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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1941
Page
18
Marguerite Young reports New York designers embrace American style amid lean imports in a sink-or-swim season. The trends blend French influence with bold American practicality, featuring revealing necklines, slim skirts, three piece tweed suits, fur capes, and sporty, fur accented California casuals.
Washington AP reports opponents of revision to the neutrality act plan Saturday actions. Senator La Follette Wisconsin says opposition senators will resist changes, arguing repeal or modification would drift toward war participation and violate Roosevelt’s 1940 pledges. President Roosevelt will confer with congressional leaders Monday to set recommendations for Congress. Senator Johnson California plans to return and join a non interventionist bloc meeting after Roosevelt’s announcement.
An 80 foot yacht Koonyung exploded in the Sassafras River near Georgetown leaving three dead and seven injured. The vessel was owned by Dr Charles Pancoast of Philadelphia.
Los Angeles report states Sen. Burton Wheeler accuses President Roosevelt of aiming for an American dictatorship. He cites Major Victor Cazelet and other English figures, claims illusions of packing the court, neutrality act repeal, and accuses Willkie Churchill and Wall Street of directing U.S. policy.
Senate Finance Committee Chairman George of Georgia argued that government seizure of profits above six percent would harm legitimate businesses and risk vital defense production. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged tax relief, noting total taxes this year could total 22.5 to 24 billion dollars, translating to 168 to 180 per capita, versus Britain's 165 to 180.
Capt. Hans Bierd of Seattle commanded the Libby Maine, a foundered motorship, in a famed Arctic rescue. He previously served as captain of the Roosevelt with Admiral Peary and saved 762 men from ice in 1918, risking his crew to buck the Bering Sea pack. His wife recalled his early seafaring rise from 15 in Denmark to captain at 21.
Thirteen crewmen were rescued and a search continued for more survivors after the American freighter Libby Maine sank in a Caribbean hurricane Tuesday near Puerto Rico. Seven of the 32 crew members are confirmed dead, with twelve still unaccounted for as of Saturday night.
Fourteen survivors from an unidentified steamer sunk by a German U-boat off the west coast of Africa were rescued by a Spanish vessel. German radio dispatch via NBC provided no further details. Germany earlier announced 11 of 12 boats in a British convoy off West Africa were sunk by U-boats.
Lacey E. Gee chief pilot at Cedar Rapids Airways will address Rotary club at the Roosevelt hotel Monday noon on Civilian Pilot Training and national defense. Nursery auxiliary meets at the Gas company Glow room Thursday at 1 p.m. Mrs. Mary Menary hosts. picnic items requested. Aviation Cadet Robert D. Smith has completed primary training at Thunderbird Field Phoenix and is transferred to Bakersfield California for basic air training.
Registration for the basic analytical chemistry defense course will be held in room 422 at Franklin High School at 7 p.m. Tuesday instead of Monday. The time and meeting place for both class and laboratory work will be announced then.
The Cedar Rapids Gladiolus Society will hold a picnic supper for members and others interested in gladioli at 6:16 Monday evening at Maine Lodge Hall 838 First Avenue East. After supper, attendees will exhibit summer flower specimens.
In Baltimore the Liberty ship Patrick Henry began its launch during Admiral Land’s address. Mrs Wallace, sponsor and wife of the vice president, swung the champagne bottle but the ship slid into the water nose first. Senator Radcliffe overran his time, forcing an abrupt halt to the ceremony.
Ralph Budd president of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy says the most critical transport shortage is buses and street cars and urges more production. He notes oil tankers airplanes and railroad cars are scarce and freight car output is 20 000 cars behind schedule amid material shortages.
Flint AP report notes Chevrolet division of General Motors announced a flat price rise of 87 dollars on 1942 master and special series models shown Saturday. The increase equals about 10 percent.
Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson reports optimism about the U S Army as better trained and better equipped than in 1917. Shortages exist in anti tank units and 37 mm guns but new Garand rifles will reach first combat troops within a month. Patterson notes ongoing improvements and highlights strong air force performance and high morale during maneuvers.
Selective service headquarters reminded army enlisted men that on discharge they must register with local draft boards if they are within the 21 to 35 age range. Men with at least three years of consecutive service in any armed force are not liable for induction.
St. Ann's parish at Vail eight miles east of Denison, with a population near six hundred, plans to fund an $80,000 church through working capital and annual member contributions.
The Gazette notes a brief appearance of William S Hart in the film One Foot In Heaven within a scene featuring Hartzell Spence. Hart retires on his Newhall ranch and allows Warner to use his 1917 The Silent Man, crediting a good moral role despite no charge for use.
German radio listed American Eagle Pilot W. H. Nicholls of San Carlos California as a prisoner of war. Nicholls, original Eagle squadron member for the Royal Air Force, was reported shot down and feared killed during a September 7 Channel offensive. An air ministry spokesman said he was likely wounded and picked up by a Nazi rescue boat.
Former Governor Loren D Dickinson announced a possible political return in 1942 if Republicans back a candidate he approves. He said a gubernatorial run is possible but could shift to lieutenant governor or United States senator. Dickinson will be 83 when campaign season arrives next year.
Johannesburg January 1926 Premier Jan Christian Smuts said he expects the United States to enter the war in the very near future. He spoke in Johannesburg noting shifting global tensions and potential U S involvement.
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