National Guard on Active Duty and War Strategy Debate
The War Department recommends extending National Guard active duty beyond one year, arguing a small well trained force is better than a larger half trained one. A national emergency declaration may be needed to sustain this. In Cedar Rapids a new Ellis Park pool opens as a community recreational milestone. Secretary Stimson pushes consolidation of air forces under army control to form a single defense structure. German coordination suggests a supreme staff could improve U S defense. Lincoln’s Gettysburg line prompts reflection on democracy and the people’s role. Henry Ford shifts to closed shop amid defense needs and pressure.
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Enry Ford
Roosevelt seeks broad eminent domain for private property
President Roosevelt urged Congress to enact a sweeping private property seizure law to back national defense. He argued personal property as well as land could be taken with just compensation, citing long standing government power and need to meet current emergency.
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War Department
Senate Committee
Seattle Couple Hurt When Car Turns Over on Lincoln Highway
Mr and Mrs Forest Schrader of Seattle Washington suffered severe injuries when their car veered onto the shoulder struck and catapulted into a field seven miles west of Cedar Rapids. Mr Schrader endured a fractured left thigh while Mrs Schrader sustained a head injury wrist fractures and multiple abrasions. Both were described as in fair condition after hospitalization at Mercy in Cedar Rapids.
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Seattle
Wash
Wavell Declares Ultimatum to French Colony
General Sir Archibald Wavell, head of the British Middle East command, demands that the governor of Jibuti in French Somaliland choose to join the Free French or openly break with pro axis policy in Syria. If refused, Wavell will evacuate women and children and provide milk and essentials until done.
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London
Archibald P. Wavell
Middle East
Jibati
Jibuti
French Somaliland
Ethiopia
Covington Man Charged With Drunk Driving After Three-Car Crash
Deputy Sheriff Larry Condon arrested Ernest Worthen, 53, of 611 Third Street SW, at about 7 15 p m Saturday on operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after his auto caused a three car pileup near Covington. The Nievas car struck a parked vehicle owned by Elmer Wallem. Worthen submitted to tests and was booked on the DWI charge.
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Ernest Worthen
Third Street
Worthen
Covington
Condon
A. C. Nievas
Hillside Drive
Nievas
Elmer O. Wallem
Butterfield
Minn
Harlan Snyder
Local U.S.O. Drive Raises $3404 in First Week
Cedar Rapids campaign to raise 10000 for United Service Organizations reached noon Saturday with 3404.01 collected. Checks totaling 2500 were sent to New York for immediate use. W. G. Hottensen, former Cedar Rapids resident now in Milwaukee, agreed to lead volunteers as a captain. New captains include G Richard Shoemaker and Mrs Elmer.
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New York
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W. G
Bill” Hottensen
Milwaukee
Hottensen
Alice Kirwin
Kirwin
M. H. Morrison
G. Richard Shoemaker
Elmer
Senator Harrison Slips Toward Critical Condition
Washington AP report notes Senator Harrison a Democrat from Mississippi grew steadily weaker on Saturday as his family feared the end, after his operation for an intestinal obstruction earlier in the week. Physician Dr Sterling Ruffin said the 59 year old senator president pro tempore and finance committee chair was not as well as the prior day.
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Sterling Ruffin
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Navy divers fail to reach depth for O-9 rescue
Two dives to recover the submarine O-9 ended with the craft left at a depth of 440 feet and 370 feet respectively as navy crews attempt to salvage 33 lives. Secretary Frank Knox and Rear Admiral Richard Edwards described the dives as the deepest and most dangerous yet and signaled the unlikely prospect of raising the vessel.
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George Crocker
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Hess flight linked to Nazi plan for Europe says Madrid gossip
Diplomatic whispers in Madrid claim Rudolf Hess proposed a rapid German European order after his Scotland flight. The plan allegedly called for division of Europe into German and British spheres, eastward expansion against Russia, partition of France, and autonomous German aligned states in Poland. The tale notes Darlan allegedly pressed Hitler to swap Britain for France while keeping military commitments light.
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Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
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Hitler
Death of Theodore W. Bunte Candy Co. President
Theodore W. Bunte aged 71 who led the Bunte candy company died Saturday at his summer home in Powers Lake Wisconsin. The Chicago based executive was remembered for building the family business and expanding its brand in midwestern markets.
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Theodore W Bunte
Powers Lake
Wis
Ribbentrop Charges Soviet Envoys Led Sabotage Acts
In an early morning Berlin radio address quoted by CBS, Foreign Minister Ribbentrop accuses Soviet envoys and the Comintern of sabotage against Germany. He claims 16 German ships attacked, OGPU trained German communists, and Soviet diplomats aided espionage and anti-German propaganda across Europe.
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Russia
Urges Drivers To Use New Parking Lot At Ellis Park
Traffic Captain Gordon Hughes urged motorists to use the new Ellis lane lot at Eighth street NW to ease a parking squeeze during the municipal pool program at Ellis Park. Police will direct traffic, bleachers for 1,500 spectators were erected, and reserved seats border the pool area for the Cedar Rapids Y.M.C.A. event with Marshalltown Y.M.C.A. teams and Miss Cedar Rapids presented.
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Ellis Park
Ellis Lane
Eighth Street
Young Men’s Bureau
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Y.M.C.A
Hitler declares war as German forces move across Europe
Radio dispatches report Hitler ordered invasion of the Soviet Union marking a new front from Narvik to the Carpathians. German, Finnish, Romanian units mobilize with Italy ready to aid as Russia, Britain, and the U.S.S.R. stance were framed in a growing wartime narrative.
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Nazi ships flee to Baltic as German frontiers tighten
German ships in the Baltic were ordered to seek Swedish waters or reach German Danish ports quickly. Helsinki reported imminent Finnish action and a German radio warned of Russian parachutists and saboteurs. Foreign Minister Ribbentrop announced Germany was taking defensive measures against Russia.
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