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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1941
Page
7
Balkans reporting shows German success in under four days of fighting heightening fear of Allied collapse in Greece Yugoslavia and Albania. U S aid to Britain via lend lease is questioned as ten coast guard cutters are released.
The White House announced the release of ten 250 foot Coast Guard cutters built 1928 to 1932 to Britain under the lease lend act. Early said vessels are Lake class and pintle armed with limited cannons, to join British escort duties as part of transatlantic supply protection.
The Italian government asked for the recall of the U S assistant military attaché in Rome in apparent retaliation for the U S withdrawal of the Italian naval attache. The State Department said Italy made the request in the same note that accepted the U S withdrawal of Admiral Alberto Lais.
Italian troops guarded the U S embassy in Rome amid reports Premier Mussolini could recall the Italian ambassador. An authoritative source said Admiral Alberto Lais, naval attaché in Washington, was withdrawn in protest that U S actions were unfriendly and illegal.
Rome officials termed the U S seizure of Italian ships an act of war and said the action was unconstitutional and a violation of international law, reflecting strained diplomatic ties despite friendly relations.
London dispatch reports Prime Minister Churchill warned Hitler’s strength could threaten American aid to Britain and opposes invasion or strikes on Turkey and Ukraine. He stressed Britain’s war fate hinges on full U.S. production, shipping, and possible Irish aid, with Britain preparing for 1942 operations.
President Roosevelt said he would ask Congress to authorize purchasing Danish ships in U S ports with Berlin's approval via Henrik de Kauffman. He classified 30 German and Italian ships as forfeitable and would use axis vessels for wartime trade, while Danish ships would enter the U S merchant fleet.
Capt. James Roosevelt, the President's eldest son, has tentative plans to travel to Yugoslavia as a United States Marine Corps observer, according to authoritative sources. The move would place Roosevelt in a diplomatic military monitoring role during tense postwar Europe.
Federal conciliator Dr. John R. Steelman announced an agreement on the soft coal wage dispute that should avert a coal shortage, with 55 percent of Appalachian area negotiators ready to meet CIO UMWA demands and production expected to rise in outlying regions. Ford strike talks stalled after an after midnight session. a third conference was urged to beat a set deadline. President Roosevelt favored a voluntary cooling off period before strikes.
United States senators George and Taft proposed possible tax increases to fund national defense and aid to Britain. They discussed doubling personal income taxes from 4 percent and 8 percent for individuals, raising corporate rates from 24 to 30 percent, and potential changes to exemptions. They floated excise, excess profits, and payroll or sales levies as additional revenue options. They projected a $25 billion fiscal year, with $5 billion needing new revenue, and noted New Deal experts favor payroll levies as less inflationary.
Cedar Rapids labor talks at Wilson and company plant collapsed after federal conciliator John W. Cofer, Mayor Frank Hahn, and Cedar Rapids businessmen failed to bridge gaps. The union said it would modify its closed shop demand and delay pay raise changes for a month while submitting the issue to a secret ballot. The company demanded dropping the union shop issue entirely, stalling further bargaining.
Two boards named twelve men to be inducted for selective service with six from the west side draft board and six from the Marion board. The east side has not named its nine yet for the April 15 contingent. Three west side volunteers are Joseph R. Graw John J. Lana and Paul P. Dale. Inductees include Lawrence F. Erlacher Orland L. Griffin and Vernon C. Loess. Marion volunteers are Robert A. Bressler Robert F. Current and Lloyd A. Larson. Other affirmative picks are Donald E. Dukek Everett A. Van Fossen and Robert D. Price.
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas, dean of the Senate by years of service, died Wednesday at age 65, from an intracranial hemorrhage after weeks of overwork. As chair of the Military Affairs Committee he steered defense legislation including the selective service act and peacetime training law. He co authored the Eighteenth Amendment and repeatedly opposed Franklin D Roosevelt on prohibition and repeal efforts.
DES MOINES AP The senate committee reported out the compromise beer bill after the house passed seven beer law revision bills. A separate attempt to make the liquor store local option a special order failed 54 to 50 in the house. The town beer law issue returns to the senate with the seven bills, including the coalition measure led by Harold F. Nelson.
German blitz troops swept through Yugoslavia toward the Albanian border, seizing Salonika and Skoplje while forcing a Greek army surrender and isolating Yugoslav forces. Nazi advances threaten a Balkan junction with Italy as Allied lines falter and Greek defenses crumble under a wider axis push toward the Suez route.
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