United States Warns Axis Powers on Hemisphere Holdings
Washington warns Germany and Italy to stay away from British French and Dutch possessions in the western hemisphere and proposes an emergency Pan American meeting. Sumner Welles says 13 of 20 republics favor the conference as Monroe Doctrine enforcement extends to new world territories.
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Germany
Italy
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Berlin
Rome
France
Britain
Holland
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State Department
Congress
Great Britain
the Department
German Plot Against Reds Illuminates Baltic Crisis
London reports a far reaching German plot against Soviet Russia in Lithuania Latvia Estonia and Finland prompted Moscow to assert control over the Baltic states. Berlin denies the charge calling it British propaganda and Britain and Japan sign an accord ending the Tientsin dispute. Attlee discusses evacuation plans for British children and potential arms deals with the Soviet Union.
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Russia
Baltic States
Finland
Lithuania
Latvia
Estonia
Germany
Soviet Union
Berlin
Foreign Office
Esthenia
Great Britain
Japan
Tientsin
Tokyo
Hachiro Arita
Robert Craigie
Clement R. Attlee
Privy Seal
House of Commons
Dominions
United States
Soviet Russia
Richard A. Butler
Health Camp Fund Breaks Two Thousand Mark Amid Calls for More
Stunt night at Camp Good Health drew lively support from Cedar Rapids groups. Local unions Cedar Rapids Lodge No. 4 and Amalgamated Meat Cutters both contributed, totaling over two thousand dollars with several smaller gifts. Children performed Ferdinand the Bull and Red Riding Hood skits, delighting the audience while promoting camp work.
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Cedar Rapids
Joseph Kushner
Pio Amalgamated Meat Cutters
North America
Camp Good Health
Ferdinand the Bull
Miss Muffet
Jack and Jill
Little Red Riding Hood
Heavy Hail Storm Strikes Iowa City
More than an inch of rain and a heavy hail storm hit Iowa City and nearby areas on Tuesday evening. Hail stones two to three inches in diameter clogged streets and damaged many car roofs as the day's high of 95F fell to 68F after the storm.
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Roosevelt proposes compulsory national service training program
A high administration official outlined President Roosevelt's plan to train 2,000,000 young people annually for potential military, industrial, and technical roles. The program would be paid subsistence only and could extend to girls if useful tasks are found. Ages 19 to 21 are expected, with four training categories including combat, behind the lines, industrial, and conservation corps. Costs are estimated at about 42 cents per day for lodging and meals. War department officials endorsed the plan, which he will send to Congress in two to six weeks, marking a possible first peace-time conscription in U.S. history beyond Civil and World Wars.
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Roosevelt
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Conservation Corps
War Department
Bankhead Favored For Keynote Talk At Convention
Chicago report says Democratic National Chairman James A. Farley recommended Speaker William Bankhead of Alabama as keynoter and Sen. Alben Barkley of Kentucky as permanent chairman for the Democratic national convention opening July 15.
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Chicago
James A. Farley
William Bankhead
Ala
Alben Barkley
Senate
Landon Attacks Roosevelt Over War Aims
Former Governor Alf Landon told reporters in Philadelphia that the United States cannot stay out of war if President Roosevelt keeps doing as he pleases. He criticized Roosevelt for proposing universal government service for American youth and urged faster administration action.
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Alf M. Landon
United States
Roosevelt
Hitler
Landon
Congress
Summerwill settlements spark judge rebuke over self dealings
In Iowa City two settlements by Ben S. Summerwill former bank examiner were accepted by Judge W W Scott of Davenport with a third under advisement. The hearings focused on Summers dealings with bank receiverships and self dealing claims raised by Robert Brooke. Summerwill settled the Simmons Motor debt with four automobiles as collateral and a cash payment, while Bates provided testimony on the deal and the state bank department questioned the value of stock collateral.
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Iowa City
Ben S. Summerwill
W. W. Scott
Davenport
Robert Brooke
Summerwill
D. W. Bates
Brooke
Simmons Motor Company
Scott
Iowa City Savings Bank
State Banking Department
Johnson County Savings Bank
DC Heath Company
Simmons
Bates
Banking Department
Heroes and hero worship in modern times
Carlyle's idea of hero worship inspires idealism while Freud argues love forces drive human need. The piece laments dictators as the era's blighted leaders and warns against cynics who debunk heroism, asserting a land without heroes is a land without hope.
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Carlyle
Freud
Italy
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Oakville Boy Killed by Tractor Accident
The five year old son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Shipman of near Oakville died at 6 p m Tuesday in a Burlington hospital from a crushed skull suffered when a tractor operated by his father backed over him on the family farm about 130 p m Tuesday The accident is under investigation and details remain skeletal.
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Wapello
Lester Shipman
Wesley Shipman
Oakville
Burlington
Lewis Green Evade G O P Labor Pledge
In Philadelphia John L. Lewis and William Green appeared before the preview of the Republican national convention and dodged pledging labor factions to any party or candidate in the November election. Green warned against GOP flirtation with Lewis and Lewis pressed for labor support and a strong antiwar plank. Green urged aid to the Allies short of war amid division.
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Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
William Green
Green
Lewis
CIO
British Bomb German Muni tions Plants in Wide Raids
Britain reports large scale raids by air against Rhineland and northwest Germany. Nine English counties endured four hours of bombing with casualties feared as German planes shot down. Evacuation of the BEF from France completed under harrowing conditions as German raids continued on the coast.
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Bush predicts U S can outpace Nazi war tech with time
Dr Vannevar Bush head of the national defense research committee said at a press conference that the United States can cut rings around any country in the world in modern weapons development if given time. He was asked whether the U S could catch Germany in blitzkrieg methods.
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INS
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Spanish War Vets Speaker Urges Rugg Textbook Ouster
William J. Otten former national commander of the United Spanish War Veterans told Cedar Rapids veterans at the armory banquet that the Rugg social science texts damage American youth. He urged schoolbooks be scanned and cast out of all schools and universities to keep communism out of the curriculum. Maj. Cornelius Kelly of Chicago urged deporting aliens who reject citizenship responsibilities. Continued on Page 8.
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Harold Rugg
Cedar Rapids Gazette
William J. Otten
Enid
Okla
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Cedar
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Cornelius Kelly
Chicago
National Committee On Legislation
Himmler Said En Route to Paris as Purge Expected
Report from Paris describes a city under curfew and patrols with German officials arriving, including Heinrich Himmler. Arrests by French police and German security services are noted as Paris reopens while refugees from Nazi rule hide nearby.
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Austria
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Holland
Fires eight shots at prowlers in yard near Center Point road
Two men prowled 3354 Center Point road around 1230 am Tuesday. H. D. Madison fired eight shots from a short 32 pistol, striking one intruder and chasing the other into a hay field. Authorities searched the area but found no suspects.
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H. D. Madison
Madison
Men Over Fifty Are Tough When They're Walking Away
Humor column by Arthur Bugs Baer reflecting on aging soldiers over fifty in army camps. The piece jokes about retirees' stamina, telephone conversations, parking woes, and arguments, noting they are strongest when turning away and imagining adventures with Wild Bill Donovan if conditions suit.
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Possible French Empire Union With Britain Spurs War Talk
Washington bulletin reports U S army intelligence checks a claim that France may transfer government to Tunisia and join Britain in a grand Anglo French empire. De Gaulle and Peyrouton pledge resistance as Franco colonial forces could continue fighting alongside Britain.
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Washington
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Great Britain
Europe
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London
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Tunis
Light Showers End Heat Wave Over Cedar Rapids
Spotted showers moved over Cedar Rapids on Tuesday afternoon but dropped only a trace of moisture yet halted a heat wave. The city cooled from a 96 degree Tuesday record to 72 degrees by Wednesday morning and 79 by 2:30 p.m. as a fair sky persisted.
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