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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1941
Page
15
The page combines scattered weather figures for cities from New Orleans to Havre with road fines and court costs. Local notices include license suspensions and penalties, hospital birth announcements, and several obituary briefs for residents across Marion and Seattle areas.
Yvetta Howard and Robert F Daner of Marshalltown Ika Keise of Cedar Rapids Chester Mi Kalsto of Chicago Marilyn Stankey of Cedar Rapids and John E Sarchett of Springfield Mo listed in a community notice with associated locations.
City briefs note Sergt M J Webb son of Mrs Jennie Webb 935 Tenth Street NE home on a day furlough from Morgan City Louisiana after transfer from Camp Claiborne. Albert Kara 19 son of Mrs Stella Smnm 427 Sixth Street SE to leave for Great Lakes Dec 29. his brother Jasepr 20 serves with the navy in the Pacific. Kiwanis awards lapel pins for meeting attendance at Roosevelt hotel luncheon. Rev Grant Anderson spoke on Christmas, Miss Margaret Hindee sang with Frank Bates at the event.
The Gazette notes the Bapovka raised rake recipe credited to Mrs Martin Poehna is incorrect. It was translated from directions handwritten about five years ago by another woman. Efforts to obtain the proper recipe are under way and will be printed in The Back Fence column once secured.
Churchill visited with President Roosevelt as reporters crowded the White House room. The two leaders laughed and praised Allied cooperation as Soviet Russia’s stand against the Nazis drew emphasis. Churchill signaled tempered confidence about the war’s outcome.
Reports from unoccupied France say Admiral Darlan, seen as pro collaboration, has begun negotiating the concession of French North Africa to the Axis. Britain fears Petain’s resignation could threaten Allied plans while Darlan could strengthen Vichy cooperation with Germany.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull told reporters at a Wednesday press conference that, to his knowledge, there is no truth to rumors that Germany is moving its armies through Spain.
In Istanbul a German embassy spokesman urged Germans to be ready to close businesses toward the end of January. British observers doubted the warning, suggesting it was a nerve war to pressure Turkey for economic political and possibly military favors amid rising German presence in Turkey.
Civilian Defense registration in Linn county neared 10 000 with 9210 confirmations by volunteers. Fred C Henson CDC public relations director urged more residents to register at the CDC office on the tenth floor of the American Trust and Savings bank building.
The Associated Press reports British North African forces have captured Anis air base at Benina and the Barce stronghold near Bengasi as they press the pursuit of Axis troops. British armor reportedly cut off retreating Germans south of Bengasi. Mussolini’s command laments the desert struggle while Soviet dispatches claim gains on the Moscow front and a German counter to breaches near Leningrad.
NBC began breaking up its blue network by transferring licenses for four major stations. The FCC, while delaying a network order, approved NBC assignment of WABC New York WENR Chicago KGO San Francisco to RCA pending sale. WMAL Washington license also moved to M A Leese Radio Corporation.
The pope warns against abuses of liberty and power in the wake of war. He condemns the spirit of progress that lacks social and international principles and calls for universal moral law and a new world order.
Penick and Ford employees completed their Red Cross war fund drive first among labor groups by contributing an average of over $3 per person. AFL union support and labor relations stewards led the solicitation, with workers eager to give in gratitude for American security. John M. Ely, drive chairman, thanked the plant employer and praised the prompt collection.
The navy reported the Standard Oil tanker Fitzsimmons, the last unaccounted American flag vessel in Far Eastern waters, arrived safely at a West Coast port on December 22.
Federal Judge Michael L. Igoe authorized the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific to spend 4 190 000 for 850 freight cars and 17 diesel locomotives including five road switch engines and 12 switch locomotives. The purchases would release 10 steam locomotives and meet expected 1942 business growth.
In Honolulu a news report notes large reinforcements of fighter and bomber aircraft arriving from the mainland. Army officers say American planes and pilots remain superior, crediting surprise for the Japanese attack and detailing repairs, dispersal, and salvaging of aircraft at Hickam Wheeler and Schofield Barracks.
Dispatches describe heavy fighting in the northern Philippines around Damortis with MacArthur’s forces defending a shifting line while Japanese reinforcements arrive. Manila remains open to civilian war, with raids causing casualties and the air battle over Clark Field and neighboring towns continuing.
Rio de Janeiro dispatch: Italian Lati airline will keep regular Europe flights as British and American oil firms withhold gasoline. Stocks on hand can fuel east-bound planes for a time. Lati offices in Rio accept air express parcels for Europe. Condor lines report all Brazilian planes grounded due to the gasoline embargo.
Linn County Retail Food Dealers announce city and county member stores stay open until 10 tonight. All stores close for the entire day Thursday in observance of Christmas.
News reports from Long Beach and San Luis Obispo describe a Japanese submarine attack on the McCormick freighter Absaroka off California shore. Lifeboats were launched as the vessel sank and survivors were rescued at various ports along the coast. The Montebello, the Larry Doheny, and the Idaho also faced submarine activity with mixed outcomes and rescues recorded.
The twenty first annual Christmas party for the Boys and Girls of the Children's Home was held Monday night at the Knights of Pythias hall. Singers and dancers performed led by Miss LaVere Smith and assisted by Lorena Musgrave. Bert Lindsey played Santa with Millian and Earl Spjut assisting. gifts were given to the children. Transportation was organized by Fred Popenhagen with Millian and W. A. Oakley on the ticket committee.
Mexico City reports the government severed diplomatic relations with Bulgaria Romania and Hungary on Tuesday night in a move aimed at reshaping regional alignments and signaling likely policy shifts.
AP: Navy releases photo of the battleship Arizona after Pearl Harbor attack showing the ship sunk with flag flying and anti aircraft guns aloft. Secretary Knox calls it destroyed but deck remains barely above water and stern structures look undamaged. Rescue salvage tug sits at the stern.
Cedar Rapids and vicinity see cloudy and colder conditions with intermittent drizzle. Temperatures hover around 25 this afternoon with a light drizzle and a dim chance for a white Christmas as snow and rain move into some parts of the state this evening.
Prospects for a white Christmas in most of Iowa were dim but the weather man saw signs of intermittent light snow starting in the southwest and extreme west by Thursday morning. A light drizzle was forecast for the extreme east Wednesday afternoon with colder weather tonight. Omaha reported 2 to 3 inches of snow on the ground and Mt. Ayr saw some snow as heavy showers fell elsewhere in the state.
In East Chicago Indiana Yvonne Schumalay 23 of Neenah Wisconsin sat in jail to testify against Robert Helsop charged with reckless homicide after a fatal crash. Helsop posted 2000 bond and was freed until trial. Schumalay spent 110 days jailed before testifying and release. Helsop received a 60 day sentence and was released on bond pending appeal.
Berlin dispatch reports Propaganda Minister Goebbels in a Christmas broadcast saying distrust from others stems from Germans defending their rights. He calls the third war Christmas modest but asserts the fatherland endures, sacrifices, and will merit victory through fight and work. He emphasizes patience amid bombed-area suffering and pledges peace with victory.
Senator George of Georgia warned reporters that the United States fights a war in the Atlantic alongside the Philippines. He stressed the South American to Africa to Middle East and Asia supply line could become the main Allied route, insisting the final battle will be won or lost in the Atlantic.
Berlin reports Nazi high command identified the British aircraft carrier Unicorn as sunk in the Atlantic. The British Admiralty denies another carrier loss but acknowledges a torpedo attack on an auxiliary craft.
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