Britain Faces Harsh Critique Over Balkan Gamble
A London correspondent asserts British reliance on diplomacy to win the war in the Balkans is failing. Critics question why resources were risked in Greece and warn that true victory requires concentrated military power, not symbolic gestures. The piece calls for open congressional discussion and criticizes improvised public reassurance.
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Sion
Greece
Washington
Hitler
Balkans
England
British Empire
Australia
Ios
Britain
Great Britain
British Army Still Battles Above Athens in Thermopylae
Allied forces report stubborn BEF resistance in the Thermopylae zone north of Athens as German Stuka raids devastate troop transports. Berlin claims 160000 tons of ships sunk while London cautions the rearguard action remains active and Greece’s northwest army surrenders.
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Athens
Berlin
Balkans
London
B.E.F
Thermopylae
Middle East
Cairo
Britain
Greece
Germany
Jaly
Governor signs new Iowa beer law amid tavern concerns
Governor Wilson approved a rushed beer law to take effect July 4. Supt. M W Dailey charged tavern operators statewide with selling hard liquor under a payoff system, saying it violates both old and new laws. Law enforcement must tighten enforcement to stop the practice.
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Overnor Wilson
Iowa
Supt
M. W. Dailey
State Beer and Cigaret Tax Department
Youthful interventionists spark riot near Lindbergh speech
A clash erupted outside the hall hosting Col. Charles Lindbergh's antiwar address when protesters were assaulted amid tensions over U.S. foreign policy. The incident underscored the volatile debate between interventionists and non interventionists and the call for free expression in a democracy.
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Charles Lindbergh
Ana
Morgenthau backs pay as you go tax plan
See ry Morgenthau defends a pay as you go method for financing expenditures. The secretary argues the idea makes sense though unwelcome. He notes more revenue from taxes over the past eight years could have reduced the need to repay temporary defense aid and lowered borrowing risk.
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Seery Morgenthau
Pope Asks Catholics to Pray for Peace This May
Vatican City AP Pope Pius XII asks Catholics worldwide to pray for peace in May. The pontiff’s third appeal of his pontificate directs prayers across the globe and specifically through Cardinal Maglione papal secretary of state.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
Luigi Cardinal Maglione
Navy Plans to Patrol North Atlantic Lanes Halfway to Europe
Washington reports a major expansion of hemisphere defense to patrol the North Atlantic halfway to Europe. Officials offer no details yet but suggest a line about 1,000 miles offshore as a possible start, with mixed views on impact.
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U.S. Navy
North Atlantic
Europe
Washington
United States Navy
Britain
New York
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
LaGuardia
United States- Canadian Defense Board
Ottawa
White House
Roosevelt
Canada
United States
Mid- Atlantic
Atlantic
Pedestrian killed in hit and run near Cedar Rapids
Grover Cleveland Powers 65 of Walla Walla Washington was struck on Highway 149 about 300 yards west of Eighteenth Street SW and killed. The driver fled the scene and a glass fragment from a headlight aided the investigation. Powers leaves a brother a daughter and two grandchildren. The body was taken to Polansky funeral home.
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Grover Cleveland Powers
Walla Walla
Wash
John Pawee
Center Point Road
Highway 149
Eighteenth Street
Cedar Rapids
Powers
Gordon Hughes
Sergt
Clarence Day
Highway Patrol
Day
Des Moines
Hughes
Nellie Mae Shafer
Polansky Funeral
Roosevelt
Wilson
Convicts Break Legs to Avoid Work Put to Work
In Dallas Georgia prison camp known as Little Alcatraz three convicts with broken legs were ordered to break rocks in the yard to deter further leg fracturing. Warden Q E Worthington said they were put to work after healing and medical clearance.
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Dallas, Ga
Georgia
Q. E. Worthington
Little Alcatraz
Atlanta Constitution
Phy
Ician
Wayne Coy named defense liaison to White House
Wayne Coy of Indiana was appointed by President Roosevelt as special assistant and liaison between the White House and the Office of Emergency Management. Harry L. Hopkins is placed on the White House payroll at 10000 dollars a year as supervisor of the fee program. Coy will earn 9000 dollars annually and take over duties from William H. McReynolds who will focus on personnel matters. Coy becomes assistant to Paul V. McNutt as federal security administrator.
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Washington
Wayne Coy
Indiana
Roosevelt
White House
Office of Emergency Management
Harry L. Hopkins
OEM
OPM
Coy
William H. McReynolds
McReynolds
Paul V. McNutt
Federal Security
Huss Wins Holmes Journalistic Award
Pierre J. Huss Berlin correspondent and IN S Central European head won the 1940 George R. Holmes memorial trophy. He was honored for accurate German military strategy forecasts before France fell and for detailed Nazi operations coverage in Belgium Holland and Luxembourg. The announcement came at a Waldorf Astoria luncheon before 500 editors at the ANPA convention.
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New York
INS
Pierre J. Huss
Berlin
International News Service
George R. Holmes
Joseph V. Connally
Huss
France
Belgium
Holland
Laixembourg
Hotel Waldorf Astoria
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Shuttleworth Elected President of University Alumni Association
V Craven Shuttleworth of Cedar Rapids elected president of the University of Iowa Alumni Association after mail balloting. A 1924 graduate, he and Glenn Devine formed part of Iowa football lore as blocking halfbacks fueling 1921 and 1922 Big Ten titles. Shuttleworth never carried the ball in three varsity seasons.
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V. Craven Shuttleworth
Second Avenue SE
Grimm, Elliott, Shuttleworth and Ingersoll
University of Iowa Alumni Association
Shuttleworth
Cedar Rapids
Glenn Devine
Iowa
Aubrey Devine
Gordon Locke
Walter Eckersall
Jersey cattle herd destroyed in McGregor barn fire
Sixty-two head of purebred Jersey cattle perished when the Rufus G. Kinsley barn burned three miles south of McGregor Iowa. Milking had just finished. one cow died of injuries, twelve were safe in pasture. Loss about 20000 dollars with some insurance. Two heifers sold for 350 dollars and due to be delivered. A silo and corn were also lost.
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McGregor
Rufus G. Kinsley
Iowa
Kinsley
Iowa Jersey Cattle Club
Lindbergh Rally Sparks Riots Outside New York Hall
Rioting broke out outside Manhattan Center as Charles Lindbergh addressed an America First rally. About 15,000 demonstrators clashed with placard holders while two police onlookers kept watch. no arrests were reported. Lindbergh urged that Britain seek another AEF and argued U.S. aid could not win the war for England.
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New York
Manhattan Center
Charles A. Lindbergh
America First Committee
Lindbergh
John F. C
Jassie) Condon
Student Defencers
Co - Friends of Democracy
Youth Committee
Federal Union
Great Britain
England
Europe
Chicago
United States
Nazi Move On Turkey Over Straits Raises Global Alarm
Reports from London and Istanbul indicate Germany pressed Turkey to exchange military control of the Bosporus and Dardanelles for Greek Thrace. Observers link this to German moves on Lemnos and Samothrace and consider Turkey’s possible reply while Russia and Nordic states reevaluate alignments amid German influence.
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Bosporus
Dardanelles
London
Laborite Daily Herald
Germany
Turkey
Berlin
Russia
Istanbul
Rumania
Hungary
Stockholm
Sweden
Finland
Five Catfish on One Cast Stuns Shreveport Angler
In Shreveport, C. E. Whitney hauled in five catfish with a single cast and did not lose his bait. The incident followed someone losing a string of fish, then Whitney’s catch with the worm on the line.
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Shreveport
C. E. Whitney
Whitney
Temperature swings as Cedar Rapids warms to 56 degrees
Forecast for Cedar Rapids and vicinity calls for partly cloudy skies, with warmer conditions Friday. The day saw the mercury reach 56 degrees at 2 30 p m after fluctuating morning readings, with earlier highs of 63 and lows near 36 overnight. Nurserymen reported no vegetation damage amid the mild spell.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Three Years Prison For Fake Army Recruiter O'Leary
Sergio O'Leary known as Marion Taylor pled guilty in Dubuque federal court to impersonating a federal agent and was sentenced to three years. He had recruited 35 boys from the Eldora state training school, driven them to Fort Des Moines, and vanished before arrest in Syracuse Kansas.
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Cedar Rapids
O'Leary
Arrmy
Marion Taylor
Dubuque
George C. Scott
Associated Press
U. S
Joseph Petrus
Linn County
Richard O'Leary
Fort Snelling
Oelwein
Linn
Eldora
Fort Des Moines
Syracuse
Kan
Treasury proposes $3.5 billion in higher taxes plan
Washington proposes sweeping levies to raise 3.5 billion dollars in 1941-42. The plan raises individual income taxes, corporate taxes, estate and excise levies with steep bracket increases and new excises. It targets a 24 percent national income share next year and shifts one third from personal pay, one third from corporate taxes, and one third from excises.
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Washington
Treasury
Congress
Sullivan
Schenck Sentenced to Three Years in Federal Prison
Joseph M. Schenck chairman of Twentieth Century Fox was sentenced to three years in federal prison and fined 20000 dollars for income tax evasion. Co defendant Joseph H. Moskowitz received one year and a day in prison and a 10000 dollar fine.
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New York
LLP
Joseph M. Schenck
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Joseph H. Moskowitz
Petain Observes His Eighty Fifth Birthday
Vichy France AP dispatch notes Chief of State Marshal Philippe Petain quietly marking his eighty fifth birthday on Thursday with limited celebration.
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Vichy
France
Philippe Petain
Politician campaigns in armor amid popularity jibe
A Chicago politician campaigned in a suit of armor drawing sharp remarks on his unpopularity. The piece adds a promo note offering 20 percent off Want Ads for four days prepaid, ending April 27.
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Chicago
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