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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1941
Page
1
The Treasury plans a crackdown on middlemen who skim from a one cent tax increase, though widespread padding across the supply chain could push consumer costs higher. The move aims to curb gouging and raise awareness of government spending’s impact on prices.
Washington (INS) OPM Chief Donald M. Nelson ordered a 43.2 percent cut in refrigerator production for the five months starting August 1. The move mirrors planned limits on other durable goods and aims to release materials for defense work while smoothing labor dislocations. Large firms face 43.5 percent cuts, mid sizes 37 percent, and small makers 29 percent.
Cedar Rapids man C R Kaul 38 with a long police record was given six months in jail with two months suspended after pleading guilty to grand larceny in Ottumwa. He stole 150 dollars cash and about 50 dollars of jewelry from his grandmother Mrs Lillian Dengler. He was reported as son of Police Chief Ernest Kaul of Topeka Kansas.
Berlin reports 24 Czechs were executed for plotting to end German rule in Bohemia Moravia. A German spokesman blamed Moscow and London for stirring rebellion and said authorities acted after identifying involved persons. The Prague arrest list included politicians and army leaders.
A fire in the Bishop cafeteria in Des Moines timed with the noon rush forced hundreds to evacuate. Flames damaged the front section after being confined between the ceiling and second floor. no injuries reported as workers and diners fled through exits.
The Portland Industrial Union Council branded Judge Charles B. Spears’s deportation recommendation of Harry Bridges a fascist tendency of the first magnitude.
London reports say Soviet forces may have found a weakness in the German central line as a drive southwest of Bryansk advances. Moscow claimed 12 German armored divisions were retreating in the Bryansk sector, seen as a potential turning point amid broader German efforts toward Leningrad and Ukraine.
Pravda and Red Star dispatches report Russian forces holding the initiative in many Leningrad front sectors for days. They say villages were captured and a 15,000 strong German 269th division attack was beaten with heavy losses. A river crossing yielded a town labeled "B" and a German regiment of 3,000 was wiped out. Air raids hit German aerodromes and trains as fighting raged along the front.
Lexington police broadcast descriptions of two men Forest Turner 24 and Sim Scarborough 41 linked to a crime trail from Tampa to Lexington. They allegedly robbed in Parrot Georgia and fled toward Turner's cousin, tied to the Marion Miley homicide at the country club apartment and the wounding of Mrs. Miley.
London report says Rudolf Hess former Nazi deputy leader pressed for immediate return to Germany claiming status as a special envoy not a prisoner of war. He reportedly has twice begun hunger strikes to obtain his release amid ongoing peace‑plan rumors linked to Hitler’s inner circle.
Cedar Rapids saw 1.38 inches of rain from Monday night into Tuesday morning. By 2 30 p m Tuesday the temperature reached 60 degrees, up from 53 at 7 a m. Monday night’s cold snap peaked at 37 degrees with a low of 47 by 7 p m. The day remained fair and milder as humidity stood at 70 percent.
Police report two boys aged 12 and 13 confessed to entering the M S Hallman home and the A L Taylor residence on Sept 5, taking money and keepsakes and later prowling two cars for flashlights, poker chips, and playing cards. They also confessed to a later breakin and an attempted lumber yard entry.
Wilson and Company workers loaded two freight cars of frozen produce at the plant, the last of its stock, as law officers outnumbered pickets. Sheriff Jim Smith and deputies, plus Sergeant Frank Hrabetin, were on site amid strike tensions.
Moscow radio reports Italian fleet units bombarded Montenegrin towns on the Adriatic coast while Nazi secret police arrested thousands of Czechs. Fascist warships and planes were said to shell dissident centers and attack inland villages as uprisings were suppressed.
Governor Harold E. Stassen urged the 48 states to back federal foreign policy and build a rapid national defense while preserving strong state governments. He spoke at the American Bar association convention session with governors and attorneys general amid debate on impeachment resolutions targeting President Roosevelt.
Washington AP Willkie says he would support Roosevelt in any effort to repeal or modify the neutrality act. Hull seeks broader revision while Roosevelt weighs a limited modification or full repeal and arming merchants, with talks planned with lawmakers this week.
Secretary Morgenthau shelved the 6 percent corporation profits limit after criticism from business leaders and lawmakers. He said formal proposal to Congress would wait until next year and apply to 1942 business if enacted, with drafting already incomplete and months needed before readiness.
A fire raced through the National Bronze and Aluminum plant in Cleveland on Tuesday, quickly spreading to nearby homes in the crowded eastern industrial sector. The plant, employing about 1,000 workers on three shifts, produced aluminum castings for airplane and tank parts and held other defense contracts.
At the tri power conference in Moscow on Monday W A Harriman pledged the fullest possible United States aid to Russia to combat the German war machine. Six committees were set to handle military supplies raw materials transportation and Red Cross and medical needs. Stalin had conferred with Harriman and Lord Beaverbrook the previous night on practical aid questions.
Prime Minister Churchill told the house of commons Britain has seized the initiative in the air and cut shipping losses, while Britain weighs possible invasions of the European continent. He warned Germany could strike at the Suez Canal, North Africa, and the British Isles, and called for massive American industrial support to sustain Russia.
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