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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1942
Page
4
Reports from 44 Cedar Rapids polling places indicate light turnout in the primary as polls stay open until 8 pm. The piece reflects war front news from Cologne and Libya, air superiority gains, and city police expansion concerns amid wartime manpower strain.
Axis forces under Rommel pull back from Tobruk area after heavy losses and RAF bombardment. Cruewell, Rommel’s second in command, is captured after a reconnaissance plane is shot down. Rommel consolidates near gaps in the Gazala minefield as British forces claim major tank losses.
Seven people died Sunday night when a twenty foot tidal wave swept Lake Erie. Two victims, Mrs. Walter Allen of 40 and Mrs. George H. Perries aged 54, drowned at Metropolitan pier near Bayville. Allen's husband and 14 year old daughter survived after being swept from the pier. The remaining five victims drowned when their boats were overturned and pulled under by the surge.
Washington reports the War Production Board bans manufacturing of domestic carving sets pocket knives manicure implements and other unessential cutlery after June 30 unless made of gold or silver. It also caps ordinary tableware and scissors to 35 percent of last year’s metal usage and restricts iron and steel use in other cutlery for commercial food prep.
The German air ministry splits over token raids on U.S. eastern cities as Hitler's regime eyes Russia and a two-front war. Internal tensions rise while sabotage increases in occupied Europe. executions soar and Berlin strengthens eastern front forces.
By Reynolds Packard in New York the report states the fear of an Allied invasion of Axis Europe led by American forces has forced Fascist Italy to hold a mobile army of 1,000,000 men in readiness to rush to any continental sector that might be attacked.
Japanese midget submarines infiltrated Sydney harbor under cover of darkness near the entrance. Allied guns and depth charges reportedly sank two or three subs while a ferry was also affected. The raid marked the first Japanese attack on a major Australian city, with residents unsettled by the night of explosions and searchlights.
London reports 20 more Czechs shot in reprisal for Heydrich attack, bringing total executed to 82. Prague radio lists two ministry officials among the dead. European Revolution radio notes 14 German officers arrested in connection with the plot.
In Raleigh North Carolina Senator Josiah Bailey secured a two to one margin in the Democratic primary and prepared Monday to enter the November race for a third term in the U S senate. In North Carolina the Democratic nomination is effectively the election.
Beverly Hills California AP reports singer Bing Crosby suffered a badly cut lip in an auto crash on Monday. Doctors said the injury would not impede Crosby’s singing.
Lieutenant General Henry A Arnold, head of the US Army Air Forces, said in London he had practically completed conferences with British leaders to maximize combined air strength against Germany. He stressed air superiority is essential and praised the Cologne raid, noting American crews will fly American planes as American units under a separate US command, and that maximal fighting planes must be used without waiting for perfect conditions.
United Press reports a sharp drop in the Memorial Day traffic toll due to gasoline rationing and tire conservation in eastern states. At least 72 killed in crashes, 47 drowned, 37 in miscellaneous mishaps. totals likely rise but will be well below last year’s nearly 300 deaths. Traffic volume roughly matched last year in some regions, yet drivers were slower and more cautious.
Cedar Rapids airport bond committee received a telegram from John S. Wynne chairman of Mid Continent Airline Inc promising full airline services if the bond issue passes and commercial airport facilities are developed. Wynne said Cedar Rapids will be added to Minneapolis to St Louis routes for postwar service. The message supported the need for a commercial airport to keep pace with national postwar plans.
The Navy Department released its fourth casualty list of the war, totaling dead, wounded, and missing over 8,500. The April 16 to May 10 roll adds 64 dead 54 wounded and 2,193 missing, many among Manila Bay forces likely prisoners of war.
The Cedar Rapids forecast shows no major change overnight into Tuesday with scattered showers and thunderstorms possible Monday afternoon and evening. Monday reached 82 at 2:30 pm with a 85 degree peak earlier and lingered around 82 into the evening as humidity stood at 25 percent.
Canterbury endured a heavy German aerial assault early Monday with about 25 planes dropping tons of explosives and incendiaries. Many historic buildings were wrecked and fires swept the business district though fires were controlled by daylight. Officials reported 12 killed, with more may be found, as residents and aid workers began repairs. The new Archbishop was reported safe.
Cedar Rapids voters were slow to act as polls opened with only about 3,000 ballots cast by 2 pm from 34,076 registered. Officials noted a late surge in several precincts, led by the seventh precinct at Jackson school with 242 votes, while the city's largest third precinct had 140. Polls stay open until 8 pm. turnout trails November 1940 by about two thirds.
Four people died four are missing and ten injured when a mysterious explosion hit the American tanker Cacalilao tied to the El Aguila refinery dock near Tampico Mexico. Most victims are Americans.
Moscow dispatches report Russian troops repelling German assaults on the Kalinin front north of Moscow and capturing strategic heights after fierce counter attacks. German casualties reach about 1,600 with heavy losses and routs of around 2,000 on the Leningrad front. The Kharkov battle appears to have ended, with Russians consolidating gains along the Izyum-Barvenkova sector. Local skirmishes continue as Germans press to push Russians back.
United Press reports barrage balloons forming aerial fences around key military sites stretch from Canada to Mexico along the Pacific coast. Police and firemen in Seattle Portland Los Angeles San Diego and San Francisco were issued gas masks. Civilian defense authorities reviewed blackout rules and gas attack procedures.
London reports the Cologne air raid as the most devastating in history with over 1,000 bombers and 6,000,000 pounds of bombs. Reich officials shuffle air raid control while civilians flee Rhineland towns. Churchill lauds the raid as a foreshadowed strategy city by city, as Allied planes pound German targets from the Rhineland to Ruhr.
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