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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1942
Page
5
City officials may pursue condemnation of two farm tracts needed for the new airport as negotiations fail to yield fair compensation. The piece notes the broader wartime sacrifices, warns of litigation delays to construction, and compares land use priorities with war needs.
Cedar Rapids launches the 1943 Community War Chest drive mid November uniting Community Chest and War Fund campaigns. The goal is 179272 with equal split between Chest and War Fund agencies and campaign costs shared. After goal and expenses, funds stay with each committee.
A large United States convoy arrived safely in Britain after four days evading German U boats. Air cover from U S Navy planes Royal Navy Coastal Command RAF prevented torpedo attacks as Catalinas Liberators and Hudsons patrolled the Atlantic. Catalinas bombed two U boats causing crashes and possible hits as Libera tors spotted two more submarines.
CHICAGO (UP) Rubber Director William M. Jeffers said the gasoline rationing plan would cover the Midwest and West to get men to work and farmers to town Regardless of distance. He noted longer travel and less public transport in the West and warned there would be no synthetic tires for family use until 1944.
Cairo AP reports Malta defenders shot down eight Axis planes Saturday, bringing monthly total to 115 in the Mediterranean air war described by Rome as masking reinforcements to North Africa. The RAF lost 23 Spitfires. German and Italian losses cited.
Cedar Rapids area owners of five of the nine Koenigsmark farms say they will negotiate a sale to the city for an airport site. Two owners refuse offers and two others have not been contacted, as city officials pursue condemnation if needed.
Reuters dispatch from Monrovia reports United States troops arriving in Liberia and RAF patrols beginning to counter U boat activity. Liberia's president Edwin J Barclay is expected to declare support for the United Nations. A Roosevelt aide reportedly left Monrovia after talks with Barclay.
Cedar Rapids hosts Key-Scrap Movie Day with ten pounds of scrap or five keys required for admission. Henry Haegg and local theaters coordinate donations at doors for tickets to showings featuring James Cagney and Pat O Brien at the Iowa and other Tri-State venues. The Paramount turns over over 500 unclaimed keys from its lost and found to support the drive.
Rep. John M Costello says the navy attempted a grandstand move in the Solomon Islands without Army ground and air forces, signaling congressional criticism of Pacific operations. He notes Army arrivals and Guadalcanal airfield use amid Navy statements.
Three young people from Delta Iowa were killed in a two car crash on highway 19 one mile west of Sigourney Saturday night Deputy Sheriff C V Banes Keokuk county reported The victims were Ward Dawson Ruth Rohloff and Mrs Rex Rogers all aged about 18 to 20.
Soviet forces defend Stalingrad against German tanks and infantry on the northern sector as Semyon Timoshenko's relief offensive tightens pressure on the German left flank. Red air force sorties hit enemy formations while heavy clashes continue along the Mozdok and Terek river sectors.
The navy says five personnel once listed as missing in the Oct 14 casualty list are now reported safe but wounded. The group includes Seaman Hes ling Cardinal and his brother Ralph Cardinal of Reno Nevada, with next of kin noted.
Washington announces that motorists carrying passengers to work can now qualify for recapped tires under the Office of Price Administration policy. The measure expands tire subsidies to daily ride sharers, aiming to ease commuting costs.
Allied bombers under Gen Douglas MacArthur supported U S forces in the Solomon Islands with attacks on air dromes at Buka Bougainville and Rabaul plus a strike on a Japanese transport off Shortland Island. Australian jungle fighters pushed toward Templeton's crossing as Japanese withdrawals were reported.
The Fighting French movement urged France to meet violence with violence in open war against Vichy efforts to draft French labor for Nazi war factories. The declaration, endorsed by Gen. Charles de Gaulle, claimed France is at war with the Vichy government and appealed to the French empire and fleet for aid as clashes spread across Lyon Amberieu Marseille and other cities. German actions and factory worker shipments sparked growing unrest with casualties reported in Lyon and Amberieu.
The Laval government rejected abroad reports that 55 were killed and 400 wounded in Lyon and Amberieu on Friday amid unrest linked to transferring labor to Germany.
The House approved a bill to draft 18 and 19 year olds to help build a 7.5 million man army in 1943. Inductions begin December with 1,050,000 teens slated for the pool and an additional 500,000 from the 18 19 class expected to volunteer.
London report says Lancaster bombers staged the largest daylight raid of the war against the Schneider cartel plants at Le Creusot, 170 miles southwest of Paris. The attack, described as highly successful, used unescorted four motor bombers and lasted about 20 minutes with one aircraft missing. American Mustang fighters aided rail targets in Holland per official sources.
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