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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1941
Page
41
The conference urged flexible 1942 farm plans with continued conservation payments and material aid, expanding soil building and erosion controls, and using local administration. It endorsed cotton and grain quotas, extended crop insurance, and emphasized keeping farms sound to support national defense.
Montevideo report states Uruguay is drafting a formula to define that in defense of democracy any Western Hemisphere nation fighting a nonhemispheric power would not be deemed a belligerent. The measure signals support for the United States should it enter the war.
Defense Oil Coordinator Harold L. Ickes announced a petroleum industry meeting in Washington on June 19 to discuss plans to improve the utilization of oil resources during the national emergency.
Detroit engineers warn substitute materials will require new manufacturing methods and add costs up to 50 dollars per car. Cast iron replacements for pistons and zinc parts shift weight and reliance on plastics for panels, with no predicted quality loss but looming labor and transport challenges next year.
In Newport News the liner America, recently requisitioned by the army, is being converted into the troop transport USS West Point. Workmen finish the ship and install bunks and facilities, aiming for completion at 10 a.m. today. The vessel will carry 5,000 troops and could double capacity with shift sleeping.
London AP reports Britain's Ministry of Food says the diet remains healthy but lacks flavor and variety. Lord Woolton notes meat shortages weaken morale and urges canned meats and fish from the United States to restore “kick.” Campaigns push vegetables beyond potatoes as meat allowance stays four shillings weekly for a family of four. Onions will be abundant, Woolton says.
London Sunday papers lead with Roosevelt freezing all axis credits in the United States and warn the move could portend war. Headlines cite America striking a new blow at Hitler and the mining of New York harbor features in major dispatches.
Swedish financier Axel Wenner-Gren, described as a mystery man, slips into Washington with one luggage unit amid rumors of Axis ties. He denounces reports, says his future view of the world rests on American initiative and vows not to meet officials, only Swedish minister talks and private visits.
Associate Justice Owen J. Roberts urged unity of sentiment across the nation to back President Roosevelt. Speaking at Independence Hall during Flag Day events, he warned that tyranny spreads westward and questioned divided counsels and confused thinking in confronting the threat to national security.
Berkeley report from the Western Psychological Association notes rising militarism among university students. Dr. Ralph Gundlach cites a 500 student survey from Washington and compares it with five year earlier studies at Nebraska Princeton and New York University.
Cedar Rapids hosts four day international High Twelve gathering with about 400 delegates from the United States and Canada. Registration Wednesday at the Roosevelt hotel starts at 2 p.m. followed by an instructors’ and officers’ meeting and an evening social.
The maritime commission said no American owned or controlled tankers are shipping oil or gasoline to Italy or Japan. It noted no American registry vessels have engaged in such trade since the war began, except for five German flagged and five Italian flagged tankers whose owners cannot control movements.
William Kirstein of Des Moines was elected president of the Iowa State Association of Power Engineers at a Omaha convention. He succeeds Harry Treft of Council Bluffs. Next year’s meeting will be in Des Moines with officers Leo Whalen Mason City vice president Charles Amos Sioux City treasurer Clyde Bland Des Moines secretary Ray Walling Clinton conductor James Welch Des Moines state deputy J I Foster Fremont Neb doorkeeper John Nightingale Omaha deputy
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