Lindbergh resigns air corps reserve amid White House clash
Charles Lindbergh quits his air corps reserve commission after Roosevelt suggests his noninterventionist views taint active service. The piece argues for intellectual honesty and criticizes labeling dissenters as traitors while praising Churchill for candor about Britain's war reverses and U.S. help. It notes Caterpillar Tractor's B C Heacock may lead tank production and urges forthright leadership to bolster defense.
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Axis Push Into Egypt Amid Greek Mopping Up
Axis forces reportedly smashed 20 miles into Egypt near Salum with two columns, as Britain braces for a broader push linked to German advances in Greece and the Aegean. Churchill backs Wavell, East Africa collapses Italian resistance, and Canadian trained air crews arrive in Britain.
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Athens Falls to Germans as British evacuate coast
Allied withdrawal by sea underway as British forces retreat toward embarkation ports. German forces enter Athens without fighting. city reportedly bombed by London radio, while Italian troops claim Corfu occupation.
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Delegation Protests New Refuse Dump Site
Residents from Thirteenth to Sixteenth avenues SE protested at Cedar Rapids city hall against a triangular land strip bordered by North Western avenue and Fifteenth avenue SE as the new dumping grounds. They urged the site be moved outside the city limits or the issue go to the state board of health. They warned unsightliness and lowered property values. Council promised dumping deeper inside the area out of sight.
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Higby Extradited from Atlanta to Iowa for Jealousy Killing
Roy Higby, who fled after a 12 year sentence for killing his wife in 1913, is being returned from Atlanta to Iowa. A former Free Methodist evangelist, Higby admitted jealousy sparked the shooting after a wife’s dance. Warden Foss Davis reported Roy Smith traveled to Atlanta to fetch him.
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Supreme Court backs NLRB on hiring unions ruling
The Supreme Court, in a 6 to 2 decision, says the NLRB can require Phelps Dodge to hire two men and pay back pay denied due to union connections at its Nyem mine in Arizona. Frankfurter calls discriminatory union bias a threat to self organization. The ruling also holds that a majority at multiple plants can choose a single bargaining agent. A Nebraska law on private employment agency pensions is upheld unanimously.
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Churchill praises US role as war aims shift in Atlantic
London AP reports Prime Minister Churchill hails United States decision to patrol western waters as pivotal to the battle for Greece and the Atlantic. He warns of a long, hard fight but declares Allied democracies will prevail, noting US help enables Britain to focus on routes nearer home while warning Germany may strike farther afield.
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Detective Chief Earl Stanley Dies in Cedar Rapids
Detective Chief Earl Q. Stanley, 55, of 616 Fourth Street SW, long time Cedar Rapids police official, died in a local hospital at 11 20 am Monday after a heart attack illness. He led key cases including the Benders murder conviction and bank robbery prosecutions in Walford and Mount Vernon during a 20 year career. Born Feb 5 1886 on a Searsboro farm, IA.
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Cedar Rapids
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Walter Bender
Walford
Mount Vernon
United State
Searsboro
Lindbergh resigns as US Army Air Corps reserve colonel
Col Charles A. Lindbergh announces to President Roosevelt his resignation from the United States Army Air Corps Reserve, saying Roosevelt's April 25 White House remarks left him no honorable alternative. He says he will serve as a private citizen and regrets ending a long air corps relationship.
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Navy Aids British Battle Extend Patrols Draw U S Interest
Washington reacts as Winston Churchill lauds United States Navy extended offshore patrols in the Battle of the Atlantic. Roosevelt says naval vessels are aiding Britain within the expanded zone, aiming to bolster the North Atlantic lifeline and defend hemisphere aid.
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Perfect Weekend Weather Extends Into Monday Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids forecast calls for a pleasant weekend into Monday with fair conditions. Monday night and Tuesday are expected to be partly cloudy with continued warmth as residents enjoy summer-like temperatures despite being six degrees below this year’s high. Early reports note crowds out enjoying the mild weather.
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Cedar Rapids
Business chiefs urge 25 percent more work from all workers
Washington AP reports James S. Kemper president of the United States Chamber of Commerce told the opening session of the four day annual meeting that every employed person must average 25 percent more work to meet both defense and civilian needs. He warned of war costs and urged cutbacks in non military government spending and outlined a three point program for business to expand markets and employment.
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Mulcahy Brothers Fined In Drunk Driving Case
Laurence Mulcahy aged 29 of 908 Fifth Street SE was fined 300 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 90 days in county jail for drunk driving after pleading guilty before Judge H C Ring. His brother Joe Mulcahy aged 32 of the same address received three days in jail after pleading guilty to a related charge.
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Fifth Street
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Third Avenue
Mount Vernon Road
Switch Charges After Accident Story Unraveled
Police unraveled a Marion traffic accident early Monday and dismissed a drunkenness charge while filing no license counts. Oscar Freed and Elmer Heald, with their wives, were in a car east on Sixteenth Avenue when a southbound vehicle struck, snapping a stop sign. Freed faced a drunken driving charge. later, Heald admitted driving but had no license leading to a driving without a license booking. Judge Harry Johnson fined Freed $25 plus costs. both men agreed to pay for light damage.
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Coal Strike Threatens U.S. Defense Effort Says McGrady
Edward F. McGrady, labor consultant to the secretary of war, told a senate committee that the soft coal shutdown endangers national defense if mines do not reopen soon. He noted less than two weeks of soft coal on hand and that resumed production is needed for industrial readiness.
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National Defense
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W H. Davis
Universal Crusher Grants Wage Boost In New Agreement
In Cedar Rapids a wage increase deal was signed by Machinists union No. 831 and Universal er company representatives. The contract provides a general raise of 3 cents an hour with some increases up to 10 cents. Paid vacations are included and terms improve other working conditions.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt Freezes Holdings of Greece
The United States government on Monday froze Greek credits and cash holdings to prevent their use. The move blocks access to funds held by Greek interests in American banks and financial institutions amid international tensions.
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