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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1941
Page
1
The administration fights for an 18 month limit in the House after clearing an 18 month ceiling in the Senate. With reelection looming, House members avoid risk and may settle for 18 months. A $10 raise is proposed to comfort draftees, veterans and the future pension base, forming a powerful voting bloc.
German forces push into Ukrainian regions threatening Odessa on the Black Sea while claiming to have destroyed a Russian force at Uman with 30,000 taken prisoner. Reports note blitzkrieg momentum, Baltic fleet danger, and heavy Soviet counteractions near Leningrad and central fronts.
The text notes Sumner Welles is missing while Secretary Hull resumes duties at the old stand. Washington observers suspect Welles may be central to evolving foreign policy moments. State Department cites a short rest, amid speculation about Roosevelt and Hopkins. A potential high-level Brit-US coordination in the Far East is suggested.
A tire blowout near Home d caused one death and left seven injured. The article warns that aging vehicles and worn tires raise crash risk and urges regular maintenance and safety checks to protect drivers and the public on highways.
Weather forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity notes partly cloudy skies Friday night and Saturday with highs between 90 and 95 and scattered thundershowers Saturday afternoon. Friday high reached 94 at 2 30 p m while the morning record showed 82.
The account notes a Soviet and British exchange over raids on Berlin with German claims and denials. Royal Air Force planes attacked western German cities Essen Hamm Dortmund while Berlin raid details remained uncertain.
Secretary of State Hull stated Germany aimed at the western hemisphere for expansion and that Japan alone faced encirclement in the Pacific. He dismissed Berlin propaganda about a Roosevelt campaign in Latin America and warned against trusting a government that had seized about 15 European nations.
Reports from London indicate that leaves for Spanish officers and soldiers in Spanish Morocco have been canceled as more Morocco related plans are considered.
A blown tire caused a head on collision two miles west of Homestead on U S highway 6 Thursday killing Lizzie M. Whipple, 54, and injuring seven others including B. J. Newburger, his wife, and two Whipple relatives. The injured were taken to St. Luke's and Watts hospitals with conditions improving by Friday morning.
War Secretary Capt. David Margesson told the house of commons that British imperial forces left behind 25,862 prisoners and dead in Greece and Crete. He noted total British strength in Greece at the start of the German attack and the numbers removed after the invasion.
The German radio reported that Japan has cut all telephonic communications with the United States.
New York telephone company officials said there was no severance in communications with Japan. Regular service with Japan operated only between 6 p.m. and 3 a.m. Wires are to reopen to Japan at 6 p.m. tonight for confirmation of a German radio report.
Reykjavik reports disclose a large American convoy arrived recently with more reinforcements for the U S garrison in Iceland. A Friday survey noted Icelanders fled to shelters when air raid alarms sounded though no planes appeared. After British troops entered Iceland, precautions included auxiliary squads concrete shelters and child evacuations earlier in summer.
Cedar Rapids is listed among five feeder routes proposed by the Mercury Development Corporation of Indianapolis to carry air mail across Iowa Illinois Wisconsin Missouri and Minnesota. The plan envisions planes at 30 miles per hour using pickup equipment that avoids landings to collect and deliver mail along the Chicago to Des Moines route. Members of the Chamber of commerce...
Washington price control chief Leon Henderson warned the shift to defense production could temporarily push unemployment to about 2 to 2.5 million workers. He compared the disruption to England early in the war and urged that defense orders and allocations would absorb the slack in time.
Safety Commissioner Wes Benesh says a Kenwood fire station is under serious consideration with a preferred site on First Avenue to speed truck movement. The planned station would require a fire truck and six more firefighters, three per shift.
The House moves to push indefinite military service aloud with leadership seeking a vote by Monday. May predicts House will back no time limit against the Senate 18 month cap while Cox says the public supports presidential policy and war readiness. Fish objects, calling the measure a vast conspiracy.
Patrolman Stearns arrested Harry Halverson after he recognized a stolen tool kit from Joe Egeramayor while Halverson was taking a ride home. Halverson previously faced a 1935 breaking and entering sentence and a 1936 coal larceny sentence. Iverson was arraigned and allowed to plead by Monday.
The administration urged lower personal exemptions and a new surtax plan starting at 11 percent on the first dollar. Morgenthau forecast 1941 national income near 89 billion dollars and urged broadening the tax base to raise revenue while limiting exemptions. He indicated possible revenue gains of 800 million to 1 billion and sought time to consider additional measures.
Hawkeye Downs buzzes with activity as Charles D. Moore surveys 120 acre grounds. He reports preparations 48 hours ahead of prior years and tents for Dee Lang shows rise as Air Iowa cattle arrive, signaling a bustling fair week.
The event described fast auto races with horseshoe courts prepared for the state. Cars were being rubbed down and tails in the cattle barns were scraped clean as preparation continued.
Chicago report says A. F. Whitney of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen announced that counting of strike ballots cast by railroad union members will begin September 2 and that results would be announced by September 5. The vote concerns proposed wage negotiations with the main Whitney union.
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