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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1943
Page
1
The column notes a high court ruling upholding religious scruples against saluting the flag or pledging allegiance. It also praises Mississippi anti-sedition law defeat as protecting free speech and reflects on aging, life, and practical wisdom while noting wartime rationing impact on shoe buying and leather use.
Allied Wellington bombers struck the Messina east Sicilian shipping and ferry terminal with two ton bombs and incendiaries. The Northwest African air forces delayed a full assault for a second day while reconnaissance and patrols continued. Reports from Rome and London spoke of intensified air and sea activity around the invasion triangle and port facilities. A Spezia base strike showed damage to a Littorio class battleship while Goering shifted headquarters.
Allied naval forces captured Lampione, a barren rock near Lampedusa, without firing a shot. The Axis outpost joins Pantelleria Lampedusa and Linosa as Allied conquests in the Sicilian channel, achieved by bombardment or blockade with no land forces landed.
Washington INS reports War Production Board Chairman Donald M. Nelson announced Wendell Lund’s resignation as director of the labor production division. Nelson said two new labor vice chairmen will be appointed soon, created after organized labor pressed for months for more representation on the board.
Washington AP reports potential two month postponement of fathers draft as selective service speeds up induction of childless men. New instructions for replacement schedules aim to release deferable childless 18 to 25 year olds within six months unless job critical, with fathers listed only if deferment extends beyond October, amid navy medical standard shifts.
The body of 70 year old William Rouse of Vinton was found in shallow Cedar River water near old Ellis beach at 3 p.m. Monday. Linn county coroner Dr. R. E. Munden said death by his own action was likely. Rouse had been missing from the Benton county poor farm for about a week. Jani tor Clarence Wilson identified him, noting he had stayed at the Vinton police station the prior night and planned to go to Amana for farm work. His pocketbook contained only a nickel, penny, and pocket comb.
Roy Miller a 38 year old Keystone man was booked on operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after his car was linked to a string of hit and run incidents in Cedar Rapids He allegedly struck two parked cars at First avenue and First street then collided with Walter Ragsdales car at Second street and Second avenue and later hit A I Baileys car at Second street and Second avenue He was later found at a south side tavern and taken to the station He pled not guilty in district court Tuesday afternoon
A Japanese Zero pilot reportedly tried to cut a parachuting marine flyer to pieces with his propeller. Lieut. Samuel S. Logan of Paola Iran lost most of a foot and part of a heel. he was rescued, treated, and recovering. In the same action, Lieut. J. G Percy of San Francisco survived a 2,000 foot fall after his parachute failed to open, landing in water and later reaching a reef and beach before hospital.
Congressional leaders and Treasury Secretary Morgenthau agreed to consider a new tax bill this year but stressed no extra burden on 1943 incomes. Chairman Doughton said legislation would likely be written this fall with major provisions not effective before January 1.
The New York Times reported that Roosevelt’s act of sending James B. M. McNally’s name to the Senate for confirmation as U S attorney for the Southern District of New York was read as an almost open declaration of a fourth term candidacy. McNally is a Tamany Hall ally and chairs its law committee, with Tammany viewing the move as political fence-building toward the 1944 Democratic national convention.
Dorothy Thompson, 48, columnist, married Maxim Kopf, 51, refugee Czech artist, Tuesday at Universalist Church in Barnard. Thompson divorced from Sinclair Lewis last year. her first marriage to Josef Bard lasted four years after meeting Kopf last July when he came to do her portrait.
The War Production Board set expanded farm machinery quotas and a 900000 ton carbon steel allotment for the coming year to nearly double normal output. The plan, approved by officials including A D Whiteside, bases quotas on farmer needs as assessed by the War Food Administration. A shortage during floods and a shortage of barbed wire also prompt use of 20000 tons of military grade wire for farms. Continued on Page 2.
British authorities closed the Syrian side of the Turkish Syrian frontier to prevent Allied information leaking to Axis channels. German intelligence in Turkey was said to have obtained data from Arabs entering via Syria and Palestine. The move may relate to troop movements as British Ninth and Tenth armies sit in Syria and Palestine.
American submarines report sinking 12 Japanese ships including a destroyer and damaging three others, the biggest submarine victory of the war. From Pearl Harbor onward 181 of 360 Japanese warships sunk by U S subs. Knox notes eight U S subs lost replaced, and anticipates steady growth of the fleet while expecting submarine warfare to continue until victory.
Washington reports from the House Agriculture Committee after talks with President Roosevelt indicate Congress must enact legislation to create an all powerful food administrator. Committee members warn the administration’s tests are not enough and call for decisive action. Industry groups echo fears of rising costs and shortages amid price controls and rationing issues. A War Food Administration survey is expected to be the most pessimistic yet.
The U S army air forces earned a wartime safety award from the National Safety Council for training 95 of every 100 pilots without injury. The recognition, announced Tuesday, honors distinguished service to safety.
Bern based AP dispatch notes a mass evacuation in western Germany following 180 heavy Allied raids and 600 air alarms. Nazi papers urge rural hosts to take in refugees, arguing evacuation preserves life and improves shelter and supplies amid ongoing bombardment.
The Kiska volcano near the Japanese garrison on the island shows signs of eruption with sulphur plumes and lava flows observed by U S planes on June 6 and 7. A full eruption could bury enemy troops and wipe out the two main Japanese garrisons on Kiska, impacting the war effort.
WHITE PLAINS NY Attorneys for Jack and Hannah Williams Dempsey began drafting final briefs due in supreme court by June 25 in the divorce and separation suits. The deadline followed the referee's dismissal of Dempsey's divorce bid and his wife's charges of cruelty.
RAF heavy bombers struck Oberhausen in the Ruhr and a larger force attacked targets across the Ruhr. Allied craft bombed rail lines and airfields from Holland to northern France, with reports of fires yet observers noted overcast skies hindered full damage assessment.
Paris radio broadcaster Jean Paquis claimed the Allied invasion would start this week as London heard the warning. The commentator asserted the Allies’ numerical superiority in the first assault on Europe and anticipated strong underground support in occupied countries.
Cedar Rapids saw half an inch of rain Monday night as showers cleared the muggy spell. Forecast calls for more showers and possible storms Tuesday night into Wednesday forenoon with little temperature change and a northwesterly wind shift improving conditions.
Cross Hunter, president and general manager of Northwest Airlines, was elected president of the Air Transport Association of America. The announcement comes from New York with AP reporting.
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