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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1943
Page
1
President Roosevelt warns coal miners to return to work by 10 a.m. Saturday or risk his use of full power to protect national interests and war production. He urges John Lewis to yield to avoid wartime disruption while noting his postwar service idea and broad public support for duty and production.
Allied units in North Africa report British First Army withdrawal only slight as US and French forces gain ground toward Mateur and Bizerte. American corps push through brushy hills while 19th French corps secures local gains. Montgomery’s Eighth Army advances along the coast as air and naval actions destroy Axis ships and targets in Tunisia Sicily and Naples.
Congressman Talle proposes using college facilities to provide intensive training for soldiers transitioning from military life to civilian roles. Camps and colleges could help guide boys in uniform into productive peacetime occupations, ensuring happiness and usefulness after the war. OPA Chief Brown says fuel oil supplies should not worsen next winter, likely easing concerns for homeowners.
Brown and Herring push a measured approach to rationing and price controls aiming to ease public burden. The piece questions motive yet defends a sympathetic stance for future restrictions. Anesta A Hamwi died in St Louis on Tuesday. his death shocks many as his legacy to American life remains highly cherished.
President Roosevelt issued an executive order transferring the civil air patrol from the Civilian Aviation section to the War Department. The move places the air patrol under military oversight as tensions rise abroad.
Secretary Morgenthau disclosed Chiang Kai-shek’s cable reporting Japanese forces slaughtered every resident in Chinese coastal areas where allied airmen landed after bombing Tokyo. The Generalissimo compared the massacre to Lidice, emphasizing the enemy’s refusal to follow laws of war and warning of broader implications for the Pacific theater.
Thomas A Engle owner of the Engle Riding academy died at 6 15 pm in Cedar Rapids after a heart attack Tuesday. He began horse work at 13 and trained high class coach horses for sale in New York. Engle operated stables on Mt Vernon Ave and Fifteenth St for about 25 years and ran a riding academy for about 16 years.
British bombers struck the northwest German naval base at Wilhelmshaven on Wednesday night in force. The RAF also mined the Baltic and conducted daytime raids on Holland and northern France. Two mine sweepers were damaged in a convoy and three RAF planes were lost. A German bomber was shot down over southern England.
Berlin radio reported a major Russian offensive against the Nazi Kuban bridgehead in the Caucasus began early Thursday. Initial attacks were repulsed, according to the broadcast.
Weather notes report showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight in Cedar Rapids and vicinity. Temperatures fall from 52 at 7 am to 46 by 9:15 am, then 50 by 2:30 pm with 80 percent humidity. Precipitation to date totals .95 inch.
A federal suit to test the constitutionality of Kansas labor union control law was filed Wednesday in federal district court by the Building and Construction Trades Council of Kansas City and Perrin D. McElroy, its secretary and business manager.
Secretary of War Stimson said the tension over Japanese reinforcements in the Southwest Pacific has eased and enemy air activity declined in the past two weeks. He noted heavy German losses in North Africa and Europe, with UN planes destroying 359 combat aircraft and 205 transports while losing 270 from March 29 to April 24.
The Navy reported heavy Allied air strikes on Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands on April 23 with extensive damage to enemy installations. On April 28 Liberator bombers hit Kahili and Vila with unrecorded results. Surface bombardments on Attu April 24 started several fires. no enemy gunfire. On April 27 Lightning fighters attacked Kiska with no results observed.
Aftonbladet reported three bombs were dropped by a foreign plane on an island off Karlskrona in Sweden near the naval base. No injuries were immediately reported and details remained scarce.
Half of Minnesota's canning industry output for the year is slated for the army, with details disclosed on Thursday.
Washington report forecasts robust civilian markets after the war with high national income and low unemployment. It urges businesses to plan now for peacetime demand for homes autos refrigerators and other goods. The study links reconversion to capacity and suggests most firms can shift quickly, proposing a $142 billion recovery potential and millions of jobs.
President Roosevelt concluded a 17 day 7652 mile trip to assess civilian service in peace and war and to consider continued training postwar. He visited 20 states Mexico and 12 army posts amid praise for improved total war effort and calls for a year of national service.
Secretary Morgenthau praised the war spirit in Cedar Rapids and Portland as a factor in high bond sales and production. He cited unified labor and management, rising output, and aggressive bond purchases as indicators of the nation's fighting resolve spreading nationwide. He spoke in San Francisco after visiting Cedar Rapids and left Cedar Rapids Monday.
Washington report states that the anti strike bill will be taken up in session. The brief notes the action by UPI and hints at further parliamentary steps and expected debates.
President Roosevelt urged 70,000 idle soft coal miners to resume work by 10 a.m. Saturday or he would use his constitutional powers to protect the national war effort. He warned strikes violate the no strike pledge and could cripple Allied victory, backing the War Labor Board panel and ordering further investigations into price regulations.
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