30 Sep 1940
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1940
Page
1
A May letter notes the wartime press pace tied to the Nazis blitz in the Low Countries and debates defense needs. It argues for immediate American production of an undefeatable air force, critiques New Deal politics and Roosevelt’s reelection, and questions the destroyer deal with Britain amid axis actions.
Berlin announced preparations to evacuate children from the capital as RAF raids hit Berlin electrical works oil refineries and the Wilhelmshaven naval base. British attacks spanned Magdeburg Hanover London and ports from Cap Griz Nez to Calais, with German claims of damage and British fighter responses noted.
Cedar Rapids petitions with 3 482 names were added to the city council record opposing removal of flagmen at Fourth street crossings. The railroads propose crossing gates red flasher signals and bells at each crossing and councilmen study the plan awaiting railroad officials’ examples from other cities.
Thomas A. Lyons 42, an executive of J. C. Penney, died Monday in New York. He was from New York and had worked for the Penney company. The report notes his connection to the firm and his death.
A reader recalls a friend’s invitation to a Boy Scout Thinking Day and argues for more days of thinking to avoid a downward rush into ruin. The piece cites Dostoevsky and biblical figures urging reflection, urging society to focus on thinking, facts, figures, and truths.
A wildcat strike by 32 Colonial Bakery employees at Fifth Avenue and Eighth Street SE began Saturday evening and continued Monday with picketing. Everett Mathews of local No. 365 says the walkout followed a vote over four working conditions grievances, while manager Jack Walsh says the union did not negotiate and claims a contract breach.
Willkie says fear of changing leaders in a time of crisis is not a valid reason for a Roosevelt third term. He cites Britain under Chamberlain and Churchill as a contrast and criticizes the “crisis” slogan used by foes as he tours Indiana Michigan and other states aboard a campaign train.
In Malone New York a 17 year old girl Gertrude Smallman hid for 21 hours with a chest bullet wound before being found by a friend. Her mother Kathryn Smallman said she left home after being denied permission to leave school to become a dancer. Police found an automatic revolver near the boulder where she hid.
Vichy France mobilizes to protect Madagascar from a potential British assault in the Indian Ocean. Governor General Leon Cayla is ordered to resist any political military or naval threat after Britain alleged a radio ultimatum demanding allegiance to Free French forces. The island reaffirms loyalty to Petain and faces blockade threats tied to control of vital South African trade routes.
In a radio address marking the Munich accord's second anniversary, Prime Minister Winston Churchill pledged that Britain would liberate the Czechs if allied victory is won. He spoke to Czechoslovakia from London.
A 90 year old woman, Mrs John A Green, suffered severe second and third degree burns over most of her body when a stove polish kit exploded at her Cedar Rapids area farm home on Robins road. She was taken to Mercy hospital in critical condition.
Four persons were injured in a two car collision at 1 10 p m Monday near the intersection of county roads off highway No 1 0 twelve miles north of Cedar Rapids. The Suchomel car carried Mrs Fran ces Suchomel and four others who suffered knee injuries elbow lacerations and bruises. Mrs Ambroz was treated at St Luke's hospital and to be released Monday afternoon.
Negotiations between Mohandas Gandhi and the British viceroy Lord Linlithgow to settle India’s push for independence reportedly collapsed on Monday. The Indian Congress rejected any postwar dominion status and demanded immediate independence.
The dialogue satirizes political use of the Dakar episode with Bugs Baer narrator, predicting Willkie and Roosevelt campaign lines, shore up farming and tax ideas, and ends with a quip about plowing hogs to boost the pork and fruit industries, reflecting wartime era humor.
Axis diplomacy shifts toward Moscow and Madrid as Berlin hints at talks with Ribbentrop or Molotov. Pravda editorial cited by German sources claims Russia was informed about the three power pact and remains neutral. Officials frame the pact as driven by strong governments, not international cliques.
The Pravda editorial via Tass examines the Japanese German Italian alliance and its impact on World War II. It warns the Axis plans to split the eastern hemisphere into spheres of influence and questions whether the United States will align with the alliance or oppose it.
A car swerved off Mt Vernon Road and Thirty-fourth Street SE early Sunday, snapping a telephone pole. Dale Hansen of Fairfax asleep in back seat was unhurt. Jack Russell 20 of Route 1 and Mike Hennessey 23 of 1007 Thirtieth Street SE were hospitalized with injuries. police investigate for possible charges.
Washington reporter records the House voting to send to the Senate a bill that would bar parties advocating overthrow of the government by force from ballots. Rep VeLeed of Michigan sponsored the measure targeting the Communist Party and similar groups.
London dispatch says the royal air force has placed in night operation a crack new fighter plane. Other unproven types near service readiness may shift the air battleground back to France in spring.
The army will select 400000 men after registration through rigorous medical and mental examinations. Local boards will preliminarily screen for teeth, feet, hernias, vision, and other ailments, with up to 30 percent eliminated. Those deferred remain eligible for call. A second, more thorough camp exam will weed out about 10 percent more for defects. Tuberculosis, major eye disease, infections, and venereal disease must be absent. literacy and basic intelligence must be demonstrated.
A Milan daily denounces U S aid to Britain as an act of war and accuses President Roosevelt of electoral deception. The paper mocks Willkie’s stance and cites plans to arm Britain with flying fortresses from U S stocks. It also criticizes Bullitt as Roosevelt’s ally and questions U S war policy while preparing for potential axis diplomacy.
Los Angeles AP reports Wetsel known as The Kidnap Hero declined his $25 000 share of the reward for rescuing 3 year old Marc de Tristan. He told reporters he has kids of his own and is making personal appeals at a theater. The El DeVado county sawmill operator and a companion aided capture of the abductor.
Pleasant mood marks month end in Cedar Rapids as temperatures rose from morning lows to afternoon highs. Morning readings ranged from the mid forties to mid fifties while the day peaked around the seventies with a late evening cool down.
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