Intervening claims and war zone shifts loom in Atlantic debate
The piece discusses interventionist ideas of convoying supplies to Britain without entering war, the Iceland war zone decree and potential German enforcement by submarines, and the risk such actions pose of drawing the U S into conflict. It contrasts with Congress moving to create the Office of Government Reports and notes fears of censorship and Goebbels-like propaganda. It also mentions Yugoslav demonstrations against Nazi pressure, government spending funded by borrowing, and a winter wind alert warning about kite strings near power lines risking electric shocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Atlantic
Iceland
Congress
Office of Government Reports
OGA
Herr Goebbels
Germany
Yugoslavia
Hitler
Japanese Foreign Minister Arrives in Berlin on Axis Visit
Japan's Yosuke Matsuoka arrived in Berlin on an axis trip en route to Rome, telling reporters America should watch developments in Berlin and Rome. He said Japan seeks peace with the U.S. and praised Germany's alliance, recalling Manchuria and the three power pact. He was welcomed by Joachim von Ribbentrop and rode to the Bellevue palace amid crowds. He also described Nazi groups greeting him at Posen stations and en route from Moscow.
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Berlin
Japan
Yosuke Matsuoka
United States
Matsuoka
America
Rome
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Bellevue Palace
Palace
Asia
Europe
Manchuria
League of Nations
Geneva
Tokio
England
Far East
Germany
Posen
Moscow
Balkan
Yugoslavia
Wilson And Co Declares Dividend On Preferred Stock
Wilson and Co Inc a Delaware corporation Tuesday declared a dividend of 1.50 a share on the 6.00 preferred stock for the period Feb 1 to Apr 30 1940. It is payable May 1 1941 to stock of record April 15 and reduces the arrearage on May 1 1941 to 600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wilson and Co., Inc
Gas Attack at 116 Sixth Street NE Shocks Cedar Rapids
Police responding to a dairy route man tip found the Cedar Rapids apartment building at 116 Sixth Street NE filled with gas. Perle Tewalt, the building caretaker, arrived and said he was fumigating the unit. he was told to post warnings for future jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
James Calahan
Sixth Street
Fire Department
Perle Tewalt
Carol Of Rumania to Live In Chile
The Chilean legation said former King Carol of Rumania and his companion Mme Magda Lupescu, who are in Portugal, will sail soon on a Portuguese or Brazilian ship to establish residence in Chile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Portugal
Carol of Rumania
Mme
Magda Lupescu
Chile
Tax on Bachelorhood: A Historic Tennessee Proposal
A Tennessee legislature once proposed a bachelor tax of 1000 dollars a year to fund an old maids pension. The note observes that clever bachelors would evade such a tax, as some use Gazette Want Ads to rent vacant houses. An example ad for a newly furnished two room apartment is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Gazette
1St Ave
Federal Man Seeks To End Wilson Strike
Federal labor conciliator John W. Cofer met with Wilson and Company leaders to mediate the strike involving the Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee. Maury Hopkins called the proposed compromise unacceptable while Cofer pressed talks and remained in Wilson to urge settlement. Pickets rated the strike 100 percent and government inspectors dwindled to four as hiring surged.
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Wilson
John W. Cofer
Wilson and Company
Maury Hopkins
Chicago
Hopkins
Packinghouse Workers Organizing Committee
CIO
Department of Labor
Washington
Cofer
J. T. McMillan
Otto Carstens, Jr
Carstens
McMillan
Five Guns Hidden by Huston to Be Examined in Missouri
Five guns found among loot connected to Bob Huston will be sent to Jefferson City for ballistic tests to determine if any were used in a Missouri murder. Huston and two accomplices were arrested on auto theft charges and returned to Cedar Rapids after Missouri police recovered the items in Canton, Missouri.
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Huston
Bob Huston
Canton
Jefferson City
Missouri
Earl Stanley
Billy Barnett
Betty Stein Hays
Cedar Rapids
Stanley
Bill Kudina
D. O Bender
Cedar County
C. C. Crawford
Quincy
Cedar Falls
Monticello
W. K. Allen
Harry Utley
Manchester
Vinton
Grinnell
Tipton
Ill
Sun Breaks Through Clouds Lifts Cedar Rapids Mercury
In Cedar Rapids and vicinity the forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions Wednesday night and a warmer low near 32 degrees Thursday with passing snow flurries and colder air. Tuesday saw highs around 42 and a low near 27, with temperatures rising from 30 at 9:30 a.m. to 44 by 1:15 p.m. as sun broke through the clouds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Mercury
Eam He Peter
Street Fighting in Belgrade Over Axis Pact Sparks Tense Britain
Riots erupt in Belgrade as students protest Yugoslavia joining the axis, with hundreds arrested across the country and warnings of further upheaval. Britain braces for possible German moves as Greece seizes retaliatory measures and Yugoslav ports face restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Belgrade
Greece
Yugoslavia
Salonika
Aegean
Cedar Rapids Considers Three Airport Sites For New Facility
John Drabelle of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce aviation committee reports surveys underway on three proposed sites for a modern airport. The present site south of the city, a west site near Waconia sorghum mills, and a Konigsmark location are under study. The current site faces lowland fog concerns and an L shaped layout may not meet federal approval. The Konigsmark site rises 128 feet higher. Lease on the current airport runs out January 1, and a decision is needed before then. Surveys are by Howard R. Green. A city vote on an airport bond will follow.
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Cedar Rapids
John Drabelle
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
Kiwanis Club
Cedar Rapids Airways
Waconia Sorghum
Konigsmark
Drabelle
Civil Aeronautics Board
Howard R. Green
Linn County Men to Leave Thursday for Army Service
Twenty four Linn county men from three draft boards will depart by bus Thursday at 6 am for Fort Des Moines to be inducted for a year of service. They join a 60 man contingent with participants from Maquoketa Anamosa Clinton and DeWitt. One bus leaves Maquoketa and another Clinton at 4 45 am to Cedar Rapids for breakfast before Des Moines.
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Linn County
Fort Des Moines
Army
Des Moines
Maquoketa
Anamosa
Clinton
DeWitt
Cedar Rapids
Italians Pressing Allied Fronts in Albania With Losses
A Greek spokesman said Italian troops still rush headlong into disaster on the central Albanian front, failing to gain ground while suffering heavy casualties. He reported a three hour attack north of the Voyusa river begun at midnight Monday.
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Athens
Greece
Voyusa River
National Husking Tourney Set for November 3 in Illinois
The 1941 national cornhusking contest will be held on November 3 in La Salle County Illinois. Dave Thompson associate editor of the Prairie Farmer announced the event Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dave Thompson
The
Prairie Farmer
la Salle County
Bank Night Parking Fines Declared by Judge
Judge Harry S Johnson told Cedar Rounds Court that bank night patrons who park in prohibited zones will face fines in the future. Four defendants were excused this Wednesday while one woman admitted guilt and received a warning of double fines if repeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank
Harry S Johnson
Weednesday
Johnson
Fire Near Cruiser In U S Shipyard in Camden
A small fire in scaffolding around a naval cruiser under construction at the New York Shipbuilding yards in Camden New Jersey was extinguished by city firemen on Wednesday. Spokesmen would not say how the blaze started and firefighters reported little damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden, NJ
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Camden City
Petain Seeks Cooperation With Reich in Europe
Paris reports that French Chief of State Marshal Henri Philippe Petain supports joining the new European order. Ambassador Fernand de Brinon said Petain believes France must cooperate with the Reich after returning from Vichy on Wednesday.
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Paris
INS
Henri Philippe Petain
France
Europe
Fernand de Brinon
Vichy
de Brinon
Petain
Serbians Consider Autonomous Nation Under Soviet Protection
London reports hint that Serbia may secede from Yugoslavia to form a separate autonomous state under Soviet protection. French circles and private sources point to strong Serbian opposition to collaboration with the Rome Berlin axis. Reports name anti-German agitator Sloboda Princip, nephew of Gavrilo Princip, amid Serbian pro Allied sentiment.
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London
SNS
Serbia
Yugoslavia
Europe
Sloboda Princip
Gavrilo Princip
Sarajevo
Taxes Take Fifth Of U S Income
Washington AP The census bureau reported that taxes absorbed one fifth of American income last year total taxes 14.3 billion dollars. The federal government collected 39 dollars per person on average while state and local governments took 27 and 43 dollars respectively.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Cops Guard Bethlehem and Chicago Plants in Strife
Police guard Bethlehem Steel in Bethlehem Pennsylvania and International Harvester in Chicago Illinois after violent clashes with CIO workers. In Chicago over 30 people were hurt and a melee at the Harvester plant preceded a truce talk with ERP and company officials.
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Bethlehem, Chicago
Bethlehem
Chicago
Ill
Ace
Bethlehem Steel Company
International Harvester Company
McCormick Works
Chicago Harvester
CIO Steel
CIO
ERP
Steel Campans
Bethehem
Harvester
Chinga
AFL
Prince Olav Sees Norse Resolve to Win Freedom
In New York Crown Prince Olav asserts Norwegians oppose German invaders and their Norwegian loyalists. He says the Norwegian navy operates destroyers lent by the United States to Britain, while King Haakon and aides fund fighting units and train hundreds of pilots in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prince Olav
Norway
Economic Club
United States
Great Britain
Prince Olay
McFarlane Improves and May Leave Hospital
Rep Ardh W. McFarlane of Waterloo has shown much improvement after an appendicitis attack and could leave the hospital on Thursday his physician says. He began his legislative career 26 years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ardh W. McFarlane
Waterloo
McFarlane
Nazi blockade nears new world with Greenland move
Germany extended its sea blockade beyond Iceland by three miles toward Greenland claiming a western hemisphere war zone. The move heightens tensions as American shops reportedly unload for Britain. U S authorities warn of destruction for ships entering the zone. Coast guard cutters patrol Greenland waters as Washington maintains Monroe Doctrine defense of the western hemisphere.
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Germany
Great Britain
Greenland
Techand
United States
Britain
United States Coast Guard
Washington
Waskeston
Georan
Densmath
Sheen
Greenlind
Seedard
Thet
Teeland
Tase
Effais
Icland
Ivasion
Denmark
U.S. Denies Iceland Shipping Claims in Berlin Disclosure
The state department and maritime commission rebut assertions from German spokesmen that American ships carried supplies to Iceland for transshipment to Britain. Officials said no American ships have visited Iceland for some time.
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Washington
INS
Gerran
Berlin
Iceland
Britain
State Department
Maritime Commission
German Push Set For April 1 But May Come Sooner
In Sofia, high neutral diplomats said Germany’s expected attack on Greece originally set for April 1 could be moved up to begin this week. British estimates place Hitler’s Balkan forces at about 800,000, with Britain already landing 159,900 troops in Greece. Greece is reported to have 400,000 to 500,000 men prepared to defend against a Nazi assault.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Germany
Greece
Adolf Hitler
Balkan
Britain
Raiders Hit Britain in Night Air Raid Across Regions
A raid by German planes killed several people and wounded others in a southwest town after emerging from clouds. The attack extended over the Midlands, West, and South Wales with bombs and machine-gun fire reported.
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London
INL
Wome
Midlands
West
South Wales
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Cairo
Italy
Grattan P. McGroarty
United Press
Cedar Rounds
Associated Press
OPM
New National Mediation Board
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Vienna
Dragije Cvetkovic
Joachim von Ribbe
Hely
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Br Associated Press
Reekjavik
Ireland
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