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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1940
Page
12
An AP report outlines a U S mobilization blueprint borrowed from American planning. It envisions coordinating industry fuel power and labor to speed war production while protecting peacetime life and civil liberties under congressional oversight.
British soldiers returning from Flanders report a German dive bomber raid on the Canadian memorial atop Vimy Ridge. The towering stone shaft, a WWI tribute, was said to be completely shattered with splinters recovered as souvenirs. The witnesses described the attack as deliberate.
E Arnold Sunstrom of Chicago was elected president of the Coe College Alumni Association at a Voorhees hall banquet. Regional vice presidents named include William Whipple, Ruth Bryan, Edward M. Smith, and Gatha Baughn. The event honored alumni from 1890 and 1915 and Dr and Mrs F G Murray of Cedar Rapids.
German forces battered the Southeastern France escape port on the English Channel while Allied planes repelled waves of attackers. In the Somme sector east of Amiens the German drive shifted to upper Somme fronts as French rearguards under General Prioux broke through toward Dunkerque amidst Belgian resistance.
London AP report says Sapper A. Rutherford survived Flanders rain of bombs and bullets only to be killed by an automobile on a blacked-out street Friday night. He died Saturday.
The home office ordered that travel to Northern Ireland or Eire from Britain be restricted to individuals on business of national importance, effective Saturday, signaling tighter controls for cross‑channel movement.
In this extended critique the writer dismisses pacifist talk and urges Americans to accept responsibility abroad. Walter Lippmann is cited as arguing for engagement, while the piece questions isolationism and warns against war-mongering, urging a re study of U.S. history and leadership. The tone is combative and confrontational about foreign policy debates.
Terry McGovern Carpenter, a Nebraska political figure and business operator, rose from modest beginnings to own a refinery and a chain of stations, coal and lumber interests, and a farm trade network. Born in Cedar Rapids, he built Terrytown, faced incorporation defeats, and now campaigns with radio talk and catchy slogans. State officials reportedly plan to back him in November.
Green Bay Wisconsin Governor Julius Heil and his state administration received an overwhelming endorsement at the Republican state convention. The party backed Heil at a weekend gathering in Wisconsin.
Reports from Dunkirk estimate about 100000 Allied troops embarked from the last port in the Flanders corridor amid talk of up to 150000 BEF soldiers returning to Britain. General Gort’s evacuation is praised as a miracle retreat while Britain shifts focus to Somme defenses and potential southern movement by Hitler. The public clings to Navy strength as proof Britannia still rules the waves.
Ottumwa police failed to act on Cedar Rapids detectives request to hold Patrick O Reilley and John C Long who allegedly peddled stolen copper wire. A Washington County warrant for larceny over twenty dollars was filed, yet no hold was requested during weeks of surveillance. Authorities say the two may have appeared in Cedar Rapids a week earlier and investigators continued to pursue them Saturday night.
Asa Fay reports a brown leather wallet containing 47 dollars was stolen from his pocket at Abram's tavern 114 First Street NE between 4 45 and 5 15 pm. The wallet held a union card a driver’s license and other papers. Cash totaled three ten dollar bills three five dollar bills and two one dollar bills.
Leon Butts 34 of Sycamore Illinois was jailed in Cedar Rapids on a child desertion charge. Deputies Harlan Snyder and P J Whittemore brought him back Saturday night after tracking him to Sycamore. Butts waived extradition and agreed to return with the deputies. The governor's office had earlier refused to recognize the warrant.
Alien residents in Cedar Rapids rush to file declarations of intention and seek admission as war inflames naturalization requests. Clerks report a clear rise since European hostilities began, with ten federal filings on a single Friday. Many applicants are Czech and German nationals amid lengthy delays for port-verification and approvals.
Kansas congressman Guyer advocates aid to the Allies while staying within neutrality. He disputes cooperation with Lindbergh’s ideas, questions New Deal politics amid war talk, and stresses debt and taxation as limits to defense funding. He also notes Roosevelt’s third term framing and party dynamics.
Secretary of War Woodring announced the creation of several new regular army units and reinforcement of others in an expansion involving about 12 000 of 15 000 additional men already being recruited. Approximately 1 000 two place airplanes are being used in the Civilian Pilot training program.
German sources claimed air force strikes sank a ship as fighting on the southern front revived. French losses were reported at Abbeville and Lechesne with German troops gaining ground. Hamburg press suggested a broader campaign toward Paris as Italy entered the conflict.
A newspaper report claims Germany has eliminated France as a continental rival and now controls the initiative in Europe. It states Germany, with Italy Spain and Russia, will set the political agenda in European affairs.
By ARTHUR Bugs Daf a, recalling a 22 year old wartime incident, he quotes a recruiting sergeant and reflects on the idea of notifying in case of accident. He notes the guardhouse stay as a humorous outcome and fondly calls it a delightful place during the rainy season.
A new cabin allows Camp Good Health in Cedar Rapids Iowa to serve 74 children at once up from 60. Each child stays at least three weeks to gain benefits, with longer stays for the most needy. Donations to the Camp Good Health Fund via The Gazette are requested to support maintenance for poor families.
John Livermore 74 died at 1255 a.m. at his Palo home where he lived 34 years. A retired carpenter born August 28, 1865 in Brown county Kansas he married Irene Swallow in 1887. Survived by wife four sons Ernest of Cedar Rapids Ralph and Nile of Palo and Voris in Brazil three daughters Laura Lane Ochevedan Ia Fern Yeoman Brooklyn N Y Madeline Dake Cedar Rapids nine grandchildren eight great grandchildren and one daughter Jessie who died 1910. Funeral services 10 am Monday at the Palo home with burial in Palo cemetery.
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