Understanding America's Modern Army Through Its Vehicles
Lieut. Col. Collin S. Myers, Cedar Rapids, returns from Fort Benning to explain mechanized and armored forces. The piece details division structure with five echelons and units, tank regiments, artillery, and transport like half tracks and bantam cars, clarifying terminology and capabilities.
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Amer
Cedar Rapids
Fort Benning
Collin S. Myers
Myers
Thes
Uncle Sam
Roosevelt Proclaims Employment Week Initiative
President Roosevelt proclaims May 4 to start a national employment week aimed at stimulating work opportunities and extending employment to those not currently working, with emphasis on workers over 46. The measure seeks to boost welfare and economic interests for all unemployed citizens.
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Washington (Ap
Roosevelt
Pro-British Iraq Regime Overthrown Report
Italian press dispatches claim that army leaders and nationalists staged a coup d etat in Iraq, ousting a pro-British government and forcing Regent Prince Abdul Illah to seek refuge in Basrah. Baghdad authorities reportedly in control, no new government formed, and a new British ambassador had arrived.
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Rome
Iraq
Prince Abdul Ilah
Basrah
Persian Gulf
Messaggero
Beirut
Syria
Bagdad
Feisal II
Abdul
Ghazi
Bottle Baby Of Ma And Eleanor In Milk Racket For Self Now
Reporter Arthur Bugs Baer notes a lighthearted self parable about counting with fingers and toes. The piece plays on quirky math lines and a playful tone.
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Eleanor
Noted figures on a single day strike at Ford plant
The piece parses a one day strike at Ford with economic consequences in abstract figures. It contrasts the implications of hourly wages, yearly totals, and a jab at Mrs Roosevelt and other figures, ending with a line about women and domestic roles.
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Ford
Fragmentary OCR News Snippet Describes Unclear Event
A garbled passage references a police encounter and a suspect with a fever chart and witnesses. The readable text is limited, offering few concrete names, places, or dates to anchor a full report.
Iron Cross Won Despite Metalworking Strikes
A strike in a smelter foundry or rolling mill does not halt fabrication as each stoppage yields some victor, symbolized by an iron cross awarded amid the labor dispute.
Fragmentary remark on fifth columnists and trees
A garbled line references powers by a fifth column and mentions a tree as a metaphor. The text is unclear and lacks concrete facts or identifiable subjects.
Chevrolet Leads New Car Registrations in 1940
853 529 Chevrolet cars were registered in 1940, comprising 24.99 percent of all new passenger cars that year.
Lend Plan Expands Britain Weapons Production
Official sources say the lend lease plan will produce 15,000 planes 390 merchant ships and about 5,000 tanks for Britain with most planes being tactical bombers of which 13,000 go to the Royal Air Force. Ships will resemble those now under construction for Britain and shipyards may be expanded.
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Washington
Great Britain
Royal Air Force
United States Army
Roosevelt Pupils Stage Radio Play Saturday
Roosevelt pupils under Miss Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets will present The Assembly Room of the Air Play house Saturday at 9 30 a m over.
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Roosevelt
Roberta Dinwiddie Sheets
Air Playhouse
Rehearsal by Margaret Browne On 110th School Broadcast
The program features Narrator John Fattig Anne Mary Jane Ferguson Susie Dorothy DeWald Jerry Richard ey among the cast. It is produced by Opalee Barnard with help from teachers supervisors principals and Arthur Deamer superintendent of schools.
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WMT
Margaret Browne
John Fattig
Anne
Mary Jane Ferguson
Susie
Dorothy DeWald
Jerry
Richard Ey
Opalee Barnard
Arthur Deamer
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