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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1940
Page
23
City irrigation fears drought as June and July rainfall lag. Water usage climbs with lawns and golf courses, while river levels fall. Officials note high pollution from low water and discuss treatment with activated carbon. local farms worry about crops if rain does not arrive soon.
Professor W H Bundy former California educator presents a four part series on world events and prophecy at Maine lodge hall 838 First Avenue East. Talks include The Spiritual Education of the Apostle Paul Is Civilization About to Collapse Uses God Makes of Evil and The Second Coming of Christ Its Purpose. Free lectures with Q A. Bundy travels from Rock Island to Pittsburgh after Oakland.
Claude Dornier Jr son of Germanys noted aircraft builder has spent a year in the United States working without pay in Detroit plants and will enter an American university this fall He studied assembly line production and technical phases of the auto industry and now resides with F W Von Meister Ozalid executive
George Nissen and his trampolin troupe will headline the fourth annual Allied Industrial League picnic at Ellis Park on Sunday August 4. The event includes golf, baseball, races, horseshoe pitching, and music with Dempsy Jones singing and Bruce Bucknell presenting a pup show for children. Committee members meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Y M C A to finalize the program.
Washington reports a flood of defense ideas as the $14 billion preparedness effort receives about 1,500 letters daily from inventors nationwide. War officials describe war plans and devices ranging from aerial weapons to experimental guns, with blue prints, maps, and briefs flooding offices.
In Washington readers and petitioners flood government offices with ideas for American supremacy at sea and air. Potential inventors line up to meet officials seeking 1000 mile per hour aircraft and airborne ships while officials direct them to the right officers who listen to each proposal.
Melbourne reports the Australian government announced that overseas recruiting will cease once 3,000 more personnel are enrolled, bringing total troops to 80,000. The decision was disclosed on Saturday.
The Gallup poll shows Wendell Willkie leading Roosevelt in New York after nomination. Willkie 51 percent to Roosevelt 49 percent, a shift from March when Democrats led 53 to 47. Roosevelt polled 60 percent in 1936 election.
President Roosevelt and Secretary Wallace sail aboard the Potomac to escape Washington heat while planning the presidential race against Willkie McNary. They prepare for party strategy and the key task of naming a running mate as press deadlines loom.
Master General James A. Farley takes the helm as Democratic National Chairman, guiding party strategy and national campaign efforts.
Hollywood reports a Caesarean birth of Don Ameche and Honore Pendergast’s fourth son on Saturday at St Vincent hospital. The infant weighs 6 pounds 13 ounces and joins brothers Donnie age four Ronnie age four and Tommy age one.
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