Cedar Rapids Industry Forms Buying Group to Meet Supplies Crisis
Eighteen Cedar Rapids manufacturers formed a Purchasing Agents committee to tackle material shortages and defense priorities. Led by Robert Black, the group will study supply sources, seek substitutes, and coordinate with government agencies to protect local employment and economic stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Robert Black
Penick and
Ford
A. L. Taylor
OPM
Office of Production Management
Roosevelt
Thompson
Stanley Meek
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Penick and Ford, Inc
C. R. Chandler
Chandler Company
O. A. Prather
G. A. Erbeck
Eddy Paper Corporation
Sub Captain Ashamed After Torpedoing Ship
Four American airmen bound for England with the RAF perished when their ship was torpedoed by a submarine. An Irish survivor said the U boat commander surfaced, appeared ashamed, and asked what caused the explosion after denying firing the torpedo. Two other Americans were injured, and the survivors were rescued at a British port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
England
R.A.F
William Beattie
Belfast
Beattie
Defense Jobs
Industries may negotiate for contracts individually or in groups. Competitive bidders must answer questionnaires about sub contracting intentions, facility adequacy, trained labor, working capital and machine tools and how they plan to overcome any inadequacies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustries
Chamber says small plants threatened by material shortages
The United States Chamber of Commerce warned that small non-defense manufacturers face shutdown or major cutbacks due to shortages in raw materials and equipment. A survey of 6,000 producers found nine of ten would be affected, with complaints about the priorities system hindering relief and defense conversion challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
United States Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
OPM
RAF Damage Report Reflects First Anniversary of London Blitz
The RAF damage tally lists offices workshops boiler house and roundhouse damage in the capital and mentions parallel destruction at Comines Gasnay and Chocques in France. The air ministry marks one year since the first German air blitz and notes no major raid on London since May and no air raid alarm since July. Londoners view the blitz as a test of resilience and resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comines
Gasnay
Chocques
Air Ministry
R.A.F
Luftwaffe
London
Vichy Institutes State Tribunal to Punish Instigators
The Vichy cabinet批准ed creation of a state tribunal to punish the real instigators of terrorism and sabotage, aiming to target those responsible rather than mere executors. The move follows Admiral Darlan’s terrorist courts with death penalties. Pucheu will return to Paris to push prosecutions. Hostages executed by a German firing squad in Paris were said to be alleged communists, not Jews, and negotiations for international police cooperation against communists and anarchists were discussed with the Spanish ambassador.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VICHY
Francois Darlan
Pierre Pucheu
Joseph Barthelemy
Pucheu
Paris
Saint Denis
Pierre Laval
Gestapo
Windsor Visit to Washington Expected Soon
An official announcement was anticipated about a forthcoming visit by the Duke and Duchess of Windsor to Washington. The former king, now Bahamas governor general, and his American wife are expected for the last week of the month with a brief stay at the White House and informal entertaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ins
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Bahamas
Nassau
Canada
White House
Roosevelt
Sir Ronald Campbell
England
Lord Halifax
Alberta
Miami
New York
Soviet and German Fronts See Shifting Battle Lines
Izvestia reports Leningrad front fighting with Germans pushed from southern positions by Red Army units. The Red Air Fleet destroyed 74 Luftwaffe planes. Kiev counters destroyed German divisions and forced a disorderly retreat. Red forces strike across the lower Dnieper and Odessa areas with significant counter‑attacks.
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Izvestia
Leningrad
People’s Army
Red
Wolfram von Richtofen
Kiev
Ukraine
Lower
Dnieper
Odessa
Gomel
Berlin
CBS
Baltic
Black Seas
Black Sea
Nikolaev
Kherson
DNB
Luftwaffe Raids Hit Leningrad and Odessa Forces
German air raids struck Soviet troop concentrations and fortifications around Leningrad and shelled the port of Odessa. Berlin dispatches claim heavy losses for the Reds while Soviet counterattacks are described as vigorous but repelled with great costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
INS
Leningrad
Russia
DNB
Black Sea
Odessa
Finnish Station Raja-Jöki in Finnish Hands
Finnish reporters say Raja-Jöki rail station on the old frontier near Vii puri Leningrad line is now in Finnish hands. The location lies under 30 miles from Leningrad and offers views of Leningrad’s towers and Kronstadt fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Rajajoki
Viipuri-Leningrad
Leningrad
Kronstadt
Three Gem Robbers Held Up In Red Oak
Police spread an alarm for three armed bandits who stopped Nelson Hagnauer a St. Louis jewelry salesman near Red Oak and robbed him of jewelry valued at $15,000. The suspects drove a car with Michigan plates to a secluded road and selected the most valuable items from sample cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Oak
INS
Nelson Hagnauer
St. Louis
Michigan
Hagnauer
Urge Aluminum Proceeds Go To Civilian Defense
Earl Ryan Des Moines civilian defense committee chairman urged that proceeds of the aluminum drive in Des Moines be returned to the city for civilian defense activities. He cited letters to Fiorello La Guardia Senator Clyde L. Herring and others noting many cities lack funds to finance civilian defense work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Earl Ryan
Birmingham Post Suspends Publication After Guild Strike
James E. Mills editor of the Birmingham Post said the afternoon newspaper will suspend publication until operations can resume normally following a strike by the Post unit of the American Newspaper Guild that began Friday night in Birmingham Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
James E. Mills
The
Birmingham Post
Post
Americanewspaper Guild
Police Seek Schoolboy Safety Patrol At Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Police Chief Jim Bailey urged Arthur Deamer superintendent of schools to allow a schoolboy safety patrol. He noted defense duties tighten police hours and that trained patrols aid crossings, with Hughes and Fred Carstens to train, while signs and student responsibilities improve discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deamer
Jim Bailey
Gordon Hughes
al Mikota
Arthur Deamer
Hughes
Bailey
Department
Fred Carstens
Cedar Rapids
Mikota
Harold Trewin
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Cedar Rapids Tribune
PTA
F R Asks Equal Racial Treatment In Arms Program
President Roosevelt directed all government heads to ensure Negroes receive equal employment opportunity in the national defense program. He urged thorough reviews of personnel policies to keep doors open to loyal and qualified workers regardless of creed race or national origin. The letter formalized his June 25 order and created a committee to handle complaints led by Mark Ethridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park
INS
Roosevelt
Mark Ethridge
Louisville
Waste Paper Collected For Defense Effort Nationwide
Washington officials announce a national waste paper collection to aid defense needs. The campaign starts next week in New York Chicago and Milwaukee and will expand to 30 other cities. Housewives businesses and industries are urged to save waste paper and sell it to dealers or donate to charities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Office of Production Management
OPM
New York
Chicago
Milwaukee
Denver
Pacific Coast
Price
Leon Henderson
Henderson
Darlan Gains Power in Vichy Government Reshuffle
Admiral Jean Darlan's office gains control of a network of public power commissars and a new national defense staff as part of a sweeping Vichy reorganization. General Henri Dentz, freed from British custody, is expected to lead the new general staff and become the army strong man after defending against the British and the Free French in Syria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VICHY
Jean Darlan
Marshal Petain
Darlan
Henri Dentz
France
Near East
Syria
Dentz
Opinions on wartime policy and Cedar Rapids defense needs
A Cedar Rapids resident discusses defense industry growth, Roosevelt's war policy, and community plans. He supports local defense business but warns against expanding defense-driven industries. He notes gas shortages along the eastern seaboard and urges material conservation.
There'll Be No Crumbs For F. R. Germans Say
German radio broadcasts there will be no crumbs for Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hitler’s victorious table. The piece notes Roosevelt’s Labor Day speech rejecting appeasement and negotiations to pay for crumbs from Nazi gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R
New York
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Cops Use Tear Gas As Soldiers Riot In Petersburg
Petersburg police dispersed 150 to 200 soldiers with two grenades of tear gas after a Camp Lee soldier was arrested on drunkenness and resisting arrest. Military police arrived from Camp Lee to keep the crowd moving away from the police station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Camp Lee
Charles Ryburn
Ryburn
German Navy Stakes Caution in U S Greer Incident
The article notes German and American officials avoiding a full rupture over the Greer incident. It mentions orders to refrain from attacking American ships and a response framed as self defense. German quarters were reticent on lodging a formal protest and did not want to escalate to war. The U S has not yet identified the submarine’s fleet affiliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilhelmstrasse
Greer
Germany
United States
Robin Moor
Washington
Train Collision Kills Two and Injures Several Near Winnebago
A Burlington motor passenger train collided head on with an unattached engine near Winnebago Neb killing brakeman W L Somerhiser of Lincoln and an unidentified passenger. Several others were hospitalized and flames rose 35 to 40 feet from the wreckage as fuel oil ignited. About 12 to 15 people were aboard the passenger coach including several Winnebago Indians from the Walthill fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnebago, Neb
Burlington
Here
W. L. Somerhiser
Lincoln
Walthill Fair
Winnebago
Walthill Hospital
Odd Fellows World Gathering Set for Des Moines
Des Moines hosts the first International Convention of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows since 1902 from September 14 to 19. Officials expect 23 uniformed bands, 26 floats, and 69 marching units in the parade on September 17. Lynn J. Irwin of Des Moines will be elevated to grand sire of the world organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Sovereign
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Lynn J. Irwin
Grand Sire of the World Organization
Short bobbed hair expected to trend from Hollywood influence
Chicago report says cosmeticians foresee a swing to short bobbed hair as Hollywood imitates Greta Garbo. Garbo’s new shorter style is described as the pacemaker for immediate future hair fashions, with Hollywood reports noting a 100 percent rise in short cuts over two months.
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Chicago
Hollywood
Greta Garbo
American Cosmeticians Association
Frances Martell
Garbo
Willkie urges force to keep North Atlantic open
In a radio broadcast marking King Peter of Yugoslavia’s eighteenth birthday, Wendell Willkie urges President Roosevelt to use force to protect U S ships in the North Atlantic. He says America must defend freedom of the seas and will not yield strength or soul to Nazi aggression.
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New York
INS
North Atlantic
United States
Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Peter
Yugoslavia
Willkie
America
Lindbergh Address Expected Peaceful in Des Moines
Earl C. Jeffrey, advance agent for the America First committee, said Des Moines will likely be quiet for Charles A. Lindberghs address at the Coliseum. He noted Oklahoma City refused use of the city auditorium and moved the meeting to a baseball park. Jeffrey expressed confidence residents of Des Moines and Iowa will be fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Earl C. Jeffrey
Chicago
America First Committee
Charles A. Lindbergh
Oklahoma City
Lindbergh
Jeffrey
Towa
Father 50 Will Join His 7 Sons In Naval Service
A 50 year old farmer from Ridgefield Washington will take the naval enlistment oath on the battleship Nevada's quarterdeck Tuesday. He will serve as fireman first class in the Nevada's fire room beside seven of his sons Myrne Roy Marvin Allen Gilbert Bruce and Clarence Jr Navy Secretary Knox will join via radio broadcast. The eight son Wayne Henry Patten 16 plans to enlist July 1 1942. All Patten brothers were born in Lake City Carroll County Iowa.
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Washington
Nevada
Secretary of the Navy
Knox
Clarence Floyd Patten
Ridgefield
Wash
Farmer
Myrne
Roy
Marvin
Allen
Gilbert
Bruce
Clarence
Navy
Patten
Wayne Henry Patten
Patten Brothers
Lake City
Careroll County
Magicians Propose Invisible Army To Defeat Hitler
In Michigan a magicians guild discussion urged using polarized light to render an army invisible. General Grant suggested the idea, asking what would provoke Hitler more than facing an unseen force. Percy Abbott called the concept startling and considered delaying broader distribution for possible war department presentation.
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Colon
Mich
Call of National Defense
Hitler
U S
Grant
Magicians Guild
Percy Abbott
War Department
Pullman Tours Sleepers Rates Raised One Third
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved Pullman company plans to increase rates for space in tourist sleeping cars by one third. Tourist car service operates on Western railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Pullman Company
Western
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