Mussolini Briefs Ministers On Italy Army Expansion
Premier Mussolini informed his cabinet that Italy would strengthen army size and equipment after a conference with finance minister Thuon di Revel and Gen. Pariani. The plan aims to increase efficiency and territorial defense. About 1.25 million Italians are under arms and a 60 day training period was ordered for officers and NCOs of the last three years military classes. The government hinted at no broad mobilization, while fascist critics warned of possible needs if England expands training. Mussolini will meet Brauchitsch to discuss Italo German dispositions.
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Rome
Mussolini
Il Duce
Paolo Thuon di Revel, Jr
Giuseppe Pariani
Italy
England
Hitler
Reichstag
II Messaggero
Popolo d'Italia
Roosevelt
Walther von Brauchitsch
Pariani
Poland stiffens frontier as Hitler demands loom
Poland readies a diplomatic reply to Hitler's speech while bolstering defenses. Foreign Minister Beck to outline Poland's stance against the 1934 non aggression pact rupture and seek Britain's aid. The army, about 1.3 million strong, plans air demonstrations as Poland eyes Danzig and the Corridor.
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Warsaw
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Joseph Beck
Beck
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Britain
Nineteen Hundred Veterans Joined American Legion In Large Ceremony
In St Louis nineteen hundred World War II veterans were initiated into the American Legion on Friday night. The large class is among the biggest inductees in the organization’s twenty year history.
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ST. Louis
American Legion
Spring Want Ad Sale in The Gazette
Hundreds of people have made money this week buying selling renting trading and getting work with inexpensive Want Ads in The Gazette. Hurry to the Gazette office or call 2-1121 to place your ad in the big Sunday Want Ad section at special bargain prices.
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Gazette Office
The
Gazette
Tos
Talks With Britain on Tripartite Pact Reported Unsatisfactory
British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax and Soviet Ambassador Ivan Maisky met to review Anglo-Soviet talks amid reports the discussions were unsatisfactory. Soviet sources called the talks inconclusive while Britain emphasized pacific aims toward Germany and denied encirclement.
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London
Lord Halifax
Ivan Maisky
Moscow
Maisky
British
British Broadcasting Company
Britain
Germany
Nevile Henderson
Berlin
Hitler
Poland
France and Romania in perfect accord on European alliance
The French foreign ministry said after talks between French and Romanian ministers that Paris and Bucharest were in perfect accord on forming a European alliance. It gave no clear sign on whether Gafencu accepted the plan to seek Soviet aid via the British-French proposal.
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Paris
France
Rumania
Georges Bonnet
Grigore Gafencu
Russia
Gafencu
Berlin
London
Rome
Romania
Hitler
Roosevelt
President Roosevelt may reply to Hitler in fireside chat
Congress discussed a possible radio fireside reply by President Roosevelt to Adolf Hitler. The president was to deliver the New York world fair address Sunday with NBC CBS and Mutual broadcasting. Roosevelt entertained Norway's Crown Prince Olav and Princess Martha at the White House before heading to West Point. later he would host Denmark's Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Ingrid. Senator Pittman and Senator Burke weighed in on neutrality legislation and the political value of a reply.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Congress
Fuhrer
White House
Titler
NBC
CBS
Mutual
Red
Crown Prince Olav
Martha of
Norway
Poughkeepsie
West Point
Mr. Roosevelt
Crown Prince
Frederik of
Hitler
Pittman
Nev
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Burke
Poland
Tom McAllen Named New Custodian of Linn Courthouse
From a field of twenty two applicants Linn county supervisors chose Tom McAllen to be chief janitor of the Linn county courthouse succeeding Earl Miller who resigned April 11 McAllen will start Monday Formal resolution to be passed Tuesday Salary not fixed McAllen formerly led Cedar Rapids labor groups and worked at Iowa Steel and Iron Works for about nineteen years He also served as molders union organizer Navy veteran and former Cedar Rapids Softball association umpire He previously worked as a custodian in Newark New Jersey in 1914 15.
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Linn County
Tom McAllen
B Avenue NW
Earl Miller
McAllen
Cedar Rapids Federation of Labor
Iowa Steel and Iron Works
First Person To Reach Russians After Forced Landing Describes Scene
Lawrence Vibert of Miscou Island NB recounts the Moscow to New York flyers forced landing on frozen mud. He and others tended to two pilots, one injured with possible broken ribs, while language barriers and a broken radio hindered help. Vibert planned to return with more food.
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New York
Lawrence Vibert
Little Miscou Island
Lawrence Vibert Miscou
N B
Baranov
Kokkinaki
Joseph Anderson
Miscau
Anderson
Cascadian
Arport
Moncton
Miscou Island
Russel Thaw
Harry K Thaw
Marcel Therriault
Ulysses Bourgeois
Shippegan
New Brunswick
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Moscow
Ely man killed by truck on main street
Joseph Holets, 79, a longtime Ely merchant, was killed when a truck backing from an alley struck him on Ely’s main street. The driver, Leonard Reyhons, 23, said he did not see Holets until after impact. Holets, who would have turned 86 on May 7, was with his companions near the post office. He and his wife Katherine survive. Continued on page 2.
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Joseph Holets
Ely
Leonard Reyhons
Holets
Harlan Snyder
B. L. Knight
Frank Kos
Jo C. Dvorak
Mr. Holets
Swisher
Katherine
Pendergast Indicted Again On IRS Tax Charges
U S district court in Kansas City reindicted Thomas J. Pendergast head of the city Democratic machine on evading income taxes for 1935 and 1936. The new charges include 315000 in question income and 128500 additional income plus alleged use of straw men to hide true earnings. He remains free on a 20000 bond and will not be rearrested.
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Kansas City
Thomas J. Pendergast
Kansas City Democratic Organization
Pendergast
Maurice M Milligan
United States
Man Severes Artery While Sleeping After Window Injury
In Oakland California Lincoln Camm aged 42 slept and during tossing in bed he forced his arm through a window severing an artery in a accidental injury reported by AP.
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Oakland
Calif
Lincoln Camm
Nazis dispute how far door shut to talks
Berlin reports quote unified Nazi stanceing on Roosevelt’s peace proposals and Hitler’s rebuff. Press commentary highlights Danzig and colonies as key points with claims of a political execution of Roosevelt. Debate ranges over breadth of Hitler’s answer to the April 15 appeal.
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Berlin
Germany
Roosevelt
Danzig
Hitler
Boersenzeitung
Hiller
Fuehrer
Reich
Dienst Aus Deutschland
Building activity in first 1939 quarter tops seven year high
Chicago reports the first 1939 quarter as the busiest in seven or eight years with total building permits valued at 846 million across 44 states. Home building in 34 cities rises 19 percent from 1938, with 11 570 new homes valued at 60.3 million in 34 cities.
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Chicago
National Association of Building Trades Employers
E M . Craig
Association
Craig
Belle Plaine Physician Dr Williams Held in Toledo Jail
Mystery over the disappearance of Dr Nathan B Williams of Belle Plaine ended when his lawyers announced he is being held in a Toledo Indiana jail. They said no charges were filed and planned to seek a writ of habeas corpus. Another doctor, William Wagner of Tracy, was held in the Vinton jail without charges.
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Epicia
Vinton
Nathan B. Williams
Belle Plaine
Victor Visquain
Charles Hughes
Des Moines
Toledo
William Wagner
Tracy
Wagner
Williams
L. J. Kirkland
Candid Camera Winners Named In Gazette Panel
Mrs. C. J. Gibson of Anamosa and William Carran of Cedar Rapids win for their candid camera images. Each receives 7x9 sepia enlargements, with three prints offered to others who mail in the card and 25 cents to The Gazette.
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C. J. Gibson
Anamosa
William Carran
Second Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Gibson
Monstrous rulers and fallen empires in human history
The piece compares prehistoric giants like the Diplodocus to humans of power, arguing size without mind leads to extinction. It weighs ancient tyrants such as Babylon, Nineveh, Alexander, Rome, Napoleon, Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin, describing them as neurotic monsters who rule by vanity and brutality, doomed to fall.
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NEN
Science
Earth
Babylon
Ninevah
Alexander the Great
Napoleon
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Cedar Rapids Man Killed in Olin House Moving Accident
William C. Green a 53 year old Cedar Rapids resident was crushed when a small bungalow being moved on trucks fell at Olin. The incident occurred at 8 am with Greens working alongside JE Kelly for S F Cary. Coroner L A Iverson attributed the death to a timber failure. Green born Feb 2 1886 in McMinnville Tennessee had lived in Cedar Rapids two years. He leaves a wife five brothers and three sisters. Funeral Monday at Beatty chapel with burial Center Point cemetery.
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William C. Green
Tenth Street
Olin
JE. Kelly
S. F. Cary
Marion
Jones County
L. A. Iverson
Monticello
Green
Mr. Green
McMinnville
Tenn
Cedar Rapids
Richard M
Samuel
George Dewey Green
Isaac
Manchester
Archie
Ft Worth
Tex
May Weaver
Theo Moore
East Lake
Sarabee Fisher
Rock Island
Convicted Doctor Recovers After Attempted Suicide
Canon City osteopath Dr. Raymond L. Atterberry, 40, convicted Wednesday of wife slaying, appears to be recovering after a blood transfusion from James Carr, a cellmate, following an attempted self harm.
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Canon City
Colo
INS
Raymond L. Atterberry
James Carr
Atterberry
Trio Plead Innocent to Portland Assault Robbery Charges
Three men captured in Boise last week pled innocent to three Portland charges of assault and robbery. Their 17 year old female companions pled guilty to one indictment and were remanded to juvenile authorities.
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Portland
Ore
Boise
Idaho
Russian pair forced down over Canada near Miscou Island
Rescue plane with a Russian speaking physician Dr Louis S. Spector and crew aided Brig. Gen Vladimir Kokkinaki after a Friday crash on Miscou Island. The men, including navigator Major Mikhail Gordienko, faced rough landing conditions and planned further steps by boat if air evacuation failed.
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Moncton
N Bb
Vladimir Kokkinaki
Miscou Island
Moscow
New York
Here
Louis S. Spector
Peter Baranov
Amtorg Trading Corporation
H. B. Roberts
Associated Press
Baranov
Kokkinaki
Mikhail Gordienko
We’re the Only Nation to Afford Depressions
Arthur Bugs Baer discusses U S extravagance amid economic strains, joking that Congress plans would “cut Niagara Falls into shower baths.” He notes the nation’s spending on fairs, navies, and big projects as it navigates depressions and inflation.
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Baer
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Niagara Falls
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