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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1941
Page
6
Opinion notes that Roosevelt and Churchill discuss peace aims while war measures remain unclear. The piece questions the transparency of strategy, hints at imminent decisive actions, and mentions risks to morale and potential losses in aviation and frontline fighting.
Allied dispatches report a fourth Nazi offensive against the Soviet Union aimed at Leningrad from three directions. The Red Army reportedly retreats from the Karelian isthmus and a southern advance nears Odessa and Nikolaev as German forces push toward the Dnieper and Dnepropetrovsk with heavy fighting described near Kakisalmi Staraya Russa and in Estonia.
Sunshine and cooling winds drew thousands to Hawkeye Downs for the sixth annual All Iowa fair finishing with harness races in the grandstand drawing about 5 000 spectators and 3 000 more around the grounds. Fair officials praised Thursday’s Farm Bureau day with about 20 000 on the grounds. A musical revue ends at 8 15 p m and Stan Stanley and his orchestra play at 9 45 p m while cattle are loaded for departure.
Penney state reports 128 head of 4-H club steers sold at Hawkeye Downs with an average of 12.90 per hundredweight and top price of 16.50 for grand champion five head exhibited by Leo Levien. Multiple buyers purchased lots from Cedar Rapids Manchester and Conesville among others.
London reports 12 Americans and Arthur Purvis among 22 killed when a RAF ferry command plane crashed on takeoff. Sabotage suspected as part of wartime investigations. Victims include pilots and radio operators from Canada and the United States. one American survivor later died.
Cedar Rapids News reports hundreds of thousands of fish perished and hundreds more were dying hourly from a sudden oxygen shortage in Cedar Lake Slough. Waltonians officials say the loss is the greatest aquatic disaster seen, mainly carp with some catfish and bluegill. Mayor Hahn sent crews to remove debris as residents complained of the stench. Officials cited no clear cause for the low oxygen level.
London sources said Roosevelt and Churchill planned to propose a Moscow meeting with Stalin and his war chiefs. The talks would cover supplies to Russia, shipment quantities, and the strategic Red Army position, including Siberia.
The Swift and Cudahy Packing companies announced a five to six cents hourly wage increase for about 36,000 skilled and unskilled laborers at 55 plants nationwide.
Waterloo AP reports Rath Packing increased pay by five cents an hour for plant employees retroactive to last Monday.
Cedar Rapids News records Navy recruit Harvey Dale McCalley son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. McCalley. He serves on the USS Augusta the cruiser linked to the FDR and Churchill conference in secrecy. Harvey has moved with the ship from the Pacific to the Atlantic and has not yet sent letters since the transfer.
Berlin dispatch reports Dr. Arthur Seyss Inquart, the German governor of Nazi occupied Holland, has established an authoritarian administration in Holland as of Friday.
President Roosevelt notified the White House by radio that he will return to the United States soon with debarkation near Rockland Maine. White House staff said an announcement would be made tonight and a press conference is expected after arrival aboard the Potomac.
The Daily Mail describes a Roosevelt Churchill encounter aboard a conference ship off the American coast. Navy destroyers and patrol craft formed a defensive ring while planes flew overhead as the leaders spoke at length with maps and documents aboard.
Forecast for Cedar Rapids area calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Saturday with a slight cooldown. Temperatures rose from 68 at 9 am to 83 by 2:30 pm Friday, after a cool morning. Thursday reached 90 at 4:30 pm but fell to 85 by 7 pm.
Washington diplomats expect decisive Anglo American action to implement policies from the sea conference between President Roosevelt and the Prime Minister. Officials say the statement creates an entente on world issues and calls for concerted steps to defeat the axis. Future defense strategy will be kept secret to prevent Hitler from gaining information.
An authorized Berlin radio broadcast dismissed the Roosevelt Churchill sea conference as a 100 per cent flop. It asserted a single military aim to annihilate the enemy and warned democracies that Germany will keep its arms until victory is achieved.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull said he hoped all civilized nations including Russia would rally around the Roosevelt Churchill program. He spoke at a press conference amid questions about Soviet endorsement of the eight point peace aims. Photographs released show H M S Prince of Wales and the U S cruiser Augusta involved in the Roosevelt Churchill rendezvous. High ranking officials Hopkins Welles Marshall Stark were shown. The photos also suggest not all meetings occurred on the Potomac.
Official attendance figures for the All-Iowa fair at Hawke Eye Downs were announced by fair manager Charles D. Moore. The Sunday totals contribute to the running national attendance record for the event.
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