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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1941
Page
3
Three German bombs struck the Buckingham Palace grounds during a Nazi raid injuring a policeman. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were not at the palace. The attack marked a second hit on the grounds since the blitz began. London reported 34 localities bombed Tuesday night with raids focusing on three towns.
The report notes a German raid on London with bomber losses disputed by officials and unofficial sources. British forces claimed heavy anti aircraft fire over four hours, while Kiel submarine base and factory targets were hit by long range British bombers. Berlin said attacks hit Birmingham and a southeast coast port. Several civilians were killed or wounded.
A lump of fresh burnt lime placed in the drawer or case where steel articles are kept will protect them from rust.
Mrs Geneva Stokes, 25, a hospital anesthetist in Chicago, asks for $3,000 she spent on her husband Dr Robert Stokes during their marriage. The divorce suit cites cruelty and seeks repayment of items from food and movies to medical education and fraternity expenses totaling $3,000.
The U S quartermaster depot announced a war department purchasing HQ will be set up in Chicago within 30 days to procure fruits and vegetables for the army. The bureau will direct 30 sectional officers and aim to prevent market disorganization at army posts.
Cairo dispatch reports British forces have occupied Dagha Bar in southeast Ethiopia as they advance from Italian Somaliland. The general headquarters communiqué says enemy losses since crossing the Juba river exceed 31,000.
In Atlanta W M Turner, long-serving pressroom foreman at the Constitution, asked for a paper after an auto wreck and, blindfolded, felt the print. He declares the paper is not the Constitution nor its printing, revealing the forgery.
Fred B. Cody cites cross-complaint alleging Mae Cody placed black widow spiders in his bed and attempted to run him over with the family car. He status his reasons amid Mae Cody's prior suit accusing him of beating her and consorting with other women.
The War Department announced the 42nd ordnance company will be transferred from Rock Island Arsenal Illinois to Porto Rico about April 1. About 150 officers and men will embark from New York.
Willie Willis remarks that ill people may find it easier to behave kindly and seek forgiveness, suggesting heaven is accessible to those who are sincerely repentant while facing illness. He frames goodness and remorse as simpler when one is laid up.
The Lenten service at St John’s Episcopal Church was canceled. Donald D Stone, son of Lisbon residents, has transferred from the Wasp to the Presidential yacht Potomac as ships writer. he has six years in the navy. Donald F Nowachek of Oxford Junction won enlistment in the air corps after final exams. Sergio F Cleary announced recruiting. Nowachek goes to Fort Des Moines then Jefferson Barracks. A C Doubenmier of 1053 Fourth Avenue SE is seriously ill after strokes Friday through Sunday. his son J S Daubenmier of Greeley and daughter Mrs H W Townsend of Sac City are with him.
In London the air ministry revealed that the public has submitted over 40 000 ideas for defending against German night bombers. Some suggestions mix humor with speculation such as equipping fighters with cats to guide pilots and freezing clouds to mount anti aircraft guns, despite the impracticality.
Two navy airmen based in San Diego were killed when a torpedo bomber crashed after exiting a thundercloud. Machinists mate Ralph Goff of Raccoon, Kentucky, and Dill and Darius Doga of Basil, Louisiana, perished. Ensign Walter Glenn Barnes of Coronado baled out and survived with shock and scalp wounds.
Los Angeles report details a vanished glass factory once valued at 1,000,000. Tax counselor George Knox Roth claimed the abandoned Tor rance plant had been stripped of raw materials machinery and brick walls. He urged a legislative inquiry and highlighted tax neglect in state records.
A bold advertisement touts Zonite as a safe germ killing hygienic aid for women. It claims instant contact disinfection without harming delicate tissues and deodorizing benefits. The pitch notes 20 million bottles sold and urges readers to buy from their druggist.
Bernard Baruch argues in a rare interview that American industry, mobilized and controlled, can supply Britain and economically defeat Nazi Germany. He warns the public to embrace defense mobilization and use economic warfare to force cooperation or risk losing the peace.
A Wednesday strike by Local 16 of the Aluminum Workers of America CIO halted operations at the Aluminum Company of America plant in Edgewater New Jersey. The dispute over overtime pay arose as the plant, operating 24 hours daily on defense contracts, faced a national aluminum shortage that put sheet aluminum for aircraft production on a defense-priority list.
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