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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1941
Page
1
An editorial criticizes disclosure limits on war department decisions including a Ford truck bid and calls for transparency in labor policy. It questions lease lend provisions and warns against expanding presidential powers, citing army equipment shortages and a Stimson clarification on army dog tag labeling.
German long range batteries reportedly shell inland Kent towns up to 12 miles from the coast as Germany prepares a spring offensive. London endures heavier daylight raids with hospital damage and crew losses.
Linn County board settles relief split by naming Mrs Mildred Hunt overseer of the poor. She has led relief efforts since 1938 and becomes social welfare director with a salary of 185 dollars monthly. New schedule also raises staff salaries and hires probationary relief visitors at 70 dollars monthly.
Police report a string of auto thefts in Cedar Rapids over several days. Victims include Ralph Guy whose car vanished from a Quaker Oats lot. G S Thompson losing a spare wheel and tire. Milroy Husak noting multiple pilferings from vehicles near Universal Crusher plant. gas siphoning and a robe with flashlight taken from M B Gardner’s car.
Trenton New Jersey Governor Charles Edison refused a Georgia request to extradite Robert Elliot Burns the fugitive from a Georgia chain gang. The decision ended a high profile case that drew national attention and involved interstate legal maneuvering.
Cedar Rapids news reports the east side draft board announced two volunteers and nine selectees to fill February 19 quotas after a Thursday meeting. Volunteers are Donald E. Smith and Thomas F. Koessler. Selectees include Donald B. Thede John E. Craft Ronald T. Isaacson Henry W. Severe Paul F. Morrison Harry L. Swan Jerry Kulhavy Dale O. Tincher and Jesse W. Smith. The west side board will announce seven selectees in about a week.
Henry Ford said he would manufacture anything the government wants at cost if other producers of defense materials do the same. Under secretary Patterson testified labor laws may be required in all army contracts, but not yet coercive labor-law legislation.
Readings show Cedar Rapids warmed to 39 degrees by 2 30 pm on Friday as sun renewed its attack on stubborn snows from the previous day. A 7 pm freeze dropped to 27 and midnight to 22 with a low 14 at 7 am. The thaw climb to 21 at 9 30 am progresses slowly.
Detroit Free Press reports from diplomatic sources that the United States could trade 20 navy destroyers for the battleship George V held in Canadian waters. Naval officials dismissed the rumor as cockeyed though, noting destroyers are faster to build and cheaper to replace than battleships.
Anna Sklepovich, a West Virginia coal miner's daughter, wowed Hollywood stars Lana Turner and Deanna Durbin during a Washington trip. She received a network guest spot offer, a birthday cake gift from Mrs. Roosevelt, and rode in a police escort as TV and radio fame beckoned.
The piece reviews Newton Priestly’s Wonder Hero, picturing Charlie Hubble as a plain lad swept to fame by public gaze, then discarded. It contrasts London's glamour with unemployment and consumer excess, condemning a civilization obsessed with status and material gain.
John A. Curtis and Harold Gibbs, both Negroes, received indeterminate terms up to 25 years each for a $12 holdup at Sam E. Naugle grocery in Anamosa. They pled guilty to robbery with aggravation before Judge John T. Moffit after swinging a club at the owner and fleeing to Union Station. Curtis, 22, from Kansas City, has prior Missouri reformatory time. Gibbs, 20, from Richmond, Missouri, faces $5,000 appeal bonds.
Thai and French delegates under Japanese mediation sign a partial armistice aboard the Japanese cruiser Natori ending border hostilities. A 12 mile buffer zone will separate forces until new talks in Tokyo. Withdrawals will occur under the accord as discussions on Langs and Cambodia proceed.
Lines formed at the county treasurer office as the 5 pm deadline loomed for 1941 auto license plates. By 1 pm, 17,502 plates had been issued, 700 more than the prior year, while truck licenses remained similar to last year. A five percent penalty, at least $1, applies for after deadline purchases, not affecting new cars.
U S Bund leader Kunze and eight associates receive one year to 14 months in state prison for violating New Jersey race hatred law. Several are fined up to 2,900 dollars while others pay 1,800 to 2,000 dollars. They contested the law rather than face trial after Camp Nordland speeches near Andover.
General Charles de Gaulle the Free French leader called on General Maxime Weygand and the French army in North Africa to rejoin the war and help complete the conquest of Italy, broadcast Friday night.
In Indianapolis a woman asked Frances Fonte in the public affairs branch for a book by a famous author. She recalled the title Meine Kampf but could not remember the author Adolf Hitler.
The National Safety Council reports 96 500 U S deaths from accidents in 1940 with 9 100 000 injuries and an economic loss of 3 5 billion dollars. Traffic deaths up six percent along with higher exposure, yet the per mile death rate held at a record low.
Washington reports say the British aid bill moved from Friday into a three day general debate with unlimited amendments after a committee vote. Navy Secretary Know testified Britain may invade England when weather allows, while officials discussed German air and submarine actions and long term US commitments.
The American Eagle fighter squadron, an all American unit of the RAF, has completed final training and is in active service guarding Britain. It is commanded by Squadron Leader W. E. G. Taylor, a 35 year old Kansas airman, and announced in London on Friday.
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