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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1942
Page
1
In Cedar Rapids the park commissionership shifted as Charles Kosek defeated Ed Stefan and joined incumbents in a largely reelected slate. Voter turnout reached 9,249 with Stefan’s long tenure ending amid a late Kosek wave across precincts.
An eleventh hour voter surge toppled Ed Stefan from the Cedar Rapids city council after 14 years of service. Charles Kosek is named park commissioner, with voters hoping for vision and prudent council participation. Voter turnout was under one third of eligible residents.
Last minute ballot filings in Salem Oregon added Democratic opposition to Sen. Charles L McNary Republican leader as reelection efforts gain cross party backing.
Hollywood star Lew Ayres headed to a camp near Wyeth Oregon after being classified a conscientious objector. The Dr Kildare actor said he does not believe in war or killing and will perform civilian conservation work alongside other objectors in Oregon.
The American Retail Federation proposed a 5 percent sales tax. B Earl Puckett of Allied Stores told the House Ways and Means Committee the federation was reversing its prior stance.
Actress Carole Landis travels to Washington to marry Gene Markey, screenwriter and producer who is now a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy. They plan a formal ceremony after the engagement was announced in Los Angeles.
Want ad from The Gazette Cedar Rapids notes a married man is needed for a year round farm position. The ad requests experience and family size details and provides reference code Hox N-138 and the office contact 2-1121 for placing ads.
Mohandas Gandhi swayed the All India Congress working committee to reject Britain's plan for Indian participation in the war against Japan. The panel, after hearing Gandhi and Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, debated whether to tell Cripps the plan is unacceptable or offer an alternative. Gandhi sticks to nonviolence, complicating Cripps' mission.
Sir Stafford Cripps said he would leave India immediately if the Nationalist Congress rejected Britain's final post war dominion status offer. Dispatches from New Delhi report a split in the All India Congress between Gandhi and Nehru over the plan, with Gandhi and Nehru opposing acceptance while Nehru's stance appeared uncertain.
Washington inquiry shows President Farish testified that Standard Oil proposed US financed synthetic rubber plants in 1939 and helped advance aviation fuel and explosives efforts. He denied disloyalty charges and outlined Standard’s conduct, including plans in Hamburg and cooperation with the state department.
Acting to ease the East's petroleum emergency, Petroleum Coordinator Ickes ordered Midwest oil facilities to move oil eastward. He described the program as revolutionary and non disruptive to Midwest supplies, pooling tank cars and reversing pipelines to maximize use and shift rail cars to serve eastern consumption.
Allied and Australian planes opened a new offensive in New Guinea hitting Lae hangars and runways and causing large fires. Curtin announced, Darwin raids by seven Japanese bombers occurred with no casualties reported. A Pacific ferry service between the United States and Australia has begun to bolster air operations.
Three Nickel Plate railroad workers the engineer the fireman and the brakeman died when the locomotive boiler exploded near Redkey Indiana Tuesday. Investigators investigate cause and release details.
Allied forces said German attacks on a Murmansk bound convoy were beaten off. The Trinidad crippled a large destroyer. Eclipse scored a hit but withdrew. Three U boats were severely damaged or sunk, with two British ships damaged and returning to port.
Headquarters on the Chamber of Commerce building's second floor opened Tuesday for a United States Savings Bond campaign in Cedar Rapids. Volunteers, led by Mrs T J Wilkinson, will organize lists of names for solicitors and a payroll deduction plan for city employees to fund war bonds.
The war appeal coordinating committee in its first meeting approved campaigns for the U S O Red Cross and United States savings bonds. Resolutions urged the Chamber of Commerce public welfare bureau and civilian defense council to back the drives as patriotic duties. Chairman Van Vechten Shaffer said a chairman for the U S O campaign to start May 11 is being sought.
British reports say Japanese troops aided by Burmese natives pushed to within 10 miles of Prome on the right wing of Burma's defense line, threatening the Yenangyit oilfields and Irrawaddy river route. Indian frontier troops reported 300 Japanese casualties and 70 prisoners taken in Shwedaung during heavy fighting.
The Third Pursuit squadron of the American Flying Tigers shot down one twin motored Japanese bomber Sunday afternoon during a Japanese attack on Lashio in Upper Burma. Lashio is a key point on the Burma supply road. the raid marked the first Japanese assault there.
Temperature is not expected to change much for April's debut in Cedar Rapids and vicinity. For Monday and Tuesday, readings ranged from around 30 to the upper 30s with a high near 40 by early afternoon. The weather remained rough with a lingering chill despite no snowfall.
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