JAYS POSITION IN CONFLICT 15 WELL DEFINED
Bulletin from Paris notes Chancellor Hiller in a dangerous frame of mind as France advises precautions for Hitler speech day. Gafencu reported impressions to Bonnet after talks with Hitler in Berlin last week. In Copenhagen Maisky said Russia would assist Europe in case of aggression, signaling progress in Britain France drive to form a Russia alliance.
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JAYS
Britain
Europe
Paris
INS
Hiller
Hitler
Fuhrer
Grigore Gafencu
Gafencu
Berlin
Georges Bonnet
Copenhagen
Ivan Maisky
London
Moscow
Russia
Maisky
France
Lena
Chamberlain Defends Conscription Plan in Commons
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain warned that failure to adopt conscription could risk disaster for Britain and urged 300000 men aged 20 be called up as a bulwark. He said the system must be strengthened beyond voluntary service and noted the Lords approved compulsory training.
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London
Britain
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Chamberlain
Roosevelt to Await Written Reply to Peace Appeal
President Roosevelt will not treat Hitler’s Friday speech as a reply to his peace appeal. High officials indicate he expects a written response and will not issue official comment on Friday.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hitler
Put Life in the Hands of the Lord of Life
A devotional reflection urging readers to stop dodging life and to live with purpose. The author cites Felix Adler and Paul to argue that true mastery comes from surrendering life to a higher calling, shaping character through faith and action.
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Dodger
Felix Adler
Christ
St. Paul
British Rulers Sail To Canada Aboard Empress Of Australia
Prime Minister Chamberlain said King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will travel to Canada on the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Australia instead of the battle cruiser Repulse. The Empress of Australia will sail May 6 with warship escort. Repulse remains in European waters due to tensions.
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London
Chamberlain
House of Commons
George VI
Canada
Britain
Australia
Bill to Bar Bergdoll from Returning to U S
The House Military Affairs Committee approved a bill to keep Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, a World War I draft dodger, from reentering the United States. The measure targets those already convicted of desertion who fled abroad, and is limited to wartime desertion cases.
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Washington
House Military Affairs Committee
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll
United States
Germany
Rep
Harness
Ind
Germany claims fastest airplane hits 469 mph test
Augsburg Germany AP reports Germany announced the Messerschmidt pursuit ship set a world speed record with an average of 469.2 miles per hour on a Wednesday test course.
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Augsburg
Germany
Messerschmidt
Ickes Attacks Germany as War Looms in Dramatic Broadcast
Secretary Harold L. Ickes denounces Germany as a culture murderer in a nationwide radio address aired a day before Hitler’s reply to Roosevelt. He spoke under the American Guild for German Cultural Freedom, praising exiled German scientists and artists. The era’s defense program expanded with a 571 bomber and pursuit plane contract valued at 50 million, boosting the air force to 6,000 planes as Roosevelt travels to Hyde Park.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Germany
United States
Adolf Hitler
Roosevelt
Ickes
American Guild For German Cultural Freedom
War Department
Louis Johnson
Hyde Park
Johnson
Harry H. Woodring
Congress
Fugitive Arrest List Ties Thomas to Minneapolis Case
Spokane police arrested Preston A. Thomas on a felony fugitive charge from Minneapolis after he went to police headquarters to ask about reports of an earlier visit to his hotel room.
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Spokane
Wash
Preston A. Thomas
Minneapolis
Norwegian Royal Pair Safe After Oslofjord Collision
The Oslofjord carrying Crown Prince Olaf and Crown Princess Martha collided with the pilot boat Sandy Hook 12 miles off Ambrose light in dense fog. The Sandy Hook sank while its 26 crew were rescued. no injuries reported. The Oslofjord suffered minor damage. The royals will visit the United States for ten weeks with stops including Decorah Iowa on May 6-7.
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New York
Oslofjord
Olaf
Martha
Norway
United States
Sandy Hook
Ambrose
New York Harbor
Coast Guard
Prince Olaf
Decorah
Riverside
Russia Moves For Full U S Representation
Washington reports Soviet Russia seeks to restore full diplomatic ties by nominating Constanine A Qumansky as ambassador to replace Alexander Troyanovsky. President Roosevelt recently named Laurence A Steinhardt as U S ambassador to Moscow, signaling a planned exchange of ambassadors and renewed high level relations. Troianovsky’s fate remains uncertain amid rumors of Stalin purges, though he has appeared in Moscow.
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Washington
INS
Russia
United States
Moscow
Constantine A. Qumansky
Alexander Troyanovsky
Oumansky
Troyanovsky
Troianovsky
Stalin
Red Arms
Russian Foreign Office
Roosevelt Nominates Marshall for Army Chief of Staff
President Roosevelt named Brig Gen George Catlett Marshall to become chief of staff of the U S Army, with full general rank. Marshall, 58, currently deputy chief of the war plans division, will replace Gen Malin Craig who retires August 31.
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Washington
Roosevelt
George Catlett Marshall
Malin Craig
US Army
Marshall
Craig
Army
War Plans
West Point
Military
Marshall 1S
Uniontown
Virginia Military Academy
John J Pershing
Far East
15Th Infantry
China
United States
The
War College
General Staff
Senate
James Carre
Magee
Charles R. Reynolds
See No Adjournment Before August Opens
Congressional leaders in Washington predicted Congress would not adjourn before August 1 unless a war abroad makes the date impossible. They weighed the legislative schedule and warned an early adjournment could be blocked by national security needs.
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Washington
Congress
Man’s failed bank bombing attempt ends with arrest
Police in Birmingham Alabama captured Albert Durett of Nashville Tennessee after he attempted three times to detonate a crude dynamite device at the Birmingham Trust and Savings Bank. He demanded 250000 dollars in cash and carried ten sticks of dynamite with wires and a percussion cap. The incident halted when Patrolman W E Coleman arrived and the bank president lured him away from the office. The suspect, about 40 and neatly dressed, jerked the device three times before capture.
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Birmingham
Ala
John S Coleman
Coleman
Durett
De Valera Cancels U S Visit Due to War Crisis
Dublin dispatch reports Eamon de Valera prime minister of Eire canceled his planned trip to the United States in response to Neville Chamberlain's Commons announcement of compulsory military service. The decision cites yesterday's grave event as the reason for cancelling the journey.
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Dublin
INS
Eamon de Valera
Eire
Dailecire
United States
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Troops In Cologne Area Keep Busy In Dispositions
In Cologne area, intensified troop movements were noted over the past 36 hours, with officials saying the actions reflect normal Rhineland garrison dispositions. Cologne lies about 45 miles from the Belgium Netherlands frontier junction.
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Cologne
Germany
Rhineland
Belgium
Netherlands
Legislature completes Iowa Assembly adjournment after 108th day
The 48th Iowa general assembly formally adjourned after 108 days with minimal work left to enroll bills. GOP majorities dominated both chambers as lawmakers approved a direct relief measure funding 2 million dollars yearly and modestly raising the poor fund levy, while ending with a costly omnibus bill on session expenses.
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DES Moines
Forty Eighth
Iowa General Assembly
Assembly
House
Senate
A C Gustafson
General Assembly
Republian
GOP
Roosevelt backs master highway plan for national defense
President Roosevelt sent a public roads report to Congress urging a master highway system with direct inter-regional routes to meet wartime and peacetime traffic. The plan favors federal state undertakings and a federal land authority while opposing a $2.899 billion toll network.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Congress
Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau of Roads
Jonggo Range
Ai Federal Land Authority
Pittman Seeks Power for President on Japan Trade Embargo
Senator Pittman proposes a resolution giving the President ten days notice to Congress to impose trade restrictions on Japan. The plan targets Japan mainly and would exclude agricultural products from embargoes, aiming to deter Japan’s actions in China under the Nine Power Treaty.
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Washington
Soenitai Pittman
Nev
Congress
Japan
Pittman
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
China
Harcourt Morgan Named TVA Director for Nine-Year Term
Roosevelt announces appointment of Dr. Harcourt A. Morgan of Tennessee to the Tennessee Valley Authority board for a nine year term. The selection continues Morgan's public service role and expands TVA leadership.
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Harcourt Morgan
TVA
Washington
INS
Roosevelt
Harcourt A. Morgan
Tennessee
Tennessee Valley Authority
Candid camera panel selects Mrs Perrine and Fred Schultz
Mrs V Perrine of the Allison hotel and Fred Schultz of 1252 Fourteenth Avenue Marion are chosen for free 7x9 sepia enlargements from The Gazette. Hundreds were shot downtown Cedar Rapids. two more winners are picked daily. Even nonpublishable entrants can order three prints for 25 cents with the cameraman’s card.
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V. Perrine
Allison Hotel
Fred Schultz
Fourteenth Avenue
Marion
Gazette
Perrine
Mr. Schultz
Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
Names On Glass Doors In Washington To Produce Economy
In Washington the article notes officials add names on glass doors and transoms to cut duplication of effort. It suggests reorganizations curb patronage and stretch resources, with light humor about crowded offices and swivel chairs.
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Washington
Artiuk
Bugs” Baur
Roosevelt seeks 1.75 billion for relief in 1940 fiscal year
President Roosevelt asks Congress to appropriate 1 750 000 000 for relief in the 1940 fiscal year with 1 477 000 000 for the works progress administration, estimating WPA payrolls of about 2 000 000 from July 1 1939 to June 30 1940. He opposes major WPA changes beyond administrative revisions and rejects dole payments or federal rebate grants while supporting continued relief.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Works Progress Administration
WPA
National Youth Administraton and
Farm Security Administration
NYA
Civil Aeronautics Authority
General Accounting Office
Treasury Department
Employes Compensation Commission
National Emergency Council
National Resources Committee
Porto Rico Reconstruction Administration
House
Cedar Man Safely Rescues Family From House Fire
R L Sweet of Cedar awakens to smoke and saves his wife, two infants, and two older children with help from his dog Buster. He lowers them from a ground window, crawls along a ledge for the dog, then firemen reach the scene and extinguish a smudge on a workbench.
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R. L. Sweet
Linn Boulevard
Buster
Sweet
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