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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1942
Page
4
Editorial notes Senate tax plan would widen the base and raise revenue but fall short of projected government spending. Henderson hints at tire and fuel rationing, stockpiles, and ride sharing to enforce a 35 mile per hour limit. A wartime wages survey in Iowa challenges myths of high wartime earnings and warns of postwar income readjustment. Historians may see Thirties echoes as Americans face price pressures and buying limits.
The Senate approved an $89,000,000,000 tax bill aimed at widening federal receipts to 24 to 26 billion dollars next year. It targets about one third of Americans, with a 5 percent Victory tax on income over 12 dollars a week, and would lift many individuals and corporations to historic tax levels. The measure heads to the House for conference as leaders forecast action next week.
Allied forces pursued retreating Japanese down the Owen Stanley mountains in New Guinea as heavy rains hinder operations. In nearby New Britain, 40 tons of bombs were dropped on Rabaul, bringing 48 hour total to 100 tons, with medium bombers paving the way for heavy assaults.
Clinton B. Conger reports a fresh, sizable U S force arriving in a British port, including bomber, fighter, infantry, armored, signal, medical, engineer, and quartermaster units. Troops travel in larger convoys under constant alert as they begin life in the British Isles with a strong, prepared combat team.
Aron F. Moses a 19 year old engineer gunner from Monroe Indiana plugged a hole in a Liberator’s fuel line with his finger to halt a gas leak and allow the bomber known as the Ball of Fire to reach base after heavy damage from Nazi fighters. Lieutenant J S Tate led the mission over Lille warehouses and rail yards as the crew fought through gunfire and damaged aircraft.
Exiles from the Nazi Reich in the Association of Free Germans laid the cornerstone for a second German republic aimed at permanent democracy and world peace. Albert Grzesinski leads the group which includes former Reichstag members and other Weimar-era leaders. The plan commits to uprooting Nazi rule, nullifying Nazi laws, and restoring citizenship rights while punishing Nazi crimes.
Washington reports U S airmen sunk a Japanese destroyer and damaged two other ships near Guadalcanal as Japan presses an aided effort to land reinforcements. The cruiser of the Kako class and a destroyer were damaged. total enemy ships sunk or probably sunk reaches 38 and American planes destroyed rise to 245.
A local reading shows the temperature rising to 74 degrees at 3 30 p m Saturday as the warm spell continues. By 6 45 p m the mercury fell to 65 degrees with humidity at eight percent.
The navy reported that four navy gun crew members died and the tanker’s chief engineer and third mate were killed during a Japanese submarine attack off the West Coast. Of 42 aboard, 38 were saved, rescued men described as half naked and half frozen, led by Captain Olaf Bresland of Long Beach.
The navy reports Secretary Knox has arrived in Washington after an 18 day tour of Latin America. He visited multiple nations and met with regional leaders during the trip.
Two scrap drives will run on the fourteenth and twenty first precincts to gather donations for war uses. The twenty first precinct lies within river and FE avenue NW bounds, while the fourteenth precinct runs from Eleventh and Twelfth avenues SW to the city limits and the river.
Washington AP Leon Henderson announced a government plan to provide tires for all passenger cars during the war with strict mileage and speed limits and car sharing. The plan includes rationing, mandatory tire inspections, and a national stockpile of idle tires to ensure essential mileage while conserving rubber.
Sergt. Francis H. Nessler of Dysart recounts action in Egypt and Libya, earning shrapnel scars and possibly the Purple Heart. He returns with a bold view on fighting tanks, being one of the first eastern Iowans back after Libyan theater service. Nessler is the son of William and Mrs Nessler of Mt. Auburn and nephew of Otto Erick of Dysart.
Moscow dispatch reports Semyon Timoshenko’s relief offensive pushing from the Don bend toward Stalingrad. Soviets consolidate gains in the city amid fierce street fighting as German assaults appear to slacken. Casualties cited include hundreds killed on multiple fronts, with continued heavy fighting near Novo Rossisk and the Caucasus.
U S bombers blasted 105 German aircraft over Lille area in northern France in a record assault. The action involved four engined B 17s and B 24s hitting BFw 190 fighters amid heavy interceptor defense. Three fortresses and one Liberator listed missing with one crew saved.
The Gazette announces Fall Farm Land and Equipment Days starting next Sunday. Farms, equipment, or livestock can be advertised for three days for as little as one dollar, with ads included in the Fall 1942 Catalogue and extending weeks after expiry. Contact the Gazette Want Ad Dept. or call 2-1121.
A massive manhunt spreads across Illinois Wisconsin and Iowa for Roger Touhy Basil Banghart and six others after a prison yard breakout at Stateville Joliet. Investigators probe inside help while police from four states chase clues including a hijacked garbage truck used to flee.
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