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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1940
Page
1
An opinion piece denounces foreign policy overreach by the New Deal era. It argues Germany Italy and Japan threaten U S sovereignty and warns against a third Roosevelt term. The author predicts political exploitation of the crisis and urges Willkie to cast blame on current administration.
Wendell Willkie tour from Omaha to Fort Dodge and Webster City, Iowa, promotes a farm program to expand markets and “taking over and improvement” of federal agricultural projects. He argues the two term tradition may be needed now, urges debates, and draws 6,000 to 7,000 supporters with festive signs and a dramatic train welcome.
An opinion argues that people must act to prove worthy of divine aid in times of crisis. It laments Americans straying from duty, meddling in others' affairs, and questions why God would reward bungling or overlook responsibility.
A reflective piece recounts an evening with Count Keyserling who critiques modern science as childish play. He argues we must read life as whole words, not letters, combining facts into meaning to pursue culture, faith, and truth.
Chauncey Simmons a 53 year old man from Mount Vernon was found dead in a Linn county jail cell early Friday. He was awaiting transport to Fort Madison penitentiary for breaking and entering. The coroner ruled death by own action with no inquest to follow. Simmons had been jailed since July 14 after a Lisbon prowling arrest. His body was moved to Johnson funeral home in Mount Vernon.
A dated notice invites a Saturday meeting with a courteous young woman at The Gazette Want Ad department between 8 AM and 8 PM to help write a low cost Want Ad for The Sunday Gazette. Call 2 1 21 or visit the Gazette office early to ensure prompt service.
German raids failed to break London defenses as four major assaults and many smaller raids cost the Nazis 122 planes by 7 30 pm. British losses were 31 aircraft with 14 crewmen parachuting to safety.
Berlin reports say 400 tons of high explosives struck British targets including a Spitfire factory near Southampton docks near Liverpool and a merchant ship in Liverpool Bay. The communique claims German naval guns repelled several lone RAF sorties over the Channel. London reports many fires mainly around West India docks with Britain claiming 27 losses, four shot down, two missing.
Berlin sources say the Berlin Rome Tokyo pact may be read as a response to the destroyer deal between the United States and Great Britain. The main contingency under the axis alliance is a US Britain military pact, with a forthcoming broad agreement with Spain reportedly to be announced soon.
Sheriff Jim Smith tightened security around the County Treasurer Frank Bates' office after staff thwarted a suspected theft of thousands in tax receipts. A noon call pretended an emergency and a man claimed a secretary misplaced 500 dollars as part of a plan involving three men and a local philanthropic office.
Cedar Round News reports police counted 240 in 25-cent quarters from two machines seized at the Pickwick club. Chief Earl Stanley and a crew oversaw the tally in the show-up room. wagers on the final total mostly missed by 100 or more.
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt recounted a Princeton student attempting to pick her up on a train trip to New York. She described the moment during a Women's National Democratic club address, noting the boy asked for a date and compared Princeton to Harvard.
Vincent Astor of the Astor family married Mary B. Cushing in a Friday ceremony announced by her mother Mrs Harvey B. Cushing. The bride is Betsy Cushing’s sister and Betsy is the former wife of Hank Roosevelt, son of the President.
Paul Mahon’s column on page four previews potential U S policy shifts under current Washington setup. The piece offers a speculative view to Gazette readers, framing possible consequences for residents.
Washington officials offered no formal comment on the German Italian Japanese alliance while noting the pact likely targets the United States. Observers say it marks a diplomatic victory for the Axis as Britain’s war effort stalls, though details remain undisclosed pending full dispatches.
London officials dismissed the German Italian Japanese alliance as an empty threat saying it would not alter the current situation and that Germany and Italy could not easily act against Britain because of the Japanese commitment.
Rome officials say the Italo German Japanese alliance serves as a warning against foreign meddling in Europe and China Japan conflicts. It is described as both offensive and defensive and designed to push other nations into war on all fronts.
Virginio Gayda the Fascist mouthpiece warned that the United States would be attacked from two continents and on land and sea if it intervened in the war on Britain’s side. He linked the warning to the new Berlin alliance of Germany Italy and Japan.
Berlin reports Germany Italy and Japan sign a ten year mutual assistance pact aimed at creating a new Europe and Asia order. The three powers pledge economic and military support against any non belligerent, with Japan to stay out of European affairs.
Reported Friday night that the Japanese Italian German alliance may include unpublished annexes outlining conditions for war against powers like the United States. Officials stressed the Berlin pact is not aimed at any power and that policy toward the United States remains unchanged.
The thermometer began at 39 degrees and climbed through the day in Cedar Rapids. Readings reached 60 by 10 AM and 70 by 2:30 PM, with Thursday’s high 66 at 3:30 PM and evening lows around 54 to 44.
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