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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1943
Page
1
In a strong comment Harry Boyd argues Churchill assured Congress Britain will stand with the United States against Japan until victory. The piece notes recent fears of European focus leaving the Pacific to U N battle, urging matched action in the Far East.
The North Africa campaign ended with German and Italian losses totaling 324000, including 27000 killed and 267009 captured. Simultaneously US airmen attacked Pantelleria near Cap Bon and Trapani Sicily, while Malta intruders struck Sicily. Allied raids crippled Kiel and Flensburg targets as floods from the Mohne and Eder dams devastated the Ruhr and Weser valleys, leaving tens of thousands homeless.
British night raids strike rail and water targets across Nazi occupied territory as RAF bombers hit St Fenger Saumur Angers Nantes and other points. Floods from the German emergency waters inundate 54 Ruhr towns including Dortmund and Froendenberg while canal embankments and bridges are swept away and power and crops are damaged.
New York AP British government war books inspire Elmer Davis to announce a U S series on American fighting forces. He praises British volumes as exciting reading and notes U S works must not conflict with foreign correspondent front line books.
American forces fixed Japanese positions on Attu island as retreat began toward Chichagof harbor. United States troops secured the high ridge southeast of Holtz bay and linked with Massacre bay forces, capturing several three inch anti aircraft guns for use. In the South Pacific, dive bombers hit Rekata bay on Santa Isabel island with no observed results.
Floods from rivers and streams inundated sections of Indiana Missouri Illinois Arkansas and Oklahoma causing heavy crop and property damage and forcing evacuations. Seven dead include four in Indiana and three in Missouri as flood crest predictions rise and regional bridges pipes and water supplies suffer.
Churchill warned of a third supreme gamble by Nazi leadership to knock Russia out of the war, noting Berlin and Rome spent vast resources and ships in Africa. He urged immediate aid to China and discussed Pacific war strategies with Roosevelt and Wavell, stressing logistics govern moves against Japan. He spoke before United Nations dignitaries at his Senate appearance, saying peace hinges on timely action.
The House rejects a skip-a-year tax plan while a slim majority backs a partial year bill. The split reflects shifting consciences amid fears of injustices from tax elimination and a president’s implied veto on the Senate pay-as-you-go bill. The dispute risks delaying current-year tax collections by July.
The President argues canceling a full year's taxes would unfairly shift war costs to lower income groups while letting upper earners escape contribution. He then concedes the injustice is a bookkeeping illusion, noting the government is already extracting all possible tax from the wealthy and will continue during and after the war.
The passage criticizes Rumplan supporters for using demagogic arguments and fear to mislead the public. It argues the aim is to soften resistance to higher taxes on lower income groups, regardless of whether the Rumplan passes or fails.
The piece argues that war wages benefit workers and questions the Rump plan's equity. It cites OPA data showing 2 percent of households earning $10 000 plus paid over 72 percent of taxes in 1942, while 98 percent of people with 84 percent of income bore under 28 percent of the tax load.
A Sioux City Journal-Tribune cartoonist riffs on strikes in the war industry and the toll on service members overseas. A South Pacific marine voice questions delays in materiel and blame for losses. A Morgenthau radio script line echoes public wartime sentiment amid a Cedar Rapids literary club note.
The Budapest radio said an air raid alarm was sounded in Bucharest on Tuesday night with no further details provided.
The Army Navy E award is presented to Universal Engineering corporation of Cedar Rapids for outstanding production. This marks the fourth Cedar Rapids war industry honored by the war and navy departments, a city and nation gratitude for continued war effort and victory.
Washington reports confirm Harold L. Ickes will uphold the War Labor Board as the sole and final arbiter in the United Mine Workers coal dispute. John L. Lewis refrained from comment, while WLB Chairman William H. Davis praised the decision as satisfactory and urged adherence to board jurisdiction.
In Johnstown 1800 coal miners struck despite a truce declared by their leader John L. Lewis. The walkout shut the Heisley mine of Monroe Coal Mining Co 1600 workers Cardiff mine of Imperial Coal Co and Springfield Coal Corp in Nanty Glo district. Discontent over negotiations for a new contract with wage increases and concessions was voiced by miners.
New York AP Two officials of unions including Joseph Fay international vice president of the Union of Operating Engineers AFL and James Bove international vice president of the Hod Carriers AFL were indicted on extortion and conspiracy charges. They surrendered to District Attorney Frank Hogan. The indictment alleges a scheme to extort 703000 in New York and upstate counties and extortion totaling over 300009.
Major Francis Pugh age 35 longtime Coe college ROTC staffer died in Fort Sam Houston Texas after major operation for a lung ailment. Known as Sarge he coached basketball and aided in military department work and led Coe rifle teams that placed nationally. He married Marguerite Dixon in 1940 before transferring to a western post.
The northbound Rock Island Rocket from St. Louis to the Twin Cities arrived in Cedar Rapids about seven hours late Tuesday morning. Detours on the Burlington line near St. Louis have disrupted service for three days, delaying the train beyond its 12 40 a.m. schedule. Southbound trains from Cedar Rapids ran on time but likely arrived late in St. Louis.
London dispatch reports a Tokio radio admission that the Battle of Attu is remarkably serious, signaling Japanese leaders may warn the public of a likely loss to American forces. A radio commentator urged calm yet warned the fighting is grave, while insisting the war is only just beginning.
A medium sized United States merchant ship was torpedoed and sunk in the north Atlantic in early May. All 61 crewmen abandoned in three lifeboats and three rafts 20 minutes after the attack and were rescued by a British corvette within an hour. They were taken to a Canadian port and then returned to the United States.
Washington AP reports that OWI data show over 97 percent of Pearl Harbor wounded survived with rapid medical care. The study highlights a global hospital chain, rapid first aid, and mobile field units moving wounded to rear hospitals, with many flown to the United States.
The Office of Price Administration amended rationing rules to allow consumers to have rationed meat and fats processed or prepared by others without surrendering points. Previously, points were exchanged based on the food left with and returned by the processor.
The Wednesday war communique from New Delhi describes renewed patrol activity in Burma with British air attacks on Japanese bases. A British ground patrol encountered 42 Japanese troops reconnoitering, killing some and capturing two.
The Linn county war price and rationing board urges citizens to fill the sugar declaration form found on page 5 of today's Gazette. Mail the form with each family’s ration book No. 1 to the rationing board at the American Building to obtain a sugar certificate.
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