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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1942
Page
3
Soviet and German reports clash over Kharkov as Marshal Timoshenko’s forces reportedly clash in northeast Kharkov with heavy casualties cited. British and Russian dispatches note lozovaya rail hub threats and Kerch fighting remains uncertain with German claims disputed.
The University of Missouri board of curators named Dr. Frank Luther Mott to head the Missouri journalism school succeeding the late Frank L. Martin. He will begin August 1 at a salary of 7000 a year and comes from the University of Iowa where he led the Iowa journalism program since 1927 and won a 1939 Pulitzer Prize.
Pierre Laval announced that Vichy could not accept Washington demands on Martinique and would not relinquish any French rights. He said the note to the United States said immobilization of ships would not allow handing them to any foreign power, including the United States.
Attorney General Biddle announced federal grand juries across the country will hear evidence on alleged fraud in war production contracts. The war frauds unit, expanding under Tom C. Clark, will prosecute ration and price order violations and pursue cases worth millions linked to faulty materials and inflated plant costs. Clark to lead a 75-attorney staff. he is a Dallas native with prior anti trust and wartime roles.
In Leeds Prime Minister Churchill declared the coming victory is in sight saying the ridge is topped and the United Nations will reach the top to beat back tyranny. He noted much of the German air force fights on the Russian front and urged resolve with the allied cause and weapons till final sunlight.
An Axis submarine penetrated to the mouth of the Mississippi River to sink a large American merchant ship. Twenty seven of the 41 crew were lost. The attack occurred May 12 in broad daylight, with three torpedoes causing a fire that burned for six hours before the ship sank in 100 feet of water. Four officers were among the dead and 14 sailors survived, rescued by coast guard boats and treated in New Orleans hospitals.
Price Administrator Leon Henderson said rationing will start in about three weeks. About 100000 bicycles will be available for rationing, with war models and regular bikes included. children’s bicycles are exempt from rationing. Manufacturers may ship adult bicycles to distributors for the first time since April 2 when sales were frozen.
Price Administrator Leon Henderson rejects claims from Ways and Means members that his testimony hinted at a general wage freeze. He says he opposed broad wage increases but supported raising wages for sub standard workers and did not mention savings in his closed session remarks.
Heavy frost damaged truck garden crops in Cedar Rapids with newly planted beans frozen in fields and tomato crops lost. Eggplant and spring flowers also suffered, even in the city, with reports of five acres of beans destroyed and leaves frozen stiff beyond bending.
Washington officials said Ford’s Willow Run plant has started actual production of bombers for the army. Major General Alexander D. Surles, public relations director, limited the announcement to the fact that the plant, started about 13 months ago, is in production.
A Cincinnati street car jumped the track on Saturday, slammed into a building, and burst into flames, injuring at least 20 people.
In a Sumatra air base raid, 37 Allied planes attacked Japanese invaders along the Moesi river near Palembang. Bombers and Hurricanes struck 40 ships and barges, sinking a 5000 ton motor ship and a 4000 ton vessel while denying the field known as No. 2 to Japanese forces.
London AP reports a Paris radio message from Shanghai stating a new Japanese fleet larger than the Coral Sea force is heading toward northern Australia. The report cites the Stefani message and adds the fleet travels by sea toward the Australian coast.
The army will enforce a automatic 14 day delay between acceptance of selective service recruits and start of training. Selected recruits will be shifted to temporary reserve status and begin duty two weeks later. The change takes effect June 15 and covers meals travel and lodging for returns home and reentry.
President Roosevelt commuted the four year sentence of Earl Browder, the Communist party leader, after about 14 months served for passport fraud. Browder will be released from Atlanta penitentiary once arrangements are made, with the commutation citing national unity and vindication of obedience to law.
The Federal Reserve Board reported that outstanding currency shows increased hoarding and a non cooperative attitude toward financing the war. It urged Americans to buy war savings bonds with surplus funds rather than stash cash, noting possibly as much as two billion dollars cached.
A lone Russian plane dropped several bombs on Helsinki early Saturday killing four people and wounding six civilians. Three buildings were damaged as the attack ended.
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