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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1941
Page
3
The piece cites President Roosevelt threatening to call the bluff if torpedoing of ships continues, while urging Congress scrutiny of new tax legislation and defense funding. It notes public support for shared wartime costs and warns of inevitable government supervision in democracies.
President Roosevelt condemned the sinking of the Robin Moor as ruthless and an act by an international outlaw. He stated the United States would not yield the high seas to Germany and would demand full reparations for losses to American nationals.
President Roosevelt told Congress the Robin Moor was sunk by a German submarine in the South Atlantic on May 21. Survivors reached safety, and the President warned the act signals Germany aims to intimidate U S trade. he offered no specific retaliatory plan.
Washington announces government price holds on oil and rubber with plans to curb tire rubber use to 600000 tons annual in late 1941. Ickes weighs gasoline ration cards for eastern motorists while urging voluntary conservation and unity in defense efforts.
Turkish Foreign Minister Sukru Saracoglu assured Britain that Turkey will never allow German war materials or troops to cross its territory. The pledge came as Turkey signed a friendship pact with Germany, with written confirmation expected. Trade with Germany has surged, and talks with Italy on exchanges began. Turkey aims to remain neutral yet allied to Britain, with existing pacts intact.
Edward Riley aged 38 and Orville Watson aged 28, both of Detroit, were executed in the electric chair at Cook County Jail early Friday for the 1939 slaying of a Chicago undertaker during a tavern holdup.
German sources charged that American consular officers in Germany assisted the British secret service and fed information to a Washington center for British authorities. The claim followed Berlin’s order to close American consulates abroad as a response to U S actions, with Germany alleging espionage by consular staff.
Merle Ullick, 21, of Cedar Rapids, was fined five dollars and costs for excessive horn use under the city edict. The case, heard by Judge Har ry S. Johnson, had the fine suspended on payment of costs. Police warned that subsequent violators will have less excuse. Ullick was arrested at his home by Captain Hughes after a hourslong horn tuning.
Cedar Rapids and vicinity expect fair and warm weather with strong southerly winds. Temperatures to reach 98 or higher Friday and Saturday with a slight overcast and west winds moderating the rise. Observed highs near 86 at Chambers Inskeep Thursday afternoon, and early Friday readings around 70 to 82 through the morning.
Dr. E. E. Hruska of Cedar Rapids was slated to be named international president of High Twelve for 1941 42 at the seventeenth annual convention closing session at the Roosevelt hotel. If confirmed he will be the third Iowan to head the organization, succeeding John E. Cuddeback of Berkeley.
Six girls wrote and produced a benefit play titled Jean and Joans Summer Vacation. The event raised funds for Camp Good Health with proceeds donated. the performance featured a live duckling and took place Wednesday at 2 p.m. at 2214 Mount Vernon Road, home of Mr and Mrs George Seigel.
Omaha report states Mrs. J Wilford Holmes of Salt Lake City will lead the Navy Mothers Clubs of America as national commander for another year, closing their national convention Friday.
Cash buyers lined up after a single want ad. A modern bungalow on over 2 acres near city and schools, 42 blocks to bus. Down payment of 1000 cash required. owner leaving city. Address 3224 Carlisle St NE and phone 3-1444 for offers.
Cable dispatches describe Russia expanding military exercises with premier units on specialized assignments. The reports note marshland training near the former Polish front and rising European tension with Germany. Helsinki signals indicate war readiness while Finland tightens travel and training. Turkey suspends Black Sea shipping amid regional alerts. London press urges support for Moscow if war breaks out, with discussions of possible German attack regardless of Stalin concessions.
The admiralty disclosed April and May losses totaling 1,042,579 tons as Britain faced a rising submarine threat. May shipments reached 461,328 tons with April at 581,251 tons, marking the fourth-worst month for losses and prompting claims of heavy Nazi losses and increased Allied anti-submarine efforts.
William Evans admitted guilt on two murder counts and one assault count for a hunting knife attack that killed his mother in law Mrs. William J. Sanders and son Douglas, age 2, and wounded his wife Nedra, 22. Evans’s wife Nedra declined to cooperate and urged the law to run its course.
The Senate approved a 936.39 million relief bill for the next fiscal year after a brief debate over two amendments. One would let the President spend funds in eight months. the other would strike a provision barring using funds to pay WPA employee David Lasser. The bill’s size forces WPA to cut federal work relief in half the counties within 30 days, with 1 million enrollees targeted by July, the lowest WPA strength since 1935.
The Federal Power Commission recommends daylight saving time be adopted in areas where shortages occur, urging southeastern states to use daylight hours to cut non defense power use amid droughts. Some Southeast regions already practice voluntary curtailment to boost electricity for defense plants.
The Italian high command said Friday that heavy clashes had broken out anew in Ethiopia amid the ongoing conflict. The report highlights renewed hostilities and the volatile situation in the region.
The submarine O-9, among the oldest in the fleet, failed to surface after a test dive Friday off the Isles of Shoals. Officials fear for the 34 crewmen as it remains submerged for over six hours at a depth of about 370 feet, near the Squalus wreck site from May 1939.
Lieutenant Howard J. Abbott, Osceola Iowa, commander of missing submarine O-9, is named with Ensign M. C. Wangsness from San Diego. Navy divers from Washington moved toward the rescue with two phase plans to reach officers and crew, then salvage if possible. Rescue efforts involve the Momsen lung and new diving gear with pontoons stored in Boston awaiting deployment at Portsmouth.
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