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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1941
Page
1
The piece argues congressional limits on convoy orders clash with presidential authority as commander in chief. It notes Congress can express public opinion on convoys, potentially restraining action if the people reject sending U.S. ships to war zones.
A Des Moines proposal to sell hogs on a graded carcass basis rather than on the hoof could transform marketing, requiring careful study and readjustment of habits in a major hog region.
Senator Robert Reynolds of North Carolina broke the solid south bloc by pledging to vote against the lease lend bill. He argued the measure risks drawing the U.S. toward war and benefits Britain at American expense, while colleagues like Josiah Bailey urged intervention, potentially signaling war within days.
Cable dispatch reports Thursday that German forces crossed the Danube by pontoon bridge from Romania into Bulgaria, but observers say it may be a practice maneuver. Earlier a similar crossing was withdrawn after a trial. Turkey's Balkan crisis stance appeared to shift, while Greek and Italian peace terms rumors circulated without confirmation. British Hurricane fighters were active over Greece with Greek advantage cited.
Edward Landsberg aged 72, president of Blatz Brewing Company Milwaukee United States Brewing Company and Available Truck Company, died Thursday in Chicago. Funeral arrangements not immediately available.
Boake Carter reports in his column that 94 American navy planes have been transferred to Great Britain and delivered to the Royal Air Force since the war began. The Aeroplane notes a complete production outline of U S aid including plane names engine power top speed and British orders.
Dusky John Tron Jaw Smith, a six foot two former inmate, seeks a full civil rights restoration and a pardon after four Omaha rooming houses evicted him for his loud snoring. He was paroled nine months ago from a 1933 life sentence for first degree murder.
The Messaggero in Rome claimed on Thursday that Britain had been forced to abandon Malta as a naval base due to recent heavy German Italian air attacks.
The War Department announced a revision of land purchase commissions for the Burlington Iowa project, lowering A J Cockrell’s total compensation from 12 1 2 to 3 12 percent. The plan aims to reduce costs, negotiate fair values, and avoid condemnation while expediting funds to landowners.
Acting Australian prime minister A. W. Fadden plans to ask the British war cabinet to invite Wendell Willkie to visit the Australian commonwealth. The move was reported in London.
Forrest C. Donnell, a red haired St. Louis Republican, is declared Missouri governor by the state supreme court after a six week dispute with Democrats over the 1940 election. The decision confirms Donnell with a 3,613 vote margin over Lawrence McDaniel and sets in motion inauguration plans amid ongoing contest talk.
A reader asks why total war will yield total peace. The author offers three reasons: war corrupts progress and cannot sustain society, modern war harms civilians and accelerates self-destruction, and complete war leads to prostration and bankruptcy, possibly ending in armistice rather than lasting peace.
Weather kept the town quiet as Cedar Rounds records show 24 hours with no arrests. Only minor incidents: a downtown fire alarm, an unfounded basement man report, two burned out street lights, and a half hearted attempted break in at Nagle Eaton Lumber with a prowler abandoning a door and a second story window.
Cedar Rapids man Roy W. Benson 40 a farm loan field representative for Metropolitan Life Insurance was killed about 1 am Thursday in an automobile crash five miles north of Mediapolis. His car traveled 100 feet on the shoulder then went over a 12 foot embankment and struck a telephone pole. Coroner ruled accidental death with no inquest. Benson lived at 2032 Washington Ave SE since 1937 and was born October 16 1900 at Onawa. He attended University of California Berkeley and is survived by his wife Elvina Johnson two sons Jimmy 5 and Richard 4 and his father W J Benson of Quawa. He was a Mason Congregational church member and served with Metropolitan at Emmetsburg before Cedar Rapids posting. Body to Morning Sun then Onawa for funeral services.
AP reports in Washington that Harry L. Hopkins was appointed on Thursday to the production planning board of the Office of Production Management. Manila dispatch notes more than five hundred troops arrived on the Grant from the United States with officials silent on whether they were reinforcements or replacements. St Louis item quotes Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox warning the U.S. cannot avoid war on American soil if it does not pursue a full supplies and munitions program for Britain.
Gen George C. Marshall told the Senate Military Affairs Committee that the United States will reinforce the Pacific fleet immediately with an unspecified number of the latest aircraft. He described the Pacific situation as serious and outlined an irreducible minimum of planes and equipment to meet any global contingency.
Dusan Marko, 56, married in Opove Yugoslavia marking his twenty-fifth marriage. Reporters focused on Marko as he quipped I am afraid I am fickle. The event drew attention away from the war for a moment.
Cedar Rapids sees a modest thaw as Thursday peaks at 20 degrees after a four below start. Forecasters warn of continued cold with night lows around five below zero and unsettled conditions into Friday.
The Netherlands government in exile said Dirk Jan de Geer, former premier, who had been reported kidnapped at Lisbon and flown to Germany, has been in The Hague for some time.
The House backed a $242 million Guam naval outpost plan to secure harbor safety for patrol planes and ships, part of a wider Atlantic base swap. Senator Johnson said the proposal will likely meet strong opposition in the Senate and must prove its defense necessity. The package also approves $8.1 million for Samoa work and authorizes $66.05 million more for navy base development beyond existing funds.
Prime Minister Richard G. Menzies of Australia flew from Canberra to London for a war conference with Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The move signals intensified concern over Japan as Britain and the United States study steps to restrict Japanese access to strategic materials and slow its preparations for war.
The Gazette company offers a $16 reward for information leading to arrests and convictions of those stealing The Cedar Rapids Gazette from porches or news paper boxes. Numerous complaints have been received about thefts of Fridays and Sundays editions.
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