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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1941
Page
2
Reported German offensives push toward Smolensk and Moscow as Russian counter-attacks form two-sided pressure. Central sector described as highly active with advances beyond the Smolensk area.
Russian diplomats in Ankara said three of Germany’s five air fleets are on the eastern front with a fourth in the west and a fifth in reserve. total first line Luftwaffe around 12,000 planes. They forecast German production at 20,000 to 25,000 annually and US output to surpass Germany next year.
Omaha fire officials say three alarm blaze damaged a large stock of defense machine tools and destroyed Fuchs Machinery and Supply. The fire escape door on the second floor was found open and the counterbalanced escape locked below. Bert Fuchs estimated stock damage at 40 000 to 50 000 dollars.
Charles A. Lindbergh's demand for an apology from Secretary of the Interior Ickes becomes public news. The letter, dated two days prior, arrived at the White House by special delivery on Friday.
In Atlanta the Georgia university system faces turmoil as Gov. Eugene Talmadge reshuffles the board of regents to oust five professors and assert control over policy amid criticism of northern philanthropic influence. The General Education Board suspends a $25,000 grant and Rosenwald Foundation reevaluates support as an inquiry probes political interference.
Reports from Vichy indicate talks between French and British to evacuate women and children from French Somaliland as an ultimatum to cede the colony to Free French or face blockade nears. British Cairo HQ says offer to move civilians from Jibati at the Gulf of Aden is underway via intermediaries. No U S mediation sought.
Cedar Rapids area forecasts call for fair skies and warmer conditions tonight and Sunday. Saturday saw highs near 78 degrees with a low around 57 early morning and a rise to 69 by late morning under sunny skies.
The British Press Service said John G. Winant United States ambassador to London would announce on a BBC program heard via shortwave in the United States at 7 15 p.m. Iowa time Monday The statement indicates a significant diplomatic development awaiting public broadcast guidance.
President Roosevelt approved a resolution designating February 11, 1942 as Thomas Alva Edison Day to honor the famed inventor.
Atlanta officials refused the use of the municipal auditorium for a speech by Isolationist Senator Burton Wheeler of Montana. A seven member city council committee voted unanimously against granting access, citing no stated reason. Wheeler noted U S occupation of Iceland during troop movements.
Aftonbladet quoted Radio Leningrad saying the Kremlin, former czar palace and Soviet government center, was ruined by a German air raid on Moscow. Allehanda cited Radio Leningrad reporting Moscow endured a heavy aerial bombardment at noon Saturday.
Senator Wheeler warns that if the President "pulls a Wheeler" he would keep the nation out of war, linking campaign promises to troop retreats. Senators Clark Nye Pepper weigh the Iceland defense stance as Roosevelt contemplates extending training, with Pepper defending the policy and risks of not acting.
Frank L. Martin 60 dean of the University of Missouri School of Journalism died of a stroke at his Columbia home Friday night.
London reports Sir Archibald Sinclair claims British Blenheim bombers have sunk 300000 tons of enemy shipping and damaged more in five months. He vowed deeper raids as longer nights arrive while British fighters reach German-held areas. Bad weather kept squadrons home and only a few German bombs fell on Britain. Saturday’s raid on a German convoy off the Dutch coast hit four ships about 22000 tons.
The Cedar Rapids Block company owned by Harold H. Spaight wins a contract to furnish concrete blocks for 375 defense worker houses at the Burlington shell loading plant. Levering Construction of St Paul orders about 400000 blocks to be made at Cedar Rapids and Burlington plants.
American consular agents and their families were allowed to depart Italian soil on a special train from San Remo after being held since Tuesday. The train heads to Portugal via France and Spain, ahead of the steamer West Point carrying Italian and German agents to Lisbon.
John L. Hawley and Louise Arbogast, married 38 years, died in a 1000-foot cliff plunge at Kings Canyon National Park California on their first vacation together in years. Park rangers reported their deaths and found Mrs. Hawley’s diary final entry, We’ve had such a happy trip.
SEMINOLE Okla AP A spectacular oil refinery fire caused by sparks from an automobile killed two people wounded three others and destroyed the plant distillery and six nearby homes. Firefighters lacking water battled to prevent the flames from spreading to more than 50 nearby homes and 18 producing wells were endangered. Mary Elizabeth Sacksfield 87 was killed and found in a creek while Frank R Waugh 38 died of burns. Fire chief Everett Broadnax estimated plant damage at 1 000 000. A broken gasoline line sparked the blaze after a car driven by C R Haskins approached and was driven off by another employee. Haskins was burned critically and his two daughters Foydell 10 and Betty Lou 9 suffered serious burns.
Britain calls 125 million people in German-occupied Europe to mobilize at midnight for a secret anti Nazi army. A radio broadcast from the European revolution urges Germans to rise, join the resistance, and chalk V symbols as Allied victory.
Washington report says treasury and social security officials discussed raising social security taxes from 1 percent to 3 or 5 percent for both employers and employees to curb spending that could fuel inflation. They cite preparedness funding and higher earnings, with weapon orders and material limits reducing consumer goods, risking inflation if demand remains strong.
Police with Town City officers arrested a 15 year old near the Washing ton high school building after a series of bicycle thefts. He admitted stealing two bicycles from city downtown bike parking and from a municipal lot. One bike was taken on July 6 and sold to a local dealer after removing its license plate. He fled to Iowa City and Cedar Rapids, selling a bike seat for 60 cents.
Radio Moscow, cited by Radio Moscow via a United Press broadcast, said Hitler and Mussolini would meet within days at Brenner pass to discuss the eastern front offensive progress and shifting German troops in Europe to Italian forces.
Berlin reports the gate to Moscow opened after German claims of success in Smolensk. Military experts say the aim is to destroy as much Russian force as possible while sealing off clashes and mop up operations. The high command cites Russian losses through July 10 of 6,233 planes, 324,000 prisoners, 1,800 guns, and 3,332 tanks in a three week battle across the front.
Axis reports widening of the Smolensk breach as German panzer troops push within 230 miles of Moscow and claim Smolensk captured. Russian counterattacks continue with guerrilla actions behind German lines as new 4,000,000 man reserve rumors surface in Istanbul.
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