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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1942
Page
1
A wire report cites the senate farm bloc proposing an amendment to allow parity formula adjustments for farm labor costs, later rejected by administration leaders. The piece weighs executive legislative tug of war, draft deferments, and the role of manpower in farming while tracing wider wartime moves from Balkans to Stalingrad and American actions abroad.
Front dispatches report fresh Red reinforcements pouring into Stalingrad to blunt German assault aimed at Volga crossings. Nazi divisions press from multiple angles as air battles rage. Soviet losses mount but counterattacks in Mozdok and Leningrad fronts mark ongoing pressure on German forces.
The United States Coast Guard announced a new program to promptly enlist all qualified applicants and return them home to inactive duty until training.
A paratrooper undergoes final examination by jumping from a plane with a parachute he has packed himself. The scene highlights measuring learning and providing strong study incentives.
A scrap salvage effort at the end of Twenty first Street SE Cedar Rapids turns from a planned casual dig into a coordinated operation. Parks Commissioner Charles Kosek opens the dump and five men use a caterpillar tractor with a block and tackle to haul automobile frames worth about $11 per ton. Civilian Defense Chairman Henry Haegg notes the value as salvage proceeds.
New York AP reports millions across the United States start a three week metal scrap drive. Men women and children rally under a nationwide effort led by 1,600 newspapers to stockpile junk metal for steel mills producing weapons for the war against the Axis.
Only about 20 people showed up at the dump but experienced collectors quickly worked the site. The 200 tons of scrap will be removed and sold to junk dealers or taken to the new scrap metal lot at Third Avenue and Sixth Street SE. After clearing the ravine the parks department will plant trees and fill the area to prevent erosion. Mayor Hahn and Civilian Defense Manager Bob Vlach attended the opening and praised the effort as a potential boost to war production.
Myron C. Taylor, Roosevelt's personal envoy to the Vatican, arrived in Barcelona from Rome after talks with Pope Pius XII. He will return to report to the President, traveling via Lisbon on the way home.
U S marines facing ten to one odds beat back the largest Japanese attack since Guadalcanal began six weeks earlier. For two days the enemy used land sea and air in a bid to retake the airfield near Guadalcanal. Marine leaders Col Merritt Edson Lieut Col William McKelvy and Lieut Col Fred C Biebush commanded as Japanese forces pressed from west and east.
Major General Lewis B. Hershey head of the selective service proposed freezing farm labor by offering workers a choice between agricultural production or military service. He told the House Agriculture Committee he is willing to implement this if policy makers decide it advisable. He discussed classifying agriculture into essential and non essential components with Secretary Wickard.
Cedar Rapids sees a premature December frost as temperatures fall below freezing for the first time this fall. The mercury dropped to 26 degrees between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m. after sliding from 51 degrees Sunday afternoon. Clear skies and sun lift readings to 48 degrees by 2:30 p.m.
U S made B 24 bombers from undisclosed bases carried four ton loads and spread the UN power message over Hungary Romania Bulgaria and the Croatian puppet state Balkans. Crews nationality not disclosed and bases kept secret.
U S army bombers and pursuit planes aided by Canadian aircraft bombed Kiska in the Aleutians on Sept 25, destroying six seaplane fighters and shooting down a seventh. Two submarines were strafed and fires started aboard a transport. About 150 Japanese were killed or wounded.
Eugene Kovarik a 22 year old Cedar Rapids sailor survived the Sept 5 sinking of the U S transport Calhoun in the Solomon Islands area. The signalman first class was being transferred to another ship when word of his safety came from his parents and confirms the navy loss of the Calhoun and destroyer Blue. Kovarik has over two years naval service and has served in distant postings. He enlisted in August 1940 through Rock Island recruiting office.
Cleveland report tells of a stranger who lent his spare tire to W. O. Ward after a front tire blew out miles from home. Ward offered credentials, but the man refused and left with the spare, promising to return it once Ward fixed his tire.
AP reports Germans began rounding up Americans in the German occupied zone of France. About 300 were said detained, mostly in Paris, with fears they could be used as hostages to pressure the United States. The move adds to tensions between the U S and Vichy as Laval faces French worker conscription and talks with Germany.
Cedar Rapids area faces sharp milk production decline with daily losses near 30 000 pounds since July per cooperative manager R L Stallman. He notes May to July peak around 50 000 pounds daily, current supply about 20 000 as cooler weather shifts demand to ice cream. Government rationing discussions focus on cheese and butter rather than fluid milk, with Cedar Rapids still prioritizing milk to meet local needs.
Trucks will visit Cedar Rapids ninth twelfth and fifteenth precincts on Tuesday to collect scrap metal. Donors should have items ready by 8 30 am with scrap designated for sale picked up later. Precinct boundaries are listed for each area.
Wendell L. Willkie on a Moscow visit warned that without real aid from the United Nations Russia could lose its offensive power and Germany might reinforce western Europe. He urged expeditious second-front action and noted Russian impatience with limited aid.
Washington AP Senate leaders clash over parity price methods as farm bloc fights for labor cost inclusion. Administration rejects plan raising ceilings via cost of production and plans to bring original parity bills to a vote. Farm groups urge keeping current parity while seeking broader protections for producers.
Eleanor Hughes, three, died at a Pittsburgh hospital after living two weeks with a sewing machine needle embedded in throat muscle. A physician said the injury tore a hole in the heart muscle, the result of a fall at home in Clinton, Pennsylvania.
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