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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1943
Page
2
The piece discusses possible congress actions to write off part of the 1942 tax obligation and begin collecting income taxes as earned, likening it to the Canadian plan. It argues for relief to middle brackets while addressing wartime finance burdens and notes calls for clearer state finances and regular financial reports.
A United Press dispatch from North Africa reports that the Shangri-la bases used by Major General James H. Doolittle and 79 other American flyers to raid Tokyo were aircraft carriers. Eleven pilots ready to mark the anniversary, now at North Africa bases, include Majors Charles Greening Travis Hoover Rodney Wilder and Captains Henry Potter James Packer William Pound Howard Sessler Jack Sims C J Czuk and T C Griffin.
Major Gen. James H. Doolittle and his airmen launched 30 000 pound two engine Mitchell bombers from the USS Shangri La. Experts credited skill training and superb carrier operation for the daring air raid launch.
Secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr will broadcast from Cedar Rapids on a We the People program on Sunday evening to urge war bond purchases. The plan includes local interviews and coverage of the Cedar Rapids area drive as part of the nationwide effort to raise 4 billion dollars.
Washington reports John Q Citizen has bought $904 million in war savings bonds as the drive aims for $13 billion. Treasury figures show more than $9 billion subscribed by Friday night, about seventy percent of the target.
Linn county workers push to reach a 4 730 000 bond quota before Secretary Morgenthau visits this weekend. The drive targets 1 798 013 80 in bonds for a radio program, with 2 931 986 20 sold in the first week and Cedar Rapids accounting for 2 779 256 75 of the total. Veterans of Foreign Wars sales add 7 950 this weekend, lifting the year’s VFW total to 20 000.
Major Kenneth D. McCullar of Courtland Mississippi, a leading Southwest Pacific bomber pilot credited with more enemy sinkings, died in an accident. He arrived in August, flew 63 missions in Flying Fortresses for 4,118 combat hours, and helped develop skip bombing alongside Major William Benn. He sank a light cruiser, two destroyers, and six freighters. General Kenney eulogized him as a master craftsman in sinking Japanese ships.
Pierre Lorillard, 61, famed sportsman and Lorillard tobacco heir, died Sunday in Tuxedo Park New York from a throat infection. A World War I major on General Pershing’s staff, he was a leading horseman who helped develop the army remount service before the war.
The Gazette starts publishing Franz Werfel’s acclaimed novel The Song of Bernadette in picture strip form with text beginning today. The book, based on the Miracles of Lourdes, has sold over 500000 copies and is published through arrangement with the Book of the Month Club.
London AP report says home based RAF bombers flew 1350 miles round trip to hit Spezia Italy for the second time in six nights. One aircraft did not return. Attacks also hit Lorient, northern France rail targets, and threatened Mussolini’s fleet as Luftwaffe and Axis defenses responded.
Raymon Muniz Lavalle Argentine vice consul to Tokio resigned, accusing Argentina of acting as the eyes and ears for Japan in the western hemisphere. He cited over 60 daily cables on war production and morale and condemned Argentina's neutrality as a shared war stance. He described Tokyo's panic after the bombing and claimed the Japanese commander influenced by self-inflicted deaths.
In Kansas City three neighbors offered work to a man in Mrs. Gordon Hudelson's yard. He declined politely and did not reveal he was the Rev. J. B. Rose, simply tending his daughter's rose bed.
A Westwood community delegation pressed the city council over lack of water mains reaching their area on the far northwest side. Public improvement and wartime transport restrictions prevented further emergency water deliveries, leaving Kinsey residents dependent on private wells and city aid only if billed to the waterworks department.
Five Cedar Rapids national guardsmen reported missing in the North Abmann combat area are prisoners of the Italian government. Relatives list names and addresses for Edgar Cartwright, Ros Larkin, Dick Denegan, Ernest Paul Lawrence, and LeRoy Wolfe. They were attached to the 34th division and were involved in efforts around the Kasserine pass and hospital operations.
Iowa Democratic national committeeman Frank Comfort says Roosevelt privately advised friends he will not pursue a fourth term. He notes talk of a fourth term but believes the President is the logical choice if the war continues next year.
Tangier correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph reports Spain will halt air mail service between Madrid and Spanish Morocco unless the Allies increase gasoline supply. The reason given is that foreigners cannot operate after Spanish service ceases from gasoline shortages. Germans are suspected of backing the Spanish stance due to heavy use of Iberian routes.
Allied air forces in North Africa scorched 74 enemy aircraft, 58 Junkers transports, and 16 fighters off the Tunisian coast in a single fight. American, South African, and RAF units led a two day total of 68 transports destroyed, with 28 other planes.
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