British Force Captures Bengasi as Italians Flee
British Empire troops drive 160 miles through sand storms to seize Bengasi the Libyan Cyrenaica capital and a major port. Italian forces crumble, with 100000+ prisoners, as Britain expands control of Cyrenaica and bombs Tripoli region while advancing in Eritrea Ethiopia and Italian Somaliland.
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Cyrenaica
Libya
Army of the Nile
Tripoli
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
Bengasi
Derna
Jebel el Akbar
Keren
Asmara
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Italian Somaliland
Lease Lend Bill Powers Question Sparks Des Moines Debate
The article notes opposition to a lease lend provision that would allow withdrawal of powers by Congress and suggests a committee to approve presidential actions. It also discusses Major Al Williams and Colonel Lindbergh on U.S. air power and defense, amid Iowa statehouse observations on governance.
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Congress
Lindbergh
al Williams
Senate
Williams
Navy
Mr. Knox
United States
Young Men's Bureau Donates 5794 for City Pool Fund
The Cedar Rapids Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce turned over 5794.94 to the city council for the swimming pool fund, plus 2280.60 for engineering and admin costs. Total 8075.54 raised by two jalopy derbies harness race two theater ticket drives and 25 from various groups. The bureau will retain 200 to cover possible obligations and plans a summer swimming pool dedication with a committee appointed to finish arrangements.
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Young Men’s Bureau
Chamber of Commerce
Bureau
Cedar Rapids Gazette Newsboys
Public School Maintenance Union
Lisbon Motorist Arrested On Charge Of Drunk Driving
Maurice Heath of Lisbon was jailed at 8:43 p.m. Thursday by Sheriff Jim Smith and Deputy Harlan Snyder on a driving while intoxicated charge. The arrest followed a call from a Springville marshal reporting Heath weaving and driving erratically.
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Lisbon
Maurice Heath
Jim Smith
Harlan Snyder
Smith
Snyder
Heath
Springville
Darlan Sets Sights on Keeping French Fleet in Any Regime
Admiral Francois Darlan, Petain aide, vows to retain control of the French fleet and naval bases, resisting surrender to Germany, Italy, or Great Britain. He favors heading a reconstituted Vichy government with Laval handling interior affairs, while Darlan would direct foreign policy and navy. He positions naval officers in key posts to back his political ambitions. He views Britain as overrated and supports some collaboration with Germany and Italy.
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France
Francois Darlan
Germany
Italy
Great Britain
Darlan
Marshal Philippe Petain
Pierre Laval
Paris
Petain
Laval
Saturay Pelain
Darian
Foreign Ministry
African
Weygand Denies Bizerte Cession Talks For Libya
General Maxime Weygand in a radio address from Algiers denied any French plan to let Germany use the Bizerte base or to negotiate cession of Bizerte or German troop landings there for Libya. He spoke as supreme commander in French North Africa.
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Vichy
France
Maxime Weygand
Germany
Bizerte
French
Tunisia
Libya
Weygand
French North Africa
Algiers
Algeria
Nurses on Duty in Case of War Emergency
Registered nurses in Cedar Rapids and surrounding territory received questionnaires from the U S Public Health Service asking if they are willing to accept assignment for duty with the army or navy in a war emergency The survey is a field study for the sub committee on nursing and the medical committee of the national defense council conducted by the Public Health Service in cooperation with national and state nursing associations The survey asks nurses to fill blanks detailing their present status
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Cedar Rapids
United States Public Health Service
Army
Navy
Subcommittee On
National Defense Council
Sabotage Hinted In Army Bomber Crash At Ragged Top
An army board investigates a flying fortress wreck on Ragged Top mountain after eight died including Capt. Richard S. Freeman. Secret equipment and Norden bombsight may have been a factor amid warnings of possible sabotage. The toll rises to 21 army and 12 navy flyers milled by year’s accidents.
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Lovelock
Ney
Army Board of
Ragged Top Mountain
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Ont
New York City
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Sacramento
Calif
Lowryfield
Denver
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Fred C. Nelson
Norden
Washington
Laredo
Tex
Edinburg
San Diego
Honolulu
Barksdale Field
Mountain
Richard S. Freeman
Laddfield
Fairbanks
Alaska
West Point
Kelly Field
Roosevelt
Rio de Janeiro
Edward W
Ketcham
K. H. Gulreath
Everett Crabb
J. P. Davies
Dayton
E. S. Trainer
F. S. Widden
Haines City
Fla
C. E. Applegate
Canon City
Colo
Civilian Conservation Corps
James Nellson
Nelson
Loyal Army Dog Laddie Saved With Intravenous Help
A 10 year old Airedale named Laddie pined for Private Everett Scott serving in the army 2000 miles away. Camp Ord officials arranged care after Laddie, shipped from Chanute, could not walk or drink. Vets fed him via tube and glucose injections. Scott will care for him at the camp.
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Kansas City
Laddie
Camp Ord
Calif
Everett Scott
Chanute
Kan
TWA
V. ¥. Druley
Scott
Vichy Barred Donovan From Syria Amid Travel Curbs
In Istanbul AP reports Col. William J. Donovan was barred from traveling through Syria by a Vichy French order. He was en route from Ankara to Syria with a visa but a French embassy official announced the veto from Vichy. Donovan and his party were redirected to Palestine via Cyprus.
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Turkey
William J. Donovan
Syria
Vichy
Donovan
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Near East
Jerusalem
Palestine
Ankara
The
Holy
Cyprus
Constance
Four Rail Unions To Take Strike Ballot
Washington AP George M Harrison said 14 standard railway labor groups will vote on strikes over vacations with pay. About 750000 employees could be involved with ballots sent by Feb 15 and a 30 day voting window. A strike requires a presidential fact finding committee under the mediation act.
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Washington
George M. Harrison
Standard Railway
Harrison
Girl Injured As Scaffold Torn Loose In Wind
Miss Inez Witousek aged 19 of Route 2 was struck by a building scaffold blown loose by wind at 219 First Avenue E around 11 am Friday. She was taken to Mercy Hospital with severe bruises to legs and body. Her mother witnessed the fall as contractors said work on the front remodeling was nearly complete.
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Inez Witousek
First Avenue E
Miss Witousek
Mercy Hospital
Alfred Witousek
Quadruplets Born To North Dakota Farmer Family
Mrs. Nick Brown of Leonard North Dakota gave birth to four babies three boys and a girl in St. John s hospital. The quads totaling 17 pounds nine ounces were born between 1 10 and 1 15 p m Thursday. The mother weighs 150 pounds and is five feet eight inches tall. The father runs a farm and roadside gas station near Leonard.
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Fargo
N. D
North Dakota
Nick Brown
Leonard
N.D
St. John's Hospital
Compromise as a path through modern ideologies
The essay contrasts Watterson Morley and Whitehead on compromise as wisdom and method. It warns against rigid dogmas in politics and religion and proposes faith and patience as the slow yet certain route to truth, citing Jesus as leaven and salt shaping civilization.
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Enry Watterson
John Morley
Whitehead
St. Paul
Jesus
Disto
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Snowstorm passes as Cedar Rapids sees light accumulation
A fleeting Cedar Rapids snowstorm brought two to three inches by 1 p.m with heavy snowfall earlier. By noon skies cleared and sun returned after partial accumulation. The city had earlier seen an eight inch storm two weeks ago.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt outlines public works reserve to absorb defense job slack
President Roosevelt announced plans to create a reserve of public works for postwar defense employment. The program would include highways hospitals airports and housing to be authorized this session but not funded until needed. He cited a potential Atlantic coast national highway and discussed land condemnation and sale schemes to capture value for the government.
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Lington Washington
Roosevelt
Washio Baltimore
Fort Meade
Army
Aberdeen
Federal Roads
Thomas H. MacDonald
Atlantic Coast
House Won't Exclude Reds In Lease Bill
The House defeated a Republican amendment to bar disposal of US navy assets to belligerents without congressional consent. The vote 185 to 94 rejected excluding Soviet Russia from British aid, while leaders warned against harming Russia. The bill would authorize loan, lease, or grant of arms to nations deemed vital by Roosevelt.
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Bulletin— Washington
House Friday
Roosevelt
United States Navy
Washington
House
Russia
George Holden Tinkham
Tinkham
United States
Britain
Greece
China
Soviet Russia
4 Year Old Shows She Can Ride and Gets Bicycle License
Cedar Rounds News reports Sara Lynne Mavis, four, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Mavis, received license No. 48 after riding her bicycle in the police garage. Police note 40 cyclists had secured licenses by 2:30 p.m. Coe Ed Hughes, first in line for license No. 1, had reservations.
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B. P. Mavis
Second Avenue SE
Sara Lynne
Coe Ed Hughes
Third Street
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