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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1941
Page
3
Berlin reports continued success on the east front with claims of large Russian retreats and German gains. Hungary's entry into the war strengthens German positions and threatens Russian flanks as Berlin promises a Sunday full report direct from the battlefront.
The Navy Department announced a three officer and sixty man detachment of Marines sent to London to facilitate communications among U S offices there. They will also act as fire watchers to relieve embassy staff amid expanded work and new separate offices.
London reports continued heavy bombing and shelling along the French coast as British planes strike Calais Lille Dunkerque and surrounding targets. The air ministry says 10 fighters lost and seven German fighters destroyed in Friday sweeps with several enemy aircraft damaged.
Berlin says 36 British aircraft were shot down in 24 hours and six heavily loaded enemy merchant ships sunk off the British coast. It claims RAF bombers suffered a severe defeat in raids on Nazi targets and notes 19 British planes lost in daylight raids on the French coast, with 14 shot down by German fighters and one German plane reported lost.
The British admiralty announced the German prison and supply ship Alstertor was intercepted. Ninety survivors from the Rabaul and Trafalgar were rescued after the German raider sank in the Indian Ocean. Several crewmen were killed when mines aboard detonated.
The Senate voted 40 to 20 to extend President Roosevelt’s authority to revalue the dollar and operate the 2 billion dollar stabilization fund for two years. Opposition warned depreciation harms defense bonds and insurance policies. A separate move to end revaluation failed 40 to 22.
Berlin reports Gen Maurice Gamelin former French army chief escaped Bourraso prison where he was held for court martial on state interests charges. Two arrested at Clermont Ferrand suspected of aiding escape as nationwide manhunt follows.
Senator Clyde L. Herring voted with the majority to extend for two years Roosevelt's authority to devalue the dollar and sustain the 2 billion dollar stabilization fund. Senator Guy M. Gillette remained in Iowa during the vote period.
Major Stanley H. Umstead lands the 82 ton B-19 bomber at March Field after a 65 mile test hop from Clover Field. The air corps chief test pilot praises its handling while spectators and officials from the war department and British government witness the maiden flight.
Cedar Rapids saw a dramatic cooling as heavy showers Friday afternoon dropped the temperature from a 93 degree high to 68 degrees by early morning. Rainfall totaled .45 inch with a relief from the heat that peaked at 93 degrees earlier in the week.
Cedar Rapids area drive leader M H Morrison urged captains and workers to complete U S O collections by Wednesday so reports can be filed before the July 4 national close. Saturday's receipts push toward a 7000 goal with 3000 still needed. Montrose hotel staff John B Turner and Son Money Corp Lovely Lady beauty shop and Sebetka Brothers grocery added to 100 percent contributors.
A mandamus writ was filed in superior court to compel the city council to issue a beer permit to one of 40 holders accused by police of selling beer to minors. A hearing to show cause is set for 10 a.m. Monday in city hall courtroom.
Rumors that General Maurice Gamelin had escaped his confinement in unoccupied France were officially denied on Saturday night.
The Office of Production Management urged eight new aluminum plants in six states to add 600 million pounds of annual output for defense, raising U S capacity to 1.4 billion pounds with 200 million more from Canada. Location decisions rest with Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. RFC defense plant corporation to finance.
South Side Civic Club votes $25 to the Camp Good Health Fund, boosting a top community project alongside a $10 picnic offering from Saron Lutheran Church. The Camp Health program aids physically handicapped children in Cedar Rapids supported by the Public Health Nursing association with donations accepted through Sunday.
The War Department asked Congress to authorize a broad purge of unfit officers, warning retention would threaten national security. Senator Thomas introduced a bill, citing revitalization of the army, while Patterson proposed a five officer staff board to wield final decisions and streamline removal.
Moscow reports fierce fighting as Red Army strikes at German spearheads on multiple fronts. A counteroffensive routs the 39th tank corps HQ near Minsk and repulses probes toward Lwow, with air and ground forces aiding in stifling the central front advance.
War updates from Istanbul to Rome detail German forces seizing Minsk and Italian artillery punching at Tobruk. Finnish artillery bombardments north of Hangoe Fort and Romanian claims of sinking the Moskva cruiser add to a panorama of intense World War II combat fronts.
Report by Robert St. John aboard the President Garfield reveals Romanian secret agents spread through Bessarabia Bucovina and Ukraine for six months. They planned an anti communist revolution tied to German moves into Russia with funding from Berlin.
Kenneth Gordon Bond of New Haven Conn a 28 year old University of Iowa student died when his car smashed through a barricade and into a swollen Bear creek tributary near Independence Iowa on highway 11 between Independence and Walker. Bond identity confirmed after papers pointed to Frank Bond of Pittsburgh Pa. Witness Jack Meggers said the car traveled 70 to 80 mph failed to turn onto the temporary bridge and struck a concrete abutment before sinking. coroner ruled drowning with a fatal head wound. Sheriff officials and volunteers recovered the body from the water after authorities attached cables to the wrecked car.
Iowa City AP Grant Wood returns from a year’s leave to receive a professorship in the University of Iowa school of fine arts. He will collaborate with the director to extend the creative arts integration in the curriculum. Wood, known for Midwest scenes, has lectured nationwide and briefly led Britannica’s art section while earning an honorary doctor of fine arts from Northwestern University.
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