Evanson speaker at Cedar Rapids high school commencement
Dr. Emory W. Luccock of Evanston Illinois will speak at the high school commencement at Memorial Coliseum at 8 p.m. In Cedar Rapids today the daily weather reports. Justice of Peace Court fines Virgil Fritz of 1208 First Street NW five dollars and costs for driving without a license, by Justice H R Church.
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Emory W. Luccock
Evanston
Ill
Memorial Coliseum
Justice OF Peace Court
Virgil Fritz
First Street NW
H. R. Churchil
Iowa Couple and Families Featured in Local Notices
Des Moines residents Arling E. Smith and Mabelle Price, Cedar Rapids residents George W. Nye and Evelyn May Evans, Coggan, Davenport’s Eugene Dannacher, and Cedar Rapids’ Dorothy Louise Tvrdik appear in local notices. Mercy hospital in Des Moines reports a son born June 3 to Mr. and Mrs. William J. Stewart. 412 Eighth Avenue SE lists a daughter born June 4 to Mr. and Mrs. Wendl Kroupa.
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Arling E. Smith
Des Moines
Mabelle Price
Cedar Rapids
George W. Nye
Evelyn May Evans
Coggan
Eugene Dannacher
Davenport
Dorothy Louise Tvrdik
Mercy Hospital
William J. Stewart
First Avenue E
Wendl Kroupa
Eighth Avenue SE
Roosevelt Defends Draft Amendments Amid War Labor Dispute
President Roosevelt denounces New Deal proposals as leaning toward national socialism while claiming expanded authority exists only to intercept defense plant refusals. He cited Allis-Chalmers strike as an example and said the government lacks power to act without plant noncompliance. He held talks with congressional leaders and ambassador Winant, whose London report remains undisclosed.
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New Deal
Allis-Chalmers
Army and Navy
Alliss Chalmers
John G. Winant
United States
Great Britain
Winant
Britain
Roosevelt
London
Benjamin Cohen
State Department
City Briefs Reports On Park Water Tests And Local Arrests
Semiannual tests of well water at Bever and Daniels parks by Commissioner Ed Stefan Wednesday showed them very satisfactory for drinking. Jack C. Kelly 40 of Cheyenne Wyoming was charged with larceny after arrest Wednesday by Detective Al Wilson and L B Marshall. He tried to sell 62 pounds of copper stolen from a railway warehouse. Second Lieutenant Martin P Lubher reserve army engineer has been ordered to active duty reporting to Fort Belvoir June 13.
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Bever and Daniels Parks
Ed Stefan
Jack C. Kelly
Cheyenne
Wyo
al Wilson
L. B. Marshall
Kelly
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Martin P. Lubher
Fourth Avenue
Army Engineering Corps
Seventh Corps
Areca
Omaha
Fort Belvoir
Cabinet Resignations Shake Egypt Government
Cairo reports the Egyptian cabinet resigned on Wednesday night amid grave circumstances. Premier Hussein Sirry Pasha expected to form a new cabinet Thursday as fear of a German thrust into the Nile valley prompted the shakeup.
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Cairo
Hussein Sirry Pasha
The
Nile
Drive to Raise 10000 for U S O Campus Project
The drive plans a town center for soldiers on leave from camps to meet friendly locals and learn about churches homes and recreation. The government will build equip and furnish the center and lease it to the U S O at a nominal rent. Agencies provide staff and programs while the public funds the effort through voluntary contributions.
British occupy oilfields in Iraq amid Middle East crisis
London dispatch reports British forces seize oilfield sites in Iraq as tensions in the Syria crisis unfold. German plans allegedly focus on a Libyan Egyptian theater while British command reshuffles with Gen Marshall Cornwall taking command, and Turkish coordination continues.
Propaganda Tactics and Combat, Hart Says
Prof. C W Hart of the University of Iowa outlined three mass manipulation means at a Kiwanis lunch: control of economic goods, violence, and symbol based propaganda. He warned democracy hinges on public opinion and urged expanding knowledge to recognize and channel propaganda.
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C. W. Hart
University of Iowa Sociology Department
Kiwanis Club
Roosevelt Hotel
Prof. Hart
Roosevelt High Grad Sets Six Year Perfect Attendance
Jo sephine Goss daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilbert M Goss 305 Fifth Street NW graduated from Roosevelt High School with six years of perfect attendance in the junior and senior years She was not absent or tardy during the last six years and had the best attendance among the 12A classes in the city’s high schools.
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Josephine Goss
Gilbert M. Goss
Fifth Street NW
Roosevelt High School
Freedom of speech and press to expose propaganda
The speaker urges protection of free speech press and assembly to allow minority groups to reveal propaganda. A careful reading of all sides and critical thinking is proposed to counter propaganda at home by challenging broad, appealing generalities targeting unconscious prejudices.
Government Seizes 1450 Cases Grapefruit and Juice
Deputy U S Marshal Joseph Petrus seized 1450 cases of grapefruit and orange juice at Witwer Grocer after Judge George C Scott issued the order, citing unsanitary production. The Hidalgo County Citrus Association shipped the product from San Carlos Texas. Destruction order possible if Witwer officials do not appear in federal court by June 28.
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Witwer Grocer Company
U. S
Joseph Petrus
George C. Scott
Federal
Hidalgo County Citrus Association
San Carlos
Texas
Weaver Witwer
Bessie Engle
Miss Engle
Marshal Petrus
Engle
U.S
William B. Danforth
Mayor Hahn in Washington in talks with Iowa delegation
Cedar Rapids Mayor Frank K. Hahn spends Tuesday and Wednesday in Washington meeting Senators Herring and Gillette and Rep. Jacobsen and other lawmakers. He travels with his son Lieut. Robert H. Hahn who has two weeks leave from Edgewood Arsenal to attend a Kansas City wedding with Miss Irma Walters on June 14.
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Gazette
Washington
Frank K. Hahn
Cedar Rapids
Herring
Gillette
Jacobsen
Robert H. Hahn
Chemical Warfare Service
Edgewood Arsenal
Hahn
Friday
Kansas City, Mo
Irma Walters
Downey Divorces Barbara Bennett
Bridgeport reports Morton Downey the tenor was granted a divorce from Barbara Bennett in superior court. Downey charged cruelty. Mrs Downey did not appear. He was awarded custody of their five children.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Morton Downey
Superior Court
Barbara Bennett
Downey
Ex Kaiser's Exile Ends as Death Comes in Doorn
Prince Wilhelm of Prussia dies in exile at Doorn after a long illness. The former German emperor abdicated in 1918 and lived in the Netherlands until his death, with his successor and family roles outlined and his life in exile summarized.
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Doorn
Berlin
Hohenzollern
Kaiser
Adolf Hitler
Munich
Hitler
Reich
Berchtesgaden
Initial Fatality At Burlington Ordnance Plant
Hester Everett Simpson a 34 year old steel worker from Waverly Missouri was killed at the Burlington Town ordnance plant while working 137 feet up on a water tank A plate blown by wind dislodged him He died 30 minutes later at the plant field hospital Coroner Robert Giles ruled the death accidental no inquest Simpson is survived by a wife and five children
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Burlington
Hester Everett Simpson
Waverly
Simpson
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel Company
Robert O. Giles
Giles
Sulphuric Acid Production Tops 742 Million Tons
U S census data show annual U S production of sulphuric acid exceeds 742 million tons. Major output centers on industrial chemicals, with large-scale plants contributing to the record.
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U. S
Doorn Kaiser Wilhelm at Doorn Exile House Portrait
Doorn Woodcutter led a lonely life in exile after abdication. Wilhelm II, once German emperor, lived at Doorn House in Holland with a moat and ivy walls, surrounded by mementos of power. Hitler pressed him to return to Germany in 1940, but he chose to die in Doorn.
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Wilhelm
Doorn
Hitler
Germany
Henry
Prince of
Prussia
Wilhelm II
Kaiser
Hohenzollern
Princess Victoria
Great Britain
Frederick the Great
Doorn House
French Desert Fighter Collett Reported Dead by Own Action
London dispatch says Radio Berlin claimed Col. Philbert Collett, a French desert fighter who deserted to the British in Palestine, died by his own action. No independent confirmation yet.
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Iran
Persia
London
Suez
Beirut
Shell Oil Company
Philibert Colbert
Syria
Palestine
Radio
Berlin
Philbert Collett
Deaths Mrs Penina H Dean funeral Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs Penina H Dean widow of Francis Dean will be held at Turner chapel at 2 p.m. Thursday conducted by Rev. Dr. E Winslow Brown Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery Friends may call at the chapel and the service follows her death at her daughter Mrs William Goyer’s home 855 First Avenue SE Tuesday
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Penina H. Dean
Francis Dean
William Goyer
First Avenue SE
Turner Chapel
E. Winslow Brown
Oak Hill Cemetery
Marengo Doctor W R Jordan Dies After Illness
W R Jordan of Marengo formerly Cedar Rapids resident died Tuesday afternoon after weeks of illness. Funeral services will be held in Marengo Friday afternoon.
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W. R. Jordan
Marengo
Cedar Rapids
American Graft Will Handle British Ship Services In Pacific
Washington reports the U S maritime commission will have American vessels handle all British shipping services from Canada and the United States to Australia and New Zealand. The move frees a dozen British ships for Britain's war effort while keeping within the neutrality act's restrictions.
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Pacific
Washington
Britain
United States Maritime Commission
Canada
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Great Britain
Commission
Division of
Emergency Shipping
British Supply Council For
Roosevelt
Spring Cleaning Day at Camp Good Health Fills Volunteers
The 1941 cleaning drive at Camp Good Health gathers long-time workers led by Mrs. J. W. Fegley. Rebecca Brown, 86, plans to unpack and wipe dishes as part of the effort begun in 1929. Donations to the Camp Good Health fund at The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Ia, support physically handicapped children.
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J. W. Fegley
Good Health
Rebecca Brown
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