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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1942
Page
3
The piece laments slow progress in World War II, noting stagnant momentum in Washington and a lack of unified command. It contrasts factory output and drafted troops with perceived indecisiveness and calls for decisive leadership from White House officials, amid a calm lakeside setting.
Allied ground troops with American air support hurled back Japanese forces at Milne Bay on the tip of the Papua New Guinea coast. MacArthur said Australian units led by Major General Cyril Clowes cleared the area despite heavy enemy losses and evacuation by warships.
Washington VLP The senate finance committee approved a treasury plan that no corporation pay more than 80 percent of taxable income in taxes and backed the house revenue bill corporate rates. The panel rejected raising the 55 percent corporate tax or lowering it to 40 percent and kept the 45 percent rate with 90 percent excess profits, capping total taxes at 80 percent. It also approved house rates for smaller earnings and kept the existing $5 000 excess profits credit.
Mrs Frank Smejkal Jr aged 26 of 1710 C Street SW Cedar Rapids died Sunday when the car she rode in overturned on a gravel road two miles west of Mount Vernon. Driver Harold Greiss 20 and sister-in-law Katherine Smejkal 20 were injured others unharmed. Survivors include husband William Greiss and siblings Alfred and Anna. Body at Brosh chapel awaiting funeral plans.
Soviet offensives northwest of Stalingrad threaten the German left flank at Kletskaya as Reds press toward the Don bend. Moscow reports strong infantry and tank formations driving near Rzhev and Leningrad while Berlin claims limited gains near Stalingrad.
President Roosevelt dedicates a monument navy hospital in Bethesda Maryland to mark the 100th anniversary of the navy medical bureau. He vows America’s fight against tyranny and stresses equity and health for all in a radio broadcast watched and heard worldwide.
Cedar Rapids born John J Mokrejs, president and general manager of a General Electric affiliate in Shanghai, weighs in with a letter to his wife from New York. The missive hints he may be free to leave but does not confirm prisoner status, noting evacuation routes via Conte Verde and Gripsholm ships carrying refugees to Lourenco Marques and America.
Mayor Frank Hahn told the council that all city departments except the fire department have met the 10 percent war bond pledge. City records show 44 of 68 fire department employees have not pledged, while Chief Kohout and two assistants did. The council authorized the city attorney to discuss with the bond drive chair the possibility of individual departmental flags for those meeting the goals.
A federal grand jury charged two former War Production Board leaders and three machine tool dealers in a conspiracy to divert used machine tools from war work. Rhoads and Glaser faced charges of false government returns alongside Emerman and the O’Brien firm members for scheming to place tools with no wartime use reports.
A late eastbound train extended Monday mornings sendoff for 67 Cedar Rapids selectees bound for Camp Dodge. Crowds gathered at Union Station delaying ceremonies from 6.30 to 6.40 a.m. as families awaited names and gifts. County Auditor Robert Vesely urged courage and duty, while Muscatine musicians and the crowd sang and reflected on the war era.
The British raid on the Mediterranean isle Antikythera near Greece and Crete was disclosed by the Italians and tacitly confirmed by British sources. Italian reports said a small landing force withdrew with rapid defense intervention and officials warned an official announcement was possible.
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