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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1943
Page
3
The piece laments Memorial Day’s pomp while urging deeper understanding of sacrifice. It argues for personal responsibility to curb self interests, reshape privileges, and act in peace to honor the Unknown Soldier who is no longer nameless.
The Battle of Attu ends with U S forces holding the island after a 20 day fight. Japanese losses cited as high. Attu airfield could serve as a base for future operations toward Japan and Amchitka lies nearby. The victory opens options to recapture Kiska or push toward the homeland.
Kilsoo K. Haan, a Washington representative for Japanese-occupied Korea, predicts a Japanese attempt to invade the American mainland at Crescent City, California, before October. The veteran forecaster, who warned of Pearl Harbor in 1941, cites Crescent City’s excellent harbor as a key factor.
Memorial Day rites in Cedar Rapids faced weather and plan changes as crowds gathered at May's Island building and Oak Hill cemetery. Veterans groups, religious leaders, and local officials led a solemn program honoring fallen soldiers with prayers, flower tributes, and vintage phrases about liberty and sacrifice.
Detroit reporters said Wendell Willkie faced a hostile picket line on Memorial Day as 11 demonstrators accused him of being Hollywood financed and a Communist bootlicker. Willkie spoke at a Presbyterian general assembly luncheon and avoided politics while noting wartime pressures and early optimism about victory.
The White House announced that President Roosevelt has authorized five to seven and a half million dollars of federal aid highway funds for emergency road and bridge repairs in eight flood stricken midwestern states.
Thousands of shipyard workers gathered outside the New York Shipbuilding plant in Camden New Jersey to protest Memorial day closings. Union officials said about 29000 workers were told to report as on a normal day while officials cited material shortages. The demonstration followed company complaints of absenteeism and discontent over yard closures.
William Mayer, 22, who had been listed as missing in action, attended a memorial service in Philadelphia and placed a wreath at the base of a monument. He then accepted a gold star intended for his mother and told his mother she would not need it.
Gen Joseph W Stilwell arrived in England to join a major Allied conference. He met Gen Jacob L Devers and Maj Gen Ira C Baker and discussed integrating military plans for a global war strategy beyond Europe.
A Detroit street car conductor began work by declaring a holiday ride free and waiving transfers. Passengers smiled at the gesture and saved their fare as a souvenir until a female conductor arrived to restore normal fares and service.
In Warsaw Missouri floodwater rises around a cabin. Sam Bishop works to move items from a dresser drawer when he pauses to light a cigarette and the dresser floats away, illustrating the mounting danger from the flood.
The eight ship French squadron interned at Alexandria since 1940 has joined the Allies after talks led by Gen Henri Giraud. The force under Vice Admiral Rene Godfry includes the battleship Lorraine and cruisers Suffren Duquesne Tourville, plus a Duguay Trouin, destroyers and submarines.
A seven man executive committee was created in Algiers under Gen Charles de Gaulle and Gen Henri Giraud to govern liberated Frenchmen and territory and direct the war effort until France is free. Members include Rene Massigli Andre Philipe Alphonse Georges Jean Monnet and Georges Catroux. De Gaulle and Giraud will preside as needed. Georges, 68, longtime commander on the western front, arrived in Algiers with others following his escape from France.
The Royal Air Force ended May with a record about 13,500 tons of bombs dropped on Germany. British Typhoon and Spitfire forces attacked Caen steel works and a convoy off Flushing. A Torquay bombing caused civilian deaths, including 35 children in a church. Thirty-three bombers were lost.
Mrs Kosina described the Saturday afternoon shooting that killed her husband Frank Rosina near Walker, saying she had no quarrel recently and noting his years of drinking. She described a ransacked farm home and said she posted bond on the assault charge, with a grand jury possible indictment.
The War Labor Board ruled that employers who paid premium wages for Saturday work before Oct 1 1942 must not pay more than time and a half for work on the sixth day of a scheduled work week unless the board approves. The action aligns with a presidential executive order prohibiting premium Saturday pay while allowing time and a half for sixth day work.
James F. Byrnes will speak at 6 p.m. from his Spartanburg home over the Blue network as director of the Office of War Mobilization. Officials and labor leaders expect hints on his stance in the clash between Congress and the Office of Price Administration, though advance word says the speech will focus on production matters.
Stockholm AP report says German radio tied invasion timing to confidants in London and labeled June 22 as the day for Allied assault on the continent. The broadcast reflected German expectations of a major invasion tomorrow.
Allied heavy bombers from North Africa and the Middle East conducted twin attacks on Naples and Foggia, with over 150 four engined aircraft striking Italian targets. The raid caused fires and extensive damage to airfields, factories, and ships, while Axis defenses tried to repel the assault.
The admiralty said one armed German trawler was sunk and another left sinking after a close range battle with light British forces in the English Channel on Sunday. Two German E boats were set afire and several damaged. one British gunboat was lost in the engagement near Dunkirk.
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