Latin American Solidarity With U S Reviewed
A Latin American diplomat notes it is hard to justify restricting business with the axis while allowing political penetration. A U S official warns Nazis gain control of media and finance, complicating efforts to keep Latin nations as allies amid noncomplementary economies and surpluses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Western Hemisphere
South America
Germany
Rio Grande
Uncle Sam
Latin America
Son of Berlin Hotel Proprietor Inducted Into Army
Carl Walter Adlon, 33, son of the Adlon hotel owner in Berlin, was inducted into the U S army. A naturalized citizen since 1939, he denounced Hitler and said he wanted to serve his new country. He had left Germany in 1932, married Mary Lou Eitel in Chicago, divorced in 1935, and later wed showgirl Betty Schubert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
Carl Walter Adlon
Adlon
Berlin
U. S. Army
Hitler
Germany
Europe
Mary Lou Eitel
Betty Schubert
New Naval Base Planned at Balboa in Canal Zone
Rear Admiral Frank H. Sadler, commandant of the 15th naval district, announced that a repair base will be built at Balboa capable of accommodating a large portion of the U S fleet including the biggest battleships.
Tenacious Craven Shuttleworth Braves Travel Chaos
Cedar Rapids attorney Craven Shuttleworth endured floods, storms, and delayed connections as he journeyed from Cedar Rapids to Oklahoma City and back by train, plane, and bus to present oral arguments before Oklahoma Supreme Court. He faced missed rockets, detours, and late arrivals before returning to Cedar Rapids for a State Bar meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craven Shuttleworth
Cedar Rapids
Oklahoma City
Dallas
Texas
Chicago
Burlington
Shuttleworth
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Kansas City
Marshalltown
Des Moines
O.K
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Tex
State Bar Association
Harness event at Cedar Rapids fairgrounds draws crowds
The Civic Club Classic features four mule teams and work wagons at Hawkeye Downs with local businessmen driving. A grease pig contest involves Linn county Junior Farm Bureau volunteers. Admission at 40 cents adults 15 cents children. gates open noon. first race at 1 30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tral City Fairgrounds
Ed Keith
Tony the Great
Keith
Hawkeye Downs
Parker
Linn County Junior Farm Bureau
Arlene Quass
Cedar Rapids
Floyd Booth
Claire Booth
Russellughes
William Barnhart
George Atwater
Marion
Leo Zbanek
Ambulance Driveways Cleared at St Luke's and Mercy
Police posted signs at St Luke's and Mercy hospitals asking drivers not to leave cars unattended in ambulance driveways. Traffic Captain Gordon Hughes issued letters at entrances urging cooperation. People dropping off patients should move cars promptly after unloading and wait to re-enter only after the patient is at the door.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Luke's
Mercy
Gordon Hughes
Peace Plea to F D R Voiced by Methodists
The Iowa Des Moines conference of the Methodist church meets to urge President Roosevelt to prevent U S involvement in Europe. It calls for a just peace with tariff removal, no vindictiveness, international order over sovereignty, and surrender of imperialism. Leaders named to advise conscientious objectors and protests of camp moral conditions are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Iowa- Des Moines
The
Methodist Church
Roosevelt
Levi Goodwin
Des Moines
Richard Sneed
Shenandoah
G. S. Nichols
Ames
Churchill To Receive Honorary Degree By Air
Radio will deliver the University of Rochester honorary doctor of laws to Prime Minister Winston Churchill in London by air. Alan Valentine and Rochester officials participate as WHAM Rochester, NBC blue network, and BBC coordinate the 9:45 a.m. CST broadcast before Churchill’s 10 minute reply.
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Rochester
N. Y
INS
Atlantic Ocean
University of Rochester
Winston Churchill
London
Britain
America
Blue
National Broadcasting Company
British Broadcasting Company
WHAM
Alan Valentine
Churchill
Tables Turned as Employer Wills Estate to Cook
Philadelphia report on a reversal of the usual boss dies leaving a faithful employee a bequest. William Wright left a $1025 estate to his employer Morris Meiberg, a restaurant proprietor, noting I have always enjoyed working.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
William Wright
Morris Meiberg
Wright
Hull attack on Vichy may push recall of French ambassador
Washington dispatch says Secretary Hull’s sharp stance against Vichy France fuels belief in Paris that Gaston Henri-Haye could request recall if deteriorating relations persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Hull
Vichy
Gaston Henri-Haye
Escaped French Soldier Reunites With Wife In Iowa
Robert Laurent a 24 year old who left the United States in March 1940 to fight in the French army rejoined his wife Lucienne 23 a dancer in Des Moines after 15 months apart. He spoke of his wartime escape from a prison camp and blamed spies for confusing orders that doomed France during the June 1940 Loire stand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Robert Laurent
United States
Lucienne
Laurent
France
Loire
German Prisoners Get Aid From U S In Wartime Camps
Colonel Stethem describes German prisoners in U S camps as well treated with recreation and modern facilities. He notes escape classes, improvised tools, and a strict regime under consular supervision. Officers are young nazis, easily provoked, with little contact and strict dress and cash controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Stethem
Montreal
Toronto
Switzerland
Gestapo
Children Improve After One Week At Camp
Report from Camp Good Health in Cedar Rapids Iowa notes disabled children now sleep 12 hours in 24 while eating well and gaining strength. Improvements attributed to camp fund donations with readers urged to contribute to The Gazette fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Good Health Fund
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Pendergast Boss Described As Missouri Mussolini In Court
In a sentencing that echoed across Missouri politics, Judge Otis likened former political strongman Pendergast to a Mussolini figure, depicting a vast network that stretched from Kansas City to the state capital. The speech condemns the era of corruption, while Iowa officials are introduced at a luncheon as a state judicial reform study group forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pendergast
Otis
Missouri
Commonwealth
Washington
Monticello
Mussolini
Hitler
Iowa Supreme Court
Association
Wayne Cook
Davenport
Supreme Court
Cook
Family With Trailer As Home For 12 Years Makes Stop Here
The Vale family of Springfield Missouri has lived in a 29 foot trailer for twelve years. They travel the nation with five children and have logged over 200000 miles. They plan to move on to Michigan for fishing. Mrs Vale runs a daily three hour study period for the children aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Vale
Springfield
Vales
America
Riverside
Cedar Rapids
Michigan
Mr. Vale
Vale
Golden Gate Bridge
Galveston Causeway
Convention Registration Totals Reported
The record notes registration at the convention totaled 675 men and 100 women, reflecting the attendee mix for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toto
United States Sets 9 Million Ton Shipping Construction Goal
The maritime commission announced a 9,000,000 ton shipping construction goal to be achieved in 30 months with 765 merchantmen already under construction or on order. The program supports Roosevelt’s pledge to aid Britain and rebuild the U S merchant fleet globally, aiming 1,250,000 tons this year, 3,500,000 in 1942, and 5,000,000 in 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Maritime Commission
United States
Roosevelt
Great Britain
U. S
Britain
Air Corps Private Invents New Robot Flying Instrument
Army air corps private Joseph R. Crowden developed a new robot flying instrument praised by the War Department. Scott Field Commander Col. Wolcott P. Hayes says it improves on the old radio remote relay and uses a single interference free frequency. Crowden, 36, of Goodland Indiana, Carnegie Tech graduate, left Chicago and Pittsburgh brokerage work to pursue radio experiments and joined the air corps in January to study at the nation’s largest radio school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Field
Ill
Army Air Corps
War Department
Army
Col. Wolcott P. Hayes
Pvt
Joseph R. Crowden
Goodland
Ind
Carnegie Tech
Purdue
University of Indiana
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Air Corps
Crowden
Uncle Sam
Iowa City Doctor Named CCC Physician
Dr. George Maresh a longtime Iowa City and Riverside physician is named a CCC physician and head examining physician for Johnson county selective service. A 1902 UI graduate he previously served ten years as county coroner and will report to Des Moines for CCC service in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
George Maresh
Riverside
Civilian Conservation Corps
Maresh
University of Iowa
Johnson County
Selective Service Board
Des Moines
CCC
Iowa Blacksmiths And Welders To Meet Here Friday And Saturday
Blacksmiths and welders of Iowa converge on Cedar Rapids for the annual Iowa Blacksmiths and Welders association convention. Friday opens with registration at Hotel Montrose, a women’s meeting, and a welcome by Mayor Hahn. Prizes totaling 30 dollars are offered for top shop crafts and welding feats, plus demonstrations and a banquet with entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksmiths and Welders of
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Blacksmiths and Welders Association
Montrose
Dan Copenhaver
Primgahr
Association
Frank K. Hahn
W. L. Allan
Ames
H. L. Ruthrauff
America
Berle Miller
G. J. Freeman
Jesse Miller
Copenhaver
Mr. Allan
W. F. Richards
Logan
M. V. Lewis
Ida Grove
Don Schallan
van Horne
John Turley
Zwingle
Robert Keith
Rowan
Henry Malek
W. L. Miller
George Tolman
Orange City
Cashen Re-elected International President of Switchmen Union
Thom as C. Cashen of Buffalo was unanimously re-elected to serve another term as international president of the Switchmen’s Union of North America. The quadrennial election concluded Friday with Cashen’s unanimous return to leadership after twenty years in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo, N. Y
Thomas C. Cashen
Buffalo
Switchmen's Union of North America
Cashen
Nazi Drive on Ukraine Rumors Stir British Fears
Reports claim Adolf Hitler pressed for grain and cattle access from Ukraine under a Soviet ultimatum on June 27 1940. Britons fear a Nazi Soviet war as 120 German divisions mass on the Russian front while 20 to 30 cavalry divisions are said to sit in Moldavia and Romanians mobilize with lowered ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adolf Hitle
Russia
Ukraine
Moldavia
Bessarabia
Italian Seizure Of U S Property Seen As Retaliatory Move
Discussion centers on a retaliatory seizure by Italy of American property. Secretary Morgenthau warned that Axis powers had already withdrawn significant U S funds, calling the situation “the barn is empty.” Estimates show American assets in Germany and Italy totaling hundreds of millions, with some officials calling them lost amid wartime currency restrictions.
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U. S
Italy
Treasy
Morgenthau
Ax Powers
Mordenthau
Germany
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Mr. Shuttleworth
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Thursay
Young Men’s Bureau
F.D.R
U.S
Main Street
Emerson
Caesar
Sameen
Ian Gaza
Candy
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Iowe
Ieee
Ara Ran
Tis Okinows
Moen
Owns End
Moon Funeral Home
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