Debate Over Lend Lease Amendments Faces Constraints
Administration weighs O Mahoney and Ellender amendments to restrict defense aid outside the Western Hemisphere. Public opinion pressure in Washington could affect passage, with risk of war involvement if lease lend extends beyond control. Left wing moves to oust Knudsen raise questions about defense coordination under Hopkins. Reader notes on a drunkenness case highlight age verification issues for tavern service. Secretary Hall calls the Sofia incident closed as Earle’s role grows uncertain in Bulgaria. Cedar Rapids City Council proposes a $1.435 million budget for the new fiscal year, aiming to curb tax increases despite rising war-related costs.
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Harry L. Hopkins
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State Hall
U.S
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State Department
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Cedar Rapids
Britain to mobilize 730 000 workers for arms production
Britain will close or consolidate dozens of peacetime factories to release up to 750 000 workers for arms manufacture. More than 50 industrial firms employing about a million workers will be affected as hosiery pottery textile and leather industries are reorganized under government control. Oliver Lyttleton announced that consolidation may absorb losses with government aid and no new legislation is needed.
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London
Britain
Germany
House of Commons
Oliver Lyttleton
Board of Trade
Lyttleton
Defense
Edward C Clark Dies in Miami Beach at 72
Edward Cyrus Clark 72 a retired Cedar Rapids businessman died at his Miami Beach Florida residence after a lingering illness He was a Cedar Rapids native and longtime local figure with ties to the Jones Douglas Cracker company Cedar Rapids and Marion City railway and the Clark McDaniel company Surviving are his wife two sons and four grandchildren The body will arrive in Cedar Rapids Thursday with Turner chapel in charge
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Cedar Rapids
Edward Cyrus Clark
Miami Beach
Fla
James Avenue
Clark
Jones-Douglas Cracker Company
Iowa
K.C.C.H
Trowel
Apollo Commandery
Shrine
Charles H
Annie E. Clark
Nellie E. McNary
Wisconsin
James Henry Clark
Relative Valuations For Cedar Rapids Loop Intersections
City assessor Jim Scolaro announced final relative valuations for Cedar Rapids loop intersections. The figures, based on a downtown questionnaire and rental values on file, aim to equalize assessments and eliminate past inequalities. A chart at Cedar Rapids City Hall requests public review and protests before the 1941 rolls are entered.
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Second Avenue
Second Street
Scolaro
Love of Country as Second Religion in a Faithful Nation
The piece argues that country life should be cherished but not idolized. seek first the kingdom of God and then love of country. It recalls DR NEWTON and honors diverse places that shape national spirit, noting liberty, self government, and unity with humanity beginning at home.
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Virginia
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Goldwin Smith
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Police Seek Three Red Cars In Crash And Assault Probes
Police investigated three separate reports of red cars in Cedar Raunds. Bill Hupp Jr said a nodding acquaintance took his red car and 15 dollars for union dues and did not return it. Wallace Boyson reported left side damage to his car from a hit and run on Second Avenue SE near Fourteenth Street.
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Cedar Raunds News
Bill Hupp
First Street
Hupp
Wallace Boyson
Country Club Parkway SE
Steve Stolba
Second Avenue SE
Fourteenth Street
Cardiff bomb raid rakes port in major WWII fire attack
German incendiary bombs hit Cardiff Wales in one of the war’s largest fire raids. Fires raged but were controlled by Tuesday. American Red Cross ambulances moved from London. Ports and ships were primary targets as Britain faced new defense challenges.
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Cardiff
Wales
American Red Cross
England
Britain
British Night Bombings Hit Western Germany Civilian Areas
Berlin reports British aircraft crossed into western Germany during the night and attacked civilian targets. German authorities claim strong Luftwaffe units raided Newcastle and the Welsh port of Cardiff causing large fires.
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Berlin
INS
Germany
Newcastle
Cardiff
Early Assails Lend-Lease Opposition as Troublemaking
White House spokesman Stephen T. Early charged Tuesday that sources tied to lend-lease bill critics aim to confuse and poison the public defense setup. He said after enactment two divisions would run the program under Roosevelt with a cabinet group and OPM, denying any departure from current administrative principles.
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White House
Stephen T. Early
America
Early
Roosevelt
Office of Production Management
Harry L. Hopkins
William S. Knudsen
OPM
John Biggers
Knudsen
War
Navy
Treasury
Britain
Cabinet Group
Administration Chieftains Weigh Troop Ban Compromise
Washington AP report says Administration leaders discuss an amendment guaranteeing no use of army or navy to deliver war supplies to Great Britain without Congress consent. The measure, backed by Senator O Mahoney, aims to ease passage of the lease lend bill by addressing Ellender’s troop constraints. Nye says opposition will begin committee amendments Wednesday as debate nears final votes.
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United States
Congress
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Wyoming
Washington
Great Britain
O'Mahoney
Wye
Hull
Wallace
Senate
Ellender
Tua
Nye
N. D
War Dept Heads To Be Questioned By House Panel
Congress demands details on rearming U S land forces and equipment sent to Great Britain. Secretary Stimson and General Marshall were called to testify after Stimson refused to provide information to the committee. Lawmakers say the war department's silence has drawn presidential approval from Roosevelt. The panel also complains about limited access to defense project data.
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War Department
House Military Committee
Stimson
George C Marshall
Army
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Department
Temperature Dips Then Rises In Cedar Rapids Area
Forecasts predict fair conditions for Cedar Rapids with little temperature change through Tuesday night into Wednesday. Tuesday morning dropped to 14 degrees after a day with highs near 48 and a brief snow event. City roads faced minor slipperiness, crews spread sand and cinders, and autos reported mostly normal conditions with some lingering spots around Ottumwa.
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Cedar Rapids
Automobile Club
Ottumwa
Chambers
Hull Declares Earle Incident Closed
Secretary Cordell Hull said the Sofia restaurant bottle throwing incident involving American Ambassador George H. Earle is a closed matter for the State Department. He added he has heard nothing to the contrary and marked no further action expected.
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Cordell Hull
George H. Earle
State Department
Hull
Local Man Max Smith Dies In Cheyenne Auto Crash
Max Smith a 27 year old Cedar Rapids native, died in a Cheyenne hospital from injuries after his car struck a bridge abutment while he was en route to visit his three day old daughter in Greeley Colorado. He had recently seen his newborn and is survived by Ruth Thompson, Carol Lee, his father Ross Smith and two brothers Forde and Forrest. Funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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Carol Lee
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Forrest
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Turner Chapel
Fueth
Herring Sets Radio Talk On Lease-Lend Bill
Senator Clyde L. Herring is scheduled to discuss the lend lease bill at 9 p m Tuesday night over the Blue network of NBC.
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Clyde L. Herring
Blue
National Broadcasting Company
Doubtful Open Break Over Russian Bulgaria Crisis
Berlin warned Russia may place military needs ahead of any fear of alienating the Soviet as German forces push into Bulgaria. Moscow issued a televised note to Bulgaria citing caution over Turkey and the Dardanelles while Turkey considers joining the Axis.
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School Board Denies NYA Use of Jefferson Building
In a two hour session the board denied NYA workers use of the old Jefferson school building saying it is needed for storage and may be sold after the upcoming school election. The board approved moving the Marion NYA project to Dairy Dale or Big Springs sites and considered shifting 60 to 100 workers to Palisades state park for a $5 475 project co sponsored by local agencies.
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Eighth Street
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Highway 30
Big Springs School
Center Point Road
R. C. Wood
Dairy Dale
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Palisades State Park
Britain to Break Diplomatic Ties With Bulgaria
Cable dispatches report British Minister George W. Rendel informed U S Minister George H Earle that Britain will sever relations with Bulgaria as German troops advance. The move, described as a formality, follows prior warnings of war risk and grants Rendel discretion to implement the severance.
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George W. Rendel
United States
George H Earle
Britain
Earle
Regation
Rendel
Bulgaia
German block on US minister’s Romania villa visit
A traveler from Romania says German authorities last weekend refused to let United States Minister Frank en Mott Gunther visit a villa outside Bucharest. The visit had Romanian authorization but the German military command would not permit departure.
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Bulgaria
Rumania
United States
Franken Mott Gunther
Bucharest
Gunther
Not Hurt Much Aboard Freight Car Fall
Jack Rhodes a 245 pound construction worker from Ocean City New Jersey fell from a freight car. An X ray showed no fracture yet he later felt back pains when stopping or coughing and was found to have a broken back after ten days. He spent three months in care.
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