Isolation bloc fights Roosevelt arms trade in plan
Congressional isolationists moved to block the presidents trade-in plan to furnish military equipment to the Allies. Sen. D Worth Clark planned a meeting to organize opposition. The program would let the army and navy trade old guns planes and ammunition to manufacturers who resell to Allies with proceeds used for new materiel. If new authority fails the 1920 statute allows sales to friendly nations with funds to the treasury. U S Steel to clear old arms transfers. about 600 000 Lee Enfield rifles and 75 mm guns plus ammunition, and 340 planes ready for disposal. Plans include shipping to eastern ports for Allies.
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Roosevelt
D Worth Clark
Ida
General Treasury
Army
United States Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Curtiss Aeroplane Company
Buffalo
Pershing Urges Universal War Training and Allied Aid
General John J. Pershing urged universal military training for American youth and rapid buildup of a trained army. He called for substantial Allied aid, including airplanes and arms, noting the Red Cross appeal and refugee needs. Pershing argued aid should be swift, broad, and driven by Christian sympathy as the war endangers civilisation.
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Washington
INS
John J. Pershing
America
Pershing
Red Cross
British Trans-Ocean Liner Carinthia Torpedoed
The British transatlantic liner Carinthia, recently armed and made an auxiliary cruiser, has been torpedoed and sunk. Four persons are reported dead. The 20,277 ton vessel operated by Cunard White Star, formerly Liverpool’s flag, was built in 1925.
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London
Carinthia
Admiralty
Cunard
White Star Line
Liverpool
Baer Riffs On U S Youth In Wartime Plea
Comedian Bugs Baer quips that older veterans led by Wild Bill Donovan should face future wars while youth dance like fools. He jokes the 1818 Armistice would be a rain check and that the American Legion must be relied on again, noting veterans average forty six with some asthma but still ready to fight.
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Bugs" Baer
Wild Bill Donovan
American Legion
Barricades of Hate Fall Before Science and Faith
A Rockefeller Foundation president recounts a research worker who braved Central American barricades to collect yellow fever samples, exemplifying science overcoming conflict. He praises Quakers and figures like Martin Niemoller, urging unity beyond race, sect, and party as the divine life seeks to wash away divisions.
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Rockefeller Foundation
Emmett Vaughn
City of God
Paul Claudel
Martin Niemeller
Christ
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Trojan Ship Tieup At Panama Canal Sparks Fear
The Panama Canal, vital to Western defense, faced fears of a Trojan ship blocking locks. The Italian liner Conte Biancamano, 650 feet long and loaded with copper bars, tied up at Balboa awaiting Rome’s word as Italy neared war. Nearby, the Copiapo, a Chilean passenger vessel, was freed from a shoal near Cristobal bay with 90 passengers aboard.
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United Press
Panama Canal
Western Hemisphere
Fifth Column
Latin America
Italy
Rome
Panama American
Panama City
Republic of Panama
Conte Biancamano
Copiapo
Cristobal Bay
Cristobal
New York
Valparaiso
Chile
Three Young Folk Injured In Crash In Cedar Rapids
Three youths suffered injuries in a nighttime auto crash near St. Luke’s hospital. La Verne Grippe 17 sustained a long scalp wound. Patricia Rudd 15 had a cut above the left eye. Mary Palmer 16 received minor bruises. Drivers Robert Wheeler 20 and Darwin Jack 18 reported the collision. police said lights were involved but released both drivers.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
la Verne Grippe
Seventh Street SE
Patricia Rudd
Eighth Street
St. Luke's
Robert Wheeler
H Avenue
Mary Palmer
Center Point Road
Darwin Jack
Higley Avenue
Jack
Eleventh Street
Wheeler
Sun Breaks Through Clouds in Cedar Rapids
Sun broke through morning clouds in Cedar Rapids Saturday afternoon, raising the temperature to 79 by 2 pm. The day opened at 65 and climbed from 4:30 am, reaching 78 by 12:30 pm, with Friday’s peak 84 at 3 pm, then 75, 69 later. Light rain at midnight Friday, Chambers Inskeep Company records.
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Cedar Rapid
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Nazis Push Gas Fueled Drive in Peronne Sector
A dispatch from H R Knickerbocker describes Germany’s attempt to smash French lines north of Paris with an immense armor thrust. Eight hundred to 1,000 tanks spearhead the Peronne operation, with three armored divisions in action and little reserve. French reports say tanks are being destroyed and the road blocked as Hitler presses a rapid, high-risk offensive to force a breakthrough before gas supplies or exhaustion end the drive.
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H.R. Knickerbocker
International News Service
Germany
Ragine
Paris
Somme
Oise
Aisne
Peronne
Hitler
Chance To Start Boys On Health Road Camp Good Health Fund
A narrative about Tom Dick and Harry, three undernourished brothers aged 9, 8, and 6, whose father died last winter and mother must support two younger children. It details dental decay from poor diet and urges donations to Camp Good Health Fund to fund their summer care with sun baths milk vegetables meat and eggs, to keep them healthy.
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Tom
Harry
Camp Good Health Fund
Camp Good
Thief Returns Car But Tears Through Garage
George Holsinger reports a car thief left a dented garage end and damaged the auto on return. The burglar drove through the garage door, tore off the right front fender, sprung the left front door, and stole the gasoline cap and gas. Neighbors heard a crash around 1 30 am. Holsinger slept through it and left keys in ignition when departing for a ball game.
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George Holsinger
Sixth Street
Holsinger
Roosevelt to ask no more for arms now
Washington Prime Secretary Stephen T. Early said President Roosevelt’s defense appropriations and authorizations amounting to about 5 billion dollars represent all he expects to ask of Congress at this time, signaling no new arms requests currently planned.
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Washington
Stephen T. Early
Roosevelt
Congress
Germans Keep Quiet On Fight Details In France War Bulletin
Berlin reports no truth to French claim of bombed factories in suburbs. Nazi offensive advances on the Somme with air force aid, while high command withholds battlefield specifics for third straight day. Prisoner numbers at Dunkerque climb to 88,000. submarine sinks Allied cruiser off northwest Ireland. raids continue on Dover and English ports with civilian deaths in one German city.
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Somme
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Dover
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Aisne Canal
Actor James Hall Dies At 39 In Jersey City
James Hall once a $2,500 a week Hollywood idol died Friday at 39 in obscurity. He had become a nightclub entertainer in recent years and passed away in Jersey City New Jersey.
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Jersey City
N. J
James Hall
War Situation At A Glance Amid German Offensive
French defense absorbed shock of German assault in Normandy as tanks broke through near Forges-les-Eaux and along the English Channel. Paris reported the line held, divisions isolated German units, and Allied actions targeted key German targets near Berlin and Rouen while Weyland’s strategy aimed to trap penetrations.
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Soissons
Aisne
England
United Press
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Normandy
Berlin
Paris
Bresse
English Channel
Forges-les-Eaux
Rouen
le Havre
Maxime Weyland
Eight English Counties Are Bomb Targets
German planes bombed eight English counties in a Saturday raid, with machine gun fire on one town and a plane crashing into a Suffolk rectory. Two crew were killed and a third injured. no casualties reported in other targets. Analysts debate a broader assault plan and potential Switzerland and France routes with Italian aid.
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France
Adolf Hitler
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Alps
Marseille espionage ring condemned by military court
In Marseille, a military court sentenced four men and one woman to death and three men and another woman to prison on espionage charges.
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Marseille
France
Paris blitz and Berlin air raid trials in war update
French general staff ordered a retreat along the Soissons sector while Berlin suburbs were bombed by French naval planes in a rare raid on the German capital. Paris denied German claims of heavy damage to Cherbourg and Le Havre, noting only scattered bombs fell. German defenses near Forges-les-Eaux halted as French and British forces closed in, with Paris reporting 400 German tanks destroyed on Friday and estimates growing to 800 of 2,000.
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le Havre
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Somme
French War Ministry
Oise
Charlepoint
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the Somme
Two Cars Damaged In Hit Run Bumps
Two hit and run drivers damaged vehicles in Cedar Rapids Friday and Saturday. C E Erwin reported a southbound car struck his parked car on Twelfth Street SE around 6 p.m. The driver was a woman who left the scene. Otto Erland said his car on the avenue bridge was hit by a westbound vehicle registered to M O Drake of Stratford around 1 a.m. The Drake car fled. license later traced to Drake.
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F Avenue NW
Avenue Bridge
M. O. Drake
Stratford
Ireland
Highsway Patrol
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