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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1941
Page
3
Clifford Beers, a former inmate turned reformer, organized scientists and educators to study mental disease. His book A Mind That Found Itself helped end stigma and spurred funding for research and humane treatment, profiting hundreds of thousands of patients.
In New York RCA Communications reports that Germany invited and funded insult messages sent across the Atlantic. German officials answered RCA’s inquiry by ordering all messages forwarded regardless of content or cost until further notice.
Rural education officials heard R A Griffin urge hiring top instructors within budget limits at a county meeting. He warned consolidation is not a cure-all and praised proposed codification of Iowa school laws. Discussion covered an optional county unit bill allowing four district classes and a county-wide election.
Paris via Berlin report says US ambassador William Leahy pressured Jean Darlan and Laval over a government plan. Fontenoy, propagandist for a pro German party, claims Leahy warned Petain Laval's inclusion would be unfriendly to the United States. The note ends with an aside about the Delaware grape origin.
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