Three Gentlemen for the Allies Question U S War Role
A letter by three self described allies critics presses Washington to halt war drift. It recalls 1916 conscription doubts and weighs risks of sending troops to France while urging consistency for those who back the Allies. It cites Senator Wheeler warning against a war party and questions effects if Hitler targets the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Washington
Gazette
Uncle Sam
Verdun
Tae
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
America
Democratic Party
Roosevelt
No Hope for Adjournment June 22 Seen
Congress will stay in session indefinitely as leaders agree to push ahead with defense expansion and Allied aid. Roosevelt aides and Mrs Roosevelt emphasize the U S cannot enter the European war without the means to equip and feed troops. The Monroe Doctrine measure aims to block European land changes in the Western Hemisphere.
Corn Belt Republican Group Discusses Agricultural Stand
Cedar Rapids reporters note an informal discussions session by resolutions committee members from corn belt state delegations at the Roosevelt hotel. They aim to draft an agricultural plank for the national Republican platform to be urged at the Philadelphia convention. Cedar, Polk and Woodbury County farmers testified as interested individuals. National defense and foreign relations were also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Resolutions Committee
Corn Belt
Roosevelt Hotel
Harrison E. Spangler
Cedar Rapids
Philadelphia
Cedar, Polk
Woodbury County
Spangler
MacNider warns of a runaway buggy ride to disaster
Des Moines reports Hanford MacNider urging repudiation of the Roosevelt administration at a Young Republicans banquet. He labels FDR’s policies a runaway ride toward domestic peril and Europe’s war, criticizing leadership and calling for a stronger response from the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.D.R
Nation
MacNider
Des Moines
Iowa
Hanford MacNider
Mason City
Roosevelt
Europe
Much More Needed in Camp Fund If All Children to Be Aided
Sun baths opened at Camp Good Health as outdoor handwork began. Older boys and girls made souvenirs for mothers while seniors used coping saws and learned spool knitting. Younger children fixed up the playhouse as the camp continues with late hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Good Health
Temperature Rises As Sun Reappears
Sunlight returned to Cedar Rapids Thursday after a cloudy Wednesday. Temperatures rose from a low of 63 to 71 by late morning and reached 79 by mid afternoon, with Wednesday's high at 69 from 2 to 10 p.m. and 65 at midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
Yanks in England urge Roosevelt for immediate aid to Allies
More than 100 American residents in Britain sign a cablegram sent from London urging the President to provide unstinting aid to the Allies and to deploy American troops to Europe if necessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
London
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Europe
Carpenter Shoots Iowa Hospital Head Then Ends His Life
Dr. R D Smith superintendent of the state hospital for the insane was shot and critically wounded by Elmer McCowen head carpenter. McCowen then locked himself in the shop poured kerosene on his clothes and killed himself. Dr Smith and hospital staff were with McCowen when the attack occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarinda
R. D. Smith
State Hospital For
Elmer McCowen
McCowen
Smith
Carpenter Shop
Italy Bombs Bizerta Toulon and Attacks in Africa
Italian air power claimed to have damaged Bizerta on the North African coast and Toulon on the French Riviera with fires and the destruction of nine French planes. The second war communique also reported an Italian submarine sinking an Allied cruiser and a tanker, plus minimal damage from British bombers on Tobruk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Bizerta
North African
Toulon
French Riviera
Italy
Mediterranean
Tobruk
Tripoli
Asmari
Italian
Eritrea
Adi Asgri
Gura
Agordat
Ethiopia
Five Die as Iowa Plane Crashes Near Aredale
Five persons were killed when a plane piloted by Chester Barnett, 20, crashed from about 150 feet near Aredale Iowa. Victims include Barnett mother Mrs Clarence Barnett brother Clark Maybelle Vane age 19 Carl Pfaltzgraff 32. Clarence Barnett narrowly changed plans. Aredale lies 40 miles northwest of Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aredale
Chester Barnett
Here
Barnett
Clarence Barnett
Chester
Clark Barnett
Maybelle Vane
Dumont
Carl Pfaltzgraff
Hampton
Ben Stubbe
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids Airways Manager Investigates Iowa Crash
Dan Hunter of Cedar Rapids Airways and a member of the Iowa Aeronautics Commission flew to Aredale on Thursday forenoon to investigate the crash. He said Chester Barnett, the pilot, held only a solo license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Hunter
Cedar Rapids Airways, Inc
Iowa Aeronautics Commission
Aredale
Hunter
Chester Barnett
Lindbergh Warns Congress on Armament and War Drift
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh met with five senators and a representative to warn that America must arm to the teeth yet stay aloof from Europe. He described a dark Allied position and outlined plans for a third radio address urging preparedness for war. He also scheduled a Saturday talk on Our Drift Toward War over NBC Red.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Europe
America
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindbergh
New York
Charles
A. Lindbergh
Nbc-Red
Nazi Troops Near Eiffel Tower as Paris Readies Open City
French high command abandons street fighting plans and vows to resist Germany to the end. Paris defenders prepare to fall back to the southern suburbs to keep the capital from destruction, even if the government flees to Africa or the Americas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Africa
Chalons-Sur-Marne
Eiffel Tower
Faith and fear unite troops in a twilight hymn
A chaplain among French troops recalls a dusk encounter in a wood where four of his own men passed a moment of prayer and song amid shellfire. The scene shows personal nobility and faith sustaining soldiers as German offensives threaten Paris and widen the war in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Reynaud Urges U S Aid and Says Paris Will Be Defended
Paris premier Paul Reynaud disclosed a June 10 message to President Roosevelt seeking public U S aid short of expeditionary forces and pledging to fight before Paris behind Paris in the provinces and in North Africa if needed in America’s possessions. He said France would join the army and fight on all fronts, including America’s territories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hitler
France
Roosevelt
Berlin
Paris
United States
William C. Bullitt
Germany
Paul Reynaud
Reynaud
H. R. Knickerbocker
International News Service
Somme
North
Africa
America
Europe
North Africa
French Guiana
South America
Martinique
Guadeloupe
West Indies
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Newfoundland
Mr. Roosevelt
Chicago
Two Gambling Machines Seized At Draport Inn Iowa
Deputies Harlan Snyder and P. J. Whittemore seized two gambling machines at the Draport Inn eight miles south of Cedar Rapids on highway 218 at 10 30 p m Wednesday. Earl Wickham proprietor pled guilty before Judge H C Ring to keeping a gambling house and was released without bond until sentence Monday at 9 a m. One device is a nickel button-pusher paying cash and a player won cigars on the penny machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan Snyder
P. J. Whittemore
Draport Inn
Cedar Rapids
Earl Wickham
H. C. Ring
Wickham
Snyder
Turkey Nazi Commercial Pact Surprises the Nation
Ankara reports a new trade accord with Germany, covering the exchange of certain products valued at 21 000 000 Turkish pounds. The agreement followed months of talks with German envoy Franz von Papen, while Turkish readers anticipated closer ties with Britain and France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ankara
Germany
Turkey
Britain
France
Italy
Foreign Ministry
Franz von Papen
Coincidence in Roosevelt pledge linked to Reynaud appeal
The White House said Roosevelt promised full material aid to the Allies before receiving Reynaud's cable request. Secretary Early called the pledge anticipatory and pure coincidence, saying it answers Reynaud's appeal with no further exchanges expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Paul Reynaud
France
Stephen T. Early
Early
Reynaud
Also Mentioned on This Page
Verne Marshall
Americas
Mexico
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Somey
U.S
Congressional
U. S. Defense
Congress
House
Ford
Advisory Defense Commission
House Rules Committee
Western Hemisphere
New World
Senate
Navy Department
Army
Corn Belt Group of
GOP
Cedar Rapids News
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Irving W. Meyers
Young Republicans of
National Organization
Russia
Herr Hitler
Middle West
New Deal
Camp Good Health Fund
the Peoples Church
Mercy Hospital
Setheseeawe
American Legion Auxiliary
Keystone
Rathane Order of Forestteehee Vavene
T. L Cook
B. Q
Anamoss Tee
Jeanette C. T
Jane Boyd Service Club
A. E. Chase Tobe
Total Cresent
Carpenter
Iowa Hospital
Riviera
Dark Allied
DR. Newton
F.R
Draport
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!