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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1942
Page
1
The piece notes Leon Henderson’s wage ceiling endorsement as a signal of inflation concerns. It questions public reception, possible compulsory savings, and the equity of any broad income levy while stressing democratic freedom. It also covers Cedar Rapids plans to reuse abandoned streetcar rails for war steel.
The Senate passed and sent to the White House a bill creating a 150000 strong women auxiliary corps to support national defense. The measure sets pay scales for officers and leaders, authorizes uniforms and training, and allows overseas deployment for noncombatant roles.
Ottawa reports the sinking tied to the first enemy submarine attack in St Lawrence waters. Navy Minister Angus Mac Donald confirms the event. A mine of foreign make is found off Fort Lauderdale. In Washington the House tentatively approves raising army pay to at least 50 a month from 42. New York Secret Service announces 10 arrests and seizure of 210000 perforated stamps in wartime counterfeit bust.
Linn county pinball operators must remove machines immediately after the Iowa Supreme Court ruled them gambling devices and illegal. County Attorney Bill Crissman declined to set a date for seizure, urging operators to act forthwith.
Washington reports say Marshal Petain cut Riviera trip to hasten back to Vichy amid uncertainty over Martinique and other French possessions. U.S. officials have no clear information, while Laval met Japan's ambassador as Axis pressure rumors circulate. Secretary Hull says Washington is not concerned with Laval’s recognition of any agreement with the French high commissioner on Martinique.
Vichy reports Pierre Laval came back Monday night from discreet talks with German envoys at Moulins near the border of occupied and unoccupied areas. Denials followed that he met Field Marshal Goering. It is believed he arranged for an early meeting among Goering Petain and himself.
Cedar Rapids officials announce Earle Nichols will chair the retail division of the United War Fund campaign. N. M. Morrison says solicitation aims to raise 50000 dollars, with 25000 for the USO and the rest for other war relief agencies. Captains under Nichols include Craemer Killian Felten Walker Thompson and Stevenson. Supplies go to workers as campaign officials meet with China Relief fund representative George W. Stone.
Tokyo released a formal notice through the navy ministry stating Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto led the Japanese Combined Fleet to victory at the Coral Sea. The report claims eight Allied ships sunk or damaged and 98 planes destroyed with minimal Japanese losses.
London reports that British empire armed forces casualties from Sept 3, 1939 to Sept 2, 1941 totaled 183 550 excluding natural deaths. Announcement by Richard Clement Attlee in the House of Commons notes 48 973 killed 46 363 wounded 58 458 taken prisoner and 29 756 missing.
Maltese and RAF forces including Spitfires fought back as 101 Axis aircraft were shot or damaged in 72 hours. By 5 pm Monday, 31 enemy planes were destroyed, 29 probably destroyed, 41 damaged, with 63 enemy craft downed or damaged on Sunday alone.
Cedar Rapids wife of Captain Robert Moore received a Marine Corps dispatch stating he was missing in the Manila Bay area and may be a prisoner of war. Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Moore, was a 1936 Annapolis graduate and served with the Fourth Marine Regiment. The notice cautioned no death report had been received and further information would follow.
Cedar Rapids residents are urged to have scrap metal ready by noon Wednesday. Linn county salvage committee chair Elmer Wickham says scrap collected will be sold to local dealers and proceeds go to United War Appeals charities. A city truck fleet will canvass neighborhoods at noon Wednesday to collect metal and rubber on street parkings.
Chinese communique says Japanese bring fresh troops for a new attack toward Lashio in Yunnan while monsoon rains slow Burma advance. UPI dispatch notes muddy roads in lower Burma and Japanese efforts to encircle forces between Mandalay and Myitkyina. American volunteer flyers claim 200 Japanese killed and 100 trucks wrecked in latest raid.
New Delhi says a British counterattack in Burma repulsed a Japanese column of over 300 men moving north by river craft. A German broadcast claimed Japanese vanguards crossed the frontier and seized the coast between Akiyah Burma and Chittagong, with a Pane report placing forces within about 24 miles of Chittagong. Neither report confirmed elsewhere.
The British admiralty says three destroyers the Lively Jackal and Kipling were sunk by German bombs in the eastern Mediterranean. More than 500 officers and men were saved from about 600 total. ships were newly completed P900 ton Lively and 1695 ton Kipling and Jackal. A force of four British destroyers faced heavy air attacks. the Lively was sunk and Kipling went down after further strikes. Jackal was towed but sank Tuesday morning. British fighters also downed one Heinkel bomber and damaged seven more.
Joseph Mutter, 28, killed himself after a domestic quarrel with his wife who had decided to stay with her parents. The incident occurred just before her arrival. their year old daughter was mentioned in the ensuing report.
A westbound plane crashed near Miles City on Tuesday after overshooting a field and plowing through a fence and ravine. One man killed, another possibly fatally injured, and ten passengers were rescued as the craft caught fire. An armed officer helped free survivors through a broken window.
Allied forces report U S bombing planes damaged two Japanese troop transports and a tanker off the Solomons and near Deboyne island as part of a broader Coral Sea offensive. MacArthur says 24 Japanese ships sunk or damaged since May 4 with naval air actions spreading across the Bismarcks Solomons Louisiades Huon gulf and Coral Sea zones.
In San Angelo Texas reporter notes Army Air Forces trainee A Viator is undergoing bombardier training at Goodfellow Field as WWII efforts intensify.
Soviet dispatches report Germany and Romania began a major Crimean assault aimed at the Kerch peninsula, with heavy fighting and high casualties. Russian forces reportedly checked the drive, inflicting losses as German attempts to threaten the Caucasus oilfields continued amid claims of new German explosives and mines.
Defense Transportation announces postponement of the order restricting legal deliveries to one per day from May 15 to June. The measure targets tires and equipment for newspapers dairies bakeries laundries and department stores and would end special deliveries callbacks and repeat trips. Joseph Bo Eastman says the delay gives industries time to revise schedules and conserve tires and equipment.
War priorities drive a rush of used item sales as buyers look for bargains. Twelve readers answered the ad and both items sold the first night, showing eager demand for secondhand goods through local Gazette Want Ads.
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