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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1942
Page
2
The piece urges Iowa voters to register and vote in upcoming races, praises broad wartime burdens sharing, and notes efforts to ease auto shortages through RFC actions. It reports on military training, coastal defense operations, and the high morale of enlisted men amid optimistic views of national effort.
reports from London on May invasion rumors and Allied raids on Axis Europe. Stockholm dispatches claim Norway invasion planned around May 1. Nazi leaders shift to northern Norway as Dutch warn citizens and Holland tightens coast patrols. Germany criticizes Allied nerviness while inviting the potential invasion challenge.
The Office of Price Administration approved a 16 percent hike in maximum retail prices for new auto tires and tubes for eligible buyers. The increase takes effect Saturday.
Stockholm dispatch reports Tidningen says all German boys aged 10 to 18 will be mobilized for the war. Seventeen and eighteen year olds will receive military training, while under seventeenth will serve on the home front in agriculture. The move underscores Germany's manpower shortage.
Washington sources report Defense Transportation board chair Joseph B. Eastman says the government likely will not need the World War I policy of taking over railroads.
In Burma Thursday Japanese tank air and infantry pounds forced Allied withdrawal from Taungdwingyi Pyinmana and Loikaw while Yenangyaung oilfields faced threat. British says flank protected as Chinese pull back north of Pyinmana. Flying Tigers claim another fighter kill near Pyinmana.
David K. Brown of Harlan says he will not seek the Republican nomination for governor in the June 1 Iowa primaries. He cites inadequate signatures and missing papers from counties, leaving Lt. Gov. B. B. Hickenlooper and Secretary of State Earl G. Miller as the remaining nominees. Deadline passed as Brown withdrew. 363 nomination papers were accepted.
Washington AP report notes government contract makers may hire girls as young as 16 in about 15 manufacturing lines after a Walsh Healy act exemption granted by Secretary Perkins at war department request. Restrictions limit under 18 workers to eight hours daily and no night shifts. exemptions cover food processing arms and ammunition electronics plastics safety devices machinery and related fields but not apparel or textiles.
Weather for Cedar Rapids and vicinity shows a slight warmup tonight with little change into Friday. Winds will be fresh to strong as the April heat wave persists with maximum readings around the mid seventies and temperatures swinging from a low in the fifties to a 76 degree high during the afternoon.
Dispatch from Burma profiles Bill Reed of Marion as AVG ace and hero, describing air battles over Mingaladon and Magwe. Reed survives oil damage, shoots down Japanese planes, and lands under fire while praising fellow pilots.
A federal court jury acquitted George P. McNear president of the seized Toledo Peoria and Western railroad and two other TPW officials of coercion and intimidation of employees to deter union joining. The case covered alleged violations of the railway labor act and whether a local trainmen union could be treated as the national Brotherhood.
Petroleum coordinator Ickes said there is no justification for eastern motorists receiving only 2 to 5 gallons weekly. He pledged to supply as much gasoline as possible and noted no immediate need to extend rationing nationwide. He urged price increases to cover higher production and transport costs.
Washington reports February savings by individuals reached an annual rate of 18.5 billion dollars, up from 39.2 billion in February 1941, while consumer expenditures rose to 79.1 billion dollars. Despite higher savings, analysts warn this alone won t curb inflation and call for supplementary measures.
Cedar Rapids draft officials clarified that men born April 28, 1877 to February 16, 1897 may register in advance only if they will be out of the city or away from a local board on registration day. Advance registration is an accommodation and will be denied to those seeking to abuse the privilege.
British air raids hammer Reich targets in the Rhineland and attack Le Havre docks after Wednesday's Boulogne commando raid. A Stockholm dispatch claimed Danish targets near Copenhagen were hit. Berlin said raids damaged western Germany residential areas. three planes were shot down.
South side residents converge on city hall in record numbers over home damage blamed on blasts from Concrete Materials and Construction. City Attorney Don Hines proposes official observers at residences to assess damage. Harry D. Bellamy defends small 200 pound shots and asks for expert tests and a seismograph review.
Col Louis A Johnson, Roosevelt's envoy to India, announced the United Nations will strike at Japan where vulnerable. He said American troops were already in India as a vanguard to aid defense and to establish bases for attacking and destroying the enemy.
Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary announced a 14 man Allied naval staff for the southwest Pacific headed by Capt. J. Cary Jones US Navy. The roster includes ten other American officers, one Netherlands East Indies officer, and two Australians, with members from Royal Australian Navy Royal NEI Navy and RAAF.
A Davenport federal court jury deliberated late Thursday on securities act violation charges against Everett G. Horner former Commercial Investment vice president and H M Carpenter Monticello State Bank cashier. The case stems from the affairs of the now defunct investment firm and Judge Dewey urged careful consideration of Carpenter's largely circumstantial evidence.
In Guadalajara Mexico a passenger bus plowed into a bridge support killing five people and seriously injuring nine others when the driver turned in his seat to help a carsick woman.
Soviet spokesman S A Lozovsky said Hitler’s call up to 1.9 million reserves would include 900000 in two new classes and 500000 from subjugated countries plus 500000 from German industry. He claimed German strength on the Russian front was vast but the Red Army could drive invaders from Soviet soil.
Russian troops on the central front captured a German order of the day warning of a Russian offensive expected by the German command. The document urged maximum caution and warned artillery preparation could bring heavy losses. Russian observers cited the destruction of 126 German tanks on the southern front as evidence that German offensives had failed so far.
Saturday marks the last day of Nat's Want Ad Week with reduced rates for selling items. Ads must start by April 26 to run eight days for the price of six or four days for three. Eight-day ads reach over 360,000 readers. cancel anytime and pay only for days run. Dial 2-1121 to place.
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