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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1942
Page
25
The Langley, Pecos, and Peary were bombed and sunk by the Japanese in the southwest Pacific near Java and northern Australia. Casualties exceed 700. survivors were rescued, with next of kin notified as information becomes available.
In a 52 hour battle south of Java, the US aircraft tender Langley and fleet tanker Pecos were sunk while jets and dive bombers attacked. Survivors endured hours in the water as destroyers and escorts conducted rescues and ferried the wounded to safety. Commander McConnell and Commander Abernethy described the brutal air assault and the loss of both ships during the February 27 to March 1 engagement.
Army and navy transports that sail to Puerto Rico will be used on return trips to bring sugar to the United States. The move aims to alleviate sugar storage shortages in Puerto Rico while rationing proceeds next month. WPB officials convened to review shipping bottlenecks and offshore sugar movement difficulties.
The Herald Tribune reports a Washington dispatch that the sugar rationing plan could be dropped. Registration tentatively set for May 4 to 7 faces potential cancellation if War Production Board sugar supply estimates prevail over Office of Price Administration.
Mohandas K. Gandhi approved a statement urging British aid depend on making the war a peoples war and the government a peoples government. The All-India Congress leaders emphasized duty to the country amid fears of Japanese attack as Azad and Nehru met with Wavell and Cripps to discuss dominion status and defense control.
Navy announced Saturday that a medium sized U S merchant vessel a medium sized Latvian merchantman and a small Canadian merchant vessel were torpedoed and sunk. The U S vessel was torpedoed off the Atlantic coast and the other two in the Caribbean area several weeks ago. No further details were disclosed.
London distributed AP report notes that Vichy radio via Reuters stated two of ten Norwegian ships breaking for England from Goteborg, Sweden, had arrived at an English port.
War dispatch from Australia highlights American bomber crew led by Lieut Dan Fagen. The crew, including Russell Worley and Ed Sponable, battles Japanese fighters using instrument flight in poor weather. Fagen reassures his wife of his safety as missions proceed.
First Lieut Kenneth Patton stationed at Hickam Field Hawaii learned at 5 am Friday that his second son was born just after midnight at St Luke Hospital Cedar Rapids. A trans Pacific phone call from Mrs Kepler confirmed the birth naming Kenneth Donald.
Britain and Italy began exchanging sick and wounded prisoners of war as ships met at Smyrna in western Turkey. Negotiations through a protecting power set the process in motion with a full statement to follow. Italian to British prisoner ratio is believed to be at least five to one.
President Roosevelt asked for ideas to label the war with short descriptive impact. Suggestions range from War for Freedom to Your War and The Democratic Crusade, reflecting hopes it will rally support and defend democracies and small nations.
The Senate appropriations panel backs a graduated profit cap on war contract work as an amendment to the $19 billion supplemental war funds bill. It limits profits by contract size and requires cost certification and possible clawbacks, amid protests from the War Production Board and military offices.
Washington reports a price freeze will take effect in April on 44 household electrical appliances and all plumbing fixtures, covering retail, wholesale and manufacturers products. Acting Price Administrator John E Hamm notes rationing is not planned due to ample stock, aimed to curb postwar price surges amid WB orders. The rule includes appliances up to 2500 watts and any plumbing fixtures with all types and sizes, while installers may charge standard installation fees.
Des Moines reports freezing temperatures and snow squalls expected across Iowa on Easter Sunday after unseasonably warm Saturday. Farmers are advised to protect livestock as scattered showers turn to snow in the north and west with strong winds.
Cedar Rapids saw a new year high of 78 degrees at 2 pm as bright sun and a south breeze pushed temperatures up. Friday reached 68 by 5 pm, then cooled to 63 by 7 pm and to 48 by 7:30 am Saturday.
The justice department reports the arrest of William Dudley Pelley, leader of the Silver Shirts, in Darien Connecticut on sedition charges under the espionage act. He faces trial in Indianapolis for disloyal acts or words during war, with potential penalties including imprisonment and fines.
Providence AP reports Harrison S. Taft 73 a noted construction engineer and Roger Williams descendant collapsed and died Friday while strolling near his Rhode Island residence. Taft was well known for his public works leadership and family lineage.
U S submarines in the southwest Pacific reportedly sank a Japanese light cruiser near Christmas Island and damaged another in the same area. Additional ships were damaged near Bali and Lombok as U S naval forces extend the war on multiple fronts.
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