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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1941
Page
1
A Norman W. column highlights Rep Vin cent Harrington’s critique of parliamentary government and ties defense spending to World War II policy. The piece notes surrender of licenses as punishment for violators and comments by Walter Winchell on nationalism and isolationism.
From Moscow reports say Russian armies pushed German forces 12 to 24 miles back on the blizzard swept front while in Ukraine the retreating enemy fled from Rostov on Don. British radio quotes Guderian’s panzer divisions spurred into reverse.
A German broadcast reported Axis troops were within 27 miles of Moscow on Wednesday but were struggling against cold and harsh road conditions while engaging a desperate Russian defense.
Soviet dispatches claim Red armies countered in the Donets basin finding Germans frozen in roadside ditches as German forces fall back from the Novocher kassk to Rostov front. Zhukov’s troops recaptured villages near Mozhaisk and Stalinogorsk as Leningrad saw heavy German losses and Soviet gains in captured equipment.
The Associated Press will rename its Special News Service as Wide World Service to emphasize behind the news reporting and background features. Upcoming bylines in The Gazette include Dewitt Mackenzie, Howard W. Blakeslee, Devon Francis, Paul Gesner, John Beckley, Hugh Fullerton Jr, C E Butterfield, Sigrid Arne, John Lear, Frank I Weller, Don Whitehead, and William M. Pinkerton among others.
About 531 manufacturers joined the defense special train in Rock Island to learn contract information from the office of production management. Illinois and Iowa firms toured eight cars of exhibits, with several hopeful of future orders to sustain operations, while some found the visit not helpful.
New York AP Leon Henderson federal price administrator said costs have climbed 11 percent since the national emergency and would rise 1 percent monthly. He warned a 20 percent living standards drop for fixed incomes by spring next year and compared inflation to an eight or nine percent income tax. He doubted wage freezes or congressional action could stop price increases.
In Fairfield Iowa two men asked directions to the railroad depot and one pulled a signed Rubinoff autograph from his suitcase for Mary Virginia Johnson of Par sons College. Violinist David Rubinoff will perform tonight at 8 at Memorial Coliseum under Lions Club auspices.
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for mostly cloudy conditions tonight and Thursday with warmer temperatures above freezing. South to southwest winds will increase to 20 to 30 mph this afternoon as the day progresses.
Washington AP The House Appropriations Committee blocked the Treasury Department’s proposed $5 annual automobile use tax collection plan. The panel withheld $4,502,554 needed to run the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s collection effort, saying it was not satisfied with the method and cost of the proposed system.
Elvin Taylor aged 19 of 108 Fifteenth Street SE suffered a fractured nose and severely lacerated knee about 11 40 p m Tuesday when his eastbound car on First Avenue E collided with another vehicle at Thirtieth Street. He was treated at St Luke s hospital and released. Taylor said he was traveling about 25 miles an hour before impact. Lloyd Phelps route No 1 driver of the other car was unhurt. Police planned an investigation with possible charges.
A House Appropriations Committee vote approved a new 8.24 billion dollar defense outlay, largely for tanks and guns for British and Russian use. The total defense cash and contract authorizations since July 1, 1940 would reach about 67.99 billion with still broader lend-lease controls debated.
Rome reports a band of 71 defendants faces a special tribunal in Trieste for subversion and attempts to overthrow fascism. The group is accused of assassinating Mussolini in 1938, blowing up powder factories in 1940, and inciting Slovene minorities.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull condemns Japan for military despotism in conquered lands and says exploratory talks with Tokyo have not yielded peace talks. President Roosevelt asks Japan to state its aims in increasing forces in French Indo China, a move seen as hastening a Pacific showdown or temporary truce.
Two state reformatory escapees Clyde Whitaker and Leslie Adams led authorities on a search after stealing a car from Anna Marck near Prairieburg and raiding farmer Raymond Mockhart's home for clothing and weapons. Police tracked them east from Monticello as a raid continued in northern Jones county.
An unnamed private who slipped a ten day leave in 1919 at Fort McPherson rejoined service in 1941. He is now a prosperous businessman and expressed a desire to serve his country.
Private dispatches from New York say two Italian Fascists were killed in unoccupied France. The United Press received the news Wednesday in New York.
The U S destroyer Kearny fought German submarines for nearly three hours before a torpedo struck. The ship limped into an Iceland port with 10 dead and 11 wounded after Oct 16 17 battle. Admiral Stark’s letter to Senator Walsh says merchant ships were damaged or sunk, but no U S flag merchant ship was sunk. The note confirms submarines were present and that allied support occurred within American defensive waters.
Washington officials declined to state whether American warships sunk German submarines in the North Atlantic patrol area. Secretary Knox said the full story behind the drop in Allied shipping losses would be for readers to uncover, as shipbuilding progress continues to beat projections with orders placed totaling several billions since January.
Axis advances near Sidi Rezegh threaten Tobruk as British forces conduct strategic re deployment. Reinforcements arrive with renewed fighting around Bir el Gubi and Sheferzen while both sides repair tanks after a night of rain and sandstorms.
Seven thousand Axis prisoners captured in the Libyan desert arrived in Alexandria on Wednesday and were moved to internment camps. The transport included warships, truck convoys, and a 14 coach train, with many German airmen among the captives.
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