Bandits Captured In High Speed Gun Battle
Cedar Rapids police captured Louis Hofer of Indianapolis and Harold Strauser of Mishawaka after a 90 mile an hour chase toward Mount Vernon. The duo held up Master Food Market for 105.60 and admitted multiple planned robberies while being identified by a market employee.
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Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
Eddie Stearns
Carl Burke
Louis Hofer
Indianapolis
Harold Strauser
Mishawaka
Ind
B Avenue NE
John Nassif
Hofer
Strauser
WPA
Abbey Creek
Mount Vernm
British Bomb Rail Station Said by Germans
Berlin dispatch reports German news agency DNB saying British warplanes bombed a Schleswig Holstein railway station. Tracks were broken and the station slightly damaged. DNB warned reprisals if such raids continued and called it a new aspect of the war. The British denied the claim. Germany boasted of naval and air successes near Norway as troops pushed inland and negotiations with King Haakon continued.
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DNB
Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Air Ministry
Norway
Haakon
Norwegian
Trondheim Fjord
Crown Prince
Olav
Bybergsund
Keslers Injured In Van Wert Crash. A Kesler Aunt Killed
Dr. Carl C Kesler and Mrs Kesler and their two children Carl Jr and Mary Alice were seriously hurt in a Van Wert Ohio crash at 1 p m Friday. An aunt of Mrs Kesler was killed. Dr Knight said both parents had broken pelvises and the children broken legs. The crash followed a snow skid into the Kesler car. The family is in Van Wert County Hospital. another son Billy was killed last September in Cedar Rapids.
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Carl C Kesler
Blake Boulevard
Carl, Jr
Mary Alice
van Wert
L. Knight
Kesler
Knight
Billy
Cedar Rapids
van Wert County Hospital
Britain Mines North Sea Lays Minefields for Norway Campaign
Premier Hansson says Sweden faces no demands for use of its territory. Britain reports large scale minefields in the North Sea and Skagerrak to block German traffic between the Baltic and North Sea. An 8000 ton ammunition ship and a 5000 ton supply vessel reportedly attacked, and a German seaplane base bombed. Allies outline plan from Trondheim rail hub to land campaign with Norwegian aid to isolate German garrisons.
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Bulletin
Stockholm
Per Albin Hansson
Sweden
London
Britain
Norway
Germany
Baltic
Oslo
Denmark
Admiralty
North Sea
Skagerrak
Kattegat
Kiel Canal
Norwegian
Trondheim
British War Office
Weather swings as Cedar Rapids hits 17 and climbs
Fragmentary clouds dimmed the sun in Cedar Rapids Friday as temperatures fell to 17 from 4 to 6 am. The mercury rose to 33 at 10 am and 39 at 2 30 pm after Thursday's high of 37. The Chambers Inskeep recorder shows a drop to 25 by 7 pm and 22 at midnight.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Inskeep Company
Roosevelt pushes U S relief plan for Greenland
President Roosevelt said Greenland is more related to North America than Europe and proposed the American Red Cross organize relief for Greenland residents this summer if Danish ships cannot reach them. He stressed humanitarian motives, not politics, and noted discussions with geographers and others.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Greenland
North America
Europe
Red Cross
Iceland
Big Island
North American
American Red Cross
Roosevelt Extends Trade Program for Three More Years
President Roosevelt signed a joint resolution extending the trade agreements program for three years. He called it a powerful instrument for promoting national economic well being and for strengthening the foundations of stable force.
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Trade Program Extension Washington
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Roosevelt Friday
Iowa Board Members Interview Jorgensen For UI Presidency
Dr Albert N Jorgensen of Connecticut told The Gazette he was interviewed by two Iowa board members about becoming president of the University of Iowa but had not been offered the job. The Iowa board’s search continues as it reviews several candidates.
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Albert N. Jorgensen
Toe College
University of Connecticut
The
Gazette
Iowa State Board,of Education
University of Iowa
Hartford
T. K Keenan
Richard Plock
Iowa State Board of Education
Jorgensen
Charles C. McCracken
Connecticut State College
Iowa board names committee on successor to UConn president
Report says interviews are underway to find a successor for President Eugene A Gilmore who resigned at Storrs Connecticut home of the University of Connecticut. The description notes growth under Jorgensen who is 41 and earns about 10009 a year while Iowa pays 12000. A special Iowa board committee has been appointed.
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Eugene A Gilmore
Storrs
Conn
University of Connecticut
Jorgensens
Jorgensen
Iowa
Kraschel Seeks Iowa Governor Nomination in Democratic Primary
Nelson G Kraschel of Harlan announces his candidacy for the Iowa Democratic nomination for governor in the June 3 primaries. He previously served as governor from 1937 to 1939 and was defeated for reelection in 1938 by incumbent George A Wilson. The other declared Democrat is State Senator Ed Breen of Fort Dodge.
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Des Moines
Nelson G Kraschel
Iowa
Harlan
Tja
Kraschel
George A. Wilson
Ed Breen
Fort Dodge
Tehel Writ Sparks Picket Change At Bottling Plant
Picketing resumed at the William Tehel Bottling plant after a four hour lull following an injunction on the truck drivers union. The banner was changed to read The A F of L employees of this place are on strike while union officials seek dissolution or modification of the injunction. Eight workers remain on strike as Cedar Rapids labor backs the dispute and Robert Wiener of the NLRB investigates the bargaining issue.
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William Tehel Bottling Company
Roy Radebaugh
A. G. Keyes
A. F of L
Tchel
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Tehel
Robert Wiener
Minneapolis
National Labor Relations Board
J. E. Heiserman
The scapegoat and alibi science in everyday living
A satirical column critiques blame shifting from scapegoats to ideas by Mars Freud and Einstein. It argues changing systems or subconscious drives excuses misdeeds, leaving moral standards fluid and personal. Distributed by United Feature Syndicate.
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Karl Mars
Freud
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Pope Declines Bid Over Denouncing German Aggression
A Vatican source said Pope Pius XII refused to denounce German aggression in Scandinavia after requests from Paris and London. The denial signals the Holy See’s stance amid rising conflict in Europe.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Pius XII
Paris
London
Holy See
Scandinavia
MacNider Favorite Son Resolution For GOP Nomination
Iowa party leaders urged the Republican national convention to present Hanford MacNider of Mason City as a preferred candidate for president. The resolution praised his service and urged delegates to put his name on the first ballot, then support others.
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Des Moines
Iowa
MacNider
Merels
Resolutions Committee
Jawa
United States
Philadelphia
Hanford MacNider
Doubt Over Nazi Losses Reported by Swedish Authority
Swedish authorities described reports of massive German ship losses in Norwegian waters as fantastic and exaggerated. Best estimates placed about 14,000 men aboard ships sunk, with a maximum of 1,000 lost, despite Oslo landing reports of 3,000 bodies.
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Stockholm
INS
Prida
Oslo
Iowa Republicans Names for National Convention Delegates
AP list of Spangler aligned and uncommitted delegates from Iowa districts to the national convention. Names include Roscoe Thoma Tracy Garrett in the first district, Harrison Spanaler in the third and other listed delegates or supporters scattered across districts from Cedar Rapids to Des Moines and Cherokee.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Harrison F. Spangler
Roscoe Thoma
Fairfield
Tracy Garrett
Burlington
Truck Driver C R Allen Killed In Ohio Train Crash
Cedar Rounds News reports C R Allen a 1017 Eleventh Street NE driver for Allied Van Lines died in Greenwich Ohio when his truck was struck by a Big Four railroad train while traveling from Cedar Rapids. Allen born December 10 1898 in Houston Missouri married September 3 1919 to a Marion resident and survived by a widow five daughters his mother three brothers and four sisters.
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Leon A Allen
Eleventh Street
Allied van Lines
Lynch Transfer and Storace Company
Dam
Greenwich
Lynch Company
Cedar Rapids
Mr. Allen
Houston
Dee
Hansell, Ja
Marion
American Legion
Robert O'Connor
Beth
Amarylis
Beverly
Onnalee
Frank Allen
Brown Avenue
Forrest Allen
Joel
Wyoming
Merlyn
Lansing
Mich
Charles McLand
Fred
British Troop Activity In Norway Expected Soon
Reports from Norwegian and Swedish sources say British and Norwegian forces close in on Narvik as British destroyers sink five German vessels and the garrison loses outside contact. Neutral experts name Trondheim fjord as a likely launch point for an Allied drive to retake Norway.
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Norway
Narvik
Trondheim
Germany
London
Cooney Fails to Break Spangler Hold in Iowa Caucuses
In Des Moines Iowa Republicans chose delegates for the national convention with Cedar Rapids veteran Harrison Spangler winning a strong majority. West Union attorney Martin M Cooney conceded after Spangler secured eight of nine district delegations. Cooney kept only his Fourth district. The Seventh district pledged to Spangler after a tense vote. The move sets Spangler up for a third term as national committeeman, with four at large delegates also to be named.
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Des Moines
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Republican Caucuses
Martin M. Cooney
West Union
Spangler
Cooney
Spangier
Thomas Guthrie
Allen Whitfield
George A. Wilson
National Committee
Two or Three German Planes Over Paris Reported
A war ministry spokesman said two or three German planes flew over Paris during the night. Air alarms were sounded in central France at several points, but no bombs were dropped.
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