Italy enters World War II as Roosevelt faces pressure
The piece argues Mussolini moves to war as U S policy blurs lines of neutrality. It accuses the Roosevelt administration of duplicating 1914 17 patterns to pull the United States into Europe’s fight and warns of a looming dictatorship if Congress and the president push toward war without decisive motive or readiness.
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Uncle Sam
Roosevelt
United States
Europe
University of Virginia
Italy
Mussolini
Britain Sends Fresh Army to Help Ally Front in France
Britain rushed air sea and land aid to France as German invasion fears grew. Fleet units shelled German positions along the Channel coast while RAF squadrons struck at Abbeville Amiens Beauvais and Rouen. All available British land forces were redeployed to the battle front across France.
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London
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France
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Rouens
Britain Prepared for Italy Entry as War Deepens
London reports calm reception of Italy's entry into the war. Churchill told Reynaud that maximum support is being given and more troops would follow. RAF patrols and fresh British forces were landed in France as Allied efforts intensify amid French peril on the western front.
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Winston Churchill
Paul Reynaud
France
Royal Air Force
Allies Strongest In Mediterranean Declares Reynaud
Paris premier Paul Reynaud asserted France is strongest in the Mediterranean as Italy joins the war with Germany. He said France may be ailing but not downed and that Paris would be ready to negotiate peace to settle differences.
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Paul Reynaud
France
Mediterranean
Italy
Germany
United States
NBC
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Rome
Count Ciano
Four In Crash Of Outboard Boats Rescue On Cedar River
Four people were thrown into the Cedar river after two outboard boats collided during a boat race at Ellis park. The crowd had left, and none were injured or drowned. Paul Smith and Gib Gordon were credited with rescuing Mr and Mrs Marshall Freeman.
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Gib Gordon
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Planes tanks and rifles on order amid vast defense waste
The piece questions billions spent on military equipment as planes tanks and rifles remain on order while critics argue the country seeks a more abundant life that many Americans may never see.
Italy Attacks Riviera As War Expands Across Europe
Berlin announces Italian forces crossed into France on the Riviera at 6 30 p m local time linking the move to Mussolini declaring war on Britain and France. Canada signals status of war at 5 p m Iowa time after British notice. Britain reports the sinking of the carrier Glorious and vessels Orama Ardent and Oil Pioneer with heavy losses.
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Iowa
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Ont
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England
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Hitler
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Camp Good Health fundraiser item details camp needs
The article describes Camp Good Health starting Tuesday with food orders for 500 pounds of ice 100 quarts of milk daily 25 pounds butter and produce for 75 children and 13 adults. It notes shortages in handiwork materials and a plea for more funds to sustain the camp.
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Apartment Fire Displaces Residents on Sixth Avenue
A fire at 422 Sixth Avenue SE early Sunday caused considerable damage to Velma Sadilek’s room, starting from a short in radio wiring. Firefighters contained the blaze to a single room, with smoke damaging adjacent second floor apartments as residents fled in their night clothes. No one was trapped, firefighters said.
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Velma Sadilek
Sixth Avenue SE
Sadilk
Bugs Takes Crack At Mossbacks Who Sank Bill
Arthur Bugs Baer recalls Billy Mitchell’s court martial by the mossbacks who early proved an airplane could sink a battleship. He argues 15 years of Army mismanagement and private clubs kept the service from adapting until war mobilizes public attention.
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Mossbacks
Bill
Mitchell
Arthur
Bugs" Baer
Billy Mitchell
Russell affair sparks free speech clash at university
A critic argues that denying Russell a chair due to his eccentric ideas reflects broader rights: parents to reject teachers, listeners to choose what to hear, and the duty not to fund unliked teaching. The piece cites Hyde Park and Crothers on liberty of listening and believing.
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Russell
Crothers
Grouch Corner
Hyde Park
London
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Germans Pummel Front Near Paris In Armor Spearhead
Allied reports detail a massive German breakthrough in France with 1.5 million troops and 4,000 tanks driving toward the Marne and within about 25 miles of Paris. Tank columns threaten Beauvais and areas northwest of the capital as heavy fighting continues along the Aisne and Soissons fronts.
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Germany
France
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Oise
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Marne
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Normandy
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Eure
Tardenois
Soissons
Rheims
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Chesne
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Fournelle
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Maginot
Verdun
Hull Denounces Italy Entry as Great Tragedy
Secretary of State Hull called Italy's entry into the war a grave human tragedy and a disappointment to people worldwide. He said the administration had sought to persuade Italy to stay peaceful and expressed doubt about timing for extending the neutrality act. He expected a proclamation within the next day or two after briefing reporters.
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INS
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Italy
Roosevelt
Jlsduce
Mr. Roosevelt
Britain's Best Flyer Killed In Action
London dispatch reports E. J. Cobb er Kain a 22 year old New Zealander attached to the Royal Air Force was killed in action. He was described as the foremost Allied flying ace of the present war and the news was learned on Monday.
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London
INS
E. J. “Cobber
Kain
Royal Air Force
Mussolini Enters War With Italy Aims Mediterranean Win
Mussolini declares war on Britain and France and pledges Italian troops alongside Germany to secure freedom of the Mediterranean. He cites access to Suez and Gibraltar and seeks to limit conflict to the Western Allies while naming Switzerland Greece Turkey and Egypt as neighbors. Italy states it is at war effective Tuesday June 11.
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Italy
Mediterranean
Great Britain
France
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Germany
Suez
Gibraltar
Switzerland
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Egypt
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Mussolini
Galeazzo Ciano
Ethiopia
England
Spain
President To Address War State After Italy Declares War
President Roosevelt plans a public address from Charlottesville Virginia to outline a major pronouncement on the war and international affairs. The decision to speak came after Italy declared war on the Allies and the White House canceled a Hyde Park visit. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. is to receive a law degree at the same ceremony.
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INS
Italy
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Charlottesville
Us&s
France
William C. Bullin
University of Virginia
Franklin D., Jr
Roosevelt seeks funds to build three airships for navy use
President Roosevelt asked Congress for authority to construct three dirigibles of 1,000,000 cubic feet each for experimental naval training and coastal patrol duties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Thud Of Bombs Brings War Home To Parisians
Paris awoke to the German assault as artillery and bombs pounded the outskirts of Paris in a major drive toward encirclement. Air raids began after 2 a.m. searchlights scanned the sky and anti aircraft guns fired as burning tires and smoke marked the capital’s perilous dawn.
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Ins
France
Downs
Ing
Nazis In Pursuit On 210 Mile Front In France
Berlin reports German forces break counterattacks along a 210 mile front and drive advances toward the Seine Cham pagne and Marne valleys. Luftwaffe bombs Cherbourg Le Havre ships damaged. one Allied troop ship burned. a U boat sinks 43,000 tons.
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Berlin
High Command
France
Seine
Champagne
Marne Valley
Paris
Rouen
le Havre
Cherbourg
English Channel
Somme River
Weygand
Iowa Winter Wheat Falls to 85 Percent of Normal
Federal statistician Leslie M. Carl notes Iowa winter wheat on June 1 at 85 percent of normal, up 15 points from last year, with a forecast of 19 bushels per acre. National winter wheat output for 1940 pegged at 488,858,000 bushels, against 563,431,000 bushels in 1939, as spring wheat reaches 88 percent of normal and oats 82 percent. rye forecast at 38,640,000 bushels.
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Des Moines
Leslie M. Carl
Iowa
Washington
Ins
United States
Crop Reporting Board
Communications Cut Between Turkey and Europe
In Budapest, telephone links between Turkey and Europe were suddenly cut just before 8 pm local time. Attempts to reach Turkey failed with lines down, believed ordered by government as a military precaution.
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Budapest
Turkey
Europe
C.S.T
Italy Prepares Invasion Moves Across Europe in War Update
The report notes Italian troops invading French soil on the Riviera at 6 p.m Berlin time. Mussolini warns Balkans and Mediterranean nations that neutrality breaches could spread the war. Evacuation trains stand ready in Rome for British and French diplomats.
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Iowa
Germany
Riviera
France
Mediterranean
Berlin
Rome
Mussolini
Balkans
City Drenched By Rain After Warm Sunny Day
Cedar Rapids and Neway reported .95 inch of rain at midnight with sharp lightning. A prior warm day saw a peak of 86 at 4 p.m. Cooler weather followed the shower with a 65 to 78 degree swing and a 66 midnight reading.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercury
Chambers Company
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