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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1942
Page
9
London officials warn of a potentially heavier German blitz this winter as the Luftwaffe plans attacks on Britain when eastern front bombing subsides. Fire watches rise, women may man ARP posts, and defenses are boosted while Berlin and London remain targets amid fears of increased air raids and heavy bomb damage.
In Hygeia the American Medical Association publication Mrs. Miriam Zeller Gross of Last Orange New Jersey warns wartime pressure may raise illness absenteeism and accidents if working hours are extended. She notes American hours are fewer than Europe but the pace is harsher and risks rise with additional shifts.
A fragment notes Willie Willis worries the ice cream will melt before he returns home. He suspects allowances rise as the ice cream melts, enabling him to obtain funds to repair his bike.
Mrs. Gross cites global work hour data showing higher fatigue and turnover in longer shifts. She notes Britain’s return to eight hours, U S health data on turnover, and factors like temperature and clothing in fatigue prevention.
Allied heavy bombers struck the Axis supply port of Bengasi in a daylight raid scoring hits on two ships and setting one afire. British fighters over the battle area claimed at least two enemy aircraft down and many damaged, while Tobruk was bombed the previous night. No land-front actions beyond patrol skirmishes and artillery exchanges were reported.
Sen. Ellison Smith nicknamed Cotton Ed declares the nation in a "jackass age" amid world problems. He criticizes the administration for curbing cotton production, suggesting the country lacks any "tail to cut" and laments the situation as dire.
Topeka police report a peculiar theft at Frank Coffman's residence where all buttons in a closet full of clothes were found cut off and stolen. No other items missing.
Major John Allison of Gainesville Florida shot down two Japanese bombers in moonlit skies over central China. He forced landed in a river after the duel and was mistaken for a Japanese by Chinese soldiers before revealing he was American. The troops hailed him as The Destroyer of Bombers.
The correspondent recalls being asked a dozen times if he knew Alli son and answering yes, which earned him renewed respect as if an intimate friend of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek.
Earle F Heffley, supervisor in the Chicago district, was named regional supervisor of construction and war housing for the War Production Board by Edmund H Litel. Heffley gains jurisdiction over Illinois Indiana Iowa and Wisconsin and will work with the National Housing Agency and F H A branch offices. Edward F Liese succeeded Heffley as WPB analyst.
Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth rests at Cedars of Lebanon hospital after a breakdown cited by her doctor as due to overtaxing herself during a tour of army camps. She is ordered confined with no visitors and will rest for several days, delaying war bond appearances.
Don Van Metre, son of Ezra Van Metre of Tipton and Cedar Rapids, authored an article titled Jungle Drummer in Coronet magazine October issue. He is a Washington high school graduate, Coe College alumnus 1917 to 1920, and works in Curtis Publishing's circulation department in Philadelphia. He resides in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, with wife Jeffie Marshall of Independence, a 1920 Coe graduate.
Gus Selberg a 54 year old potman at the Aluminum Company of America Vancouver plant completed seven consecutive 16 hour shifts. His 112 hours of work yielded enough aluminum to build nine fighter planes according to a company spokesman.
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