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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1941
Page
10
The paper urges broad participation in Safety Week led by police, officials, and civic groups to reduce accidents, climaxing with a no-accident White Friday and lasting benefits for motorists and pedestrians. It calls readers to engage enthusiastically and stay on guard.
An occasional item in storm-window ads notes the Duke and Wally still roam the land, causing no unrest. A Maryland rural paper calls the duchess a niece of locals while a Detroit columnist jokes his home weekly would label the duke as an outsider. Time moves on.
Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox speaks at Quantico, pledging a finish fight to defeat Nazi Germany. He notes sinking of the destroyer Reuben James and urges Marines to duty in Iceland and other Atlantic outposts while rescue efforts continue for 77 missing crew members.
Turkish President Ismet Inonu told parliament Saturday he offered to mediate peace among European belligerents. He said Turkey would feel great joy if it could become the source of peace the world longs for and needs.
Interview with Captain Milliken on Red Cross first aid classes and training. He discusses enrollment figures for fall and 1941 totals, his training history, and notable firefighting experiences including the starch works fire of May 22, 1919. He notes Cedar Rapids ties and joining the department in 1918.
London sounded its first air raid warning in 95 days as a lone German raider approached for a weather check. The raid dropped bombs in two districts with no reported injuries, and more raiders were seen over Liverpool and other English regions. Three attackers were said to have been shot down.
Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge orders the state regents to review actions he inspired amid charges of political interference in higher education. A five member fire man group will meet with a Southern Association committee to decide university and college accreditation questions. Regents debate authority to act on association recommendations as they seek to mend the disputed moves surrounding the Walter Cocking dismissal.
Hollywood report lists Sally Rand as co respondent with Mrs Helen A Greenbough in a separate maintenance suit filed Saturday against Thurkel Turk Greenbough a Montana rodeo rider.
A twin engined United States army light bomber crashed in a corn field near Findlay Ohio while on a local flight from Patterson field Dayton. Five crew members died and wreckage covered six acres. Official reports say crew tested an automatic pilot but cause of crash not determined.
Pinehurst North Carolina AP Earl Constantine president of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers said silk hosiery supplies would be exhausted by March. Ladies may have to settle for nylon or cotton hose after next March.
In San Jose California Louis Barff was struck on the jaw and transported to County Hospital where doctors treated a dislocated hip. Authorities investigate the assault as a city crime report.
German forces smash toward Rostov-on-Don threatening the Caucasus oil hub and the Tula munitions center as Soviet defenses retreat under heavy pressure. Zhukov rushes reinforcements from Siberia while Donets front outlines a major offensive toward Moscow.
U S senate speeds neutrality act revision amid war debate. Senator Clark of Missouri dares President Roosevelt to seek a formal declaration of war, urging unity if Congress rejects war and criticizing administration pushes toward armed conflict. Ball defends anti Nazi security need.
Washington AP The House Banking Committee approved a modified price control bill denying a wage ceiling and setting farm price ceilings not below the highest of 110 per cent parity, 1919 29 average, or Oct 1 1941 level. Committee vote 18 to 5.
Iowa beat Indiana 13 to 7 while Minnesota triumphed 8 to 7 over Northwestern Michigan 20 to 0 over Illinois Ohio State won 21 to 14 against Pitt Fordham 17 Purdue 0 Syracuse 27 Wisconsin 20 Iowa State 27 South Dakota 0 Kansas State 12 Nebraska 6 Carleton 6 Coe 0 Knox 6 Cornell 0 Grinnell 13 Beloit 0 Army 0 Notre Dame 0 Missouri 19 Michigan State 0 Brown 7 Yale 0 Harvard 6 Princeton 4 Tulane 34 Vanderbilt 4 Tennessee 13 LSU 6 California 27 UCLA 7 Stanford 27 Santa Clara 7 Further scores listed in sports section.
Eugene J. Feuling editor and former Democratic party chair suffered scratches when his car was rear ended by Mathew Bentner on Highway 218 south of Cedar Rapids. Benton associate L W Andre and two other drivers escaped injuries in related crashes.
Harley G. Schatz of 1756 B avenue NE faced a driving while intoxicated charge after a pursuit by patrolmen Jake Stusak and Harley Simon through downtown Cedar Rapids. The chase began on First Avenue between Fourth and Fifth Streets, with Schatz stopping then accelerating, narrowly avoiding a northbound vehicle and a southbound car.
In a Danville letter Seaman Leoni das C Dickerson of the destroyer Reuben James reports two subs sunk or damaged, hinting “maybe more.” He says he had 42 days at sea, lost sleep, and hopes to sleep after completing his duty, noting Iceland as the time and place of writing.
Harold Orange, 18, wrote from the Reuben James about a near miss with a torpedo near Iceland. He described spotting submarines while on watch and zigzagging to avoid attack. His father, Clarence, signed his navy enlistment in 1940 after family opposition. The ship later sank in Icelandic waters.
Mrs Made Line Force Astor Dick Fiermonte widow of Col John Jacob Astor whose Titanic death preceded, left a net estate of $1 037696 and an estate tax appraisal was filed on Saturday in Fiermonte New York.
Washington reports Germany launched a campaign claiming the United States started hostilities and could trigger the 1940 Axis pact binding Germany Italy and Japan to aid one another. Officials noted Japan would delay action to review who was the aggressor, while stressing Japan upholds treaty spirit and letter.
In the Far East Japan appears ready to act with rumors of a Thailand invasion growing after Adolf Hitler’s Berlin declaration. Reports say Thailand’s parliament met privately while Tokyo’s moves and the alleged circulation of anti Japanese pamphlets in Thailand fuel speculation of a Thai attack or a broader Southeast Asia push.
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