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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1943
Page
1
A columnist laments food administration muddle and calls to empower Chester Davis amid policy pushback. He also critiques Cedar Rapids high school graduation plans, arguing for student focus, fewer crowds, and less pretentious scale. He notes Esperanto’s growing global use and ponders universal understanding.
Stockholm dispatch cites rising German fear over Turkey joining the war with the United Nations and notes high Nazi concern about Turkey's neutrality. A Sunday Dispatch report claims German peace feelers via Vatican mediation aim to limit bombing and press papal approval of a superficial Polish Russo population appeasement.
London reports a special cabinet session amid mass Allied invasion craft concentrations in the Mediterranean and record raids on Sicily and Sardinia. Vichy and Rome sources cite Allied moves toward the Aegean and Balkans, with estimates of one million Axis troops ready for attacks.
A truck carrying liquor valued at $30,000 burned after leaving the road near Davis Junction on U S highway 20. The driver Roy Bowman 34 of Mansfield Ohio escaped injury.
Cedar Rapids and Marion food retailers must follow ceiling prices on 436 items starting Tuesday. The Des Moines OPA office issued the order, placing the area with about 150 other cities including Council Bluffs Davenport Des Moines and Sioux City. The plan replaces previous percentage markups with a dollar and cent community ceiling covering items such as dried fruits lard macaroni oils sugar syrups bananas white bread cereals pancake flour and canned foods.
The OPA set ceilings on 436 items including condensed milk fish cling peaches Bartlett pears pineapple and canned vegetables for Marion and Cedar Rapids. Grocers and buyers share enforcement responsibility and may face prosecution for prices above the ceilings in all local grocery stores within the corporate area.
Allied headquarters reports heavy bombers dropped 33 tons on the Vunakanau airfield at Rabaul in New Britain. The raid damaged runways and dispersal areas, sparked fires seen for miles, and destroyed several enemy planes while evading antiaircraft fire and searchlights. The engagement continued Allied pressure in the Rabaul area.
Major Alexander G. Evanoff, 28, a Belle Plaine native, returns from 17 months overseas with more than 40 combat missions over New Guinea. A three-award airman, he served with B-25s that pressed targets in range of the rising sun. He recounts a Silver Star deed at Salamaua and a DFC for a crippled bomber landing after Zero encounters. He and his Keystone family plan a quiet reunion as he rests from war duty.
Two Midwest sailors survived the sinking of the coast guard cutter Escanaba after a violent explosion in the North Atlantic. Boatswain’s Mate Melvin Baldwin and Seaman Raymond O’Malley offered first hand accounts from an east coast port, describing the ship’s rapid plunge, their struggle to reach a strongback, and the last glimpses of Commander Carl A. Peterson before the vessel went down.
The Office of Price Administration rolled back beef veal and lamb prices by about 10 percent starting Monday as Congress debated reviving the subsidy program. Senate leaders pushed to restore 35 million dollars in OPA funds and lift limits on subsidy payments while OWI domestic operations faced potential cuts and Elmer Davis warned he would quit if foreign and domestic info duties were abolished. Davis warned of organizational chaos across agencies if OWI ends, noting press and radio would suffer and every federal agency would need its own press staff. Some Senate Republicans, including Nye, expressed openness to abolishing OWI.
London endured its 652nd air raid alert of World War II as a lone raider was spotted by searchlights and driven off by heavy anti-aircraft fire. The alert began shortly after 1 am and ended thirty minutes later without further incident.
Three navy gunners from a United States merchant ship described how Japanese submarines surfaced after torpedoing the vessel and methodically machine gunned survivors. In a second attack another merchant ship was torpedoed, two crewmen were killed, four injured, while rescuers dropped food boxes to survivors who fought sharks with oars.
Hollywood AP reports Cecilia Parker, screen actress known for Andy Ntardy films, gave birth at Cedars of Lebanon hospital Friday night. The baby, six pounds, 11 ounces, is named Robert Jr. Parker is married to former actor and current broker Robert Baldwin.
Washington reports new army and navy manpower estimates indicate fathers may be deferred beyond October, possibly until mid next year or indefinitely. War Dept figures show 8.2 million total by year end may peak by June 30 next year, with nurses and therapists included. About 7.07 million officers and men presently serve, leaving a gap of under 1 million to reach the goal, while monthly intake could be about 100,000 youths turning 18, plus other deferred or occupationally exempt men to fill the remainder.
Ford foremen at the River Rouge plant walked off in six divisions protesting the dismissal of 50 FAA Production members. About 1,500 hourly foremen joined, while salaried supervisors worked double shifts. FAA officials expect nearly all 10,000 Rouge foremen to join by Sunday after magnesium foundry dismissals over an ad paste incident.
Washington reports Guadalcanal sea air battle resulted in 94 enemy planes shot down. About 77 bombers and fighters were destroyed by U S forces, with 17 Japanese planes downed by AA fire. The 120 aircraft raid targeted U S supply vessels and warship escorts, two cargo ships damaged, and 76 25 killed, 29 wounded, 22 missing, with ongoing air combat over the Solomons.
United Mine Workers and soft coal mine operators pressed for a settlement of a prolonged wage dispute as thousands ignored the Sunday strike deadline. John L. Lewis and industry reps recessed to 11 a.m. Sunday, hoping for a temporary agreement to avert a 530,000 miner walkout. Wildcat strikes continued across eight states, with 67,000 miners already on strike, underscoring the volatile wartime dispute.
Havelock Ellis delivers dramatic weather alert in Cedar Rapids as a carrier pigeon bursts into the weather editor’s desk announcing a new heat record. Chambers-Inskecep records confirm 90 degrees reached at 5 p.m. with humidity at 33.
Sir William Beveridge and Lady Beveridge arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday seeking a rest period before resuming their return to the East. The visit follows his authoring of Britain's cradle-to-the-grave security plan.
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