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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1942
Page
3
In a long analysis the editorial notes rising prices resist quick fix and politics hinder action. It cites President Truman’s Labor Day ultimatum, wartime and postwar tradeoffs, and calls for frank measures despite criticism. It also discusses aerial bombing debates and press freedom in wartime.
British desert patrols 500 miles behind the Egypt Axis front attacked Bengasi Barce and Gialo oasis. The raids damaged over 30 aircraft on the ground and shattered enemy personnel and motor transport while inflicting considerable casualties.
In Moscow district a factory crowd pressed Wendell L. Willkie on a second front as he tours Russia as Roosevelt’s volunteer messenger. He also met with Rev. Leopold J. Brown and outlined plans for a trip to the war front before heading to China.
Advertise in the Gazette Want Ads to sell cars golf clubs guns fishing gear clothes and more before you ship out. Hundreds use the Want Ads daily with profit and one reader even sold a car through the ad shown.
Classified notice offers a 1936 Studebaker four door with new parts for 150 dollars. Dial 7519 for details and Dial 2-1121 to connect with a Gazette Want Ad Taker who can help word an ad for quick cash results.
Sendoffs for 139 Linn county selectees to Camp Dodge planned next week. Three boards will depart from Union Station at 7 05 am on Monday Tuesday and Friday with additional smaller groups to follow. Committees from United Service Aids urge all members to attend Monday Tuesday and Friday mornings.
London AP says British imperial troops reached the outskirts of Tananarive, Madagascar, after stiff resistance from Vichy infantry and artillery. Platt reports a northwest column met Vichy troops 15 miles outside the capital and seized Mahitsky village.
In Cairo a U S Army officer faced a court martial after parking a jeep on the stairs to his second floor apartment to obey military rules. The landlord complained the vehicle woke tenants and police backed the landlord, ordering the jeep removed and the officer jailed before military authorities took over.
Pierre Laval, former French chief of government, is reported to have arrived in Paris on Wednesday according to DNB and German broadcasts. The report places Laval in the French capital amid ongoing war era turmoil.
Vic Hugo aged 69 and a Cedar Rapids theater manager was killed in a Japanese air raid on Hongkong December 22, according to Billboard. He and his brother Charles helped open Cedar Rapids Waterloo Burlington vaudeville houses that formed the WVMA circuit and later ran major venues including the Majestic.
In San Francisco AP report the 18 year old Samoan chief Prince Totoa Auclua is inducted into the army after arriving at a recruiting office with a two foot knife and a whetstone claiming he will "kill the Japs" with the weapon. The army will issue regulation firearms to him.
New York AP reports the election of Dr. James E. West as chief scout of the Boy Scouts of America announced on Tuesday.
A high school quartet faltered during a school program at Arthur as the audience watched a frantic master of ceremonies try to regain order. After the music stopped the MC revealed one girl had played the wrong piece and the quartet would perform it again.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told a London shipbuilding conference that although the situation has improved, it remains grave and demands every ship that can be built. He urged builders in the name of His Majesty's government to strive for victory.
Tokio dispatch reports an Imperial Headquarters communique that a Northampton type U S cruiser was seriously damaged August 31 by a Japanese submarine off the Aleutians. It also claims Japanese destroyers sank two U S submarines in mid September. Washington has not confirmed the claims.
The House adopted an amendment to the Steagall anti inflation bill limiting the president from using blank check powers to regulate prices wages and salaries. The vote was 64 to 16. Farm bloc pressure and Senate debate over parity prices marked the day with party lines drawn and talks of a compromise on price ceilings.
WPB officials urge Americans to turn in scrap metal from cellars yards and junkyards to keep furnaces running through winter. Cabot says junk dealers move old cars to mills fast with 60 day turnover and cites June August drops in cars on hand. Officials aim for about 500000 cars monthly and warn compulsory seizure possible if needed.
London AP reports a major United Nations convoy to the Red Army arrived at north Russian ports despite heavy air and U boat attacks. The release says ships endured losses but most reached destinations with no escort ships lost, while Nazi claims of sinking dozens of merchant ships are disputed.
Light statewide showers cooled Iowans as the weather bureau forecast colder air tonight. Near freezing readings were expected in the northeast and north central portions after showers shift to light snow in the northeast region. Forest City recorded 40 degrees Tuesday night as other towns hit 66 degrees.
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for showers early tonight and much cooler air through Thursday forenoon with fresh to strong winds. Autumn arrives as the day’s sky weeps a measurable rain, while temperatures range from the upper 40s to mid 50s across the afternoon and night.
A Los Angeles society photo led to the arrest of Peter Oaches, real name Maxwell Oxman, on a Cedar Rapids federally indicted whisky warehouse receipts scheme involving 12 defendants and a $1,000,000 scheme. He was arrested by the Securities and Exchange Commission and released on $5,000 bail for a Tuesday hearing.
Paul Robeson, the Negro baritone, announces he will not act in major Hollywood pictures. He cites studios forcing portrayals of Blacks as clowns or plantation figures and notes his decision follows protests over Tales of Manhattan in Los Angeles.
Soviet reports say Russian troops pushed Germans from houses and streets in Stalingrad during the battle’s 30th day. Communiques claim German attacks were repulsed in other sectors while Germans suffer heavy losses. Red Star notes tank and troop losses as streets changed hands in northwest and southwest sectors.
Berlin radio reported from Tokyo that Japanese troops crossed the Eurema frontier into Yunnan province and that a second column moved northward into China from French Indo China.
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