Go To It Motto Drives Britain's War Industry Push
In a London interview, Minister of Supply Herbert Morrison says Britain’s labor and industry are mobilized to re equip the expeditionary force, with production up over 50 percent in some plants and a renewed spirit from management to apprentice. He stresses urgency, calls for American aid in planes and munitions, and frames the fight as civilization versus barbarism.
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Britain
France
Herbert Morrison
Morrison
London County Council
Holland
Belgium
E. Bevin
America
German Dive Bombers Drive New Blitz Against France
German reports outline four main thrusts from Abbeville toward Le Havre and from Amiens Peronne and Oise-Aisne canal aiming to Paris. Berlin forecasts Britain will face coastward blockade via submarines and coastal bombers while Spain’s role in the new Europe grows.
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Norway
Holland
Belgium
Abbeville
Bresle River
le Havre
Germany
Europe
Arctic Circle
Somme
Amiens
Peronne
Oise- Aisne Canal
Paris
France
Britain
Roanoke Residents Submit Varying Marital Answers
In Roanoke Virginia two questionnaire respondents stated their marital status as normal while others wrote Virginia in response, revealing uncertainty about how to answer the form.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Legion Proposes Wet Domestic Guards for Veterans
An American Legion plan to form home guard units from World War I veterans was discussed in a conference with Legion and War Department officials led by National Commander Raymond J. Kelley. Details were not disclosed as the group offered facilities and support for national defense.
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Washington
American Legion
Legion
War Department
Department
Raymond J. Kelley
Detroit
Louis Johnson
Willkie Sees Open G O P Nomination On Ballots
New York INS reports Wendell L Willkie predicting a wide open GOP convention with the nomination decided on the fifth or sixth ballot after conversations with delegates in 25 states. He doubts any single boss or bloc controls enough delegates and says delegates are weighing candidates on beliefs and qualifications.
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INS
Wendell l. Willkie
G.O.P
Willkie
Midwest
Usual Saturday Bogus Check Run Continues
A man and woman posed as customers used Merchants National bank sight draft forms labeled Customers Draft to victimize two Cedar Rapids shops. The Cotton Shop lost 19 dollars and the Holly Shop 17 dollars as police note shops should not accept such negotiable instruments.
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Cedar Rapids
Cotton Shop
Holly Shop
Merchants National Bank
Merchants Bank
Patrick Tighe Dies at 65 in Cincinnati
In Cincinnati Patrick Tighe a 65 year old liveryman died Saturday. He had long disdained automobiles preferring horse drawn carriages and continued to operate a horse and buggy in Cincinnati until about ten years ago.
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Cincinnati
INL
Patrick Tighe
Tighe
Hoare Holds Long Talk With Franco In Madrid
Sir Samuel Hoare special British envoy to Spain met with Generalissimo Francisco Franco in Madrid for a long, friendly conversation according to Reuters.
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London
INS
Samuel Hoare
Spain
Francisco Franco
Reuters
Madrid
Camp Good Health Staff Heads into Summer
Miss Margaret Scott returns as resident director at Camp Good Health with Miss Virginia Van Camp as dietitian and Miss Irene Ams on the nursing staff. Senior counsellor Miss Mary Miller arrives after Cornell graduation as does assistant dietitian Miss Margaret Ott. Staff also includes Lorena Musgrave Regina Drake Margaret Allen Edward Kopecky Myron Bobsib and kitchen aides Dorothy Shulze Elora Boardman and custodian Robert Eich. Camp plans feed at least 88 people daily costing about 3000 dollars. public donations to The Camp Good Health Fund support maintenance.
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Camp Good Health
Public Health Nursing Association
Cedar Rapids
Front
Mary Miller
Margaret Scott
Irene Aris
R. N
Margaret Ott
Regina Drake
Dorothy Shulze
Lorena Musgrave
Myron Bonsib
Marengo
Coe College
Victor
Virginia van Camp
Ottumwa
Department of Home Economics
Iowa State College
Ames
Irene Ams
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Cornell
Greene
Scott
McKinley High School
Myron Bobsib
Postville
Elora Boardman
Robert Eich
Osage
University of Town
van Camp
Camp Good Health Fund
Wisconsin Democratic Convention Backs F R for 3rd Term
Green Bay Wisconsin AP The Democratic state convention endorsed President Roosevelt for a third term and supported an open primary in September. It adopted a nominations report proposing 24 candidates for state and national offices, including John A Cudahy for the Senate race against La Follette.
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Wis
Roosevelt
John A. Cudahy
U. S
Belgium
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
Cudahy
Trade Schools Backing Arms Plan Support for War Readiness
Carroll R. Reed, head of the American Association of School Administrators, informed President Roosevelt that trade schools and technical colleges nationwide pledge their facilities to advance the new war preparedness program.
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Washington
Carroll R. Reed
American Association of School Administrators
Roosevelt
Chicago lawyers deny Berle charge of communism link
The Chicago chapter board of directors vehemently denied Undersecretary of State Adolph Berle Jr.'s claim that the National Lawyers' Guild leans toward communist party action.
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Chicago
INS
National Lawyers’ Guild
Communist Party
Adolph Berle, Jr
Mercy Hospital Fire In Prescott Forces 24 Patients Escape
Fire swept Mercy hospital in Prescott Arizona on Saturday destroying the building and forcing rapid evacuation. Nurses San Francisco Mercy staff and local physicians guided 24 patients to safety as crews battled the flames.
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Prescott, Ariz
Mercy Hospital
Y S
Oh Yes That War In China Shasi Captured
Shanghai AP reports Japanese forces claim capture of Shasi a key Yangtze treaty port west of Hankow. The advance aims at Ichang another Yangtze port and main objective in western Hupeh province.
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Shasi
Yangtze River
Hankow
Ichang
Yangtze
Hupeh
Draft Hoover Move Begins in Palo Alto
In Palo Alto California a “draft Hoover” group formed and urged Republican delegates at the national convention to nominate Herbert Hoover for another term. The letter was signed by Mrs David Starr Jordan Stanford University figures and university faculty praising Hoover's ability and leadership in domestic and foreign affairs.
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Calif
Herbert Hoover
David Starr Jordan
Stanford University
Robert E. Swain
Hoover declines comment on Palo Alto nomination push
Former President Herbert Hoover, visiting Port Chester, said he would not make any public reply to a Palo Alto drive urging his renomination as Republican presidential candidate. He noted he had not been informed of the movement before Saturday night while staying with Jeremiah Millbank.
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N. Y
Herbert Hoover
Palo Alto
Calif
Jeremiah Millbank
Navy Planes Ready For Delivery To Western Front
In Buffalo New York the first batch of 50 Navy planes for the Allies is prepared for final flight over U S territory. They will be released to the manufacturer and sent to the Canadian border for shipment overseas possibly refueling in Boston and proceeding to Houston Me for delivery to the Canadian government.
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United States
Navy Department
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Boston
Houston
New Brunswick
Farming Riskiest of U S Industries
Washington reported by Secretary Perkins that agriculture is the most dangerous industry in the nation. Last year 1,356,000 workers were killed or injured. about 4,300 deaths occurred in farming with 13,000 permanent and 240,000 temporary disabilities.
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INS
Perkins
Santa Claus enters politics for state rep on prohibition ticket
Marshall Mo AP Santa Claus a minister laborer has filed as a candidate for state representative on the prohibition ticket.
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Santa Claus
Prohibition
Wartime Funds debated as France drive looms
Reports show discussions on a possible extra 1 billion dollars for western hemisphere defense if Paris falls, while White House and War Department deny any current request. Roosevelt seeks about 4.6 billion for defense this session as plans advance for attack aircraft and national defense lending programs.
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Stephen Early
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Jesse H. Jones
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Romania Mobilizes 100000 More Men Amid War Fears
Romania called up five more classes of reserves in a broad mobilization. Officials declined to state exact numbers but estimates place the new call at around 100 men, while total forces under arms exceed 1.5 million and likely approach 2 million. The move follows fears of Italy entering the European conflict and concerns over Soviet moves on Bessarabia.
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Rumania
Italy
War Ministry
Russia
Bessarabia
Romania
Dewey Urges End to War at Home in Roosevelt Clash
Thomas E. Dewey told a Greensboro crowd and a Winston-Salem audience that the nation must end the war at home waged by the New Deal against business and productive forces. He urged dismissing Roosevelt aides, uniting to strengthen national defense and rearm America.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Thomas E. Dewey
Roosevelt
New Deal
Dewey
Germany
Greensboro
America
Great Britain
France
Are They That Bad As Forecasters Or Were They Joking
In 1936 the Highland Park Rotary club questioned 50 major cities about European war talk. Letters reported by the international service committee showed near unanimous disbelief in imminent conflict. A Hamburg correspondent stated no one in Germany outside asylums wished for war.
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Chicago
INS
International Service Committee
Highland Park Rotary Club
Europe
Capetown
South Africa
Hamburg
Germany
Bus Driver Beaten by Pickets Is Dead in Los Angeles
Ray Pilcher a 39 year old Pacific Greyhound bus driver died after being beaten by about six pickets during a labor dispute with the company. Four men are in custody on suspicion of murder as Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen members picket the line over a union contract.
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TOS Angeles
Ray Pilcher
Pacific Greyhound
Brotherhood of Railway
Boy, Mother Slated for Hospital After Bicycle Crash
In Oklahoma City an ambulance crew found only cuts and bruises on 15 year old Dewayne Thacker after a dispute with a parked truck. His mother Mrs Thacker became hysterical prompting an emergency transport.
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Oklahoma City
Dewayne Thacker
Dewayne
No Driver's License Charge Filed Against Novak After Accident
Traffic police filed an information charging Godfrey P. Novak with operating a motor vehicle without a driver's license after his car collided with Florine Fields on Fourteenth avenue at J street SW. Novak and his wife were injured and their child Therese also injured when the car overturned.
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K Street
Novak
Fourteenth Avenue
J Street
Therese
Florine Fields
C Street
Miss Fields
Ford Plans Mass Production Study of U S War Planes
Dearborn Mich Henry Ford and engineers await a Curtiss P 40 pursuit plane to study mass production for national defense. Ford said he could produce 1000 war planes daily with a free hand and a model ship. The aircraft arrives from Langley field and is due at Ford airport Monday.
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Dearborn
Mich
Henry Ford
Ford
Louis Johnson Ford
Langley Field
Ford Airport
Mounted Police Too Heavy For Horses
Philadelphia officials ruled 30 mounted officers weighing 200 pounds or more must walk the beat after cavalry experts advised horses can carry about 160 pounds. Director James Malone ordered replacing those riders with lighter personnel for efficiency and economy.
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Philadelphia
Director of Public Safety
James H. Malone
Army
Bees Chase Boy To Death Under Tram in Council Bluffs
An AP report states 11 year old Vernon Turner was killed when a swarm of bees chased him under a streetcar late Saturday. His brother Cecil said the bees emerged from a tree the boys were climbing. Tram operator Bernard Hopkins, father of several children, nearly collapsed nearby.
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Council Bluffs
Vernon Turner
Cecil
Bernard E. Hopkins
Oregon Governor Sprague Receives Linn County GOP Audience
Childhood and college friends from nearby communities and county Republicans led by Lieut. Governor Hickenlooper attended a reception Saturday in the Montrose hotel hosted by the Linn County Republican Central Committee for Gov. Charles Sprague of Oregon visiting Cedar Rapids. The Oregonian left late Saturday for Columbus Junction to see his childhood home and to Washington Iowa for a brief visit before returning home.
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B. B. Hickenlooper
Montrose Hotel
Linn County
Republican Central Committee
Charles Sprague
Oregon
Cedar Rapids
Oregonian
Columbus Junction
Washington
Rumanians Get Three Pocket Cruisers in Constanza
Three new pocket cruisers built for the Rumanian government in England arrived Saturday night at Constanza in the Rumanian Black Sea port, according to reports reaching Budapest.
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Budapest
INS
England
Black Sea
Constanza
French Unable To Trap Foe In Trench Battle
Lawrence Meier reports on the German offensive threatening Paris and the Allied cause. French withdrawals to the Aumale Noyon line are strategic but the new defenses are weaker than the prior Somme-Oise system. Major losses for Germany may force a burnout within days if French resistance holds.
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France
Somme
Aumale-Noyon
Somme-Oise
Aisne
Non Surrender Of Fleet Pledge Tied To Allied Aid
Washington reported that the United States demanded a British pledge not to surrender its fleet in Germany as the price for rushing wholesale war supplies to the Allies. Diplomats said President Roosevelt would press ahead with aid only after Churchill's pledge to keep the fleet fighting from the new world if Germany captured Britain.
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Washington
INS
United States
Germany
Roosevelt
Churchill
New World
British Isles
U S Must Not Fear Germany, Says Frankfurt Zeitung
The Frankfurter Zeitung editorial from Berlin argues the United States has nothing to fear from a victorious Germany and cannot save Britain from defeat. It states Americans would inherit major parts of the British empire and that Britain’s collapse is imminent, challenging Churchill’s call for aid.
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INS
Frankfurter Zeitung
Roosevelt
America
Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Germany
Britain
United States
Allies gain along Narvik line report says
Allied and Norwegian forces pushed forward along the Narvik railway as Germans prepared a stand in the penultimate tunnel before the Norwegian Swedish border, according to Aftonbladet dispatches received in Stockholm.
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Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Exeter sails to Genoa with volunteer ambulance drivers
The American export liner Exeter departed for Genoa carrying nine American volunteer ambulance drivers bound for France, an Mali air force officer, and nine Iraqi aviators, joining the postwar effort overseas.
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N. J
Exeter
Genoa
France
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