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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1940
Page
1
The column mixes coverage of Nazi protection rhetoric in Denmark and Norway with internal revenue graft probes in Indiana and Iowa. It recalls dreams of danger for a six‑year‑old author’s family, the North Sea tensions, and a brief sweep of 1936–38 Nebraska Illinois primary results and the anti‑New Deal tilt in politics.
Soviet reinforcements were reported moving into the Odessa region from the north near the Romanian border. Romania issued a decree requiring 15 days of defense stockpiles at factories. Rumors of sunk German-bound Danube boats were denied. Danube traffic protection measures were announced amid reports of international police control proposals.
Artisa Bugs argues small European nations are fading amid global politics. The piece riffs on Germany, England, Belgium, and Holland, hints at US census duplications in Illinois, and urges honest government while noting the Great Lakes remaining.
A reader recalls a surge of poets restoring faith in verse with many new female voices and classic names like Masefield Noyes and Bridges. The piece notes a shift after World War I and echoes Herbert Hoover on needing a master-singer.
Cedar Rapids report notes two women wearing Just Married signs picketing Tehel Bottling Company plant. Neighbors laughed as the pair walked with Teamsters pickets. Tehel refuses to bargain while union claims jurisdiction. Several workers joined the strike, with no violence reported.
March's influence shows in Cedar Rapids as blustery winds drive temperatures from a morning low of 25 to 37 by 1 30 pm. Readings stretch from 26 at 10 am to 36 by 2 30 pm with a rainfall total of .60 inches.
Washington reports Europe’s war surges as Allies win approval to buy a large fleet of new American planes. Navy moves to build 10 new warships and refit submarines while Congress debates fleet reductions. State Dept orders 1,067 Norwegians, 1,752 Swedes, 552 Danes allowed to return via overland routes to Genoa.
Des Moines Iowa AP early third delegates to the Republican state convention find Martin M Cooney forces ahead in bidding to unseat Harrison E Spangler from the national committeeman post Polk County Republicans pass a resolution backing only delegates favoring a change Spangler who has served eight years claims no farmer or Iowa state neglect observers expect Spangler to lead Polk dispatches report he carries the Polk delegation by about 80 votes Cooney hopes to win the Sixth district where delegates meet Friday morning for district caucuses and the national session delegates will choose the committeeman for four years Continued on Page 2 Col 6
Des Moines AP sources say Iowa State Board of Education members To OW Keenan and Richard Plock flew to Storrs Connecticut to interview a candidate for the University of Iowa presidency. The prospect is Dr Albert Jorgenson president of the University of Connecticut, a 1921 Coe College graduate.
The German government stated on Thursday that the liner Bremen, earlier reported torpedoed by the British press, is safe and at an undisclosed port.
Governor George A. Wilson ruled that Walter H. Rhodes must die May 7 on the Fort Madison gallows for the dynamite slaying of his wife Mabel in their Iowa City home. Rhodes, 32, has exhausted state appeals and may seek the U.S. Supreme Court, though success is unlikely.
London reports British admiralty says great losses have been suffered by the German navy in air and sea fighting off Norway as German forces seal a grip on Narvik and coastal areas. Churchill claims Allied successes and warns Germany of intensified blockade and Norwegian coast commitments.
Paris dispatch says the French army suspended all leaves as the western front threat grows. Reports from German and Swedish agencies cite German naval successes sinking Allied destroyers near Narvik and bombing a British carrier in the North Sea. Oslo intelligence notes British warships near Oslofjord and Norwegian forces claim recapture of Bergen with plans to retake Trondheim.
London reports tolls suffered by German navy and Oslo threatened by British guns. Stockholm notes Norway formally joins the Allies against Germany and Hamar recaptured. Berlin hints at possible English raids from Scandinavian bases. Bucharest cites Soviet reinforcements opposite Romania border and mobilization prep. Washington confirms safeguards on Danish and Norwegian holdings and fleets may move to American registry. Paris advises readiness for heavy fighting with two German planes down.
London reports 41 600 tons of German shipping sunk and 31 800 tons damaged or sunk in engagements with Norwegian or Allied vessels since Monday. The estimate was issued on Thursday.
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