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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1942
Page
1
The piece weighs the impact of government price controls on living costs and family life with quotes on porch society and home life, while noting wartime propaganda and morale reports from Germany and Russia. It suggests uncertain outcomes but highlights social changes and the WAAC’s poised image.
RAF raids damaged the German cruiser Prinz Eugen off the Norwegian coast after a ferocious air and sea clash. Four destroyers protected the cruiser as nine British and five German planes were shot down in a night battle.
The German high command says a strong RAF formation attacked the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen and escort ships in the northern North Sea but was beaten off with the loss of 29 RAF planes. It adds that in Sunday raids the RAF lost 52 planes while Germany claimed only three pursuit planes shot down.
Rotary club members endorsed the Cedar Rapids airport bond proposal and pledged to vote for it on June 1. They also promised to encourage employer polling access and support Pinney of the Chamber of Commerce, stating the airport would modernize the city’s economy and workforce.
The far Pacific theater saw Chinese reports that enemy incursions near Paoshan were halted while Tokyo claimed Japanese forces neared India’s border from Burma. Chinese reinforcements and guerilla tactics responded around Lungling and Tengyuwh as air power intensified bombing of Kalewa and Indo-Chinese targets near Kunming.
The United Press reports that major eastern cities saw Sunday auto traffic at least 50 percent below normal on the warm holiday. Intercity trips fell, strategic routes were quiet, and rationing began last Friday. OPA will investigate X and B card holders next month as officials note widespread card chicanery.
Washington the maritime commissions announced that thirty cargo ships will be launched May 22 on National Maritime Day across coasts and the Great Lakes. Twenty five more vessels already slipped this month as production rises to a target of three ships per day by fall.
United Press dispatches from Lisbon report Axis peoples grow weary of war while American and Allied mobilization could crush Germany and Italy. The correspondents warn Hitler will fight to the end, throwing hundreds of divisions and 12 million men into the war, and stress the urgency of full American commitment this year.
The first major wage agreement under the anti inflation program reduces scheduled increases and pays them in war bonds. Negotiated by government, labor, and management at a shipbuilding stabilization conference, the plan sets a national uniform shipyard wage scale with an average rise of about seven percent or eight cents an hour.
Collins Radio Co to erect a 168000 dollar addition 100 by 300 feet to its Cedar Ranide plant by mid July. Arthur Collins president said the brick over concrete structure will adjoin the current 30000 square feet and expand capacity for navy contracts. AL Jackson Co of Chicago leads the contracting with local sub contractors assisting.
Washington report that American flag vessel losses already exceed World War I totals as the House appropriations committee approves a 210 million dollar increase in the marine and war risk insurance fund. The fund may face more than one ship sunk per day at current rates, with projections of up to 15 to 20 million tons of shipping next year if steel is available, amid Roosevelt’s 15 million ton goal for 1943.
Washington price controls snap back to March ceilings for all consumer goods with a 1.4 percent expected drop in the cost of living. The Office of Price Administration issues a guide for retailers detailing five methods to set maximum prices based on March deliveries, March prices, and comparable items.
In Washington the senate rejected a 20 percent cut to travel funds for the agriculture department as part of the 1943 agriculture appropriations bill. The fight featured a farm bloc split over grain sales and price effects, with an economy group pushing for lower overall spending.
Cedar Rapids wife reports John J. Mokrejs missing from home while believed to be alive and employed by China United Lamp in Shanghai under Japanese control. Genera Electric, parent to the lamp works, says he is not confined. Swiss consul information prompted the misreport.
The United States and Panama sign a defense treaty allowing U S forces to use areas in Panama. Troops will build gun emplacements detector stations bombing ranges and an airfield network including Rio Hato. The pact awaits Panamanian assembly approval and U S congressional ratification while ties with France frame wider security talks.
A police raid led by Inspector WoT Kudina seized four slot machines and two bottles of liquor at the Magnus hotel. One five cent slot was found in a storeroom beside the Benevolent Protective Association rooms. Three machines were in room 452 under the name Abe Simon, a heavyweight contender. No charges filed yet as ownership of the machines is disputed.
Linn county rationing board has run out of application blanks for canning sugar as a rush by strawberry and rhubarb canners depletes stock. Sam R. Hankins says announcements will come after blanks arrive. applicants may obtain five pounds per person for a year. Eight days remain to get stamps for wholesalers. No. 2 stamp is valid through May 30.
The German radio said 220 bank branch offices will close by May 31 for the duration of the war to free workers for roles in war important establishments. The move aims to bolster essential wartime production and services.
News from Kharkov reports the Red Army widened its drive on a 100 mile front as German counterattacks with tanks and paratroopers failed to halt the Soviet advance. Pravda notes 12 to 37 mile gains and heavy material losses for Germany, while Kerch fighting continues with disputed ground.
On Lake Michigan the Dover crews farm boys and factory workers are firing four inch shells at targets as navy trains hundreds of sailors for armed guard gun crews aboard merchantmen. The program gathers personnel from the Midwest and beyond to prepare for potential threat to shipping lanes.
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