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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1942
Page
1
The Langley destroyer and the Pecos tanker, with the Peary destroyer, were bombed and sunk by the Japanese in the southwest Pacific. Estimates put deaths at over 700 with crews fighting bravely as ships went down near Java and Darwin.
Army and navy transports on Puerto Rico runs will be used to bring sugar back to the United States on return voyages. Lt. Cmdr. Thomas C. Hennings Jr said the agreement could force mill closures within two weeks. WPB Chairman Nelson and Price Administrator Henderson met to review the sugar situation amid offshore crop issues and rationing uncertainties.
SAN FRANCISCO RP The Langley aircraft tender and the Pecos fleet tanker were sunk after a two day bombardment by enemy planes in the Indian Ocean south of Java between Feb 27 and March 1. Commander R P McConnell said the Langley was smothered with bombs. survivors spent hours in the water after two ships were lost in little more than two days.
New York AP reports tentative nationwide registration set for May 4 to 7 to begin audits of sugar supplies. observers note the plan could be dropped if current stock estimates change.
Mohandas K. Gandhi approves a statement to the United Press urging that Indian aid depends on making the war a mass movement and a peoples war. He and C. Rajagopalachari stress duty to country amid concerns over Japanese invasion and postwar plans.
A wartime report states three additional merchant ships were sunk by enemy action. The loss underscores the ongoing peril to maritime trade as nations navigate supply routes and strategic chokepoints.
A garbled AP dispatch notes a Vichy regime statement about a pair of Norwegian ships making a dash for England and Sweden, with unclear details and attribution. The fragment references London and a Vichy address, but specifics are not recoverable.
In Australia the Battle of Australia appears dominated by American pilots led by Lieut Dan Fagen. Fagen, nicknamed Chief for Cherokee heritage, leads a bomber crew that disrupts Jap Zero tactics. Fellow pilots Lieuts Russell Worley and Ed Sponable share tales from instrument weather and mission strain.
First Lieut Kenneth Patton stationed in Hawaii learned at 5 a.m. Friday that his son Kenneth Donald Patton was born in Cedar Rapids. Mrs. Patton’s mother Mrs. Kepler arranged a trans Pacific call from 1611 Sulliv... (truncated in OCR) The Pattons already have a son, Terry Lee, aged two. Mrs. Patton is the former Maxine Kepler of Cedar Rapids.
British and Italian ships carrying wounded captives meet at Smyrna in western Turkey as a protecting power facilitates a prisoner exchange. Officials say details are limited but a full statement will be issued later. The Italian to British prisoner ratio is believed to be at least five to one.
President Roosevelt seeks a short descriptive title to rally nations while defending democracies. Suggestions include War Against Fascism and War for Freedom, with others proposing The Crusade and War of All Hemispheres as possible options.
The Senate appropriations committee backed a plan to tax and renegotiate profits on war contracts. It sets graduated profit limits from 10 percent to 2 percent based on contract size and directs refunds for excess profits. The move faces opposition from war production officials.
Washington announces price ceilings on 44 household electrical appliances and plumbing fixtures effective April and based on March 30 levels. Rationing not planned due to adequate stocks, with the freeze covering retail, wholesale, and manufacturers. Plumber items as installed remain unrestricted.
Des Moines reports a looming cold wave for Easter Sunday with freezing temperatures and snow squalls forecast for Iowa after a warm Saturday. Farmers urged to shield livestock as strong winds accompany scattered overnight precipitation. highs reached 72 in Council Bluffs and lows 41 in Ames.
The report describes a rapid temperature drop from 63 degrees by evening to 52 at midnight and then 48 by 7 30 a.m. Saturday with a red line marking the change and references Diana and Gemmee.
Justice department announced the arrest of William Dudley Pelley in Darien Connecticut on sedition charges under the Espionage Act. The Silver Shirts leader, noted as being from Asheville North Carolina and Noblesville Indianapolis, faces up to 20 years imprisonment and fines up to $10,000 for disloyal acts or words.
Navy communique reports U S submarines in the southwest Pacific sinking a Japanese light cruiser near Christmas Island south of Java and damaging other vessels. It notes two seaplane tenders damaged near Bali and a supply ship harmed near Lombok as part of broader actions.
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