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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1941
Page
5
The piece notes Britain and the Soviet Union signing a joint policy declaration forming a de facto military alliance that aligns the United States with lend lease support to Russia. It argues Americans face no easy choice and that withholding aid from Britain would curb Russia, a position few favor.
German high command says break throughs on the eastern front continue toward Leningrad Smolensk and Kiev while Russians report little change. Dispatches note Germans claim advances and heavy bombardments 1 800 miles front with Goebbels urging no peace with Bolshevism and a European mandate to liquidate Stalinism.
Four people died when a train struck an automobile at a crossing on the east edge of Dyersville early Sunday. Victims include Louis Otterbeck and his wife Clara of Bankston Iowa, Arnold Sauerbry 17, Mildred Haas 17 of Manchester. Witness James O'Brien 26 of Nashville Iowa reported the train traveling 35 miles per hour and the engineer J C Johnson of Waterloo halted after about 20 freight cars passed. Sheriff L J Bisbach and section foreman W R Rolfe confirmed signals were operating. The Otterbecks were returning to Bankstone after picking up Miss Haas in Worthington.
An advertisement pitch promotes low daily costs to reach over 150 000 potential customers through The Gazette Want Ad pages. It claims business owners gain customers and profits and invites a call to the Want Ad Department at 21121 for details.
Nels Petersen 40 of St Paul was sentenced to 90 days in county jail by Judge C J Haas after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was arrested by Patrolman Mullin at 12 20 am Sunday after a crash at First Avenue and First Street. Petersen’s appeal bond was set at 500 dollars. he failed to pay a 300 dollar fine and began serving time. Three men with Petersen pled guilty to drunkenness in police court. His brother John Petersen and Jerry Mullin were fined 25 dollars and costs, Loren Coolihan 32 of Palo 10 dollars and costs due to an oversight. Sergt Dale Cunningham noted Petersen was accompanied but unnamed in the report. Deputy Chief Mikota was informed Coolihan’s case involved plain intoxication.
German news agency reports Hein rich Schablinsky once with the Philadelphia Orchestra was freed by German soldiers from a Russian prison on June 26.
Prime Minister Winston Churchill told defense workers Britain will not parley with Hitler or Nazi leaders and will bomb German cities harder than the Luftwaffe. He said Britain has gained air parity and will rise to superiority, promising ongoing, intensified raids despite heavy wartime costs.
Washington report notes American defense output in 1918 shows faster rearmament than April 1917 levels. Army strength grows from 135,000 regulars and guards to about 1.45 million. navy and marine corps rise to 273,096 and 54,342. Garand rifles and machine guns enter steady production. tank output begins with 13 t ontanks rolling monthly.
United Press reports from Radio Moscow that Field Marshal Hermann Goering is in disgrace and possibly in a concentration camp. The broadcast claims Hitler called him a coward and sought to shift air command to Milch while Himmler asked permission to detain Goering.
In Berlin on Monday officials dismissed Moscow radio claims that Marshal Hermann Goering is imprisoned for opposing the push into Russia. The record states he is directing aerial warfare against the Soviet front from his eastern front headquarters.
Cedar Rapids area forecast calls for partly cloudy skies tonight and Tuesday with a warmer trend and a Tuesday high near 90. The day began cool, with 60s at dawn, rising through the morning to 81 by 2 30 pm and 79 at 1 15 pm, while Sunday reached 78.
AP reports Leon Henderson warned that the wartime retail surge driven by defense spending will end as raw materials face rationing. He warned of inflation risk and urged tax hikes and savings to curb purchasing power, saying America must outproduce Hitler with three hours of daily defense work.
London dispatch reports a mutual pledge between Britain and Russia to aid each other in the fight against Germany and to resist any armistice or peace without mutual consent. The agreement hints Russia’s future participation in postwar peace talks and restoration of territories seized early in the war.
Pravda called the Soviet British mutual defense accord a tremendous consolidation of forces in the war against Germany. S A Lozovsky said Britain has the world's most powerful ally in the United States, and that Washington is an active partner, not a silent one.
Linn County Abstract reports 365 new car registrations last month the highest June total in ten years despite defense demands. May saw 474 and April 464. June 1936 remains a higher month with 345 cars. Truck sales totaled 54, down from May's 71, with 1941 June surpassing all recent Junes except 1936.
Secretary Knox, on the Navy head’s anniversary, argues wartime aid to Britain must not drag the U.S. into war yet insists war is infinitely preferable to a peace secured by Hitlerism. He says no sane man wants war but supports aiding England to protect future national welfare.
At a White House conference President Roosevelt and military leaders urged prompt action to retain selectees and national guardsmen in training beyond one year. Lawmakers signaled possible hearings on legislation to keep draftees and reserve officers in service, despite opposition.
Twenty three of twenty seven defendants accused of selling beer to minors appeared before Justice H. R. Churchill. They waived preliminary hearing and posted 300 dollars bonds. One likely will not appear. A false name Joe Bean at Little Bohemia tavern was not found. Names and locations of the appearing defendants include Tom McDonald 216 First street SE Albia Navaratil 1006 Third street SE and R S Oliver Leo's Tigers. Continued on Page 2 Cal 8.
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