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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1941
Page
1
The piece urges timely compensation for local draft board members to retain representative boards and efficiency. It notes some boards struggle to balance duties with business and clients, and cites past World War II era pay provisions as a model.
Linn county supervisors separate county poor relief administration from the state board to gain full control of spending. The county will pay its own way for poor relief while the state handles old age assistance and aid to the blind. Overdrafts and financial health influenced the move, with a three percent wage raise approved for highway workers and a potential broader rise later.
Nearly 50 readers answered a Want Ad by Mrs. D. Rollison at 1581 Second Ave SE. The ad offered a large gateleg table two by twelve feet of length a large utility cabinet and other articles. The seller reported that everything advertised in the Want Ad was sold.
An aged observer recalls John Quincy Adams noting his house might decay while the man remains sound. The vignette frames Adams as calm, dutiful, and faithful, facing mortality with readiness, faith, and measured hope. He embodies a serene, principled resolve amid life’s end.
John Weston, 42, of 112 Second Street NW, had drunk driving charges dropped after a chemical test showed 1.85 mg per cc. He paid a $25 fine for violating motor vehicle law section 5024.03. Patrolmen Gildroy and Swords tracked his erratic driving to the Sixth Street SW area. County Attorney Crissman declined to file a true information.
William Tehel and Merl Holloway were hurt when a car struck a highway maintainer blade and veered off a 20 foot embankment eight miles west of Vinton. Tehel suffered bumps and bruises while Holloway had minor injuries. the car was badly damaged.
A family friend deposited 50 dollars for a girl’s fourth birthday in a Leominster savings bank. Bank official Raymond L. Middlemas revealed the fund has grown to 978 dollars after seventy two years, still awaiting the girl’s calendar birthday.
Tokyo reports Premier Konoe and Foreign Minister Matsuoka warn that Western aid to China will not curb Japan. They urge unity with Germany and Italy and caution that US and Japanese war could spawn a world war with devastating new weapons. British consul warns citizens to leave Japan as tensions rise.
John G. Winant former New Hampshire governor and social security board chairman reported as Roosevelt’s choice to succeed Joseph P. Kennedy as ambassador to Great Britain. Informants say Churchill and British officials accept him and Senate confirmation is likely. Winant, 51, has long been linked to cabinet roles and gained labor support as a liberal Republican ally.
Cedar Rapids officials oppose a 100 percent property valuation, arguing it would raise taxes and spur higher city spending. City Assessor Jim Scolaro and Finance Commissioner L. D. Burgos say doubling values without offsetting levies would shift more cost to taxpayers, urging legislature to maintain 66 percent assessment until a uniform system is devised.
Unidentified assailants wound Romanian rail director general Orescheanu in Bucharest. Reports from Berlin and Rome link rumors of Romanian unrest to Hitler Mussolini talks on war plans against Britain. Axis aims include bases in Corsica Tunisia Malta and Dakar to cripple the British fleet.
Three Linn County draft boards reaffirmed that deferments for defense industry workers require the industry head's sworn attestation of indispensability. A Cedar Rapids plant had sought exemptions for each employee, with the latest case in I A class and planned appeal. Regular joint meetings were approved, with Arthur Huntington to schedule.
British forces opened a major assault on Tobruk as siege operations continue. An official communique said the plan for capturing the Nairn stronghold was proceeding satisfactorily with prior bombardment and pre attack preparations. A UPI report noted patrols along the Libyan coast and reconnaissance into Derna.
British empire troops push on two fronts in East Africa with a northern advance into Eritrea threatening Italian positions and a southern push from Kenya toward the Snake Rudolf area in Ethiopia. A force including South Africans moves toward the front from the south as Italians retreat.
Eighteen men drowned when the Boston schooner Marv F O Hara sank near Finn's Ledge after striking a barge. Five survivors dragged from the rigging by the North Star crew said icy seas and a rapid sink left no time to launch a dory. The ship carried fish and heavy ice, and the crew clung to the rigging from 3 am to 6 am during the freezing night.
Dr. B F Steely reported the birth of twins to Mrs Homer Paris four miles southeast of Louisville Ill each weighing 11 pounds The doctor said records show these twins are the largest ever born and that mother and babies are in satisfactory condition Mrs Paris stands 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds in a three room frame home.
Washington columnist Paul Mallon surveys the administration’s plan to curb inflation and high prices. He considers approaches to the defense bill and national debt and how taxes might be used to influence buying behavior.
Joseph P Kennedy, retiring ambassador to Great Britain, told Congress that supplying convoys for British ships risks drawing the United States into war. He urged revising the lease lend bill to limit its duration and spending, while advocating earlier American rearmament and cautioning against overreliance on Britain.
Cedar Rapids reports show clouds and mist with sun earlier in the week giving way to near normal temperatures. At 2 30 p m the Chambers Inskeep graph read 35 degrees and highways were mostly normal due to sunshine and traffic, with few slippery spots remaining.
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