Naval patrol aims for safe channel across Atlantic
The Navy plans an extended Atlantic safety patrol to carve a safe channel for Britain-bound cargo ships. American planes and warships will criss cross the area to tag marauding submarines and surface ships while advising ships on dodging them. The operation may extend toward Greenland, with Roosevelt hinting at possible action if German forces are present.
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Roosevelt
Greenland
U. S
Western Hemisphere
England
Washington
Atlantic
Britain
United States
Tom Connally
Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hemisphere
North Atlantic
Newfoundland
Greenand
Teeth stolen by jay in Ashland Maine tale
In Ashland, Maine a camp proprietor left his false teeth on a stump and a Canada jay took them away doubtless for Canada. The tale notes the missing pair and temper, while urging Sunday Want Ads with a 20 percent discount for prepaid ads valid for four days, ending at 6 p.m. Saturday.
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Ashland
Maine
Canada
Manslaughter Charge Filed In Hit Run Case
Cedar Rapids reports that Fred Moeller, 31, a farmer near Newhall, is jailed on a manslaughter charge after admitting he drove the car that killed G C Powers, 65, of Walla Walla. Clues included a parking lamp glass fragment from a 1940 Chevrolet and dirt matching Benton county soil. Authorities traced the car to Benton county owners, narrowing the suspect list to about 200 vehicles.
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Fred Moeller
Newhall
G C. Powers
Walla Walla
Wash
Moeller
Washington
Ames
Agricultural School
Higby Waives Extradition After 27 Years In Iowa Case
DES MOINES The Iowa board of control said Rev. C A Higby, an itinerant clergyman jailed for escaping Anamosa reformatory 27 years ago, has waived extradition in Atlanta Georgia. He was sentenced to 12 years in 1913 for the second degree murder of his wife in Cedar Rapids in December 1912. Higby will likely be returned to Iowa soon as warden Foss Davis sought authority for the trip. The board emphasized it pursues all fugitives regardless of time.
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Des Moines
Iowa Board of Control
C. A. Higby
Atlanta
Anamosa Reformatory
Higby
Cedar Rapids
P. F. Hopkins
Iowa
Foss Davis
Anamosa
Hopkins
Warming Sun Prods Mercury To 71 In Rise From 43 Low
Cedar Rapids sees a sunny spell with a rapid daytime rise from a 43 degree morning low to 71 by mid afternoon. The 28 degree gain occurred largely between dawn and early afternoon, with temperatures peaking near 71 and easing to 50 by midnight as skies stayed mostly clear.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
Daylight Savings In 16 States Sunday
In 16 states daylight saving time begins at 2 am Saturday night with clocks moved forward one hour in advance of Sunday. The period will end on Sunday September 28 when clocks revert to standard time at 2 am. States include New York, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont.
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Connecticut
Delaware
Georgia
Idaho
Ilinois
Indiana
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
British Pilots Signal Change After War End
An INS special report argues a bloodless revolution is shaping postwar Britain driven by three forces: emergency empire industry, Royal Air Force achievements, and the rise of the middle class in the RAF. It notes Churchillian gratitude could yield political change as the armed services diverge from traditional aristocratic elites.
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J. Reagan McCrary
New York
INS
Britain
Churchill
Lord Beaverbrook
Beaverbrook
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
Ionian Sea
Mediators Urge GM CIO To Extend Work Pause
The United Automobile Workers CIO said Saturday it would defer strike action against 61 GM plants for a reasonable period. The defense mediation board urged GM and CIO to continue production while it seeks a settlement, with a hearing set for May 2 and any agreement retroactive to April 28. The case parallels efforts to end the soft coal mine stoppage idling about 400,000 miners since April 1. President Roosevelt canceled Warm Springs plans due to the unsettled coal dispute.
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Detroit
United Automobile Workers (Cio
General Motors Corporation
Washington
Defense Mediation Board
United Automobile Workers
Churchill on Air Broadcast Across Major Networks
Prime Minister Churchill's London war update will be aired Sunday by NBC CBS and MBS stations. WMT Cedar Rapids announced it will carry the speech from 2 to 2 30 pm Iowa time.
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Churchill
New York
London
NBC
CBS
MBS
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
American Republic Envoys Urge Taking Over Foreign Ships
Washington AP United States envoys report that 21 American republics should seize idle foreign vessels in their ports to protect economies and regional security. Guina of Uruguay originated the proposal and Sumner Welles announced the plan. The trio calls for lawful appropriation with fair compensation and reaffirmation of navigation under their flags.
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Washington
inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee
Sumner Welles
United States Department of State
Guina
Uruguay
Policemen Seek Pay Increase From Cedar Rapids Council
A Cedar Rapids police wage committee asked the city council for higher salaries after surveying comparable northern cities. The proposed scale would raise chief salaries to $250 and $205 for assistant chief and chief of detectives, with patrolmen starting at $135 and rising to $150. The request totals about $10,800 yearly, to be funded within current allocations, and would keep new patrolmen at the starter rate with annual bumps.
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Cedar Rapids
United States
Wes Benish
Britain traced Balkan defeat to Yugoslavia mobilization failure
A British source says Cvetkovitch did not mobilize Yugoslavia’s army, allowing Germany to break through the Bitolj gap. The report outlines Britain's February decision to block Germany’s Balkan advance, the cautious Yugoslav leadership, and Allied plans to form a Balkan front aided by Greece. Eden and Dill pressed near east, Athens, and Ankara to rally resistance.
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Cvetkovitch
London
Germany
Greece
Yugoslavia
Axis
Bitolj
Paul
Eden
Dill
Athens
Alexander Koriszis
Italy
Britain
Visistra
Salonika
Bitoli
Escape Is Repetition Of Dunkerque In Greece War
Berlin reports German forces close on Athens from two directions with Thebes and Chalcis captured. British rear guard retreat continues as Allied evacuation falters under heavy air attack. German high command claims major naval losses for Britain and vows continued pressure on the Balkans as Thermopylae defences fall.
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Italy
Eden
Dill
Turkey
Britain
Bulletin
Berlin
Athens
Thebes
Euboea
Chalcis
High Command
Balkan
Adolf Hitler
Thermopylae
Acropolis
Germany
Balkans
Mediterranean
Curtin Smelled Fire In Hotel Aroused Guests
Cedar Ronds News reports a fire in Ernest W. Curtin’s Fort Des Moines hotel room at 545 am Friday started by a cigarette, Curtin denying the claim and recounting how he woke guests, with the Coe track squad on the same floor and the hotel noting a night watchman found the blaze.
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Cedar Ronds
Fort Des Moines
Des Moines
Ernest W. Curtin
First Avenue
Curtin
Coe
Press Association
British Leave Under Steady Enemy Attack
Compiled from cable dispatches as British empire troops withdraw from Greece toward Crete. Greek resistance collapses amid German advances along the Larisa Athens line. Athens and Piraeus bombed while Greek officials flee to Crete. London and Athens report rear-guard actions by crack troops, with Greece pledging to live again despite looming doom.
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I Larisa
Crete
Greece
Costis Maniadakis
Ministry of Public Security
Megara
Piraeus
Corinth
Fritz Kreisler Hurt When Hit By Car
New York AP report says violinist Fritz Kreisler, 66, was struck by a car at 57th Street and Madison Avenue Saturday. He suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries and was taken to Roosevelt Hospital in serious condition.
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Fritz Kreisler
57Th Street
Madison Avenue
Roosevelt Hospital
Stes
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