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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1943
Page
2
Rep. Taber of New York urged that practical experience in handling food production and pricing programs must outweigh textbook theories. He warned that bad weather, worsened by chaotic Washington policies, could trigger a serious food shortage next year and force a showdown between food production and inflation control in war policy.
Washington AP The largest naval appropriation in history and a 71.5 billion dollar decisive war department budget for 1944 highlight a massive postwar road to victory. The army air corps gains cover 99,740 aircraft and 302,000 technicians as the military plans expand to meet worldwide war needs while travel costs face scrutiny and control measures.
New York report as A F Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen testifies before the national railroad labor panel hearings on a proposed 30 percent wage increase. He accuses railroads of swelling earnings to push a monopoly that could dominate government and society, cites investigations by multiple agencies, and criticizes actions by Boylind and antitrust efforts during and after the war.
An AP dispatch from New York reports a German Transocean broadcast claiming Field Marshal Sir Archibald Wavell was named viceroy of India succeeding the Marquess of Linlithgow. It states Gen Sir Claude Auchinleck would become commander in chief of Indian forces.
American airmen fought their greatest single battle Sunday against more than 200 German fighters while raiding Kiel. Twenty-four Flying Fortresses were lost and many Nazis shot down. The Kiel attack diverted attention from Bremen as pilots praised their leaders and crew.
The Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant will receive the Army Navy E pennant during a 7 p.m. program at the plant park on Second Street NE. Brig Gen Barzynski will present the E to R Douglas Stuart, with Lieut Comdr Pettee awarding pins to top service records. The Aircrew band from Coe College will perform and Owen N. Elliott will host. A plant employees party follows in Robert Stuart Memorial hall.
Washington reports the Guadalcanal air war cost 76 American casualties with a merchant ship and a landing barge damaged. Casualties break down to 25 killed 29 injured and 22 missing. Army Liberator bombers targeted Baljale island with unclear results and three Japanese soldiers were captured on Attu, bringing total enemy captives to 24.
Washington officials announced the establishment of community wide ceiling prices on foods in most cities. The Office of Price Administration has set uniform item prices within each community to reduce costs by 2 to 3 percent, though independents protest fairness versus chain discounts.
Edward P Slip Madigan formerly at St. Marys Oakland was named head football coach at the University of Iowa for 1943. He will start July 1 on a six months contract and will direct summer practice. Madigan a Notre Dame graduate coached St. Marys 1921 1939 posting a .765 winning percentage.
Washington AP says Gen. It. SL. George testified to the House Appropriations Committee that US Army Air Transport Command moved anti-tank ammunition to British forces near Cairo within 24 hours of order and delivered within 72 hours despite severe weather, aiding Rommel’s advance.
Fritz Kuhn aged 47 once headed the German American Bund, was paroled from Clinton prison Dannemora New York by the state parole board for internment by the federal government for the war. He had been convicted in 1939 of grand larceny of bond funds and forgery with a 2 1/2 to five year sentence.
The Central News Agency reported that Japanese forces killed more than 10,000 civilians and wounded Chinese soldiers during the Nanhsien occupation near Tungting Lake. Nanhsien, a city of about 50,000, faced severe casualties in the attack.
Allied bombers pounded Sicilian airfields at Comiso and Biscari, with direct hits on a hangar and bomber ranges. Naples harbor areas were blasted by British Wellington bombers, with large two-ton bombs hitting inland docks and marshalling yards. Beaufighters downed two night fighters off the Algerian coast. no Allied losses were reported.
Virtually all greater Cincinnati beef, veal and lamb packing plants were closed or closing because they could not operate under federal price ceiling rules. Nine plants suspended this week, with one firm president saying they stopped slaughtering and will not reopen without federal aid after losing thousands. beef costs rose while selling prices remained below cost.
Washington AP reports the Office of Price Administration released rationing restrictions on bicycles made for package delivery with small front wheels and large baskets, deemed unsuitable for other uses.
Secretary Knox announced steps to terminate the navy’s contract with Standard Oil California for Elk Hills naval oil reserve operations. The move follows a Justice Department finding the plan exceeded legal authority, with Standard Oil agreeing to end the arrangement. The navy defended the contract as in good faith. Interior Secretary Ickes reviewed it prior to the president’s referral to the attorney general.
The United States coast guard cutter Escanaba, a 718 ton ship on Atlantic convoy duty, sank with nearly all hands after going to the bottom. Cmdr. Carl Peterson of Newtonville, Mass., commanded the vessel and is among those missing. The cutter’s normal crew numbered about 60, with only two survivors reported.
War Production Board disclosed Friday that American aircraft production for May hit a record 7,200 planes. This marks a new high as manufacturing ramps up for the war effort with producers nearing peak capacity and sustaining output across multiple factories.
Moscow dispatch describes Red troops seizing trenches south of Lake Ilmen and holding a river bridgehead above Orel. Soviet observer Mikhail Galaktionov argues Germany faces a strategic dead end and may shift to a long positional war after failing to defeat Britain or Russia.
The War Labor Board eight to four denied John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers portal to portal underground travel pay. It kept wage stabilization intact and directed miners to pursue the matter through the Fair Labor Standards Act administrator or the courts. Officials warned the issue could trigger broader wage effects if granted.
The newspaper industry advisory committee urged the War Production Board to cut newsprint use by five percent, with possible exceptions for small papers. WPB newsprint chief H. M. Bitner said the cut would take effect July 1, aligning with December's program aim. The prior reduction had reached about five percent rather than ten percent.
London dispatch says the central market in Rome is ablaze with an unnamed fire. Axis radio reported Friday there are no further details available about the blaze or its extent.
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