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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1942
Page
6
UP staff correspondent describes a night raid with Col Edson’s Marines on Guadalcanal. He praises the harsh training that enables men to move through jungle, blast stubborn bush, and take on Japanese snipers. The raid nets 19 Japanese killed, a captured 70 mm howitzer, and captured booty across several square miles.
A World War II frontline scene describes jungle terrain and an artillery barrage driving the Japanese back across the Longa River. The narrator and Jack Dowling of The Chicago Sun are ordered to begin the return home, with the 3.30 p.m. timing noted as the start of their escape.
A patrol, moving toward the beach, hears machine gun fire in the jungle and assumes a duel on the river bank. They hold ground, wait an hour, seal a ridge, then take a new route to the river for a rendezvous with their unit at dusk.
Sealed bids for crushed stone and gravel surfacing on 15 014 miles of Linn County secondary roads are due by 209 o clock P M October 27 1942 in Cedar Rapids Iowa Bidders must file a 1000 or 5 percent bid bond and provide financial and equipment statements The county reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to give preference to Iowa grown products.
Four Navy sailors earned Army valor awards for actions near Kiska Alaska including Lieut Robert L Donley Lieut Clark A Hood Ensign Reuben M Smith and Seaman First Class William F Boyce. Hood and Boyce were listed as missing in action after a mission defending a Liberator bomber attack on a Japanese concentration.
An army bomber supported by naval observers conducted reconnaissance of Kiska ground positions and Japanese ships. Ensign Smith received the award following numerous instrument flights as a naval observer. Boyce sent his final radio message near the objective.
The War Labor Board announced that employers may adjust wages without its approval if within established wage agreements or schedules. Adjustments must arise from promotions or reclassifications, merit increases within rate ranges, plans of wage increases by tenure, productivity under incentive plans, apprentice or trainee systems, or other established wage plans. The action follows Roosevelt's program to stabilize wages and prices.
The document states that there should be no substantial rise in overall costs and that such costs must not justify raising price ceilings for the affected commodity or service nor hinder warranted reductions. It emphasizes maintaining current price limits and preventing inflationary pressures.
London report says Prime Minister Winston Churchill announced that South Africa Prime Minister Jan Smuts would address the house of commons and the house of lords soon.
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