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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1943
Page
3
The piece discusses postwar peace settlement challenges with Poland and Stalin's aims, notes Cedar Rapids exceeded its second war bond drive quota, and previews a third drive. It praises local organizers, warns of borrowing needs for a 100 billion dollar annual effort, and forecasts a market season amid rising homegrown produce.
Secretary Morgenthau visits Cedar Rapids to radio interview and view a war bond rally. He speaks with farmers, veterans, and workers about sacrifices and the American war effort, urging continued bond buying and food production for victory.
A mile long parade featuring Wacks Waves Aircrew men guardsmen and civilians moved through downtown as Henry Morgenthau Jr and 25 000 spectators watched from Memorial Coliseum. The secretary praised the sight after a westward march from Coe College and back past the reviewing stand with civil air patrol planes above.
Universal Engineering will receive the Army-Navy E award for high achievement in war materiel production at its Cedar Rapids plants. A. W. Daniels announced a Patterson letter confirming qualification. The ceremony date is not set. Eb flag ceremonies are planned at the two local plants already awarded.
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr concluded a 6314 hour Cedar Rapids visit with praise for local war bond support. He asserted that if 1,000 more towns shared Cedar Rapids’ spirit, future drives would be unnecessary. He praised Midwestern resolve and noted the Atlantic coast is less war-conscious. Morgenthau departed from Hunterfield at 8 40 a m en route to Portland with treasury aides to broadcast war bond appeals and inspect plants.
Four American fighters battled 10 bombers and 20 Zeros 95 miles northwest of Lunga Point near Guadalcanal. The action left five Japanese fighters shot down while two US planes failed to return. Earlier, four Corsair fighters strafed installations on Kolombangara Island in the central Solomons.
The navy department said air attacks against Kiska resumed Sunday after a three day weather stoppage. Lightning fighters pressed raids despite poor conditions while bombers were grounded by storms. A separate Friday raid hit Munda airfield in the central Solomons with buildings destroyed and a large fire. Weather hindered observation of Kiska results.
Chicago area couple Leonard E. Erickson 39 and Ruby 26 argued over a single radio. She favored certain programs while he did not, leading to his desertion. Superior Judge Sabath awarded custody of their son Oscar 6 and five dollars weekly support. Married in 1935.
A New Britain AP report recalls a World War II note from an army booklet warning of Arab sharp traders. A local Connecticut boy writes home that he sold a non running dollar watch to an Arab for three dollars, illustrating cross cultural bartering during the North African campaign.
The OPA expanded gasoline ration eligibility to thousands of salesmen newspapermen photographers and others who drive in the course of work. Rations rise to 720 miles a month a 250 mile increase but do not affect commuting to work. Outside the East the change applies to those who drive as part of employment with increased quotas from Rubber Director William M Jeffers.
In Hammond Indiana a south shore freight train struck a baby carriage injuring the mother Beulah Rodman 31 with rib fractures and severe cuts. The two month old, Wilson Roadman, was hurled about 15 feet and suffered no injuries according to hospital examinations.
Moscow reports Russia severed relations with the Polish government in exile accusing it of a hostile campaign allied with Germany. Foreign Commissar Molotov handed the Polish ambassador a bitter note denouncing the exile government and asserting Germans killed Polish officers near Smolensk.
Washington AP reports the navy denied German claims that the aircraft carrier Ranger was torpedoed and sunk. A navy spokesman said neither Ranger nor any other U S carrier has been sunk or damaged in any ocean, countering Berlin radio reports of a North Atlantic sinking.
Allied officials report Captain Becourt Foch, grandson of Marshal Foch, was seriously wounded when a cannon shell exploded in his cockpit. An RAF pilot landed in enemy territory, carried him aboard, and he survived after transfusions in Cairo. He has since recovered and returned to flight duties.
The Duke of Connaught a 28 year old great grandson of Queen Victoria died suddenly Monday at Government House where he had been a guest of the Earl of Athlone Canada's governor general for several months.
Vice president Wallace returns to Washington after a six weeks good-neighbor tour of Central and South American republics.
Lieutenant General Lesley McNair, commander of American ground forces, was wounded by shell fragments at a forward post in northern Tunisia. He will be incapacitated for weeks, with Major General Ben Lear named as temporary successor to maintain the war program.
Allied reports say German forces retreat on the Tunisian front as the French 19th army corps secures five mountains and wipes out a dangerous salient. US troops push toward Sidi.Nsir and Mateur while Djebel Nechat el Mazin and other hills fall to Algerian Moroccan divisions. Axis losses mount with 66,000 killed or captured, hundreds of tanks vehicles guns and ships reported by Allied HQ.
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