Japs Claim Some Success in Bataan as Attacks Continue
Washington reports heavy fighting on the Bataan front with both sides sustaining casualties. Dutch East Indies resistance in Java, led by Generals Schilling and Pressman, continues as Netherlands forces fight inland. General Yamashita aims to control the north–south highway to Mariveles, the lifeline for food and munitions to Wainwright’s defense.
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Washington
War Department
Bataan
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Hubertus van Mook
Dutch East Indies
Java
Manila Bay
Cavite
Corregidor
Fort Hughes
MacArthur
Netherlands
Pacific
van Mook
Netherlands Indies
Schilling
Pressman
Wainwright
Tomoyuki Yamashita
Singapore
Yamashita
Mariveles Port
Corregidor Fortress
Rubber Dearth Due to British Dutch Jones Senate Testimony
Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones testified before the Truman committee that British and Dutch hesitation to meet rubber demands hindered U S stockpile goals for 1939 40. He noted the 150 000 ton target was set and only 40 000 tons delivered, while quotas rose after U S pressure. Jones described frantic prewar import efforts and said post attack shipments reached 187 486 tons, with little left. He did not fault war and navy departments for the procurement program.
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Washington
Jesse Jones
United States
Jones
Orient
Senate
Truman
Hel
War
Navy Departments
Dutch East Indies
Malaya
Japan
284 Saved From 3 U. S. Warships
London dispatches report 284 men rescued from the Langley destroyer Peary and Pecos after their sinking in the southwestern Pacific. The Langley carried 500 men, many transferred to the Pecos before its sinking. Pecos and Langley each lost crews. 165 Langley men and 66 Pecos sailors were saved, plus 53 rescued from the Peary.
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London
Australia
United States
Langley
Peary
Pecos
Pacific
End Freight Tieup in Chicago War Material Terminals
The AFL Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and Freight Handlers canceled a brief walkout by 900 workers at two major Chicago carloading terminals. The move ends a disruption that could have delayed war material shipments.
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Chicago
AFL Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
The Flowers That Bloom in Spring Forecast
Cedar Rapids and vicinity face a colder night with a low around 25 degrees on Wednesday morning. Winds ease tonight as skies stay gray and temperatures hover near freezing, after a day that saw a low of 33 at 7 30 a.m. and a noon temperature near 38.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Iowans warned of frost and freezing conditions
Des Moines says colder weather with frost and freezing temperatures will hit Tuesday night into Wednesday. Shippers were told temperatures drop to 22 degrees in the northwest, 24 in the northeast, and 26 in the south. State highs reached 67 in Clarinda with a 31 degree low at Decorah. Winds were expected to diminish Tuesday.
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Des Moines
INS
U S Admiral Standley Arrives in Kuibyshev
Admiral William Harrison Standley, new United States ambassador to the Soviet Union, arrived in Kuibyshev on Tuesday aboard the U S S P.
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Kuibyshev
U.S.S.R
William Harrison Standley
United States
Soviet Union
Want Ad Sells Typewriter Same Night Ad Ran
A gazette want ad sold a typewriter for W. E. Owen of 110 25th street drive SE the same night it ran. This example shows the quick results of low-cost Gazette Want Ads.
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Gazette
W. E. Owen
25Th Street Drive
Royal Typewriter Ad Offers Low-Cost Want Ads
The notice promotes Royal Typewriter at 38th Street SE with a special want ad service. Readers are urged to call 2-1121 to place a seven day ad and save up to 44 percent per day, with cancellation and payment only for days the ad runs.
Tanker Shown With Bow Sliced After Axis Sub Blasts
The stern of a tanker damaged by enemy submarine blasts is pictured after docking at Morehead City North Carolina. The navy approved release of the image.
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Morehead City
N. C
Navy
U S Subs Sink Three Jap Vessels in Far Pacific
U S submarines in the western Pacific sunk two Japanese tankers near the Caroline islands and one freighter in Japanese waters. The combined tally from four months of war reached 209 ships sunk or damaged, with ten probably sunk and 11 damaged.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Western Pacific
Caroline Islands
Par East
Southwest Pacific
Navy Department
Ickes Seeks 25 Percent Fuel Oil Curtailment
Harold L. Ickes, petroleum coordinator, urged a 25 percent cut in normal fuel oil deliveries for space heating and hot water on the Atlantic seaboard and in Oregon and Washington. The move, described as near an order, follows a request from the industry marketing committee for district 1. Hospitals and private homes in emergencies are exempt.
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Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Oregon
Harold L. Ickes
Petroleum Industry
District 1
East Coast
Columia
Jap Invasion Fleet Sighted Off Amoy Coast
A Chinese military spokesman said a Japanese invasion fleet of 13 transports five warships and one gun boat was sighted off Amoy north of Canton between Formosa and the Chinese mainland. Three Japanese divisions are massed on Formosa. their destination is unknown.
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Chungking
Amoy
Canton
Formosa
Government Training Program Expands in Schools
The school board approved $18,000 worth of new machinery for shop training to prepare civilians for war industry jobs, expanding a program already in Cedar Rapids. Machinery will belong to the schools. The board also okayed payroll deductions for war savings bonds and stamps and named standing committees led by Charles Penningroth.
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Cedar Rapids
Arthur Deamer
Charles Penningroth
J. C. Blodgett
Myron Koenig
Ernest Kosek
Arthur L. Bye
C.T. Hickok
Kosek
J. K. von Lackum
Bye
Koenig
Jules Koenig
Dixie Woman Named American Mother of 1942
The Gold en Rule foundation selects Mrs. William N. Berry of Greensboro North Carolina as The American Mother of 1942. Berry, 52, has 13 children and serves as secretary and treasurer of her husband's coal company. One son is in the army and two in the navy.
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New York
Golden Rule Foundation
William N. Berry
Greensboro
N. C
Berry
Navy
Senate Advances Compromise on War Profits Limits
The Senate voted 51 to 10 to suspend rules and consider a modified profits limit on war contracts as a compromise to the war appropriations bill. The plan lets war’s wartime agencies insert renegotiation and profit withholding clauses, eliminating a sliding scale. It aims to enable conferees to craft a refined profits provision after agency consultation.
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Washington
Senate
Secretaries of War and Navy
Maritime Commission
House
Donald Nelson
War Production Board
U S Regulars Aid A V G In Burmese Defense
A Chinese military spokesman said U S regulars from the army air force joined American volunteer pilots to defend Mandalay as Japanese forces killed 2000 to 3000 civilians and destroyed about two thirds of the city’s commercial district in a three hour raid Friday.
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Chungking
United States Army Air Force
Mandalay
Roosevelt says overtime savings to go to nation
President Roosevelt told a Detroit war conference of the CIO United Auto Workers that the government will renegotiate contracts to ensure overtime savings go to the nation. The UAW CIO board proposed limiting individual and family income to 25000 a year in exchange for defense bonds. Delegates will study proposals to waive double time for Sunday and holiday work with pay at time and a half for over eight hours or for a seventh consecutive day.
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Detroit
Roosevelt
United Automobile Workers (Cio
R J Thomas
Uaw-Cio International
Thomas
Union
International Executive Board
National Cio
Ford Motor Company
Great Willow Run
Michigan
Dutch Indies Air Force Escapes Java En Masse
Sydney AP report says most of the Netherlands East Indies air force, led by Major General L. H. Van Oyen and including many student pilots, have escaped from Java. Dr Hubertus J. van Mook, lieutenant governor, provided the update on Tuesday.
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Sydney
Australia
Netherlands East Indies Air Force
L. H. van Oyen
Java
Hubertus J. van Mook
Roosevelt Reports On Reinforcements
President Roosevelt told Pacific war council members that the latest American reinforcements of men and equipment sent to the Pacific theater were very encouraging. The briefing outlined troop and matériel deployments across multiple points in the war zone.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Pacific War Council
Pacific War Theater
Knox Credits New Protectives for Fewer East Coast U-Boat Attacks
Secretary of the Navy Knox said U-boat attacks along the U S Atlantic coast dropped last week and may reflect newly enforced protective methods. He cited waves of raids, coastal lanes, and expanding patrol craft with blimps and army air force cooperation. He noted 116 ships sunk since Pearl Harbor and discussed merchant crew Manning issues.
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Knox
East Seaboard
Washington
United States
Atlantic
Navy
North Atlantic
Caribbean
Pearl Harbor
Canada
Caribbean Sea
South America
Army Air Force
Adolphus Andrews
Eastern Sea Frontier
Pacific
America
Cedar Rapids Teachers Granted Pay Raises and Rehiring
Cedar Rapids school board rehired about 500 teachers for 1942 43 with AJL general raises of two percent and schedule increases. Superintendent Arthur Deamer, renewed for a three year term at 7000 annually, praised the vote of confidence. Three new contracts went to Florence E Noble Delmar W Risse and Leo J Schrody for librarian and industrial arts positions.
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Cedar Rapids News
Arthur Deamer
Cedar Rapids
Deamer
AJL
Florence E. Noble
Monticello
Wilson High School
Delmar W. Risse
Marion
Franklin
Leo J. Schrody
Cedar Falls
Wilson
County Treas Bates and Seevell Seek Reelection
Frank F. Bates Linn county treasurer and Elmer M. Seevell Marion county supervisor for the second district announce their bid for Republican renomination in the June 1 primary. Bates, a Cedar Rapids banker turned treasurer, and Seevell, a Marion official since 1936, emphasize long local service and civic involvement.
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County
Treas. Bates
Seevell
Cedar Rapids
Frank F. Bates
Sixth Avenue SE
Linn
Elmer M. Seevell
Marion
Luesday
Bates
Lama
Bert C Busby
Busby
Princeton
Ill
Iowa
Water Service Department
Rock Island Railroad
American Legion
Preserve Home Front Urges Iowa Auto Dealers
Lieut. Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper told about 400 Iowa Automobile Dealers at a luncheon that Americans fight two battles the physical war and the home front. He urged preserving the home front system and trusting the national war program, asserting the individual is responsible for his destiny. Ben Sanders of Des Moines echoed the resolve that dealers are not out of business and must keep America rolling.
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Hickenlooper
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
B. B. Hickenlooper
Iowa Automobile Dealers Association
Association
America
Ben Sanders
Des Moines
Ray Chamberlain
The
National Act
Nelson Foresees Broad War Production Cutoff
Washington AP Nelson outlines a May 31 stop to most consumer durable goods and a pair of orders halting private construction and restricting iron and steel use. He calls the move a lean civilian economy for total all out war, warning industrial casualties are inevitable as conversion accelerates.
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Washington
Donald M. Nelson
Nelson
WPB
Irving
Army
Navy
Maritime Commission
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