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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1943
Page
3
The current Iowa school code bill is lengthy and debated with many groups backing it. The legislature may not study it adequately before adjournment, while questions remain about state responsibility for raising rural school standards and postwar planning.
Allied forces repulsed heavy Nazi armored attacks in the Gafsa sector and gained local ground toward Maknassy as the Mareth Line battle reduced to artillery duels after four days of intense fighting. Rommel split his armor into four groups while U.S. troops, aided by Montgom ery and Patton forces, repelled counterattacks and damaged Mezzouna air field and Ferryville docks.
Price Administrator Prentiss Brown urged Congress to reject the Bankhead and Pace farm bills, saying their passage would end price and wage stabilization. He warned retail food prices could rise 17 to 18 percent, boosting consumer food budgets by about 3.75 billion dollars yearly and costing the government 1.25 billion more, while farm incomes remain fair. The Bankhead bill would drop government payments in parity pricing and the Pace bill would raise parity by including farm labor costs.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told Commons that the United Nations fleets are substantially larger than at the worst U-boat war moment and that this improvement is continuing. He dismissed German claims of sinking over 30 ships, noting enemy broadcasts are unreliable and that he would not clarify enemy knowledge.
A shaft collapse at No 9 mine in Pittston Pa triggers a major subsidence disaster. Over 150 homes and buildings crack and sink as ground drops up to eight feet while water and gas mains break. Red Cross, civil defense, and police evacuate residents. About 120 miners leave the affected area. 500 worshippers flee a Mount Carmel church service. A 400000 high school building cracks severely and may collapse.
Gov. Hickenlooper commuted 38 year old James Lynch’s life sentence to 25 years marking the first such action by the governor. Lynch had robbed the Cedar Rapids United States Bank in March 1933 with an accomplice, fled to St. Louis, and was later arrested in Coffeyville, Kansas. The parole board cited his good record and rehabilitation but the governor did not indicate immediate parole.
The Office of Price Administration limits restaurants and institutions to 75 percent or less of December 1944 usage for meat butter cheese and similar products. The rule uses two formulas to set monthly allotments and allows emergency point allotments by local ration boards. Small boarding houses are exempt and will pool customer ration books.
The Tokio radio announced that the motion picture depicting the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7, 1941, was chosen as the best Japanese film of 1942.
Rep IXnation argues the Ruml Carlson bill would forgive 1942 taxes to ease postwar burdens while the administration plan would punish wage earners. Knutson criticizes the admin approach as outdated. Doughton urges paying taxes on earned income and warns against blood money for war front workers.
The Iowa House approved a 79 to 23 vote to revert from war time to central standard time, sending the measure to the Senate. Debate centered on daylight for farmers versus confusion from shifts, with opponents citing impacts on schools, trains, and war industries.
Governor John C Vivian ordered an immediate halt in induction of Colorado farm workers into the armed forces. In a letter to selective service director General Harold Richardson he cited state authority and a Delta County quota report showing 22 of 58 inductees were farmers needed to keep farms running.
Nazi bombers struck central and southeast Scotland with heavy attacks while other units raided northeast England. It was Britain’s heaviest assault in weeks as anti-aircraft fire and a strong RAF defense defended targets. Three German planes were shot down over Scotland and RAF Mosquito bombers targeted northwest Germany.
Berg Metals protests OPA rules that create conflicting directives for scrap trade. The firm accuses the agency of destroying business with unclear orders and cites school drive scrap stockpiles. Attorney Phil Jacobson says the company cannot operate without violating rulings and will file affidavits detailing conflicts.
Albert King, of 511 Sixth Street SE, was robbed on the Fourth Avenue bridge early Thursday. A man demanded $12 at gunpoint, grabbing the billfold, then fled along the Cedar River’s east bank toward the east side.
President Roosevelt announced the Agriculture Department will form an Administration of Food Production and Distribution led by Chester C Davis. Davis, Iowa native and former Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis president, will obtain leave from the bank to take duty Mondays. Wickard remains involved as Agriculture Secretary and WPB member, tying to broader admin activities including research and farm credit programs.
ALGIERS AP Gen Henri Giraud named Jean Rapenne as governor of French Guiana, aligning with Allied forces. Meanwhile Maurice Bertaut was appointed governor by the Fighting French and was en route to the colony. The region had declared adherence to the Allied cause, severing ties with Vichy.
Dutch foreign minister E N van Kleffens accused Britain, the United States, and Russia of seeking to dominate the postwar world. He urged that each nation must speak for itself in a democratic manner and criticized a perceived tendency toward a four power plus China leadership in global affairs.
In central Tunisia near Maknassy, forty Italian soldiers surrendering to American forces were fired on by a German unit. An American officer said the incident is highly significant. Over three days, more than 1,000 Italians and few Germans have been captured in heavy fighting.
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