Tomorrow's Iowa Primary Faces Long Ballot Fight
The upcoming primary offers a crowded ballot with familiar incumbents and unknowns. Key contests include Democratic governor candidate Valentine versus Breen, Republican hopes for Wilson Knudson and Gross, and Hickenlooper’s renomination. Local races in Helvin County, Cedar Rapids, Lisbon, and Marion highlight churn and factional tensions while voters must decide amid a call to defend democracy through participation.
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Breen
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Lisbon
Floyd Robson
Marion Farmer
Executive Council
Herring
Kraschel
Italy May Enter War As Fascists Call To End Allied Rule
The national council of Italy's fascist party urged Premier Mussolini to shed Anglo-French domination in the Mediterranean. Evacuation plans for northern Italian cities were completed as Italy prepared for possible war and reports suggested Mussolini might announce entry after a cabinet meeting.
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Mediterranean
Rome
National Council of the
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Italy
Germany
Benito Mussolini
Great Britain
France
United States
William Phillips
Khown
War not the solution says demagogues in America
A reflective editorial condemns violent extremism and wartime fear while warning that democracy weakens when education and government propagate propaganda. It criticizes national leaders who push division, calls out hypocrisy in Washington, and urges unity to preserve democratic ideals.
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United States
Italy Might Offer Mediation With Ultimatum Threat
London observers believe Italy could offer mediation on behalf of Hitler but accompany it with a firm ultimatum. Mussolini may press for peace terms and warn that rejection could prompt Italy to join Germany in the war effort.
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Terrible Terry Carpenter A Nebraska Campaign Firebrand
Former Cedar Rapids native Terry Carpenter rose as a dramatic Nebraska political figure. Known as Terrible Terry and Terry Bull Terry he used radio campaigns and striking signs to win the Fifth District nomination, later aiming at the general election. He built a career as a business owner in Scottsbluff and had prior runs for mayor and city posts in California.
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Keith Neville
Nebraska
Terry
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Scottsbluff
Long Beach
Calif
Millionaire Terry Carpenter Radio Life Drama Dominates Campaign
The article details Terry Carpenter a businessman and politician who shifted from congressman to governor and senator hopeful. It traces his career, radio serial The Life of Terry Carpenter, and his 1940 plan to fund old age pensions via state liquor sales. It mentions his flour branding and political clashes with oil barons and rival leaders.
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Lincoln
O'Daniel
Four Die As U S Plane Crashes In Test Flight
A U S Navy test flight of a DC-5 type Douglas transport ended in disaster near Los Angeles when the high wing two motor plane crashed and burned in a flower bed. Pilots Bud Bogan and Bil Benson and passengers S Mulvania and Jim Jewett were killed. The crash occurred at about 500 feet altitude.
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Los Angeles
United States Navy
Bud Bogan
Bil Benson
S. Mulvania
Jim Jewett
Germans Borrowed War Tactics From U S
Government files show Nazi blitzkrieg plans largely based on American mobilization blueprints from two decades of war preparation. The 1933 to 1935 timeline explains how Germany formed its total war system using U S concepts, later shared with Britain and France.
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Join Lear
Associated Preas
Washington
Adolf Hitler
United States
Low Countries
France
Hitler
Germany
Cedar Rapids paper route memories of Terry Carpenter
Terry Carpenter recalls selling Gazettes on Cedar Rapids streets for The Gazette during his teens, earning more money than ever until he entered the oil business. He worked a five year route with prime spots at Union Station and the post office. Born March 19, 1900 in Cedar Rapids, he lived at 113 First Avenue W and attended Adams grade school and Washington high.
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First Avenue W
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Washington High
Plane crashes near municipal airport kill boy in California
An aircraft banking sharply to the left dived into the ground one mile south of the city airport and burst into flames. Twelve year old John Robert MecClary died of a heart attack after witnessing the crash. Earlier there was another fatal army bomber crash at Muroe Dry Lake with six airmen killed and no sabotage found.
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John Robert MecClary
California
Muroe Dry Lake
Here
Cedar Rapids Weather: Warm Day Ends With Cooling Sunset
Cedar Rapids observed a hot afternoon with a 86 degree high from 3 to 3 30 pm. The temperature then eased to 79 by 7 pm as a few high clouds dimmed the sunset. Readings from the Chambers Inskeep thermometer noted an overnight low of 53 at 5 am Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Family Portraits Cartoon Feature Debuts in Gazette
The Sunday Gazette launches FAMILY PORTRAITS a ten strike in amusement drawn by J. Norman Lynch. It will appear weekly in the 16 page color comics section of The Sunday Gazette and readers are invited to follow this new feature in THE CEDAR RAPIDS GAZETTE.
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J. Norman Lynch
Preparations Underway For Camp Good Health Opening
Preparations are pushed for Camp Good Health to open on Tuesday June 11 for physically handicapped children on the Public Health Nursing Association list. Grounds are being repaired and a new stove installed to prepare about 90 meals at a time, with lunches for the children twice daily. St James Methodist women will perform spring cleaning this week likely Wednesday or Thursday. Staff members will arrive Friday June 7 to organize supplies and beds and assist the nurse in meal planning.
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Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
St. James Methodist Church
Germans claim sinking 11 ships in Dunkirk air battles
Berlin reports say German planes sank three Allied warships and eight transports near Dunkerque with 40 Allied aircraft downed, plus hits on four more warships and 14 merchant vessels. The Nelson was rumored sunk but denied by military authorities.
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Coe College Trustees Elect Three New Members
Eugene M Tinney of Piney Coal Charles J Lynch Jr and Sumner D Quarton were elected to the Coe college board of trustees to fill vacancies from deaths and resignations. They are Cedar Rapids residents and will serve two year terms starting at the October 1940 meeting, announced by Dr H M Gage.
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Pinney Coal Company
Charles J. Lynch
Sumner D. Quarton
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Coe College Board of Trustees
H. M. Gage
Glenn M. Averill
John S. Brooksmit
Chicago
Sunday Index and Section Promos in The Paper
A garbled listing describes sections and page ranges for a Sunday edition. It mentions various pace labels and topics such as social news weather forecasts vacation features and classified pages across sections, indicating a broad content plan.
War Situation At A Glance
Nazi bombing planes hit southern France including Rhone valley and the port of Marseille amid possible plans for Italy to enter the war. The fascist leadership urged Mussolini to dominate Mediterranean seas signaling imminent alliance. Britain reported troops in northern France awaiting a Somme stand as German feints continued. The war in Belgium neared conclusion with most of the BEF returning to England.
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Rhone Valley
Marseille
Rmds
Italy
Rome
National Council
Fascist Party
Mussolini
Mediterranean
London
Somme
Hitler
Planders
England
Britain Girds Somme Sector Amid Invasion Fears
London reports anti aircraft guns fired on a German plane off the southeast coast. British fighters intercept the raider but no air raid alarm. Fresh British troops may be streaming into northern France to bolster the Somme defenses as Allied units withdraw to England. An unofficial estimate places about 15 000 troops back in England with General Viscount Gort leading the rear.
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England
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France
Somme
Flanders
Britain
Viscount Gort
Weekly Forecast Chicago AP Weather Outlook
Weather outlook for the week starting Monday in the Upper Mississippi valley shows showers and cooler early, then again later. Temperatures are expected to average near normal.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
German air raid devastates southeastern France amid invasion fears
German forces launched one of the war’s largest air offensives against southeastern France, striking Marseille and Lyon areas. At least 46 killed, about 100 injured, with Marseille hit hardest. Swiss reports claim two German bombers shot down over the Alps.
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Lyon
Switzerland
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Roosevelt Leading Us To War Says Guyer
Rep. Guyer of Kansas City Kansas argues President Roosevelt drives the nation toward war through his stance toward peaceful nations. He criticizes internal subversive elements and collectivist policies while noting Republicans back defense measures but see no coherent program. Guyer, a Coe College commencement speaker candidate, cites rhetoric on air power as insufficient.
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House Judiciary Committee
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Coe
Cedar Rapids College
Leander Clark College
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