06 Jan 1941
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1941
Page
1
The president declares all must accept a cut and dried policy, with threats to silence dissent or use sovereignty to save government. He commits to all defense, support for liberal democracies, and freedoms worldwide, while asking if Americans should bear this global burden amid war.
Senator Wheeler will allow oilman William R. Davis to testify before a Senate committee to answer charges he tried to end the European war on Hitler's terms. Davis, linked to a 1939 peace proposal report, will face questions on his activities and alleged oil sales to the Nazis. The hearing aims to clarify Davis's involvement and motivations.
W R Davis, longtime behind the scenes financier linked to European war diplomacy, publicly denies ending the war on Hitler’s terms and asks Congress to investigate him and his alleged activities after being named as delivering a German peace proposal to Washington in 1939. Davis, speaking at Rockefeller Center, asserts his patriotism and loyalty to the United States while insisting he desires an end to the war.
Verne Marshall chairman of the No Foreign War Committee and editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette will speak at America's Town Meeting of the Air on WJZ NBC at 8 35 p m CST. He debates Dean Acheson former under secretary of the treasury on whether a Hitler defeat is essential to the United States and whether peaceful cooperation with a victorious Hitler is possible.
Virgil Harris died from four gunshot wounds in Ardmore Oklahoma after a gun battle with detective Cortez Craddock. Harris, 34, was tied to the December 1930 grocery store holdup murder of Tom Risk in Cedar Rapids. Harris died without revealing details. Samuel Kuzzy, alias Hickman, remains jailed for robbery charges connected to Risk case.
Cedar Rapids headquarters report a flood of mail from volunteers urging Congress to keep the country out of war. Hundreds write and wire senators and representatives while a coast-to-coast ad and a test of support show activity nationwide. Mail Monday includes many checks totaling 595 dollars to aid the campaign.
Washington Congress member Andrew J. May introduced a bill to repeal the Johnson Act restricting loans to nations in default on World War debts. He also proposed cutting compulsory military training age from 18 to 21 with 21 to 36 language removed, per request of the American Legion.
Newspapers publish pictures of King George and Queen Elizabeth launching Britain s new 35 000 ton battleship the Duke of York.
The United Press reports Germany will move into Bulgaria shortly after a Nazi ultimatum was accepted. Bulgaria’s premier Bogdan Filoff allegedly met with Joachim von Ribbentrop. Filoff reportedly left Vienna for Salzburg. Troop movements were not dated but Belgrade dispatches point to Wednesday as a likely day.
Belgrade dispatches report that diplomats think Germany intends an immediate invasion of Bulgaria or is using a major feint to pull British attention to the Balkans while concealing plans to invade the British Isles. The item notes continued coverage on a later page.
A Navy transport plane crash near San Diego killed all 11 aboard. Weather and fog blamed for the crash 35 miles southeast of the city. Four survivors from a Texas bomber mishap were among the dead. a board of inquiry is to investigate.
Ed ward H Crosby 14 of Prairieburg died after a two car crash at a county road intersection 230 pm Sunday west of Prairieburg Linn county records its first 1941 highway fatality. Eight others were injured including Bernard Holub 16 and 20 year old Stanley Holub. Victims from both cars received multiple injuries and were taken to Mercy hospital Anamosa.
Thackeray notes Finis signals an end yet the Infinite begins. Life has dull stretches but is kept alive by brief poetry and acts of kindness. Happiness matters less than doing one’s job well and leaving the world a little kinder, with faith and purpose guiding daily life.
Cairo dispatch reports Britain's Army of the Nileit advancing beyond Bardia into Libya toward Tobruk. Prisoners exceed 25 000 with tanks guns and stores captured. Five Italian planes and high officers reported among those targeted while air power aided the advance.
London authorities on Monday feared Amy Johnson Mollison, noted British aviatrix and former wife of James Mollison, was drowned after bailing out of a plane she was ferrying for the Air Transport Auxiliary in the Thames estuary on Sunday.
William Allen White resigned as chair of the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies citing warmongers in New York and Washington chapters. He told Birmingham columnist John Temple Graves the issue made the position a full time job and that he cannot lead an group used to push for war.
Cedar Rapids News reports Highway Patrolman James Clapp arrested John Ralle 44 of Cedar Rapids after a rear end collision on Highway 94 near Marion. Ralle faces driving while intoxicated charges. passenger J Nicholson 49 was booked on intoxication. A pint liquor bottle was found at the scene.
Senator Wheeler denounces efforts to label peace advocates as Nazi sympathizers and isolationists. He warns of intimidation and terrorism as debate over war versus peace intensifies in the first session of the Seventy seventh Congress.
President Roosevelt told a joint session that the United States faces an unprecedented foreign peril and must authorize greatly increased new appropriations to fund defense. He urged producing munitions for allies, turning weapons to nations fighting aggressors, and paying more of the defense program through taxes.
President Roosevelt tells the Seventy-seventh Congress that American security faces unprecedented danger from without. He emphasizes unity, past crises, and opposition to isolating America behind walls, while urging continued vigilance for the safety of children and future generations.
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