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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1942
Page
3
British mobile forces press the Axis rear guard as Rommel reshuffles and reinforces to cover withdrawal. Despite gains, Allied leaders claim no clear victory yet, while Churchill's Middle East changes strengthen defense and morale. Rommel laments losses and signals a potential counter move toward Cairo.
The President plans a farm price ceiling near parity and aims for legislative action rather than an executive decree. Editorial notes a wage cap may follow if inflation persists, urging unity across labor and production groups while stressing democratic restraint and wartime preparation.
The passage recalls enduring classroom memories such as the scent of sweeping compound and the sharp chalk screech, noting the tough, earnest social dynamics of youth that postwar planners may imitate or shape in the years ahead.
Cedar Rapids readers sent around 500 letters to Private William J. Walsh, then recovering in a Scott Field hospital. Walsh thanks the Cedar Rapids area, says he cannot reply to all yet aims to answer as many as possible, resumes studies, and notes the 13th Technical School squadron will keep him busy for months.
London dispatch reports heavy American bombers and escort fighters crossing the English channel for daylight raids on Nazi occupied France. RAF flights hit Duisburg and Ruhr targets, with several aircraft reported missing on both sides. The Duisburg strike is described as a major industrial and rail hub assault amidst a series of October night raids.
A British naval briefing in Alexandria, Egypt, says seven Axis ships have been sunk and five damaged in recent eastern Mediterranean operations by British submarines.
CHUNGKING China AP Chinese forces have regained a number of strategic positions near Samshui the terminus of the Canton Samshui railway about 25 miles west of the port of Canton a Central news dispatch reported
David Martin a Sacramento war worker living in a hotel asked friends in Kansas City the location of former University of Kansas City classmate Harry Kaufmann Jr. Contacts led to Kaufmann's father and a reply that Harry would receive his army air force wings in Sacramento on Saturday and was staying at the same hotel.
Cedar Rapids hosts a war bond premiere of Wake Island with Frances Dee and Edward Arnold to lure crowds to downtown Iowa theater. Sunday admissions push totals past 144000 and organizers expect over 150000 by the Tuesday show, with a Hollywood style first night and a pre show caravan planned as weather prayers continue.
The U S Navy reports land based planes shot down three Japanese aircraft during a Sept 5 attack on Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands. A communique notes 26 bombers escorted by 20 Zero fighters struck Allied positions, causing minor damage but were downed by U S fighters.
Cedar Rapids vicinity sees dull gray skies with mist and sixties temperatures as workers enjoy the Labor holiday. By 10 30 am temperatures reached 66 degrees after a low of 63 earlier, with 0.42 inches of rainfall in the last 24 hours and humidity around 80 percent per Chambers-Inskeep readings.
The United States observed Labor Day during wartime with workers in essential plants keeping full schedules and donating earnings to war bonds. Officials Green Murray and McNutt urged unity, sacrifice, and keeping the no-strike pledge while tracking safety amid expected traffic deaths. Labor aimed to propel production and avoid conscription of workers, insisting voluntary alignment with war needs.
The Associated Press reports Stalingrad remained under siege as Soviet forces reportedly repelled three days of German assaults northwest and southwest of the city. Berlin claimed gains elsewhere while reporting the Novorossisk base taken, with the Black Sea fleet defending heights near that harbor.
President Roosevelt will outline his long awaited economic program in a fireside chat at 8:30. He urged congressional action by Oct 1 to stabilize prices, wages and profits, stressing farm prices at parity and the need to keep production of war materiel high. He offered no single administrative formula, saying Congress should work out methods while he could act on his own if necessary. He reiterated his commitment to use powers to defeat enemies and return them to the people after victory.
Cedar Rapids welcomed its first sight of a Wack in uniform Sunday when three feminine soldiers from Boston visited the Grant Wood paintings exhibit at the public library with Third Officer Mary Bell and Elizabeth Flanagan. The group traveled to Cedar Rapids with Bell and Miss Flanagan and dined at the Flanagan home, then returned to Fort Des Moines Sunday evening.
Cairo dispatch reports Wendell Willkie, traveling salesman for the United Nations cause in the Middle East, completing a five day visit to Egypt. He departed from a nearby airfield on the second leg of his trip intending to proceed to Russia.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to grant specific authority to stabilize living costs and farm prices by October 1 to prevent economic chaos. He warned he would act unilaterally if Congress failed to act, risking measures to avert a disaster that could affect wartime victory.
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