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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1942
Page
3
The writer imagines a presidential fix it list and jokes that the first step would be to fire the White House cook and put the First Lady in charge of the culinary department. He says good home life steadies the nation during war and would invite Harry Hopkins to Thanksgiving, then take the weekend off for rest and reflection.
Soviet dispatch reports the Red Army forced Axis retreats on two fronts and repelled several attacks. Fighting centered northeast of Kotelnikov near Stalingrad with heavy losses to the Germans, and in the Caucasus around Krasnodar Maikop Cherkessk Mineralnye Vody as Soviet counterstrikes broke German advances.
A transport plane raid and heavy fighting in several fronts yielded Russian victories. In the Don region near Voronezh a Red Army unit destroyed over 600 Hungarians of the fourteenth infantry. Another unit annihilated 300 enemy soldiers in a separate area. In Minerainye Vody Russians held a tense defense against masses of infantry tanks and motorized units while in Krasnodar Germans were repelled near Novorossisk with more than 400 Axis troops killed and eight tanks destroyed. An additional action saw artillery and air forces crossing a river causing 37 lorries 11 guns and up to 500 enemy troops to be lost. The Red Star warned that danger remains great despite these halts to the Stalingrad push.
New Delhi reports peace talks amid Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign as Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari and G D Birla join discussions with viceroy Linlithgow officials. Mohammed Ali Jinnah may assist mediation as observers note a potential constitutional shift following week of violence.
A plan above party lines would call cabinet leaders and top war-agency heads to a Monday meeting to declare a moratorium on efforts to reform America. The aim is to focus all energy on winning the war while acknowledging future improvements after victory.
A transcript echoes a wartime address to leaders urging a practical plan to win the war. It stresses using talent beyond labels, avoiding publicity, admitting mistakes, and acting with resolve. A Lincoln anecdote is cited to illustrate restraint and Duty.
PERU Massachusetts AP report plane with about 24 men on board crashed Saturday night on Peru mountain in Berkshire hills. Other ships in the flight landed nearby as ambulances from three Pittsfield hospitals rushed to the area and guards were ordered to Westover air field 40 miles away.
London AP reports a disjointed Axis narrative on the western Mediterranean convoy fight. Germany claimed the battle ended with several British ships and merchant vessels sunk, while Italy asserted continued engagement with damage to destroyers and cruisers and even a hit on a battleship. Navy officials denied renewed enemy action and noted British aircraft drove off intercepting cruisers.
Reports from La Linea say a 53 ship Allied armada has gathered at Gibraltar including three battleships four aircraft carriers four cruisers 24 destroyers 12 scoutships and six submarines. Observers predict a major naval action possibly a new assault into the Mediterranean.
Aboard a cruiser of the British Mediterranean Fleet, heavy guns shelled Rhodes early today, leaving widespread fires, damaged seaplane bases, and ruined harbor installations. Rear Admiral Philip L. Vian led the attack, with battleships and bombers striking targets ashore during the 12 minute bombardment in the eastern Mediterranean.
The U S senate finance committee wired Beardsley Ruml to appear before a Washington subcommittee next Wednesday for a full study of his Pay-as-You-Go income tax plan. Senator Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri will preside at the session. Ruml advocates paying income taxes in the year the income is earned, aligning with 1942 earnings.
Allied bombers attacked Japanese troop installations along Timor's southeast coast, northwest of Australia, as Japanese pressure continued at Kokoda inland from Buna and Gona where landings had occurred weeks earlier.
William C. Bullitt, special assistant to Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, landed in Dublin on Saturday to visit as a guest of U.S. Minister David Gray.
Washington senators voiced strong dissatisfaction with Donald M. Nelson leading the war production board. Calls emerged to replace him with a decisive leader described as a Kaiser type, capable of firing subordinates and driving faster progress for the war effort.
A Cedar Rapids driven navy recruiting effort launches with eight half page Gazette inserts over eight Sundays. The civilian committee features R C Jones as chair and includes Mayor Frank Hahn along with George Smith Frank Welch Edwin Lundquist and others. Additional members hail from Marion Mt. Vernon Belle Plaine Walker and Montezuma.
Mrs. Jennie Getts, 81, of 502 A avenue NE, was seriously hurt when struck by a car driven by George Collins, 33, of 229 Seventh street NE, while crossing in front of her home shortly before 9 p.m. Saturday. She was taken to St Luke's Hospital with possible leg fracture, multiple rib injuries, and facial, knee, and leg lacerations. Collins said he did not see her and the shoe was found 50 feet away.
A. J. Euken of 612 L street SW received 20 calls from a Want Ad and sold items the first night including a lamp for 2 dollars, a typewriter for 20, and a trunk for 5. Sell unused articles for cash via the Want Ads by calling 2-1121. ads start at 50 cents.
Thousands of propaganda pamphlets in Japanese were dropped over enemy lines in the Southwest Pacific area shortly after the unsuccessful midget submarine attack on Sydney harbor.
The navy disclosed that Japanese submarines used Kiska harbor in the western Aleutians. About 10 cargo ships or transports, four submarines and a destroyer were observed before August 8 bombardment. A cargo ship sank, a destroyer burned, and over 3,000 projectiles were fired at the main camp.
Headquarters in Australia reports U S Marines captured key coastal bases in the Solomon Islands signaling the first phase victory in the brutal southwest Pacific fighting. Observers note consolidating shore positions while Japanese reports are sparse. allied optimism centers on Makambo and Gavutu near Tulagi and Guadalcanal airfield overruns.
The War Labor Board ordered a 7 1/4 cent per hour increase for 61,000 textile workers to offset a 15 percent rise in living costs from Jan 1, 1941, to May 1942, and denied raises for 32,900 Alcoa employees. The decision kept regional differentials between New England and the South. The Alcoa vote was 8 to 4, with labor members dissenting. A maintenance of membership clause was won, requiring no layoffs for workers who stay in the union.
From the Pacific to the bay San Francisco dimmed Saturday night as the coastwide blackout was set by Lieutenant General. The city joins the nationwide effort five days ahead of the proposed Friday deadline.
C R Soldier Boy reports from London on a nine day furlough. He greets Marge and describes London as grand, asks for cookies and cocoa, and notes his mother’s reaction to hearing him. He spoke on a weekly Amer ican Eagle club broadcast via special arrangement with the BBC. Another local, Raymond Adrian of Iowa City, followed with a message assuring things are fine and asking for packages.
American Marines, armed with confidential heavy weapons, reportedly extend their Solomon Island operation in a fanwise push while consolidating gains. Health and morale are described as excellent and troops are said to be battle ready and alert in their modern armaments.
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