Weather and City Figures From an Odd Historic Page
The Daily Record page shows a jumble of city temperatures and places including Cedar Rapids Washington Tampa New Orleans Sioux City Galveston Omaha Los Angeles Des Moines and Chicago with scattered highs and lows. It also notes a fire incident and a suspended fine of $10 with costs, all presented in a fragmented late 19th or early 20th century style.
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Cedar Rapids
Washington
Town Falls
Tampa
Moun Ayr
New Orleans
Sioux City
Galveston
Omaha
Los Angeles
Charles
Francisco
Des Moines
Diuhayue
Detroit
Krenaukt
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Shippers Forecast Report Mentions Weather Reading
The forecast notes a region east with a southward wind and a reading of 32 degrees. It hints at a shipping schedule detail but provides only partial, unclear meteorological data.
Deaths and Marriages Noted in Local Notices
Agnes Delarde wed Donald Delard de deserson and a Feo 8 1958 ceremony awarded support at 30 dollars monthly by Judge H C Ring. Mrs Goldie Iacey Bell, 44, died at Mercy Hospital at 445 p.m. Thursday. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Clarence Kehoe on April 24. St Lukes Hospital reported a daughter for Mr and Mrs Rusell Reed April 24. Mr and Mrs Mersin L Myers of Toddville welcomed a daughter April 24. Jessie Duare, 13821 Fourth Street NW, noted relation to the Myers family.
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Agnes Delarde
Donald Delard
de Deserson
Feo
Cecar Rapids Plaint.i
H C Ring
Goldie Iacey Bell
F Avenue NW
Roosevelt outlines extending neutrality patrol to Greenland
President Roosevelt argues the neutrality patrol will be extended and clarified as a defensive measure beyond the Atlantic coast. He compares patrols to pioneer wagon trains and cites strategic zones near Greenland, Newfoundland, and Bermuda amid ongoing World War II tensions.
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Atlantic
Bermuda
Neo Zedland
Greenland
Trinidad
Brazil
Newfoundland
Canada
American leaders urge escalation against Axis and urged public resolve
In a wartime editorial tone the figures Hull Knox Wickard discuss Nazi world dominion and the need for the United States to share the burden. They stress the axis threat to Low Countries Scandinavia France and the Balkans and call for American excitement and sacrifice.
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Hull
Knox
Wickard
Dueser Mochal Ordered to Active Duty at Fort Leonard Wood
Captain Carl J. Dueser of the Cedar Rapids Gazette and Lieutenant Joseph A. Mochal of the infantry reserve are ordered to duty on May 6 at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. Other area officers in the same orders include Captain Edward E. Hale and Edward F. McClenahan.
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Dueser
Mochal
Carl J Dueser
Infantry
Oakland Road
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Third Infantry
Fort Leonard Wood
Rolla
Seventh Corps
Omaha
Joseph A. Mochal
Maplewood Drive
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Associated Press
Edward E. Hale
Dental
West Liberty
Edward F. McClenahan
Belle Plaine
Purse Snatching Foiled by Quick Slap on Sixth Street
Mrs. Glen Fox reports two tall thin men, described as Negro, tried to grab her purse on Sixth Street SE between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. She snatched back the purse and slapped one assailant. both fled.
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Glen Fox
McKinley Street
Believe Speeches Bold Step in Wartime Policy
The text describes wartime leadership stressing unity over personal interests, producing fighting instruments, and coordinating with peace-loving nations to secure seas. It notes Knox’s warning of global threats, the need to see the job through, and the commitment to prevent aggressor nations from winning.
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United States
High Seas
British Planes Pound German Naval Centers
British long range bombers hit Kiel and Wilhelmshaven naval bases causing fires in shipyards and industrial areas. Docks were targeted at Wilhelmshaven, with raids on Norway Belgium France coasts. Two planes missing. daylight missions set a tanker ablaze on the Norwegian coast.
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London
Kiel
Wilhelmshaven
Air Ministry
Baltic
Kiel Canal
Ministry
Norway
Holland
Belguum
France
Norwegian
Britain
German Luftwaffe hits Portsmouth and sinks ships in night raid
Berlin reports night raid on the British seaport Portsmouth starting 30 fires. German planes east of Dundee claim five convoyed merchant ships totaling 14 000 tons sunk and another 10 000 tons damaged. Night fighters claim four enemy planes shot down in 45 minutes. RAF incursions near the north German coast blocked by anti aircraft fire. Incendiaries and explosives cause slight damage to residences.
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Berlin
Portsmouth
Dundee
RAF
Near End Of Testimony In NLRB Hearing On Light Company Workers
The Iowa Electric Light and Power case centers on a jurisdictional dispute between two unions over representation. The International Union of Operating Engineers seeks relief as hearings in federal court near the conclusion with oral arguments possible Saturday. The I U C E claims majority status among the firm's workers.
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NLRB
Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
National Labor Relations Board
International Union of Operating Engineers
Jnbor
Anotther
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
I.U.C.E
Superior ratings for many junior musicians at Iowa contest
About 260 youths from a dozen cities competed in the Iowa Federation of Music Clubs Junior Competitive festival. Winners in various classes receive national awards, with many from Des Moines Cedar Rapids Waterloo and other towns earning piano voice violin and cello honors. The event accompanied the 27th annual federation convention at the Montrose hotel with concerts and awards and discussions on radio music quality.
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Iowa Federation of Music Clubs
Plano
Marian Krummrey
Waterloo
Gary Booth
Des Moines
Patricia Sedlacek
Cedar Rapids
Janet Lines
Karen Joy Holmes
Delight MacCannon
Marilyn Pallens
Ida Grace Nissiy
Deses
Jack Olson
Sally Strother
Dick Caplan
Marilyn Becker
Clinton
Marilyn Miller
Carolyn Miler
Marolyn Robertson
Jerry Moorhead
Polly Percival
Jeanine Carlson
Julia Hamill
Newton
Marilyn
Carolyn Miller
Roberta Bee Wee
Mary Jeanne Palmer
Joan Yessler
Charlene Switzer
Betty Ann Kelley
Sioux City
Sophia Ann Fardal
Webster City
Victor Frumkin
Duane Olson
Emmet Steele
Ruth Henry
Barbara Unger
Betty Wolfe
Nancy Hale
Mary K. Lynch
Cloris Leachman
Lois Ann Whiting
Martha Jean Hall
Marilyn Etheling
Marle Mueller
Saree Mueller
Charles Gallagher
Davenport
Dorothy Vogel
Phyllis Thornburg
Barbara Weiss
Shirley Travis
Phyllis Penton
Chester Wetzel
Jerry Lou Hart
Gloria Lehtt
Mary Carolyn Hendrickson
Des
Wilson Dunn
Jean Miller
Helen Joslin
Independence
Mary Ellen McDonald
Betty Ann Shank
Joyce Sanborn
Joan Enzler
Joan Smith
Irene Estes
Melvan Shippy
Predda Bryson
Diana Rowland
Pauline Watters
Edith Conrad
Margaret Postel
Shirley Meade
Charlotte Trewin
Rozann Benning
Helen Teale
Jean Rowland
Norma Joy George
Doris Peterson
Town Federation of Music Clubs
Montrose
Crystal Room
Federation
H. O. Green
Spencer
S. J. Kemper
Beverly Hauser
Patricia Steen
Klara Robbins
Iowa City
O Kuhler Wald
Ruth Ebling Massey
Robbins
Mildred Powell
Edward Kurtz
Iowa State Teachers College
Edgar Stillman Kelley
Opal Bullard
Iowa
Coe College Announces 60th Commencement Speaker
Dr. Robert Glass Cleland, vice president and dean at Occidental College, will deliver the 60th commencement address at Coe College in the chapel on June 9 with the talk titled But I Was Free Born. Moray L. Eby and Dr. Myron L. Koenig will give faculty lectures June 7 at 1030 a.m. and 230 p.m. respectively. The C Men’s club and Clan of C sponsor the events with the International Relations club and Coe alumni groups assisting.
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Coe College
Robert Glass Cleland
Occidental College
Los Angeles
Cleland
Huntington Library
Doheny Research Foundation
Pacific Coast
American Historical Association
Southern California Historical Society
Moray L. Eby
Myron L. Koenig
Eby
Koenig
Stewart Memorial Library
C” Men’s Club
Clan of C
International Relations Club of
Coe
Escaped Slayer, Sought Since 1914, Captured
Detectives in Charlotte North Carolina learned Higby was arrested in Atlanta and notified local officers Friday. Warden Foss Davis of Anamosa was informed and Higby may be returned. Higby had been arrested in December 1912 for murder and pled guilty in February to second degree guilt, receiving 12 years at Fort Madison.
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Charlotte
N. C
Higby
Atlanta
L. B. Marshall
Foss Davis
Anamosa
Fort Madison
Greek government called fascist by former teacher at luncheon
Edwin H. Griffiths, a Roosevelt high school biology teacher and former Athens college instructor, described Greece as a fascist dictatorship under Metaxas while noting the Greek people remain intensely democratic. He cited censorship, secret police, and exile of educators, but praised Greek resilience and democratic traditions.
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Greece
High Twelve Club
Edwin H. Griffiths
Roosevelt High School
Athens College
Metaxas
Bank of England
England
Griffiths
Iowa
Higby Escapes, Faces Extended Iowa Term Hearing
In February he was adjudged sane and sent to Anamosa. He escaped in 1914 and was later linked to threats against his wife. Higby would serve the remaining 12 years plus five more for escape, and was 27 at his arrest here.
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Anamosa
Littlejohn
Higby
Iowa
Allied defense of Thermopylae falls in bombing raid
German air raids sunk an estimated 89 000 tons of shipping in three days as Allied defenses at Thermopylae collapsed. Athens radio described a final battle while reports said British forces and Greek government would retreat to Crete to hold the island. Berlin claimed victory came from elite mountain troops who also took Mount Olympus.
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Greenland
Germany
Athens
Warsaw
London
Crete
Geoge II
Long Y Island
Berlin
Thermopylae
Mount Olympus
Gas mask campaign kicks off in London again
The government launches another public effort to urge civilians to carry gas masks despite prior failures.
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London
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Crreenland
Reynolds
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Ball
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Low Countries
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America
Joanne Zalesky
Joseph Engler
Jeanine Whitcomb
James Victorine
Joyce Roberts
David Ring
Big Pete
Marilyn Arks
Cedar Kids
Mildred Puller
Sinclair Chapel
E. C. Thompson
Linn County Rural Womens Chorus
Helen Kacena Stark
Paul S. Ray
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