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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1941
Page
1
The Iowa governor signals a political bid and urges Congress to repeal the neutrality act. He implies the delegation misreads popular sentiment and aims to shape a record before a potential U.S. Senate campaign. The piece critiques foreign policy and urges timely action.
Ames Iowa reports sharp criticism of public institutions after Gunnar Overland a shell shocked veteran escapes Knoxville hospital and kills Sheriff Charles V. McGriff and wounds Deputy Mills. A posse including Ames officers pursued him to a farm house where Overland shot and was killed. McGriff died minutes later. The case triggers calls for tighter custody of dangerous patients.
A failing transformer caused a 30 minute neighborhood blackout in Cedar Rapids Monday around 7 p.m. The outage affected the area between Grande and Park avenues and Seventeenth and Twenty first streets SE. Officials said a falling tree limb or blown fuses during a storm likely caused the failure.
William Fox former film magnate was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison and fined $3000 for conspiracy to obstruct justice and defraud the government during bankruptcy litigation. He faced a possible two years and $10000 fine and said an appeal would be filed.
New York AP report states Britain released 14 tankers formerly in American registry to the United States to ease the eastern seaboard gasoline shortage. The ships, with capacity over 1.2 million barrels, will be available to Harold Ickes for use as he deems fit.
Los Angeles AP reports Robert O. Koontz seeks divorce citing two grounds. He says his wife starves him of meat and that feeding her 23 cats costs far beyond his earning capacity.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urging immediate passage of the House ship arming resolution. He warned that delaying action could leave American self defense ineffectual as U S ships are attacked. Hull urged repeal of neutrality act section 6 and possibly section 2 to permit arming merchant ships and travel to belligerent ports.
Arnulfo Arias, Panama’s ousted president, arrived in Managua aboard a Pan American plane guarded by three Panamanian police. He said he was awakened and told nothing of the destination. Arias has been jailed since returning from Cuba after the Oct. 9 coup. The new Panama regime also freed ships armed by flag to defend against raiders, disavowing all liability for damages to vessels under Panama registry.
German controlled sources in Norway report an outbreak of diphtheria among Oslo school children on Tuesday. Authorities fear the illness could spread to other cities as they monitor the situation.
President Roosevelt returns to Washington on an urgent mission to accelerate war aid to the Soviet Union. He orders lend-lease relief intensified after W Averell Harriman reports strong Soviet resistance. Hopkins joins the talks as Roosevelt weighs broadening lend-lease to cover Soviet supplies.
Secretary Morgenthau said the treasury bought 30 million dollars in Russian gold to supply the Soviet Union with cash for war materials. He noted Russia had completed delivery of ten million dollars of gold from an earlier similar purchase about two months before.
London UP report quotes First Lord of the Admiralty A. V. Alexander as saying that all British and Allied shipping losses in the past year were lower than losses from submarine attacks in 1917, the critical WWI year.
A Gazette WANT AD success story notes how renters rely on the paper to locate vacancies. An example shows a five room all modern house on the west side near town, $28, dial 5738 or 5093, rented the first day with many prospects calling.
German and Vichy authorities detained four hostages including Silibers Dupard prefect of Loire Inferieure at Nantes and rounded up many Brittany residents in retaliation for Gen. Holtz's assassination. Dupard was released after a night in custody as Paris and Nantes police confront waves of alleged communist influence.
In good health Mrs Ellen Carroll celebrated her 114th birthday at her daughter's home in North River. She is Newfoundland's oldest woman.
President Roosevelt announced Sunday night’s torpedoing of the American merchant vessel near the equator just north of the African bulge. The bulletin notes the attack occurred Sunday evening and identifies the ship as the Lehigh. No details on casualties or crew are provided in the text.
London AP reports Premier Josef Stalin has assumed personal command of Moscow’s defense and set headquarters on an armored train at the front. He is described as commander in chief of the central front with Marshal Semyon Timoshenko to reinforce a strong rear guard if the crisis widens.
The Cedar Rapids area endures a damp humid spell with 80 percent humidity while temperatures hovered in the mid to upper sixties. Cloudy skies linger, cooler air moves in, and showers are forecast for Wednesday as the day begins with morning readings around 57 to 60 degrees.
Period from 630 pm Tuesday Oct 21 to 630 pm Saturday Oct 25 sees near normal to slightly cooler temperatures at the start and end. Rainfall moderate with heavier totals in the west and north, mainly during the early and middle portions of the period.
Des Moines report notes Gov. George A. Wilson urged Iowa's congressional delegation to repeal the neutrality act. He sent telegrams to nine representatives and two senators arguing the act should be repealed and calling for immediate action to curb government waste and aid small industries, farmers, and small businesses. He acknowledged political risk but supported peace and freedom of institutions.
German radio reports Axis troops seized Stalino and the surrounding Donets basin, advancing toward Rostov and possibly cutting toward the Caucasus oilfields. Soviet dispatches say Rostov and Mozhaisk, near Moscow, show heavy fighting with counterattacks around Leningrad and Lake Ladoga.
Fourteen rail unions with about 900000 members rejected the emergency board’s wage arbitration proposal in the freight and passenger rail conflict affecting 1260000 organized workers. Spokesman Frank Mulholland said the unions will pursue the statutory railway law procedure and proceed with the board’s process.
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