.
An Axis torpedo hit a merchant ship off the Atlantic coast on Sunday morning. A premature baby was born in a cabin at the moment of impact and survived. Rear Admiral Adolphus Andrews ordered full rescue efforts, and both mother and child were later rescued and reported doing as well as can be expected.
Cedar Rapids and vicinity expect warmer conditions today tonight and Thursday with a high around the mid 50s. The city saw sun early in the week as March rain arrived, with temperatures rising from a low near 28 this morning to a 50 degree midday reading at Chambers Inskeep by 12 45 pm.
Selective service headquarters announced that men registered Feb 16 would be immediately classified and likely inducted in May or June. Local boards were told to begin classification at once and to fill the June call with Feb 16 registrants and earlier groups, while continuing to classify the second age group to ensure sufficient numbers by June 1.
Patrolman Charles Fels followed a slow moving car at about 7 p m Tuesday and questioned its driver H W Lineweaver 67 of 1525 Fifth Ave SE after spotting a whisky bottle. Lineweaver was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated arraigned with three days to plead bond set at 500 dollars in district court.
The War Production Board requires retailers to trade in used collapsible tubes for each new tube purchased and bans most tin tubes from food and cosmetic uses. Violations carry up to a 10,000 dollar fine and one year in jail. Recycled tubes may be reprocessed for manufacturers.
Cedar Rapids drug stores moved quickly to comply with the WPB directive on tubes. Boxes for tubes were being built in some stores while others already had containers in place and had started voluntary collections in the past two weeks. No disposition orders have been issued yet.
In New DelhI Sir Stafford Cripps reportedly told the British cabinet that a plan granting Indians a greater voice in home defense might prevent rejection of Britain's independence proposal. Sikh and Hindu extremist groups rejected the offer, while Congress leaders debated Gandhi and Nehru drafts and prepared a memorandum aligning with defending free India yet resisting postwar dominion limits.
Linn County aims to curb liquor and slot machine activity as County Attorney William W Crissman warns clubs and individuals will face prosecutions. Police, sheriff and detectives meet to address complaints and potential openings for new clubs amid pre election clean up.
Nine people died of suffocation in Alexandria during a daylight air raid alert when 2 000 people rushed into a shelter built for 100. No bombs were dropped. The crowd, seeking safety, overwhelmed the shelter capacity in the crowded streets.
Local readers urged to sell used typewriters via Gazette Want Ads. The notice touts quick cash offers and a buyer found the first day an ad ran. Dial 2-1121 to place a want ad and charge it if you are a telephone subscriber.
Reich troops mass on the eastern front as Hitler moves fresh divisions toward Russia. London sources estimate 4.5 million Germans and 7 million Russians massing for spring battles along a 2000 mile front. Soviet reports note renewed assaults on Kharkov and Sevastopol as Sevastopol defends after a 150 day siege.
London report says an enemy raid on Gibraltar was driven off by anti air fire at 4 45 am. Bombs were dropped but there were no casualties or damage reported in the Telegraph dispatch.
Senate passes an 81 to 0 vote approving a bill to create a 100 million Small War Plants Corporation under the War Production Board. The agency would take contracts, farm work to small firms, and provide loans. Debate followed on labor rider positions and moratorium on action until April 20.
Virtually all construction work in Cedar Rapids stopped when AFL locals’ contracts expired at 8 am. Fay Merrill said no work without signed agreements. Both Merrill and Allied Construction Interests expected an early settlement. Seventeen of nineteen AFL locals affected. plasterers signed, plumbers’ contract extends to May 1. Workers reportedly seek wage increases tied to living costs. Labor and management declined to discuss details.
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