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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1941
Page
2
Weather section for July 24, 1941 presents daily observations and conditions. Forecast and local climate notes detail temperate patterns, precipitation chances, wind, and humidity specifics for the day.
Mrs. Peter I. Kissich aged 37 of 2911 Oakland avenue NE died at 10 15 a m Thursday Mrs Guy J Marnette aged 60 of 1524 Washington avenue SE died at a local hospital at 3 p m Wednesday John Jack Craig Ross aged 67 of the Grand hotel died at 1010 First avenue East at 12 20 p m Thursday
Dean Shannon aged 43 of 1227 Twentieth avenue SW was fined 50 dollars and costs for disturbing the peace of his family. Eldon F. Knott of 155 Fourteenth avenue SE fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding 45. Mrs Juanita Kar lan of 323 Thirty-eighth street NE fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding 45.
Mercy hospital reports Mr and Mrs Lawrence Reading of 319 Twenty seventh street drive SE welcomed a daughter on July 24. Mr and Mrs John Murphy of Fairfax welcomed a daughter on July 24. St Luke's hospital records Mr and Mrs Daryl Pendergraft of 1355 F avenue NW with a daughter born July 23.
Tom Hill of 423 K Avenue NW was fined $5 and costs by Justice H. R. Churchill for driving without a license.
The piece argues Hitler seeks diversions as Moscow raids continue. It notes German setbacks and Russian resilience, with eye witness accounts of guerrilla actions and civilian suffering amid heavy losses on both sides. Signs point to a broader Far East crisis and potential shifts in strategy.
British and German dispatches report Hitler’s invasion of Russia slowed, with DNE claiming 13,000 Soviet prisoners captured at Nevel and London noting no regrouping for a third assault. Soviet fronts at Porkhov Nevel Smolensk Zhitomir see bitter fighting as mud clogs roads toward Kiev.
Washington hearing on newspaper ownership of radio stations featured Marco Morrow of Capper publications who testified that owning a station helps a paper perform its job. He said a newspaper gains prestige and improves reporting, while Professor Charnley explained news gathering similarities and differing presentation between papers and broadcasters.
The White House and OPM announced an AFL pact pledging no strikes on construction for defense projects. About 800,000 construction workers for army and navy projects are covered, with indirect impact on 1.5 million in defense housing and related sites nationwide.
FCC hearing evidence shows radio receiving sets grew from 400000 in 1922 to 50100000 in 1940. Advertisers spent about 545 million with newspapers and 200 million with radio firms last year. Newspaper circulation rose from 29686323 to 41009258, while daily papers fell from 2033 to 1877. Fly cautioned that joint ownership probes will wait until hearings finish.
The Department of Justice asked Congress to tighten anti sabotage laws making sabotage a federal offense when there is reason to believe violations may affect the defense program. Attorney General Francis Biddle urged Speaker Rayburn that current law requires clear intent to interfere with defense efforts.
Stop getting up nights and flush poisons from kidneys with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. Relieve bladder irritation and backache with directions on the package. Other symptoms include burning passages and cramps. Money check if it fallen.
A Cedar Rapids area labor dispute escalates as ten workers back an agreement with a company to avoid dismissal while the CIO seeks control. The union bargaining committee demands disciplinary power and warns a reopener if these members rejoin. General Marshall testifies on Nazi threats in South America.
Edward Cooney, 28, of Oxford, was arrested for drunkenness after midnight on Tuesday. In police court he was fined 10 dollars, but jailed for three days for nonpayment. Officers learned he is wanted on bad check charges by the county sheriff. Cooney allegedly issued seven bogus checks across four cities and faces further detention on the false charge of passing a bogus check in Oxford.
War Department draft proposal before the Senate Military Committee would keep selectees national guardsmen and reserves in active army service for the duration of a congress declared emergency. The bill, submitted by Secretary Stimson, would lift the 900000 trainee cap and allow employing forces beyond the regular army in national defense during an emergency. General George C. Marshall opposed Senator Taft’s 16 month service limit on reservists and selectees.
Negotiations between management and the Big Five rail unions continue with 350,000 operating and 800,000 non operating workers pressing for large raises. The dispute centers on a proposed $900 million annual cost, with rule change demands seen as aimed at lowering workers’ yearly income.
The passage suggests arbitration or appointing an emergency fact finding board to preserve the current state for 60 days. It notes that historically all emergency board recommendations have been accepted.
London radio says about 5,000 Serbs have risen against German forces in Yugoslavia attacking garrisons and outposts. A separate raid saw 200 Serbs descend from mountains seize prisoners and retreat to the hills.
President Roosevelt will depart Washington by train for Hyde Park New York to spend the weekend at his home as aides announced he would be in the capital again early next week.
Ottawa reports Harry Hopkins administrator of the lease lead program arrived in Canada from Great Britain on Thursday. Russia's schools have more than thirty million pupils.
Roosevelt argues the oil embargo on Japan aimed to deter expansion southward and avert war, explaining Britain’s need to maintain peace in the South Pacific and the broader defense of freedom of the seas, noting Japan’s lack of northern oil and the Dutch Indies as a potential flashpoint.
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