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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1941
Page
3
Readers see the Russia campaign’s muddled progress, debates on defense profits, and Cedar Rapids school patrol skepticism. Mentions hospital psychiatry concerns, Mayor Hahn's city dump visit, and autumn bonfire nostalgia as everyday life continues amid global tension.
Berlin reports say flame throwers dive bombers tanks and infantry completed the Kiev encirclement. German forces claim to have taken the heart of the Donets basin and reached the Dnieper, with 200000 to 500000 Soviet troops trapped behind lines.
Personal interview with Dr. Little conducted by Bob Estabrook. The discussion covers religion under Hitler’s regime and in Russia, missionary work in Africa and Asia, and the American church amid world crisis. The talk analyzes denominationalism, potential unions, and Cedar Rapids' church membership and literary influences.
Postmaster General Frank C Walker told the Democratic Editorial Association of Indiana that isolationists and interventionists must turn to a complete united effort as the war presses abroad. He framed U S policy as defense driven and warned of a tyrannical foe threatening liberty.
London reports Bulgarian King Boris approves entering World War II on the Axis side. Bulgarian radio declares a state of emergency as diplomatic dispatches outline incentives including Black Sea control and protectorates over Crimea and Thrace. Military strength is listed at about 500,000, with limited navy and air forces.
Police report three groups trained at the Sebastopol base landed in Bulgaria in the past six weeks. Parachutists who dropped September 14 were killed after a six hour engagement. all groups have been wiped out in the country.
British air strikes in the Mediterranean on Saturday were credited with damaging three more Axis vessels, as Cairo dispatches confirm continued Allied pressure against enemy shipping.
Cedar Rapids manufacturers warn of possible layoffs for fourteen small plants if needed materials are not released within 30 to 90 days. Affected firms could shed about 229 workers. reports were sent to the Midwest Emergency Conference to seek relief in Washington.
The 1942 Cedar Rapids Community Chest goal is 89847 dollars, down 672 from 1941 and 1353 from 1940. Dr J Max Widmer announces the budget-driven cut while stressing continued need. James L Cooper leads the campaign and will name division heads next week.
Berlin reports incendiary bombs caused minor damage as RAF daylight attacks lash Norway, France, Holland, and Germany. The push, possibly the largest daylight operation, included Emden and Cherbourg targets with eight or more ships hit or set ablaze. 15 enemy planes downed, 10 Allied planes lost.
Berlin reports a Saturday night communique stating 38 British planes were shot down along the English Channel coast with 35 fighters downed by German forces and three sunk by naval guns. The tally includes two German losses and a separate claim that two ships, including a 17,000 ton tanker, were sunk east of Hull.
The Keep America Out of War Congress denounces the implications of Charles Lindbergh's Des Moines statement on Jews and U S involvement in the war. It pledges strong disagreement with the idea that American citizens of Jewish extraction form a separate group.
Saturday saw a high of 89 degrees by 4 p.m. Temperatures fell to 80 by 7 p.m. and 74 by 11:45 p.m. The forecast for Sunday calls for scattered thunder showers, a familiar weekend pattern.
Kenneth Brandt, 22, of Cedar Rapids, was rearrested the same day on a kidnapping charge tied to rioting at the Wilson and Company produce plant. Detectives said he admitted moving three non union workers from the riot scene and striping one man on Third Street SE. Brandt, a Wilson packing plant employee, remained in Linn County jail as bail set at 4000 dollars but not posted.
Ray Miller aged 31 of 312 Seventh Avenue SE faced reckless driving charges after his car collided with a machine driven by L P Lyman at the Thirty second Street and First Avenue BE intersection around 6 50 p m. Mrs Lyman and Mrs Miller suffered injuries. Miller claimed he thought the light was green. police noted he had been drinking but not intoxicated.
Los Angeles reports Abe Tannenbaum, who testified in Brooklyn against Murder Inc., arrived by air to support the reopening of the two year old Harry Schachter case.
James H. Bailey has resigned as acting chief of the Cedar Rapids police, effective Sept. 22, with a council vote pending Monday. The riot at the Wilson and Company plant injured a dozen and drew criticism of police inaction. Public Safety Commissioner W. C. Benesh plans to name an acting chief and consult with the new head on further changes. Bailey joined the force in 1920 and rose from conductor to detective before becoming acting chief in 1940.
The crash at Second avenue and Eighth street SE about 11 15 p m Saturday injured Thelma Jenkins 17 of 13114 Fourteenth avenue SE with a broken left leg Dorothy Wilkinson 18 of 121 Fourteenth avenue SE lacerations and a broken tooth and John Henderson 30 of Vinton a head gash The two girls were with Alton Ashtock 19 of route 3 who drove west while Henderson rode with Harold A Troxel of Vinton going north The injured were taken to St Luke s hospital by the Ambulance Service.
The United States signed an accord with Paraguay to extend American lend-lease aid to bolster its defenses. The deal, details undisclosed, was signed by Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Paraguayan Minister Don Juan Jose Soler in Washington.
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