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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1942
Page
2
Readers note silence on the airport proposal and costs. An anonymous letter questions why Cedar Rapids would spend 325000 while Des Moines and Sioux City fund airports. Officials say costs depend on site needs, bonds may bear 1.9 percent, and yearly taxpayer impact starts at about 36 cents per thousand.
Moscow reports by Red Star describe Cossack cavalry crossing a pontoon bridge under Nazi fire to recapture a large locality on the Kharkov front. Russian tanks and air cover pursued retreating German forces, claiming German tank destruction rising toward 400 as infantry and armor counterattacks continued.
Cedar Rapids reports Linn county rationing board received 5000 sugar canning application blanks at 10 am Tuesday. Sam Hawkins, sugar coordinator, hopes they last the week as prior batches of 800 forms were exhausted by strawberry and rhubarb canners. Each ration book holder in a family unit may obtain up to five pounds of sugar.
China urged swift Allied aid against a rising Japanese assault across the Shan states in eastern Burma and toward Hangzhou. Tokyo’s map shows a broader Asia sphere. reports claim 500 Japanese planes massed in Burma while Axis forces push along Salween and into Lungling. British and Indian defenses at Akyab come under renewed air and river assault as India looms near.
A 19 minute blue test air alarm was held in the New York area Tuesday announced by Major Lynn Farnol press relations officer of the first interceptor command. The alarm began 1106 am and the all clear rang 1125 am radio stations in the area were ordered off the air. The command did not specify the alarm’s coverage area.
A military observer in London says Allied power in western Europe has surpassed German strength for the first time since the war began. He cites large American forces in Northern Ireland, training of Canadian and British units, and rising air strength as enabling plans for an offensive with about 20 divisions. He notes German morale and manpower decline, U-boat limits, and combined Allied seapower improving the war outlook.
Thousands of U S troops with tanks guns trucks and jeeps landed at a North Ireland port in the largest convoy yet and began invasion training. Men from the Dakotas Iowa Minnesota New York and Kentucky arrived to join Canadian units and the expanding Allied force. The crossing was smooth with crews and guards protecting the embarkation and the convoy remained unseen by the enemy as naval and air defenses deterred raids.
A report from a Northern Ireland port describes a 2400 mile Atlantic voyage in a large American convoy. Destroyers and planes attacked with depth charges as troopships were guided through by keeping periscopes down. The writer notes multiple submarine threats and the crew’s resolve.
Charles Edward Smith 37, chief electrician’s mate, Navy and former Cedar Rapids resident, receives the Distinguished Service Cross posthumously for heroism during the defense of Bataan and Corregidor. Navy records place him at Corregidor when he was reported killed. his mother confirms details and notes his service in the Philippines.
Washington dispatch reports WPB chief Lessing J Rosenwald says salvage of waste paper has been so successful that an unusual surplus now exists, marking a notable development in materiel conservation during the war.
City divisions finalize plans for the United War Fund campaign set to start Wednesday. Division chairmen and captains named, campaign materials issued, and last minute steps coordinated at campaign headquarters in the Chamber of Commerce building.
Disputed plans to open pre training schools for glider pilots in Cedar Rapids and Des Moines surfaced Tuesday. INS reports quote Seventh Corps area officials noting private schools may host training for army glider pilots. Local spokesmen for Cedar Rapids Airways and Saxon Field said they knew nothing of such plans.
Rear Admiral Emory S. Land announced to President Roosevelt that the wartime shipping agency has reached a full agreement with seven maritime unions. The pact binds operating personnel of the United States merchant marine to refrain from strikes for the duration of World War II.
Red Cross production head quarters appeals to women to craft 500 kit bags for armed forces. Materials are ready at 308 Third Street SE Armstrong Building. Bags must include a small sewing kit and be returned within a week.
Brig. Gen. James H. Doolittle is identified as the leader of the air raid on Japan. He received the Medal of Honor from President Roosevelt with Gen. George C. Marshall and Gen. Henry Arnold present. The statement praises the raid’s precise targets including the navy yard south of Tokyo and a Nagoya air facility.
Laboring men and business interests united as AFL local 238 and the Canopus club endorsed Cedar Rapids airport bond issue for June 1 voting after remarks by E M Gene Pinney of the Chamber of Commerce. Pinney warned a modern airport is essential like railroads once were.
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