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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1940
Page
1
Report examines Roosevelt Dewey and Taft primary results in Illinois and Nebraska with implications for GOP nomination. Notes a Des Moines poll and potential convention dynamics, plus calls for Bailey as police chief amid internal party tensions.
Results from Illinois and Nebraska show Theodore Roosevelt leading in Democratic preference voting while Thomas E Dewey runs unopposed on the Republican ticket in Illinois. In Nebraska Dewey leads Michigan Senator Vandenberg 4 to 3 in the GOP presidential ballot with Roosevelt unopposed. detailing further party contests and nominations.
In Illinois the Roosevelt camp led the presidential preference as 6,604 of 8,336 precincts reported. Roosevelt topped Garner about 6 to 1 with 929,733 votes to 349,758. Dewey received 651,611 votes from 6,155 precincts in the Republican race. Both parties chose 50 national convention delegates.
Cedar Rapids weather shows a rainy day with temperatures ranging from 35 to 49 degrees. The day ended with .55 inches of rain as the mercury fluctuated from a low of 46 at 3 a.m. to 49 by mid afternoon, following cooler readings earlier.
London AP reports the death of 85 year old actress Mrs Patrick Campbell, famed for stage and screen work, announced from Pau France on Wednesday.
The passage argues a chief needs support from his men and proper leadership to improve a department. Bailey is urged to obtain necessary assistance and leadership to ensure effective fighting for common goals, assuming both he and his men are qualified.
A short feature notes how forgetfulness appears in lost and found offices across cities. It cites London Baker Street umbrellas, Manchester corsets and beds, New York handbags and odd items, reflecting on how people misplace essentials while traveling and even forget God.
Detectives seek a man described with Superman qualities after a break in at Rudy's tavern 601 Twelfth Avenue SE. The thief entered via a basement window then a trap door, tipping two large beer coolers and gaining cigars beer and $5 in change.
Laurice Lynn Henderson aged year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Lee H Henderson died after burns from an electric vaporizer that set fire to her bedclothes. The accident occurred in Omaha Nebraska and was reported by the Minnesota Star News.
President Roosevelt signed a proclamation widening the combat zone to include all of the Scandinavian peninsula and the Kola peninsula in Russia. U.S. ships are barred and citizens barred from travel into the zone with no guaranteed safety. The move closes White Sea routes to Murmansk and Archangel and narrows open European routes to Portugal Spain and Mediterranean neutrals.
Des Moines Iowa Republican National Committeeman Harrison E Spangler dismisses Hoover as a factor in the national committee fight calling it a smoke screen He says he will carry out Republican wishes from the state delegates if reelected Cooney disputes the stance urging harmony and noting Hoover majority within the state delegation.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull sent a strong note to Mexico urging immediate arbitration of American claims against expropriated oil properties. Mexico, surprised by the tone, reacted with widespread opposition and planned protests while foreign oil offices prepared to close to avoid disturbances.
Lawrence Millard 27 of Wellman was arrested on a drunk driving charge by Special Officer F D Collogan after Millard claimed he would not drive. Millard allegedly drove at high speed despite warnings, nearly colliding with another car on C Street SW before being stopped. George Wilson 27 of Wellman pled guilty to drunkenness in police court and awaits sentence.
Nominee Harry Hershey of Taylorville Illinois faces Lieut. Gov. John Stelle in the Democratic primary. Guy Hershey brother of the nominee. the Hershey family held Christmas reunions at their boyhood home in Taylorville. Harry Hershey's career includes Taylorville attorney post, Christian County state's attorney, head of the state insurance department, and chair of the Illinois Democratic Central Committee.
Norwegian troops defended the government in exile as German forces pressed Elverum about 75 miles north of Oslo. About 200 Norwegians were killed or wounded while German losses were not yet known. The royal family and government fled to Elverum from Hamar.
Arthur Re g s Baer warns that Europe’s war spreads like a rash and small nations may vanish if neutrality falters. Denmark joins action while Norway sits between danger and risk as Switzerland seeks more parking space amid tensions.
British naval forces penetrated the mined Skagerrak near Marstrand, sinking two German troop transports and a destroyer in a battle outside Swedish waters. Warplanes aided as heavy losses were reported on both sides along the Norwegian coast in a wider Scandinavian clash.
The Cedar Rapids board of education voted a 23 percent salary increase for all regular teachers for 1940-41. A separate plan will raise salaries for 76 higher-salaried principals coaches and supervisors after the finance committee submits a special schedule for board approval. The move follows prior reductions and sets the total increase around $40,000 in expenditures.
Fragmentary notes indicate a Wednesday Navy broadcast mentioning new cruiser units and age details. The garbled text points to naval activity and ship movements without clear dates or locations.
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