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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1941
Page
4
The White House signals plans for an inter Allied council to coordinate major powers war efforts. Experts warn grand strategy must be shared and trusted among anti Axis nations while balancing resource sacrifices.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox announced Admiral Ernest J. King would command the United States fleet with Rear Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll to lead the Atlantic fleet. King’s promotion follows President Roosevelt’s wartime reorganization to give the commander in chief supreme authority over operating forces. The four active fleet commanders are King, Ingersoll, Nimitz for the Pacific, and Hart for the Asiatic fleet.
Thieves broke into St Luke's hospital pharmacy and a second floor apartment at 845 First Avenue E on Saturday night. Morphine and codeine used for injections and powdered opium were taken from a wooden cabinet after a padlock was sprung. At the Ausadie apartment belongings were rifled including an old gold collection an antique cameo brooch and a ring mounting.
Soviet communique reports recapture of Volokolamsk and Plavsk plus Volbokalo and 200+ towns, with 5,000 Germans killed. Central Moscow front weakened, Bryansk Vyazma Valdai line at risk. Sevastopol defenses reinforced as Crimea battles intensify. Orel remains tentatively German held while Tula sector threatens.
Washington asserted plans for united action by the United States Great Britain Russia China and the Netherlands to defeat the Axis in sea land and air theaters. A Washington conference of democratic leaders was anticipated to map total war plans against Japan Germany and Italy with key UK US and potential Soviet Chinese delegation arrangements.
Frank Glenn of 1432 Sixth Street NW was charged with reckless driving after allegedly speeding west through a red signal at First Avenue and Tenth Street E. Police said his car slid and nearly overturned, stopping on the west side of the intersection. He is to appear in police court Monday morning.
Cedar Rapids post office will keep all mailing windows open today from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. for the convenience of residents sending Christmas packages.
The Cedar Rapids post office superintendent discusses early Christmas mail volume, defense bond and stamp sales, and morale. He notes Camp Claiborne mail reaching 300 to 500 letters daily, a forty one year tenure in postal service, and a policy to stamp and dispatch postage due letters. He recalls starting on a rural route and values public contact and service.
About 300 Universal Crusher employees and Harmony lodge AFL machinists union members subscribed nearly 30000 in defense bonds in a week. Payroll deductions will fund purchases over a year with many choosing 25 to 100 dollar weekly or monthly plans. W F Clark chaired the bond committee with Robert Graves assisting.
Congress ends months of rapid defense action and war declarations as members depart for Christmas recess. Speaker Rayburn cautions they may be recalled at any moment to approve urgent war measures while the Senate plans a three day recess and the House to Jan 3 1942.
Manila reports the full story of Capt Colin P. Kelly Jr of the Army Air Corps. His plane sank the Japanese battleship Haruna off the Philippine coast, then crashed after a three direct hits citation. Six crewmen survived, while Kelly perished guiding the bomber home.
Japanese submarines attacked two U S ships off California on Saturday, torpedoing and damaging the freighter Emidio near Cape Mendocino and firing on the tanker Agwi World 20 miles off Cypress Point Monterey. The Emidio sent an SOS and was seen moving low in the water past Table Bluff. The Agwi World, en route San Francisco to Los Angeles, fled toward Santa Cruz after heavy gunfire from a submarine. The attack, first near the continental coast since the war began, prompted Navy confirmation and a call for welders to remain at work amid Bay Area strikes and labor tensions.
Japanese efforts to seize Davao Mindanao press on as British forces on Hongkong hold out on the island’s rugged peaks. Manila reports say communications with Davao are down while Tokyo claims raids destroyed assets at Nichols Field and other sites. Allied air and submarine actions press the Japanese fleet.
Cairo reports that Axis resistance in Libya has collapsed and British forces pursue Rommel’s army across Cyrenaica toward Benghazi. Air and land actions drive destruction of tanks and vehicles as Derna and Mekili fall, with Italian naval losses noted and reinforcements reaching west of the battle area.
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