War debate stirs Britons on American war stance
The London Daily Sketch argues that a total U S declaration of war would hasten victory, while Americans weigh risks of joining Russia and Britain. A veteran diplomat notes Japan’s alliance incentives, and critics warn against coercive democracy after Hitler. Tax insights compare UK and U S burdens. A shift toward decentralization alarms some as mechanization challenges war fuels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
England
London Daily Sketch
HE Daily Sketch
Germany
Russia
Cedar Rapids Comm Chest drive opens with strong local support
James L. Cooper, chairman, says the 1941 campaign aims at 89847 with last year’s 15 000 donors equaling Cedar Rapids families. He notes progress from the YMCA drive, urges local effort amid world strife, and confirms a noon Chamber of Commerce meeting as the first report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Cooper
Chamber of Commerce
Cooper
Cedar Rapids
Britain
U.S.O
Martelle Motorist Nabbed Here On Drunk Driving Count
Nick Kost, 32, of Martelle, jailed on a drunk driving charge after a 3:30 am arrest by Patrolmen Badger and E. Davis. His companion Frank Ray, 50, of Amossa, pled guilty to drunkenness before Judge Harry Johnson and paid 10 dollars plus costs. Kost’s car wove on First Street and was stopped after turning onto Third Avenue. He previously served a 60-day county term for forgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Nick Kost
Martelle
Badger
E. Davis
Frank Ray
Anamosa
Harry Johnson
Kost
First Street
Third Avenue
Gazette Classifieds Highlight Used Car Deals Today
A national survey cited by The Gazette notes that eight of sixteen used car buyers had explored the used car columns before buying. The Gazette Used Car Columns offer best values from Cedar Rapids dealers with a wide selection available today.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Attorney General Seeks Dismissal of Bergdoll Indictments
Washington AP reports Attorney General Biddle seeks dismissal of 23 year old Bergdoll indictments from 1918 to 1920 under the 1917 selective service act. The move follows a parole inquiry from Bergdoll and aims to allow his early release from Fort Leavenworth while noting co defendants Emma C Bergdoll Charles Braun James Romig Eugene Stecker Erwin R Bergdoll.
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War Department
Bergdoll
Army
Justice Department
Emma C. Bergdoll
Charles Braun
James E. Romig
Eugene Stecker
Erwin R. Bergdoll
Romig
Stecker
Cedar Rapids Reports Quarantine Clearance After Scarlet Fever Case
Cedar Rapids health department reports no quarantine or placard cases for the first time in two years. The last scarlet fever case, recorded Sept. 26, was discharged Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Tony Trusty
State Department of Health
Health Department
Submarine activity near US escorted convoys in Atlantic
U S and British authorities report German submarines have ventured within striking distance of American escorted convoys since the start of US convoy protection. Nazi crews reportedly observe a hands off policy or fear attack, with no losses to Iceland shipments in three weeks. Submarine packs scout lanes and mass attack targets follow.
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Reykjavik
United States
Germany
Iceland
North Atlantic
America
Jain
Price Of Milk To Go Up One Cent In Cedar Rapids
R L Stallman manager of the Cedar Rapids Cooperative daily says Cedar Rapids milk distributors will raise consumer milk prices by one cent per quart effective Oct 16. Cream rises one cent per half pint. First quart will cost 13 cents, each additional 10 cents. cream 14 cents, half pint 1 cent. Increase due to 25 cent per hundredweight rise to producers on Oct 1. distributors absorbed part this month. Cooperative Dairy Company brokers between producers and distributors for most Cedar Rapids milk sales.
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R. L. Stallman
Cedar Rapids
Stallman
Cooperative Dairy Company
Windsors Visit Sparks Baltimore Welcome
The Duke of Windsor planned a Washington call after a restless Baltimore reception for Wallis Warfield and the royal couple. A British press note said the visit follows a luncheon with Viscount Halifax at the embassy and a strenuous day marked by a Mardi Gras style greeting in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Duke of Windsor
Washington
Baltimore County
Windsor
Viscount Halifax
England
Beth
WW. Lanahan
Wallis Warfield
Purge of Army Officers Follows Louisiana Maneuvers
A sweeping officer shuffle follows the Louisiana war games as field officers from lieutenants to generals are relieved of commands. The reshuffle, the largest since World War I, targets national guard and reserve officers, with three guard division heads and one corps commander relieved. General Marshall and Secretary Stimson caution against labeling it a purge while stressing the need to maintain discipline and troop effectiveness.
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Washington
Army
War Department
A.E.F
France
Blois
George C. Marshall
Stimson
Germans Order Sokol Organization Dissolved
Berlin AP reports that Reinhard Heydrich ordered the dissolution of Sokol, the Czech national sport group, under the Bohemia Moravia protectorate. Dienst aus Deutschland claimed the organization opposed Germany more than building its members.
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Berlin
Sokol
Bohemia-Moravia
Reinhard Heydrich
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Dienst
Germany
Traffic Lights Installed at Two Eighth Ave Intersections
Traffic signals at Eighth Avenue and Third Street SE and at Eighth Avenue and First Street SW became active Tuesday. Delivered last Saturday after delays for defense priorities, the system stops traffic on Highway 30 and the two cross streets, aiding the loop’s link to the south side business area. The city installed them at the urging of the South Side Civic Club and the Linn County Safety Council.
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Cedar Rapids
Eighth Avenue
Third Street
First Street
Mike Skerik
South Side Civic Club
Linn County Safety Council
Newspapers may trim margins to meet defense paper needs
Norbert A. McKenna of the OPM warned defense demands could cut newspaper margins and pages. He said 30 percent of the nation’s paper supply could be used by defense next year, urging government and industry to cooperate while noting no imminent shortage unless other paper demand rises.
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Chicago
INS
Norbert A. McKenna
OPM
Civilian Supply
National Defense Program
McKenna
Pulp and Paper
Inland Daily Press Association
Canada
John Barrymore Reported Seriously Ill at Home
Beverly Hills California IN S John Barrymore, the noted stage and screen actor, is said to be in a serious condition at his home after suffering a stomach ailment Monday night. Physicians describe his illness as serious and painful and say he cannot receive visitors.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
INS
John Barrymore
Baby Acrobat Stuns Parents in Chattanooga
Six month old David St. Clair of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin St. Clair performs remarkable feats by chinning a bar and hanging for over a minute, astounding parents and child specialists in Chattanooga Tennessee AP report.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
David St. Clair
Marvin St. Clair
Gag rule clashes at ship arming hearings on neutrality bill
Washington testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee reveals GOP protests over procedure as the panel votes to a secret session. Finerty argues arming merchant ships would justify German submarine attacks. Navy officials stress defense against air threat and anti aircraft gun deliveries progress.
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Washington
John F. Finerty
New York
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Finerty
Germany
Sol Bloom
Vorys
Ohio
Mundt
SOD
Bloom
Star Chamber
Stearns
N.H
Hull
Stimson
Knox
Harold R Stark
Naval Operations
Debate on Aid to Russia Suppressed by Churchill
London. Prime Minister Churchill curbed debate on aid to Russia in parliament. Labor MPs Shinwell and Bevan pressed for discussion of east front and invasion prospects but Churchill refused to allow an early debate, saying it could do more harm than good. Bevan accused Halifax of reassurances to the enemy. Churchill called the accusation abuse. The exchange ended as the speaker interrupted and the matter was dropped.
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Hugh Wilson
Japan
Germany
Haly
United States
Britain
London
Churchill
Russia
House of Commons
Moscow
Emanuel Shinwell
Shinwell
Aneurin Bevan
Lord Halifax
Bevan
Commons
War Cabinet
Halifax
Temperature Drops After Night Rain in City
After a Monday night thunderstorm dropping 0.70 inches, the city cooled Tuesday. At 2:30 pm the temperature read 70 with 40 percent humidity, and lows hovered around 53 while Monday peaked at 75.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Chicago Area Weather Outlook for Oct 14 to Oct 18
Extended forecast for Iowa region shows average temperatures near normal with a cool start, warming by mid period and cooler at the end. Killing frost unlikely and precipitation expected to be moderate, mainly in the second half of the period.
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Chicago
Iowa
Draft-Defier Boasts He Routed Govt Red Tape
Eldon Gerald Smith, a Colorado rancher who defied the draft and enlisted, says he won a moral victory by proving government red tape is not sacred. He faced indictment but enlisted after promise from the attorney general, and he now serves at Fort Bliss while praising the army and the $21 monthly pay.
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EL Paso
Tex
Eldon Gerald Smith
Colorado
Smith
Fort Bliss
Eagle County Draft Board
Francis Biddle
Federal Reformatory Sanity Commission
Moscow at risk as Nazi forces close in on the capital
Reports from Berlin and London say German vanguards near Mozhaisk and encirclement claims surround Moscow as Russian defenses rush to fortify the city. Soviet spokesman Lozovsky counters with promises of massive forces and a slowing German advance, while Germany boasts massive prisoner tallies and deep advances toward Moscow.
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Boro
Dino
Moscow
Napoleon
S. A. Loezovsky
Lozovsky
London
Mozhaisk
Borodino
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Vyazma
Bryansk
Kaluga
U.S.S.R
Valdai Hills
Moscow-Leningrad
Deaths and Editorials Highlight Page
A fragmented newspaper index lists sections including Deaths Editorials Farm News Movies Radio and Sports with page numbers and names like Hugh S Johnson Paul Mallon Marion Henry McLemore and Walter Winchell noted in the lower area for reference. The unreadable OCR hints at a multi-section layout typical of a midweek paper.
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Ccccesseses
Hugh S. Johnson
Paul Mallon
Marion
Eeseceter
Henry McLemore
Feecaresenseaeeuns
Peever Sesseatestegsses
Ecnsseenss
Walter Winchell
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Harry Boyd
Mr. Wilson
Soviet Union
Chamber of Commerce of
Great Britain
Fred A. Eldean
Tax Foundation of
Cedar Rapids News
Grover C. Bergdoll
U. S
Duke
U.S
8Th Ave
Defense
Rep. Rogers
Mass
Stark
McCoy, Colo
DNB
Paris
Mosccow
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