Ickes and Lindbergh in Wartime Era Debate
Secretary Ickes urges all-out war support for Britain while sparring with Lindbergh over Nazi ties. The San Francisco shipyards strike settlement avoids government takeover, aiding national defense and labor goodwill. Sweden protests German troop movements. selective service could ease induction timing for draftees. A Davenport reader condemns highway patrol brusqueness, noting courteous enforcement as the standard.
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Hether
San Francisco
Roosevelt cites ammunition shortages in defense run
President Roosevelt told a Hyde Park press conference that the nation faces a shortage of ammunition and could not send ammunition abroad even as talks consider sending rifles to Ireland. He warned aid to Ireland would require assurances Ireland would defend against German attack and discussed Russia aid with Secretary Welles and Ambassador Oumansky.
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Hyde Park, N. Y
Roosevelt
Ireland
Trish
Russia
Sumner Welles
Oumansky
Welles
New York
America
County Atty to file charges in beer cases Monday
County Attorney W. W. Crissman said Friday he expects to file preliminary informations Monday charging beer law violations against those alleged to have sold beer to minors during a police probe. Defendants may plead at the preliminary hearing or waive to the grand jury meeting next September. Crissman is seeking names of employers and employees said to have sold beer to two 16 year old and a 17 year old boy working under adult direction.
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Cedar Rapids
W. W. Crissman
Crissman
Sutton Couple Lingers Through Griess License
In York Nebraska AP report Judge Edgar Thompson issues a Sutton couple marriage license. Groom Martin J. Griess 22 son of J J Griess Jr and Lydia Griess. Bride Esther Griess 23 daughter of P J G Griess and Christina Griess. Witnesses Miss Taletha Griess and Jacob Griess.
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York, Neb
Sutton, Neb
Edgar Thompson
Martin J. Griess
J. J. Griess, Jr
Lydia Griess
Esther Griess
P. J. G. Griess
Christina Griess
Miss Taletha ‘Griess
Jacob Griess
Worlds largest bomber makes maiden test flight
The B 19, a 82-ton ship built by Douglas Aircraft, took off from Cloverfield California bound for March Field. Major Stanley M Umstead led the test with Major Howard G Bunker as co pilot and Mark Koogler as flight assistant.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Army
Air Corps
Atertatt
Cloverfield
Marchfield
Douglas Aircraft Company
Stanley M. Umstead
Wrightfield
Dayton
Ohio
Howard G. Bunker
Wright Field
Mark Koogler
Umstead
La Porte City 7 year old killed under car
Dale Morris seven died when the family car skidded into a ditch on a slick country road. He was pinned beneath the automobile after being flung clear as the car rolled over. His father and younger brother survived with scratches. Survivors include his parents, a five year old sister, and grandparents E Morris of Brandon and Jack Deerfield of Waterloo. Body held at Ashley Waldross funeral home in La Porte City awaiting arrangements.
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LA Porte City
Dale Morris
Dewey Morris
Here
E. Morris
Brandon
Jack Deerfield
Waterloo
Ashley-Waldross Funeral Home
Two Motorists Nabbed In Marion For Drunk Driving
Marion police and the highway patrol arrested two men for drunk driving. Louis Schaefer, 32, of Mount Vernon, was stopped after sideswiping a parked car on Fifth Avenue and jailed in Cedar Rapids. Don E. Harlan, 42, of Marion, was pulled over on Seventh Avenue for weaving and jailed with Officer J. Clapp escorting both suspects.
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Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt nominates surgeon Rasmussen for senior post
President Roosevelt nominates Henry A. Rasmussen of Omaha Nebraska to be a senior surgeon in the public health service.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Henry A. Rasmussen
Omaha
Neb
Public Health Service
Six year old Buddy Linaweaver’s family perishes in Illinois crash
Lynn Buddy Linaweaver, age 6, unaware his parents Myrl and Shir ley Linaweaver and sister were killed in a crash near Chelsea on highway 212. He lies in Mercy hospital with a broken leg and jaw, believing he will reunite with his family soon. Nurses call him a model patient despite his injuries.
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Lynn
Buddy” Linaweaver
Myrl C. Linaweaver
Shirley
East Moline
Ill
Chelsea
Buddy
Mercy Hospital
Post Office Cuts Lights as Fans Kept Off Until July 1
Workers at the federal building endure a tight budget with a 4100 operating fund and a 136.99 shortfall. Postmaster Frank Baldwin enforces a no-fans rule to July 1, relying on dimmed lights and energy savings while tenants endure heat during June’s 90 degree days.
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Federal
Frank Baldwin
Post Office
Washington
Walter Pepmeyer
Baldwin
George Beattie
Britain protests Sweden over Nazi troop transit to Finland
London AP reports Britain protested Sweden's plan to allow German troops to move through Swedish territory from Norway to Finland. Foreign Secretary Eden delivered the protest to Swedish Minister Bjorn Gustaf Pritz, signaling a sharp diplomatic rift as Finland's leadership aligns with Germany and Sweden faces a potential widening split with Britain and Finland.
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Bess
Eden ‘MD
Norway
Finland
Sweden
Russia
London
Britain
Anthony Eden
Bjorn Gustaf Pritz
Foreign Office
Europe
Victor Mallet
Stockholm
Lowon
Groups Urged to Donate to Camp Good Health Fund
Treasurers of contributing organizations were asked to issue checks or money orders promptly as The Gazette nears the end of its fundraising drive for Camp Good Health. The fund supports milk meat fruit and vegetables for 74 children and staff under the camp’s care.
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Camp Good Health Fund
Camp Good Health
Germans claim spontaneous uprising in continental Europe
Reports from Berlin on Friday quote a German spokesman describing widespread anti Soviet sentiment across Europe as spontaneous. Aftonbladet in Stockholm cites diplomatic rumors that the Soviet government may move its headquarters from Moscow to Sverdlovsk. British and Russian fronts see heavy fighting near Minsk and in the Bug river region as German advances continue. Sir Stafford Cripps returns to Moscow with a mission to coordinate wartime Anglo Russian cooperation.
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Berlin
Europe
Russia
Stockholm
Aftonbladet
Ankara
Moscow
Sverdlovsk
Ural Mountains
London
INS
Minsk
Vilna
Bug River
Lwow
Pruth River
Cernauti
Germany
Sir Stafford Cripps
Moskow
Senate approves record Army procurement bill for 1942
The Senate passed and sent back to the House a $10.385 billion war department appropriation for 1942, the largest in U.S. history, covering the 12 months from July 1. The measure, approved 24 to 0 with 24 senators present, would fund one year of army needs and may be augmented later.
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Washington
Senate
House
War Department
U.S
United States
Senate Appropriations Committee
National Defense Mediation Board
Cedar Rapids Pledges Reach $6500 To U S O Campaign
A check from Cedar Rapids head quarters of the U S O will be sent to New York today raising the city total to $6500 and reaching two thirds of the $10000 quota. More local businesses with 100 per cent contributors were added Friday including Singer Sewing Machine Cohen’s Ginsberg’s Hall’s Bicycle and Tire Repair Little Flower L A Lower Dean’s Fruit Market Zoller's Beer American Trust Building receivership Kenmore Food Shop Friendly Food Market and Fritz’s store.
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U.S.O
New York
Cedar Rapids
Singer Sewing Machine Company
Cohen’s Furniture
Ginsberg’s
Hall’s
Little Flower Shop
L. A. Lower
Dean’s Fruit Market
Zoller’s Beer
American Trust Building
Kenmore Food Shop
Friendly Food Market
Fritz’ Store
Soviet Army Shifts Lines in Fierce Front Battle
The Soviet Army retreated to strategic new positions on the north and central fronts amid heavy fighting with German forces. In Vilna Baranovichi and Siaulai sectors the communique said Soviet forces regrouped after inflicting defeats on the enemy. Soviet planes raided Bucharest Ploesti and Constanza with Constanza reported in flames. The central front saw ongoing fighting as German efforts toward Minsk and Luck faced stiff Russian resistance.
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Moscow
Red
Siaulai
Vilna
Baranovichi
Red Army
Soviet Information Bureau
Bucharest
Ploesti
Constanza
Romania
Skuleni
Bessarabian
Vilno
Brody
Minsk
Luck
Kiev
Poland
Pripet
Mikhail Spirin
R A F Pounds Channel Coast And Reich Towns
London AP reports the Royal Air Force launched another heavy attack on the French invasion coast after night strikes on Kiel Cologne and Duesseldorf. British planes headed toward Dunkirk and Boulogne with explosions heard, while Nazi anti aircraft fire lessened as guns shift to the Russian front. Night raids targeted Kiel shipyards and Ruhr industrial plants.
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London
Royal Air Force
Kiel
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Folkestone
R.A.F
Dunkirk
Boulogne
A. A
Ruhr
Nazis Lose Control of Germany to Army Group
Washington reports say the German army and military leaders moved to seize war policy from the Nazi party and pursue a Mongol like conquest from the Danube to the Amur. Hitler aligned with the army as the regime’s power shifts back to the military with autumn victory forecasts and plans to destroy the Red Army, subdue the Soviet regime, and install puppet states in Ukraine and the Caucasus.
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Germany
Washington
Reich
Nazi Party
Genghis Khan
Amur
Asia
Danube
Russia
Far East
Berlin
National Socialist Party
Soviet
England
Hitler
Red Army
Ukraine
Baltic
Red
Siberia
Caucasus
Middle East
Iran
Murmansk
German Panzer Drive Hammers Soviet Front in War Reports
Berlin reports heavy panzer and luftwaffe thrusts against the Soviet front and rear lines. German sources claim deep wedges severing divisions from Moscow, with Murmansk possibly in German hands and a major Soviet crisis foreseen amid disrupted communications.
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Moscow
Temperature Surges in Cedar Rapids Amid Wind and Rain
Cedar Rapids and vicinity experienced a warm spell with a night wind bringing a trace of rain. The thermometer rose to 90 degrees at 2:30 p.m. Friday after a prior drop to 69 by 5 a.m. The day featured lingering heat with 91 degrees reached Thursday afternoon and readings fluctuating through the evening.
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Mercury
Cedar Rapids
Chambers
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