Drafted men need preinduction army physicals nationwide
Congress lowered the draft age to 28 but many argue for tests before induction. Cedar Rapids youths pass local A 1 exams yet fail later at Des Moines induction, a situation easily corrected by preinduction medical exams tested in Pennsylvania. Implementing nationwide preinduction exams would fairer screen potential draftees and keep Selective Service reliable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
War Department
Pennsylvania
Selective Service Administration
Syrian offensive marks Allied initiative in Syria
The Tyre region watches as British and Free French troops thrust south into Syria. Allied occupation of the former French mandate aims to deter Nazi moves and block the northern German push toward Suez. The step signals a shift to proactive action and could influence Turkish resistance, though optimism remains cautious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyre
Syria
Suez
Roosevelt backs St Lawrence waterway as wartime panacea
The piece argues the St Lawrence waterway would take four years to build and serves as a democratic rebuttal to wartime shortages. It questions the plan and suggests cheaper steam generators now and speeding production of tanks guns and munitions to outpace enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lawrence
Roosevelt
Defense Industry
Health inspection program for Linn County preschools
Rural Linn County launches a preschool health inspection program on Monday. County nurses, teachers, and PTA volunteers collaborate to screen children entering school next fall for eye, teeth, and hearing defects. The effort builds on two years of countywide health initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
PTA
Comfort and Courage: A sermon on true solace
The narrator contrasts condolence with real comfort. True comfort strengthens through action and faith, not mere pity. Examples include St Hugh of Lincoln and John Bright urging Cobden to help England's women and children after loss. Heal sorrow by helping others and getting to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pericles
Athens
Hugh of Lincoln
England
John Bright
Cobden
Roosevelt must delegate authority or defense stalls in crisis
Robert Quillen cites executive overcentralization as the core risk to wartime mobilization. He urges Roosevelt to empower competent leaders like Baruch did, warning that without delegation the aluminum, steel, tank, and bomber programs will falter and threaten civilization. He notes public support hinges on effective leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max
England
Roosevelt
Hopkins
White House
LaGuardia
Wilson
Baruch
America
Time to Act as War Looms and Wilson Echoes Rise
Alsop and Kintner urge decisive U S action against Nazi menace as war debate mirrors Wilson era. They cite advisers, Wilson’s lead into World War I, and the President’s hesitation, urged by Winant’s London return to spur a full commitment.
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Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Congress
Senate
United States
Germany
Britain
Harry L. Hopkins
John G. Winant
London
Winant
Exercise advice clashes with medical caution for the elderly
A medical column argues common sense supports reasonable activity for adults including walking, lawn mowing, tennis, and stairs. It cautions against extreme workouts for those with heart issues, noting that moderate exertion can benefit the heart while warning against overdoing it.
FBI eye on leaders behind major outlaw strikes
Washington reports the FBI aims to capture organizers behind aviation, lumber, and shipyard strikes led by Lew Michener of the CIO UAW and ally Windham Mortimer. Michener is labeled a communist by authorities while efforts to mediate strike actions escalate tensions between AFL CIO factions and New Deal officials consider expanded arbitration and cross union expulsions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ywvashington
FBI
Lew Michener
United Auto Workers, Cio
Paul Mallon
Michener
Windham Mortimer
Detroit
Mortimer
Los Angeles
NAA
Boeing Aircraft
Pacific Northwest
AFL
CIO
N.A.A
Mr. Roosevelt
Labor Mediation Board
New Deal
House Naval
Vinson
Congress
Dan Tracy
National Labor Relations Board
FDR
San Francisco
Bethlehem Ship Building
Harvey Brown
Brown
Bugs Baer Warns Against Calamity Howlers
The spoofing polemic cites wartime anxieties and Yankee invention while mocking alarmists. Baer compares fears to a cobbler’s wife and notes undercover reports from a blanket factory as progress. He jokes about submarines airplanes tanks and the Dionnes as benchmarks of invention.
Community art center gifted with Cedar Rapids support
Mrs. Austin N. Palmer donates a large house at 839 First Avenue E to serve as a community art center for 50 years and Cedar Rapids receives a $25,000 Carnegie gift to fund Little Gallery art programs over the next two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Avenue E
Austin N. Palmer
Cedar Rapids
Carnegie Corporation
Little Gallery
John West
J. R. West
Grant High School
Ernest Kosek
War Department
March Field
Ross Collins Attacks Tradition In Military Aviation Debate
The piece highlights Representative Ross Collins of Mississippi arguing against 1918 era dry laws and military tradition. It credits Collins with pushing for mechanization and a separate air force, praising modernizers like McSwain Mitchell and Woodring while criticizing Army and Navy resistance to air power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McSwain
House
Billy Mitchell
Ross Collins
Collins
Napoleon
Clive
Wolfe
Wellington
Washington
Grant
Stuart
Sherman
Sheridan
United States
McSwain
Don Harter
Congress
Air Corps
Navy
Dayton
Army
Hitler
Greece
Army High Command
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Dr. Joseph Fort Newton
Robert Quillen
Parliament
Ireland
Alsop and
Kintner
Joseph Alsop
Robert Kintner
Atlantic
Cordell Hull
Henry L. Stimson
Wm. Brady, M. D
Journal of the American Medical Association
Common View
Ta.e.w
Doc Brady
Vue
Phot
George Clark
Baer
Steves
In the Gazette
James W. Good
Chicago
J. P. van Horn
Cornell College
Beatty
Preston Bradley
Washington High
Opera House
Dayton-Boyson
Coe College
Ralph Lee
Henry Rhoades
Marion
Woman's Home Missionary Society
Burl St. John
Searles Granite Works
Boake Carter
Poland
Norway
Belgium
Holland
France
Yugoslavia
Crete
Harry Woodering
Stimson
Woodring
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