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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1943
Page
1
The Labor Board grants raises on the West Coast aircraft program under the little steel formula while signaling a broader wage battle. The outcome hinges on the coming clash with John L. Lewis and his miners, seen as the key influencer shaping union policy and wage demands nationwide.
The United States Flying Fortresses bombed Rotterdam docks and Hamm freight yards in daylight. Five bombers failed to return, but at least 14 enemy planes were destroyed. The Rotterdam raid was reported with negligible damage to the American craft amid weak German defenses. The Hamm strike marked the deepest penetration into Germany to date.
Government plans a single ration book for meat butter margarine cheese lard and other fats starting April 1 with possible delay to April 15. Each item will have interchangeable point values giving consumers flexibility in purchases. Per capita meat quotas may rise next fall while butter supplies forecast at 12.8 pounds this year versus 16 pounds last year.
President Roosevelt told Democratic committee delegates that wartime needs demand a national government rather than party control. He hinted at a broader governance concept without details while noting his duty to lead during wartime. Former Gov Culbert Olson claimed there was sentiment for a fourth term among committee members.
The War Labor Board grants a 4 percent raise to 30 000 Boeing workers at Seattle and Renton and about average 7 42 cent increase for roughly half of California plant staff. It preserves the little steel formula while ordering uniform pay scales to end unequal wages and barriers to production.
FEELING in Washington has been that Lewis probably will strike his mine workers to force wage increases that threaten the "little steel" formula. Administration limits seem set by Byrnes speech and the WLB air craft wage ruling, testing whether the key can stick or yield again.
The report credits Allied air forces under General Pease with a major air victory over a Japanese convoy near Guinea. Despite Japanese losses, the broader impact lies in air power supremacy within range of land bases, signaling a shift in the air war strategy in the Pacific.
The piece notes critics claim overseas food stockpiles are built to feed conquered lands during Allied advances, while the agriculture department reports continental Europe excluding Russia has only 2 to 3 percent less food than last year and 15 percent below prewar averages. It argues for clearer reconciliation of impressions and official data.
The article outlines Canada’s plan to cancel half of the 1942 income taxes and begin paying current taxes on a pay as you go basis starting April 1. It notes the treasury department’s role and suggests the issue may settle on a Canadian model, while implying American timing differs for “our boys.”
A minister recalls a flock member who claimed deduction for a large donation not seen in church coffers. Tax officials suspect such cases are not rare, and questions linger about how wealthy churches would be if all credits were fully claimed.
The Royal Air Force launched a heavy attack on Hamburg extending a record streak of eight consecutive nightly raids. Bomber forces dropped tens of thousands of incendiaries and two to four ton block-busters, with three RAF aircraft shot down. Berlin radio claimed German planes attacked London with incendiaries and high explosives in a pre-dawn raid, while one bomb fell in a Thames estuary town.
Lieut. Donald F. Hersch of Cedar Rapids is recovering satisfactorily in an American hospital near Cairo after a Red Sea bomber crash. He and three crew were rescued by a British patrol boat and moved to an American hospital. he awaits another chance at Rommel, having served seven months with a bomber squadron attached to the British Eighth Army. The crew was shot up over El Daba on October 24 and later redeployed to torpedo bomb missions in the Red Sea.
British submarines in the Mediterranean destroyed seven enemy supply vessels and damaged nine more, the admiralty said. One sub surfaced near the Gulf of Genoa and hit two ships under construction, while another shelled a train on a coastal bridge.
Marion mayor relayed a radio message claiming Robert Paul Willerton, 27, Arlington Indiana, imprisoned on Java and aboard the U S cruiser Houston when sunk, is alive and in good health though previously listed missing in action. The parents were notified after the shortwave broadcast.
Three indictments were returned by the Linn county grand jury in Judge J E Heisemans court regarding the sale of beer to minors. Betty Chambers and Frieda Joss were indicted for illegal sale to minors at the Foxhead tavern while Earl Welton was indicted for illegal purchase by a minor. The jury commended Cedar Rapids police for diligent juvenile enforcement and urged prohibition of minors in beer taverns.
Weather notice for Cedar Rapids predicts normal afternoon temperatures followed by a cold wave with light snow and strong winds tonight. The forecaster warns of another Arctic batch arriving, ending a short warm spell and bringing frigid conditions after dusk.
Governor Coke R. Stevenson announced a statewide anti strike pact in Texas to bind employers and workers for wartime duration. The agreement aims to preserve production and maintain labor peace during the war effort.
President Roosevelt observed his tenth anniversary in the White House with special religious services in the East Room. High government officials and relatives were invited, as on prior anniversaries, reflecting a tradition centered at the executive residence.
Four speakers at an American Association of University Women forum at the Montrose hotel debated the proposed Iowa school code bill now before the legislature. Three supported some form of passage while Cedar Rapids school board member J C Blodgett questioned several provisions.
AP tally shows Battle of the Bismarck Sea as the greatest land based planes victory over ships with 22 vessels destroyed or set aflame. It ranks behind the Solomons air sea fight where 23 ships fell and notes Coral Sea Midway losses. Horii's Buna failures killed about 15 000.
Allied forces moved within miles of Faid pass as Rommel shifted armor to southern Tunisia to face the British Eighth Army while von Arnim pressed a northern thrust near the sea. The Sedjenane withdrawal followed heavy German hits, with losses of tanks and about 1,000 men captured.
Allied air forces claim a two day attack virtually annihilated a 22 ship Japanese convoy including 10 cruisers and destroyers in the Bismarck Sea. About 15,000 ground troops were killed or drowned, and 55 Japanese planes protecting the ships were shot down or damaged. Only three Allied fighters and one bomber were lost.
John Taylor a 23 year old bellboy at the Montrose hotel suffered a possible skull fracture and concussion after plunging 12 feet from the second floor elevator shaft. He was taken to St Luke's hospital by Ambulance Service as doctors treated for potential skull fracture and concussion.
WAUPUN Wisconsin three women died Wednesday night from burns after an explosion and flash fire at a manufacturing plant. Firefighters battled flames as injured workers were taken to area hospitals for treatment and investigation into the blast began.
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