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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1942
Page
3
The Department of Agriculture has been theoretically defunct since Tuesday due to a congressional deadlock over a proposal to authorize the sale of surplus items.
The letter from the President to farm leaders frames the issue as government use of feed resources for wartime food. Critics argue other price concerns and wage controls complicate the policy. The piece notes Treasury worries over use tax stamps and weighs labor board dynamics amid wage stabilization tensions.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to authorize sale of 125 million bushels of wheat for feeding at parity prices, warning against pressure groups and stressing need to fund wartime food goals. He backed Senate figures for the Farm Security Administration and urged swift action to prevent shortages in meats and dairy.
CHUNGKING The Flying Tigers ended Friday with the dissolution of the American Volunteer Group. Pilots awarded Chinese decorations include Flight Leaders W. N. Reed of Marion Iowa and N. R. Bacon of Randalia Virginia. The AVG record noted 284 planes shot down or likely destroyed and about as many damaged, with 15 lost in action and nine in accidents.
Federal and state authorities pursued two AWOL Army men in the alleged kidnapping of Marguerite Rolle near Decorah Iowa. The missing 16 year old girl was last seen with a man from Austin and two uniformed suspects reportedly fled with her after a robbery of her escort and his car.
Cedar Rapids will honor 32 Linn county selectees leaving for active army duty with a sendoff at Union station Friday at 6 30 p m. The program led by Hanford post No 5American Legion includes cigarets utility kits Y M C A memberships and Red Cross and Salvation Army involvement as practical support for departing recruits.
A German U-boat fired three torpedoes at a United States merchant ship unloading at Puerto Limón, Costa Rica, sinking the hull and killing several crewmen as the vessel lay at the dock.
Cedar Rapids and Linn county housewives are urged by the War Production Board to save kitchen fats for the war effort. Barney McPartland of Wilson and Company leads the drive, partner to Henry Haegg, with fats to be sent to butchers and renderers then to the government. The program runs from July 6 for the duration, with expected pay around 4 or 5 cents per pound.
Nearly 700 travelers remained detained Thursday as government agents pursued a wide ranging search and investigation aboard the Swedish liner Drottningholm in Jersey City New Jersey.
German offensives widen along the Soviet front with new drives around Velchansk and Belgorod and strikes across six sectors. Reports say Kursk, Selzorod, Velchansk, Kharkov, Moscow and Volkho see intensified fighting as battles reach Sevastopol and efforts aim to sever the Moscow Rostov rail line.
Secretary of War Stimson announced that regular 1-B men with minor physical defects will be inducted for limited service after August to relieve capable soldiers for active duty. The move aims to broaden the army base while allowing defected cases to pursue useful civilian vocations where possible.
The report notes Harry Hopkins plans marriage to Mrs Macy after discussing wedding details with mutual friends Averell and Mrs Barr. It states Hopkins has been separated from his first wife and previously married Barbara Duncan Hopkins, mother of Diana, who died October 7, 1937.
London AP reports a strong RAF force of about 300 long range bombers carried out the fourth large raid in eight nights on Bremen the key German submarine and war factory area. Air ministry notes 13 bombers missed with total over four raids near 2,000 planes involved.
The Gazette announces its Want Ad Department will close at noon Saturday and will accept Saturday July 4th ads until 10 a.m. and Sunday July 5th ads until noon Saturday. Call 2-1121 to place Saturday and Sunday ads as early as possible.
Dispatches from Berlin and front reports describe heavy fighting west of El Alamein as British and Allied forces clash with Rommel’s Axis troops. Rommel’s possible withdrawal and renewed Allied bombardments signal a pivotal battle near Alexandria with thousands of troops engaged and strategic positions contested.
Stockholm based Allehanda cites German advice from Egypt claiming American forces with the British army are engaging at El Alamein in Egypt. The dispatch calls them the first American expeditionary corps, several thousand strong and well equipped. Rumors of armored landings had circulated earlier but were unconfirmed.
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