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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1941
Page
3
U.S. leaders wrestle with defense strike policy as tensions rise over the captive coal mines. Roosevelt offers no clear push for anti strike legislation, while Congress weighs responsibility. Analysts warn that army takeover can’t secure nationwide production, urging a defined administration stance rather than a stopgap.
West Virginia state police dispatched 175 troopers to the GaryWelch coal mine district to preserve order. House labor committee will begin hearings on a confidential bill to empower the National Defense Mediation Board with enforcement power, amid Roosevelt’s push to curb the coal strike. The dispute centers on a union shop in captive mines. steel and UMW leaders weigh options as violence concerns rise.
London AP report says Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons that Britain Russia cooperation is as close as geography and other conditions allow. He answered Laborite Josiah Wedgwood on whether relations rival those of Britain and France as Allies. MPs urged drastic labor conscription as Churchill and cabinet faced broad domestic questions.
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox announced that American merchant ships heading to the British Isles and northern Europe would be the first armed under the amended neutrality law. Second, ships to and from the Red Sea get priority, with South Atlantic routes third. Armored ships may carry cargoes to Murmansk or Archangel, the Soviet Arctic ports not under Axis control.
Former President Herbert Hoover warns that the administration may send armies to Europe for a decade long war. Joseph Scott, Los Angeles Republican leader, says Hoover received a letter stating the next move could be an expeditionary force to Europe unless checked. Hoover plans a strong Chicago CBS address 9:15 to 9:45 p.m. Iowa time.
A 17 year old pedestrian, Walt Merritt Jr of 1507 Third Avenue SE, was struck while police lectured a speeder on First Avenue E. Earl McIlwain, 37, of Brucemore drove the westbound car that sideswiped Merritt. Merritt suffered a severe bruise behind the ear and was treated and released at St Luke's hospital.
Water department officials report a new request to extend water mains is blocked by material shortages. Superintendent Blomquist notes the eastward extension from Oakland Avenue and Thirtieth Street NE will be added to the approved list when supplies arrive. He is considering asbestos cement mains, already used under the First Avenue bridge, capable of handling higher pressure without issue.
Naval craft from the United States and Canada patrolled fishing banks off Nova Scotia after a trawler Surge arrived with a report of a German submarine 350 miles from Boston. Captain Henry Atwood said Cape Race station warned that the sub had been sighted near the Sanbro fishing banks closer to Boston than any prior sighting.
Glenwood Range company announced in Taunton Massachusetts that its foundry will close due to government restrictions on copper use, idling about 500 employees.
Washington AP dispatch reports Japanese Ambassador Nomura expressed optimism after two hour and forty five minute talks with Secretary Hull on easing Japanese American tensions. In Tokyo, the lower house denounced U.S. aims to dominate the world, urged Tojo to stand firm, and labeled bond and tax hikes as for war. Premier Tojo and Navy Minister Shimada said Japan’s forces are ready, while Kurusu’s mission in Washington remains inconclusive.
Six aged invalids, three men and three women, died when a private sanitarium building in Amityville burned early Tuesday. Thirty others, mostly bedridden, were rescued as fire officials said the blaze began in the kitchen. Nurses assisted crews in removing patients from the burning facility.
In police court Judge Harry Johnson hears Glenn Kirby plead guilty to speeding while nervous about his upcoming marriage. Kirby explains he overslept after a faulty alarm clock, having moved from YMCA to a new apartment. The judge sympathizes and suspends the license for 15 days, reducing the fine.
The Rev. Hiram Gruber Woolf of Elmira New York rector of St. Pauls American Protestant Episcopal church in Rome was arrested Tuesday and held incommunicado for questioning by police. The U S embassy was informed that Woolf was held for investigation on suspicion of intelligence activity pending formal charges.
Cedar Rapids area records a warm Tuesday with temperatures near 70 at 2 30 pm and a high of 76 earlier. Skies clouded slightly cooling the mood as a southerly wind shifts to northerly by Wednesday with light rain possible.
Extended forecast covers 6.30 p.m. Tuesday November 18 to 6.30 p.m. Saturday November 22. Temperatures will run near normal overall with cooler conditions in west and central Iowa. Warmer start gives way to a sharp drop by Wednesday night. Precipitation expected to be moderate and mainly rain in the first part of the period.
British military experts say Germany shifts weight south for a major winter offensive toward the Caucasus possibly after one more Moscow thrust. Soviet reports claim German forces frozen and undersupplied, with many in rags and women’s coats as they suffer in the cold. Russian dispatches note Red Army counterattacks near Tula and advances around Leningrad, while Berlin claims bombardments have forced Soviet evacuation of parts of the city.
A 32 year old Graettinger Iowa man Elwin Belden Michael was arrested on charges of malicious mischief and cruelty to animals in the death of 11 Ringling Bros elephants. Witnesses from Gastonia North Carolina identified him as the man who fed capsules to elephants in Charlotte. Elephants valued at about 110000 died after arsenic poisoning. Michael, a wheel er for the circus, had joined the show in Springfield Ohio last June.
Washington simmers as a White House rail talks session breaks with no agreement. Johnston warns a Dec 7 strike remains planned while Roosevelt says discussions will continue with broad labor and management participation and further meetings slated for Wednesday.
President Roosevelt addressed CIO President Philip Murray at the CIOs annual convention urging immediate and uninterrupted production of guns tanks planes and ships. He warned that Hitlerism threatens democratic freedoms and free institutions and urged labor and all groups to unite for national defense and unity.
DES MOINES AP A 12 week strike at the Bishop cafeteria ended in a settlement announced by Sam Park Des Moines manager and vice president of the Bishop chain The walkout began August 24 after talks for higher wages and shorter hours failed Twenty one employees were affected by the accord Pickets had stood before the shop until last Saturday when negotiations were reopened The strike had seen violence with some non striking workers and Park attacked Two large windows were broken in the cafeteria continued on page 2 column 8
Berlin reports Col Gen Ernst Udet, famed Luftwaffe ace and chief of the air ministry technical bureau, died Monday while "experimenting with firearms" at age 45. Hitler ordered a state funeral. the Luftwaffe named Udet Squadron in his honor. His war record included 62 aircraft destroyed in World War I, only surpassed by Manfred von Richthofen.
William L. Shirer once Cedar Rapids resident writes of Ernst Udet in Berlin Diary calling him a “phenomenon.” The entry for January 8, 1940 notes Udet’s rise from stunt flyer to aircraft designer with genius in his field, ranking him alongside Goering and Milch.
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