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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1941
Page
1
Tokyo reports a 78 officer shake-up in the war office as France and Japan negotiate over Indo-China Thailand terms. The changes include former War Minister Hata becoming commander in chief in China, while Gen Nishio joins the supreme war council. Officials say policy toward China remains unchanged.
Soviet Ambassador Constantine A. Dumansky assured Undersecretary Sumner Welles that American goods sent to Russia are used exclusively for domestic needs and not destined for Nazi forces.
Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins urged officials of International Harvester and the CIO Farm Workers Organizing Committee to meet in Washington Monday to settle strikes at the company's plants.
The Gazette offers a ten dollar reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those stealing Cedar Rapids Gazette copies from porches and news boxes. Several complaints have been received about missing Friday and Sunday issues.
Washington US. Elizabeth Dilling leader of The Mothers Crusade Against Bill 1776 offered FBI inquiry into birth statistics and finances to prove Carter Glass insulted the group. Glass urged probe into whether members are mothers and questioned financial backing and foreign propaganda ties. Dilling mocked the inquiry and highlighted her children.
A severe weekend gale battered California causing widespread destruction. Flooding near Sacramento closed highways at Dunsmuir while Red Cross evacuated 50 families from flooded Canoga Park area in Los Angeles. Rain totals exceed normal levels, with Los Angeles over 20 inches for the season and Redding near 50 inches.
An earthquake hit Northern Greece on Saturday causing building collapses in Larisa, a town of about 30,000. Panicked residents fled in night clothes as shocks were felt, and early reports warned of heavy casualties.
Madisonville Kentucky reports former Gov Ruby Laffoon aged 73 died Saturday from a paralytic stroke in Kentucky. He served as governor and was born in the state.
Washington notes quote Senator Scott Lucas argues the British aid bill is the nation’s best insurance for peace and democracy. He says supporting Britain with tools, not men, helps deter war and keeps the United States first in naval and national power, amid fierce debate in Congress over the measure’s scope.
Winneshiek county grand jury indicted Carl Dvergsten former deputy county treasurer on three counts including making false entries embezzling 2439.99 and failure to take oath. Dvergsten disappeared January 3 with a county shortage reported January 4 and his billfold was found in a St. Louis hotel.
Washington AP report details Director Knudsen plan to prevent defense sector walkouts. The three point method includes a secret ballot, a 10 day fact finding period, and a 30 day cooling off window. He backs mediation but opposes universal closed shop ban.
A reader reflects on emotional control as essential to clear thinking. The article stresses thinking with the mind over feelings, warns against sentimentality, and advises consulting a trusted friend when emotions cloud judgment. It cites experience from others as hard to ignore.
London report notes King George VI greeting newly arrived U S ambassador John G Winant at a wayside station in a gesture akin to Roosevelt welcoming Hallfax earlier. Winant landed Bristol by plane from Lisbon and was met by Bracken Duke of Kent and others.
Cedar Rapids forecast calls for considerable cloudiness over the weekend with warmer nights. Temperatures rise from the twenties in the morning to the mid thirties by afternoon, then fall back to the twenties after sunset with a rapid evening drop.
The 185th field artillery anti-tank battery will entrain at Milwaukee station at 1 p.m. Sunday marking the dissolution of Cedar Rapids National Guard garrison after a three week stay. 87 officers and men depart for Camp Claiborne Louisiana, ending a period with no arrests or disturbances. Soldiers remain in Memorial Coliseum Armory through Saturday with visitors allowed until doors close Sunday noon.
The Roosevelt administration outlines steps to safeguard defense resources. The Office of Production Management urges substitutes for tungsten, while two Maritime Commission officials plan a voluntary priority system for defense cargo. An urgent plea calls for selling idle machine tools, and a production consultant warns even distribution of orders is needed to maximize steel capacity.
Berlin reports a second Siegfried line on the Channel coast to serve as a springboard for an invasion of England and as a bulwark against potential Allied landings. Fritz Todt directs massive fortification work with three shifts, reusing the Westwall labor and equipment to transform Channel ports into a ready military platform.
London reports George W Rendel British minister to Sofia has orders to sever diplomatic relations with Bulgaria when he sees fit. In Sofia Rendel told King Boris Britain must break relations and warned a declaration of war and RAF strikes on German lines could come within hours if Germany advances into Bulgaria.
A motorist, Sheranick 25, jumped from a dead battery car on Ellis boulevard NW to avoid a rear crash with Aldrich Kremenak 19. In a second crash at C street and Sixteenth avenue SW, three people were hurt. Klima 19 ran a stop signal, and injuries included bruises to Lance Lopata 23, Angela Barta 23, and Joan Wheeler 17.
A Cedar Rapids car missed a turn on Upper Chain lakes road and plowed 75 feet through a ditch before hitting a stone driveway approach. Four people Everett Behrends Lucille Behrends Lois Johnson and Fred Peterson sustained minor injuries and were treated at Mercy hospital.
The Marion draft board received a call for eight men to leave on March 11. Two volunteers are already available for this detail, board officials said Saturday. The board will send out five men on March 6. All members of this group are volunteers.
The American Red Cross announced it has chartered the SS Exmouth to carry a 1,250,000 dollar cargo of food clothing and medicines to unoccupied France. The Exmouth is the second Red Cross ship granted permission to pass through the British blockade.
Earth current disturbances possibly from sun spots disrupted wire and radio communications. European wireless messages came through erratically as communication companies reported the disruptions were worldwide.
Germany drives into Sofia to seal Bulgaria’s adherence to the Vienna pact observers report heavy air and ground moves near Varna and Salonika while Junkers transports bring troops. The pledge aligns 6 million Bulgars and 40 thousand square miles with the Axis before March and beyond.
A local barber named Gilbert Martin is described as doing many things beyond cutting hair. The narrative notes his shop near the Second Avenue Bridge where he supposedly interrupted a theft by accusing a man of stealing a car after a dramatic haircut incident.
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