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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1942
Page
3
The article discusses a clash of social theories as World War I ends, the risk of protective tariffs, and a planned synthetic rubber industry. It argues for economic management of postwar policy, questions overtime pay and selective service use, and critiques public relations restraints under emergency rules.
Navy patrols intensified anti-submarine efforts as the tanker Malay limped into Norfolk after a one hour attack off the North Carolina coast. One crewman was killed and four missing, while twenty six crew members were accounted for. Three tankers have been sunk along the coast since last Wednesday as government urges more rail movement of petroleum. The submarine threat remains the focus amid broader Atlantic supply-line strategy to Britain.
Weather outlook for Cedar Rapids and nearby areas shows no precipitation with mild conditions through Tuesday afternoon and night. The article notes a sunny trend as temperatures reach a high near 42 degrees after a 24 degree low earlier in the morning.
Mrs. Catherine Henderson, 84, of Chicago, died Monday. She asserted she was a great great grandniece of George Washington.
A German backed cabinet reshuffle in Czechoslovakia installed Walter Bertsch as economy and labor minister while premier Krejci stayed in place. The reform, announced by President Hacha, is described as decisive toward merging with the Reich. The Czech exile government warns of unrest and sabotage while Skoda plants receive tighter guards.
President Roosevelt signed a wartime law placing the entire United States on daylight saving time starting 2 am Monday February 9. The change will last through the war and up to six months after, barring congress action. Experts say no state action is needed and the law will apply nationwide through federal jurisdiction.
Linn county selective service boards transfer registration duties to Cedar Rapids Civilian Defense. Ed Lowe of OCD to appoint chief registrar and coordinate four public sites plus plant registrations. About 6000 men born by 1941 and under 45 by Feb 16 must register, with locations in Cedar Rapids Memorial Coliseum Marion Mt. Vernon Central City and various plants. Registration runs 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Justice Owen J. Roberts special Pearl Harbor board of inquiry has returned to Washington and is drafting the final report to establish the circumstances of the December 7 attack on Hawaii.
NEW YORK AP Wilson and company meat packers Monday reported net earnings for the 533 weeks ended Nov 1 of 7,047,306 equal to 2.55 a share on common stock, vs 3,624,645 or 84 cents a share in the preceding year. Dividends in arrears on the preferred stock at year end totaled 3 a share, vs 7.50 a share at end of 1940. Dividends of 1050 a share were paid during the year on the 6 cumulative preferred issue.
Russia faces its winter peak with temperatures dropping more than 25 degrees below zero Fahrenheit in Kuibyshhev and surrounding regions as frigid conditions take hold.
A five story apartment and rooming house in Lynn Massachusetts was consumed by flames spreading from basement to roof. Fourteen people died and twenty one were hospitalized while eight remained missing. Firemen worked through embers as residents trapped on upper floors cried for help.
The Army seeks to recruit an initial 12 200 volunteers to form a women’s army auxiliary corps with total strength reaching 20 000 to 25 000 in non combat roles. Lieut Col Ira Swift told the House committee the program would cost about 10 million dollars to start.
Washington reports fresh friction in the labor movement as talks to unite the CIO and AFL stall amid old grievances. Sen. Wagner says peace is possible but distant. CIO leader Lewis seeks resumed talks with AFL officials led by Green.
Perry McCollister twenty two son of Mr and Mrs George McCollister formerly of Cedar Rapids now in Los Angeles suffered a fractured back January 13 at Victorville California. He is in Good Samaritan hospital Los Angeles. He was chief of service at the Paramount theater Cedar Rapids and later a fireman on the Union Pacific railroad. A friend writes that he slipped on wet grease while a train stopped for water and fell backward from the engine. His father formerly worked on the Cedar Rapids Gazette advertising staff.
Cable dispatches report Japanese troops 60 miles from Singapore with heavy pressure along western Malaya. Australian and British forces defend the Muar river area while raids along the coast and river fronts widen. Rumors of Japanese air and land advances circulate as Allied communications stress the peril to Singapore and its water supply.
The United States Army reported attacks on two Japanese air bases in the Dutch East Indies and Malaya. Five US bombers bombed Menado in Celebes, shooting down nine Japanese interceptors and wounding crew, with two bombers missing. In Malaya, bombers set fires at Sungei Patani airfield and returned safely.
The War Department said American bombers sank a Japanese cruiser and set a tanker ablaze about 100 miles off Jolo in the southern Philippines. Three enemy planes were shot down as Japanese renewed attacks on MacArthur’s forces on Batan and Mindanao fronts.
A back page map highlights the Pacific theater of war and the battlefields where American troops will respond to the Pearl Harbor attack. The map is presented as a valuable aid for readers to follow the war in the Orient.
Britain’s Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons he shared lawmakers’ anxiety over Pacific operations but expressed proving confidence in victory there. He announced a three day war situation debate and offered a vote of confidence if needed. The speech followed his return from Washington Ottawa conferences and included praise for the late Duke of Connaught. The Malaya defense adjournment motion was defeated with no support. Churchill entered hoarsely to loud cheers.
Los Angeles AP Lew Ayres and Carl Laemmle Jr former film producer were pronounced physically fit by the selective service examining board Monday. They were sent back to their local boards to await the call to the colors.
Charles J. Kosek, Cedar Rapids draft board chairman and veteran, filed for park commissioner nomination. An unsuccessful previous candidate against Ed Siefany, he cites civic roles with the plan commission American Legion Linn County Wildlife Federation and various clubs. He says campaign efforts will be limited by duties on the draft board due to doubled quotas.
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