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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1942
Page
2
AR MANPOWER Commissioner McNutt announces orders to freeze in present occupations all necessary farm workers and livestock dairy workers with drafts deferring farm labor. Meanwhile, six-day coal weeks loom in New York and city payrolls push 10 percent war bond deductions as Halloween vandalism concerns grow.
Allied forces press the Egyptian desert front as the Eighth Army clashes with Rommel’s armor in the largest tank engagement of the offensive. American pilots downed seven of 18 Axis planes, and Brereton notes U S air units are now fully self supplied with American weapons.
The British Eighth Army advanced further Monday night to breach Axis defense lines in the Egyptian desert as tank battles intensified on a larger scale Tuesday, according to a joint British headquarters RAF communiqué.
Rome reports that Italian forces say 53 British tanks were destroyed and 21 planes shot down during the new Battle of Egypt. After bitter fighting, Italian command says they captured an important position.
Speaker Sam Rayburn plans a 9 15 p m radio address on the Blue network to defend the Seventy seventh congress against Pearl Harbor criticisms. He will urge Americans to compare wartime records with prior congresses in a first general reply by a congressional leader.
TOKIO reports Hongkong was raided this morning by seven United States bombers. The broadcast says no damage occurred and one plane was shot down.
Cedar Rapids city firemen have joined the payroll deduction plan for war bonds with over 90 percent participation. B T Perrine says more than 90 percent signed for 10 percent or more of wages, and total pledges exceed 10 percent of payroll.
Five of the twenty trucks and a pickup at the abandoned CCC camp near Decorah were prepared for immediate removal on a rush order from Washington. The move follows a Cedar Rapids Gazette investigation showing deteriorating equipment, some usable some scrap. A district army engineer’s office representative from St. Paul supervised removal. The Decorah Chamber of Commerce had urged Washington to act, and the army promised action.
U S casualties announced thus far in the war total 47463 killed wounded and missing. The figures include 17500 Americans and 11000 Philippine scouts missing in action in the Philippines many of whom were probably taken prisoner. Navy marine and coast guard casualties 4453 killed 1593 wounded and 9768 missing. Army records showed 1016 killed 1461 wounded 611 missing and 61 prisoners of war in addition to those missing in the Philippines.
Washington reports the zoot suit era ends as War Production Board limits on non-wool fabric cuts go into effect. The order requires simplified clothing designs and expands prior wool bans to all materials for men and boys.
Pat Bradley of the Young Democrats of California says Sen Hiram Johnson will resign after the November 3 election and if Earl Warren becomes governor, former President Herbert Hoover would be named senator. Warren, in Ontario, Canada, denounces the plan as ridiculous.
Don Merrill, 26, of Marion, a fireman on the carrier Wasp, survived the September torpedo strike that sank the ship after its fire and abandon ship orders. He swam amid blasts, was picked up by a destroyer lifeboat, and later posed for a Gazette photo with his story. He notes missing Marion spring water in navy life and shares a bond with classmate Lieut Don Goodyear, reported missing after Langley’s sinking south of Java.
DES MOINES Iowa state director of selective service Eric Gen Charles H Grahl ordered all local draft boards to reclassify men in agricultural work to safeguard the farming sector. The directive aligns with national headquarters to reclassify dairy livestock and poultry workers or producers used in farming operations.
War Manpower Chief Paul V McNutt said all essential workers on livestock poultry and dairy farms will be frozen in their current jobs. Iowa farm operators and farm laborers fall into the necessary and essential group. Dependents change class to 3B while those without dependents go to 2B. Further details continued on page 2.
In Detroit a Grand Trunk Western passenger train struck a motorbus at the Caniff avenue crossing killing sixteen people including several high school pupils. The crash left bodies along the tracks and injured survivors, as investigators questioned driver William Clos and rescuers freed victims from the mangled wreckage.
A quake centered in the eastern Mediterranean was recorded by the Vienna Observatory on Wednesday, according to a Swiss broadcast.
Washington AP James Byrnes economic stabilization director issued regulations placing control over all wages and salaries under 5,000 in the War Labor Board and the Treasury and fixed January 1, 1943 as the date beyond which salaries will be limited to 25,000 a year after taxes and allowances. The 25,000 ceiling covers public and private salaries except those fixed by statute. President Roosevelt’s salary exception noted. Treasury estimates about 67,000 needed to be affected. The 5,000 cap became effective Tuesday with 5,000-plus salaries retroactive to Oct 3. Increases allowed for promotions merit raises service productivity and trainee systems but not if they raise costs or price ceilings.
Thirty nine men enlisted at Cedar Rapids recruitment stations with thirty one joining the Army. Names span Cedar Rapids Iowa City Manchester Decorah and other towns. Navy enlistees include Tra J Hummer Jr Laverne Fleagle and Urban Westcott among others.
London AP reports Mosquito bombers attacked Naz targets from Belgium to the East while Spitfires hit German pill boxes warehouses and freight yards in Occupied France. RAF launched a low level raid on Flensburg shipyards and submarine bases near the Danish border and claimed to sink a medium merchant ship. Crews also bombed targets in Belgium and the Netherlands with details not fully disclosed.
Senator Reed and Senator Gillette plan a senate investigation into farm prices and government payments to farmers. Reed urges Secretary Wickard to spell out in detail the statute authorizing subsidy operations.
County Auditor Vesely announced extended hours in the courthouse to 9 pm on Saturday for Linn County voters before the November 3 election. He urged those out of town or unable to reach polls to mail absentee ballots promptly and noted ballots must arrive the day before election day.
Light rain or snow was forecast for northern Iowa with intermittent light rain in the south. Highs reached 53 at Council Bluffs and a low of 28 at Davenport, with temperatures holding steady from the previous day.
U S forces on Guadalcanal repulsed several small scale Japanese thrusts against Henderson airfield on Oct 26 27 while inflicting very heavy enemy losses in men and equipment since Oct 23. Navy comm unique notes two Jap destroyers sunk earlier and multiple ships damaged as land sea and air battles continue in Solomons.
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