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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1941
Page
16
Cedar Rapids merchants report Regulation W brings limited changes to consumer buying. Down payments range from 10 to 20 percent on many items with 18 month terms, excluding clothing and several other goods. Dealers expect small impact as confusion clears.
AP reports more than 125 people believed killed in a hurricane near Cabo Gracias Dios Nicaragua Tuesday night. Several small boats were sunk in the area raising fears for nearby communities.
Louis Brown won a close election as 12A class president at Roosevelt High School. Douglas Beauchamp was runner up, with Emory Sample Arlene Thomas elected as vice president and secretary treasurer. The student council began duties planning a pep parade and selling activity stamp cards.
Fort Worth stockyard officials estimate about 80 percent of all Texas live stock moved by highway, highlighting highway reliance for animal movement.
Clarksburg WV AP reports National Newspaperboy Day is set for October 4 as part of Newspaper Prestige week. Six state governors issue proclamations praising newsboys for fidelity and efficiency. Endorsements include Gen George Marshall J Edgar Hoover Emil Shram Thomas Dewey and Edsel Ford.
President Roosevelt proclaimed National Newspaper Week to boost a free press as a patriotic duty. He praised an unfettered press informed by truth and public service, while officials like Cordell Hull Henry Stimson Thomas Dewey and Walter Fuller lauded the press as vital to national defense and democracy.
Istanbul AP reports trustworthy Romanian informants state General Ion Antonescu has relinquished command of Romanian troops outside Romania, named himself defense minister, resigned the prime ministry to Mihail Antonescu, and appointed Iosif Tacobici as chief of the general staff. The move purportedly strips Ion Antonescu of authority for any advances.
Informants say Romanian forces grown weary of fighting Russia in the south and bear heavy losses as public morale sags. General Antonescu keeps troops outside Bessarabia and assembles three more army corps, calling up men as old as 49 at Germany’s demand.
Denver reports a safety edict requiring horses ridden at night on Colorado highways to wear light reflectors on their tails. The rule was agreed upon by riding academy and automobile association representatives.
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