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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1943
Page
2
London AP reports Soviet troops repelling German assaults with about 300 enemy casualties in one clash. Earlier, German losses were estimated at 1,200, roughly half of three battalions hurled into action. The communique notes 100 German deaths in a Western Caucasus local action.
Washington AP reports the first class of WAAC officers to attend the Army General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth has graduated. A second class of 16 WAAC officers will begin April 19, including First Officer Mary S. Bell of Cedar Rapids Iowa.
The Office of Price Administration lowered ration point values for sausage items effective at midnight. Changes affect pork sausage wieners bologna baked leaves and liver sausage reduced from seven to six points while non meat fillers drop more. Other cuts include tamales souse head cheese scrapple neck bones and chitterlings with varying point reductions. Kosher sausage rules vary by filler content.
Two soldiers admitted they were AWOL and were held at the police station awaiting instructions from Camp Dodge MP. Pfc Henry E Welsch 20 Canton Ohio and Pvt Roland Ridgeway 21 Rinwood Ohio of Company C 351st engineered left Camp White Oregon last week and were brought in by Officers O Neill and Kuba at 7 Avenue SE.
The Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce holds its annual convention Friday and Saturday at the Roosevelt hotel in Cedar Rapids. Gov Bourke B Hickenlooper will speak at the Friday luncheon and Harold W Herman of Chicago will close with Our Wartime Challenge. Delegates register Friday morning and attend a Monte Carlo party that night. a Saturday stag begins at 9 p.m.
The Treasury outlines non negotiable and redeemable bond types for the 1943 drive. Series E F G bonds offer fixed interest with long maturities and caps on annual purchases, while Series C tax savings notes and treasury certificates target big investors and banks. Various maturities run from three to twenty six years with denominations up to one million dollars and staggered issue dates in 1943.
A House small business committee alleged the Office of Price Administration has violated congressional intent by not permitting a fair margin for packers in meat price ceilings. The panel urged rapid action to avert bankruptcy or closures among independent packers slaughterers and non slaughterers, citing a price control act provision for such an allowance.
UMW president Lewis says the administration seeks to strike at miners while inflation is blamed on war profits. He cites treasury figures showing billions spent on the war effort and accuses industry leaders of taking profits, calling for wage fairness for miners and farmers.
British and American advances across Tunisia push Rommel toward northern mountain strongholds. More than 10,000 prisoners taken by the British Eighth Army since April 6, with dozens of Axis aircraft shot down. The First Army presses 30 to 40 miles north toward Tunis while Axis lines collapse around Mezzouna Maknassy and Sousse.
Washington sources say nearly 3 million childless married men aged 18 to 37 face a shift in draft status. The plan eliminates 3-B and moves most to 1-A, keeps 3-A for fathers, creates 3-D for hardship deferments, and preserves about 250,000 in 3-C farming, with broader implications for induction timing.
City briefs report a rummage sale sponsored by the Guilds of a Lutheran church for Saturday May 1, ads on Bowco school and Victory Gardens classifieds. Cedar Rapids Coin Club meets 8 p.m. Monday at Montrose hotel. fire units respond to two alarms with no damage. Mrs Naibert and son travel to Palacios, Texas after visiting relatives while husband serves in the army medical corps at Camp Hulen.
Speros Cosmos a former supreme governor of the Order of Ahepa an American Greek association will address the Rotary Club at the Roosevelt Hotel during Monday noon luncheon.
About 30 present at a meeting of Cub Pack 17 in Buchanan school Friday night. Four boys were graduated into scouting Richard Doran Dean Norman David Suchomel and James Sommerhouser. The following were presented awards Roger Jennison Joseph Suchomel John Shafer Richard Wilson Paul Woodard Craig Clark Tommy Fleckenstein and Jerry Harbert.
The Red Cross drive in Cedar Rapids collected 1772.10 across six venues the Iowa Paramount State Palace Times and Rialto. The nationwide effort by the motion picture industry aimed to reach those not yet contacted by canvass teams.
A bill passed to restore citizenship to deserters who rejoined the military. The article notes many servicemen deserted in Guadalcanal and Africa but later returned, proving themselves capable again and contributing to the war effort.
The Jap Group via former ambassador Joseph Grew cautions against assuming Japan will be defeated easily and warns that even if Japan cannot dictate peace the Greater East Asia program would make her a dominating power, with a fortress of Asia and a new generation of fighters waiting for the West to weaken.
Allied forces reported a Japanese transport ship was hit and a merchantman destroyed when Allied planes dropped 30 tons of bombs on Wewak New Guinea a key enemy base about 450 miles from Port Moresby. Shore defenses at Wewak were wrecked with additional strikes along Bogia Alexishafen and Madang.
The Portuguese liner San Miguel will dock in Philadelphia on Sunday from Lisbon with the bodies of 10 Clipper plane crash victims in the Tagus river on February 22. Included are Frank Cuhel from Cedar Rapids Iowa Tamara Swann of New York Roy Rognan and Ben Robertson all listed as prominent media figures. The Fourth naval district said the bodies would be removed from the ship on Monday.
Washington AP reported fourteen resignations from the domestic branch of the Office of War Information by Saturday night. New departures include two division chiefs and Henry F. Pringle, head of the writers division, amid discord over advertising dominance and shifts in publication policy. Gardner Cowles Jr. cited contention over restricting pamphlets in favor of newspapers magazines radio and other established channels.
The immigration and naturalization service will move all operations from Ellis Island to a single Manhattan building, with Ellis Island no longer serving as an immigration center. District director W Frank Watkins announced the plan Saturday.
Washington DP Philip Murray, head of the CIO, said about 650,000 war workers could be laid off in the next three months due to an overabundance of war materials. He warned faulty utilization of manpower could soon cause mass unemployment despite efforts to boost production.
Funeral services for Mrs Lemar McFarland 57 formerly of Cedar Rapids who died in Minneapolis after a short illness will be held at St Patrick 9 a.m. Wednesday Rev D J Lenihan will officiate The body will be moved to Brady Funeral home and then to the home of Mr and Mrs Sam Dale for calling She is survived by her husband a daughter Mrs Malcolm Richards Alameda California a son Corp Robert H McFarland Camp Robinson Arkansas a sister Mrs Boyd Kern and a brother C L McKernon both of Alhambra California Burial will be in Mt Calvary cemetery
Funeral services are set for Mrs Louise Levsen 72 former Wyom ing Iowa at 2 p.m. Monday at the Methodist church in Wyom ing with burial in Wyom ing cemetery. She died Saturday in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a short illness while living with her daughter Hetty L Franks in Keokuk. Surviving are sons Paul E Wyom ing E H Ce mae and Marvin C De. Her body was moved to Hunte Funeral home in Spring for wake viewing.
Albert A. Hearne 67 of Dubuque and Quaker Oats employee died Saturday after a five year illness. He leaves sister Esther V. Sommerbeck of Chicago and niece Ray Phillips of Denver. He was unmarried. Funeral at 9 am Tuesday at St Patrick's Church. Burial in Linwood Cemetery. Body to Brady mortuary, calling Monday.
Samuel Orr aged 54 of 525 C Avenue NE died at 11 p.m. Saturday at a local hospital after suffering a stroke at his home Saturday afternoon. He was born October 1, 1888.
Medford Oregon reports first degree murder indictments against Bernard Joseph Lotka a 23 year old soldier and Tillie Michalski 22 for the smothering of their 9 week old baby boy with details limited to the charges and ages.
The notes detail soldiers sailors and marines from the area including T H Oahu stationings in Africa Panama Fort Benning and Camp Robinson. Promotions and furloughs for individuals such as Paul Lewy B A Thorpe and Wesley Nosek are noted along with transfers and new assignments. Public notices include enlistment transfers and family visits across several addresses and cities.
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