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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1941
Page
1
Congress faces a choice on whether to guarantee a British victory to defeat the Axis or limit U S aid. Administration hints at mild modifications while critics push for clear policy. Also notes on public health concerns about a Southern Iowa disease and a Minnesota study linking flat chests to strength.
Senator Taft of Ohio urged scrapping Roosevelt's lease lend aid program and replacing it with cash loans as needed. He argued Congress should refuse the press and pursue a loan approach to Britain subject to necessity.
President secretary Stephen Early said the White House will let Congress decide on any time limitation for presidential powers in the lease-lend bill aiding Britain. He indicated the Congress will determine the restriction as the disposition of the administration.
The article outlines Taft’s opposition to the administration lease-lend bill, proposing a substitute loan program activated when British assets run dry with initial limits of 1 to 1.5 billion dollars and potential for more if needed. It notes Britain’s remaining cash and securities in the U.S. and mentions calls for testimony from Joseph Kennedy and William Bullitt.
Cedar Rapids report warns of ongoing office prowlers active in Newton Iowa. Detectives urge all office employees to lock safes and doors at noon and report any suspicious persons immediately to police.
Maeterlinck and Dr Newton discuss happiness as an art to be learned not through a single method but through adapting to life stages. Happiness arrives rarely and vanishes quickly, so each day requires its own happiness and duty, with memory shaping our joy.
Verne Marshall, head of the No Foreign War Committee, says he did not appear before a Washington grand jury investigating campaign expenditures after his lawyers deemed the subpoena a nullity. He flew to D C Monday seeking counsel Elisha Hanson of the American Newspaper Publishers Association and deferred all questions to Hanson.
In Plymouth England civilians endured a brutal German fire blitz, with thousands of home fires lit as 30 raiders dropped fire bombs for about three hours. Volunteers, including men women and even children, fought fires across the city to avert catastrophe and heavy casualties.
London dispatch reports RAF pilots, undeterred by weather, attacked ports in occupied France during the night as part of a broader effort against German fortifications airports and warships. Luftwaffe raids in England mirrored the engagement with Plymouth singled out, while London avoided raid alarms.
Berlin reports German reconnaissance planes sunk a 4,000 ton merchant ship and damaged an enemy cruiser with bombs. The brief also notes successful bombing of Plymouth targets and mine drops in British harbors. Four British planes were destroyed in the action.
The British admiralty announced that in the central Mediterranean from Jan 7 to 13 HMS Illustrious HMS Southampton and HMS Gallant were damaged by Italian German dive bombers. Illustrious and Southampton were hit with casualties while Gallant was damaged by a mine or torpedo. At least twelve enemy aircraft were shot down. The convoy was intended to pass from west to east carrying military aid for Greece.
Rome reports a five day intensive axis operation in the Mediterranean aimed at heavy British reinforcements. The dispatch notes combined sea and air actions and hints at continued coverage on page two.
Ice caused a dramatic traffic snarl Tuesday afternoon as 12 vehicles, including trucks, crashed on a grade one mile west of Newhall Corner. No serious injuries reported beyond a compound leg fracture to Mrs. C W Hampton and injuries to two schoolgirls.
German political quarters claimed the Maginot Line is being demolished at an estimated cost of 500 million dollars. They said wrecking has begun to repurpose Alsace and Lorraine land for subdivided small farms to be passed down to peasant families, mirroring Hitler era policy.
Dr J Max Widmer, who led the Community Chest campaign last fall, was elected 1941 chair man of the public welfare bureau of the Chamber of Commerce at a meeting of 12 members at Hotel Montrose Tuesday noon. He succeeds A L Smulekeff. James L Cooper was appointed vice chairman and Clare Marshall to join as third executive committee member.
A Byse estate house near Toddville burned after a 5 am blaze likely started by wiring. Cedar Rapids firefighters aided bucket brigades to save surrounding outbuildings as wind threatened spread. Most Karr and Byse furniture was lost. some insurance covered losses.
State police traced a series of stolen vehicles through Vinton Cedar Rapids and Crawfordsville using the radio network. At 11 20 am Tuesday officers learned of a theft from Milo Vanicek at 92 Twenty first avenue SW and found a car reported stolen in Vinton Monday night.
Glenn L. Martin told the House Naval Committee that the government should have power to draft both labor and industry for defense production. He urged staged rearmament with future flexibility and cited a six day week as necessary in defense industries without loss of pay.
The War Department called for wider use of small firms to reduce production obstacles in armaments. It proposed state defense commissions to coordinate local production with national policy, enabling areas to decide industrial and labor needs. The plan would empower local groups if adopted.
In Lower Fifth Avenue near the Empire State Building a payroll robbery turned deadly. A police officer Edward Maher and two civilians were killed. two bandits and another civilian were wounded. The attack sent shoppers scrambling through Altman’s and Woolworth’s as officers pursued the gunmen.
An icy mist glazed Iowa streets and sidewalks hindering travel across the state. The weather bureau said the winterlike conditions would persist for another day with freezing rain or drizzle. Temperatures hovered about 12 degrees above normal with no sub zero readings in sight.
Cedar Rapids police sought the source of nickel sized slugs found in pinball machines. Dave Filmore reported removing six such slugs from a tavern machine near Sixteenth Street NE and E Avenue. He delivered them to police, noting the pieces resemble nickels with a raised buffalo on one side.
Cairo report says General Argentina and several Italian officers fled Sidi Barrani and were captured between Bardia and Tobruk Libya. A RAF reconnaissance plane spotted them near the sea edge and a British motorboat captured the group after a chase. Hurricanes continue low flights along the coast seeking remaining fugitives including Bergonzoli.
Britain launches siege of Jarabub near the Egyptian Libyan frontier as part of a rapid northeast Africa campaign. Artillery pounds Tobruk while a new infantry and tank assault is anticipated. Fresh clashes occur on the Sudan and Kenya frontiers.
Gov. George A Wilson told Iowa's legislature that the key is no more tax increases and urged cutting waste in state departments. He backed four-year terms for county officials, a central purchasing agent, and modernized accounting. He warned against loss leaders and called for a home guard option if needed. He also pressed efficiency in reporting and an annual state property inventory.
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