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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1940
Page
1
The column attacks Roosevelt over his stance toward Mussolini and Italy entering the war. It cites warnings, alleged interventions, and calls for reason amid war hysteria, contrasting U S actions with Allied expectations and criticizing new deal policies.
The piece urges readers to pressure Congress and Iowa’s senators to oppose any move toward war arms Germany. It warns that unrestrained escalation could drag the nation into another expeditionary force and death, urging civic action to prevent calamity.
President Roosevelt on Tuesday moved the United States toward substantial short of war aid for the Allies. He rallied congressional backing for broad material support in the Anglo French fight against Germany and Italy. A bipartisan minority urged more aid by repealing the Johnson act and allowing credits to the Allies.
Italian circles in Rome on Tuesday viewed President Roosevelt's Charlottesville address as the harshest criticism from a non war partner. They believe U S entry into the war is now inevitable and relations with the United States have irretrievably shifted.
Former President Hoover reportedly urged scrapping loans to war debt defaults. Sen Claude Pepper drafts a resolution to grant the President blanket power to ignore statutes except mobilization and war declarations. Roosevelt signals shift to non beligerency as Congress reacts with mixed views and warnings of war.
Frank E. Gannett, GOP presidential hopeful, will speak to the nation at 8:15 Tuesday night. The address will be carried nationwide via CBS. WMT will not air at 8:15 and will rebroadcast the speech at 11 p.m. Tuesday.
The notice lists state House candidates by county: REP W JACOBSEN for Jones Scott Clinton Jackson or Dubuque. REP THOMAS E MARTIN for Johnson Cedar Muscatine Louisa Washington Jefferson Henry Des Moines Van Buren Lee. REP JOHN W GWYNNE for Benton Tama Marshall Black Hawk Grundy Hardin Wright Franklin Butler Bremer. It also provides addresses to write to both senators Clyde Herring and Guy M Gillette at Senate Office Building Washington DC. Get polling.
Attorney General Fred D. Everett of Albia Iowa died at 4 30 Monday afternoon in the Veterans hospital at Des Moines He was 64 and had been seriously ill with a heart ailment for months He was renominated in last weeks Republican primary and won a decisive primary race against one opponent A Spanish American war veteran he served in the Philippines in 1898 The death leaves a vacancy in state office per town law and follows at his bedside were Mrs Everett and three assistants John Rankin John Mulrney Floyd Philbrick
The Senate approved Roosevelt's plan to trade in old guns for new, making thousands of weapons available for sale to Britain and France. Congress also sent to the White House a $1.823 billion army supply bill financing 2,600 airplanes and a major buildup as part of a $5 billion defense program.
The House approved measures allowing a navy strength of 10 000 planes and 16 000 pilots and authorizing 22 new combat vessels. The bills move to President Roosevelt for signature.
President Roosevelt asked Congress to add 50 million dollars to the 1941 relief bill for civilian relief in Europe. The proposal aims to aid noncombatant populations amid growing tensions and potential wartime impact.
John Fletcher 61 longtime Chicago investment banker died in Evanston Illinois after a long illness Born Williamsburg September 13 1878 he came to Cedar Rapids for business college in the 1890s He married Laura Deacon in 1903 Surviving are his wife a daughter Mrs David L Kempf a son John Jr and three grandchildren He was a member of the Presbyterian church The body will be brought to Cedar Rapids for funeral services time announced
In London a British broadcast said the RAF bombed main Italian bases in Libya with great success. Maj Clement Attlee told the House of Commons that President Roosevelt's assurance to place American material resources at the disposal of the Allies assures victory for the Allied cause.
Smiling children depart for Camp Good Health at 9 30 a m as 48 youngsters begin the summer health camp. Twenty six more were scheduled to enter but failed to report to city hall for the Yellow Cab trip. Nurses checked on missing items and families as the outing began.
Dr Newton reflects on the Civil War siege at Spottsylvania Court House and the price of unity. He notes Union and Confederate memories mingle as he recalls a May 11 gift adding 160 acres to the National Park, concluding that a republic that honors its past will meet future upheavals.
Judge C. J. Haas reversed the state appeal board action that cut 28,555 dollars from the Cedar Rapids independent school district budget for the 1940 fiscal year. The court ruled no surplus existed in the general fund for that year and upheld 909,575 dollars in levies by the Cedar Rapids district.
General George C. Marshall testifies the army is preparing to defend the western hemisphere amid potential western world troubles. The plan includes a $200 million program to expand plants for powder explosives guns tanks armor and aircraft engines, with broader defense spending possible if war threatens the nation.
The house appropriations committee reported a supplemental defense bill totaling 1 706 053 908 dollars. They added 319 731 898 dollars to President Roosevelt s request to make America invulnerable. The current defense appropriations reach 5 193 767 692 dollars with deficiency funds. For 1941 the projected total is 4 915 767 692 dollars.
Berlin AP reports German forces reach the Marne and cross the Seine as two French armies are said destroyed. Nordwest and northeast approaches shrink the distance to Paris to about 37 miles with speedboats, air attacks, and bridge strikes shaping the retreating Allied rear.
Senator Holt of West Virginia charged on a radio talk that the United States has been driven toward intervention in Europe by subterfuge and propaganda. He warned citizens to act to avoid war and warned that any entry will cost American lives regardless of method.
Reports indicate anti Italian demonstrations break out in Lyon and Bordeaux and Marseille with clashes and unrest. The riot actions target Italian residents amid rising tensions in wartime France.
Paris reports say German tanks neared the city as fires burned in parts of Paris and suburbs. National and local authorities prepared street by street defense amid blackout conditions and refugees crowding roads leading from the capital.
Italian forces attacked multiple fronts Tuesday and reportedly advanced into British and French Somaliland while aerial bombs hit Malta. Italian command under Mussolini expanded powers as Victor Emmanuel III was believed in the field.
The U S liner Washington carrying over a thousand American refugees from Europe was halted early Tuesday by an unidentified submarine off Portugal and warned to abandon ship on two occasions before it was told torpedoes would be fired. Captain Harry Manning refused aid and remained at the bridge as the sub issued its threats.
United States Lines officials said the American liner Washington could be mistaken for a non American vessel even though the ship bears a large American flag on both sides the name U S Lines and white lettering visible from afar to indicate its American identity.
The Washington, en route from Lisbon to Galway to New York, faced a German submarine off Portugal's northwest coast. Manned grements signaled the danger and kept a blinker on to warn the vessel of its American status for about 10 minutes, while lifeboats were readied. The encounter followed a prior sighting of another submarine.
Arthur Bugs Baer muses on holding world conflicts in the Sahara to avoid targeting towns, hospitals, churches, or farms. He imagines ten million soldiers a hundred thousand tanks and fifty thousand planes clashing in a sand war.
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