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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1942
Page
6
The piece surveys Milo Perkins and the Board of Economic Warfare shaping postwar policy, urging guaranteed work and living standards. It notes wartime controls on metals, industrial shifts, and calls for free enterprise safeguards alongside full employment. Also covers Cedar Rapids airport bond support and veteran bus travel nostalgia.
Major General Lewis B. Hershey, director of the selective service, said in a Monday interview that drafting 18 and 19 year olds for military service is probably inevitable. He noted the board has not asked to lower age limits but warned that wars have historically reached 18-year-olds.
Senators and representatives debated granting the President authority to restructure the selective service system by classifying men by age, family status, and dependents. Proposals aim to delay calling family men until nondependents are exhausted, with talk of lowering the draft age to 19 and clarifying rules for individual status without automatic deferments.
A North American patrol plane discovered and sank a submarine off the northeast coast of Brazil on May 23. Military sources report increased coast activity and confirm the sinking.
Eli Showbrun testified in general sessions court that he and his uncle Murray Hirschl killed Susie Flora Reich for a diamond ring. He said Madeline Webb did not participate and did not know the victim, while Hirschl and Cullen faced separate trials as state witnesses.
M H Schneberger 20 of Iowa City was arrested about 4 20 a m Sunday for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He pled not guilty at a Monday district court arraignment after being stopped by Fred Goodhue merchant patrolman who saw him back into a parked machine at First avenue and Tenth street. Goodhue and R R Groves who owned the car testified to seeing the suspect driving.
Milo Perkins executive director of the Board of Economic Warfare told Swarthmore College graduates that the mass production economy must work after the war. He warned idleness will be the unforgivable sin and urged full employment to ensure a decent standard of living and civil liberties.
The Japanese high command claimed a 35000 ton battleship was damaged and a 9050 ton Portland type cruiser sunk in a clash with the US fleet. No evidence supported a Maryland class battleship loss, while reports of Atlantic submarine losses and a Berlin radio tally framed the weekly tolls.
In Denton Nebraska three Emerald family members were killed when their car collided with a freight train on Sunday. The incident left no immediate survivors and state authorities investigated the wreck at the crossing.
General Stilwell in New Delhi declared Burma can be retaken and must be retaken. He described a brutal 140 mile jungle march and a stubborn Allied defense while the Japanese held air superiority. He stressed Burma’s strategic value for reopening the China supply route and planned to brief Chiang Kai-shek before returning to China.
Cedar Rapids city council passed a resolution backing the United War Fund suggested by Mayor Frank Hahn. The vote was unanimous and urged universal, liberal contributions to fund one relief agency per ally country plus the USO. $9,780 raised in two days of the drive.
On Monday Sam R Hawkins Linn county sugar coordinator announced new rules for home canning. Housewives must declare quarts of fruit canned on 1941 hand and planned for this year and specify fruit kinds. Sugar allowances set at one pound per four quarts or per person for jams and jellies. Regulation aims to curb jam and jelly canning due to sugar use. Beginning Thursday these rules take effect and with five pound per person approvals, eligibility ends until July 1.
Japanese forces of about 100000 attack Kinhwa the coastal Chekiang capital while Chinese troops defend the gateway city. Allied air raids and artillery pressure intensify as casualties mount on both sides in the broader Chekiang and Salween fronts.
The non partisan Linn County Cedar Rapids Citizens for Hickenlooper announce three more speakers for the Memorial Coliseum rally next Friday to back B B Hickenlooper's bid for governor. John C Reid E M Gene Pinney and Ruth Ebling Massey join the program. Hickenlooper will deliver the keynote address. The event starts at 8 15 pm and is open to the public.
Army Minister Francis M. Forde announced the arrests of 19 men and women linked to the Australia First front on charges of conspiracy to help Japan invade Australia. Police seized documents outlining plans to assassinate leaders and sabotage vital points. Three more arrests were made in Perth with other leaders denying the allegations. All detainees were remanded on heavy bail.
Capt George H Cockburn Jr is listed as missing in action by the War Department. Parents Mr and Mrs George H Cockburn of 112 Twenty seventh Street NE were informed that a complete prisoner list from Japan and casualty records from the Philippines have not yet been released. The last letter from their son arrived December 8, written November 16 from Samar Island.
The mother Mrs Rose Cochran of 14001 Third Street SE learns from the War Department that her son Sergt Scott E O Neal is listed as missing in action on Corregidor after its capitulation. His father Ed O Neal lives at 6452 Twenty first Avenue SW and a brother E A O Neal resides in Marion. The last word arrived April 24 from Corregidor and was dated February 24.
Mexico will convoy its ships in port with United States naval aid, announced by Navy Minister Heriberto Jara and reported by El Nacional. The move follows concerns over the limited strength of the Mexican navy and suggests increased cooperation with the U.S. to protect shipping.
John Barrymore was reported resting well and sufficiently improved to take nourishment on Monday indicating gradual recovery from his illness and continuing treatment in Hollywood.
Washington officials report near term WPB action to revamp metal allocation with an end use labeling system. The plan will tag mine output and shipments for designated war or civilian uses to curb leakage into non essential products. The change aims to separate military needs from civilian demand in steel ore aluminum and related metals.
Russian forces renewed the Kharkov offensive driving back German flank diversions and encircling portions of three Soviet armies. German claims of large scale encirclements conflicted with Russian progress as both sides await final outcomes. American observers noted elite Red Air Force pilots praising Bell Airacobra aircraft now deployed broadly in support roles.
The Cedar Rapids Real Estate board and CIO United Farm Equipment Workers Local 116 back the airport bond ahead of next Monday’s election. The union cites patriotic duty and city progress, pledging full member support to boost the campaign for a new and larger airport.
In Detroit during Sunday night's blackout Dominic Lafrose 21 was sentenced Monday by Judge George Murphy to serve days in the house of correction for smoking a cigarette during the blackout.
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