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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1941
Page
64
Congressmen began a holiday recess in Washington after extended sessions since before the war. The House, facing upcoming primaries, halted most work for 30 days while the Senate kept a few tax bill hearings going. The vacation is a series of three day breaks under a gentleman’s agreement.
In Chicago a theatergoer named Mrs. Bertha Dinsmore went into labor during a movie. Her husband ran for help as she delivered a seventh child right there. Mother and baby were reported doing nicely after the surprise birth.
London AP reports six of seven Brumpton children died when an R A F aircraft crashed into their Newark Nottinghamshire home. Two flyers also perished. Mrs Brumpton and the youngest daughter escaped by leaping from a window as the house burned. Children ranged from five to thirteen. the father was at work.
The economic defense board led by Vice-president Wallace will push first toward trade pressure on Japan and aid to Free French territory in Africa. It will meet again next week as moves against Japan and aid to the Free French are planned, including purchases of oils from Africa to curb German supplies. Senator Pepper urged immediate U S recognition of Free France and lend-lease aid, noting strategic harbors and airfields in Africa for shipments and possible routes to the Ukraine.
Berlin radio, cited by CBS, warned that if America Britain and Russia delay the Moscow conference the Germans may reach Moscow first. The broadcast urged holding the talks as soon as possible to prevent a German presence at the negotiations.
The Boston Post, via Rockland Maine, says Roosevelt and Churchill met off the Maine coast 15 to 18 miles south of Northeast Harbor. An informant, a fisherman, peered upon a vast armada of battleships in the area. The site was three miles west of Frenchboro on Long Island, about five miles south of Swans Island amid rugged rocky islets.
Captain H D R Margesson urged 100000 British women to join war service saying Germany has a larger manpower pool and Britain must mobilize women alongside men. He cited limited experiments proving success and called for immediate recruitment for both big and small tasks.
New devices for anti air rockets described by H Franklin Pierce of the American Rocket Society in New York. Rockets would carry heavy explosives and strike enemy planes from ground guided by light or radio beams. Pont and Sharp report their designs are with the war department and national inventors council.
The K-Eights, Cedar Rapids oldest flying club, now four years old, have kept eight founding members, with Dwayne Andreas as president and Jim Wathan as flight commander. A large local aviation breakfast caravan travels to DeWitt and Rockford events as members fly various aircraft including Aeroncas, a Taylorcraft, and an Ercoupe.
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