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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1943
Page
30
Senator George Wilson questions a Bankhead measure to spend 30 million dollars a year on newspaper ads and war bond promotion. Critics warn public funds could stifle criticism and reward praise, while supporters insist on protecting free expression amid wartime needs.
The Office of Price Administration ordered a roughly 10 percent cut in retail butter ceilings, effective June 10, citing expected shortages in eastern states and a broader cost of living reduction program. Subsidies will keep creameries' receipts stable, with a three week to one month nationwide butter shortage period anticipated during the transition.
Forty three Republican House members called for immediate consideration of a bill abolishing all food control functions of the Office of Price Administration and transferring them to the Agriculture Department. The move adds to OPA turmoil as Byrnes and Vinson weigh agency shakeups, with Sen. Byrd warning subsidies could inflate costs, while Davis favors limited use of subsidies.
A second tremor within 24 hours damaged multiple structures in southern Germany. Transocean reported a short heavy quake near the Swabian Alps in Württemberg, with severe damage in Onstmettingen including a school building and broken gas and water mains.
Reports from La Linea say Prime Minister Winston Churchill landed at Gibraltar Friday afternoon and flew on Friday night to an undisclosed destination. Also listed as present in the last 24 hours were Viscount Gort governor of Malta Eisenhower Montgomery L. G. Alexander and Catroux at Gibraltar.
Rear Admiral T. S. Wilk inson said at a Auckland press briefing the Allies hold superiority in all force classes in the South Pacific. He cautioned the campaign against Japan is going well but the Allies will remain offensive and push forward beyond current positions.
Only known dead are listed for Cedar Rapids service members. Names span Pearl Harbor Corregidor Pacific North Africa Asiatic and plane crash fatalities in California Kansas Texas Portugal and locally in Cedar Rapids. Other service men are listed as missing in action.
War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes will speak from 6 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on the blue network in Washington. The address titled America Mobilizes for Victory ties to the Textiles Go to War celebration in Spartansburg, S. C., Byrnes’ home town. The White House had signaled it would be an important pronouncement on production.
Moscow reports a Soviet government agreement to furnish funds material and services for the Czech army brigade fighting on the eastern front. The aid arrangement was announced Saturday in Czechoslovakia.
Clark Lee analyzes a year of large scale air raids on Germany led by RAF and USAAF, arguing mass sudden incidents reduced war production and morale. The piece discusses goals of exhausting Germany, the potential for invasion, and the strategic value of 1 000 plane raids from Cologne to the Ruhr and beyond.
Cedar Rapids plans a Memorial Day observance with a 2 p.m. parade forming on Second Avenue Bridge led by the Coe College Aircrew band. The march proceeds to Mt. Vernon and Oak Hill cemetery for a 3 p.m. program featuring A. Johnson, ROTC Col. John F Ehlert and various veterans groups. Oak Hill will close to auto traffic 1:30 p.m. for cemetery services.
Allied air forces launch sweeping daylight and night raids on St Nazaire Rennes and La Pallice with American Fortresses Liberators and RAF bombers leading an unprecedented assault. Thirteen bombers fail to return as Fighter escorts repel heavy opposition in a concerted pre invasion offensive.
Richard Nelson Kraschel 24 son of former Iowa governor Nelson Kraschel was killed when a Bell Aircraft test plane crashed near Niagara Falls New York after his parachute failed to deploy following an emergency bailout. He had been a ferry pilot for the RAF and recent bomber testing hopeful.
ALGIERS AP Gen Henri Honore Giraud Saturday removed all Vichy imposed restrictions on North African newspapers announcing henceforth it will be public opinion which will determine whether a newspaperman has overstepped his bounds.
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