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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1939
Page
2
Current Comment discusses extensive European coverage by US newsrooms, censorship under wartime rules, and the uneasy neutrality stance of President Roosevelt. It notes Dorothy Jean Lee's death in Iowa and rising state costs from 1932 to 1937, urging scrutiny of government spending.
German armies push on four fronts toward Warsaw and announce capture of Krakow, while the Polish capital evacuates and the government heads southeast. Berlin says Krakow fell without opposition and Germans advance toward Lodz and Kielce with heavy artillery and air power.
White House secretary Stephen T Early says President Roosevelt has no plan for press or radio censorship at present. Officials note neutrality requires controlling propaganda, and the federal act could allow government seizure of radio in wartime, but confidence exists that radio will self regulate if possible.
The text notes that over six years, money spent in Des Moines has risen to levels higher than any previous period, indicating a persistent increase in expenditures across multiple years.
Polish forces hold west and north of Warsaw as anti aircraft batteries shoot down eight enemy planes over the capital. German advance troops 30 miles away on the north have not yet blown bridges over the Bug river. Polish planes bomb Berlin. Berlin denies Polish air reach.
New York investors and war share traders paused after Tuesday and Wednesday spikes. Wall street saw abundant war related equities including steel chemical rubber sugar aircraft and non ferrous metals while Chicago grain pits saw frantic futures buying forcing trading halts at maximum limits.
The German liner Bremen, missing since leaving New York last Wednesday, was reported Wednesday night to have arrived safely at an unidentified neutral port, out of reach of British warships. No immediate confirmation available.
London reports Britain has suspended all naval disarmament agreements with Germany Poland and the USSR due to the state of war with Germany. The move follows the outbreak of hostilities and shifts Britain’s defense posture across the European theatre.
Exiled former Czechoslovak president Eduard Benes telegraphed Britain France and Poland declaring Czechoslovaks will fight Nazi Germany. He urged allied nations to join in liberating Czechoslovakia and vowed full moral and physical support from Czechoslovaks at home and abroad.
Arthur Greenwood, acting Labour Party leader in London, told a radio audience in a Wednesday night broadcast that the hour of liberation for the citizens of former Czechoslovakia is near.
Washington reports the commerce department sent 43 planes to France 42 to England 10 to Canada and 3 to South Africa in July. The total reaches 100 aircraft shipped to allied nations this month.
Anglo French allies use propaganda to urge German workers and peasants to reject the Nazi regime. Six million pamphlets dropped by planes. radios broadcast appeals. Germans reportedly respond with discontent and calls for peace as disturbances noted in Cologne Dusseldorf and Essen.
Earl Browder told the Dies committee the Communist Party aligns with the Communist International and obeys its moral authority while denying direct orders. He acknowledged the 1930 expulsion of Day Lovestone and defended party stance on the Nazi Soviet pact.
Edward Marsh recalls first meeting Winston Churchill with brusqueness and doubt. Lady Lytton advised that initial faults reveal virtues later, and Marsh and Churchill became close allies. He notes similar brusqueness in editors and the gentle heart beneath rough manners, even in Jesus, highlighting mercy behind bluntness.
Trench armies clash with German troops after three days of fighting as the French report a breakthrough beyond the German frontier. The air force supports ground troops against the Siegfried line in the Saar basin while London endures bombing and citizens seek shelter as RAF fighters pursue raiders. American evacuees and diplomats discuss hastening repatriation amid the war intensifying near Britain.
President Roosevelt announced a naval patrol initiative to keep war away from American shores. Two destroyers and two coast guard cutters, with planes, departed to cover several hundred miles off the northeast coast. The patrol will extend gradually to Puerto Rico and waters near the Caribbean and the Canal Zone.
In Cedar Rapids two women aged 21 and 24 were injured when stepping from a curb at Twelfth Street and First Avenue E and hit by a westbound car driven by Anthony Scolaro, 18, of 324 Second Street S. They were taken to St Luke's Hospital with eye and facial injuries, head bump, and shock. Scolaro said he did not see them until they stepped into the street. he was not held.
The weatherman reports Cedar Rapids reaching 95 on Wednesday under bright sun. The 24 hour temperatures showed a high near 95 and a low around 65 with a late afternoon peak.
A strong south wind drove Des Moines to a 100 degree temperature at 2 pm on Wednesday, beating the 1899 record of 99. Fort Dodge logged 102. Observer Charles D. Reed notes the heat and dryness should shield the 1959 corn crop from major frost risk.
Harvey D. Gibson, chairman of the fair's board of directors, says the New York World’s Fair will operate again next year unless many foreign exhibitors withdraw.
Paris dispatches report French general staff announcing advances beyond the frontier into Germany with resistance met yet continued progress. Strasbourg evacuated as artillery clashes across the Rhine disrupt daily life, while raids on Eschweiler Stolberg and Aachen target war supplies. Paris endures air raid alerts as chatter of moves along the Saar Basin and Maginot line persists.
German planes attacked southern England in a dawn raid, with London and Essex towns ringing with sirens. Reports say one enemy aircraft fell, while defenses and anti submarine actions continued in the North Sea and along the Atlantic coast as officials stated no damage yet confirmed.
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