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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1942
Page
1
Local weather notes indicate a rough night with storms around New York. Reports describe sudden downpours and gusty winds affecting the city and nearby suburbs. Forecasts suggest cooler conditions and clearing skies by Friday.
Mr and Mrs Lutzelman of 507 Twenty third street NE welcomed a son on July 3. Mr and Mrs Orville Carter of 302 A avenue NW welcomed a son on July 4.
The destroyer Shaw, badly damaged at Pearl Harbor, has been rebuilt into what officials call a better ship and has returned to duty. Officers and crew, including Lieut. Comdr. W. G. Jones, report extensive fighting and defensive improvements and say the vessel feels like a new destroyer despite battleship legends about its loss. The ship, repaired after a long voyage from Pearl Harbor to a Pacific coast yard, now shows only minor differences in paint between old and new sections.
Dick Jones of Han ford Post No 5 leads a Cedar Rapids farewell as selectees enter regular service. Citizens of Linn County provide cigars. American Legion auxiliary offers New Testaments. Salvation Army gifts sewing kits. Y M C A memberships advance. Red Cross cards offer advice. Moose Cavaliers Y M C A drum corps veterans guard provide cheers. Twins Catherine Audrie Bleakley Mary Catherine Mary Jane help in farewell.
Howard Hill of near Sioux Rapids dropped gasoline he carried to his tractor Friday morning. The fire spread from 100 gallons of gasoline 25 gallons of kerosene and 30 gallons of lubricants to his machine shed and most of his farm machinery. Loss estimated at 1000 to 2000 dollars. Rembrandt and Sioux fire departments helped save other buildings.
Stockholm report says Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerheim was wounded near the front while inspecting a sector on the Russian front. The injury delayed his planned visit to Adolf Hitler last week.
President Roosevelt urged farmers to speed debt repayment as part of the anti inflation drive. He endorsed the Farm Credit Administration plan to reduce government farm mortgages and offset postwar readjustment pressures. He cited total farm debts around 10 billion dollars, including seven billion in long term mortgages and two and a half billion in other obligations. The administration expects farmers to receive at least 14 billion in cash income this year, 3.2 billion more than 1945.
American air crews and ground personnel prepare to expand operations in the European theater as six light bombers fly a daylight raid on a strong German target. Eisenhower has assumed command of US forces in Europe, with more crews arriving to train with RAF units. The story notes RAF losses in a recent Augsburg raid and describes aircraft details of the A-20 aircraft. July 4 celebrations in London bring mixed emotions as news of the raid spreads.
A Catholic priest who escaped from the Netherlands says German planes bomb civilian areas in Dutch cities after RAF raids to make inhabitants think the British caused the destruction. He described the ploy in London on Saturday.
The U.S. government formally charged eight German agents landers by Nazi submarines with four counts of espionage sabotage and conspiracy each carrying potential death penalty. The case stems from an effort to disrupt American war industries and facilities. The charges allege law of war violations and conspiracy with the German Reich, with trial to be set by a special military commission.
Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell told Michigan industrial leaders the war effort suffers from lagging production. He urged immediate, full mobilization across factories and divisions, insisting every division must have complete equipment and manpower to win.
Gen Francisco Franco decrees Lieut Gen Gonzalo Queipo de Llano be kept under forced residence in Malaga Andalusia after clashes with pro Axis factions in Spain. Queipo, a famed civil war cavalry chief, had been in Madrid.
Rep Hamilton Fish Jr filed his petition for Republican renomination in New York's Roosevelt district. He challenged Thomas E Dewey to butt into his affairs again and warned it would be bad for him. Fish, a 22 year veteran, said he has plenty to stop Dewey and urged a pre war isolationist stance in the primary on August 11.
Cedar Rapids marks July 4 1942 with Bond and Stamp sales a record parade and send off for selectees. Stores and offices close while recruiting and defense plants stay open. Hawkeye Downs hosts Hanford Post American Legion events with time trials motorcycle races a concert and a 10 pm fireworks display amid mild morning temps.
LOS ANGELES The Aircraft Production Council announced in an Independence Day message read to California plant workers that U S airplane output has reached 50 000 a year. Roosevelt goal of 60 000 planes this year will be met, with automakers poised to join the surge. The telegram says American aircraft manufacturers answer challenges to independence with 50 000 planes annually and more to come.
Mr and Mrs Rollin Frink returned Friday from Columbus Ohio where Mr Frink the monarch of Ambar Grotto attended the fifty third annual convention of the supreme council Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm
Mrs. Lyle W. Jones reported to police that a grocery package valued at $1.79 purchased Friday afternoon was left on a shelf near the cashier and disappeared before she could return, her husband stated.
As the nation marked its 166th anniversary, Lumir J. Merta of 830 Ninth Street SW Cedar Rapids Elbert L. Smith of 1546 A Avenue NE Cedar Rapids and Arthur D. Taylor of Anamosa joined the Navy at the Cedar Rapids recruiting office.
Lieut and Mrs J Duane Nicholas visit Cedar Rapids to see parents Mr and Mrs A B Nicholas and Mr and Mrs J C Mahannah. Lieut Nicholas is stationed at Camp Robinson Arkansas.
Arthur H. Boileau of 519 Forest Prive SE has been granted a patent for a new ice cream freezer. He is an engineer at Cherry-Burrell and has assigned the patent to the company.
Bettie Fitzgerald of 1247 Hazel drive NE reported a purse containing 43 dollars missing or taken. She contends the loss occurred Friday either at the Collins Radio company where she works or on the way home to 1611 Second avenue SE, Cedar Rapids police noted.
Children at Van Buren playground enjoy a soap bubble party and an America parade led by Marine Archie McLeod of Dutch Harbor Alaska. More than 70 children marched and costume prizes were awarded to Charlene Hamilton Jack Bolgren Jerry Bolgren Carroll Waite Kathryn Anderson Phyllis Skvor and Dick Hamilton.
Pilot Instructor M. L. Terry and three Cedar Rapids students were forced to land near the Kankakee ordnance works after entering a storm while en route to Chicago. Officials questioned the group to confirm origin and destination before releasing them.
Axis losses include sixteen Junkers dive bombers seven Messerschmitts and one Italian fighter. Mustapha Nahas Pasha to Cairo after summoning ministers for a meeting. British air raids on Axis supply lines and reinforcements press on the El Alamein line amid close quarter fighting along the coast to Alexandria.
Private Edward Vatroubek, formerly at Fort Francis E. Warren Wyoming, now serves in Australia with the quartermaster corps. Francis Atkins Jr. rises to private first class in the air corps at Stockton Field California, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Atkins of 713 Second Street NW. Charles V Marginean, previously a Coe College attendee, graduates from the army air corps school Ellington Field Texas, with his home listed as Massillon Ohio. Lieut. Marginean stayed with Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Schollman in Cedar Rapids. Private First Class Arnold W Layer returns to Camp Hood Texas after a 10 day furlough with his wife and son Ronald and his mother Mrs Lilith Layer at the Dunson grandparents home 408 H Avenue NW.
Frank W. Laas of Longmont Colorado, a former Cedar Rapids engineer for the Iowa Electric Light and Power Co., died at his daughter Mrs Roy Calhoun's Longmont home on Wednesday. Survived by his wife two daughters Mrs Calhoun of Longmont and Mrs Stewart Meadhum of Denver and two sons Merrill of California and Frank of Denver the funeral will be in Denver Monday afternoon.
Louise Noble died suddenly at 1 30 a m Friday. Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Monday in Turner chapel with burial in Linwood Cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel.
Einar Miller 19 of Bayport Michigan told Mt. Vernon marshal E M Gill he is a U S army deserter. He was jailed in Linn county while officers checked the claim. Miller said he deserted may 1 from Camp Wolters Texas after failing to produce a draft card or chauffeur’s license.
Chicago AP reports crop specialists estimate the 1932 bumper yield may be matched or surpassed this season. Analysts cite figures around 2.64 to 2.75 billion bushels, with early private and official estimates differing but all suggesting a top harvest in a decade.
The army disclosed a spy ring arrested 20 suspects that supplied Axis submarines via fuel transfers from schooners led by George Gough in Belize and Honduras. Nightclub hostesses gathered dock worker intel, relayed to agents and thence to submarines refueling off Caribbean shores.
Jack Sheridan, 19, of Waterloo Iowa, received two years probation after promising to enlist in the army. Federal prosecutors charged him with stealing a car owned by George Washburn in Los Angeles, traced to Chicago where he was arrested. A grand jury indicted him and he was arraigned before Judge Wm. H. Holly.
Allied planes raided Koepang in Timor and Lae on the north New Guinea coast targeting airdromes. A six-ship enemy formation from Port Shencaler was driven off, and 12 Zero fighters attacked Lae, repelled by Allied forces.
The Rhine, Europe's main inland waterway, moves about 60 million tons of goods annually aboard more than 10,000 boats and barges, underscoring its critical role in regional trade.
A nationwide set of Fourth of July programs airs Saturday evening on CBS WMT and the Blue Network with American Legion heads and national figures among the speakers. Navy recruits from Chicago's Soldiers Field and a Bret Morrison reading of the Declaration are featured, plus Sammy Kaye and a Gershwin homage conducted by Paul Whiteman with a large cast and treasury sponsorship.
Hour by hour listings show networks WGN WLS WHO and WMT broadcasting a July Fourth slate. Highlights include Tillie the Tittle, Sunset Frolic, Ghost Stories, News from WMT and WGN, religious services, and a late night variety and music block. The document reads like an extended station timetable with run times, program titles, and call letters, reflecting a busy holiday broadcasting schedule.
Robert Wims 22 of Rockford Road SW suffered a right forearm laceration when a wrench slipped during work with galvanized iron at Cherry Burrell. treated at 2:15 a.m. He was discharged. James Tresnak 18 of Second Avenue SW injured the back of his left hand while working on a tractor at Wilson and Company. admitted at 6:55 a.m. given first aid and discharged.
Treasury officials studied methods of enforcing the federal motor vehicle tax as Cedar Rapids stamp sales totaled 17000 by Friday. Stamps cost 5 dollars and cover auto use until July 1 1943, with violators facing a 25 dollar fine or 30 days in jail after August 1.
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