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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1941
Page
3
Acting Secretary Sumner Welles outlines a postwar league of nations with the United States and an international police force. The piece notes doubts about practicality, historic failures, and the need for sacrifice amid defense demands and non defense spending, warning of public sentiment in a grim, evolving wartime economy.
German bombing raids on Moscow from dusk Tuesday to dawn Wednesday were labeled a fizzle by the Soviet, with reports of fires and damage around the Kremlin and Red Square. Moscow endured sirens and blackout as fires lit mid-city areas and casualties were reported.
OPM Director William S. Knudsen warned that halving automobile production now would leave many idle workers. He said a sensible curtailment plan would be developed by the OPM auto industry committee led by James Adams, with final decisions not to be dictated by Leon Henderson. Henderson traded words with Sen. Connally during a Senate defense hearing.
Donald Lloyd, 23, of 825 Sixth Street SE, fined 50 dollars and costs for reckless driving with 25 dollars suspended on good behavior, plus 5 dollars and costs for driving without a license. Lloyd jailed one week for inability to pay. Collision with Charles J. Benda of Ely at Sixth Street and Sixth Avenue SE left Benda and two passengers injured, all treated and released.
Melvin Tudor local Scout executive asks all Boy Scouts and Scouters to stand by for a 7 a.m. Thursday radio announcement on WMT. The message will issue detailed orders for an emergency mobilization testing the group’s crisis planning and organization skills.
Motorist William Hesse faced two crashes on the same avenue involving David and Susan Seger. In December a sledder, Susan Seger, broke a leg. this week David Seger, 7, suffered head and body injuries. Hesse, 49, reported to police after both incidents. brakes checked OK.neighbors call him careful. Seger family may seek highway scrutiny.
One hundred fifty Detroit women calling themselves wives mothers and sweethearts of local draftees offered to join the U S army. In a telegram to President Roosevelt they propose that women be enlisted to replace draftees who won t stay drafted after completing a 10 week course in emergency motor vehicle repair.
Acting Secretary of State Sumner Welles outlined a peace framework to govern a future league of nations with international military police. He urged abolition of offensive weapons, universal economic rights, and strict arms disarmament under global supervision. He tied U S. participation to defeating Hitler and criticized Senate action on Wilsonian ideals.
Seven men were named by the West Side draft board to be inducted into the army on August 6. They are Robert R. Kenney Edwin J. Prochaska John F. Rock Walter E. Hewitt William L. King Robert L. Ross and John E. Trebl all listed with their addresses or last known locations.
George L. Helmstadter 44 leading Chicago and North Western Railway passenger agent died of a heart attack while vacationing at Lake Louise Canada. He served as general passenger agent in Chicago and North Western system. His death occurred Tuesday during a vacation in Canada.
General George C. Marshall testified before the House Military Affairs Committee that organized outside forces are pressuring draftees and guardsmen to oppose extending service beyond one year. He warned the issue cannot be treated as politics and urged approval of a national emergency proclamation to keep troops longer in service. Two telegrams from Fort Dix protested the extension, per Senator Wheeler.
Berlin papers shift front pages from war to a new anti Roosevelt campaign. A photo shows Roosevelt with his sons at a Masonic lodge session claimed to be damning evidence, with Nazi outlets calling him tool of world Freemasonry. The image, allegedly from Masonic HQ in Oslo, is described as taken on November 7 1935 at the initiation of his sons James and Franklin jr.
Congress non interventionists formed a steering committee of five senators and 10 congressmen to oppose a national emergency declaration, any push for a new American expeditionary force, and joint U S occupation of Iceland with Britain. Len Burton Wheeler led the group.
Cedar Rapids area endures a blistering heat wave with highs near 95 to 100 degrees this afternoon. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies and possible thundershowers, while Tuesday and July 9 tied for the hottest days at 92 degrees earlier in the week, and misty breezes offered brief relief overnight.
The day brought extreme heat as Fort Dodge and Des Moines reached 102 degrees at noon. Readings across the state included Centerville at 94 and Ottumwa in the mid nineties.
Leo H. Adams of Webster City died after collapsing from heat while threshing on a southern farm. He lost consciousness on the way home Tuesday night and died en route. He is survived by his widow and eight children.
Highs reached 93 in Waterloo and 101 in Alta and Carroll while Davenport posted 89 and Muscatine 90. Overnight fell mainly to 70s with Decorah Estherville and Clarinda at 67 the state low. Precipitation scattered along the Mississippi with Dubuque .31 Davenport and Keokuk .02 and Marshalltown .09 the only inland measurable amount.
George Bernard Shaw, 44, a street peddler, was fined 20 shillings in police court Tuesday for driving a horse and van while drunk. The incident drew a reaction from the noted playwright George Bernard Shaw who said it is unfair to label a child with a name it cannot live up to.
Berlin reports Lieut. Col. Werner Moelders, Germanys leading air ace, has been promoted to colonel. The announcement came from well informed German quarters on Wednesday.
A Vichy spokesman said France agrees to temporary Japanese occupation of strategic bases and airfields in French Indo China to protect the colony from British Chinese and Free French aggression. Japan demands concessions in southern Indo China while Berlin watches narrowly amid wider war tensions.
The Cedar Ronds News reports the county plans a 1942 tax reduction of 67 292 tied to lower bonded debt and pension funding. The board seeks 993 653 in taxes for 1942 down from 1 060 945 this year, despite a reported rise in expenditures due to a double emergency fund levy.
Harry D. Rowe, 47, of 116 Sixteenth Street NE, suffered fractures of the spine and left arm when he fell from a tree he was trimming at 815 Ellis Boulevard NW around 10:20 a.m. Wednesday. Patrolmen Hines and Dyson summoned an ambulance to St Luke's hospital. Rowe worked for J P Conway Company, real estate firm.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox said there were no questions but noted recent Far East developments including Japan’s radio and cable censorship and predicted a swift military move. He declined to specify the direction, saying it could be north or south, as Washington and Tokyo prepared for possible action in Indo China and beyond.
London reports indicate both nations are ready to freeze Japanese assets, either as a general measure or in retaliation if Japan attacks. Foreign Secretary Eden warned Tokyo to stay out of Thailand, stressing Britain has no plans regarding Thailand or Indochina. Observers expect Vichy France to yield to Japan.
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