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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1941
Page
1
Readers report a mob stormed the Wilson produce plant in Cedar Rapids Monday night, injuring workers. A swift citizens committee formed and business leaders joined in a sustained, practical protest against lawlessness.
A citizens' committee presses for clear lines of responsibility and prearranged procedures for handling future produce plant unrest. Officials pledge coordinated action, while police must gain field experience to improve crisis response. The effort rejects mob violence and ties public safety to lawful labor disputes.
German rapid troops and motorcyclists reportedly cut off the Crimean peninsula with its shipyards and bases while advancing on Leningrad, Kiev, and Odessa. Luftwaffe bombings hit Moscow, Odessa, and Leningrad as Soviet forces claim near annihilation of mechanized units on the central front. civilian mass military training begins October 1 as strategic danger grows along the Black Sea flank.
Police and firemen protested the city council wage grant on Monday claiming insufficient raises. Bernard Brown argued a sub rosa proposition promised a larger boost for the chief while firefighters questioned the missing extra funds.
Lynn U. Stambaugh of Fargo North Dakota was elected commander of the Legion at Milwaukee after Roane Roe of Memphis withdrew. Stambaugh, a 22 month Army veteran and former Gil commander, has served Fargo since 1939 and led the rehabilitation committee in 1940 41. The convention rejected a resolution attacking national unity and President with Maurice Devine alleging implied condemnation.
Cedar Rapids officials and a citizens committee reached a plan after the Monday night riot at the Wilson and Company plant. Sheriff James H. Smith will direct local law enforcement in future emergencies with city and county cooperation. A contact police officer will liaise with the sheriff, and efforts to prosecute those responsible for the violence will continue. Civic groups backed the stance urging decisive action and accountability.
Secretary Morgenthau disclosed that the United States began a ten million dollar Treasury advance to Russia last month. The move accompanied a Federal Loan move to finance Russian purchases, with RFC subsidiaries buying minerals and paying upfront to provide cash for war-supply orders. The Russian ambassador had informed of a planned shipment of ten million dollars in gold to the U.S. in the next ninety days.
The South Side Civic club and the Lions club called for a thorough probe into a riot at the Wilson and Company Produce Plant on Monday night. In letters they urged Mayor Frank Hahn and the city council to order a full investigation and to ensure police training and accountability.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to appropriate 5.985 billion dollars to continue lend-lease assistance through June 30 1943. He sought authority to direct air lend-lease to any country deemed vital to U.S. defense and outlined a budget plan including defense articles and administrative costs.
In Algiers two Frenchmen were executed by firing squad, as reported by AP. The ceremony occurred publicly with onlookers present, and authorities have not released further details about the crime or the defendants.
Washington report says the U S Navy will use all methods including convoys to guard British bound cargoes in the North Atlantic. Secretary Knox declined to state whether protection extends outside that area and noted legislative action may be required for broader protections. The policy shift follows Raeder warning of possible war actions and the Atlantic convoy deployment under wartime defense.
New York AP Capt Granville Conway district manager of the United States maritime commission says he has been instructed to requisition three Alcoa line freighters among ships tied up by a Seafarers International Union AFL strike. The move follows the union rejecting a commission ultimatum to arbitrate by noon over war bonus demands. This marks the first use of requisitioning in a maritime dispute.
Cedar Rapids and vicinity forecast a continued warm spell with lower humidity. Thursday night and Friday expect partly cloudy skies, and winds to rise from the south. Temperatures ranged from mid 70s to near 80 during the day with humidity around 25 percent.
A Shanghai dispatch reports Japan charged with sinking a Korean fishing vessel, causing the loss of nine Korean fishermen.
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