21 May 1940
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1940
Page
1
A current comment notes the administration’s approach to national defense as a probe into its sincerity and integrity of purpose, signaling scrutiny of its defense policy and resolve.
Iowa welcomes retired Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, a native son, whose homecoming occurs amid global upheaval. He warned against war com placency, urged preparedness and unity, and urged caution against being drawn into Europe’s conflicts. He emphasized the need to defend against any attack while avoiding entanglement in distant wars.
British and Allied analysts say the northern France and Belgium fighting may still permit a withdrawal of Allied forces while warning the war would endure even if the battle is lost. German advances threaten the coast opposite Dover but Allied reformation options remain along the Somme and Aisne.
Cedar Rapids officials probed the death of John Drahahl 34 of Palo after a Rock Island freight locomotive struck him near the Palo station at 1020 pm Monday. Rain and hail hindered the scene investigation as the body, badly battered, was found along the tracks. Deputies traced him from Shellsburg where he had been playing cards. The case remains open pending further inquiry.
Public Health nurses describe Peter a nine year old boy with malnutrition and illness awaiting recovery. Funds from the Camp Good Health Fund enable a summer camp providing cod liver oil nourishing meals sun baths and fresh air. Contributions sustain camp operations aiding Peter and his convalescing father and other physically handicapped children in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
Retired Admiral Harry E. Yarnell scoffs at invasion fears sweeping Washington. He warns against sending an army to Europe, calls dictatorship abhorrent, and says the Allies will win. He notes U S debt could soar to forty five billion in another war and urges restraint and fiscal caution before conflict.
War front reports a new kind of fighting where thousands of tiny forts house small squads sweeping fields forests roads and streets with sustained fire. Dispatches from French Army General Headquarters describe this unusual stalemate as Allied and German forces battle amid a landscape dotted by improvised strongpoints and relentless machine gun barrages.
Fragmentary passage argues against interfering in European affairs and warns against domestic threats to democracy. It recalls 1917 18 mistakes, noting a wartime spirit, compares national debt from about $1,000,000 to nearly $45,000,000, and calls for unity and fiscal caution.
Washington AP report says legislation to provide naval air strength of at least 10,000 planes and 16,000 pilots was proposed after talks Tuesday among President Roosevelt and top admirals with house and senate naval committee chairmen.
The Cedar Rapids census effort added about 64 individuals and families at six booths run by the Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. Due to success, the bureau will keep booths open Wednesday evening. Booths operate Tuesday until 9 30 p m and Wednesday 4 30 to 9 30 p m downtown and south side. Books go to census headquarters for assigned enumerators. Six girls and 16 Boy Scouts aided Monday. 12 more Scouts will assist Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Any uncounted person may volunteer information up to the preliminary figure release.
LATE BULLETINS SKORLJE Yugoslavia frontier area between Yugoslavia and Italian held Albania flooded by Italian error as per AP. London INS reports Lord Beaverbrook British aircraft production expanded to a day and night seven day week.
A syndicated essay argues true wisdom comes from recognizing we are instruments, not ends. It cites Jesus, Ruskin, and Tennyson to emphasize humility and living through the Father. The piece blames self-centered living for sorrow and urges surrender to a higher life.
Berlin reports massive German air attack as Allied rear lines disorganized in northern France. Reynaud tells the French senate that unbelievable faults in command led to German breakthroughs across the Meuse bridges not destroyed, admits lesser trained Meuse units and motorized raids, and vows punishment while praising the RAF. He says France and Britain will not be beaten.
Berlin said Hitler's blitzkrieg drove to the English Channel cutting off about one million Allied troops in northern France and Belgium. The claim described a 60 mile breakthrough to Abbeville, with Giraud captured and forts from Namur to Antwerp fallen, and warned that Allied forces were trapped with only sea evacuation possible.
Cedar Rapids and vicinity recorded 85 inches of rain around midnight Monday as thunderstorms lashed the area. Streets turned to rivers but no flooding was reported. temperatures rose into the 70s with high humidity. Firemen reported a lightning strike on Leo Snnkup's home at 1321 E Avenue NE at 1201 am Tuesday with only slight damage.
Gardiner Montana AP reports a footh ulcer forced Mrs Anamae Scott to delay her wedding by a week until next Saturday. Her fiance was killed Sunday in a mining accident at Silver City Nevada, crushing her plans and altering a future she hoped to share.
Only three days left to register file a change of address or record a name change for the June 3 primaries. The commissioner of registration, operating with the city clerk on the third floor of city hall, warns the deadline is Friday at 9 p.m. Offices open at noon Wednesday Thursday and Friday and Friday evening.
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