12 Sep 1941
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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1941
Page
1
Edward C. Wayne reports Roosevelt asserting a positive stance against appeasement while Lindbergh warns of trouble with Great Britain. Diplomats experiment with policy in the Far East as tensions rise.
President Roosevelt presses for a clear American read on the international crisis amid disarray in press and Congress. He calls for a grounded view of national strengths and pressures, citing reports from Clyde Park and messages from Japanese premier. The era’s war talk, lapsing into shadowy plots, underscores the pressure on U S policy and labor.
A long conference between Ambassador Nomura and President Roosevelt preceded White House statements that the president would pursue a peaceful solution to the Japanese United States deadlock. Churchill’s stance spurred debate over appeasement, while Japan and Germany aligned against Allied plans. Domestic tax debates, Soviet oil control, and the Vindivostok issue shaped tensions ahead of the American war economy and the upcoming Milwaukee American Legion national conclave.
The article, by RAVEHAGE, argues civilian morale is the key for wartime defense. It cites Washington apathy, production delays, and the need for broad public support, plus notes Ottawa tension and shifts in civilian goods like plastic products and soy derivatives aiding Britain. It rounds with reflections on propaganda, radio monitoring, and the urgency for unified national effort.
A plane carrying a man and a woman crashed during a forced landing near a resort town in Delaware. The aircraft burst into flames and injured occupants while the town experienced a several hour blackout. Rescue crews reported both survived the crash, though the incident caused extended power loss and public disruption.
In Washington a further cue in forecast for oil supplies from producers to dealers during the remainder of September. Jervis R. Ca toe, 6, held in jail as a suspect in other unsolved woman murders, was asked by detectives to question him about still more cases.
Brief column notes a Nazi plane crash off the Norwegian coast. A fisherman returning from his boat questions whether any fliers survived. He replies one soldier lived but mocks Nazi lies. Mentions Iceland voyage jokes and secretary Wickard on forests shaping future policy.
In New York, Lucy Monroe known as the star spangled soprano leads public patriotic songs at a Veterans of Foreign Wars event in Philadelphia and Washington. Her career spans opera, concert and radio, with 20,000 attendees and a noted shift toward mobilizing morale and liberation through music.
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