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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1941
Page
2
The 1940-41 fiscal year closed with record revenues and defense outlays, while 1941-42 is projected to set new highs. Officials estimate defense costs already exceed 6.05 and 15.5 billion for 1940 and 1941, with further spending planned as factories come online.
Smokers flocked to buy cigarettes Monday in Illinois to dodge a new state tax. The rush spurred heavy sales as residents stocked up before the tax took effect.
An advertisement promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules to flush poisons and acids from kidneys and relieve nighttime urination and bladder irritations. It lists other kidney and bladder weakness symptoms such as backache leg cramps puffy eyes and promises money back if it fails.
The White House signaled selectees will stay in military training for one year before returning to private life. An executive order sets 900000 inductees for the year starting July 1, the maximum under the selective service law. Hassett said new inductees may be drawn as the current fiscal year’s training ends. A trio of orders creates an office of scientific research and development, an American defense service medal, and a good conduct medal for eligible service members.
City briefs list events and personal notices. Cooking School at 2 15 p m tomorrow in Glow Room Gas Company. Evelyn Sehoon and Joyce Bauserman visiting Mrs Merle Husman. Townsend clubs meet 7 45 tonight in Memorial building council room. Board of managers meet Tuesday 10 a m at Children’s Home. Parlor City lodge 59 and Harry Clark lodge 56 B of R L meet at Ellis park river pavilion 6 30 p m Wednesday for a picnic supper. Maxine Taylor recovering from appendicitis at Mercy hospital. D W Gardener, son of Mr and Mrs D A Gardener, hometown visitors from Camp Claiborne La National Guard duty. Clifford Borman returns to Boise Idaho after army air service visit.
John Howard Blomquist, formerly of Cedar Rapids and a 1937 Coe College graduate with first honors, will join the nylon division of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company after earning his PhD in chemistry from Ohio State University. He held the Knox scholarship and was a Phi Kappa Phi member. At OSU he served as graduate assistant for two years, an assistant for one year, and a University Fellow for one year.
Iowa Attorney General John M. Rankin announced the appointment of Kenneth F. Neu, 33, of Mason City as special assistant attorney general for claims. Neu will serve as attorney for the state appeal board comprising the comptroller, auditor, and treasurer, effective July 4 with duties starting July 5.
More than 5500 miles of brown paper 18 inches wide protected pipes in the Iraq Palestine oil line construction.
Former President Herbert Hoover urged a seven point plan on NBC to keep the United States non defeatist and non interventionist in the war. He called for aid to Britain and China without American troops in combat and resisted ideological wars while seeking a future peace conference.
Pope Pius XII, in a radio address, attributed the war to Divine Providence as punishment for mankind’s sins. He warned against atheism, urged trust in God, and said trials would last a fixed time while blessing Rome and the Italian people.
The Iowa State Commerce Commission lists a petition by Iowa Electric Light & Power Company to erect and operate an electricity transmission line across Linn County public and private lands including sections around Cedar Rapids. A hearing is set for July 15 at Des Moines, with objections due five days prior.
In 1939 amid Poland’s fall, Ignace Paderewski, near 80, lies in a railcar rest as bombs rain on Warsaw. He recalls his nation’s struggle, pledges support to Britain, and expresses longing for Poland to be born again while acknowledging he can say little more.
A proposal filed with the Iowa State Commerce Commission by the Iowa Electric Light and Power Company seeks consent to construct operate and maintain an electric transmission line of 6600 volts across public lands streams and private lands in Linn County including routes near sections 21 22 16 28 and 29 in townships 82 84 and ranges 5 8 West. The hearing is set for 1941 at Des Moines Iowa with objections due five days before.
Notice of incorporation announces ACME INVESTMENT COMPANY formed under Chapter 284 Iowa law. Cedar Rapids Linn County real estate business, $16 000 authorized capital, four directors named O L Becker Annie D Becker Joseph M Sinaiko Freda Sinaiko, annual meeting March 1. Dated June 27 1941.
Des Moines AP reports Iowa traffic fatalities totaled 250 by Monday, 20 higher than the same date last year, with 11 deaths recorded in the last week.
Lord Beaverbrook takes over as supply minister boosting Britain’s drive to build tanks and guns. The move aligns British and American production lines as planes surge, with scrutinized wartime aims against Germany and potential Russian campaign shifts shaping supply priorities.
The Woodmen of the World and the Omaha Woodmen opened their annual sovereign camp convention in San Francisco on Monday.
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