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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1943
Page
1
The Sunday ban on retail sale of edible fats and oils sparked a neighborhood run and rumors of meat restrictions. Editors note the panic may push support for rationing to ensure fair meat distribution and better diet choices amid wartime controls.
London AP report notes Prime Minister Churchill in a Sunday radio address sketching a postwar order with a European and Asiatic council of free nations. He urged wartime focus, proposed social insurance from cradle to grave, and warned against a drift to peace before victory. He named Beveridge and endorsed a broad postwar federation with Britain, the United States, and Russia at its core.
The entire United States Marine Corps First Division was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation on Monday for gallantry and determination in the Guadalcanal invasion on August 7.
Operators of soft coal mines in the northern Appalachian region said the joint wage conference with the United Mine Workers is deadlocked. They have submitted the facts of the dispute to the War Labor Board and will seek government conciliation.
An oil truck carrying 4,000 gallons of gasoline wrecked into the Prairie Creek bridge on Highway 218 south of Cedar Rapids. Flames rose 150 feet, girders melted, and the bridge may need rebuilding. Driver Bill Fusgrove escaped with a burned hand after falling asleep at the wheel. The truck, owned by Harry Kemp of Rose Hill, was en route from Coralville to Platteville. Bridge members were found out of line and the surface sunk. traffic was detoured while the structure was inspected for repair or replacement.
Kay Kyser, band leader, told Rocky Mount Evening Telegram by phone from Los Angeles that his appeal for deferred draft status was declined and he will report for examination when ordered by the local draft board in Rocky Mount North Carolina.
Cedar Rapids faces its most serious housing shortage in history as the Real Estate board releases preliminary results from a weekend survey. Of 36 city territories checked, 14 vacancies appeared in a less desirable area, six in another, and most territories showed one to three vacancies. Four districts had no vacancies.
The Senate judiciary committee deadlocked nine to nine on James V. Allred's nomination to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and tied 8 to 8 on a motion to postpone consideration. Oklahoma City judge Stephen S. Chandler’s nomination was sent back to a subcommittee for reconsideration. Opposition cited a perceived payoff linked to Allred’s resignation from the district bench amid a Texas O Daniel clash. Louisiana opposed Texas to gain a circuit seat and cited civil law concerns and the vacancy after Judge Rufus Foster’s death in New Orleans.
A Vatican City dispatch broadcast from Berlin says Pope Pius XII is confined to bed with a high fever and possible bronchial complications. Audiences are suspended. A Rome announcement quotes doctors calling him slightly indisposed with no cause for anxiety.
A Chinese communiqué said the Japanese deployed poison gas twice against Chinese troops in Hupei province during fighting south of the Yangtze river, a report from Chungking stated Monday night.
A coalition of Republicans and southern Democrats forms in the House to back the Ruml pay-as-you-go idea ahead of four days of debate on a withholding tax bill. Eight Ways and Means Republicans issue a minority report attacking the administration options and urging Carlson bill alignment to substitute for the committee bill.
Eight cars of equipment belonging to the Hallet Construction company were moved onto the Cedar Rapids airport site under supervision of I R Sewell. Sewell says work will start once ground frost ends and the project must be finished within 120 days. The firms have added more equipment from Martin Roasa Tractor and leased from the same firm. The work, the largest construction project in Cedar Rapids, will base at the former Frank Trachta farm.
British prisoners freed in an axis exchange say Americans captured in North Africa and Sybian campaign reporters are interned in the Abruzzi mountains at Chieti near Rome. They describe Bari internment conditions and note the exchange of about 2,000 war prisoners.
A new Office of Price Administration order freezes butter lard margarine shortening and cooking oils starting midnight Sunday as rationing looms next week. Store shelves emptied rapidly with long lines and heavy prefreeze buying while restaurants remain unaffected.
Observers said Hitler's subdued Berlin speech showed concern over Allied bombing turning parts of Germany into a theater of war. The announcer hinted Goering may have relinquished Luftwaffe command as Keitel Doenitz and Milch were called commanders of three services. The 14 minute address stressed German resilience amid mortal danger.
The Senate Agriculture Committee approved in ten minutes a House-passed bill to require labor costs be included in the farm price parity formula. Chairman Smith of South Carolina said the report would be filed Tuesday and a floor vote could come Friday.
Washington report notes New Masses analysis of Soviet war aims. It claims extensive borders beyond 1939, including Lithuania Estonia Latvia eastern Poland Bessarabia Bukowina and Finnish lands. The five point program favors self determination collective security and disarmament while endorsing postwar Poland with caution due to population balance.
Allied forces push to break Rommel's southern defenses in Tunisia with American armor advancing toward the Gulf of Gabes and British Eighth Army pressing at Mareth line. Reports say heavy fighting, air assaults, and multiple American advances including Bou Hamran and Sened while Rommel withdraws.
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