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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1942
Page
3
Government confirms selection of the Koenigsmark site southwest of Cedar Rapids for a major airport. Local officials must begin land acquisition and rapid construction steps to align with national defense needs, while public cost estimates rise toward 78 to 80 billion dollars for the current war year.
The piece argues the United States should insist on turning war criminals over to the United Nations for trial and punishment after the war. It criticizes mere punitive measures and urges a harsh lesson in German and Japanese territory to deter future aggression. It also notes a claim that gold mines may close as the War Production Board acts, while contrasting with a government silver subsidy.
President Roosevelt said the United States would cooperate in creating a postwar United Nations commission to investigate Axis war crimes. He advocated surrender of war criminals, predicted few would be found guilty, and noted ongoing barbaric crimes against civilians in occupied Europe.
Sir John Simon announced in the house of Lords that a United Nations commission will be set up to examine evidence of Axis atrocities and determine guilt to enable postwar punishment.
Denver officials told Cedar Rapids Parks Commissioner Charles Kosek to feed horses amid feed shortages at the Cedar Rapids 700. Denver zoo superintendent Clyde Hill said animals prefer horse meat and it is inexpensive, noting they have fed it long-term.
Cedar Rapids Parks Commissioner Charles Kosek rejects Denver’s suggestion to feed horse meat to 30 goats. He notes multiple calls proposing the meat as a substitute for hamburger and cites the zoo retrenchment plan aimed at reducing animal surges rather than dietary changes.
Staff Sergt William Huston 22 Cedar Rapids died at Camp Polk Louisiana from a motorcycle overturn injuries suffered at 2 pm Tuesday. A telegram to his father J W Huston reported a fractured skull. Huston's wife and mother left for Louisiana but arrived after his death. He had served two years in a reconnaissance company in an anti tank division.
Twenty six men from Canada pleaded guilty to illegal entry after crossing Lake Erie in rowboats to attend a Jehovahs Witnesses convention in Cleveland. They awaited sentence in Buffalo, New York, as authorities pursued penalties for the border breach.
The Senate rejected La Follette’s proposal to tax all corporations with $25,000 or more income at 50 percent, voting 75 to 9. A finance committee amendment also lowered dependents’ credit from $400 to $300, with House approval still needed. Taft warned against excessive taxation harming initiative and war effort.
In eastern India unrest has subsided as monsoon relief nears and fears of Japanese invasion ease. Rail travel has returned to 26 hours from 1 000 miles, Tata iron and steel works operate at full capacity after last month's strike, and while Gandhi era politics stir some border provinces, sources say military operations remain largely unaffected.
Rome broadcasts report that an American submarine sank a 7000 ton Japanese transport on October 1 in the South China Sea. about 1800 British and Australian prisoners were aboard en route to Japan, with many hundreds rescued by two Japanese ships reaching the scene.
Wendell L. Willkie urged the United Nations to launch an all out offensive as he pressed for a second front and asserted he speaks for himself not the administration. He told reporters I am here as an individual whom 23 000 000 Americans voted for and I say what I damn well please. He visited a US air base in China with Gen Stilwell and Brig Gen Chennault and vowed to devote his life to a world where all men are free with governments of their own choosing.
Inauguration of Dr Charles A Anderson as Coe college's seventh president is set for Thursday November 12 in Sinclair Memorial chapel. Dr Paul C Payne will deliver the inaugural address. Arthur Poe will induct Dr Anderson. A military review of the ROTC battalion will follow and a luncheon in Voorhees quadrangle will host delegates from other colleges.
A Tokyo naval spokesman broadcast that the United States is building long range flying fortresses with a 10,000 mile flight range capable of bombing Japan from Midway and the Aleutians. He declared the war is just beginning amid a growing US weapon buildup.
U S positions in the Solomon Islands are seen as increasingly endangered as Japanese reinforcements continue to land on Guadalcanal. A navy communique details night raids by 30 Zeros and enemy bombers, 11 Zeros shot down, and seven Wildcats countering the attack. It notes continued American air superiority and multiple strikes on Japanese warships during October 3 4 with torpedo hits on a cruiser and successful hits on troop and supply dumps. Ground fighting shows limited action as Japanese troop landings persist under cover of darkness.
British forces raided the German-occupied Sark island near Normandy and found evidence of forced labor deportations of British men and families to Germany. The operation targeted reports of ill treatment, with prisoners and wardens involved and German reprisals noted against Dieppe captives.
Cedar Rapids reports continued mild temperatures with a 77 degree reading at 2:30 pm and 82 degree high earlier. Humidity at 5 percent, with 70 at 4 pm 50 at midnight and a Wednesday low of 40 degrees between 7 and 8 am.
Melbourne reports United States Army Sergt F A Furumo, 22, won first prize in the Student's club competition at the National Gallery art school. The award highlights Furumo's achievement amid wartime service.
As the 44 day siege of Stalingrad continued, Adolf Hitler threw fresh troops into battle while Soviet forces claimed to have crushed a German wedge in the northwest suburbs and repelled ten assaults along the 40 mile front. The Red Army meanwhile reported progress near the city center and said elite guardsmen drove invaders from streets and gardens. Casualties were heavy on both sides with at least 1200 German troops killed and destruction widespread in the factory district and surrounding settlements. The report notes a Soviet counteroffensive under Marshal Semeon Timoshenko gained ground on the German left flank and that heavy combat persisted amid a day of intense bombardment.
Cedar Rapids holds a big scrap metal drive at Second precinct near Third avenue and Sixth street SE. Civil Defense Chair Henry Haeggs said the pile will be carted to mills for defense needs as the lot fills and popularity rises. The Laing county drive led the state with over 800 tons plus 50 more from Lisbon.
Scrap metal will be collected by trucks in Cedar Rapids Thursday. The area is bounded by the river to the east, city limits to the west, K Avenue NW and Eighteenth Street to the south, and O Avenue to the districts.
British Mosquito bombers joined R A F raids against Osnabruck Flensburg Krefeld and Hengelo. A U S warning urged inhabitants near factories to evacuate within two kilometers of war industry as U S forces prepare to strike satellite war industries in occupied France and Germany.
The Civil Aeronautics Administration approves a nine mile area near Koenigsmark, Linn County, as necessary for national defense and development of Cedar Rapids airport. Mayor Hahn announced the site totaling 709 acres, with plans to extend runways beyond a square mile.
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