Weygand blocks Axis aid plans in Africa
Private advices say General Maxime Weygand resisted Vichy efforts to use French colonies for a Mediterranean offensive. He warned Africa’s stocks were too low for any serious action and urged conservation for empire defense. Leahy denied talks with unpreferred leaders and faced French accusations.
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New York
Maxime Weygand
Vichy
Germany
Italy
French Africa
Great Britain
United States
Weygand
France
Mediterranean
Leahy
William D. Leahy
Jean Francois Darlan
Paris
de Gaulle
Africa
Darlan
North
Darian
North Africa
Admiral Leahy
Charles Rochat
Foreign Office
Matthews
Henri Philippe Petain
New Ship Launches and Cruiser Keel Laying in One Minute
In Camden New Jersey a 35000 ton battleship the South Dakota and a 10000 ton cruiser the Santa Fe were launched and keel laid on the same ways one minute apart. Secretary Knox spoke at both ceremonies highlighting U S yard speed. Spectators included naval officials and a South Dakota delegation led by Mrs Haran J Bushfield.
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Camden
N. J
New York
Knox
U. S
United States
South Dakota
North Carolina
Washington
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
U. S. Navy
Sea Fortress
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Haran J. Bushfield
Surviving U S Pilots Recall Ship Disaster At Sea
Three of 14 American airmen aboard a Canadian liner torpedoed in the mid Atlantic describe the sinking that killed 122 people including 75 military personnel. Wiley Foreman and Young recount the panic and drownings as the ship sank after the torpedo strike.
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London
INS
England
mid-Atlantic
Toronto
RAF
International News Service
J. S. Wiley
Pine Bluff
Ark
Austin Young
Flint
Mich
Flyde Foreman
Houston
Wiley
Royal Air Force
Jim Landis
Pottstown
Foreman
Police to War on Unnecessary Auto Horns
Cedar Rapids police will enforce a city ordinance banning unnecessary horn use and musical horns. Citizens may report license numbers of offending cars. penalties include a fine up to $10 or up to 30 days in jail. Restrictions also cover signaling devices from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise unless needed to avoid accidents.
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Cedar Rapids
Jim Bailey
Bailey
Dwight Krumboltz
Krumboltz
Winant says Britain can hold Suez against axis attack
Ambassador Winant told a small group of senators that Britain has sufficient troops and equipment in the Near East and Africa to defend the Suez Canal against a projected axis assault. He described Britain as not in a gloomy state and noted air superiority, effective Atlantic patrols, and satisfactory American long range bombers.
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Washington
John G. Winant
Great Britain
Britain
Near East
Africa
Suez Canal
Winant
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Cordel Hull
Rudolph Hess
Germany
Scotland
Hess
Hitler
Berlin
English Channel
Mount Vernon Woman Fined 300 for Drunk Driving
Hattie Lerch 35 of Mount Vernon pleaded guilty to a drunk driving charge filed by County Attorney W. W. Crissman and was fined 300 dollars plus costs. She paid 25 dollars toward the fine and 25 dollars toward costs with monthly installments of 25 dollars. Lerch was arrested seven miles east of Cedar Rapids at 8 p.m. Friday after patrolman James Gildroy observed her car weaving and nearly hitting other vehicles. Leo Donahue 31 of Iowa City, arrested Thursday night on a drunk driving charge after allegedly fleeing an accident at the intersection of highways 20 and 148, pled not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
W. W. Crissman
Hattie Lerch
Mount Vernon
H. C. Ring
Miss Lerch
James Gildroy
Gildroy
Irwin Jinks
Leo Donahue
Iowa City
Ring
War in Syria Expected at Any Moment Bulletin
London reports heavy RAF action and two German 5,000 ton supply ships burned off the Dutch coast amid a 24 hour battle. Beit on Syria tensions rise as pockets submarines seen in Beirut harbor and Germany conducts raids across the Mediterranean.
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Syria
Bulletin— London
INS
R.A.F
France
Turkey
Beirut
Vichy
Britain
London
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Straits of Dover
England
Berlin
Loch Ewe
Scotland
Thames
Malta
High Command
Alexandria
Egypt
Gibraltar
Mediterranean Sea
Japan Bombardment Strikes Chungking Halting City Center
Seventy three aircraft bombed Chungking in a sudden raid injuring many. Earlier an underground shelter blast killed 461 and wounded 291 in a catastrophic air raid incident two days prior.
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Chungking
330 Register At Meeting Of Underwriters
Sales congress and convention of the Town State Association of Life Underwriters reached 330 at noon. Gerard S. Nollen of Des Moines and L Mortimer Buckley of Chicago spoke on inflation checks and a success formula. Davenport won the 1942 convention site after heated bids. Des Moines and Council Bluffs sought it. New officers were elected. Cedar Rapids remains largest local with 116 members.
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Cedar Rapids
Town
State Association of Life
Montrose Hotel
Gerard S. Nollen
Des Moines
Bankers Life of Iowa
L. Mortimer Buckley
Chicago
Buckley
New England Mutual
Association
Davenport
Nollen
Max G. Kissick
Mason City
William K. Niemann
Merle E. van Epps
C. V. Shepherd
Shepherd
National Life of Vermont
Council Bluffs
Iowa Capital City
Dubuque
van Epps
Adop
Dentz Urges Reliable Pilots for Syrian Defense
London reporting that Gen. Henri Dentz French high commissioner for Syria demanded from Vichy reliable French pilots and anti aircraft crews. He reportedly offered that Germans should take over defenses if needed and proposed sending 40 pro German pilots and AA guns to Syria via Italian ships from Tunisia.
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London
Ankara
Henri Dentz
Syria
Vichy
Radio Ankara
Dentz
Tunisia
Sfax
Willkie Urges One Man Unified Defense System
Wendell L. Willkie urged a coordinated centralized authority under one man responsible to the President to assure national defense and aid Great Britain. He called for unity across government and industry and a master plan to allocate industrial capacity to military naval aerial and civilian needs. The speech aired on the Red network and CBS from Chicago Stadium during an All-Chicago rally.
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Chicago
Wendell L. Willkie
Great Britain
America
England
All-Chicago Citizens’ Rally Committee
Red
National Broadcasting Company
Columbia Broadcasting System
CST
Washington
Grew Denounces Peace Push in Tokio as U.S. War Move
U S Ambassador Joseph Clark Grew writes Americans in Tokio denouncing peace efforts and saying the United States is already at war even if not fighting. He cites Germanys wars and Hitler threats, aligning the letter with Roosevelt’s denunciations of false peace reports and signaling support for entry if necessary to defeat Germany.
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Roosevelt
Washington
Grew
Tokio
John T. Flynn
America
Congress
J. Grew
Gallup
Germany
Pony to Bring Summer Fun to Camp Good Health
The Cedar Rapids Gazette reports Camp Good Health will host a live pony for children this summer. Teddy the 12-hand Shetland, donated by Raymond Klass, disappeared briefly but is expected at the camp with aid from Klass’s daughter Rosanne and donations to the camp fund.
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Camp Good Health
Good Health
Teddy
Raymond Klass
Bever Avenue SE
Klass
Gazette
Mr. Klass
Rosanne
Seven Mile
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Cooler Weekend Ahead With Rain Breaks Heatwave Southeast Iowa
Cedar Rapids forecast calls for partly cloudy cooler weather this weekend with rain chances ending. Winds will be fresh to strong from the northwest this afternoon and tonight. Temperatures peaked around 72 degrees Saturday morning, then slipped to 70 by early afternoon as clouds thickened. A brief shower Tuesday replaced heat with cooler air and a 65 to 70 degree morning. The Chambers Inskeep reading shows a dip from 78 to 68 then a midnight low.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers
U S Drafting Note To Vichy A New Warning
The United States plans a stiff note to the Vichy government backing Hull's warning against French collaboration with Germany. Drafts are being revised as events evolve, with dispatch uncertain. France voices bitterness over trade and frozen funds as Henry-Haye seeks reassurance on nonwar aims.
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Washington
United States
Vichy
Cordell Hull
France
Germany
Hull
Gaston Henry
Great Britain
Henry Haye
Britain
Germans deny F R propaganda claim as false
Berlin says Roosevelt’s claim of on desk papers outlining German propaganda goals is based on falsified documents or information. A spokesman argues the alleged orders urging German friendly elements to claim England nears collapse come from British and American sources, not Germany, citing quotations attributed to Roosevelt Willkie Lothian Arnold and others.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
United States
England
Mr. Roosevelt
Wendell Willkie
Lord Lothian
H. H. Arnold
U. S. Army Air Corps
Britain
Woman Takes Twenty Sleep Powders Calls for Help
Marguerite Turk, 44, of 510 Sixteenth Street SE, was taken to St Luke's hospital around 11:40 p.m. Friday after calling the Ambulance Service claiming she had ingested 20 sleeping powders. She remained conscious on arrival. a personal crisis note was found. Hospital staff said she was in fairly good condition and expected to be released Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids
Marguerite Turk
Sixteenth Street
St. Luke's Hospital
Roosevelt to seize Inglewood plant if strike continues
President Roosevelt will have the army operate the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood California after Monday if CIO workers do not return to work. The move was approved by his cabinet and follows a possible weekend decision to withhold seizure while awaiting the workers' decision.
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Roosevelt
CIO
White House
Potomac
Washington
Stephen T. Early
Early
Northwest
Harvey W. Brown
A. F. of
U. International Machinists Union
San Francisco
Army
Inglewood
Herbert Harris
Sidney Hillman
OPM
Nazi statement expected on war shifts in Europe
Berlin dispatch reported by In change Telegraph from Zurich says foreign correspondents in Berlin are warned to be ready for an important statement on European developments. It is believed Adolf Hitler will address German relocations with Russia and outline plans regarding a union of Europe plus.
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London
INS
Berlin
Inchange Telegraph
Zurich
Bee
Interna
Hitler
Russia
Europe
K. Olas
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Caroline Roberts Wherry
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