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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1941
Page
1
The piece questions the government plan to rehabilitate 200000 men unfit for service, then shifts to criticism of a six billion dollar wartime bill. It notes British hesitations in the war, speculation about hidden war materiel, Iowa city revenue from gas tax, and concerns over cranberries and sugar amid shortages.
The Soviet high command acknowledged a retreat of Red Army forces toward new lines around Moscow as German pressure intensifies from the Vyazma region and Orel sector. Civilians are ordered to evacuate from the capital area while Britain faces calls to open a second front to aid the Soviet defense.
The interview reveals John B Turner of Cedar Rapids with about 50 Grant Wood items, mostly early works and drawings. He recalls hosting Wood, cherishes art in Cedar Rapids, and notes Wood’s influence on American art while sharing hobbies like pipe and Currier and Ives print collecting.
An 11 year old boy from Des Moines was taken to the police station for his first bath in a week after detectives arrested him for bicycle theft. He had been reported missing from Marion after not returning to St Berchmans Seminary. The bicycle had been found in the doorway of a store on Third avenue SE and Pat Pond fled when spotted by detectives Hanna and Connell after a citizen alerted police.
Stockholm dispatch reports a pitched battle at Mysen railway station near Oslo between about 500 demonstrators and German troops police and Nazi sympathizers after a train bombing. Many were seriously wounded in a half hour fight. Fifty people were arrested.
It’s an easy matter to sell your business as retirees or owners shift lines. Gazette urges readers to consult Gazette “Business Opportunities” to locate suitable ads. Call 2-1121 or write for rates on Business Opportunities.
A home guard of 400 men and women awaits the signal for a citywide Community Chest campaign seeking 89847 dollars for ten agencies. The drive opens Tuesday at 7 30 with a Chamber of Commerce breakfast, led by James L. Cooper.
Polish troops who escaped through Rumania and Hungary in 1939 have completed desert training and joined Tobruk's defenders, announced Saturday in Cairo.
Reports published in Foreign Correspondence claim Heinrich Himmler heads Germany with Hitler as symbolic figure. Goering and Ribbentrop fallen from favor amid army party tensions. Goering confined at home. Goebbels seen as technician with Hess abroad. Ciano communications cited as peace talks with Britain.
Warm conditions described as ideal football weather dominated Cedar Rapids on Saturday. Temperatures reached 74 degrees between 2 and 4 p.m under clear skies, then fell to 63 at 5 p.m and 49 by midnight, according to the chamber’s Inskeep instruments.
The FCC postponed indefinitely its order forcing NBC to divest the Blue Network after four months of hearings. The action, 4 to 2, allows divestiture without legal compulsion and widens license terms to two years while reaffirming views on decentralizing networks. CBS plans to appeal to curb what it calls overreach. The changes take effect November 15.
A U S warship heads to an American port with about 20 Nazi prisoners aboard including a Gestapo agent and two Norwegian Quislings who ran a hidden radio outpost in Greenland. The capture marks the first custody by U S forces of German personnel and underscores Greenland's role in the Atlantic war.
Analysis by Kirkell and Simpson argues Nazi claims of Russia’s quick collapse are propaganda. Russian defenses shake under German blows from the Volga to the Sea of Azov, but Moscow’s fall seems not imminent. The campaign's oil- driven aims require Rostov, Kharkov, and the Donets basin to be overrun and the Crimea secured for Caucasus air-sea bases.
An AP report from Ankara says Sofia denied any mobilization order in Bulgaria. Diplomatic circles received no confirmation as telephone lines between Turkey and Europe were down, causing confusion about the rumor's origin and lack of foundation.
A roundup shows Monmouth 14 over Coe 6, Cornell 17 over Beloit 12, Minnesota 34 over Hingis 6, Michigan 40 over Pittsburgh 0, Northwestern 41 over Wisconsin 1, Texas Christian 20 over Indiana 14, Missouri 24 over Kansas State 0, Nebraska 32 over Kansas 0, Texas 40 over Oklahoma 7, Notre Dame 20 over Georgia Tech 0, Michigan State 13 over Marquette 7, Texas Aggies 49 over N Y U 7, Rice 10 over Tulane 9, Penn 28 over Yale 14, Columbia 21 over Princeton 0, Navy 4 over Lafayette 2, Army 27 over V M 20, Cornell U 7, Harvard 0, Vanderbilt 89 over Kentucky 15, Santa Clara 13, California 0. Additional scores in sports section.
Attorney General Francis Biddle told the Office of Price Administration that pooling defense contracts by manufacturers would not violate anti trust laws if the arrangements aid national defense and are approved by the Justice Department. Plans must be submitted to the department and actions taken only within the approved plan.
Federal Judge George C. Scott ruled the federal wage and hour act does not prevent lowering pre act wage scales via agreement. The decision allows future reductions and maintains freedom of contract between employers and employees subject to act limits. The ruling addresses back pay claims by J D White for Witwer Grocer and may influence similar Belo case outcomes.
Senator Burton Wheeler urged opposition to arming merchant ships, noting past U.S. entry into World War I after Wilson armed merchants in 1917. He shared how business leaders and WPA workers fear speaking out amid rising dictatorship rhetoric in Europe and growing antiwar sentiment at home.
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