Drought Pressures Dairy Supply and Washington Defense Views
The piece discusses a severe eastern drought and its impact on dairy regions including Iowa, with concerns over milk and cheese supply for domestic and British needs. It notes Secretary Wickard’s defense of agriculture amid rising prices and reflects on Washington’s sprawling, chaotic government scene and enduring pride in the capital.
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Washington
Treasury
East
Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Britain
United States
Budget revision forecasts 22.169 billion spending for 1942
The new 1942 budget projects total outlays of 22.169 billion dollars with defense at 15.5 billion. It raises defense spending, lifts total military appropriations to about 43 billion, and notes potential boosts from British Empire orders and reconstruction finance loans to near 50 billion.
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Washington
British Empire
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Mexico Would Back U S In War Says Avila Camacho
Mexico would support the United States if it declares war against a European or Asiatic power, said President Manuel Avila Camacho on Saturday night, though not committed to automatic alignment.
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Mexico City
Manuel Avila Camacho
United States
Mexico
Morrison to lead Cedar Rapids United Service drive
M H Morrison named general chairman of the $10 000 United Service Organization drive in Cedar Rapids. He selected an executive committee of 12 including John H Bormann, Katherine Franken, Rabbi H L Freund, J Harold Horan and others. An initial meeting at the Roosevelt hotel will set up drive machinery for a national kickoff June 3 and local activities soon after. Morrison, longtime Northwestern Bell manager, has led community projects and held top posts in the Community Chest and Rotary. He said the drive aims to defend the country and support those aiding its defense.
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M. H. Morrison
United Service Organization
Cedar Rapids
John H. Bormann
Katherine Franken
Rabbi H. L. Freund
J. Harold Horan
Percy F. Keehn
Msgr
John Molloy
Sumner Quarton
van Vechten Shaffer
A. L. Smulekoff
Ervin F. Stepanek
Marion H. Williams
Marvin Wright
Roosevelt Hotel
Morrison
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Community Chest Drive
Public Welfare Bureau
Rotary Club
Community House
Tipton Boy Missing in Rain-Swollen Sugar Creek
Six year old Wendell Neighbors of Tipton wandered from the Prentiss York farm toward Sugar creek as rain swelled the stream. Volunteers searched a half mile through five men abreast without results. A pulmotor was on hand from Iowa City if needed as the boy, visiting at the York farm, may have headed toward home or into the flood waters.
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Tipton
Wendell Neighbors
William Neighbors
Sugar Creek
Prentiss York Farm
Iowa City
York Farm
Mr. York
Final Performance Of Rodeo At Hawkeye Downs Today
Crowd of 3 500 enjoyed the Midwest Championship rodeo at Hawkeye Downs. The final performance is set for 2 PM with go-arounds to finish in events won by Mike Fisher Hershey Neb steer wrestling in 5.4 seconds and total two steer time 10.2 seconds. Bruce Ross Sayre Okla and Louis Brooks Pawhuska Okla trail in two steer totals, while Bud McDaniel Singleton Tex and Paul Bond Carlsbad N M lead bareback bronc ties. Pettigrew Clayton N M won calf roping in 17 seconds with others following. Ken Roberts Waco Texas led Brahma bull riding with Fer raro Wilder tied for seconds.
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Hershey
Neb
Fisher
Steers
Bruce Ross
Sayre
Okla
Louis Brooks
Pawhuska
Bud McDaniel
Singleton
Tex
Paul Bond
Carlsbad
N. M
Jake Williams
Wichita Falls
Jimmie Hazen
Tucson
Ariz
A. J. Pettigrew
Clayton
Clyde Brown
Jim Snively
Irby Mundy
Ken Roberts
Waco
Ned Ferraro
Dan Wilder
Kid Fletcher
U S Moves to Relinquish China Rights and Recruit Airmen
The United States will give up extraterritorial rights in China as part of backing Chiang Kai-shek, while releasing U S airmen and mechanics to serve in the Chinese air force. Secretary Hull and China’s Quo Tai-shi announced the move, with recruits already discharged for Chinese service and no loss of American citizenship unless loyalty to China is sworn.
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Washington
INS
China
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
United States Army
Navy
Roosevelt
Japan
Great Britain
France
Italy
Portugal
Germany
Netherlands
Cordell Hull
Quo Tai-shi
Chungking
London
War and Navy Departments
Many Children Report Need for Camp Good Health
Children weighed at the Public Health Nursing association office show poor appetites and frail condition ahead of summer at Camp Good Health. Most register under weight, with some losing weight in winter, yet all express eagerness to enter the camp. one enthusiastic boy stands out about his first trip.
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Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
George Corey Buys Del Porter’s Share In The New Process
Cedar Rapids News reports George W. Corey takes full ownership of the New Process Laundry and Zoric Cleaners by purchasing Del Porter’s interests. Porter retires after 47 years with the business, 20 as co-owner, with plans to maintain current staff and policies.
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George Corey
del Porter
Cedar Rapids
George W. Corey
New Process
Zoric
Porter
Corey
John H. Munholland
Joseph Irwin
Porter and Corey
Third Avenue
Mullin
Third Street
Weather notes show Cedar Rapids highs near 84
A string of passing showers skims Cedar Rapids as overcast skies persist. Daytime high reaches 84 after a morning of 83, with temps easing to 74 by 7 pm and 70 at midnight. Overnight readings show 86 at Friday midnight, dipping to 65, then rising to 68 by 7 am and 77 by 9:30 am.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Mercury
Chambers
Big Air Battle Rages Over Eastern Mediterranean
News from Cairo reports a high altitude clash between British R A F and German warplanes above the eastern Mediterranean as Crete shifts toward a new phase. RAF claims contact with a large German formation and damage to several Heinkels, with bombers striking Scarpanto and Rhodes. Major Freyberg in Crete is said to be alive with his troops.
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Egypt
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B. C. Freyberg
Summer Store Hour Schedule Goes In Effect Tomorrow
Cedar Rapids stores will run a new summer schedule as announced by the Chamber of Commerce Saturday. Saturday hours stay 9 am to 9 pm while weekdays shift to 9 am to 5 pm, ending earlier than the winter arrangement which resumes after Labor Day.
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Ova
Washington
Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Retail Merchants Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce
Are You Pixilated Meet Prompts to Sell Unused Furniture
The piece jokes about being pixilated for small habits like tapping coins or drawing on a directory and suggests selling unused attic furniture via Gazette Want Ads. It notes 15 people answered and everything sold in three days.
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Gazette
Miscellaneous household articles for 1305 6th Ave NW
Classified notice lists miscellaneous household articles for sale at 1305 6th Avenue Northwest with contact number Disi 6342 and an instruction to place wants by calling Adjust Dial 2-1121.
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German Army Looks Ahead to Next Task
Berlin reports the Luftwaffe harassing scattered British forces on Crete as German troops push along the northern coastal plain. Some British and Greek forces escape to Gavdos, while Italian units move from the island’s east. Analysts consider potential targets Tobruk Alexandria Cyprus and Suez as Luftwaffe bases on Crete strengthen German leverage in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Bomb nearly killed Hitler in last Berlin raid
London Empire News quotes Dublin sources that a British super-bomb nearly killed Hitler in the final RAF raid on Berlin. The blast wrecked a deep dugout in the chancellery. five aides died. Hitler stunned, took days to recover, then ordered Goering to mount a major Luftwaffe raid on London. The attack followed by a fierce fire blitz destroying Westminster Abbey and Parliament.
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Berlin
Empire News
Dublin
Goering
Westminster Abbey
House of Parliament
Massive $3.5 Million Fire Ravages Jersey City Yards
A spectacular blaze engulfed the Erie railroad yards in Jersey City on a Saturday night. The inferno destroyed eight story grain elevators, rail cars, stockyards stock, and barges, with damage estimated above $3.5 million and at least two injuries. Incendiary origins suspected as flames erupted from multiple points, drawing aid from New York harbor coast guard units, fireboats, and even soldiers from Fort Dix. News spread across Hoboken and surrounding towns as sparks reached miles away.
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N. J
Erie
United States Coast Guard
New York
Hudson River
Erie Railroad
New York City
Rutherford
Union City
New York Harbor
Hudson
Fort Dix
Workers Fight To Save Crystal Lake Dam Near DeWitt
A crew labored overnight to patch a leak in the Crystal Lake dam at Crystal Lake Country Club two miles southwest of De Witt after heavy rains weakened the structure. Piling sandbags, workers fought to prevent overflow that could flood fields and ruin farms and fish stocks if the dam failed.
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Crystal Lake
Crystal Lake Country Club
Johnson accuses Roosevelt of declaring war in fireside speech
Senator Hiram Johnson charges that President Roosevelt declared war in his fireside address to the nation. He says the peace platform is abandoned, comparing Roosevelt to Hitler and Mussolini, and warns the country stands at a crossroads between peace and war.
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Roosevelt
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Turkish War Minister Heads to United States for Purchases
New York dispatch cites NBC report from Ankara that the Turkish war minister left for the United States to buy war supplies. The return could signal a Turkish deal with the United States amid wartime needs.
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Budapest
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Saturday Night
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Britain wins 29 day fight in oil nation
Britain signed an armistice with Iraq after a 29 day conflict. Rashid Ali and key officials fled to Iran. British forces occupied Baghdad and prepared to expel remaining axis units from the Mesopotamian oilfields while restoring military ties and bases in Iraq.
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