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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1942
Page
1
An editorial notes the President may sign the largest tax bill yet, praising expert input but arguing it fails to fully fund the war effort. It warns many taxpayers face high levies and questions the claimed Cedar Rapids labor surplus while urging careful record checks on the 2,000 local job seekers.
Washington leader Robert V. McNutt urged a national service bill within two weeks to mobilize labor for war production. He cited shortages in 40 war plants and labor turnover, noting opposition from the management labor subcommittee but promising draft legislation. He outlined three core powers needed and warned that without compulsion cooperation may fail to sustain production.
Wendell L. Willkie will report to the nation on his world tour in a broadcast Monday Oct 26 from 9 30 to 10 p m CWT over the four national radio chains CBS NBC Mutual and the Blue network as announced by the networks.
Washington AP Chairman Donald M. Nelson of the War Production Board said government construction will be limited to war essential projects. He ordered eight agencies to revoke priority on nonessential builds and review all military projects for 1943 to avoid delaying key war programs. Names of specific projects were not released pending final determinations.
United States Army Air Forces bombed the German submarine base at Lorient on the Brittany coast Wednesday. Three large bombers were reported missing. An enemy air base near Cherbourg was also attacked.
Edgar Davis, 27, of Chicago, clung to a narrow scaffold perch 175 feet above ground for 20 minutes while painting a boiler stack at Pullman Standard Car in Michigan City Indiana. The platform collapsed and Davis reached a safe rope. his partner Homer Odom, of New York, slid to the ground with friction burns on his hands. The crowd gathered around the stack as the incident unfolded.
London AP report shows Field Marshal Jan Smuts telling Parliament that the defensive phase has ended and a great Allied offensive is approaching. He warned of nearing explosive endurance limits, praised Soviet resistance, urged all-out aid to Russia, and predicted the war could last two more years. He spoke amid Churchill-Smuts talks on UN strategy.
In Bern and Paris the 11 day period before Laval faces possible forced labor orders and a push to mobilize 150000 volunteers by Berlin. Observers say the time will test Laval's grip on power as opposition grows over work conscription and Allied invasion fears. Admiral Darlan reportedly may depart for Dakar as Laval's regime weighs leverage and danger.
President Roosevelt plans to sign the record tax bill before midnight Wednesday to make the excise provisions effective November 1. The measure, the largest revenue bill in history, includes a five percent Victory tax on individual earnings over 12 a week and higher income and corporate levies, with a projected gross yield of about 9.72 billion dollars.
President Rios to decide on cabinet resignation amid Sumner Welles charges that Axis agents operate from Chile against the UN. Cabinet quit to allow replacement of Foreign Minister Barros Jarpa who favored keeping relations with the Axis. Leaders say move signals open break with Germany Italy and Japan.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the Commons that the Soviet government had not asked Britain to bring Rudolf Hess to trial. He said Hess has been treated as a prisoner of war and that there is no question of granting him envoy or diplomatic status.
A strong earthquake, described as very sharp, lasted about three minutes and caused plaster to fall in parts of the city. Two temblors were felt in Anaheim and surrounding areas as residents reported shaking and minor damage.
Allied forces expanded aerial attacks from the Aleutians to the Solomons with heavy bombings in the Solomons, Buin Bougainville and Santa Isabel. US bombers hit enemy ships and supply dumps while MacArthur’s Australian command pushed back in the Owen Stanley range to secure Port Moresby.
Tokio dispatch via Berlin cites Japanese use of dive bombers and tanks to retake three key harbors on Guadalcanal. The report comes through a German broadcast recorded by United Press in New York.
A brush fire in the Santa Monica mountains neared a county prison road camp with about 60 inmates and attendants to be evacuated. Firefighters with soldiers Coast Guardsmen and civilians fought the 8 000 acre blaze as populations in Malibu and the film colony watched from afar while conditions shifted and crews sought to hold the spread. The fire started on the ocean side of the range near the Roosevelt highway then moved inland before weather provided temporary relief.
Front line dispatches report Soviet forces driving back German units across miles of open country south of Stalingrad amid soaking rain. Pravda describes hunger among German troops and Russian reinforcements arriving from the north as the siege nears its 58th day. German assaults on a strategic factory continued despite Soviet countermeasures and renewed foe tanks.
American medium bombers joined sweeping Allied strikes on Axis airfields shipping and forces in North Africa. Eleven enemy planes were brought down. British reports say 12 Allied planes were lost. Attacks targeted grounded aircraft revetments and coastal road transports with successful direct hits on several fighters and a bomber.
A snappy breeze cooled Cedar Rapids through Thursday forenoon. The day’s low hit 44 degrees in the morning while the high on Tuesday reached 66 and the temperature fell to 56 by midnight.
Moscow report from Red Star says the United States is now prepared in manpower and equipment to commence active military operations. The piece notes it is the official Soviet army organ and reflects on Russian press coverage to date.
Washington UPI Frances Perkins warned against rapid creation of inferior nurseries for war workers children fearing a repeat of Britain’s 19th century baby farms. She noted nurseries here are satisfactory but face staffing and pay challenges and urged mothers of small children to stay home if economics allow.
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