Churchill inspires confidence in Britain’s finest hour
The piece argues Churchill’s leadership steadies Britain as it faces a grim path to victory. It notes his liturgical use of British poetry and tradition to rally a heroic publics spirit against a mechanized foe. It contrasts parliamentary accountability in Britain with U.S. executive power.
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Winston Churchill
Britain
Churchill
Mos Pinchot
New York
Roosevelt
England
House of Commons
Pinchot
Congress
Britain Ends Ties with Romania Seizes U S Oversight
Britain breaks off diplomatic relations with Romania and transfers Romanian interests to United States custody. Sir Reginald Hoare delivers note to Ion Antonescu as Churchill warns of Nazi moves in the region. Franklin Mott Gunther leads U S staff in assuming British documents in Bucharest. A ship carries Hoare and staff to Istanbul.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Reginald Hoare
Ion Antonescu
Churchill
Hungary
Romania
Black Sea
Bulgaria
Sofia
R.A.F
Greece
Turkey
Franklin Mott Gunther
Constanta
Sir Reginald
Istanbul
Britain cuts diplomatic ties with Romania over German threat
London said Germany is assembling an expeditionary force in Romania and using Romanian territory as a military base to aid its war aims. The government announced the break in relations on Monday night.
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Britain
London
Rumania
Germany
Mrs Lucy S Brooks Dies At 102 In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids resident Mrs Lucy Sprague Brooks age 102, once the city's oldest person, died at 1035 PM Sunday at 1612 Avenue NE nursing home where she lived three years. Survived by son James A Sprague and daughter Marleen De Vaul Teeter. Governor Sprague of Oregon may attend. Two children preceded her. Funeral plans pending until attendance confirmation.
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Lucy Sprague Brooks
Cedar Rapids
B Avenue NE
Charles A Sprague
Oregon
The
Moon Funeral
Lone Bandit Robs Iown Bank of $200
A lone bandit robbed the Aetna Savings Bank in McIntire Ta, taking $200 in currency after 2 pm. The robber, about 6 ft 2 in, heavy set, failed to loot $2,000 to $3,000 due to a time lock. Cashier Rod Williams and aide Grace O'Brien were present as the intruder demanded the safe.
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McIntire. Ta
Aetna Savings Bank
ROD_ Williams
Grace O'Brien
Williams
Britain Bombards Genoa Demonstrating Sea Power
British naval bombardment of Genoa at dawn Sunday, with air attacks on Leghorn and Pisa, showcases control of the Mediterranean and sea lanes between France and Africa. Churchill calls it a shattering blow. Mussolini says civilians suffered heavy damage, while Italy reports no military targets hit.
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Britain
Genoa
Italy
Germany
Mediterranean
France
Africa
Royal Air Force
Leghorn
Pisa
Spezia
Ligurian Sea
Sicily
Maxime Weygand
French North Africa
High Command
British Admiralty
Taranto
Renown
Malaya
Ark Royal
Sheffield
Admiralty
Soldiers mobilize in Cedar Rapids for nationwide rearmament
Khaki-clad troops staged mobilization day as more than 300 men from Cedar Rapids and nearby towns gathered to join five Iowa National Guard units. By March 4 they will depart for Camp Claiborne Louisiana for at least one year with the 34th division, amid a crisis briefing from Col. Earl Bush.
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Peerts Rico
Iowa
Corn
Puerto Rican Trade Council
Mississippi
Louisiana
Art Snider
Cedar Rapids
Iowa National Guard
Shrine Temple
Lfe
Uncle Sam
Brandon
Fairfax
Malvern
Mechanicsville
Malion
Montour
Palo
Shellsburg
Stanwood
Toddville
Troy Mills
Vinton
Iowa City
Delaware
North English
Belle Plaine
Fairfield
Camp Claiborne
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
136Th
34Th Division
133Rd Infantry
185Th Field Artillery
Earl Bush
Bush
Ames
United States
Laddie to Rejoin Master With Air Flight
Ailing dog Laddie, separated from Private Everett Scott when he joined the army, is slated to fly 2,000 miles from Kansas City to San Francisco to reunite with his master. Blood transfusion and injections revived him for the trip. a special plane will take him to Monterey where an Army convoy will transfer him to Fort Ord. Crowds watched his arrival in San Francisco as he recovered in an animal hospital.
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San Francisco
Laddie
Everett Scott
Kansas
Kansas City
Scott
Gustav Henne
Ernie Smith
Monterey
Raymond Lovell
Fort Ord
Franco and Serrano Suner Headed for Italian Front Conference
Diplomatic advices from Bern report Spanish Generalissimo Francisco Franco and Foreign Minister Ramon Serrano Suner traveling toward Ventimiglia on the French Italian frontier to meet with Italian Premier Benito Mussolini and Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano for talks.
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Berne
Switzerland
Francisco Franco
Ramon Serrano Suner
Ventimiglia
Mussolini
Count Galeazzo Ciano
High Court Won’t Review Ford Edict on Picketing
The Supreme Court refused to review a National Labor Relations Board order against Ford Motor Co upholding that Ford coerced and intimidated workers at River Rouge and Highland Park Michigan plants Disciplinary actions include reinstatement with back pay for 23 workers and an order to stop discouraging union membership The ruling also addressed state court injunctions against picketing in a separate Meadowmoor Dairies case.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
Ford
CIO United Automobile Workers
High Court
River Rouge
Highland Park
Mich
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
Henry Ford
High Tribunal
Chicago
AFL
Meadowmoor Dairies, Inc
Frankfurter
Black, Douglas
Reed
How de Mille Found The Return of Peter Grimm Idea
The dramatist George M. de Mille describes how a canoe trip in the Maine woods yielded the concept for Belasco urged him to write for David Warfield. While drifting over shallow water he watched a beetle die and a dragonfly emerge, prompting reflection on life, death, and immortality.
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Oe DE Mille
Peter Grimm
Belasco
David Warfield
deMille
Maine Woods
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Retail Purchases Rise 8 Percent in 1940
Commerce Secretary Jesse Jones announced that total U S retail sales reached 45.5 billion dollars in 1940, up 3.476 billion from 1939, a gain of about eight percent in consumer retail purchases.
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Washington
INS
Commerce
Jesse Jones
LaPlant-Choate Worker Killed As Steel Plates Fall
Elbert LeRoy Andrews 27 of 216 Sixth Ave SW Cedar Rapids died after heavy steel plates toppled and trapped him at 6 45 am He suffered a leg fracture and suffocation likely caused his death His body lay at Moon funeral home until arrangements His wife Fern and parents Sam and Mrs Andrews survive with a sister Evelyn Radeke.
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Elbert LeRoy Andrews
Sixth Avenue
LaPlant- Choate Employe
St. Luke's Hospital
Andrews
F W. Mulson
Moon Funeral Home
Udell
Cedar Rapids
Fern
Sam Andrews
Ninth Avenue
Evelyn Radeke
C Street
Henry Stoddard Dies at 98 in New Haven
New Haven clergymen and lawyers recall Henry Stoddard as possibly the country’s oldest practicing attorney after his death Sunday night at age 98. He built a long career in New Haven and influenced generations of jurists.
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New Haven, Conn
INS
Henry Stoddard
Churchill Says U S Tools Not Troops Needed To End Job
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill said the United States should send war materials and shipping rather than troops to finish defeating Hitler and Mussolini. He warned of German pressure on Allied shipping and the looming danger of invasion, urging preparedness for gas and air attacks.
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London
United States
Great Britain
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Winston Churchill
American Union
Hitler
Churchill
Balkans
Romania
Bulgaria
German Planes Attack Iceland Base Of Foes
German reconnaissance aircraft reportedly attacked Reykjavik Iceland on Sunday roving fighters and bombers from Norway. The raid targeted a British airfield as Iceland stands as a strategic Atlantic outpost near Greenland and Ireland.
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Iceland
Berlin
Reykjavik
North America
High Command
Norway
Greenland
Denmark
Germany
British Isles
Ireland
Scotland
North Atlantic
Senate Confirms Winant as Britain's Ambassador
The Senate on Monday confirmed John G Winant’s nomination as ambassador to Great Britain, moving to fill a key diplomatic post amid wartime tensions.
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Senate
Winant
Washington
John G Winant
Great Britain
Petain Names Darlan as Premier Hold, Laval Fades
In Vichy France Petain elevates Admiral Francois Darlan to vice premier and foreign minister, left open Laval’s possible return but with limited power. Darlan and General Huntziger run the government as negotiations with Laval and Germany continue. Flandin and Peyrouton resignations loom as the cabinet reshapes under pressure from Laval.
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Vichy
France
Jean Darlan
Marshal Philippe Petain
Philippe Petain
Francois Darlan
Pierre Laval
Laval
Monay
Darlan
Navy
Petain
Germany
Charles Huntziger
Huntziger
Flandin
Rafael Alibert
Peytouron
Willis Van Devanter to be buried Tuesday in Rock Creek
Retired Supreme Court associate justice Willis Van Devanter will be laid to rest Tuesday at Rock Creek Cemetery. Funeral services will be private, with family and close associates attending the interment.
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Washington (Ap
Willis van Devanter
The
Supreme Court
Rock Creek Cemetery
Murder charge filed against Walter Bender
Cedar Rapids police allege Walter Bender and his wife Mabel conspired to kill her stepson Ralph Edward Kohlhek, known as Buddy, to obtain a $1690 inheritance. Both pleaded not guilty at arraignment and requested time to enter pleas. investigators note a cafe operation and earlier arson stated as motive.
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Cedar Rapids
Earl Stanley
Mabel Bender
Walter Bender
Ralph Edward
Buddy” Kohl
Bender
Oxford
Buddy Kohlicek
H C Ring
Benders
Walter
Mabel
Gazette
Judge Ring
Crissman
Carl Hendrickson
Stanley
Ivf Avenue NW
Protest On Beer Permit For 1201 Ellis Boulevard
About 20 residents and supporters gathered at city hall to oppose a class B beer permit for 1201 Ellis boulevard NW. Speakers from churches and local groups cited concerns as William Janu seeks the permit. Council members pledged to consider the stand when the application is discussed per state law.
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Council
Ellis Boulevard
City Hall
William Janu
Harrison Parent-Teachers Association
L. R. Wise
G. H. Knauer
G Avenue
R. N. Coolidge
Sixth Street
W. W. Sell
Charles Perkins
Eighth Street
B. B. Elmore
William Hickman
Morton Lemmon
Tenth Street
F B. Nye
Thomas C. Collister
St. James Methodist Church
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