Debate over 40 hour week in Rock Island arsenal crisis
The Gazette notes orders for a 48 hour week at Rock Island arsenal were canceled and production will shift to 40 hours with no overtime pay. It criticizes government policy, warns of defense costs and taxes, and urges Americans to match German sacrifice to strengthen national defense.
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Rock Island Arsenal
Rance
England
Hitler
France
Merica
Current Life Magazine
America
Americans
NEW Deal
Roosevelt
Congress
British Air Action Strikes German Troop Concentrations
British bombers and Allied air forces hit German troops and supply lines in France and northwest Germany. The air ministry said 18 German planes were shot down, 12 British fighters and one medium bomber were lost, with all returning crews safe. Targets included Hirson railhead and multiple enemy concentrations, roads, and railways. over 800 bombs dropped in the Ahaines area.
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London
France
Air Ministry
Germany
Hirson
Aisne
Vismes
Miannay
English
Northamptonshire
Suffolk
Lrd
German Raider Fights British Ground Crew Under Searchlights
In a bold night engagement a lone German raider and a British ground crew dueled under bright searchlights as thousands watched. The aircraft streaked seaward after being illuminated at an altitude of about 500 feet and defenses fired a fierce volley.
Hitler Directing Offensive From Somme Front
Paris Soir reports Hitler is believed at the Somme Aisne front urging his legions to greater efforts. The chancellor is said to order troops to pierce through at all costs and to send repeated hourly instructions to the German forces.
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Paris
INS
Hitler
Somme- Aisne
Paris Soir
New York Official Placed on Medical Rest after Attack
Ambrose O Connell of New York suffers a heart attack. Doctors in Sacramento prescribe a month's rest for the 52 year old second assistant postmaster general following the incident.
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Sacramento
Calif
Ambrose O'Connell
New York
We must spend more borrowed millions for safety
The speaker urges heavy war-time sacrifice beyond present lifetimes, comparing it to 1917-18, stressing the need to face danger and preserve living standards against creeping totalitarianism and political inaction.
Benton County Boy Becomes Atlantic Clipper Captain
Francis J. Nolan, raised on a Benton County farm, rises from farm youth to captain of a Pan American Airways Atlantic Clipper. Born near Luzerne, he trained secretly for aviation, attended Creighton and Marquette, and after farming family ties, missions, and life magazine notice, now captains the flight from North Beach to the Azores and Portugal with a crew of 11 and 18 passengers aboard.
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Francis J. Nolan
Life Magazine
South Dakota
John
Winnifred Morris Nolan
Luzerne
Michael Barry
Barry
Nolan
van Horne
St. Berchman's Academy
Marion
Creighton High School
Omaha
Ak-Sar-Benfield
Fort Crook
Kansas City
Marquette University
Milwaukee
United States School of Military Aeronautics
Brooksfield
Pan American Airways
Kalamazoo
Mich
California
Mexico
Stinson Aircraft Corporation
Watertown
N. Y
Pan American
Brownsville
Tex
Miami
Caribbean
Alameda
Calif
Atlantic
North Beach
Horta
Azores
Portugal
Catherine Murphy
Oelwein
Captain Nolan
Regina Nolan Connors
Buffalo
Swiss Engage Nazi Craft Over Country
Swiss fighters clashed with Nazi planes over Swiss territory on Saturday. Two Swiss planes and two German bombers were shot down, with anti aircraft fire bringing one German plane down over the canton of Soleure, according to Reuters dispatches from Berne.
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London
INL
Reuters
Berne
Canton of
Soleure
Sun Beats Clouds In Lengthy Day Weather Showdown
The Cedar Rapids weather summary reports a sunny day with temperatures rising to 79 at 2 p.m. and a low of 65 earlier. Clouds began increasing for Sunday per the weatherman as evening readings fell from 76 at 7 p.m. to 66 by 11 p.m.
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Cedar Rapide News
British Boast Ships Built Faster Than Foe Can Sink Them
A British official statement on Saturday declared Allied naval strength far surpasses at the war’s outbreak. It cites over 50 armed merchant cruisers and 1 500 minor vessels added since the war began, with 58 lost, and notes French, Polish, Norwegian, and Dutch naval cooperation boosting Allied fleets. The note estimates nearly a million tons of warships are under construction in British yards and emphasizes sea power over air power.
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London
Royal Navy
One Cent Postcard Drew In Four Million Americans 1917
Arthur Bugs Baer recalls that a penny postcard in 1917 drew about four million Americans into the war effort. He notes veterans' warnings about being mobilized by a small nudge and contrasts debate over whether to fight with the penny trigger that spurred enlistment.
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Arthur
Bugs” Baer
America
Health Camp Opens With 75 Children Expected
Staff employed by the Public Health Nursing Association prepare Camp Good Health for summer operations. The first group of 6 to 12 year olds will arrive Tuesday and stay at least three weeks. Attendance may vary due to health rules barring entry for contagious conditions.
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Public Health Nursing Association
Good Health
Italy's Rights Periled Told by aide in Rome
Aides report to Mus solini warned that Britain threatens Italy's right to live amid Allied blockade. Lucas Pietro marchi described contraband control as eroding Italian sovereignty and economy, while Il Giornale D Italia warned of bombings for every Italian city attacked if Italy enters the war.
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Benito Mussolini
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Britain
Lucas Pietromarchi
Mediterranean
Pietromarchi
Il Giornale D'Italia
Il Giornale D
Italia
Virginio Gayda
Mussolini
London
Weather Forecast for Upper Mississippi Valley June 10 15
Chicago reporters forecast a dry week in the upper Mississippi valley from June 10 through 15 with little rainfall. Temperatures are expected to run below normal for the period, offering cooler days ahead.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Anti-War Profits Measure Approved in Defense Tax Bill
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a 1.004 billion dollar defense tax bill to tax excess profits and fund emergency defense costs. The measure would cut personal exemptions, add a 210 percent supertax, raise corporate taxes, and adjust excise taxes to raise about 1.004 billion annually. Chairman Doughton said the bill would be taken up Tuesday with potential future application to 1940 income.
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Washington
Congress
House Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Doughton
N.C
Capitol Hill
Dive Bombers Rejoin German Drive on Four French Fronts
Berlin reports Stuka dive bombers join the Battle of France in a south of the Somme and Aisne-Oise corridor offensive. German air force conducts armed reconnaissance of England and bombs Dover harbor while claims of progress remain non-specific.
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Germany
Berlin
France
High Command
Somme
Aisne-Oise Canal
England
Dover
Weygand
English Channel
Aisne-Oise Gap
Soissons
Low Countries
Lower
Rescind Orders on Arsenal Operations at Rock Island
Col Norman F Ramsey commands Rock Island arsenal receives a Washington telephone directive rescinding a six day operation plan and directing six day production only temporarily. Workers remain limited to forty hours weekly or eight hours daily as the five day week persists with a transition toward seven day operation later.
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Rock Island. Hi
Norman F Ramsey
Rock Island Arsenal
Charles M. Wesson
Army Chief of Ordnance
Washington
Ramsey
Arsenal
Vandenberg Set to Talk Defense and Foreign Policy
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg of Michigan will discuss defense and foreign policy on a nationwide NBC broadcast at 8 30 p.m. CST Sunday. The address will be carried by WHO radio.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
NBC
WHO
Sunday Index and Section Breakdown
The listing outlines sections for Sunday content including late news and Walter Winchell notes in Section One, sports and movies in Section Two, social news and events forecasts in Section Three, and state, farm, Marion, builders, financial and business review pages in Section Four.
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Walter Winchell
Town
Washington
Boyd
State News
Farm News
Marion
Builders
Financial
Business Review
Hitler Hurls Vast Machine Into Conflict
Paris reports the German assault on Paris facing the strongest offensive of the war. Germany massed over 1,000,000 men and 3,500 tanks in a center-front push, reaching toward Roye and Noyon as French forces withdraw under pressure.
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Paris
Somme
Oise
Roye and
Noyon
French Statesman Taken Prisoner
Paris report says French Senator Anatole Jovelet was captured by German forces at the front, a development disclosed on Saturday.
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Paris
INS
Anatole Jovelet
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