Roosevelt planned Bullitt as navy secretary before France fell
Our Vichy Gamble by William L. Langer notes that President Roosevelt intended William C. Bullitt as secretary of the navy before France’s 1940 collapse. The plan ended as events pressured bipartisan action, with Frank Knox named and Henry L. Stimson to become secretary of war.
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New York
Roosevelt
France
William C. Bullitt
Vichy
William L. Langer
Bullitt
Paris
United States
Frank Knox
Henry L. Stimson
Langer
Harvard
Office of Strategic Services
Secretary of State
Hull
Window Displays For Army Week Highlight Local Units
Displays at Killian's store and Louie's Clothes shop promote Army Week. The Killian window features a world globe and Uncle Sam cutouts created with Reserve Officers' Association and Coe college ROTC collaboration. Louie's display reflects Iowa National Guard planning in Cedar Rapids.
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Killian
Third Avenue
Second Street SE
Louie
Second Avenue
Second Street
Reserve Officers’ Association
R.O.T.C
Coe College
Iowa National Guard
Cedar Rapids
Uncle Sam
Army Week Display Plans At Allen Motor Co Sign
National Guard to dedicate Allen Motor Company electric sign to Army week. Reserve Officers set Monday night showing of the film This is Your Army at the Paramount theater amid plans to feature radio towers and equipment in the event.
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The
National Guard
Allen Motor Company
Army
Paramount Theater
Patrolmen Seek Captive Cowboys After Escaped Horses
Patrolmen Lee Nelson and Don Spicher chased two riding horses that escaped a pasture on Avenue NE and roamed the northeast town area early Monday. The horses Dorothy and Peanuts were reported loose on Daniels Street around 6 a.m. Nelson tried to lasso them on foot with a clothesline while Spicher stayed in the radio car, but the horses evaded capture.
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Lee Nelson
Don Spicher
Roy Rogers
Avenue NE
Dorothy
Peanuts
Daniels Street
Nelson
Spicher
Three Men Arrested for Solon Beer Theft
Joseph Milton Zajicek 26 Hollywood Calif a former Marion resident and two Cedar Rapids men were arrested in Cedar Rapids and turned over to Johnson County Sheriff J A Murphy. Zajicek admitted stealing beer from Rays tavern Solon and described accomplices Bill and Ray Rim- as detectives and officers pursued a Ford coupe with California plates.
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Joseph Milton Zajicek
Hollywood
Calif
Marion
Cedar Rapids
J. A. Murphy
Johnson County
Murphy
Ray
Solon
California
Simon and Stusak
Barger
Zajicek
Bill
Ray Rim
Rimmers detained after Monday custody update
Authorities reported two men named Rimmer were taken into custody early Monday following an incident. Further details on charges or involvement were not disclosed in the available text.
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Imer
Seventh Street SE
Rimmers
Two Men Sentenced to 30 Days on Intoxication Counts
Bill Perrigo and Jerry Mullin pled guilty to intoxication charges and received 30 days in the County jail. Perrigo was picked up by police at midnight Saturday after a Saturday night fight left him with a head gash.
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Bill Perrigo
Jerry Mullin
Justice Court
Perrigo
Pasture Chase Ends as Custodian Seizes Suspect
In a frenzied pursuit near the pasture at Fourteenth street and Oakland avenue NE a rider tried to seize Dorothy's ride. She kicked the attacker and the posse restrained the horse until custodian Lloyd Hoff from 621 Sixteenth street NE could take over.
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Fourteenth Street
Oakland Avenue
Picher
Dorothy
Lloyd Hoff
Sixteenth Street
CIO Group Urges Cedar Rapids Opposition to Closed Shop Bill
Cedar Rapids CIO representatives urged the city council to oppose an Iowa senate approved anti closed shop bill. They argued the measure would void contracts and trigger labor chaos while noting unions would be uniquely affected.
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CIO Group
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
CIO
Bernard Myers
la Plant-Choate Farm Equipment and Metal Workers Local
Blue
Linn County
Frank Hahn
Myers
Louis Jedlicka
Cereal Workers Union
George Scurlock
United Packinghouse Workers
Valuable Jap Trophy Presented to Iowa
The Nagato battle flag was presented to Iowa by Capt. Ray Tarbuck of the battleship Iowa. The banner showed a red sun and rays and rests in the state history archives. Tarbuck said the trophy belongs in the history department. the flag was captured by an Iowa crew member at war's end.
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Iowa
Department of History and Archives
Iown
State Historical Department
Tokyo
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Vlad He
Pactefic Mutual
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