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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1942
Page
3
The piece analyzes President Roosevelt as an inspirational figure who urges young people to fight for a meaningful war aim. It contrasts youth’s longing for freedom and social justice with the need for older generations to supply weapons and steady leadership, urging straight talk at all levels.
Allied air forces and British ground troops counter attacked along the El Alamein line as Rommel faced a record bombardment. US and RAF bombers struck Rommel’s communications and troop concentrations while Axis armor withdrew from a stove-pipe shaped sector. CanDia harbor and supply bases were hit as US ships targeted Mediterranean routes. Montgomery reported Axis gains halted with no penetration of the Eighth Army defense line.
Cedar Rapids reports cooler conditions with .35 inch rain on Wednesday. Thursday's 2:30 p.m. temperature reached 68 degrees, down from Wednesdays 82 forecast at noon. A 61 degree low occurred early Thursday, humidity at 63 percent.
Senator Gurney introduced in the Senate a proposed amendment to the selective service act to permit drafting youths down to 18 years old. The move broadens the pool of eligible draftees and signals a widening of conscription parameters amid wartime needs.
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau and General Counsel Paul urged adding a 10 percent consumer spending tax to the House bill. They propose reducing income tax exemptions to 500 dollars for individuals 1000 for couples and 250 per dependent. The plan would raise about 11.7 billion dollars annually.
Washington reports that Allies including the United Kingdom Australia New Zealand and Fighting France will locally supply American forces with military equipment munitions food and facilities under new treaties signed on the third anniversary of Britain and France declaring war. The pacts pool war resources maximize reciprocal aid and ease foreign currency needs while detailing types of assistance for U S forces in the theaters of operation.
Secretary Henry L. Stimson announced a War Department policy to hire women ahead of civilian men of military age to free men for service and critical war work. About 300000 women are already employed, with skilled roles expanding from three to 10 percent since June 1 and 35 percent of un skilled workers now women. He also ordered intensified salvage and conservation efforts throughout the army.
London reports a large RAF air raid marking Britain's war anniversary. Bombers struck Karlsruhe in the Upper Rhineland with reports of tall fires and smoke, while German channels claimed bombs hit several targets left of the Rhine. RAF fighters also patrolled from Calais and Dunkirk with additional raids across northern France and England.
Cedar Rapids reports $50,000 in premiere Wake Island bond sales at the Iowa theater as of Wednesday night, a $27,000 gain from Tuesday. Robert Thompson, in Minute Man costume, sold over 25 bonds while Edward Arnold and Frances Dee plan personal appearances through the war bond drive. Policymakers note theater bonds fund treasury aims of September sales totalling $775 million nationally.
Moscow reports a German push toward Stalingrad from the northwest halted near the Volga approaches while Soviet forces retreat south west in the Black Sea region. A dramatic defense northwest of Stalingrad stalled a column of 50 tanks. Soviet gun crews damaged tanks and held the line until relief. More fighting and heavier losses followed on southern battlefields as German and Soviet forces exchanged retreats and volleys.
President Roosevelt addresses the International Student Assembly in Washington urging unity with the United Nations. He denounces Nazi Nazi fascist and Japanese militarist regimes as offering only death and proclaims the Allied cause as the true hope for youth and the coming generations. He warns Axis airwaves will try to drown out the message and criticizes a few critics at home exploiting the crisis. The address links freedom justice and decency with the Allied effort and condemns Nazi boyarmongering.
London reports July and August as peak months of Axis submarine destruction in the war. Admiral A. V. Alexander dedicates remarks at a war anniversary luncheon noting many U boats out of action and new methods in use. He cites repairs and status of Scharnhorst Prinz Eugen Gneisenau Tirpitz plus Scheer Lutzow and Admiral Hipper nearby.
A testing lane will operate 6 30 to 9 30 p m Friday on the B avenue bridge to check car tires. Police and Iowa patrol will stop passing cars and issue stickers for approved tires and repair cards for tires needing attention. The program runs on multiple dates with changing locations through the month.
The Office of Price Administration launched a nationwide court action against more than 100 meat packers and distributors for price ceiling violations on beef and veal. Suits target up grading and overcharging with stamping defects and missing invoices. Cities listed include Des Moines Chicago Philadelphia Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Indianapolis Cincinnati New York Portland Milwaukee Kansas City St. Louis Los Angeles San Francisco St. Paul Omaha with firms such as Armour Swift Siegel Weller Bookey Lincoln and Empire among those named.
Generalissimo Franco ousts Ramon Serrano Suner and names Francisco Gomez Jordana as foreign minister and head of the state advisory council. Franco also takes chairmanship of the Falange political committee in a sweeping cabinet and party shakeup.
American fighter pilots in Iceland for the first time in combat intercepted a German Focke Wulf near Reykjavik. The bomber exploded and crashed with crew lost. One American plane was damaged slightly but all crews returned to base safely. The action marked the first German plane shot down by American fighters in the European theater this campaign.
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