United States and Axis Alliances Debate on War Winds
The column argues Americans should avoid any alliance with Hitler or with the Soviet regime, while urging a pragmatic approach to countering both totalitarian powers. It lauds drafted soldiers’ effectiveness, criticizes army leadership, and notes Japan’s restraint while calling for careful modernization and CCC enrollment. It also reflects on a Cedar Rapids elder’s 102 years and the allure of life’s mystery.
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Indbergh
United States
Germany
Soviet Russia
Hitler
Bloody Red
Russia
Japan
Italy
East Asia
Pacific
Treasury reports 1941 federal deficit near five billion
Treasury figures show 1941 expenditures at 12.71 billion with defense at 6.046 billion and receipts of 7.607 billion, leaving a net deficit of 5.103 billion. 1940's deficit was 3.611 billion with receipts 5.387 and expenditures 8.998 billion. For 1942 the administration forecasts receipts over 11 billion against 22 billion in outlays.
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Washington
Treasury
Defense
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
War Department
Navy
Noted Carolina Writer Ends Life
Wilbur J. Cash a noted South Carolina writer and associate editor of the Charlotte News was found hanged in a Reforma hotel room in Mexico City police said the death was by his own action. He authored The Mind of the South and contributed to liberal magazines. Born 1901 in South Carolina he had worked on southern and midwest newspapers and arrived with his wife days earlier staying at the Geneve hotel. He rented a Reforma room Tuesday night and had been despondent for days.
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Mexico City
Wilbur J. Cash
United States
Reforma Hotel
Cash
Charlotte, S. C
South Carolina
South
Midwest
Geneve
Double Talk in County Court Over Estate Claim
Elias Elias filed a $100 claim against an estate in County Judge C J Southard's court. Elias Elias is represented by attorney Bolus Bolus, opposing party Simon Simon represents the estate.
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Omaha
C. J. Southard
Elias Elias
Bolus Bolus
Simon Simon
Japan Reaches Decision on Foreign Policy Statement
Japan approves a policy declaration signaling watchful waiting as it maintains neutrality in the Russo German war. Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka states the approach will monitor the global situation while continuing East Asian expansion.
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Japan
United States
Europe
China
Germany
Italy
Russia
Soviet Union
Tokio
Robert Bellaire
United Press Tokio
Yosuke Matsuoka
Foreign Office
Revue Diplomatique
Hirotto
Matsuoka
East Asia
Hoover rejects Hoover-Lindbergh anti intervention ticket
Former President Herbert Hoover declares in a Palo Alto telegram that he is irrevocably opposed to heading an anti interventionist ticket with Charles A. Lindbergh in 1944 and would never again seek public office. He responds to editorials proposing the lineup and notes his age makes him unsuitable for such a role.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hoover
Palo Alto
Calif
New York Daily News
Washington Times- Herald
Raymond S. Richmond
May Release More French War Prisoners Reported
Paris advices say German occupation authorities agreed to immediate release of seven prisoner categories totaling several hundred thousand men. Categories include all non colonial French internees in France and all World War I veterans in German camps.
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Vichy
France
Paris
Linn County Draft Boards Register 478 Men for Second Selective Service
Cedar Rapids reports 478 men signed up in Linn county for the second registration under the selective service act. Board No. 1 in Cedar Rapids registered 187 men, Board No. 3 in Marion 146, and Board No. 2 in Cedar Rapids west side 145. Cards will be sorted and forwarded to the respective home boards or outside boards as applicable.
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Linn County
Cedaravis
Marion
Tax Plan Advances After Committee Meeting
The House Ways and Means Committee finished tentative schedules for a sweeping tax bill aimed at raising over 3.5 billion dollars annually to finance defense. Chair Robert L. Coughton announced the measure would move to the House once drafting is finalized. The panel boosted withholding on non residents, raised corporate capital stock tax, and added a 10 percent sales tax on cutlery, with adjustments to slot machine and vending device taxes.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Robert L. Coughton
N. C
Legislative Drafting Service
United States
The
Treasury
Knox says U S Atlantic patrol vessels avoid convoy duty
Secretary Knox told reporters no American ships on Atlantic patrols have convoyed, fought, or suffered crew or equipment losses. He dodged Congress criticisms of his call to seize the moment to drive the German menace, then affirmed he stands by his speech.
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Washington
Knox
Atlantic
Navy
Congress
United States
Realty Assessment Gains But Personal Property Value Down
Linn county supervisors approve the auditor’s 1941 tax assessments showing a total gross valuation of 35 698 462. Real estate totals rise to 26 086 930 and Cedar Rapids real estate at 22 508 602. Personal property value declines about 400 000 across the county while the overall increase comes from real estate.
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Linn
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Tax Collector Demands Over Thirteen Million From Doris Duke Cromwell
Hillsborough township tax collector seeks 13,834,924 dollars in taxes for 1940 and 1941 on intangible assets valued at 222,426,438 dollars. Doris Duke Cromwell is named in the filing.
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Somerville
N. J
Hillsborough Township
Doris Duke Cromwell
Cedar Rapids Mourns 102-Year-Old Ellen Doolittle Dies
Mrs Ellen Doolittle Cedar Rapids oldest resident dies at 102 at her son in laws home age last birthday was 102 born Southington Conn Feb 25 1839 moved to Iowa 1864 husband died 1920 survived by daughter Mrs Castle another daughter Mrs Loper four granddaughters ten great grandchildren and many relatives she attended Peters Episcopal Church in Cheshire and later Presbyterian church in Coggan open house on birthdays for 25 years
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Ellen Doolittle
Cedar Rapids
Kathryne Rogers
Denver
Verna Kee
Alburnett
Ora Chamberlain
Marion
Peters Episcopal Church
Cheshire
Conn
Iowa
Congregational Church
Central City
Jackson Church
Coggan
Cooler Weather To Hold During Night
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for fair and cool tonight with warmer conditions Friday. Wednesday overcast skies gave way to pleasant cool temperatures after a week of gloom, with lows near 58 and daytime readings around 68. Earlier Tuesday started cool but warmed to 82 at mid‑afternoon, while evening temps fell to 64 by midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Defers Draft for Men Aged 28 and Over in Peace Time
Acting Draft Chief Hershey ordered state selective service officials to defer men aged 28 or older pending congressional action on a bill to extend deferment. Inductions for this group are postponed for 30 days and likely indefinitely if the legislation passes. The measure also allows discharge if inducted after July 1 1941 and covers peacetime only.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
House
Senate
Draft
Congressional
Andrew J. May
House Military Affairs Committee
May
Draft boards receive 30 day deferment notice
Linn county draft boards were notified by telegram from state headquarters Wednesday morning that only induction is stopped for now. Charles Kosek, Cedar Rapids west side board chairman, said questionnaires will still go out and classifications will continue until the proposed legislation passes.
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Linn County
Charles Kosek
Cedar Rapids West
Eagle Flyers Bag 3 Planes In RAF Raids
American flyers in the Eagle squadron were credited with two planes during daylight raids on northern France and three of a total 17 German planes claimed by the RAF on Wednesday.
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London
Eagle Squadron
Ra.f
France
Cigaret Stub Blows Back In Car Crash
Dean Seeman 18 suffered a skull fracture jaw injury neck damage and missing teeth when a lit cigaret stub blew back into his lap causing a collision with a telephone pole on B avenue NE. Driver Gene Greb 19 had a lacerated nose and knee, passenger William Callan treated for a leg wound. Seeman listed in fair condition.
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Dean Seeman
A Avenue NW
B Avenue NE
Gene Greb
Seeman
St. Luke's Hospital
Greb
William Callan
Seventeenth Street
Mercy Hospital
B Avenue
Baseball Fans To Hear F. R. Speech
Fans at major league games will hear President Roosevelt deliver the Fourth of July speech at 3 p.m. Iowa time. Radio and public address systems in the parks have been arranged to carry his words to the crowds.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Iowa
Nazis claim crippling Soviet losses in early July
Berlin reports between June 22 and July 1 Soviet air force losses at 4 725 planes and 160 000 prisoners. Moscow counters with claims of halting German advances and that Hitler will not win the war.
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Berlin
High Command
Moscow
Red Army
Soviet Union
Adolf Hitler
Soviet Information Bureau
Minsk
Riga
Russia
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