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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1943
Page
1
The piece argues John L. Lewis risks labor’s future by pressuring the government with strikes. It warns against broader anti labor legislation and predicts harsher curbs if his approach continues. It notes Eastern shortages and calls for rationing fairness impacting the Midwest.
Fire gutted the Amana society refrigeration plant in Middle Amana about 10 p.m. Monday. Government wartime contracts for portable field refrigerators were at stake as damage reached 235000 to 250000 dollars. About 50 workers were employed, with 200 carloads of material and finished equipment lost, partly insured. Firefighting from nearby towns struggled to control flames in oil-soaked wooden floors. A volunteer firefighter was slightly injured.
The Buenos Aires government maintains neutrality despite revolutions, resisting outside interference. The stance disappoints outsiders who fear it will hinder wartime effort, yet adheres to the Atlantic Charter idea that people should choose their own form of government.
The president notes the conference offers hope of freedom from want and fear but warns of a feared postwar hardening of choices. Secrecy surrounding the talks could set a precedent harming popular support for any agreements reached.
The piece mocks Francisco Franco once again as a possible Nobel Peace Prize contender. It notes his post North Africa stance after Allied victories and his proposal to designate "nonbombardable zones" while criticizing his rhetoric as empty.
Washington official William M. Jeffers labeled the tire situation critical and barred reclaimers from recycling scrap tires that can be repaired into reusable twilight tires. He cited thousands of potentially reusable tires and outlined the use of patches refiners and additional methods to preserve rubber stock.
Police and military units dispersed thousands in downtown Los Angeles after nights of clashes involving zoot suited youths and servicemen. By early morning 24 civilians 11 sailors and five soldiers were arrested for disturbing the peace and unlawful assembly. Over three nights more than 100 youths jailed on vagrancy charges as Chief Horrall ordered a city riot alarm and 1000 officers deployed.
Cedar Rapids news reports seven men listed delinquent by selective service boards numbers 1 and 2. Six hail from board 1 on the east side including Homer Miller Denver Colorado Dale Roberts YMCA Philip LaDuke James Murphy and Harold Hoffman Colorado Springs. Carl Herman Detroit is the board 2 delinquent. Names released by Arthur Huntington, chairman of board 1.
American fighters intercepted a force of 40 to 50 Japanese Zeros and torpedo bombers near the Russell Islands in the Solomons Monday, shooting down 19 and damaging six. Seven American planes were lost, three pilots rescued. The action followed a prior Solomons engagement with 15 Japanese planes downed. Navy reports also record 19 Japanese dead on Attu in the Aleutians, with 11 self-inflicted deaths, bringing total known enemy dead to 1,826.
Denver prosecutors accuse Bernice Williams of drowning three babies born since 1940. The trial began Tuesday as the state presents evidence on alleged infant deaths connected to the defendant.
Price ceilings for Cedar Rapids and nearby areas will not be published until June 20 in The Gazette. The ceilings take effect June 21 after issue, per George Haskell of the Des Moines district OPA staff.
Beardsley Ruml, business executive and tax economist, told Rotary club members at the Roosevelt hotel that postwar employment depends on explicit fiscal and monetary policy by government to complement private industry. He urged early organizational work to ensure a workable joint program between government and business.
Moscow reports the Red Army repelled multiple enemy patrol thrusts along an 800 mile front as German and Soviet air forces clashed. Russian long range bombers hit Unecha near Bryansk while German raids targeted Gorki. anti aircraft defenses halted many assaults with minimal Soviet losses. Russian aircraft sank patrol and speed boats in the Northwest Caucasus as German ground pushes tested Soviet strength ahead of a broader offensive.
Prime Minister Churchill told the British Commons that a large scale invasion of Europe is approaching. He described Allied air power as key to defeating the Axis, noted submarine kills in the first week of June, and cited Tunisia losses totaling about 300,000 enemy casualties. He warned against overoptimism and stressed hard fighting to win the war.
The War Savings Staff News issue titled Cedar Rapids Edition showcases Cedar Rapids wartime efforts with photos of war mothers bond buyers and We the People participants. It includes a poem by Ethyle Breedlove and a Morgenthau message, with Van Vechten Shaffer’s Cedar Rapids Goes to War on page 2, highlighting local volunteers and leaders.
A Senate committee heard that the Office of Price Administration plans to depress fresh vegetable prices as part of roll back measures. Prentiss M. Brown said regulations for the vegetable price decrease are already being drafted.
General Pedro Pablo Ramirez assumed Argentina's presidency in a second rapid turnover and announced a policy of friendship with American nations while keeping neutrality with the rest of the world. He formed a cabinet with several officers noted as more favorable to democracy and Allies, but no major shift in foreign policy was anticipated.
British commando force of about five companies landed on Lampedusa in a brief raid, Axis reports say the assault failed and Italians retained control. Allied air forces then hammered Panettelleria as Axis defenses umbrellaed the base. 11 Allied planes were shot down, two lost overall.
Secretary of the Navy Knox said Admiral Chester W. Nimitz visited the west coast to confer with Admiral Ernest J. King on strategy from Roosevelt Churchill talks. He noted the two have held 60 day strategy conferences and declined to comment on Churchill’s remarks about complex amphibious operations.
Secretary Morgenthau announced the third war loan drive will ask citizens to devote 25 percent of their incomes to war bonds starting in September, up from 10 percent. He predicted a more successful effort than prior drives and called it voluntary savings, aimed at dual earners in war industries with high earnings.
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