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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1941
Page
13
A rapid stream of showbiz ties and rumors featuring Lila Lee and a Peruvian millionaire, Gloria Swanson and other stars, noted romances and marriages, backstage skirmishes, airline and train sabotage chatter, legal cases, and cultural tidbits from New York society and entertainment circles.
Spyros Skouras says Greeks moved over 1,000,000 civilians from Thrace and Macedonia to avert Nazi advance. He cites permission from the Greek ministry and U S state department and calls it the greatest exodus of humanity, noting Nazi moves in Bulgaria and lessons from Poland and France.
A father reflects on his son Joe's speeding arrest while the narrator describes steady work to pay the fine. The piece uses a rural, folksy voice to examine responsibility, remorse, and financial strain in a small town.
A military column advances from a river valley into Thrace and toward Macedonia as census takers accompany the troop movement, gathering population data along the way.
In five weeks the army moved over one million people from cities to spread across the countryside to avoid bombing and to aid the front. Skouras noted British transport aided evacuation with soldiers and civilians landed at a Greek port. Funds from his committee are sent directly to Athens for urgent food and medical supplies, largely bought from Russia. Omsk in Siberia has imposed a beard tax following Peter the Great's example.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox released a statement urging the press to refrain from reporting the movements of British ships in the United States after the lease lend act. He said the act makes the U S a repair base for British vessels and that such reports could aid Britain's enemies.
The Daily News planned an editor's note urging the government to implement clear censorship with definite printed directives. It criticized the navy department for leaving printing decisions to each newspaper, warning this would cause dissatisfaction and criticism when a paper's judgment is deemed poor.
British Minister Owen St. Clair O'Malley notified Ladislaus de Bardossy that relations between Great Britain and Hungary were broken, the Hungarian Foreign Minister was informed on Tuesday.
A single red ant colony consumes about 2,000,000 insects in a year, highlighting the impact of small creatures on local ecosystems and pest control dynamics.
The district court in Linn County Iowa will hear proof of Edna Batley's last will and testament on April 1 1941 at 6 00 AM. Edwin W Lundquist clerk notes the filing and Crissman and Bleakley attorneys represent the matter.
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